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Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.

One who maintains the doctrine of animism.

Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor.

Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] Ash.

Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]

Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.

An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds.

To take away. [Obs.] Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer.

Same as Olibene.

A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.

The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.

To envenom. [Obs.]

sily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.

Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden.

Lifeless; dead. [R.] "Carcasses exanimate." Spenser.

Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] Bailey.

Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson.