EXANIMATE

lifeless, exanimate

(adjective) deprived of life; no longer living; “a lifeless body”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

exanimate (comparative more exanimate, superlative most exanimate)

Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.

Synonyms

• (dispirited): dejected

Verb

exanimate (third-person singular simple present exanimates, present participle exanimating, simple past and past participle exanimated)

(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of animation or of life.

Anagrams

• examinate, metaxenia

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*an"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.]

1. Lifeless; dead. [R.] "Carcasses exanimate." Spenser.

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." Thomson.

Ex*an"i*mate, v. t.

Definition: To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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