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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INAN'IMATE, v.t. [infra.] To animate. [Little used.]
INAN'IMATE, a. [L. inanimatus; in and animo, animatus.]
1. Destitute of animal life. Plants, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body.
2. Destitute of animation or life.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: inanimate, nonliving, non- living] [ant: animate]
3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless, inanimate, pulseless]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin inanimatus, from Latin in- + animatus, past participle of animare to animate Date: 15th century 1. not animate: a. not endowed with life or spirit <an inanimate object> b. lacking consciousness or power of motion <an inanimate body> 2. not animated or lively ; dull • inanimately adverb • inanimateness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 destitute of life. 2 not endowed with animal life. 3 spiritless, dull. Phrases and idioms: inanimate nature everything other than the animal world. Derivatives: inanimately adv. inanimation n. Etymology: LL inanimatus (as IN-(1), ANIMATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inanimate In*an"i*mate, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate.] To animate. [Obs.] --Donne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An inanimate object is one that has no life. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object. ? animate ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Destitute of life, inorganic, mineral. 2. Deprived of life, dead, breathless, extinct. 3. Lifeless, dead, inert, soulless, spiritless.

Moby Thesaurus

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