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Webster 1913 Edition


Inanimate

In-an′i-mate

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
in-
in (or intensively) +
animate
.]
To animate.
[Obs.]
Donne.

In-an′i-mate

,
Adj.
[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
.
Syn. – Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See
Lifeless
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inanimate

INAN'IMATE

,
Verb.
T.
[infra.] To animate. [Little used.]

INAN'IMATE

,
Adj.
[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.

Definition 2024


inanimate

inanimate

English

Adjective

inanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate)

  1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
  2. Not being, and never having been alive.
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 5, in Frankenstein:
      I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
  3. (grammar) Not animate.

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Translations

Noun

inanimate (plural inanimates)

  1. Something that is not alive.

Verb

inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated)

  1. (obsolete) To animate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)

Italian

Adjective

inanimate f pl

  1. feminine plural of inanimato

Latin

Adjective

inanimāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inanimātus