inanimate

Words with a similar base: inanimate

'inanimate'

[inanimate.a.01] as in: belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things

Examples:
the word `car' is inanimate

'inanimate'

[inanimate.a.02] as in: not endowed with life

Examples:
the inorganic world is inanimate
inanimate objects

'inanimate'

[breathless.s.02] as in: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

Examples:
an inanimate body
pulseless and dead

Origins

					inanimate (English)
├── animate (English)
│   └── animatus (Latin)
└── in- (English)
    ├── in (Latin)
    ├── in- (Latin)
    └── in- (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── in- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
            └── in (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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