exanimate

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exanimate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exanimate \Ex*an"i*mate\, a. [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.
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     2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.]
        "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." --Thomson.
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  Exanimate \Ex*an"i*mate\, v. t.
     To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]
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exanimate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  exanimate
      adj 1: deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
             [syn: lifeless, exanimate]