释义 |
disˌaniˈmation [n. of action f. disanimate v.] The action of disanimating: a. Privation of life. b. Discouragement, disheartening.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. x. 128 Affections which depend on life, and depart upon disanimation. Ibid. iii. xxv. 178 A Glow-worme will afford a faint light, almost a dayes space when many will conceive it dead; but this is a mistake in the compute of death, and terme of disanimation. 1828Webster, Disanimation, the act of discouraging; depression of spirits. |