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exanimate

[ eg-zan-uh-mit, -meyt, ek-san- ]

adjective

  1. inanimate or lifeless.
  2. spiritless; disheartened.


exanimate

/ ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt; -ˌmeɪt /

adjective

  1. rare.
    lacking life; inanimate


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Derived Forms

  • exˌaniˈmation, noun

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Other Words From

  • ex·ani·mation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exanimate1

1525–35; < Latin exanimātus (past participle of exanimāre to deprive of life), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + anim ( a ) life, spirit + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exanimate1

C16: from Latin exanimāre to deprive of air, kill, from anima breath, spirit

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Example Sentences

Had it been downright misery she would have looked about her with less of her exanimate glassiness.

So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.

The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.

Thou shalt, when exanimate, be that which thou wert before thou wast animate.

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