inanimate
inanimate · inanimates · inanimated · inanimating
To animateTo animate.
/ɪnˈænɪmeɪt/
» Stop threatening inanimate objects, they can't hear you.
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1 senses(obsolete)To animate.
Examples
2 sentencesStop threatening inanimate objects, they can't hear you.
The spirits can be good or evil and can inhabit inanimate objects.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin inanimātus, the perfect passive participle of inanimō (“to animate”) (Borrowed from Latin inanimātus, the perfect passive participle of inanimō (“to animate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + animō (“to animate”); by surface analysis, in- + animate.
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Forms
inanimates, inanimating, inanimated, inanimated| Base form | inanimate · to inanimate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | inanimates |
| Present participle | inanimating |
| Past simple | inanimated |
| Past participle | inanimated |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.