inanimateadj.n.

/ɪnˈanɪmət/

Etymology: < late Latin inanimātus lifeless, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + animātus animate adj. and n. Compare French inanimé.

A. adj.

1. Not animated or alive; destitute of life, lifeless; spec. not endowed with animal life, as in inanimate nature, that part of nature which is without sensation, i.e. all outside the animal world.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective]

lifelessOE

unlivingOE

bloodless and bonelessOE

deadlya1225

dead1430

natureless1548

exanimate1552

inanimatea1555

unlively1563

spiritless1570

unquickened1610

unanimate1615

inanimal1623

inanimated1646

unvital1661

unanimated1697

unbreathing1709

unconscious1744

pulseless1820

azoic1854

not-living1869

abiotic1873

unvitalized1874

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective]

unfeelingc1000

dead?c1225

unwitlessc1225

insensiblec1400

unfeelablec1400

unfredeablec1450

insensate?1520

blatea1522

deaf?1527

unsensible1531

inanimatea1555

senseless1557

unsensate1561

sleeping1562

insensitive1610

unsensitive1610

torpid1613

inanimated1646

torpent1647

unperceptive1668

feelless1684

insentient1764

unsentient1768

sensationless1824

apathic1835

non-sensitive1836

zombie-like1932

zombie-esque1946

zomboid1963

zombied1972

a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1835/1 Shall we see sacrifice and Gods seruice done to an inanimate creature and be mumme?

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xvi. 65 Inanimate creatures, as Trees, and the like.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 197 Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter still.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 31 The beauties of inanimate nature.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. iv. 152 At His bidding life returns to inanimate corpses.

1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 632 He who..did damage to any inanimate property..was liable in its highest value.

2. Without the activity or motion of life (literal and figurative); spiritless, inactive, dull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation

deadOE

lifelessOE

unquickc1475

exanimate?c1550

flat1604

unsprighty1607

spiritless1609

dead-alive1617

fireless1647

uninformed1709

inanimate1713

unanimated1734

nerveless1735

inanimated1753

dispirited1758

dead and alive1863

unalive1905

pepless1909

zipless1922

soggy1928

undead1936

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 13 From her Roofs when Verrio's Colours fall, And leave inanimate the naked Wall.

1862 A. Helps Organiz. Daily Life in Ess. (1875) 162 Organization should not be an inanimate, but a living, growing thing.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xvii. 24 If from stupor inanimate peradventure he wake him.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 10 His arms grasped the girl's inanimate form.

1893 Daily News 19 June 4/7 The stock markets were quite inanimate.

B. n.

An inanimate thing; that which is inanimate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [noun] > that which is lifeless or inanimate

thing1589

inanimate1652

not-life1895

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > that which is

stock1303

stonea1400

blockc1410

non-sensitive1628

inanimate1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 167 The very inanimates; whom words can in no wise effect, or move.

1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero Of Nature of Gods i. 65 Even Inanimates have their proper Stations assigned.

1836 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 36 My enjoyment was drawn..from the beautiful inanimate in all its forms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† inanimatev.¹

Etymology: < participial stem of late Latin inanimāre to animate, encourage, < in- (in- prefix³) + animāre to animate v. (Scots past participial inanimat, after Latin inanimātus.)

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To animate, infuse life into. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > give life [verb (transitive)]

wrecchec897

quickOE

soulOE

aquicka1000

quickena1382

vivificate?a1475

live1483

envive1523

embreathea1529

instruct1532

animate1533

vivify1545

enlive1593

inanimate1610

vegetate1620

interanimatea1631

pre-inanimatea1631

enliven1631

vive1637

suscitate1646

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr vi. 172 God inanimates euery State with one power, as euery man with one soule.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 65 Stealing fire from the suns coach-wheeles, wherewith he inanimated his man of clay.

1679 M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 59 Which matter so inanimated..is called by some Sandarack, by others Bee-bread.

2. To animate, encourage, quicken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]

akeleOE

restOE

comfort1303

ease1330

quickc1350

recurea1382

refresha1382

refetec1384

restorec1384

affilea1393

enforcec1400

freshc1405

revigour?a1425

recomfortc1425

recreatec1425

quicken?c1430

revive1442

cheerc1443

refection?c1450

refect1488

unweary1530

freshen1532

corroborate1541

vige?c1550

erect?1555

recollect?1560

repose1562

respite1565

rouse1574

requicken1576

animate1585

enlive1593

revify1598

inanimate1600

insinew1600

to wind up1602

vigorize1603

inspiritc1610

invigour1611

refocillate1611

revigorate1611

renovate1614

spriten1614

repaira1616

activate1624

vigour1636

enliven1644

invigorate1646

rally1650

reinvigorate1652

renerve1652

to freshen up1654

righta1656

re-enlivena1660

recruita1661

enlighten1667

revivify1675

untire1677

reanimate1694

stimulate1759

rebrace1764

refreshen1780

brisken1799

irrigate1823

tonic1825

to fresh up1835

ginger1844

spell1846

recuperate1849

binge1854

tone1859

innerve1880

fiercen1896

to tone up1896

to buck up1909

pep1912

to zip up1927

to perk up1936

to zizz up1944

hep1948

to zing up1948

juice1964

1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 248 (Jam.) To continew in prosequuting the said actioun, quhairby vtheris..may be thair exampill be inannimat to the lyik interpryisis.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 157 To inanimate their souldiours to battell.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 182 In the shadow of death, the Lord of life should quicken and inanimate their hearts.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 251 To excite, and inanimate their Subjects to an expedition.

Derivatives

† inˈanimated adj. Obsolete endowed with life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > opposed to inanimate

quickeOE

livelyOE

animatea1398

quick and queathing?a1475

vitala1513

animated1568

animal1599

animant1678

inanimated1689

vivified1767

animastic1794

vitalic1848

1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 57 Magistrates..are but an inanimated and speaking Law.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† inanimatev.²

Etymology: < inanimate adj.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To deprive of life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

1647 T. Powell tr. V. Malvezzi Pourtract Politicke Christian-favourite 3 It wounds not, it inanimats not.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

adj.n.a1555

v.¹1600

v.²1647

单词	inanimate
释义	inanimateadj.n. /ɪnˈanɪmət/ Etymology: < late Latin inanimātus lifeless, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + animātus animate adj. and n. Compare French inanimé. A. adj. 1. Not animated or alive; destitute of life, lifeless; spec. not endowed with animal life, as in inanimate nature, that part of nature which is without sensation, i.e. all outside the animal world. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective] lifelessOE unlivingOE bloodless and bonelessOE deadlya1225 dead1430 natureless1548 exanimate1552 inanimatea1555 unlively1563 spiritless1570 unquickened1610 unanimate1615 inanimal1623 inanimated1646 unvital1661 unanimated1697 unbreathing1709 unconscious1744 pulseless1820 azoic1854 not-living1869 abiotic1873 unvitalized1874 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] unfeelingc1000 dead?c1225 unwitlessc1225 insensiblec1400 unfeelablec1400 unfredeablec1450 insensate?1520 blatea1522 deaf?1527 unsensible1531 inanimatea1555 senseless1557 unsensate1561 sleeping1562 insensitive1610 unsensitive1610 torpid1613 inanimated1646 torpent1647 unperceptive1668 feelless1684 insentient1764 unsentient1768 sensationless1824 apathic1835 non-sensitive1836 zombie-like1932 zombie-esque1946 zomboid1963 zombied1972 a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1835/1 Shall we see sacrifice and Gods seruice done to an inanimate creature and be mumme? 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xvi. 65 Inanimate creatures, as Trees, and the like. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 197 Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter still. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 31 The beauties of inanimate nature. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. iv. 152 At His bidding life returns to inanimate corpses. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 632 He who..did damage to any inanimate property..was liable in its highest value. 2. Without the activity or motion of life (literal and figurative); spiritless, inactive, dull. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation deadOE lifelessOE unquickc1475 exanimate?c1550 flat1604 unsprighty1607 spiritless1609 dead-alive1617 fireless1647 uninformed1709 inanimate1713 unanimated1734 nerveless1735 inanimated1753 dispirited1758 dead and alive1863 unalive1905 pepless1909 zipless1922 soggy1928 undead1936 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 13 From her Roofs when Verrio's Colours fall, And leave inanimate the naked Wall. 1862 A. Helps Organiz. Daily Life in Ess. (1875) 162 Organization should not be an inanimate, but a living, growing thing. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xvii. 24 If from stupor inanimate peradventure he wake him. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 10 His arms grasped the girl's inanimate form. 1893 Daily News 19 June 4/7 The stock markets were quite inanimate. B. n. An inanimate thing; that which is inanimate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [noun] > that which is lifeless or inanimate thing1589 inanimate1652 not-life1895 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > that which is stock1303 stonea1400 blockc1410 non-sensitive1628 inanimate1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 167 The very inanimates; whom words can in no wise effect, or move. 1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero Of Nature of Gods i. 65 Even Inanimates have their proper Stations assigned. 1836 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 36 My enjoyment was drawn..from the beautiful inanimate in all its forms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † inanimatev.¹ Etymology: < participial stem of late Latin inanimāre to animate, encourage, < in- (in- prefix³) + animāre to animate v. (Scots past participial inanimat, after Latin inanimātus.) Obsolete. 1. transitive. To animate, infuse life into. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > give life [verb (transitive)] wrecchec897 quickOE soulOE aquicka1000 quickena1382 vivificate?a1475 live1483 envive1523 embreathea1529 instruct1532 animate1533 vivify1545 enlive1593 inanimate1610 vegetate1620 interanimatea1631 pre-inanimatea1631 enliven1631 vive1637 suscitate1646 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr vi. 172 God inanimates euery State with one power, as euery man with one soule. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 65 Stealing fire from the suns coach-wheeles, wherewith he inanimated his man of clay. 1679 M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 59 Which matter so inanimated..is called by some Sandarack, by others Bee-bread. 2. To animate, encourage, quicken. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] akeleOE restOE comfort1303 ease1330 quickc1350 recurea1382 refresha1382 refetec1384 restorec1384 affilea1393 enforcec1400 freshc1405 revigour?a1425 recomfortc1425 recreatec1425 quicken?c1430 revive1442 cheerc1443 refection?c1450 refect1488 unweary1530 freshen1532 corroborate1541 vige?c1550 erect?1555 recollect?1560 repose1562 respite1565 rouse1574 requicken1576 animate1585 enlive1593 revify1598 inanimate1600 insinew1600 to wind up1602 vigorize1603 inspiritc1610 invigour1611 refocillate1611 revigorate1611 renovate1614 spriten1614 repaira1616 activate1624 vigour1636 enliven1644 invigorate1646 rally1650 reinvigorate1652 renerve1652 to freshen up1654 righta1656 re-enlivena1660 recruita1661 enlighten1667 revivify1675 untire1677 reanimate1694 stimulate1759 rebrace1764 refreshen1780 brisken1799 irrigate1823 tonic1825 to fresh up1835 ginger1844 spell1846 recuperate1849 binge1854 tone1859 innerve1880 fiercen1896 to tone up1896 to buck up1909 pep1912 to zip up1927 to perk up1936 to zizz up1944 hep1948 to zing up1948 juice1964 1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 248 (Jam.) To continew in prosequuting the said actioun, quhairby vtheris..may be thair exampill be inannimat to the lyik interpryisis. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 157 To inanimate their souldiours to battell. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 182 In the shadow of death, the Lord of life should quicken and inanimate their hearts. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 251 To excite, and inanimate their Subjects to an expedition. Derivatives † inˈanimated adj. Obsolete endowed with life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > opposed to inanimate quickeOE livelyOE animatea1398 quick and queathing?a1475 vitala1513 animated1568 animal1599 animant1678 inanimated1689 vivified1767 animastic1794 vitalic1848 1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 57 Magistrates..are but an inanimated and speaking Law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † inanimatev.² Etymology: < inanimate adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To deprive of life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 1647 T. Powell tr. V. Malvezzi Pourtract Politicke Christian-favourite 3 It wounds not, it inanimats not. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.a1555v.¹1600v.²1647
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inanimateadj.n.

† inanimatev.1

Derivatives

† inanimatev.2

† inanimatev.¹

† inanimatev.²