exanimate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite deprived of life; no longer living
    lifeless.
    • a lifeless body

WordNet

Ex*an"i*mate adjective
Etymology
L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.
Definitions
  1. Lifeless; dead. R. "Carcasses exanimate." Spenser.
  2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. R. "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." Thomson.
Ex*an"i*mate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To deprive of animation or of life. Obs.

Webster 1913