exanimate
Meanings
adj
- Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
- Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
verb
- To deprive of animation or of life.
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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).
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