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Definitions for: Inanimate
[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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: breathless, dead, nonconscious, nonliving, pulseless
Antonyms: animate
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