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/səspˈɛndəd ˌænəmˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Animation n.

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. "The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame." "Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation."

The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.

Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.

Synonyms: Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness.

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Etymology of 'Suspended animation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Suspended animation" Quotes from Famous Books

... it's hung up; a case of suspended animation; our idea is that if we're thoroughly loyal now the English people will ...

— Gossamer - 1915 • George A. Birmingham

... inserted into the Apostle's Creed till the sixth century after Christ? I believe the original intention of the clause was no more than 'vere mortuus est'—in contradiction to the hypothesis of a trance or state of suspended animation. ...

— Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... the pulsation of it in her throat. The kitchen door was open and Janina passed through it like a shadow, but she stumbled against the bed of the servant-girl, which stood very near the door. She grew numb with fear and for a long time stood motionless and breathless, almost in a state of suspended animation, gazing with terrified eyes at the bed whose dim outlines she could scarcely make out in the darkness. But finally, rallying all her strength and courage, she walked boldly to the shelf upon which stood various kitchen utensils and supplies and felt one after another ...

— The Comedienne • Wladyslaw Reymont

... themselves above all laws but their own. She was captured many years ago in an attempt to overthrow the rule of Wananda upon a small satellite planet. Wananda did not kill her, but placed her in suspended animation within the protective crystal plastic. Our queen intends to revive her and study her mind for her wisdom, but we have not had time because of the press of events. Soon, now, she will become a tool in our hands to build greater the ...

— Valley of the Croen • Lee Tarbell

... incompatible with the exercise of the same power by the States.[1103] Later cases were to settle further that the enactment of a national bankruptcy law does not invalidate State laws in conflict therewith but serves only to relegate them to a state of suspended animation with the result that upon repeal of the national statute they again come into ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... land safely. If it doesn't, it is your fault, not mine, for the instruments that it carries should permit it. The passengers are NOT dead! They have been put in a temporary state of suspended animation. Any doctor can readily revive them by the injection of seven c.c. of decinormal potassium iodide solution for every 100 pounds of weight. Do NOT use higher concentrations. Lower ...

— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

... proudest noble in Scotland might have been yet prouder could he have called that child his heir. While, with breathless anxiety, the Lady of Avenel gazed on his well-formed and expressive features, a slight shade of colour returned gradually to the cheek; suspended animation became restored by degrees, the child sighed deeply, opened his eyes, which to the human countenance produces the effect of light upon the natural landscape, stretched his arms towards the Lady, and muttered the word "Mother," that epithet, of all ...

— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott