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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXANIMATE

a.egzan'imate. [L. exanimatus, exanimo; ex and anima, life. ] Lifeless; spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits.

 

EXANIMATE

v.t.To dishearten; to discourage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

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

 

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