exanimate

adj, verb — 3 senses

exanimate

adj

/ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/

Etymology 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).

1

Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

  • carckasses exanimate1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:
2

Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.

  • Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
Synonyms
dejected
Related terms
animate, exanimation

exanimate

verb

/ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/

Etymology 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).

1

Obsolete To deprive of animation or of life.

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