inanimate

Etymology 1

From Middle English inanimate, from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + animātus.

adj

1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
2. Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
   I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 5, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 2011-10-31
3. (grammar) Not animate.

noun

1. (rare) Something that is not alive.

Etymology 2

Latin inanimō; equivalent to in- (intensive) + animate

verb

1. (obsolete) To animate.
   For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill 1621, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary