in a trance vs inanimate

in a trance

inanimate

adj
  • Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. 

  • Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals. 

  • Not animate. 

noun
  • Something that is not alive. 

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