exinanite

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verb

To make (something) weak and ineffective; to enervate.

OriginLatin exinānīt-, exinānīre →
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Meanings

verbexinanite (third-person singular simple present exinanites, present participle exinaniting, simple past and past participle exinanited)

present singular third person exinanites · participle present exinaniting · participle past exinanited · past exinanited

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make (something) weak and ineffective; to enervate.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo empty someone of their power and dignity (usually said of Christ).

    For this thinke in your ſelues, vvhich alſo in Chriſt Iesvs, vvho vvhen he vvas in the forme of God, thought it no robberie, him ſelf to be equal to God, but he exinanited him ſelf, taking the forme of a ſeruant, made into the ſimilitude of men, and in ſhape found as man.

    1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Philippians 2:5–7, page 528

Origin

  1. Latinexinānīt-, exinānīre“to empty the contents of; to drain or pour out”
  2. Englishexinanite

Borrowed from Latin exinānīt-, exinānīre (“to empty the contents of; to drain or pour out”).

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Chicago

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