exanimate
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- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
/ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/
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/ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/ · /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/
Definition of exanimate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
“carckasses exanimate”
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adj
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Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
“carckasses exanimate”
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Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
“Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.”
verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To deprive of animation or of life.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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).
Words you can make from exanimate
161 playable · top: EXAMINE (16 pts)
Best play examine 16 points7-letter words
10 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
26 words- AXMAN 14 pts
- AXMEN 14 pts
- AXITE 12 pts
- EXINE 12 pts
- XENIA 12 pts
- AMAIN 7 pts
- AMENT 7 pts
- AMINE 7 pts
- AMNIA 7 pts
- ANIMA 7 pts
- ANIME 7 pts
- ATMAN 7 pts
- ENEMA 7 pts
- MANAT 7 pts
- MANIA 7 pts
- MANTA 7 pts
- MATIN 7 pts
- MEANT 7 pts
- MENTA 7 pts
- MINAE 7 pts
- ANTAE 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- ENTIA 5 pts
- TENIA 5 pts
- TINEA 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- EXAM 13 pts
- MAXI 13 pts
- MINX 13 pts
- MIXT 13 pts
- EXIT 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- NIXE 11 pts
- TAXA 11 pts
- TAXI 11 pts
- AMEN 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- ATMA 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MAIN 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANE 6 pts
- MANI 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAN 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- MIEN 6 pts
- MINA 6 pts
- MINE 6 pts
- MINT 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- NAME 6 pts
- NEEM 6 pts
- NEMA 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
- ANTA 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- MAX 12 pts
- MIX 12 pts
- AXE 10 pts
- NIX 10 pts
- TAX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- EME 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
22 wordsFind your best play with exanimate
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