In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
INANIMATE
breathless, inanimate, pulseless
(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; āan inanimate bodyā; āpulseless and deadā
inanimate, nonliving, non-living
(adjective) not endowed with life; āthe inorganic world is inanimateā; āinanimate objectsā
inanimate
(adjective) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; āthe word ācarā is inanimateā
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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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; āit may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative functionā- Arthur Pap; āmotive pleasā; āmotivating argumentsā
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