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inanimating

inanimating is the present participle and gerund of inanimate.

Meaning of inanimate

Verb

inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated)

  1. (obsolete) To animate.
    • For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill1621, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary

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Questions about inanimating

What is inanimating the present participle and gerund of?
Inanimating is the present participle and gerund of inanimate.

Words near inanimating in the dictionary

  1. inanimated
  2. inanimately
  3. inanimateness
  4. inanimatenesses
  5. inanimates
  6. inanimating
  7. inanimation
  8. inanitiated
  9. inanitiation
  10. inanities
  11. inanition

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