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deanimate

deanimate verb: to reverse the animation of; to remove the life force from.

Verb

deanimate (third-person singular simple present deanimates, present participle deanimating, simple past and past participle deanimated)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the animation of; to remove the life force from.
    • Near-synonym: devitalize
    • 'Don't bother attempting to deanimate the undead,' says Joachim.2011, J. L. Connew, Origins of the Geomancer, page 163
    Synonyms:
    devitalize

Synonyms of deanimate

Antonyms

Forms of deanimate

third-person singular presentdeanimates
present participledeanimating
past participledeanimated
pastdeanimated

Origin of deanimate

From de- + animate.

Questions about deanimate

What does deanimate mean?
Deanimate means to reverse the animation of; to remove the life force from.
What part of speech is deanimate?
Deanimate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deanimate?
The past tense of deanimate is deanimated.

Words near deanimate in the dictionary

  1. deanimalising
  2. deanimalize
  3. deanimalized
  4. deanimalizes
  5. deanimalizing
  6. deanimate
  7. deanimated
  8. deanimates
  9. deanimating
  10. deanimation
  11. deaning

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