Inanimate
[ɪn'ænɪmət]
Definition
(adj.) not endowed with life; 'the inorganic world is inanimate'; 'inanimate objects' .
(adj.) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; 'the word `car' is inanimate' .
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To animate.
(a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
Typist: Richard
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lifeless, dead, inert, soulless, spiritless.
Typist: Vivienne
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ANIMATE]
Typist: Miguel
Definition
adj. without animation or life: dead: spiritless: dull.—ns. Inan′imateness Inanimā′tion.
Editor: Milton
Examples
- When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It is in vain to urge, that inanimate objects act without liberty and choice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But it is not in its relation with regard to other external and inanimate objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No matter what the object required may be, whether animate or inanimate, if it is necessary for the play it is found and pressed into service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For that relation may be the same betwixt inanimate objects, or with regard to brute creatures; though in those cases it forms no property. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- We bestow thoughtful care upon inanimate objects, but none upon ourselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But I liked his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being at the same time unsettled and inanimate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I discovered that if I were to stay there a month, I should still find myself looking at the people instead of the inanimate objects on exhibition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In such a spot death loses half its terrors, and even the inanimate dust appears to partake of the spirit of beauty which hallows this region. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The inanimate objects were not changed; but the living things had altered past recognition. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This was the sole idea, to turn upon the inanimate matter of the underground, and reduce it to his will. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hermione went round the room carefully, taking in every detail, as if absorbing the evidence of his presence, in all the inanimate things. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You take a sort of harsh, solitary triumph in drawing pleasure out of the elements and the inanimate and lower animate creation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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