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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things;
- Example: "the word `car' is inanimate";

2. not endowed with life;
- Example: "the inorganic world is inanimate"
- Example: "inanimate objects"
[syn: inanimate, nonliving, non-living]

3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
- Example: "an inanimate body"
- Example: "pulseless and dead"
[syn: breathless, inanimate, pulseless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inanimate \In*an"i*mate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) +
   animate.]
   To animate. [Obs.] --Donne.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. --Byron.

   Syn: Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless;
        spiritless. See Lifeless.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inanimate
    adj 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" [syn: inanimate, nonliving, non-
       living] [ant: animate]
    3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
       "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless,
       inanimate, pulseless]