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▪ I. † unˈanimate, a. Obs.—1 [f. L. ūnanim-is, -us + -ate2.] Of one mind.
1633Cowley Pyramus & Thisbe 32 Age had cracked the wall which did them part, This the vnanimate couple soone did spye. ▪ II. unanimate, v.|juːˈnænɪmeɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate3.] trans. To make of one mind; to cause to be unanimous.
1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iv. vi. 190/1 Even such was the Friendship, that Vnanimated our Oakes and our Shepard. 1886Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 683 It has become..necessary for the great Liberal party..to unite and unanimate itself still further by a League of its own. ▪ III. † unˈanimate, ppl. a. Obs. [un-1 8 b and 5 b.] = unanimated ppl. a. 1.
1614T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. v. (1615) E ij, I'le rather change fiue, then apparrell one: For men haue liuing soules, cloathes are vnanimate. 1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 13 The..Mariners, who are the animated Instruments of Navigation,..yield not in number to the other unanimate necessaries. |