dis animation

[Pref. dis, and English animation (q. v.).] 1. The act of depriving of life or vitality. 2. The state of being deprived of life or vitality. "Affections which depend on life, and depart upon dis animation." - Browne: Vulgar Errors. 3. The act of depriving of spirit or courage; discouraging, dispiriting. 4. The state of being discouraged or dispirited. dis an-něx, v. t. [Pref. dis, and Eng. anner, v. (q. v.)] To set loose, to disjoin, to separate, to break up. "When the provinces were lost and disannexed ."- State Trials: Case of the Postnati (1608). dis-an-nul', dis-a-null, n . t . [Pref. dis (in this case used intensively), and Eng. annul (q.v.).] Το annul; to make null and void or of none effect; to cancel, to abrogate. "For the Lord of hosts hath purposed it, and who shall disannul it?"- Isaiah xiv. 27.