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Webster 1913 Edition

Exanimate

Ex-an′i-mate

,
Adj.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To deprive of animation or of life.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Exanimate

EXAN'IMATE

,
Adj.
egzan'imate. [L. exanimatus, exanimo; ex and anima, life.]
Lifeless; spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits.

EXAN'IMATE

,
Verb.
T.
To dishearten; to discourage.

Definition 2024

exanimate

exanimate

English

Adjective

exanimate ‎(comparative more exanimate, superlative most exanimate)

  1. Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
    • Spenser
      carcasses exanimate
  2. Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
    • Thomson
      Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

exanimāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of exanimō

Etymology

See ex- and Latin animus soul, life.

Pronunciation

Adjective
  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/
Verb
  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/

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