Inanimation
(In*an`i*ma"tion) n. [See 2d Inanimate.] Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.

Inanimation
(In*an`i*ma"tion), n. [See 1st Inanimate.] Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. [Obs.]

The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us.
Bp. Hall.

Inanitiate
(In`a*ni"ti*ate) v. t. To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment. [R.]

Inanitiation
(In`a*ni`ti*a"tion) n. Inanition. [R.]

Inanition
(In`a*ni"tion) n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.] The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.

Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness.
Landor.

Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.
Burton.

Inanity
(In*an"i*ty) n.; pl. Inanities [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanité. See Inane.]

1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

2. Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; — chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.

Inantherate
(In*an"ther*ate) a. (Bot.) Not bearing anthers; — said of sterile stamens.

In antis
(||In an"tis) [L.] (Arch.) Between antæ; — said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.

Inapathy
(In*ap"a*thy) n. Sensibility; feeling; — opposed to apathy. [R.]

Inappealable
(In`ap*peal"a*ble) a. Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge.

Inappeasable
(In`ap*peas"a*ble) a. Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.

Inappellability
(In`ap*pel`la*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being inappellable; finality.

The inappellability of the councils.
Coleridge.

Inappellable
(In`ap*pel"la*ble) a. Inappealable; final.

Inappetence
(In*ap"pe*tence In*ap"pe*ten*cy) n. [Pref. in- not + appetence: cf. F. inappétence.] Want of appetency; want of desire.

Inapplicability
(In*ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. inapplicabilité.] The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.

Inapplicable
(In*ap"pli*ca*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill.

Syn. — Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant.

In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n.In*ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.


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