exanimate
Americanadjective
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inanimate or lifeless.
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spiritless; disheartened.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- exanimation noun
Etymology
Origin of exanimate
1525–35; < Latin exanimātus (past participle of exanimāre to deprive of life), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + anim ( a ) life, spirit + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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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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