animantativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌanᵻˈmantətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌænəˈmæn(t)ədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin animant- , animāns , animāre , -ative suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin animant-, animāns, present participle of animāre animate v. + -ative suffix. Compare later animative adj. Compare also animant n., animant adj.

rare. Now historical.

That animates or gives life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective]

life-giving1550

vivific1551

vivificative1575

vivificant1576

vital1590

informing1631

vivifical1632

vivifying1635

informative1642

animantative1655

enlivening1664

vivificatinga1688

animative1706

vitalizing1813

blood-giving1840

1655 G. S. in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 25 Out of any Wood-berry may, by an animantative fermentation (if I may so speak) be produced, first a small Worm, which growing bigger..at last becomes a Fly.

1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire ii. 74 By using such an ‘animantative’, or vivifying, fermentation, Starkey claims, he can produce a dye no ‘white inferior’ to cochineal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	animantative
释义	animantativeadj. Brit. /ˌanᵻˈmantətɪv/, U.S. /ˌænəˈmæn(t)ədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin animant- , animāns , animāre , -ative suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin animant-, animāns, present participle of animāre animate v. + -ative suffix. Compare later animative adj. Compare also animant n., animant adj. rare. Now historical. That animates or gives life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective] life-giving1550 vivific1551 vivificative1575 vivificant1576 vital1590 informing1631 vivifical1632 vivifying1635 informative1642 animantative1655 enlivening1664 vivificatinga1688 animative1706 vitalizing1813 blood-giving1840 1655 G. S. in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 25 Out of any Wood-berry may, by an animantative fermentation (if I may so speak) be produced, first a small Worm, which growing bigger..at last becomes a Fly. 1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire ii. 74 By using such an ‘animantative’, or vivifying, fermentation, Starkey claims, he can produce a dye no ‘white inferior’ to cochineal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1655
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