n. [ L. animatio, fr. animare. ]
The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Suspended animation,
n.
n.[ L. exanimatio. ] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 2d Inanimate. ] Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 1st Inanimate. ] Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. transanimation. ] The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]