a. [ L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate. ] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]
The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle.
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v. t.
As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke. [ 1913 Webster ]