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devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

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  1. adj. devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  2. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception. The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. Reid. But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient. Sir W. Hamilton.
  3. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power ofperception.The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. Reid.But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, becauseit is insentient. Sir W. Hamilton.
  4. a. devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation