Noah Webster
Inanimate
INAN'IMATE, verb transitive [infra.] To animate. [Little Used.]
INAN'IMATE, adjective [Latin inanimatus; in and animo, animatus.]
1. Destitute of animal life. Plants, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body.
2. Destitute of animation or life.