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† inˈanimated, a. Obs.
[f. in-3 + animated ppl. a.]
Not endowed with or having life.
1. = inanimate a. 1.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 159 Principles, which are..common also unto inanimated constitutions. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iv. xliv. 339 God that raised inanimated dust and clay into a living Creature. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1813) II. vii. 286 Every representation of inanimated nature, is extremely rude and awkward. 1826Blackw. Mag. XX. 676 With our religious spirit [we] embue all the ongoings of animated and even inanimated life.
2. = inanimate a. 2.
1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 183/2 Her faded lips, her pale cheek, and her inanimated features. 1788C. Reeve Exiles II. 47, I behaved..like a poor, inanimated, lifeless creature. |