Meanings
adjectivesemianimate (not comparable)
- not comparablePartly, but not truly or wholly, alive.
As the balance of power gradually tips in favor of blockage, the semianimate voice of the instrument fades into the mechanism of silence […]
2009, Lawrence Kramer, Why Classical Music Still Matters
Origin
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semianimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semianimate
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“semianimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semianimate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semianimate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semianimate.
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