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