INANIMATE

v. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To animate. [Obs.] Donne.

2.
a.

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.

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