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in·an·i·mate

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–adjective

1.	not animate; lifeless.

2.	spiritless; sluggish; dull.

3.	Linguistics. belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition (opposed to animate).

[Origin: 1555–65; < LL inanimātus. See in-³, animate

]

—Related forms

in·an·i·mate·ly, adverb

in·an·i·mate·ness, in·an·i·ma·tion

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n] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. inorganic, vegetable, mineral; inert, dead. 2. inactive, dormant, torpid.

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in·an·i·mate Audio Help (ĭn-ān'ə-mĭt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms. See Synonyms at dead.
Not animated or energetic; dull.
Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate.

in·an'i·mate·ly adv., in·an'i·mate·ness n.

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inanimate
adjective
1.	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" [ant: animate]
3.	appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless]

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inanimate [inˈӕnimət] adjective

not living
Example: A rock is an inanimate object.

Arabic:	جامِد، لا حَياة فيه
Chinese (Simplified):	无生命的
Chinese (Traditional):	無生命的
Czech:	neživý
Danish:	død
Dutch:	levenloos
Estonian:	elutu
Finnish:	eloton
French:	inanimé
German:	leblos
Greek:	άψυχος
Hungarian:	élettelen
Icelandic:	dauður, lífvana
Indonesian:	tidak hidup
Italian:	inanimato

Japanese:	生命のない
Korean:	무생물의
Latvian:	nedzīvs
Lithuanian:	negyvas
Norwegian:	død, livløs
Polish:	nieożywiony
Portuguese (Brazil):	inanimado
Portuguese (Portugal):	inanimado
Romanian:	neînsufleţit
Russian:	неодушевлённый
Slovak:	neživý
Slovenian:	neživ
Spanish:	inanimado
Swedish:	inte levande, livlös, död
Turkish:	cansız

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in·an·i·mate (n-n-mt)
adj.

Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms; not animate.

in·ani·mate·ness n.

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Main Entry: in·an·i·mate
Pronunciation: (')in-'an-&-m&t
Function: adjective
: not animate: a : not endowed with life or spirit b : lacking consciousness or power of motion

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Inanimate

In*an"i*mate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate.] To animate. [Obs.] --Donne.

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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.

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