exanimate /ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/adjective 2/ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/ verb 1forms 5 adjective2 •Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead. •Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love. — 1749 exanimate /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/ verb1 •(no longer used) To deprive of animation or of life. formsexanimated · exanimating · exanimates · more exanimate · most exanimate