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Definition of Inanimate

1. Adjective. Belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things. "The word `car' is inanimate"

2. Adjective. Not endowed with life. "Inanimate objects"

3. Adjective. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse. "Pulseless and dead"

Definition of Inanimate

1. v. t. To animate.

2. a. Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.

Definition of Inanimate

1. Adjective. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as ''an inanimate object''. ¹

2. Adjective. Not being, and never having been alive. ¹

3. Adjective. (grammar) Not animate. ¹

4. Noun. Something that is not alive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inanimate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Inanimate

1. Not alive. Origin: L. In-neg. + anima, breath, soul (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inanimate

inamour'd inamoured inamovable inamrinone inamyloid inane inanely inaneness inanenesses inaner

inanes inanest inangular inaniloquent inaniloquous inanimate (current term) inanimated inanimately inanimateness inanimatenesses

inanimates inanimation inanitiated inanitiation inanities inanition inanition fever inanitions inanity inantherate

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