About The Word Exanimate
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Exanimate
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What's The Definition Of Exanimate?
[adj] deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Exanimate: dead | lifeless Related Terms | Find terms related to Exanimate: See Also | Exanimate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*an"i*mate\, a. [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. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.] |
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