Exanimate

//ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

    "carckasses exanimate"

  2. 2
    Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.

    "Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deprived of life; no longer living wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of animation or of life. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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