INAN'IMATE, verb transitive [infra.] To animate. [Little used.] INAN'IMATE, adjective [Latin inanimatus; in and animo, animatus.] 1. Destitute of animal life. Plants, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body. 2. Destitute of animation or life.
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