inanimate
adjEtymology
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).
- derived from in-
- derived from inanimātus
- inherited from inanimate
Definitions
Lacking the quality or ability of motion
Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
- The love of the inanimate is a general feeling. True, it makes no return of affection, neither does it disappoint it; its associations are from our thoughts and emotions.
- Retired when her position was dissolved due to advances in inanimate automation.
Not alive, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
- I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
Not animate.
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Something that is not alive.
To animate.
- For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill
The neighborhood
- neighbordeanimate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at inanimate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at inanimate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at inanimate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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