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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æËŒ²¹²Ô¾±Ëˆ³¾²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·²¹²Ôi·³¾²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exanimate1

1525–35; < Latin ±ð³æ²¹²Ô¾±³¾Äå³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ±ð³æ²¹²Ô¾±³¾Äå°ù±ð to deprive of life), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + anim ( a ) life, spirit + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exanimate1

C16: from Latin ±ð³æ²¹²Ô¾±³¾Äå°ù±ð to deprive of air, kill, from anima breath, spirit
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A city agen, But peopled by pale mechanical men, With workhouses filled, and prisons, and marts, And faces that spake exanimate hearts.

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

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Silence on the bier, While I call God—call God!—So let thy mouth Be heir to those who are now exanimate.

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

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All along the wan stretch of Cheyne Walk the thin trees stood exanimate, with not a breath of wind to stir the snow that pied their soot-blackened branches.

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