Defn: 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.
Defn: To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment.
[R.]
INANITIATION
In`a*ni`ti*a"tion, n.
Defn: Inanition. [R.]
INANITION In`a*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.]
Defn: 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. Etym: [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanité. See Inane.]
1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
2. Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.