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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inanimate \In*an"i*mate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) +
animate.]
To animate. [Obs.] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inanimate \In*an"i*mate\, a. [L. inanimatus pref. in- not +
animatus animate.]
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inanimate
adj 1: (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting
nonliving things "the word `car' is inanimate" [ant:
{animate}]
2: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate";
"inanimate objects"; "dead stones" [syn: {nonliving}, {dead}]
[ant: {animate}]
3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible
pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: {breathless},
{pulseless}]
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