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3 definitions found 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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