Meaning of INANIMATE
| Pronunciation: | | in'anumit
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- [adj] appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
- [adj] not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"
- [adj] (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"
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| | Synonyms: | | breathless, dead, nonconscious, nonliving, pulseless |
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| | Antonyms: | | animate | | |
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\In*an"i*mate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) +
animate.]
To animate. [Obs.] --Donne.
\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}.
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