Definitions
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- adjective Partly, but not truly or wholly,
alive .
Etymologies
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semi- + animate
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Examples
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"You three have been so intent upon our semianimate gentleman that you have completely overlooked your old mistress.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
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The sword is semianimate, with a will of its own, is it not? "
The Misenchanted Sword Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- 1985
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