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Exanimate
//ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
"carckasses exanimate"
- 2 Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
"Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love."
Adjective
- 1 deprived of life; no longer living wordnet
Verb
- 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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