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† ˈanimant, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. animānt-em breathing, living, pr. pple. of animāre: see animate.]
A. adj. Having life, living; animated.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 514 Ut sit Animans, That it be Animant, or endued with Life, Sense, and Understanding. Ibid. 512 He that acknowledges no Animant God..acknowledges no God at all.
B. n. A living creature, an animal.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 447 There is no other cause of life to us men and other Animants. |