the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Inactive; listless.
v. To render inactive or listless.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not active; inactive.
Inoperative; not producing effects; having no efficacy.
Marked by inaction; not utilized.
To render inactive or incapable; incapacitate.
Word Usage
"In Paradise Regained, Jesus, who has hitherto lived "private, unactive, calm, contemplative," emerges to be tested by temptation and so made ready for the "great work ... before him set.""