Inanimate
Inanimate , transitive verb
[Prefix in- in (or intensively) + animate.]
To animate. [Obsolete] — Donne
Inanimate , adjective
[Latin inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate.]
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves.