Semianimate

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Partly, but not truly or wholly, alive. not-comparable

    "As the balance of power gradually tips in favor of blockage, the semianimate voice of the instrument fades into the mechanism of silence […]"

Example

More examples

"As the balance of power gradually tips in favor of blockage, the semianimate voice of the instrument fades into the mechanism of silence […]"

Etymology

From semi- + animate.

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