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Definition of exanimate in English: exanimateadjective ɪkˈsanɪmətɛkˈsanɪmətɛkˈsænəmət rare Showing no sign of life; lifeless. Example sentencesExamples - His camera portrays its exanimate victims with the gentleness of one who understands and perhaps envies the escape they've made.
- When Laura plays the piano, her adorer stands there, one moment an exanimate statue, the next a disembodied spirit.
- It is a petrifaction — a fossil, existing, it is true, in a fine state of keeping, but still an exanimate stone.
- The billows of death overwhelmed him, and cast his exanimate body on the desolate shore.
- The Christian knight administered the sacred rites of religion to her departing spirit, and then sunk into unconsciousness beside her exanimate form.
Synonyms deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin exanimatus 'deprived of life', from ex- 'out' + animatus (see animate). Definition of exanimate in US English: exanimateadjectiveekˈsanəmətɛkˈsænəmət rare Showing no sign of life; lifeless. Example sentencesExamples - The billows of death overwhelmed him, and cast his exanimate body on the desolate shore.
- When Laura plays the piano, her adorer stands there, one moment an exanimate statue, the next a disembodied spirit.
- It is a petrifaction — a fossil, existing, it is true, in a fine state of keeping, but still an exanimate stone.
- The Christian knight administered the sacred rites of religion to her departing spirit, and then sunk into unconsciousness beside her exanimate form.
- His camera portrays its exanimate victims with the gentleness of one who understands and perhaps envies the escape they've made.
Synonyms deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin exanimatus ‘deprived of life’, from ex- ‘out’ + animatus (see animate). |