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INANIMATE
breathless, inanimate, pulseless
(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; “an inanimate body”; “pulseless and dead”
inanimate, nonliving, non-living
(adjective) not endowed with life; “the inorganic world is inanimate”; “inanimate objects”
inanimate
(adjective) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; “the word ‘car’ is inanimate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate)
Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
(grammar) Not animate.
Synonyms
• (unable to move): immobile, motionless
• (not alive): non-animate, lifeless, insentient, insensate
Antonyms
• (grammar): animate
Noun
inanimate (plural inanimates)
(rare) Something that is not alive.
Verb
inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated)
(obsolete) To animate.
Anagrams
• Mantineia, amanitine, maintaine
Source: Wiktionary
In*an"i*mate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate.]
Definition: To animate. [Obs.] Donne.
In*an"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate.]
Definition: Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances. Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. Byron.
Syn.
– Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See Lifeless.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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