Category:Exanimate

Ex*an"i*mate, a. Etym: [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.

exanimate Ex*an"i*mate, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]