What is "exanimate"

Exanimate \Ex*an"i*mate\, a. [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. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]

1530s, from Latin exanimatus "lifeless, dead," past participle of exanimare "to deprive of air or breath; tire, fatigue; to deprive of life; to terrify," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + animare "give breath to" (see animate (v.)). Related: Exanimation.

1. 1 lifeless, not or no longer living, dead. 2 spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively. v

2. (context obsolete transitive English) To deprive of animation or of life.

adj. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body" [syn: lifeless]