exanimate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/
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/ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/ · /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/

Definition of exanimate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
    “carckasses exanimate”
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adj

  1. Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
    “carckasses exanimate”
  2. Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
    “Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.”

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)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).

Anagrams of exanimate

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