Ex·an'i·mate adjective [ Latin exanimatus , past participle 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; spiritle... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/80
exanimate, exanimtion 1. To deprive of life; to kill. 2. To deprive of the appearance of life; to render breathless or unconscious. 3. Deprivation of spirits, disheartening, discouragement. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2388/2