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inanimate

ina·ni·mate

UK/ɪnˈænɪmeɪt/ US/ˌɪˈnænʌmʌt/ uncommon obsolete rare

adjective

1.

belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things

  • “the word”
  • “is inanimate”
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2.

not endowed with life

  • “the inorganic world is inanimate”
  • “inanimate objects”
  • “dead stones”
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3.

appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

  • “an inanimate body”
  • “pulseless and dead”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English inanimat(e), from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + animātus (“animated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + animate. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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