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Faultily faultless,
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Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit
Mathematics have for their object the consideration of whatever is capable of being numbered or measured.
Ethics is the sciences of the laws which govern our actions as moral agents.
All parts of knowledge have their origin inmetaphysics , and finally, perhaps, revolve intoit .
Mechanics , like puremathematics , may be geometrical, or may be analytical; that is,it may treat space either by a direct consideration of its properties, or by a symbolical representation.
Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection.
Mounting up inicy-pearled car.
Her sweetidea wandered through his thoughts.
Being the rightidea of your father Both in your form and nobleness of mind.
This representation or likeness of the object being transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and properly called itsidea .
Alice had not the slightestidea what latitude was.
Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I callidea .
That fellow seems to me to possess but oneidea , and that is a wrong one.
What is now \'bdidea \'b8 for us? How infinite the fall of this word, since the time where Milton sang of the Creator contemplating his newly-created world, - \'bdhow it showed . . . Answering his greatidea ,\'b8 - to its present use, when this person \'bdhas anidea that the train has started,\'b8 and the other \'bdhad noidea that the dinner would be so bad!\'b8
I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with anidea of undertaking while there the translation of the work.
Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his greatidea .
There will always be a wide interval between practical andideal excellence.
Theideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is theideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame.
Theideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God.
The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enter now into the process ofideation .
Certain sensational orideational stimuli.
I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the sameidentical person who now remember that event, did then exist.
When you say body is solid, I say that you make anidentical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity.
Every precaution is taken toidentify the interests of the people and of the rulers.
Let usidentify , let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us willidentify with an interest more enlarged and public.
Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves.
Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts.
You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means ofideograms and gesture.
Theides of March remember.
I will undertake to convict a man ofidiocy , if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles.
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues.
Byidiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language.
He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with theidiom of ours.
Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to justidioms fix our doubtful speech.
Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though be courtesy ofidiom rather than in strict propriety of language.
Every good writer has muchidiom .
It is not by means of rules that suchidioms as the following are made current: \'bdI canmake nothing of it.\'b8 \'bdHetreats his subjecthome .\'b8Dryden . \'bdIt is that within us thatmakes for righteousness.\'b8M .Arnold .
All men are so full of their own fancies andidiopathies , that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from theidiosyncrasies of the body.
St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and allidiots or private persons.
Christ was received ofidiots , of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis.
Life . . . is a tale Told by anidiot , full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
Weenest thou make anidiot of our dame?
Scholars sometimes give terminations andidiotisms , suitable to their native language, unto words newly invented.
Worse than mere ignorance oridiotism .
The running that adventure is the greatistidiotism .
Everyidle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Down theiridle weapons dropped.
Thisidle story became important.
Theidle spear and shield were high uphing.
Why stand ye here all the dayidle ?
And anidlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th'idol of her maker's great magnificence.
That they should not worship devils, andidols of gold.
The soldier's god and people'sidol .
Theidols of preconceived opinion.
Jonson was anidolater of the ancients.
[Josiah] put down theidolatrous priests.
His eye surveyed the darkidolatries Of alienated Judah.
Toidolize after the manner of Egypt.
An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on anidoneous person.
Wordsworth's solemn-thoughtedidyl .
His [Goldsmith's] lovelyidyl of the Vicar's home.
Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist,if \'d1dipus deserve thy care.
If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Uncertainif by augury or chance.
She doubtsif two and two make four.
Vulcan is called the powerfulignipotent .
Scared and guided by theignis fatuus of popular superstition.
I was notignoble of descent.
Her royal stock graft withignoble plants.
'T but a base,ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Far from the madding crowd'signoble strife.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fledignominious .
One single, obscure,ignominious projector.
Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours withignominy after conquest.
Vice begins in mistake, and ends inignominy .
Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth.
I blush to think upon thisignomy .
Anignoramus in place and power.
Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but anignorant man, whatever he may know besides.
Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
Ignorant concealment.
Alas, whatignorant sin have I committed?
His shipping, Poorignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved.
In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of theignorant More learned than the ears.
In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but theignorant andilliterate , embraced torments and death.
Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealousignorants to preach?
Whom therefoer yeignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that theyignore .
Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind.
Neither is itill air only that maketh anill seat, butill ways,ill markets, andill neighbors.
There 's someill planet reigns.
Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergyill example.
I am in health, I breathe, and see theeill .
That 's anill phrase.
Who can all sense of others'ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape.
That makes us rather bear thoseills we have Than fly to others that we know not of.
Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, Exerts itself, and then throws off theill .
Howill this taper burns!
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
I'll by a sign give notice to our friends.
Morally immutable andillapsable .
They sit silent . . . waiting for anillapse of the spirit.
Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retairy versatility of logicillaqueate your good sense.
Fraudulent deductions or inconsequentillations from a false conception of things.
The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, withoutillegitimating the issue.
Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting herillegitimation taken off.
Ill-favored and lean-fleshed.
Oneillicit . . . transaction always leads to another.
The wild, the irregular, theillimitable , and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty.
The absoluteness andillimitedness of his commission was generally much spoken of.
A thin crust orillinition of black manganese.
The many blunders andilliteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.
Soill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away.
The mountain's brow,Illumed with fluid gold.
Theillumination which a bright genius giveth to his work.
Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by propheticalillumination are inspired.
The devil insnareth the souls of many men, byilluring them with the muck and dung of this world.
To cheat the eye with blearillusions .
Ye softillusions , dear deceits, arise!
Truth fromillusive falsehood to command.
Here, when the moonillustrates all the sky.
To prove him, andillustrate his high worth.
Matter to me of glory, whom their hateIllustrates .
This most gallant,illustrate , and learned gentleman.
Quench the light; thine eyes are guidesillustrious .
Illustrious earls, renowened everywhere.
Even like a stonyimage , cold and numb.
Whose is thisimage and superscription?
This play is theimage of a murder done in Vienna.
And God created man in his ownimage .
Thou shalt not make unto thee any gravenimage , . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them.
The face of things a frightfulimage bears.
Can we conceiveImage of aught delightful, soft, or great?
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, Andimage charms he must behold no more.
Praxiteles was ennobled for a rareimager .
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, andimagery .
What can thyimagery of sorrow mean?
Theimagery of a melancholic fancy.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of goodimagery .
Men sunk into the greatest darknessimaginable .
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I sufferImaginary ills and fancied tortures?
Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense; if absent, isimagination .
Imagination is of three kinds: joined with belief of that which is to come; joined with memory of that which is past; and of things present, or as if they were present.
Theimagination of common language -- the productiveimagination of philosophers -- is nothing but the representative process plus the process to which I would give the name of the \'bdcomparative.\'b8
The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions, and to recombine the elements of them at its pleasure, is called its faculty ofimagination .
The business of conception is to present us with an exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have moreover a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the wordimagination to express this power.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are ofimagination all compact . . . The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And asimagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
The same power, which we should callfancy if employed on a production of a light nature, would be dignified with the title ofimagination if shown on a grander scale.
In all the higher departments ofimaginative art, nature still constitues an important element.
Milton had a highlyimaginative , Cowley a very fanciful mind.
In the night,imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
How long will yeimagine mischief against a man?
My sister is not so defenseless left As youimagine .
Toimbar their crooked titles.
And gave her to his daughters toimbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel.
Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage andimbecility of mind.
Is there anything that moreimbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame?
Imbittered against each other by former contests.
The soul grows clotted by contagion,Imbodies , and imbrutes.
The Father infinite, By whom in blissimbosomed sat the Son.
Physiologyimbrangled with an inapplicable logic.
Wrestling to free itself from the balefulimbroglio .
The mountain mass by scorching skiesimbrowned .
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scotsimbrued .
And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate andimbrute .
The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, andimbrutes , till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Thy words with grace divineImbued , bring to their sweetness no satiety.
The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as beingimitable by great numbers.
Despise wealth andimitate a dog.
A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art canimitate .
This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained animitated shield.
Poesy is an art ofimitation , . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth.
Both these arts are not only trueimitations of nature, but of the best nature.
This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Wasimitative of the first in Thrace.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One moreimmaculate .
Thou sheer,immaculate and silver fountain.
Although this corporal rind Thou hastimmanacled .
[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing theimmanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the world.
A cognition is animmanent act of mind.
Animmanent power in the life of the world.
Angels are spiritsimmaterial and intellectual.
Immateralized spirits.
When the world has outgrown its intellectualimmaturity .
Immeability of the juices.
Of depthimmeasurable .
Eternity andimmeasurableness belong to thought alone.
You are the mostimmediate to our throne.
Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By someimmediate stroke.
Theimmediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible.
God's acceptance of it eitherimmediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.
And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. Andimmediately his leprosy was cleansed.
O Goodness infinite! Goodnessimmense !
Lost in the wilds of vastimmensity .
Theimmensity of the material system.
What animmensurable space is the firmament.
We took . . . lukewarm water, and in itimmerged a quantity of the leaves of senna.
Their souls areimmerged in matter.
Deepimmersed beneath its whirling wave.
More than a mileimmersed within the wood.
The queenimmersed in such a trance.
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeplyimmersed inn the enjoyments of this.
Too deep animmersion in the affairs of life.
Theimmigrations of the Arabians into Europe.
Hairbreadth scapes i' theimminent deadly breach.
Their eyes everimminent upon worldly matters.
Three times to-day You have defended me fromimminent death.
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices ofimpending foes.
Fierce facesthreatening war.
A chaos ofimmiscible and conflicting particles.
Amongst her tearsimmixing prayers meek.
How pure andimmixed the design is.
So every scope by theimmoderate use Turns to restraint.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the leastimmodest thought.
Worshipers, who not onlyimmolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women.
The root of allimmorality .
Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies andimmoralities broke loose among them.
Unto the King eternal,immortal , invisible.
For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thingimmortal as itself?
I haveimmortal longings in me.
One of the few,immortal names, That were not born yo die.
This mortal must put onimmortality .
Alexander had no Homer toimmortalize his quilty name.
Immovable , infixed, and frozen round.
Those tender babes Whom envy hathimmured within your walls.
This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour,immures us round.
That by twoimmutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation.
Immutable , immortal, infinite, Eternal King.
The tenderimp was weaned.
To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabblingimps .
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing.
Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here no frail Muse shallimp her crippled wing.
Help, ye tart satirists, toimp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age.
The quarrel, by thatimpact driven.
Time sensibly all thingsimpairs .
In years he seemed, but notimpaired by years.
Then with what life remains,impaled , and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
Impale him with your weapons round about.
Impenetrable,impaled with circling fire.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched andimpaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof.
In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by theimparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it.
They . . .impark them [the sheep] within hurdles.
Well may he then to you his caresimpart .
Gentle lady, When I did firstimpart my love to you.
He that hath two coats, let himimpart to him that hath none.
The necessity of thisimpartation .
Jove isimpartial , and to both the same.
A comprehensive andimpartial view.
Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.
It beckons you to go away with it, As if it someimpartment did desire To you alone.
Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, andimpassible depart.
Impassive as the marble in the quarry.
On theimpassive ice the lightings play.
A spirit, and soimpatible of material fire.
I then, . . . Out of my grief and myimpatience , Answered neglectingly.
With hugeimpatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt.
A violent, sudden, andimpatient necessity.
Fame,impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise.
Theimpatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
Dryden was poor andimpatient of poverty.
Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic.
These ungracious practices of his sons didimpeach his journey to the Holy Land.
A defluxion on my throatimpeached my utterance.
And dothimpeach the freedom of the state.
Owners of lands in fee simple are notimpeachable for waste.
Willing to march on to Calais, Withoutimpeachment .
The consequence of Coriolanus'impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state.
Dewdrops which the sunImpearls on every leaf and every flower.
With morning dewsimpearled .
The dews of the morningimpearl every thorn.
Infallibility andimpeccability are two of his attributes.
God is infallible,impeccable , and absolutely perfect.
Animpecunious creature.
Whatever hinders orimpedes The action of the nobler will.
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on withoutimpediment .
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, adifficulty to be met with his best recources, antobstacle to his own ambition, and animpedimen in his political career.
Things soimpediental to success.
The surgeimpelled me on a craggy coast.
Destruction sure o'er all your headsimpends .
Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.
Animpending brow.
And nodding Ilion waits th'impending fall.
Highest woodsimpenetrable To star or sunlight.
They will be credulous in all affairs of life, butimpenetrable by a sermon of the gospel.
He will advance from one degree of wickedness andimpenitence to another.
Thou hast helped toimpeople hell.
Thoseimperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul.
The suit of kings areimperative .
Almostimperceptible to the touch.
Its operation is slow, and in some cases almostimperceptible .
Their . . . subility andimperceptibleness .
Theimperceptive part of the soul.
Something he leftimperfect in the state.
Why, then, your other senses growimperfect .
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,imperfect person.
Nothingimperfect or deficient left Of all that he created.
Then say not man'simperfect , Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.
Sent to my account With all myimperfections on my head.
The last That wore theimperial diadem of Rome.
Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With animperial voice.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These areimperial arts, and worthy thee.
He sounds hisimperial clarion along the whole line of battle.
Romanimperialism had divided the world.
The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished herimperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold.
Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,Imperious .
Thisimperious man will work us all From princes into pages.
His bold, contemptuous, andimperious spirit soon made him conspicuous.
Imperious need, which can not be withstood.
Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them.
An almighty butimpersonal power, called Fate.
Benedictimpersonated his age.
We should avoid the vexation andimpertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood.
There are many subtileimpertinences learned in schools.
O, matter andimpertinency mixed! Reason in madness!
Things that areimpertinent to us.
Howimpertinent that grief was which served no end!
This gulf impassable,impervious .
The minds of these zealots were absolutelyimpervious .
In way ofimpertation procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses.
Went pouring forward withimpetuous speed.
The people, on their holidays,Impetuous , insolent, unquenchable.
Thoseimpieties for the which they are now visited.
The cause of reflection is not theimpinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.
But, in the present order of things, not to be employed withoutimpinging on God's justice.
When vice prevails, andimpious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station.
I see thou artimplacable .
An object ofimplacable enmity.
O! how I burn withimplacable fire.
Which wrought them painImplacable , and many a dolorous groan.
Minds wellimplanted with solid . . . breeding.
Genius must have talent as its complement andimplement .
Revenge . . . executed andimplemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown.
The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer areimplemented in such an instrument as the following.
The fable of every poem is . . . simple orimplex . it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it;implex , when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad.
The meeting boughs andimplicated leaves.
Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and theimplication of component parts.
Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessaryimplication that there were other things which he could not do.
In his woolly fleece I clingimplicit .
Back again toimplicit faith I fall.
Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly andimplicitly to acquiesce in and adore them.
Mereimplorators of unholy suits.
Imploring all the gods that reign above.
I kneel, and thenimplore her blessing.
Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention isimplied .
When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiringimplies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services.
Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I mostimply it.
The most unjust andimpolitic of all things, unequal taxation.
Against the which he hasimponed , as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards.
Every petition . . . doth . . . alwaysimport a multitude of speakers together.
I have a motion muchimports your good.
If I endure it, whatimports it you?
I take theimports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them.
Most serious design, and the greatimport .
Thy ownimportance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.
Uponimportance of so slight and trivial a nature.
The wisest beholder could not say if theimportance were joy or sorrow.
At ourimportance hither is he come.
Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind veryimportant .
Things small as nothing . . . He makesimportant .
He fiercely at him flew, And withimportant outrage him assailed.
And theirimportune fates all satisfied.
Of all other affections it [envy] is the mostimportune and continual.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetuallyimportuned the court with unreasonable demands.
We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shallimportune .
O'ercome with importunity and tears.
Cakes of salt and barley [she] didimpose Within a wicker basket.
What fatesimpose , that men must needs abide.
Death is the penaltyimposed .
Thou on the deepimposest nobler laws.
Theimposers of these oaths might repent.
Made more solemn by theimposition of hands.
Reputation is an idle and most falseimposition .
They confound difficulty withimpossibility .
Impossibilities ! O, no, there's none.
With men this isimpossible ; but with God all things are possible.
Without faith it isimpossible to please him.
\'bdMadam,\'b8 quoth he, \'bdthis were animpossible !\'b8
Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutionalimpost .
From new legends And fill the world with follies andimpostures .
Strictness fales andimpostrous .
Some were poor byimpotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples.
O,impotence of mind in body strong!
There sat a certain man at Lystra,impotent inhis feet.
O most lame andimpotent conclusion!
Not slow to hear, Norimpotent to save.
Impotent of tongue, her silence broke.
But taken andimpounded as a stray, The king of Scots.
This though,impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl.
Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with theimpracticable arrogance of a sovereign.
Morality notimpracticably rigid.
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire.
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physiciansimprecate .
Men cowered like slaves before such horridimprecations .
His perniciousss words,impregned With reason.
Semele doth Bacchus bearImpregned of Jove.
The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned andimpregnable .
The scorching ray Here pierceth not,impregnate with disease.
Myimpresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter.
The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, areimprescriptible .
Theimprescriptible laws of the pure reason.
Animprese , as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages.
His heart, like an agate, with your printimpressed .
Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.
The second five thousand poundsimpressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners.
Such fiendly thoughts in his heartimpress .
Theimpresses of the insides of these shells.
This weakimpress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice.
To describe . . . emblazoned shields,Impresses quaint.
Why suchimpress of shipwrights?
The stamp and clearimpression of good sense.
To shelter us fromimpressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build.
Portentous blaze of comets andimpressions in the air.
A fieryimpression falling from out of Heaven.
His wordsimpression left.
Such terribleimpression made the dream.
I have a father's dearimpression , And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married.
Which must be read with animpression .
Tenimpressions which his books have had.
He was tooimpressionable ; he had too much of the temperament of genius.
A pretty face and animpressionable disposition.
The great scandal of our naval service --impressment -- died a protracted death.
The clearing of theirimprests for what little of their debts they have received.
And sees his num'rous herdsimprint her sands.
Natureimprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, \'bdBe free.\'b8
Ideas of those two different things distinctlyimprinted on his mind.
Heimprisoned was in chains remediles.
Try toimprison the resistless wind.
His sinews waxen weak and raw Through longimprisonment and hard constraint.
Every confinement of the person is animprisonment , whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets.
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, animprobable letter, as some of the contents discover.
Persons . . . cast out for notoriousimprobity .
Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,Improper for a slave.
And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to theirimproper , Ill.
Not to be adorned with any art but suchimproper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
He would in like mannerimproper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
Improperatios and terms of scurrility.
Toimpropriate the thanks to himself.
But every language has likewise itsimproprieties and absurdities.
Many grossimproprieties , however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded.
Man is accommodated with moral principles,improvable by the exercise of his faculties.
I have a fine spread ofimprovable lands.
The essays of weaker heads affordimprovable hints to better.
Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can notimprove .
When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they couldimprove nothing.
I love not toimprove the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead.
We shall especially honor God byimproving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us.
A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened andimproved .
The court seldom fails toimprove the oppotunity.
How doth the little busy beeImprove each shining hour.
Those moments were diligently improved.
True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us toimprove the occasion.
We all have, I fear, . . . not a littleimproved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors.
We take care toimprove in our frugality and diligence.
I look upon your city as the best place ofimprovement .
Exercise is the chief source ofimprovement in all our faculties.
I shall make someimprovement of this doctrine.
The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, areimprovements on the Greek poet.
There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its severalimprovements and decays.
Those vices which more particularly receiveimprovement by prosperity.
Allimprovided for dread of death.
Theimprovidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman.
Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen.
Charles attempted toimprovise a peace.
His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his ownimprudence .
Her majesty took a great dislike at theimprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers.
Inimpuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in adults.
Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes itimpudence to deny.
Where pride andimpudence (in fashion knit) Usurp the chair of wit.
Audacious withoutimpudency .
More thanimpudent sauciness.
When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to beimpudent .
At once assail With open mouths, andimpudently rail.
The truth hereof I will net rashlypugn , or overboldly affirm.
A perpetualimpugnation and self-conflict.
Their ownimpuissance and weakness.
All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanicalimpulse .
These were my naturalimpulses for the undertaking.
Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do someimpulsive force obey.
My heart,impulsive and wayward.
Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied.
Theimpunity and also the recompense.
Profaneness,impurity , or scandal, is not wit.
Foulimpurities reigned among the monkish clergy.
Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled.
The silken fleeceimpurpled for the loom.
A prince whose political vices, at least, wereimputable to mental incapacity.
The fault lies at his door, and she is no wiseimputable .
Shylock . Antonio is a good man.Bassanio . Have you heard anyimputation to the contrary?
If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with theimputation of being near their master.
Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundlessimputation of our enemies.
Actual righteousness as well asimputative .
Nor you, ye proud,impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.
One vice of a darker shade wasimputed to him -- envy.
It wasimputed to him forrighteousness .
They meritImputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
If weimpute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.
The babe lyingin a manger.
Thy sun sets weepingin the lowly west.
Situatedin the forty-first degree of latitude.
Matter for censurein every page.
Wraptin sweet sounds, asin bright veils.
Ninein ten of those who enter the ministry.
When shall we three meet again,In thunder, lightning, orin rain?
Sounds inharmoniousin themselves, and harsh.
He would not plunge his brotherin despair.
She had no jewels to depositin their caskets.
Their vacation . . . fallsin so pat with ours.
All theins and outs of this neighborhood.
He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave toin the crop.
It is not from aninability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice.
The expression is plainlyinaccurate .
The gloomyinactivity of despair.
Theinadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes.
Inadvertency , or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers.
The productions of a great genius, with many lapses aninadvertencies , are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact.
Aninadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.
The undistinguishableinane of infinite space.
Grieving, if aughtinanimate e'er grieves.
The deadness andinanimateness of the subject.
Theinanimation of Christ living and breathing within us.
Feeble frominanition , inert from weariness.
Repletion andinanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.
Theinappellability of the councils.
Music which isinarticulate poesy.
The poor earl, who isinarticulate with palsy.
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mindinattention hears.
As if kings did closes remarkable days toinaugurate their favors.
At his regalinauguration , his old father resigned the kingdom to him.
Toinbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.
Herinburning wrath she gan abate.
Herinburnt , shamefaced thoughts.
Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say,incandescent throughout.
Is not your father grownincapable of reasonable affairs?
It absolutelyincapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seasincarnadine , Making the green one red.
I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate orincarnate can fairly do.
Here shalt thou sitincarnate .
He represents the emperor and his wife as two devilsincarnate , sent into the world for the destruction of mankind.
This essence toincarnate and imbrute, That to the height of deity aspired.
My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning toincarnate .
She is a newincarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
The veryincarnation of selfishness.
Rich plates of gold the folding doorsincase .
You . . .incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread.
His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate anyincautious reader.
Several cities . . . drove them out asincendiaries .
Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor toincense Thy glorious heap of funeral.
The people areincensed him.
A thick ofincense went up.
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and putincense thereon.
Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride,
Withincense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Competency is the mostincentive to industry.
Partincentive reed
Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather proveincentives to them to go on in it.
Marked with vivacity ofinception , apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay.
Very questionable and ofuncertain truth.
Theincertitude and instability of this life.
He fails . . . from mereincertitude or irresolution.
Against the castle gate, . . . Which withincessant force and endless hate, They batter'd day and night and entrance did await.
Theincession or local motion of animals.
Ere you reach to thisincestuous love, You must divine and human rights remove.
12 seconds (\'b7\'b7) make 1inch or prime. 12inches or primes (\'b7) make 1 foot.
Beldame, I think we watched you at aninch .
He gets too far into the soldier's grace Andinches out my master.
With slow paces measures back the field, Andinches to the walls.
Neither a substance perfect, nor a substanceinchoate .
The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would be looked on as the firstinchoation of them.
It is now in actual progress, from the rudestinchoation to the most elaborate finishing.
In equalincidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions.
As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarerincident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
All chancesincident to man's frail life.
The studiesincident to his profession.
No person, noincident , in a play but must be of use to carry on the main design.
By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as anincidental business.
I treat either orincidentally of colors.
It is the fire only thatincinerates bodies.
The phenix kind, Of whoseincineration , There riseth a new creation.
I on thy grave this epitaphincise .
And herincisive smile accrediting That treason of false witness in my blush.
The noblestincitation to honest attempts.
Anthiochus, when heincited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.
No blown ambition doth our armsincite .
From the long records of a distant age, Deriveincitements to renew thy rage.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies andincivilities .
The flattering ivy who did ever seeInclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree.
Theinclemency of the late pope.
Theinclemencies of morning air.
The rudeinclemency of wintry skies.
The guard the wretched from theinclement sky.
Teach us further by what means to shun Theinclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow!
Likely andinclinable to fall.
Whatsoever other sins he may beinclinable to.
The very constitution of a multitude is not soinclinable to save as to destroy.
A mereinclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing.
How dost thou find theinclination of the people?
Their heartsinclined to follow Abimelech.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and eachinclines to peace.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies.
Incline our hearts to keep this law.
With due respect my body Iinclined .
On the firstinclining towards sleep.
Both you of myinclining , and the rest.
Whate'er the ocean pales, or skyinclips .
How many evils haveinclosed me round!
Theinclosed copies of the treaty.
They went to coach and their horseinclose .
Within theinclosure there was a great store of houses.
Breaking ourinclosures every morn.
The wholeincluded race, his purposed prey.
The loss of such a lordincludes all harm.
Come, let us go; we willinclude all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
Theinclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.
Depend upon it -- he'll remainincog .
'T is folly andincogitancy to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little communicate.
Men are careless andincogitant .
'T was long ago Since gods come downincognito .
The prince royal of Persia came thitherincognito .
Hisincognito was endangered.
The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi, but a distinct branch, now becomeincognizable .
Thisincognizance may be explained.
Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we are whollyincognizant .
Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason.
Crudeincoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies.
More abundantincomes of light and strength from God.
At mineincome I louted low.
I would then make in and steep Myincome in their blood.
No fields afford So large anincome to the village lord.
Outgoers andincomers .
A fullincoming profit on the product of his labor.
Theincomings and outgoings of the trains.
Manyincomings are subject to great fluctuations.
They are quantitiesincommensurable .
A greatincommodity to the body.
Buried him under a bulk ofincommodities .
Health and understanding areincommunicable .
Thoseincommunicable relations of the divine love.
The Chinese . . . anincommunicative nation.
His usualincommunicativeness .
A merchant ofincomparable wealth.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath theincomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron.
Delightsincomparably all those corporeal things.
A strength and obduracy of characterincompatible with his meek and innocent nature.
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false andincompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation.
A most imperfect andincomplete divine.
Self-conceit produces peevishness andincompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent.
Ambition and faith . . . are . . .incompossible .
The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing anincomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christian faith.
An infinite andincomprehensible substance.
And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spacesincomprehensible .
Theincompressibility of water is not absolute.
Theinconceivability of the Infinite.
It isinconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure.
Theinconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it.
There is aninconcinnity in admitting these words.
Arguments . . .inconclusive and impertinent.
The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of theincongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove theincongruity of the worship of them.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance.
Strange, that you should not see theinconsequence of your own reasoning!
Loose andinconsequent conjectures.
It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that therinconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics.
Blindness of mind,inconsideration , precipitation.
Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects ofinconsideration .
There is a perfectinconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift.
If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle ofinconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last!
Mutability of temper, andinconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom and virtue are far from beinginconsistent with politeness and good humor.
Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself, Is thoughtless, thankless,inconsistent man.
Withinconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied.
For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness andinconstancie in love.
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,Inconstant as the shadows we survey!
That Satan tempt you not for yourincontinency .
From the rash hand of boldincontinence .
He says he will returnincontinent .
Immediately he sent word to Athens that he wouldincontinently come hither with a host of men.
They plead against theinconvenience , not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial.
A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or otherinconvenience .
Man is liable to a great manyinconveniences .
None are soinconvincible as your half-witted people.
Most sweet jests! mostincony vulgar wit!
Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, andincorporate .
As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had beenincorporate .
A fifteenth part of silverincorporate with gold.
By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy churchincorporate two in one.
The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to beincorporated therein.
The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but toincorporate them into their own community.
Painters' colors and ashes do betterincorporate will oil.
He never suffers wrong so long to grow, And toincorporate with right so far As it might come to seem the same in show.
History demonstrates thatincorporative unions are solid and permanent; but that a federal union is weak.
Thusincorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense.
Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from someincorporeal substance within us.
The piece, you think, isincorrect .
It shows a will mostincorrect to heaven.
The wit of the last age was yet moreincorrect than their language.
The ingratitude, theincorrigibility , the strange perverseness . . . of mankind.
Your Christian principles . . . which will preserve youincorrupt as individuals.
Breathed into theirincorrupted breasts.
Our bodies shall be changed intoincorruptible and immortal substances.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised inincorruption .
The same preservation, or, rather,incorruption , we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc.
To demean themselvesincorruptly .
Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate orincrassate .
Liquors which time hathincrassated into jellies.
An indefiniteincreasableness of some of our ideas.
The watersincreased and bare up the ark.
He mustincrease , but I must decrease.
The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts shouldincrease , Even as our days do grow!
Fishes are more numerous ofincreasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.
I willincrease the famine.
Make denialsIncrease your services.
As ifincrease of appetite had grown By what if fed on.
For things of tender kind for pleasure made Shoot up with swiftincrease , and sudden are decay'd.
Take thou no usury of him, orincrease .
Let them not live to taste this land'sincrease .
All theincrease of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in theincrease of the moon.
Bright effincreate.
Why should it be thought a thingincredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
Of every species ofincredulity , religious unbelief is the most irrational.
A fantasticalincredulous fool.
The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation andincrement of animal and vegetable bodies.
A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in itsincrement by nations more civilized than itself.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, . . . think on these things.
Between theincresent and decrescent moon.
And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow,Incrusted hard.
The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like menincubi , though this distinction was not always preserved.
Such as are troubled withincubus , or witch-ridden, as we call it.
Debt and usury is theincubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.
The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce andinculcate upon men's minds.
An innocent andincupable piece of ignorance.
That risk could only exculpate her and notinculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly.
Germany then, says Tacitus, wasincult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities.
His style is diffuse andincult .
These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during hisincumbency .
Twoincumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it.
To move theincumbent load they try.
All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that areincumbent on all Christians.
Theincumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron.
I know not what I shallincur to passShak. 2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]Lest youincur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.Chapman. In*cur" ,v. i. To pass; to enter. [Obs.]Light is discerned by itself because by itself itincurs into the eye.South. In*cur`a*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. incurabilit\'82 incurability, LL.incurabilitas negligence.]The state of being uncurable; irremediableness. Harvey. In*cur"a*ble (?) ,a. [F. incurable , L.incurabilis . SeeIn- not, andCurable .]1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an .incurable diseaseA scirrh is not absolutelyincurable .Arbuthnot. 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, .incurable evilsRancorous andincurable hostility.Burke. They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almostincurable ignorance.Sir J. Stephen. Syn. -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless. In*cur"a*ble ,n. A person diseased beyond cure. In*cur"a*ble*ness ,n. The state of being incurable; incurability. Boyle. In*cur"a*bly ,adv. In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. \'bdIncurably diseased.\'b8Bp. Hall . \'bdIncurably wicked.\'b8Blair. In*cu`ri*os"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. incuriositas : cf. F.incurosit\'82 .]Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton. In*cu"ri*ous (?) ,a. [L. incuriosus : cf. F.incurieux . SeeIn- not, andCurious .]Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless. Carelessnesses andincurious deportments toward their children.Jer. Taylor. In*cu"ri*ous*ly ,adv. In an curious manner. In*cu"ri*ous*ness ,n. Unconcernedness; incuriosity. Sordidincuriousness and slovenly neglect.Bp. Hall. In*cur"rence (?) ,n. [See Incur .]The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.In*cur"rent (?) ,a. [L. incurrens , p. pr.incurere ,incursum , to run in;in- +currere to run.](Zo\'94l.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the .incurrent orifice of lamellibranch MolluscaIn*cur"sion (?) ,n. [L. incursio : cf. F.incursion . SeeIncur .]1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. The Scythian, whoseincursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana.Milton. Theincursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire.Arbuthnot. 2. Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]Sins of dailyincursion .South. Syn. -- Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset; irruption. See Invasion .In*cur"sive (?) ,a. Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile. In*cur"tain (?) ,v. t. To curtain. [Obs.]In*cur"vate (?) ,a. [L. incurvatus , p. p. ofincurvare to crook; pref.in- in +curvus bent. SeeCurve , and cf.Incurve .]Curved; bent; crooked. Derham. In*cur"vate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incurvated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Incurvating .]To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. Cheyne. In`cur*va"tion (?) ,n. [L. incurvatio : cf. F.incurvation .]1. The act of bending, or curving. 2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature. Anincurvation of the rays.Derham. 3. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. \'bdTheincurvations of the knee.\'b8Bp. Hall. In*curve" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incurved (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving .][See Incurvate .]To bend; to curve; to make crooked. In*curved" (?) ,a. [Pref. in- in +curved .](Bot.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals. In*cur"vi*ty (?) ,n. [From L. incurvus bent. SeeIncurvate .]A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne. \'d8In"cus (?) ,n. [L., anvil.] 1. An anvil. 2. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear .3. (Zo\'94l.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera. In*cuse" (?) ,a. [See Incuse ,v. t. ](Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. \'bdIrregularincuse square.\'b8Dr. W. Smith. { In*cuse" (?) ,In*cuss" (?) , }v. t. [L. incussus , p. p. ofincutere to strike. See 1stIn- , andConcuss .]To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal. In*cute" (?) ,v. t. [See Incuse .]To strike or stamp in. [Obs.]Becon. In*cyst" (?) ,v. t. See Encyst .In*cyst"ed ,a. See Encysted .Ind (?) ,n. India. [Poetical]Shak. Milton. In"da*gate (?) ,v. t. [L. indagatus , p. p. ofindagare to seek.]To seek or search out. [Obs.]In`da*ga"tion (?) ,n. [L. indagatio : cf. F.indagation .]Search; inquiry; investigation. [Obs.]In"da*ga*tive (?) ,a. Searching; exploring; investigating. [Obs.]Jer. Taylor. In"da*ga`tor (?) ,n. [L.] A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [Obs.]Searched into by such skillfulindagators of nature.Boyle. In*dam"age (?; 48) ,v. t. See [R.]Endamage .In*dam"aged (?) ,a. Not damaged. [Obs.]Milton. In*dart" (?) ,v. t. To pierce, as with a dart. In"da*zol (?) ,n. [ Ind ol +az ote.](Chem.) A nitrogenous compound, C7H6N2 , analogous to indol, and produced from a diazo derivative or cinnamic acid.Inde (?) ,a. Azure-colored; of a bright blue color. [Obs.]Rom. of R. In*dear" (?) ,v. t. See Endear .In*debt" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indebted ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indebting .][OE. endetten , F.endetter ; pref.en- (L.in ) + F.dette debt. SeeDebt .]To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used in the participle indebted .Thy fortune hathindebted thee to none.Daniel. In*debt"ed ,a. 1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden. By owing, owes not, but still pays, at onceIndebted and discharged.Milton. 2. Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy;indebted to friends for help and encouragement.Cowper. In*debt"ed*ness ,n. 1. The state of being indebted. 2. The sum owed; debts, collectively. In*debt"ment (?) ,n. [Cf. F. endettement .]Indebtedness. [R.]Bp. Hall. In*de"cence (?) ,n. See Indecency . [Obs.] \'bdAnindecence of barbarity.\'b8Bp. Burnet. In*de"cen*cy (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indecencies (#) [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F.ind\'82cence .]1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity. 2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of theindecencies I allude to, are pests of society.Beattie. Syn. -- Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum .In*de"cent (?) ,a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F.ind\'82cent . SeeIn- not, andDecent .]Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, .indecent languageCowper. Syn. -- Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly; immodest; gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy. In*de"cent*ly ,adv. In an indecent manner. In`de*cid"u*ate (?) ,a. 1. Indeciduous. 2. (Anat.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate. In`de*cid"u*ous (?) ,a. Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial. Theindeciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo.Sir T. Browne. In*dec"i*ma*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not + LL.decimare to tithe: cf. F.ind\'82cimable . SeeDecimate .]Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell. In`de*ci"pher*a*ble (?) ,a. Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved. --In`de*ci"pher*a*bly ,adv. In`de*ci"sion (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +decision : cf. F.ind\'82cision .]Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. The termindecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it.Shenstone. Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.Burke. In`de*ci"sive (?) ,a. [Cf. F. ind\'82cisif .]1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an .indecisive battle, argument, answerThe campaign had everywhere beenindecisive .Macaulay. 2. Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; anindecisive character.In`de*ci"sive*ly ,adv. Without decision. In`de*ci"sive*ness ,n. The state of being indecisive; unsettled state. In`de*cin"a*ble (?) ,a. [L. indeclinabilis : cf. F.ind\'82clinable . SeeIn- not, andDecline .](Gram.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; --as, .nihil (nothing), in Latin, is anindeclinable nounn. An indeclinable word. In`de*cin"a*bly ,adv. 1. Without variation. 2. (Gram.) Without variation of termination. In*de`com*pos"a*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +decomposable : cf. F.ind\'82composable .]Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements. In*de`com*pos"a*ble*ness ,n. Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. In`de*co"rous (?; 277) ,a. [L. indecorous . SeeIn- not, andDecorous .]Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, .indecorous conductIt was useless andindecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle.Burke. Syn. -- Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred. In`de*co"rous*ly ,adv. In an indecorous manner. In`de*co"rous*ness ,n. The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum. In`de*co"rum (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +decorum : cf. L.indecorous unbecoming.]1. Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness. 2. An indecorous or becoming action. Young. Syn. -- Indecorum is sometimes synonymous withindecency ; butindecency , more frequently thanindecorum , is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.Indecency is the stronger word;indecorum refers to any transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in public.In*deed" (?) ,adv. [Prep. in + deed .]In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: <-- p. 750 -->(a) Denoting emphasis;as, .indeed it is so(b) Denoting concession or admission;as, .indeed , you are right(c) Denoting surprise;as, .indeed , is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompaniesThe carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neitherindeed can be.Rom. viii. 7. I were a beastindeed to do you wrong.Dryden. There is,indeed , no great pleasure in visiting these magazines of war.Addison. In`de*fat`i*ga*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The state of being indefatigable. In`de*fat"i*ga*ble (?) ,a. [L. indefatigabilis : cf. OF.indefatigable . SeeIn- not, andDefatigable , and cf.Infatigable .]Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; \'bdA constant,as, .indefatigable exertions, perseverance, applicationindefatigable attendance.\'b8South. Upborne withindefatigable wings.Milton. Syn. -- Unwearied; untiring; persevering; persistent. In`de*fat"i*ga*ble*ness ,n. Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency. Parnell. In`de*fat"i*ga*bly ,adv. Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently. Dryden. In`de*fat`i*ga"tion (?) ,n. Indefatigableness; unweariedness. [Obs.]J. Gregory. In`de*fea`si*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality of being undefeasible. In`de*fea`si*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +defeasible : cf. OF.indefaisable .]Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an .indefeasible or titleThat the king had a divine and anindefeasible right to the regal power.Macaulay. In`de*fect`i*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. ind\'82fectibilit\'82 .]The quality of being indefectible. Barrow. In`de*fect"i*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +defectible : cf. F.ind\'82fectible .]Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. Anindefectible treasure in the heavens.Barrow. A state ofindefectible virtue and happiness.S. Clarke. In`de*fect"ive (?) ,a. Not defective; perfect; complete. \'bdAbsolute,indefective obedience.\'b8South. In`de*fei"si*ble (?) ,a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]In`de*fen`si*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality or state of not being defensible. Walsh. In`de*fen"si*ble (?) ,[Pref. in- not +defensible : cf. OF.indefensible ,indefensable .]Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterlyindefensible .Burke. In`de*fen"si*bly ,adv. In an indefensible manner. In`de*fen"sive (?) ,a. Defenseless. [Obs.]The sword awes theindefensive villager.Sir T. Herbert. In`de*fi"cien*cy ,n. The state or quality of not being deficient. [Obs.]Strype. In`de*fi"cient (?) ,a. [L. indeficiens . SeeIn- not, andDeficient .]Not deficient; full. [Obs.]Brighter than the sun, andindeficient as the light of heaven.Jer. Taylor. In`de*fin"a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds. In`de*fin"a*bly ,adv. In an indefinable manner. In*def"i*nite (?) ,a. [L. indefinitus . SeeIn- not, andDefinite .]1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off thatindefinite way of vouching, \'bdthe chymists say this,\'b8 or \'bdthe chymists affirm that.\'b8Boyle. The time of this last is leftindefinite .Dryden. 2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; theindefinite extension of a straight line.Though it is not infinite, it may beindefinite ; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension.Spectator. 3. Boundless; infinite. [R.]Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity.W. Thompson (1745). 4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.) ,the word --a or an , used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See --Indeterminate inflorescence , underIndeterminate .Indefinite proposition (Logic) ,a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, --Man is mortal . Indefinite term (Logic) ,a negative term; as, the not-good . Syn. -- Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate. In*def"i*nite*ly ,adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word .indefinitely If the world beindefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human intellect can fancy any bound of it.Ray. In*def"i*nite*ness ,n. The quality of being indefinite. In`de*fin"i*tude (?) ,n. Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.]Sir M . Hale. In`de*his"cence (?) ,n. [Cf. F. ind\'82hiscence .](Bot.) The property or state of being indehiscent. In`de*his"cent (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +dehiscent : cf. F.ind\'82hiscent .](Bot.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut. In`de*lec"ta*ble (?) ,a. Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.]Richardson. In`de*lib"er*ate (?) ,a. [L. indeliberatus . SeeIn- not, andDeliberate .]Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] --In`de*lib"er*ate*ly ,adv. [Obs.]In`de*lib"er*a`ted (?) ,a. Indeliberate. [Obs.]In*del`i*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. ind\'82l\'82bilit\'82 .]The quality of being indelible. Bp. Horsley. In*del"i*ble (?) ,a. [L. indelebilis ; pref.in- not +delebilis capable of being destroyed: cf. F.ind\'82l\'82bile . SeeIn- not, andDeleble .][Formerly written also indeleble , which accords with the etymology of the word.]1. That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; anindelible stain; anindelible impression on the memory.2. That can not be annulled; indestructible. [R.]They are endued withindelible power from above.Sprat. Indelible colors, fast colors which do not fade or tarnish by exposure. --Indelible ink, an ink obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver nitrate. Syn. -- Fixed; fast; permanent; ineffaceable. --In*del"i*ble*ness ,n. --In*del"i*bly ,adv. Indelibly stamped and impressed.J. Ellis. In*del"i*ca*cy (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indelicacies (#) [From Indelicate .]The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind. Theindelicacy of English comedy.Blair. Your papers would be chargeable with worse thanindelicacy ; they would be immoral.Addison. In*del"i*cate (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +delicate : cf. F.ind\'82licat .]Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an .indelicate word or suggestion;indelicate behaviorMacaulay . --In*del"i*cate*ly ,adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined. In*dem`ni*fi*ca"tion (?) ,n. 1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified. Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard.Burke. 2. That which indemnifies. No reward with the name of anindemnification .De Quincey. In*dem"ni*fy (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indemnified (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying (?) .][L. indemnis unhurt (in- not +damnum hurt, damage) +-fy . Cf.Damn ,Damnify .]1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure. The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they willindemnify them from all that shall fall out.Sir W. Temple. 2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. Beattie. In*dem"ni*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indemnities (#) [L. indemnitas , fr.indemnis uninjured: cf. F.indemnit\'82 . SeeIndemnify .]1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise ofindemnity for the riot they had committed.Sir W. Scott. 2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained. They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrativeindemnity for their pretended wrongs.Ld. Mahon. indemnity. Arnould . The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation orindemnity .Kent. Act of indemnity (Law) ,an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure. In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality of being indemonstrable. In`de*mon"stra*ble (?) ,a. [L. indemonstrabilis . SeeIn- not, andDemonstrable .]Incapable of being demonstrated. --In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness ,n. In*den`i*za"tion (?) ,n. The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.]Evelyn. In*den"ize (?) ,v. t. To naturalize. [R.]In*den"i*zen (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indenizened (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indenizening .]To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.]Wordsindenizened , and commonly used as English.B. Jonson. In*dent" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indented ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting .][OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF.endenter , LL.indentare , fr. L.in + dens ,dentis , tooth. SeeTooth , and cf.Indenture .]1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to .indent the edge of paper2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; toindent wax with a stamp.3. [Cf. Indenture .]To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; toindent a servant.4. (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; toindent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. SeeIndentation , andIndention .5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India]Wilhelm. In*dent" ,v. i. 1. To be cut, notched, or dented. 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag. 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. Shak. Toindent and drive bargains with the Almighty.South. In*dent" (?) ,n. 1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. Shak. 2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]3. A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton. 4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India]Wilhelm. In`den*ta"tion (?) ,n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented. 2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface. 4. (Print.) (a) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph. (b) The measure of the distance; as, an .indentation of one em, or of two ems, Hanging, Reverse, indentation indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line. In*dent"ed (?) ,a. 1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface. 2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton. Shak. 3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an .indented border or ordinary4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an .indented servant5. (Zo\'94l.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. Indented line (Fort.) ,a line with alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the next. In*dent"ed*ly ,adv. With indentations. In*dent"ing (?) ,n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth. In*den"tion (?) ,n. (Print.) Same as Indentation , 4.In*dent"ment (?) ,n. Indenture. [Obs.]In*den"ture (?; 135) ,n. [OE. endenture , OF.endenture , LL.indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. SeeIndent .]1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the <-- obs? -->pl. , a short form forindentures of apprenticeship , the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair ofindentures : they answer in every part.C. Leslie. indentures. In*den"ture ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indentured (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing .]1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Though age may creep on, andindenture the brow.Woty. 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to .indenture an apprenticeIn*den"ture ,v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. Heywood. In`de*pend"ence (?) ,n. [Cf. F. ind\'82pendance .]1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and ourindependence .Pope. 2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood. Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.) ,the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain. In`de*pend"en*cy ,n. 1. Independence. \'bdGive me,\'b8 I cried (enough for me), \'bdMy bread, andindependency !\'b8Pope. 2. (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents. In`de*pend"ent (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +dependent : cf. F.ind\'82pendant .]1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly .independent A dry, butindependent crust.Cowper. 2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an .independent property3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an .independent mind4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an .independent air or manner5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law,independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.R. P. Ward. 6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. 7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions. 8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. Independent company (Mil.) ,one not incorporated in any regiment. --Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second. --Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable , underDependent .Syn. -- Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted. <-- p. 751 -->In`de*pend"ent (?) ,n. 1. (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. pl.) to the Congregationalists. 2. (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. In`de*pend"ent*ism (?) ,n. Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden. In`de*pend"ent*ly ,adv. In an independent manner; without control. In`de*pos"a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being deposed. [R.]Princesindeposable by the pope.Bp. Stillingfleet. In*dep"ra*vate (?) ,a. [L. indepravatus .]Undepraved. [R.]Davies (Holy Roode). In*dep"re*ca*ble (?) ,a. [L. indeprecabilis . SeeIn- not, andDeprecate .]Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram. In*dep`re*hen"si*ble (?) ,a. [L. indeprehensibilis . SeeIn- not, andDeprehensible .]Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton. In`de*priv"a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away. In`de*scrib"a*ble ,a. Incapable of being described. --In`de*scrib"a*bly ,adv. In`de*scrip"tive (?) ,a. Not descriptive. In`de*sert" (?) ,n. Ill desert. [R.]Addison. In*des"i*nent (?) ,a. [L. indesinens . SeeIn- not, andDesinent .]Not ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.]Baxter . --In*des"i*nent*ly ,adv. [Obs.]Ray. In`de*sir"a*ble (?) ,a. Undesirable. In`de*struc`ti*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indestructibilit\'82 .]The quality of being indestructible. In`de*struc"ti*ble ,a. [Pref. in- not +destructible : cf. F.indestructible .]Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed. --In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness ,n. --In`de*struc"ti*bly ,adv. In`de*ter"mi*na*ble (?) ,a. [L. indeterminabilis : cf. F.ind\'82terminable . SeeIn- not, and Determine.]Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. --In`de*ter"mi*na*bly ,adv. In`de*ter"mi*na*ble ,n. An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T. Browne. In`de*ter"mi*nate (?) ,a. [L. indeterminatus .]Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an .indeterminate number of yearsPaley. -- Indeterminate analysis (Math.) ,that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. --Indeterminate coefficients (Math.) ,coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined. --Indeterminate equation (Math.) ,an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is --indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations. Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.) ,a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; -- called also --acropetal, botryose, centripetal, . Gray .Indeterminate problem (Math.) ,a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results. --Indeterminate quantity (Math.) ,a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition. --Indeterminate series (Math.) ,a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness ,n. In`de*ter`mi*na"tion (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +determination : cf.ind\'82termination .]1. Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. Jer. Taylor. 2. Want of fixed or stated direction. Abp. Bramhall. In`de*ter"mined (?) ,a. Undetermined. In`de*vir"gin*ate (?) ,a. [See In- not,Devirginate .]Not devirginate. [Obs.]Chapman. In*de*vote" (?) ,a. [L. indevotus : cf. F.ind\'82vot . Cf.Indevout .]Not devoted. [Obs.]Bentley. Clarendon. In`de*vo"tion (?) ,n. [L. indevotio : cf. F.ind\'82votion .]Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion. \'bdAn age ofindevotion .\'b8Jer. Taylor. In*de*vout" (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +devout . Cf.Indevote .]Not devout. --In*de*vout"ly ,adv. In*dew" (?) ,v. t. To indue. [Obs.]Spenser. In"dex (?) ,n. ;pl. E. Indexes (#) , L.Indices (#) (.[L.: cf. F. index . SeeIndicate ,Diction .]1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are theindexes of the different qualities of plants.Arbuthnot. 2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign [\'b5] used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also <-- here represented by "fist .3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. 4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.]Shak. 5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. 6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always indices .]Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment. --Index expurgatorius. [L.] See --Index prohibitorius (below).Index finger. See --Index , 5.Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc. --Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. --Index of a logarithm (Math.) ,the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the --characteristic .Index of refraction, Refractive index (Opt.) ,the number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus the --index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction. Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc. --Index prohibitorius [L.] , orProhibitory index (R. C. Ch.) ,a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.] , orexpurgatory index , is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. Hook . --Index rerum [L.] ,a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. In"dex (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indexed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indexing .]To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to .index a book, or its contentsIn"dex*er (?) ,n. One who makes an index. In*dex"ic*al (?) ,a. Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index. In*dex"ic*al*ly ,adv. In the manner of an index. In`dex*ter"i*ty (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +dexterity : cf. F.indext\'82rit\'82 .]Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey. In"di*a (?) ,n. [See Indian .]A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also --China ink . The true India ink is sepia. SeeSepia .India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called --Canton, . India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. --India proof (Engraving) ,a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. --India rubber. See --Caoutchouc .India-rubber tree (Bot.) ,any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica , often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.In*di"a*dem ,v. t. To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems. In"di*a*man (?) ,n. ;pl. Indiamen (. A large vessel in the India trade. Macaulay. In"di*an (?; 277) ,a [From India , and this fr.Indus , the name of a river in Asia, L.Indus , Gr. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr.sindhu river, the Indus. Cf.Hindoo .]1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; theIndian tomahawk.3. Made of maize or Indian corn; [U.S.]as, .Indian corn,Indian meal,Indian bread, and the likeIndian bay (Bot.) ,a lauraceous tree ( --Persea Indica ).Indian bean (Bot.) ,a name of the catalpa. --Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as --Cocculus indicus .Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as --Cassava .Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. --Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. --Indian corn (Bot.) ,a plant of the genus --Zea (Z. Mays ); the maize, a native of America. SeeCorn , andMaize .Indian cress (Bot.) ,nasturtium. See --Nasturtium , 2.Indian cucumber (Bot.) ,a plant of the genus --Medeola (M. Virginica ), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.Indian currant (Bot.) ,a plant of the genus --Symphoricarpus (S. vulgaris ), bearing small red berries.Indian dye, the puccoon. --Indian fig. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See Banyan .(b) The prickly pear. --Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. --Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. --Indian grass (Bot.) ,a coarse, high grass ( --Chrysopogon nutans ), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass.Gray .Indian hemp. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum ), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties.(b) The variety of common hemp ( --Cannabis Indica ), from which hasheesh is obtained.Indian mallow (Bot.) ,the velvet leaf ( --Abutilon Avicenn\'91 ). SeeAbutilon .Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] --Indian millet (Bot.) ,a tall annual grass ( --Sorghum vulgare ), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called alsoGuinea corn . SeeDurra .Indian ox (Zo\'94l.) ,the zebu. --Indian paint. See --Bloodroot .Indian paper. See --India paper , underIndia .Indian physic (Bot.) ,a plant of two species of the genus --Gillenia (G. trifoliata , andG. stipulacea ), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called alsoAmerican ipecac , andbowman's root .Gray .Indian pink. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ( Ipom\'d2a Quamoclit ); -- so called in the West Indies.(b) See --China pink , underChina .Indian pipe (Bot.) ,a low, fleshy herb ( --Monotropa uniflora ), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.Indian plantain (Bot.) ,a name given to several species of the genus --Cacalia , tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.Gray .Indian poke (Bot.) ,a plant usually known as the --white hellebore (Veratrum viride ).Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. --Indian purple. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. --Indian red. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red .(b) See --Almagra .Indian rice (Bot.) ,a reedlike water grass. See --Rice .Indian shot (Bot.) ,a plant of the genus --Canna (C. Indica ). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. SeeCanna .Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under --Summer .Indian tobacco (Bot.) ,a species of --Lobelia . SeeLobelia .Indian turnip (Bot.) ,an American plant of the genus --Aris\'91ma .A. triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. SeeJack in the Pulpit , andWake-robin .Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn. --Indian yellow. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See Euxanthin .In"di*an (?; 277) ,n. 1. A native or inhabitant of India. 2. One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India. In`di*an*eer" (?) ,n. (Naut.) An Indiaman. In"di*a rub"ber (?) . See Caoutchouc .In"dic*al (?) ,a. [From L. index ,indicis , an index.]Indexical. [R.]Fuller. In"di*can (?) ,n. [See Indigo .]1. (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. 2. (Physiol. Chem.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo ( urrhodin anduroglaucin ). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash,C8H6NSO4K , and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called alsouroxanthin .In"di*cant (?) ,a. [L. indicans , p. pr.indicare . SeeIndicate .]Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating. In"di*cant ,n. That which indicates or points out; as, an .indicant of the remedy for a diseaseIn"di*cate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indicated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indicating (?) .][L. indicatus , p. p. ofindicare to indicate; pref.in- in +dicare to proclaim; akin todicere to say. SeeDiction , and cf.Indict ,Indite .]1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. That turns and turns toindicate From what point blows the weather.Cowper. 2. (Med.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength .indicates the use of stimulants3. (Mach.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator. Syn. -- To show; mark; signify; denote; discover; evidence; evince; manifest; declare; specify; explain; exhibit; present; reveal; disclose; display. In"di*ca`ted (?) ,a. Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. See Indicated horse power , underHorse power .In`di*ca"tion (?) ,n. [L. indicatio : cf. F.indication .]1. Act of pointing out or indicating. 2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plainindications of their weariness.Addison. 3. Discovery made; information. Bentley. 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.]Bacon. 5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Syn. -- Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal. In*dic"a*tive (?) ,a. [L. indicativus : cf. F.indicatif .]1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious. That truth id productive of utility, and utilityindicative of truth, may be thus proved.Bp. Warburton. 2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc. Indicative mood (Gram.) ,that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes ; he is not writing ; has the mail arrived ? In*dic"a*tive ,n. (Gram.) The indicative mood. In*dic"a*tive*ly ,adv. In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify. In"di*ca`tor (?) ,n. [L.: cf. F. indicateur .]1. One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare .indicator in a street car2. (Mach.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part ; as:(a) (Steam Engine) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).(b) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc. <-- p. 752 -->3. (Mech.) The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer. 4. (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. SeeHoney guide , underHoney .5. (Chem.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis. Indicator card, the figure drawn by an engine indicator, by means of which the working of the engine can be investigated and its power calculated. The Illustration shows one form of indicator card, from a steam engine, together with scales by which the pressure of the steam above or below that of the atmosphere, corresponding to any position of the engine piston in its stroke, can be measured. Called also --indicator diagram .Indicator telegraph, a telegraph in which the signals are the deflections of a magnetic needle, as in the trans-Atlantic system. In"di*ca*to*ry (?; 277) ,a. Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying. In`di*ca"trix (?) ,n. [NL.] (Geom. of Three Dimensions) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic. \'d8In`di*ca"vit (?) ,n. [L., he has indicated.] (Eng. Law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. Wharton (Law Dict. ). In"dice (?) ,n. [F. indice indication, index. SeeIndex .]Index; indication. [Obs.]B. Jonson. In"di*ces (?) ,n. pl. See Index .\'d8In*di"ci*a (?) ,n. pl. [L., pl. of indicium , fr.index an index.](Law) Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances. Burrill. In*dic"i*ble (?) ,a. [F.] Unspeakable. [Obs.]In*dic"o*lite (?) ,n. [L. indicum indigo +-lite : cf. F.indicolithe .](Min.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color. In*dict" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indicted (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting .][OE. enditen . SeeIndite .]1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.]I am told shall have no Lentindicted this year.Evelyn. 3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to . It is the peculiar province of a grand jury toindict a man for arsonindict , as it is of a house of representatives toimpeach .In*dict"a*ble (?) ,a. Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an .indictable offender or offenseIn`dict*ee" (?) ,n. (Law) A person indicted. In*dict"er (?) ,n. One who indicts. In*dic"tion (?) ,n. [L. indictio : cf. F.indiction . SeeIndict ,Indite .]1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [Obs.] \'bdIndiction of a war.\'b8Bacon. Secular princes did use to indict, or permit theindiction of, synods of bishops.Jer. Taylor. 2. A cycle of fifteen years. a. d., but since the twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given year a. d. , and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to the given yeara. d. , and the divide by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the remainder the year of the indiction. SeeCycle of indiction , underCycle .In*dic"tive (?) ,a. [L. indictivus . SeeIndict .]Proclaimed; declared; public. Kennet. In*dict"ment (?) ,n. [Cf. Inditement .]1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted. 2. (Law) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury. 3. An accusation in general; a formal accusation. Bill of indictment. See under Bill .In*dict"or (?) ,n. (Law) One who indicts. Bacon. In"dies (?) ,n. pl. A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies. Our king has all theIndies in his arms.Shak. In*dif"fer*ence (?) ,n. [L. indifferentia similarity, want of difference: cf. F.indiff\'82rence .]1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias. He . . . is far from suchindifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign.Sir T. More. 4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire .indifference to all that occursIndifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance.Addison. Syn. -- Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy; insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness. In*dif"fer*en*cy (?) ,n. Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone. To give ourselves to a detestableindifferency or neutrality in this cause.Fuller. Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power ofindifferency , or in a power of choosing without regard to motives.Hazlitt. In*dif"fer*ent (?) ,a. [F. indiff\'82rent , L.indifferens . SeeIn- not, andDifferent .]1. Not mal Dangers are to meindifferent .Shak. Everything in the world isindifferent but sin.Jer. Taylor. His slightest and mostindifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight.Hawthorne. 2. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre. The staterooms are inindifferent order.Sir W. Scott. 3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die.Addison. 4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be .indifferent to the welfare of one's familyIt was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or anindifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment.Addison. 5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested. In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is betterindifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides.Bacon. Indifferent tissue (Anat.) ,the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue. In*dif"fer*ent ,adv. To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] \'bdNewsindifferent good.\'b8Shak. In*dif"fer*ent*ism (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indiff\'82rentisme .]1. State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism. Theindifferentism which equalizes all religions and gives equal rights to truth and error.Cardinal Manning. 2. (Metaph.) Same as Identism .3. (R. C. Ch.) A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good. Gregory XVI. In*dif"fer*ent*ist ,n. One governed by indifferentism. In*dif"fer*ent*ly ,adv. In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly andindifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue.Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ] Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on bothindifferently .Shak. I hope it mayindifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour.Rowe. In`di*ful"vin (?) ,n. [ Indi can + L.fulvus reddish yellow.](Chem.) A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican. In`di*fus"cin (?) ,n. [ Indi can + L.fuscus dusky.](Chem.) A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican. In"di*geen (?) ,n. Same as Indigene .Darwin. In"di*gence (?) ,n. [L. indigentia : cf. F.indigence . SeeIndigent .]The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, .indigence Cowper. Syn. -- Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation; lack. See Poverty .In"di*gen*cy (?) ,n. Indigence. Newindigencies founded upon new desires.South. In"di*gene (?) ,n. [L. indigena : cf. F.indig\'8ane . SeeIndigenous .]One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor. In*dig"e*nous (?) ,a. [L. indigenus ,indigena , fr. OL.indu (fr.in in) + the root of L.gignere to beget, bear. SeeIn , andGender .]1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported. Negroes were all transported from Africa and are notindigenous or proper natives of America.Sir T. Browne. In America, cotton, beingindigenous , is cheap.Lion Playas. 2. Native; inherent; innate. Joy and hope are emotionsindigenous to the human mind.I. Taylor. In"di*gent (?) ,a. [L. indigent , L.indigens , p. p. ofindigere to stand in need of, fr. OL.indu (fr.in- in) + L.egere to be needy, to need.]1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with [Obs.]of .Bacon. 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil.Shak. Charity consists in relieving theindigent .Addison. In"di*gent*ly ,adv. In an indigent manner. In`di*gest" (?) ,a. [L. indigestus unarranged. SeeIndigested .]Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. [Obs.] \'bdA chaos rude andindigest .\'b8W. Browne . \'bdMonsters and thingsindigest .\'b8Shak .In`di*gest" ,n. Something indigested. [Obs.]Shak. In`di*gest"ed ,a. [Pref. in- not +digested .]1. Not digested; undigested. \'bdIndigested food.\'b8Dryden. 2. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an .indigested array of factsIn hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, andindigested .Burke. This, like anindigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time.South. 3. (Med.) (a) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds. (b) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents. 4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam. In`di*gest"ed*ness ,n. The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. Bp. Burnet. In*di*gest`i*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness. In`di*gest"i*ble (?) ,a. [L. indigestibilis : cf. F.indigestible . SeeIn- not, andDigest .]1. Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption. 2. Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an .indigestible simileT. Warton. --In`di*gest"i*ble*ness ,n. --In`di*gest"i*bly ,adv. In`di*ges"tion (?; 106) ,n. [L. indigestio : cf. F.indigestion . SeeIn- not, andDigest .]Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion. In*dig"i*tate (?) ,v. i. [Pref. in- in + L.digitus finger.]To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]In*dig"i*tate ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indigitated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating (?) .]To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]The depressing this finger, . . . in the right handindigitate six hundred. Sir T. Browne. In*dig`i*ta"tion (?) ,n. The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication. [Obs.]Dr. H. More. In`di*glu"cin (?) ,n. [ Indi can +glucin .](Chem.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution. In*dign" (?) ,a. [L. indignus ; pref.in- not +dignus worthy: cf. F.indigne . SeeDignity .]Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. Chaucer. Counts it scorn to draw Comfortindign from any meaner thing.Trench. { In*dig"nance (?) ,In*dig"nan*cy (?) , }n. Indignation. [Obs.]Spenser. In*dig"nant (?) ,a. [L. indignans ,-antis , p. pr. ofindignari to be indignant, disdain. SeeIndign .]Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation. He stridesindignant , and with haughty cries To single fight the fairy prince defies.Tickell. In*dig"nant*ly ,adv. In an indignant manner. In`dig*na"tion (?) ,n. [F. indignation , L.indignatio . SeeIndign .]1. The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. Shak. Indignation expresses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious in the conduct of another.Cogan. When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full ofindignation against Mordecai.Esther v. 9. 2. The effect of anger; punishment. Shak. Hide thyself . . . until theindignation be overpast.Is. xxvi. 20. Syn. -- Anger; ire wrath; fury; rage. See Anger .In*dig"ni*fy (?) ,v. t. [L. indignus unworthy +-fy .]To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.]Spenser. In*dig"ni*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indignities (#) [L. indignitas : cf. F.indignit\'82 . SeeIndign .]Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So greatindignities you laid upon me?Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foulindignities .Hooker. In*dign"ly (?) ,adv. Unworthily. [Obs.]In"di*go (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indigoes (#) [F. indigo , Sp.indigo ,indico , L.indicum indigo, fr.Indicus Indian. SeeIndian .]1. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors. <-- p. 753 -->2. (Chem.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.Isatis tinctoria ,Indigofera tinctoria ,I. Anil ,Nereum tinctorium , etc.indigo blue or indigotine , with several other dyes; as,indigo red ,indigo brown , etc., and various impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of strong sulphuric acid.Chinese indigo (Bot.) ,-- Isatis indigotica , a kind of woad.Wild indigo (Bot.) ,the American herb Baptisia tinctoria which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus.In"di*go (?) ,a. Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo. Indigo berry (Bot.) ,the fruit of the West Indian shrub --Randia aculeata , used as a blue dye.Indigo bird (Zo\'94l.) ,a small North American finch ( --Cyanospiza cyanea ). The male is indigo blue in color. Called alsoindigo bunting .Indigo blue. (a) The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster, C16H10N2O2 , which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called alsoindigotin .(b) A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce. --Indigo brown (Chem.) ,a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo. --Indigo copper (Min.) ,covellite. --Indigo green, a green obtained from indigo. --Indigo plant (Bot.) ,a leguminous plant of several species (genus --Indigofera ), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are theI. tinctoria , or common indigo plant, theI. Anil , a larger species, and theI. disperma .Indigo purple, a purple obtained from indigo. --Indigo red, a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder. --Indigo snake (Zo\'94l.) ,the gopher snake. --Indigo white, a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; -- called also --indigogen .Indigo yellow, a substance obtained from indigo. \'d8In`di*gof"e*ra (?) ,n. [NL., from E. indigo + L.ferre to bear.](Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria , andI. Anil .In"di*go*gen (?) ,n. [ Indigo + -gen .]1. (Chem.) See Indigo white , underIndigo .2. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican , 2.In`di*gom"e*ter (?) ,n. [ Indigo + -meter .]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure. In`di*gom"e*try (?) ,n. The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo. In`di*got"ic (?) ,a. [Cf. F. indigotique .](Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, .indigotic acid, which is also calledanilic ornitrosalicylic acid In"di*go*tin (?) ,n. (Chem.) See Indigo blue , underIndigo .In`dig*ru"bin (?) ,n. [ Indigo + L.ruber red.](Physiol. Chem.) Same as Urrhodin .In`di*hu"min (?) ,n. [ Indi can +humin .](Chem.) A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican. In*dil"a*to*ry (?) ,a. Not dilatory. [Obs.]In*dil"i*gence (?) ,n. [L. indiligentia : cf. F.indiligence .]Want of diligence. [Obs.]B. Jonson. In*dil"i*gent (?) ,a. [L. indiligens : cf. F.indiligent . SeeDiligent .]Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.]Feltham . --In*dil"i*gent*ly ,adv. [Obs.]In`di*min"ish*a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being diminished. [R.]Milton. In"din (?) ,n. [From Indigo .](Chem.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol. In`di*rect" (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +direct : cf. F.indirect .]1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an .indirect road2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an .indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposalBy what bypaths andindirect , crooked ways I met this crown.Shak. 3. Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive. Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other.Tillotson. 4. Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, .indirect results, damages, or claims5. (Logic & Math.) Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.Indirect claims, claims for remote or consequential damage. Such claims were presented to and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great Britain. --Indirect demonstration, a mode of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity ( --reductio ad absurdum ), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity may be proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greater nor less. Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See --Direct discourse , underDirect .Indirect evidence, evidence or testimony which is circumstantial or inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to --direct evidence . Indirect tax, a tax, such as customs, excises, <-- VAT,-->etc., exacted directly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise. In`di*rect"ed ,a. Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]In`di*rec"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indirection .]Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. \'bdByindirections find directions out.\'b8Shak. In`di*rect"ly (?) ,adv. In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly. To tax itindirectly by taxing their expense.A. Smith. Your crown and kingdomindirectly held.Shak. In`di*rect"ness ,n. 1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness. 2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. W. Montagu. In`di*re"tin (?) ,n. [ Indi an + Gr.(Chem.) A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican. In`di*ru"bin (?) ,n. [ Indi go + L.ruber red.](Chem.) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production. In`dis*cern"i*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +discernible : cf. F.indiscernable .]Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible. Secret andindiscernible ways.Jer. Taylor. --In`dis*cern"i*ble*ness ,n. --In`dis*cern"i*bly ,adv. { ,In`dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty (?) ,In`dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty (?) }n. The state or quality of being indiscerpible. [Obs.]Dr. H. More. { ,In`dis*cerp"i*ble (?) ,In`dis*cerp"ti*ble (?) }a. Not discerpible; inseparable. [Obs.]Bp. Butler . --In`dis*cerp"i*ble*ness ,n. ,In`dis*cerp"ti*ble*ness ,n. [Obs.] --In`dis*cerp"ti*bly ,adv. [Obs.]In*dis"ci*plin*a*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +disciplinable : cf. F.indisciplinable .]Not disciplinable; undisciplinable. [R.]In*dis"ci*pline (?) ,n. [L. indisplina : cf. F.indiscipline . SeeIn- not, andDiscipline .]Want of discipline or instruction. [R.]In`dis*cov"er*a*ble (?) ,a. Not discoverable; undiscoverable. J. Conybeare. In`dis*cov"er*y (?) ,n. Want of discovery. [Obs.]In`dis*creet" (?) ,a. [OE. indiscret , F.indiscret , fr. L.indiscretus unseparated, indiscreet. SeeIn- not, andDiscreet , and cf.Indiscrete .]Not discreet; wanting in discretion. So drunken, and soindiscreet an officer.Shak. Syn. -- Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty; incautious; heedless; undiscerning; foolish. --In`dis*creet"ly ,adv. --In`dis*creet"ness ,n. In`dis*crete" (?) ,a. [L. indiscretus unseparated. SeeIndiscreet .]1. Indiscreet. [Obs.]Boyle. 2. Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous. Anindiscrete mass of confused matter.Pownall. In`dis*cre"tion (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +discretion : cf. F.indiscr\'82tion .]1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence. 2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior. Pastindiscretion is a venial crime.Cowper. In`dis*crim"i*nate (?) ,a. Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous. \'bdBlind orindiscriminate forgiveness.\'b8I. Taylor. Theindiscriminate defense of right and wrong.Junius. --In`dis*crim"i*nate*ly ,adv. Cowper. In`dis*crim"i*na`ting (?) ,a. Not discriminating. --In`dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly ,adv. In`dis*crim`i*na"tion (?) ,n. Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. Jefferson. In`dis*crim"i*na*tive (?) ,a. Making no distinction; not discriminating. In`dis*cussed" (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +discuss : cf. L.indiscussus .]Not discussed. [Obs.]Donne. In`dis*pen`sa*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indispensabilit\'82 .]Indispensableness. In`dis*pen"sa*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +dispensable : cf. F.indispensable .]1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. 2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.]The law was moral andindispensable .Bp. Burnet. 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.]Fuller. In`dis*pen"sa*ble*ness ,n. The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke. In`dis*pen"sa*bly ,adv. In an indispensable manner. \'bdIndispensably necessary.\'b8Bp. Warburton. In`dis*persed" (?) ,a. Not dispersed. [R.]In`dis*pose" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indisposed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indisposing .][OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F.indispos\'82 indisposed. SeeIn- not, andDispose .]1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. 2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak. It made him ratherindisposed than sick.Walton. 3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of menindispose them to religious duties.The king was sufficientlyindisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.Clarendon. In`dis*pos"ed*ness (?) ,n. The condition or quality of being indisposed. [R.]Bp. Hall. In*dis`po*si"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indisposition .]1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the .indisposition of two substances to combineA generalindisposition towards believing.Atterbury. 2. A slight disorder or illness. Rather as anindisposition in health than as any set sickness.Hayward. In*dis`pu*ta*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indisputabilit\'82 .]Indisputableness. In*dis"pu*ta*ble (?; 277) ,a. [Pref. in- not +disputable : cf. F.indisputable .]Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. --In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness ,n. --In*dis"pu*ta*bly ,adv. In`dis*put"ed (?) ,a. Undisputed. In*dis"si*pa*ble (?) ,a. Incapable o In*dis`do*lu*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indissolubilit\'82 .]The quality or state of being indissoluble. In*dis"so*lu*ble (?) ,a. [L. indissolubilis : cf. F.indissoluble . SeeIn- not, andDissoluble , and cf.Indissolvable .]1. Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many areindissoluble in water.Boyle. 2. Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an .indissoluble league or covenantTo the which my duties Are with a mostindissoluble tie Forever knit.Shak. In*dis"so*lu*ble*ness ,n. Indissolubility. Sir M. Hale. In*dis"so*lu*bly ,adv. In an indissoluble manner. On they move,indissolubly firm.Milton. In`dis*solv"a*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +dissolvable . Cf.Indissoluble .]Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable oas, an indissolvable bond of union.Bp. Warburton. In`dis*solv"a*ble*ness ,n. Indissolubleness. In*dis"tan*cy (?) ,n. Want of distance o [Obs.] Bp. Pearson. In`dis*tinct" (?) ,a. [L. indistinctus : cf. F.indistinct . SeeIn- not, andDistinct .]1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; \'bdas, the .indistinct parts of a substanceIndistinct as water is in water.\'b8Shak. 2. Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; anindistinct sound; anindistinct idea or recollection.When we come to parts too small four our senses, our ideas of these little bodies become obscure andindistinct .I. Watts. Their views, indeed, areindistinct and dim.Cowper. Syn. -- Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused. In`dis*tinc"ti*ble (?) ,a. Indistinguishable. [Obs.]T. Warton. In`dis*tinc"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. indistinction .]Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. Theindistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt.Sir T. Browne. Anindistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of God.Sprat. In`dis*tinc"tive (?) ,a. Having nothing distinctive; common. --In`dis*tinc"tive*ness ,n. In`dis*tinct"ly (?) ,adv. In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are .indistinctly comprehendedIn its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly anindistinctly .Sir I. Newton. In`dis*tinct"ness ,n. The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension;indistinctness of vision.In`dis*tin"guish*a*ble (?) ,a. Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable ; the two copies wereindisguishable in form or color; the difference between them wasindisguishable .In`dis*tin"guish*a*bly ,adv. In a indistinguishable manner. Sir W. Scott. In`dis*tin"guished (?) ,a. Indistinct. [R.] \'bdThatindistinguished mass.\'b8Sir T. Browne. In`dis*tin"guish*ing (?) ,a. Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; [Obs.]as, .indistinguishing liberalitiesJohnson. In`dis*turb"ance (?) ,n. Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference. In*ditch" (?) ,v. t. To bury in, or cast into, a ditch. Bp. Hall. In*dite" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indited ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing .][OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF.enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, andendicter to accuse; both fr. LL.indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L.indicere to proclaim, announce; pref.in- in +dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L.indicare to indicate, and bydictare to dictate. SeeDiction , and cf.Indict ,Indicate ,Dictate .]1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. My heart isinditing a good matter.Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief haveindited such expressions?South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rulesindites .Pope. 2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]She willindite him so supper.Shak. 3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.]Spenser. In*dite" ,v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem. Wounded I sing, tormented Iindite .Herbert. In*dite"ment (?) ,n. [Cf. Indictment .]The act of inditing. Craig. In*dit"er (?) ,n. One who indites. Smart. In"di*um (?) ,n. [NL. See Indigo .](Chem.) A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4. <-- p. 754 -->In`di*vert"i*ble (?) ,a. Not to be diverted or turned aside. [R.]Lamb. In`di*vid"a*ble (?) ,a. Indivisible. [R.]Shak. In`di*vid"ed ,a. Undivided. [R.]Bp. Patrick. In`di*vid"u*al (?; 135) ,a. [L. individuus indivisible; pref.in- not +dividuus divisible, fr.dividere to divide: cf. F.individuel . SeeDivide .]1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an .individual man, animal, or cityMind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled,individual substance.A. Tucker. United as oneindividual soul.Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character;individual exertions;individual peculiarities.In`di*vid"u*al ,n. 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called anindividual .Whately. Thatindividuals die, his will ordains.Dryden. 2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission. In`di*vid"u*al*ism (?) ,n. [Cf. F. individualisme .]1. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality. 2. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness. The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers asindividualism .Ed. Rev. In`di*vid`u*al*is"tic (?) ,a. Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism. London Athen\'91um. In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Individualities (#) [Cf. F. individualit\'82 .]1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. They possess separateindividualities .H. Spencer. 2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked .individuality In`di*vid`u*al*i*za"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. individualization .]The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation. In`di*vid"u*al*ize (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Individualized (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing (?) .][Cf. F. individualiser .]The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality. The peculiarities whichindividualize and distinguish the humor of Addison.N. Drake. In`di*vid"u*al*i`zer (?) ,n. One who individualizes. In`di*vid"u*al*ly ,adv. 1. In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself. \'bdIndividually or collectively.\'b8Burke. How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, butindividually the very same whereby others subsist with it?Hooker. 2. In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, .individually he same[Omniscience], an attributeindividually proper to the Godhead.Hakewill. In`di*vid"u*ate (?) ,a. [See Individual .]Undivided. [Obs.]In`di*vid"u*ate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Individua ted (p. pr. & vb. n.
The soul, as the primeindividuating principle, and the said reserved portion of matter as an essential and radical part of the individuation, shall . . . make up and restore the same individual person.
Life isindividuated into infinite numbers, that have their distinct sense and pleasure.
By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfectindivisible , but only the least sort of natural bodies.
The stiffness andindocility of the Pharisees.
A master that . . . took much delight inindoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite.
The common origin of theIndo-European nations.
I have ease, if it may not rather be calledindolence .
Life spent inindolence , and therefore sad.
As there is a great truth wrapped up in \'bddiligence,\'b8 what a lie, on the other hand, lurks at the root of our present use of the word \'bdindolence \'b8! This is from \'bdin\'b8 and \'bddoleo,\'b8 not to grieve; andindolence is thus a state in which we have no grief or pain; so that the word, as we now employ it, seems to affirm that indulgence in sloth and ease is that which would constitute for us the absence of all pain.
To waste long nights inindolent repose.
Calm and serene youindolently sit.
Elephantsindorsed with towers.
Oraclesindubitably clear and infallibly certain.
To conceal, orindubitate , his exigency.
The poet may be seeninducing his personages in the first Iliad.
He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may beinduced , persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.
Let not the covetous desire of growing richinduce you to ruin your reputation.
Sour thingsinduces a contraction in the nerves.
The independent oratorinducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit.
The prior, wheninducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands.
I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, theinduction of your acquaintance.
These promises are fair, the parties sure, And ourinduction dull of prosperous hope.
This is but aninduction : I will dMassinger. 3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached. Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars.Sir W. Hamilton. Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstances at all times.J. S. Mill. 4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities. 5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction .6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact. Electro-dynamic induction, the action by which a variable or interrupted current of electricity excites another current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed circuit. --Electro-magnetic induction, the influence by which an electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain bodies near or around which it passes. --Electro-static induction, the action by which a body possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a charge of statical electricity of the opposite character in a neighboring body. --Induction coil, an apparatus producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; -- called also --inductorium , andRuhmkorff's coil ., Induction pipe, port, valve a pipe, passageway, or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump. --Magnetic induction, the action by which magnetic polarity is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects when brought under the influence of a magnet. --Magneto-electric induction, the influence by which a magnet excites electric currents in closed circuits. <-- "scientific method" is now considered as the latter, rather than the former! --> Logical induction, (Philos.) ,an act or method of reasoning from all the parts separately to the whole which they constitute, or into which they may be united collectively; the operation of discovering and proving general propositions; the scientific method. --Philosophical induction, the inference, or the act of inferring, that what has been observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It relates to actual existences, as in physical science or the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction , on the interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature. Syn. -- Deduction. -- Induction ,Deduction . Ininduction we observe a sufficient number of individual facts, and, on the ground of analogy, extend what is true of them to others of the same class, thus arriving atgeneral principles or laws. This is the kind of reasoning in physical science. Indeduction we begin with ageneral truth, which is already proven or provisionally assumed, and seek to connect it with some particular case by means of a middle term, or class of objects, known to be equally connected with both. Thus, we bring down the general into the particular, affirming of the latter the distinctive qualities of the former. This is the syllogistic method. Byinduction Franklin established the identity of lightning and electricity; bydeduction he inferred that dwellings might be protected by lightning rods.In*duc"tion*al (?) ,a. Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive. In*duct"ive (?) ,a. [LL. inductivus : cf. F.inductif . SeeInduce .]1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to .A brutish vice,Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.Milton. 2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]They may be . . .inductive of credibility.Sir M. Hale. 3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, .inductive reasoning4. (Physics) (a) Operating by induction; as, an .inductive electrical machine(b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.Inductive embarrassment (Physics) ,the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. --. Inductive philosophy See --Philosophical induction , underInduction .Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc. In*duct"ive*ly ,adv. By induction or inference. In`duc*tom"e*ter (?) ,n. [ Induct ion + -meter .](Elec.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction. In*duct"or (?) ,n. [L., one who stirs up or rouses. See Induce .]1. The person who inducts another into an office or benefice. 2. (Elec.) That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current. In`duc*to"ri*um (?) ,n. ;pl. E. .Inductoriums (#) , L.Inductoria (#) [NL., fr. E. induct ion.](Elec.) An induction coil. { In*duc"tric (?) ,In*duc"tric*al (?) , }a. (Elec.) Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction. In*due" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indued (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Induing .][Written also endue .][L. induere to put on, clothe, fr. OL.indu (fr.in- in) + a root seen also in L.exuere to put off, divest,exuviae the skin of an animal, slough,induviae clothes. Cf.Endue to invest.]1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. The baron hadindued a pair of jack boots.Sir W. Scott. 2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.Dryden. Indued with intellectual sense and souls.Shak. In*due"ment (?) ,n. [From Indue ; cf.Indument ,Enduement .]The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu. In*dulge" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indulged (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indulging (?) .][L. indulgere to be kind or tender to one; cf. OIr.dilgud , equiv. to L.remissio , OIr.dligeth , equiv. to L.lex , Goth.dulgs debt.]1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; (a) when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to;as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;(b) when said of a person: to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from;as, to ; toindulge children in their caprices or willfulnessindulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.Hope in another life implies that weindulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.Atterbury. 2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. Persuading us that something must beindulged to public manners.Jer. Taylor. Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of lightIndulge , dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Pope. with before it; if it is a habit, it has in ; as, he indulged himselfwith a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges himselfin idleness or intemperance. SeeGratify .In*dulge" ,v. i. To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by \'bdWilling toin , but formerly, also, byto .indulge in easy vices.\'b8Johnson. In*dulge"ment (?) ,n. Indulgence. [R.]Wood. In*dul"gence (?) ,n. [L. indulgentia : cf. F.indulgence .]1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. If I were a judge, that wordindulgence should never issue from my lips.Tooke. They err, that throughindulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less.Hammond. 2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification. If all these graciousindulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.Rogers. 3. (R. C. Ch.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory. In*dul"gence (?) ,v. t. To grant an indulgence to. In*dul"gen*cy (?) ,n. Indulgence. Dryden. In*dul"gent (?) ,a. [L. indulgens ,-entis , p. pr. ofindulgere : cf. F.indulgent . SeeIndulge .]Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an .indulgent parentShak. Theindulgent censure of posterity.Waller. The feeble old,indulgent of their ease.Dryden. In`dul*gen"tial (?) ,a. Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Brevint. In*dul"gent*ly (?) ,adv. In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden. In*dul"ger ,n. One who indulges. W. Montagu. In*dul"gi*ate (?) ,v. t. To indulge. [R.]Sandys. In"du*line (?) ,n. [Perh. fr. ind igo.](Chem.) (a) Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet. (b) A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black .{ In*dult" (?) ,In*dul"to (?) , }n. [L. indultum indulgence, favor, fr.indultus , p. p. ofindulgere : cf. It.indulto , F.indult . SeeIndulge .]1. A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope. 2. (Spain) A duty levied on all importations. In"du*ment (?) ,n. [L. indumentum a covering. SeeIndue , and cf.Induement .](Zo\'94l.) Plumage; feathers. In*du"pli*cate (?) ,a. (Bot.) (a) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in \'91stivation. (b) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation. In*du"pli*ca*tive (?) ,a. (Bot.) (a) Having induplicate sepals or petals in \'91stivation. (b) Having induplicate leaves in vernation. In*dur"ance (?) ,n. [Obs.]See Endurance .In"du*rate (?) ,a. [L. induratus , p. p. ofindurare to harden. SeeEndure .]1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale. 2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate. In"du*rate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indurated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating (?) .]1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils areindurated by exposure to the air.2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate. In"du*rate ,v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay .indurates by drying, and by heatIn"du*ra`ted (?) ,a. Hardened; as, indurated clay; anindurated heart.Goldsmith. In`du*ra"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. induration , L.induratio hardness of heart.]1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard. 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard. 3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. A certaininduration of character had arisen from long habits of business.Coleridge. In*du"sial (?) ,a. [See Indusium .]Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larv\'91 of certain insects. Indusial limestone (Geol.) ,a fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larv\'91 of caddice flies ( Phryganea ). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.{ In*du"si*ate (?) ,In*du"si*a`ted (?) , }a. (Bot.) Furnished with an indusium. \'d8In*du"si*um (?) ,n. ;pl. .Indu (#) [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F.indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.](Bot.) (a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. (b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. (c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi. In*dus"tri*al (?) ,a. [Cf. F. industriel , LL.industrialis . SeeIndustry .]Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. The great ideas ofindustrial development and economic social amelioration.M. Arnold. <-- p. 756 -->Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries. --Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry. In*dus"tri*al*ism (?) ,n. 1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. J. S. Mill. 2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor. Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness.H. Spencer. In*dus"tri*al*ly ,adv. With reference to industry. In*dus"tri*ous (?) ,a. [L. industrius ,industriosus : cf. F.industrieux . SeeIndustry .]1. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor. Frugal andindustrious men are commonly friendly to the established government.Sir W. Temple. 2. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; anindustrious mischief maker.Industrious to seek out the truth of all things.Spenser. --In*dus"tri*ous*ly ,adv. --In*dus"tri*ous*ness ,n. In"dus*try (?) ,n. ;pl. .Industries (#) [L. industria , cf.industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F.industrie .]1. Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth andidleness ;as, .industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase themWe are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance ofindustry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago.A. Smith. 2. Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry ; the ironindustry ; the cottonindustry .3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor. Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence .In*du"tive (?) ,a. [L. indutus , p. p. ofinduere to put on. SeeIndue .](Bot.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering. \'d8In*du"vi*\'91 (?) ,n. pl. [L., clothes, fr. induere to put on. SeeIndue .](Bot.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time. In*du"vi*ate (?) ,a. (Bot.) Covered with induvi\'91, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree. In"dwell` (?) ,v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Indwelt (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Indwelling .]To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession. The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantlyindwelt form.Milman. In"dwell`er (?) n. An inhabitant. Spenser. In"dwell`ing ,n. Residence within, as in the heart. The personalindwelling of the Spirit in believers.South. -ine (?; 104) .1. (Chem.) A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic , andalkaloidal in their nature.-ine; as, quin ine , morphine , guanidine , etc. All indifferent and neutral substances, as proteids, glycerides, glucosides, etc., should commonly be spelled with-in ; as, gelatin , amygdalin , etc. This rue has no application to those numerous commercial or popular names with the termination-ine ; as, gasoline , vaseline , etc.2. (Organ. Chem.) A suffix, used to indicate <-- now "-yne" -->hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation ; i. e., members of the acetyline series;as, hexine ,heptine , etc.In*earth" (?) ,v. t. To inter. [R.]Southey. In*e"bri*ant (?) ,a. [L. inebrians , p. pr. ofinebriare . SeeInebriate .]Intoxicating. In*e"bri*ant ,n. Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. Smart. In*e"bri*ate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inebriated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating (?) .][L. inebriatus , p. p. ofinebriare ; pref.in- in +ebriare to make drunk, fr.ebrius drunk. SeeEbriety .]1. To make drunk; to intoxicate. The cups That cheer but notinebriate .Cowper. 2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy. Theinebriating effect of popular applause.Macaulay. In*e"bri*ate ,v. i. To become drunk. [Obs.]Bacon. In*e"bri*ate (?) ,a. [L. inebriatus , p. p.]Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. Thus spake Peter, as a maninebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.Udall. In*e"bri*ate ,n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro .inebriates Someinebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety.E. Darwin. In*e`bri*a"tion (?) ,n. [L. inebriatio .]The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from theinebriation of prosperity.Macaulay. Syn. -- See Drunkenness .In`e*bri"e*ty (?) ,n. [See Inebriate ,Ebriety .]Drunkenness; inebriation. E. Darwin. In*e"bri*ous (?) ,a. Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.]T. Brown. In*ed"it*ed (?) ,a. Not edited; unpublished; as, an .inedited manuscriptT. Warton. \'d8I`n\'82e" (?) ,n. [F.] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant ( Strophanthus hispidus ) of the Gaboon country; -- called alsoonaye .In*ef`fa*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. ineffabilitas : cf. F.ineffabilit\'82 .]The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness. In*ef"fa*ble (?) ,a. [L. ineffabilis : cf. F.ineffable . SeeIn- not, andEffable ,Fame .]Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the .ineffable joys of heavenContentment with our lot . . . will diffuseineffable contenBeattie. In*ef"fa*ble*ness ,n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. In*ef"fa*bly ,adv. In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton. In`ef*face"a*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +effaceable : cf. F.ineffa.] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable. In`ef*face"a*bly ,adv. So as not to be effaceable. In`ef*fect"i*ble (?) ,a. Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.]Bp. Hall. In`ef*fect"ive (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +effective : cf. F.ineffectif .]Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an .ineffective appealThe word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead andineffective letter.Jer. Taylor. In`ef*fect"ive*ly ,adv. In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually. In`ef*fect"ive*ness ,n. Quality of being ineffective. In`ef*fec"tu*al (?; 135) ,a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; anineffectual expedient.Pope. The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many foundineffectual .Boyle. Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Uselesss ,Inefficacious .In`ef*fec`tu*al"i*ty (?) ,n. Ineffectualness. [R.]In`ef*fec"tu*al*ly ,adv. Without effect; in vain. Hereford . . . had been besieged for abouineffectually by the Scots.Ludlow. In`ef*fec"tu*al*ness ,n. Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy. Theineffectualness of some men's devotion.Wake. In*ef`fer*ves"cence (?) ,n. Want of effervescence. Kirwan. In*ef`fer*ves"cent (?) ,a. Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent. In*ef`fer*ves`ci*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality of being ineffervescible. In*ef`fer*ves"ci*ble (?) ,a. Not capable or susceptible of effervescence. In*ef`fi*ca"cious (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +efficacious : cf. F.inefficace , L.inefficax .]Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle. The authority of Parliament must becomeinefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders.Burke. Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious and habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means areinefficacious till experiment has proved themineffectual .Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous withineffectual .In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ly ,adv. without efficacy or effect. In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ness ,n. Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy. In*ef"fi*ca*cy (?) ,n. [L. inefficacia . SeeIn- not, andEfficacy .]Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the .inefficacy of medicines or meansThe seeminginefficacy of censures.Bp. Hall. Theinefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines.James Gregory. In`en*fi"cien*cy (?) ,n. The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for .inefficiency In`en*fi"cient (?) ,a. 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, .inefficient means or measures2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; aninefficient administrator.In`en*fi"cient*ly ,adv. In an inefficient manner. In`e*lab"o*rate (?) ,a. [L. inelaboratus . SeeIn- not, andElaborate .]Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished. In`e*las"tic (?) ,a. Not elastic. In`e*las*tic"i*ty (?) ,n. Want of elasticity. { In*el"e*gance (?) ,In*el"e*gan*cy (?) , }n. ;pl. .Inelegances (#) ,Inelegancies (#) [L. inelegantia : cf. F.in\'82l\'82gance .]1. The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. The notoriousinelegance of her figure.T. Hook. 2. Anything inelegant; as, .inelegance of style in literary compositionIn*el"e*gant (?) ,a. [L. inelegans : cf. F.in\'82l\'82gant . SeeIn- not, andElegant .]Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined,inelegant .Milton. It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed andinelegant .Blair. In*el"e*gant*ly ,adv. In an inelegant manner. In*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. in\'82ligibilit\'82 .]The state or quality of being ineligible. In*el"i*gi*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +eligible : cf. F.in\'82ligible .]Not eligible; not qualified to be chos Burke. In*el"li*gi*bly (?) ,adv. In an ineligible manner. In*e"lo*quent (?) ,a. [L. ineloquens : cf. F.in\'82loquent . SeeIn- not, andEloquent .]Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, .ineloquent languageNor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongueineloquent .Milton. In*e"lo*quent*ly ,adv. Without eloquence. In`e*luc"ta*ble (?) ,a. [L. ineluctabilis ; pref.in- not +eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr.eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F.in\'82luctable . SeeEluctate .]Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson. Theineluctable conditions of matter.Hamerton. In`e*lud"i*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable. Most pressing reasons andineludible demonstrations.Glanvill. In*em"bry*o*nate (?) ,a. (Biol.) Not embryonate. In`er*nar"ra*ble (?) ,a. [L. inenarrabilis ; pref.in- not +enarrabilis that may be related; fr.enarrare to relate: cf. F.in\'82narrable . SeeEnarration .]Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [Obs.] \'bdInenarrable goodness.\'b8Bp. Fisher. In*ept" (?) ,a. [L. ineptus ; prefix.in- not +aptus apt, fit: cf. F.inepte . Cf.Inapt .]1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. The Aristotelian philosophy isinept for new discoveries.Glanvill. 2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterlyinept .Sir W. Hamilton. In*ept"i*tude (?) ,n. [L. ineptitudo .]1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness. Thatineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars.Tatler. 2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness. In*ept"ly ,adv. Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly. None of them are made foolishly orineptly .Dr. H. More. In*ept"ness ,n. Unfitness; ineptitude. The feebleness and miserableineptness of infancy.Dr. H. More. In*e"qua*ble (?) ,a. Unequable. [R.]Bailey. In*e"qual (?) ,a. [L. inaequalis . SeeIn- not, andEqual .]Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.]Chaucer. In`e*qual"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Inequalities (#) [L. inaequalitas .]1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.There is so great aninequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four.Ray. Notwithstanding whichinequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet.Ludlow. Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a greatinequality of condition.Macaulay. 2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.The country is cut into so many hills andinequalities as renders it defensible.Addison. 3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health.Bacon. 4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the .inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soulSouth. 5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality ( as, the inequality 2. 6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation. In`e*qua"tion (?) ,n. (Math.) An inequality. In*e`qui*dis"tant (?) ,a. Not equally distant; not equidistant. In*e`qui*lat"er*al (?) ,a. 1. Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided. 2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells. In*e`qui*lo"bate (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +equi- +lobate .](Biol.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes. In*eq"ui*ta*ble (?) ,a. Not equitable; not just. Burke. In*eq"ui*tate (?) ,v. t. [L. inequitatus , p. p.inequitare to ride over. See 1stIn- , andEquitant .]To ride over or through. [Obs.]Dr. H. More. In*eq"ui*ty (?) ,n. Want of equity; injustice; wrong. \'bdSome form ofinequity .\'b8H. Spencer. { In*e"qui*valve (?) ,In*e`qui*val"vu*lar (?) , }a. (Zo\'94l.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster. In`e*rad"i*ca*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being The bad seed thus sown wasineradicable .Ld. Lytton. In`e*rad"i*ca*bly ,adv. So as not to be eradicable. { In`er*get"ic (?) ,In`er*get"ic*al (?) , }a. [Pref. in- not + energetic ,-ical .]Having no energy; sluggish. [R.]Boyle. In`er*get"ic*al*ly ,adv. Without energy. [R.]{ In*erm" (?) ,In*er"mous (?) , }a. (Bot.) Same as Inermis .\'d8In*er"mis (?) ,a. [L. inermis ,inermus ; pref.in- not +arma arms: cf. F.inerme .](Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. Gray. In*er`ra*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike. In*er"ra*ble (?) ,a. [L. inerrabilis . SeeIn- not, andErr .]Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. \'bdInerabble and requisite conditions.\'b8Sir T. Browne . \'bdNot aninerrable text.\'b8Gladstone. <-- p. 757 -->In*er"ra*ble*ness (?) ,n. Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility. Hammond. In*er"ra*bly ,adv. With security from error; infallibly; unerringly. In*er"ran*cy (?) ,n. Exemption from error. The absoluteinerrancy odf the Bible.The Century. In`er*rat"ic (?) ,a. Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established. In*err"ing*ly (?) ,adv. Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. Glanvill. In*ert" (?) ,a. [L. iners ,inertis , unskilled, idle; pref.in- +ars art: cf. F.inerte . SeeArt .]1. Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is .inert 2. Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless. Theinert and desponding party of the court.Macaulay. It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at length utterlyinert .I. Taylor. 3. Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.Syn. -- Inactive; dull; passive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; lazy; lifeless; irresolute; stupid; senseless; insensible. -- Inert ,Inactive ,Sluggish . A man may beinactive from mere want of stimulus to effort; but one who isinert has something in his constitution or his habits which operates like a weight holding him back from exertion.Sluggish is still stronger, implying some defect of temperament which directly impedes action.Inert andinactive are negative,sluggish is positive.Even the favored isles . . . Can boast but little virtue; and,inert Through plenty, lose in morals what they gain In manners -- victims of luxurious ease.Cowper. Doomed to lose four months ininactive obscurity.Johnson. Sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin, Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride.Spenser. In*er"ti*a (?) ,n. [L., idleness, fr. iners idle. SeeInert .]1. (Physics) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inerti\'91 .2. Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness. Men . . . have immense irresolution andinertia .Carlyle. 3. (Med.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. Center of inertia. (Mech.) See under Center .In*er"tion (?) ,n. Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [R.]These vicissitudes of exertion andinertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever.E. Darwin. In*ert"i*tude (?) ,n. [See Inert .]Inertness; inertia. [R.]Good. In*ert"ly ,adv. Without activity; sluggishly. Pope. In*ert"ness ,n. 1. Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility. Glanvill. Laziness andinertness of mind.Burke. 2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia. In*er"u*dite (?) ,a. [L. ineruditus . SeeIn- not, andErudite .]Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant. In`es*cap"a*ble (?) ,a. Not escapable. In*es"cate (?) ,v. t. [L. inescatus , p. p. ofinescare ;in- in +esca bait.]To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.]Toinescate and beguile young women!Burton. In`es*ca"tion (?) ,n. [L. inescatio .]The act of baiting; allurement. [Obs.]Hallywell. In`es*cutch"eon (?) ,n. (Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield. \'d8In` es"se (?) .[L.] In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse , orin potentia , which denote that a thing is not, but may be.In`es*sen"tial (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +essential : cf. F.inessentiel .]1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke. The womb ofinessential Naught.Shelley. 2. Not essential; unessential. In*es"ti*ma*ble (?) ,a. [L. inaestimabilis : cf. F.inestimable . SeeIn- not, andEstimate .]Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, .inestimable rights or privilegesBut above all, for thineinestimable love.Bk. of Com. Prayer. Science is tooinestimable for expression by a money standard.Lyon Playfair. Syn. -- Incalculable; invaluable; priceless. In*es"ti*ma*bly ,adv. In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things .inestimably excellentIn`e*va"si*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being In*ev"i*dence (?) ,n. [Cf. F. in\'82vidence .]Want of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.]Barrow. In*ev"i*dent (?) ,a. [Cf. F. in\'82vident .]Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure. In*ev`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. in\'82vitabilit\'82 .]Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. Shelford. In*ev"i*ta*ble (?) ,a. [L. inevitabilis : cf. F.in\'82vitable . SeeIn- not, andEvitable .]1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. \'bdTheinevitable hour.\'b8Gray. It wasinevitable ; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things.Burke. 2. Irresistible. \'bdInevitable charms.\'b8Dryden. In*ev"i*ta*ble*ness (?) ,n. The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen. Prideaux. In*ev"i*ta*bly ,adv. Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly. Inevitably thou shalt die.Milton. Howinevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh!South. In`ex*act" (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +exact : cf. F.inexact .]Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. In`ex*act"i*tude (?) ,n. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical .inexactitude In`ex*act"ly ,adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. In`ex*act"ness ,n. Incorrectness; want of exactness. In`ex*cit`a*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement. In`ex*cit"a*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexcitabilis from which one cannot be aroused. SeeIn- not, andExcite .]Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid. In`ex*cus"a*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexcusabilis : cf. F.inexcusable . SeeExcuse .]Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, .inexcusable follyTherefore thou artinexcusable , O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.Rom. ii. 1. In`ex*cus"a*ble*ness ,n. The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness. South. In`ex*cus"a*bly ,adv. With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification. Inexcusably obstinate and perverse.Jortin. In*ex"e*cra*ble (?) ,a. That can not be execrated enough. [R.]In*ex"e*cu`ta*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +executable : cf. F.inex\'82cutable .]Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible. In*ex`e*cu"tion (?) ,n. [Pref. in- not +execution : cf. F.inex\'82cution .]Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the .inexecution of a treatySpence. In`ex*er"tion (?) ,n. Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness. In`ex*hal"a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being exhaled. [Obs.]Sir T. Browne. In`ex*haust"ed (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +exhausted : cf. F.inexhaustus .]Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden. In`ex*haust"ed*ly ,adv. Without exhaustion. In`ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance. In`ex*haust"i*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; aninexhaustible stock of elegant words.Dryden. Aninexhaustible store of anecdotes.Macaulay. --In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness ,n. --In`ex*haust"i*bly ,adv. In`ex*haust"ive (?) ,a. Inexhaustible. Thomson. In`ex*ist" (?) ,v. i. [Pref. in- in +exist .]To exist within; to dwell within. [Obs.]Substancesinexisting within the divine mind.A. Tucker. In`ex*ist"ant (?) ,a. [Cf. F. inexistant . See 1stInexistent .]Inexistent; not existing. [Obs.]Gudworth. In`ex*ist"ence (?) ,n. [Pref. [Obs.]in- in +existence .](a) Inherence; subsistence .Bp. Hall .(b) That which exists within; a constituent. A. Tucker. In`ex*ist"ence ,n. [Pref. in- in +existence : cf. F.inexistence .]Want of being or existence. In`ex*ist"ent (?) ,a. [Pref. in- in +existent : cf. F.inexistant .]Not having being; not existing. In`ex*ist"ent ,a. [Pref. in- in +existent .]Inherent; innate; indwelling. Boyle. In*ex`o*ra*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. inexorabilitas : cf. F.inexorabilit\'82 .]The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. Paley. In*ex"o*ra*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexorabilis : cf. F.inexorable . SeeIn- not, andExorable ,Adore .]Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; \'bdas, an inexorable prince or tyrant; aninexorable judge.Inexorable equality of laws.\'b8Gibbon . \'bdDeath'sinexorable doom.\'b8Dryden. You are more inhuman, moreinexorable , O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania.Shak. In*ex"o*ra*ble*ness ,n. The quality or state of being inexorable. Chillingworth. In*ex"o*ra*bly ,adv. In an inexorable manner; inflexibly. \'bdInexorably firm.\'b8Thomson. In`ex*pan"si*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension. Tyndall. In`ex*pect"a*ble (?) ,a. Not to be expected or anticipated. [Obs.]Bp. Hall. In"ex*pect"ant (?) ,a. Not expectant. C. Bront\'82. In*ex`pec*ta"tion (?) ,n. Absence of expectation. Feltham. In`ex*pect"ed (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +expected : cf. L.inexspectatus .]Unexpected. [Obs.]In`ex*pect"ed*ly ,adv. Unexpectedly. [Obs.]In`ex*pect"ed*ness ,n. Unexpectedness. [Obs.]{ In`ex*pe"di*ence (?) ,In`ex*pe"di*en*cy (?) , }n. The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the .inexpedience of some measuresIt is not the rigor but theinexpediency of laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical.Paley. In`ex*pe"di*ent (?) ,a. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be .inexpedient at anotherIf it was not unlawful, yet it was highlyinexpedient to use those ceremonies.Bp. Burnet. Syn. -- Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable; inadvisable; disadvantageous. In`ex*pe"di*ent*ly (?) ,adv. Not In`ex*pen"sive (?) ,a. Not expensive; cheap. In`ex*pe"ri*ence (?) ,n. [L. inexperientia , cf. F.inexp\'82rience . SeeIn- not, andExperience .]Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the .inexperience of youthFailings which are incident to youth andinexperience .Dryden. Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed frominexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.Addison. In`ex*pe"ri*enced (?) ,a. Not having experience unskilled. \'bdInexperienced youth.\'b8Cowper. In`ex*pert" (?) ,a. [L. inexpertus inexperienced: cf. F.inexpert . SeeIn- not, andExpert .]1. Destitute of experience or of much experience. [Obs.]Milton. 2. Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. Akenside. In`ex*pert"ness ,n. Want of expertness or skill. In*ex"pi*a*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexpiabilis : cf. F.inexpiable . SeeIn- not, andExpiable .]1. Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an .inexpiable crime or offensePomfret. 2. Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable. [Archaic] \'bdInexpiable hate.\'b8Milton. They are atinexpiable war with all establishments.Burke. In*ex"pi*a*ble*ness ,n. Quality of being inexpiable. In*ex"pi*a*bly ,adv. In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement. In*ex"pi*ate (?) ,a. [L. inexpiatus . SeeIn- not, andExpiate .]Not appeased or placated. [Obs.]To restinexpiate were much too rude a part.Chapman. In`ex*plain"a*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +explainable ; cf. L.inexplanabilis .]Incapable of being explained; inexplicable. In*ex"ple*a*bly (?) ,adv. [Cf. L. inexplebilis ; pref.in- not +explere to fill up. SeeExpletion .]Insatiably. [Obs.]Sandys. In*ex`pli*ca*bil"i*ty ,n. [Cf. F. inexplicabilit\'82 .]The quality or state of being inexplicable. H. Spencer. In*ex"pli*ca*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexplicabilis : cf. F.inexplicable . SeeIn- not, andExplicable .]Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; \'bdAnas, an .inexplicable mysteryinexplicable scratching.\'b8Cowper. Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to othersinexplicable , to themselves uncertain.Burke. In*ex"pli*ca*ble*ness ,n. A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability. In*ex"pli*ca*bly ,adv. In an inexplicable manner. In`ex*plic"it (?) ,a. [L. inexplicitus : cf. F.inexplicite . SeeIn- not, andExplicit .]Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague. In`ex*plor"a*ble (?) ,a. Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered. Sir G. Buck. In`ex*plo"sive (?) ,a. Not explosive. In`ex*po"sure (?; 135) ,n. A state of not being exposed. In`ex*press"i*ble (?) ,a. Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; \'bdas, .inexpressible grief or pleasureInexpressible grandeur.\'b8Blair. In orbs Of circuitinexpressible they stood.Milton. In`ex*press"i*bles (?) ,n. pl. Breeches; trousers. [Colloq. or Slang] <-- = unmentionables; underwear, esp. women's -->Ld. Lytton. In`ex*press"i*bly ,adv. In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator. In`ex*press"ive (?) ,a. 1. Inexpressible. [R.]2. Without expression or meaning; not expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an .inexpressive countenanceIn`ex*press"ive*ness ,n. The state or quality of being inexpressive. In`ex*pug"na*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexpugnabilis : cf. F.inexpugnable . SeeIn- not, andExpugnable .]Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable. Burke. A fortress,inexpugnable by the arts of war.Milman. In`ex*pug"na*bly ,adv. So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. Dr. H. More. In`ex*su"per*a*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexsuperabilis ; pref.in- not +exsuperabilis that may be surmounted. SeeIn- not,Ex- , andSuperable .]Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable. In`ex*tend"ed (?) ,a. Not extended. In`ex*ten"si*ble (?) ,a. Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, .inextensible fibersIn`ex*ten"sion (?) ,n. Want of extension; unextended state. In`ex*ter"mi*na*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexterminabilis . SeeIn- not, andExterminate .]Incapable of extermination. Rush. In`ex*tinct" (?) ,a. [L. inextinctus ,inexstinctus . SeeExtinct .]Not quenched; not extinct. In`ex*tin"gui*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexstinguibilis : cf. F,inextinguible . SeeInextinct .]Inextinguishable. [Obs.]Sir T. More. In`ex*tin"guish*a*ble (?) ,a. Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; \'bdas, .inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feudsInextinguishable rage.\'b8Milton. In`ex*tin"guish*a*bly ,adv. So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner. In`ex*tir"pa*ble (?) ,a. [L. inexstirpabilis : cf. F.inextirpable . SeeIn- not, andExtirpate .]Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable. In*ex"tri*ca*ble (?) ,a. [L. inextricabilis : cf. F.inextricable . SeeIn- not, andExtricate .]1. Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty;inextricable confusion.Lost in the wild,inextricable maze.Blackmore. 2. Inevitable. [R.] \'bdFateinextricable .\'b8Milton. <-- p. 758 -->In*ex"tri*ca*ble*ness (?) ,n. The state of being inextricable. In*ex"tri*ca*bly ,adv. In an inextricable manner. In*eye" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ineyed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Ineyeing .][Pref. in- in +eye .]To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate. The arts of grafting andineying .J. Philips. In*fab"ri*ca`ted (?) ,a. Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.]In*fal"li*bil*ist (?) ,n. One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility. In*fal`li*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. infaillibilit\'82 .]The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty.Tillotson. Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.) ,the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870. In*fal"li*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +fallible : cf. F.infallible .]1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. Dryden. 2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence;infallible success; aninfallible remedy.To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by manyinfallible proofs.Acts i. 3. 3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility , underInfallibility .In*fal"li*ble*ness ,n. The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp. Hall. In*fal"li*bly ,adv. In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. Blair. In*fame" (?) ,v. t. [L. infamare , fr.infamis infamous: cf. F.infamer , It.infamare . SeeInfamous .]To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.]Milton. Livia isinfamed for the poisoning of her husband.Bacon. In"fa*mize (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infamized (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing (?) .]To make infamous; to defame. [R.]Coleridge. In"fa*mous (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +famous : cf. L.infamis . SeeInfamy .]1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; aninfamous perjurer.False errant knight,infamous , and forsworn.Spenser. 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;infamous vices;infamous corruption.Macaulay. 3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an .infamous person can not be a witness4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. \'bdInfamous woods.\'b8P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds.Milton. The piny shade Moreinfamous by cursed Lycaon made.Dryden. Syn. -- Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious. In"fa*mous*ly ,adv. In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had beeninfamously monopolized and huckstered.Burke. In"fa*mous*ness ,n. The state or quality of being infamous; infamy. In"fa*my (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infamies (#) [L. infamia , fr.infamis infamous; pref.in- not +fama fame: cf. F.infamie . SeeFame .]1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to suchinfamy .Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the .infamy of an action3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness. <-- Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . [Roosevelt] -->In"fan*cy (?) ,n. [L. infantia : cf. F.enfance . SeeInfant .]1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smilinginfancy .Milton. Their love in earlyinfancy began.Dryden. 2. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the .infancy of an artTheinfancy and the grandeur of Rome.Arbuthnot. 3. (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority. In*fan"dous (?) ,a. [L. infandus ; pref.in- not +fari to speak.]Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.]Howell. In*fang"thef (?) ,n. [AS. in-fangen-pe\'a2f ;in in, into +fangen taken (p. p. off to take) + pe\'a2f thief.](O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell. In"fant (?) ,n. [L. infans ; pref.in- not +fari to speak: cf. F.enfant , whence OE.enfaunt . SeeFame , and cf.Infante ,Infanta .]1. A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. And tender cries ofinfants pierce the ear.C. Pitt. 2. (Law) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor. 3. Same as [Obs.]Infante .Spenser. In"fant (?) ,a. 1. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, .infant strength2. Intended for young children; as, an .infant schoolIn"fant ,v. t. [Cf. F. enfanter .]To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.]This worthy motto, \'bdNo bishop, no king,\'b8 is . . .infanted out of the same fears.Milton. \'d8In*fan"ta (?) ,n. [Sp. & Pg., fem. of infante . SeeInfante .]A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest. \'d8In*fan"te (?) ,n. [Sp. & Pg. See Infant .]A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent. In"fant*hood (?) ,n. Infancy. [R.]In*fan"ti*ci`dal (?) ,a. Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder. In*fan"ti*cide (?) ,n. [L. infanticidium child murder;infans ,-antis , child +caedere to kill: cf. F.infanticide . SeeInfant , andHomicide .]The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder. In*fan"ti*cide ,n. [L. infanticida : cf. F.infanticide .]One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant. In"fan*tile (?; 277) ,a. [L. infantilis : cf. F.infantile . SeeInfant .]Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, .infantile behaviorIn"fan*tine (?; 277) ,a. [Cf. F. enfantin .]Infantile; childish. A degree of credulity nextinfantine .Burke. In"fant*like` (?) ,a. Like an infant. Shak. In"fant*ly ,a. Like an infant. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl. In"fan*try (?) ,n. [F. infanterie , It.infanteria , fr.infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L.infans ,-antis , child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. SeeInfant .]1. A body of children. [Obs.]B. Jonson. 2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry .In*farce" (?) ,v. t. [L. infarcire : pref.in- in +farcire ,fartum andfarctum , to stuff, cram.]To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]The body isinfarced with . . . watery humors.Sir T. Elyot. In*farc"tion (?) ,n. [See Infarce .]The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation. In"fare` (?) ,n. [AS. inf\'91r entrance.]A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. [Written also [Scot., & Local, U. S.]infair .]In*fash"ion*a*ble ,a. Unfashionable. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl. In*fat"i*ga*ble (?) ,a. [L. infatigabilis : cf. F.infatigable .]Indefatigable. [Obs.]Daniel. In*fat"u*ate (?; 135) ,a. [L. infatuatus , p. p. ofinfatuare to infatuate; pref.in- in +fatuus foolish. SeeFatuous .]Infatuated. Bp. Hall. In*fat"u*ate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infatuated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infatuating .]1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. The judgment of God will be very visible ininfatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction.Clarendon. 2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be .infatuated with gamingThe people are . . .infatuated with the notion.Addison. In*fat"u*a`ted (?) ,a. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation. In*fat`u*a"tion (?) ,n. [LL. infatuatio : cf. F.infatuation .]The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. Theinfatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but theinfatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so.I. Taylor. Such is theinfatuation of self-love.Blair. In*faust" (?) ,a. [L. infaustus ; pref.in- not +faustus fortunate, lucky.]Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.]Ld. Lytton. In*faust"ing (?) ,n. The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.]Bacon. In*fea`si*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The state of being infeasible; impracticability. In*fea"si*ble (?) ,a. Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. Glanvill. In*fea"si*ble*ness ,n. The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. W. Montagu. In*fect" (?) ,a. [L. infectus : cf. F.infect . SeeInfect ,v. t. ]Infected. Cf. [Obs.]Enfect .Shak. In*fect" ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infected ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting .][L. infectus , p. p. ofinficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref.in- in +facere to make; cf. F.infecter . SeeFact .]1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; toinfect an apartment.2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, .infected with the plagueThem that were left alive beinginfected with this disease.Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat.Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expo Syn. -- To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile. In*fect"er (?) ,n. One who, or that which, infects. In*fect"i*ble (?) ,a. Capable of being infected. In*fec"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. infection , L.infectio a dyeing.]1. The act or process of infecting. There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to preventinfection .De Foe. 2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused. And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread theinfection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them.De Foe. 3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic. The danger was really very great, theinfection being so very violent in London.De Foe. 4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the .infection of vicious principlesIt was her chance to light Amidst the grossinfections of those times.Daniel. 5. (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication. 6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence. Through all her train the softinfection ran.Pope. Mankind are gay or serious byinfection .Rambler. Syn. -- Infection ,Contagion .-- Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in contradistinction tocontagion , which then implies transmission by direct contact.Quain . SeeContagious .In*fec"tious (?) ,a. [Cf. F. infectieux .]1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever;infectious clothing;infectious air;infectious vices.Where theinfectious pestilence.Shak. 2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing. It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it isinfectious even to the best morals to live always in it.Dryden. 3. (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of aninfectious nature.Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, .infectious mirthThe laughter was so genuine as to beinfectious .W. Black. Syn. -- See Contagious .In*fec"tious*ly ,adv. In an infectious manner. Shak. In*fec"tious*ness ,n. The quality of being infectious. In*fect"ive (?) ,a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.]Infectious. Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath aninfective power.Sir P. Sidney. In*fec"und (?) ,a. [L. infecundus : cf. F.inf\'82cond . SeeIn- not, andFecund .]Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.]Evelyn. In`fe*cun"di*ty (?) ,n. [L. infecunditas : cf. F.inf\'82condit\'82 .]Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. In`fe*cun"dous (?) ,a. [See Infecund .]Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.]Glanvill. In*fee"ble (?) ,v. t. See Enfeeble .In`fe*lic"i*tous (?) ,a. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; aninfelicitous remark; aninfelicitous description;infelicitous words.In`fe*lic"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infelicities (#) [L. infelicitas : cf. F.inf\'82licit\'82 . SeeIn- not, andFelicity .]1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance andinfelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy.Glanvill. 2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, .infelicities of speechIn`fe*lo"ni*ous (?) ,a. Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. G. Eliot. In"felt` (?) ,a. [Pref. in- in +felt .]Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.]The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged,infelt inferiority.Milman. In`feo*da"tion (?) ,n. (Law) See Infeudation .In*feoff" (?) ,v. t. (Law) See Enfeoff .In*feoff"ment (?) ,n. (Law) See Enfeoffment .In*fer" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inferred (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inferring .][L. inferre to bring into, bring forward, occasion, infer; pref.in- in +ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.inf\'82rer . See 1 stBear .]1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.]Harvey. 2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.]Spenser. 3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.]Full well hath Clifford played the orator,Inferring arguments of mighty force.Shak. 4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I .inferred his determination from his silenceToinfer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true.Locke. Such opportunities alwaysinfer obligations.Atterbury. 5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the secondinferreth well the first.Sir T. More. This dothinfer the zeal I had to see him.Shak. <-- p. 759 -->In*fer"a*ble (?; 277) ,a. Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible .]H. Spencer. A sufficient argument . . . isinferable from these premises.Burke. In"fer*ence (?) ,n. [From Infer .]1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method ofinference .Glanvill. 2. That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. Milton. Theseinferences , or conclusions, are the effects of reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all together, are called syllogism, or argument.I. Watts. Syn. -- Conclusion; deduction; consequence. -- Inference ,Conclusion . Aninference is literally that which isbrought in ; and hence, a deduction or induction from premises, -- something which follows as certainly or probably true. Aconclusion is stronger than aninference ; itshuts us up to the result, and terminates inquiry. Weinfer what is particular or probable; weconclude what is certain. In a chain of reasoning we have manyinferences , which lead to the ultimateconclusion . \'bdAninference is a proposition which is perceived to be true, because of its connection with some known fact.\'b8 \'bdWhen something is simply affirmed to be true, it is called aproposition ; after it has been found to be true by several reasons or arguments, it is called aconclusion .\'b8I. Taylor. In`fer*en"tial (?) ,a. Deduced or deducible by inference. \'bdInferential proofs.\'b8J. S. Mill. In`fer*en"tial*ly ,adv. By way of inference. \'d8In*fe"ri*\'91 (?) ,n. pl. [L., fr. inferus underneath.](Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends. In*fe"ri*or (?) ,a. [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E.under : cf. F.inf\'82rieur . SeeUnder .]1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. A thousandinferior and particular propositions.I. Watts. The body, or, as some love to call it, ourinferior nature.Burke. Whether they are equal orinferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.Dryden. 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an .inferior quality of goods3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; aninferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.(b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian,4. (Bot.) (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior. 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an .inferior officerInferior court (Law) ,a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the --superior , or higher , court . Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.) ,a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to --superior letter orfigure ), as in A .2 , Bn , 2 andn are inferior characters Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon. In*fe"ri*or ,n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. A great person gets more by obliging hisinferior than by disdaining him.South. In*fe`ri*or"i*ty (?) ,[Cf. F. inf\'82riorit\'82 .]The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, .inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worthA deep sense of our own greatinferiority .Boyle. In*fe"ri*or*ly (?) ,adv. In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part. In*fer"nal (?) ,a. [F. infernal , L.infernalis , fr.infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. SeeInferior .]1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. The Elysian fields, theinfernal monarchy.Garth. 2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, .infernal spirits, or conductThe instruments or abettors in suchinfernal dealings.Addison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property. --Infernal stone ( lapis infernalis ), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash. Syn. -- Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious. In*fer"nal ,n. An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.]Drayton. In*fer"nal*ly ,adv. In an infernal manner; diabolically. \'bdInfernally false.\'b8Bp. Hacket. In`fe*ro*bran"chi*an (?) ,n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Inferobranchiata. In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta (?) ,n. pl. [NL. See Inferobranchiate .](Zo\'94l.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle. In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate (?) ,a. [L. inferus lower + E.branchiate .](Zo\'94l.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata. In*fer"ri*ble (?) ,a. Inferable. In*fer"tile (?) ,a. [L. infertilis : cf. F.infertile . SeeIn- not, andFertile .]Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an .infertile soilIn*fer"tile*ly ,adv. In an infertile manner. In`fer*til"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. infertilitas : cf. F.infertilit\'82 .]The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. Theinfertility or noxiousness of the soil.Sir M. Hale. In*fest" (?) ,a. [L. infestus . SeeInfest ,v. t. ]Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.]Spenser. In*fest" ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infested ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting .][L. infestare , fr.infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome;in in, against + the root ofdefendere : cf. F.infester . SeeDefend .]To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a seainfested with pirates.To poison vermin thatinfest his plants.Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions thatinfest human life.Addison. And the cares, thatinfest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.Longfellow. In`fest*ta"tion (?) ,n. [L. infestatio : cf. F.infestation .]The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. Bacon. Free from theinfestation of enemies.Donne. In*fest"er (?) ,n. One who, or that which, infests. In*fest"ive (?) ,a. [L. infestivus . SeeIn- not, andFestive .]Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.]In`fes*tiv"i*ty (?) ,n. Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [R.]In*fes"tu*ous (?; 135) ,a. [L. infestus . SeeInfest ,a. ]Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] \'bdInfestuous as serpents.\'b8Bacon. In`feu*da"tion (?) ,n. [LL. infeudatio , fr.infeudare to enfeoff: cf. F.inf\'82odation . SeeFeud a fief.]1. (Law) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. Sir M. Hale. 2. The granting of tithes to laymen. Blackstone. In*fib`u*la"tion (?) ,n. [L. infibulare ,infibulatum , to clasp, buckle, or button together; pref.in- in +fibula clasp, buckle: cf. F.infibulation .]1. The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock. 2. The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation. In"fi*del (?) ,a. [L. infidelis ; pref.in- not +fidelis faithful, fr.fides faith: cf. F.infid\'8ale . SeeFidelity .]Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity. Theinfidel writer is a great enemy to society.V. Knox. In"fi*del ,n. One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker. Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Mohammedanism. Syn. -- Infidel ,Unbeliever ,Freethinker ,Deist ,Atheist ,Sceptic ,Agnostic .An infidel , in common usage, is one who denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have endeavored to widen the sense ofinfidel so as to embrace atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally prevail. Afreethinker is now only another name for aninfidel . Anunbeliever is not necessarily adis believer or infidel, because he may still be inquiring after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more commonly used in the extreme sense. Adeist believes in one God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. Anatheist denies the being of God. Asceptic is one whose faith in thecredibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed, so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his mind. Anagnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity.In`fi*del"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infidelities ( [L. infidelitas : cf. F.infid\'82lit\'82 .]1. Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity. There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes ofinfidelity .V. Knox. 2. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery. 3. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; \'bdTheas, the .infidelity of a servantinfidelity of friends.\'b8Sir W. Temple. In*field" (?) ,v. t. To inclose, as a field. [R.]In"field` (?) ,n. 1. Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from [Scotland]outfield .Jamieson. 2. (Baseball) The diamond; -- opposed to outfield . SeeDiamond ,n. , 5.In*file" (?) ,v. t. To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order. [Obs.]Holland. In*film" (?) ,v. t. To cover with a film; to coat thinly; [R.]as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; toinfilm the glass of a mirror.In*fil"ter (?) ,v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Infiltered ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infiltering .][Cf. Infiltrate .]To filter or sift in. In*fil"trate (?) ,v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Infiltrated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infiltrating (?) .][Pref. in- +filtrate : cf. F,s'infiltrer . Cf.Infilter .]To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The waterinfiltrates through the porous rock.Addison. In*fil"trate ,v. t. To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively. J. S. Mill. In`fil*tra"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. infiltration .]1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Addison. Calcareousinfiltrations filling the cavities.Kirwan. Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under --Fatty .Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery. In*fil"tra*tive (?) ,a. Of or pertaining to infiltration. Kane. In"fi*nite (?) ,a. [L. infinitus : cf. F.infini . SeeIn- not, andFinite .]1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, .infinite duration or distanceWhatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less thaninfinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower thaninfinite distance the lowest or least can not sink.H. Brooke. 2. Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the ; -- opposed toinfinite wisdom and goodness of Godfinite .Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding isinfinite .Ps. cxlvii. 5. O God, howinfinite thou art!I. Watts. 3. Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious. Infinite riches in a little room.Marlowe. Whichinfinite calamity shall cause To human life.Milton. 4. (Math.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities. 5. (Mus.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues , so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.Moore (Encyc. of Music). Syn. -- Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal. In"fi*nite ,n. 1. That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness. Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blueinfinite embrace us again.J. Martineau. 2. (Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude. 3. An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er Withinfinite of pearls and finest gold.Fanshawe. 4. The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty. In"fi*nite*ly ,adv. 1. Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an .infinitely large orinfinitely small quantity2. Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely. \'bdInfinitely pleased.\'b8Dryden. In"fi*nite*ness ,n. The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity. Jer. Taylor. In`fin*i*tes"i*mal (?) ,a. [Cf. F. infinit\'82simal , fr.infinit\'82sime infinitely small, fr. L.infinitus . SeeInfinite ,a. ]Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small. Infinitesimal calculus, the different and the integral calculus, when developed according to the method used by Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables as infinitesimal. In`fin*i*tes"i*mal ,n. (Math.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity. In`fin*i*tes"i*mal*ly ,adv. By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree. In*fin`i*ti"val (?) ,a. Pertaining to the infinite mood. \'bdInfinitival stems.\'b8Fitzed. Hall. In*fin"i*tive (?) ,n. [L. infinitivus : cf. F.infinitif . SeeInfinite .]Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. Infinitive mood (Gram.) ,that form of the verb which merely names the action, and performs the office of a verbal noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ( a ) The simple form, as, speak , go , hear , before which to is commonly placed, as, to speak ; to go ; to hear . ( b ) The form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in-ing ; as, going is as easy as standing . With the auxiliary verbs may ,can ,must ,might ,could ,would , andshould , the simple infinitive is expressed withoutto ; as, youmay speak ; theymust hear , etc. The infinitive usually omitsto with the verbslet ,dare ,do ,bid ,make ,see ,hear ,need , etc.; as, let mego ; you dare nottell ; make himwork ; hear himtalk , etc.to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial infinitive) which was preceded by to , and was chiefly employed in expressing purpose. SeeGerund , 2.The gerundial ending (- anne ) not only took the same form as the simple infinitive (-an ), but it was confounded with the present participle in -ende , or -inde (later -inge ).In*fin"i*tive ,n. (Gram.) An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood. In*fin"i*tive ,adv. (Gram.) In the manner of an infinitive mood. \'d8In`fi*ni"to (?) ,a. [It.] (Mus.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite ,a. , 5.In*fin"i*tude (?) ,n. 1. The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness. 2. Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity. \'bdI am who fillinfinitude .\'b8Milton. As pleasing to the fancy, as speculations of eternity orinfinitude are to the understanding.Addison. 3. Boundless number; countless multitude. \'bdAninfinitude of distinctions.\'b8Addison. In*fin"i*tu`ple (?) ,a. [Cf. Quadruple .]Multipied an infinite number of times. [R.]Wollaston. In*fin"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infinities (#) [L. infinitas ; pref.in- not +finis boundary, limit, end: cf. F.infinit\'82 . SeeFinite .]1. Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity. Sir T. More. There can not be moreinfinities than one; for one of them would limit the other.Sir W. Raleigh. <-- now known to be false! -- See aleph null, etc.-->2. Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the .infinity of God and his perfectionsHooker. 3. Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.Broome. <-- p. 760 --> <-- p. 760 -->4. (Math.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ). 5. (Geom.) That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity. Circle at infinity, an imaginary circle at infinity, through which, in geometry of three dimensions, every sphere is imagined to pass. --Circular points at infinity. See under Circular .In*firm" (?) ,a. [L. infirmus : cf.F.infirme . SeeIn- not, andFirm ,a. ]1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; aninfirm constitution.A poor,infirm , weak, and despised old man.Shak. 2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. \'bdAninfirm judgment.\'b8Burke. Infirm of purpose!Shak. 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads orinfirm ground.South. Syn. -- Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. In*firm" ,v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F.infirmer .]To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.]Sir W. Raleigh. In`fir*ma"ri*an (?) ,n. A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution. In*firm"a*ry (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infirmaries (#) [Cf. OE. fermerie , OF.enfermerie , F.infirmerie , LL.infirmaria . SeeInfirm .]A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated. In*firm"a*tive (?) ,a. [Cf. F. infirmatif .]Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.]In*firm"a*to*ry (?) ,n. An infirmary. [Obs.]In*firm"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Infirmities (#) [L. infirmitas : cf. F.infirmite . SeeInfirm ,a. ]1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, .infirmity of body or mind'T is theinfirmity of his age.Shak. 2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect. Will you be cured of yourinfirmity ?Shak. A friend should bear his friend'sinfirmities .Shak. The house has also itsinfirmities .Evelyn. Syn. -- Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See Debility .In*firm"ly ,adv. In an infirm manner. In*firm"ness ,n. Infirmity; feebleness. Boyle. In*fix" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infixed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infixing .][L. infixus , p.p ofinfigere to infix; pref.in- in +figere to fix: cf. F.infixer . SeeFix .]1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to .infix a sting, spear, or dartShak. The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heartinfixed the wound.Dryden. 2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to .infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memoryIn"fix (?) ,n. Something infixed. [R.]Welsford. In*flame" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inflamed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inflaming .][OE. enflamen , OF.enflamer , F.enflammer , L.inflammare ,inflammatum ; pref.in- in +flammare to flame, fr.flamma flame. SeeFlame .]1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of theinflamed fleet.Chapman. 2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to .inflame desireThough more,it seems,Inflamed with lust than rage.Milton. But, Oinflame and fire our hearts.Dryden. 3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It willinflame you; it will make you mad.Shak. 4. (Med.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to .inflame the eyes by overwork5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.]A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemyinflames his crimes.Addison. Syn. -- To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse. In*flame" ,v. i. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. Wiseman. In*flamed" (?) ,p. a. 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated. 2. (Her.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. In*flam"er (?n-fl\'bem\'b6?r) ,n. The person or thing that inflames. Addison. In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty (?) ,n. [Cf.F. inflammabilite .]Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable. In*flam"ma*ble (?) ,a. [CF. F. inflammable .]1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, .inflammable oils or spirits2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an .inflammable temperInflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen. In*flam"ma*ble*ness ,n. The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle. In*flam"mbly (?) ,adv. In an inflammable manner. In*flam*ma"tion (?) ,n. [L. inflammatio : cf. F.inflammation . SeeInflame .]1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. \'bdTheinflammation of fat.\'b8Wilkins. 2. (Med.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain. 3. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an .inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of partiesHooker. In*flam"ma*tive (?) ,a. Inflammatory. In*flam"ma*to*ry (?) ,a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire .]1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, .inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publicationsBurke. 3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an .inflammatory diseaseInflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as --Buffy coat , underBuffy .Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation. In*flat"a*ble (?) ,a. That may be inflated. In*flate" (?) ,p. a. [L. inflatus , p.p. ofinflare to inflate; pref.in- in +flare to blow. SeeBlow to puff wind.]Blown in; inflated. Chaucer. In*flate" ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inflated ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inflating .]1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; toinflate the lungs.When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to .inflate one with pride or vanityInflate themselves with some insane delight.Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to .inflate the currencyIn*flate" ,v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend. In*flat"ed (?) ,a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon .inflated with gas2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an .inflated styleInflated and astrut with self-conceit.Cowper. 3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.In*flat"er (?) ,n. One who, or that which, inflates; as, the .inflaters of the stock exchangeIn*flat"ing*ly ,adv. In a manner tending to inflate. In*fla"tion (?) ,n. [L. inflatio : cf. F.inflation .]1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]In*fla"tion*ist ,n. One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money. [U.S.]\'d8In*fla"tus (?) ,n. [L. See Inflate ,v. t. ]A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffableinflatus .Mrs. Browning. In*flect" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inflected ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting .][L. inflectere ,inflexum ; pref.in .- in +flectere to bend. SeeFlexibl , and cf.Inflex .]1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, andinflected by one and the same principle ?Sir I. Newton. 2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb. 3. To modulate, as the voice. In*flect"ed ,a. 1. Bent; turned; deflected. 2. (Gram.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. Inflected cycloid (Geom.) ,a prolate cycloid. See Cycloid .In*flec"tion (?) ,n. [L. inflexio : cf. F.inflexion . SeeInflect .][Written also inflecxion .]1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. 3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling .inflection 4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. 5. (Mus.) (a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting. 6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction .Point of inflection (Geom.) ,the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways. In*flec"tion*al (?) ,a. Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection. Max M\'81ller. In*flect"ive (?) ,a. 1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the .inflective quality of the airDerham. 2. (Gram.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. Inflective language (Philol.) ,a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike , headache , and inflective, as, he , his , him . Cf. Agglutinative .In*flesh" (?) ,v. t. To incarnate. In*flex" (?) ,v. t. [Cf. Flex ,Inflect .]To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect. J. Philips. In*flexed" (?) ,a. 1. Turned; bent. Feltham. 2. (Bot.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower. In*flex"i*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. [Cf. F. inflexibilit\'82 .]The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. Theinflexibility of mechanism.A. Baxter. That graveinflexibility of soul.Churchill. The purity andinflexibility of their faith.T. Warton. In*flex"i*ble (?) ,a. [L. inflexiblis : cf. F.inflexible . SeeIn- not, andFlexible .]1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. \'bdInflexible as steel.\'b8Miltom. Amanof upright andinflexible temper . . . can overcome all private fear.Addison. 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. The nature of things isinflexible .I. Watts. Syn. -- -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting. In*flex"i*ble*ness ,n. The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness. In*flex"i*bly ,adv. In an inflexible manner. In*flex"ion (?) ,n. Inflection. In*flex"ive (?) ,a. 1. Inflective. \'bdInflexive endings.\'b8W. E. Jelf. 2. Inflexible. [R.] \'bdFoesinflexive .\'b8Chapman. In*flex"ure (?) ,n. An inflection; a bend or fold. [R.]Sir T. Browne. In*flict" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inflicted ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inflicting .][L. inflictus , p.p. ofinfligere to strike on, to inflict; pref.in- in, on +fligere to strike. Cf.Flail .]To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; toinflict a wound with a dagger; toinflict severe pain by ingratitude; toinflict punishment on an offender; toinflict the penalty of death on a criminal.What heart could wish, what handinflict , this dire disgrace?Drygen. The persecution and the pain That maninflicts on infero-ior kinds.Cowper. In*flict"er (?) ,n. One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiateinflicter of such strokes.South. In*flic"tion (?) ,n. [L. inflictio : cf. F.infliction .]1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the .infliction of torment, or of punishment2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severestinflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.Rogers. In*flict"ive (?) ,a. [Cf.F. inflictif .]Causing infliction; acting as an infliction. Whitehead. In`flo*res"cence (?) ,n. [L. inflorescens , p.pr. ofinflorescere to begin to blossom; pref.in- in +florescere to begin to blossom: cf.F.inflorescence . SeeFlorescent .]1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms. 2. (Bot.) (a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other. (b) An axis on which all the flower buds. Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants.Milne. Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence. --Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See under Determinate , andIndeterminate .In*flow" (?) ,v. i. To flow in. Wiseman. In"flu*ence (?) ,n. [F. influence , fr. L.influens , -entis , p.pr. SeeInfluent , and cf.Influenza .]1. A flowing in or upon; influx. [Obs.]God hath hisinfluence into the very essence of all things.Hooker. 2. Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; theinfluence , according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.Astrologers call the evilinfluences of the stars,evil aspects.Bacon. Cantsthou bind the sweetinfluences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion ?Job xxxviii. 31. She said : influence bad ?\'b8Spenser. 3. Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of .influence in the communitySuchinfluence hath your excellency.Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Elec.) Induction. Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. In"flu*ence ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Influenced (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Influencing (?) .]To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce. Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air,and therefore are notinfluenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere.Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient toinfluence their faith and practice, if they attend.Attebury. The principle whichinfluenced their obedience has lost its efficacy.Rogers. <-- p. 761 -->In"flu*en*cer (?) ,n. One who, or that which, influences. In"flu*en*cive (?) ,a. Tending toinfluence; influential. In"flu*ent (?) ,a. [L. influens ,-entis , p. pr. ofinfluere ,influxum , to flow in; pref.in- in +fluere to flow. SeeFluid .]1. Flowing in. \'bdWithinfluent tide.\'b8Cowper . \'bdInfluent odors.\'b8Mrs. Browning .2. Exerting influence; influential. [Obs.]I find no office by name assigned unto Dr.Cox, who was virtuallyinfluent upon all, and most active.Fuller. In`flen"tial (?) ,a. [See Influence .]Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.A veryinfluential Gascon prefix.Earle. In`flu*en"tial*ly ,adv. In an influential manner. In`flu*en"za (?) ,n. [It. influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. SeeInfluence .](Med.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever. In"flux` (?) ,n. [L. influxus , fr.influere ,influxum , to flow in: cf. F.influx . SeeInfluent .]1. The act of flowing in; as, an .influx of light2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great .influx of goods into a country, or aninflux of gold and silverTheinflux of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with theinflux of consumers.Macaulau. The generalinflux of Greek into modern languages.Earle. 3. Influence; power. [Obs.]Sir M. Hale. In*flux"ion (?) ,n. [L. influxio : cf. F.influxion .]A flowing in; infusion. [R.]Bacon. In*flux"ious (?) ,a. Influential. [Obs.]In*flux"ive (?) ,a. Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential. [R.]Holdsworth. In*flux"ive*ly ,adv. By influxion. [R.]In*fold" (?n-f?ld\'b6) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infolded ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding .][Pref. in- in +fold .][Written also enfold .]1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do wormsinfold .Shak. Infold his limbs in bands.Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let meinfold thee, And hold thee to my heart.Shak. In*fold"ment (?) ,n. The act of infolding; the state of being infolded. In*fo"li*ate (?) ,v. t. [Pref. in- in + L.folium leaf.]To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [R.]Howell. In*form" (?) ,a. [L. informis ; pref.in- not +forma form, shape: cf. F.informe ]Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton. In*form" ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Informed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Informing .][OE. enformen , OF.enformer , F.informer . L.informare ; pref.in- in +formare to form, share, fr.forma form. SeeForm .]1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion. \'bdTheinforming Word.\'b8Coleridge. Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, andinform the breathing brass.Dryden. Breathinforms this fleeting frame.Prior. Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part.Pope. 2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of .For he would learn their business secretly, And theninform his master hastily.Spenser. I aminformed thoroughky of the cause.Shak. 3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody. Tertullus . . .informed the governor against Paul.Acts xxiv. 1. Syn. -- To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten; animate; fashion. In*form" ,v. t. 1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.]It is the bloody business whichinforms Thus to mine eyes.Shak. 2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. Shak. He might either teach in the same manner,orinform how he had been taught.Monthly Rev. To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A. In*form"al (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +formal .]1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an .informal writting, proceeding, or visit2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.]These poorinformal women.Shak. In`for*mal"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. Informalities (. 1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the .informality of legal proceedings2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule. In*form"al*ly (?) ,adv. In an informal manner. In*form"ant (?) ,n. [L. informans ,-antis , p.pr. ofinformare . SeeInform ,v. t. ]1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. [Obs.]Glanvill. 2. One who imparts information or instruction. 3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See [Obs. or R.]Informer .It was the last evidence of the kind; theinformant was hanged.Burke. In`for*ma"tion (?) ,n. [F., fr. L. informatio representation, cinception. SeeInform ,v. t. ]1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence. The activeinformations of the intellect.South. 2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. Larger opportunities ofinformation .Rogers. He should get someinformation in the subject he intends to handle.Swift. 3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment .In*form"a*tive (?) ,a. Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More. In*form"a*to*ry (?) ,a. Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. [R.]London Spectator. In*formed" (?n-f?rmd\'b6) ,a. Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.]Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed .In*form"er (?) ,n. [From Inform ,v .]1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.]Thomson. Nature,informer of the poet's art.Pope. 2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news. 3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer (Law) ,one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. Bouvier. Wharton. In*for"mi*da*ble (?) ,a. [L. informidabilis . SeeIn- not, andFormidable .]Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [Obs.] \'bdFoe notinformidable .\'b8Milton. In*form"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. informitas . SeeInform ,a. ]Want of regular form; shapelessness. [Obs.]In*form"ous (?) ,a. [See Inform ,a. ]Of irregular form; shapeless. [Obs.]Sir T. Browne. In*for"tu*nate (?) ,a. [L. infortunatus .]Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.]Shak. \'bdA mostinfortynate chance.\'b8Howell. -In*for"tu*nate*ly ,adv. [Obs.]In*for"tune (?) ,n. [L. infortunium . SeeIn- not, andFortune .]Misfortune. [Obs.]Chaucer. In*for"tuned (?) ,a. Unfortunate. [Obs.]I, woeful wretch andinfortuned wight.Chaucer. In*found" (?) ,v. t. [L. infundere to pour in. SeeInfuse .]To pour in; to infuse. [Obs.]Sir T. More. \'d8In*"fra (?) ,adv. [L. Cf. Inferior .]Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix. In`fra-ax"il*la*ry (?) ,a. [ Infra +axillary .](Bot.) Situated below the axil, as a bud. In`fra*bran"chi*al (?) ,a. [ Infra +branchial .](Zo\'94l.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs. In`fra*cla*vic"u*lar (?) ,a. [ Infra +clavicular .](Anat.) Below the clavicle; as, the .infraclavicular fossaIn*fract" (?n-fr\'b5kt\'b6) ,a. [L. infractus ; pref.in- not +fractus . p.p. offrangere to break.]Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.]Chapman. In*fract" ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infracted ;p. pr. & vb. n. Infracting .][L. infractus , p.p. of ofinfringere . SeeInfringe .]To break; to infringe. [R.]Thomson. In*fract"i*ble (?) ,a. Capable of being broken. [R.]In*frac"tion (?) ,n. [L. infractio : cf. F.infraction .]The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an .infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or lawI. Watts. In*fract"or (?) ,n. [Cf. F. infracteur .]One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker. In*fra"grant (?) ,a. Not fragrant. In`fra*hy"oid (?) ,a. [ Infra +hyoid .](Anat.) Same as Hyosternal (a) .In`fra*la"bi*al (?) ,a. (Zo\'94l.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes. In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an (?) ,n. [ Infra +lapse : cf. F.infralapsaire. See
[He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden bandInfrangible .
The solitude andinfrequency of the place.
The act whereof is at this dayinfrequent or out of use among all sorts of men.
If the first that did the edictinfringe , Had answered for his deed.
The peace . . . wasinfringed by Appius Claudius.
The punishing of thisinfringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is.
Inflamed beyond the mostinfuriate wrath.
Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to haveinfuriated Athemas and Ino.
That strong Circean liquor cease toinfuse .
That souls of animalsinfuse themselves Into the trunks of men.
Why should he desire to have qualitiesinfused into his son which himself never possessd?
Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
Infusing him with self and vain conceit.
One scruple of dried leaves isinfused in ten ounces of warm water.
Doctrines beinginfusible into all.
The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutelyinfusible .
Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from thatinfusion of Hebraisms.
His folly and his wisdom are of his oun growth, not the echo orinfusion of other men.
Sips meekinfusion of a milder herb.
Theinfusive force of Spirit on man.
Which hath in charge theingate of the year.
Thou shalt keep . . . the feast ofingathering .
. . . She yetingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates.
That Sacredingemination , Amen, Amen.
Happiness with an echo oringemination .
Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualitiesingenerate in his judgment.
Those noble habits areingenerated in the soul.
A man . . . very wise andingenious in feats of war.
Thou, king, send out For torturersingenious .
The moreingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves.
Thus men go wrong with aningenious skill.
A course of learning andingenious studies.
\'bdTooingeniously politic.\'b8
It is naturaloringenite , which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain.
All the means which humaningenuity has contrived.
He gives . . . To artistingenuity and skill.
The stings and remores of naturalingenuity , a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them.
If aningenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuin method to obviate dishonesty.
Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would beingenuous , to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve.
Being required to explane himself, heingeniously confessed.
The wreath is ivy thatingirts our beams.
My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure,inglorious life.
Some muteinglorious Milton here may rest.
Inglorious shelter in an alien land.
And from the fire he took up his matter And in theingot put it with merry cheer.
Wroughtingots from Besoara's mine.
This fellow wouldingraft a foreign name Upon our stock.
A custom . . .ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.
Our fieldsingrained with blood.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to beingrained in a man who has these vices at all.
He proved extremely false andingrateful to me.
He gives . . . noingrateful food.
Lysimachus . . .ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil.
What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] notingratiate to us?
Ingratitude , thou marble-hearted fiend.
Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man.
By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds toingredients .
Water is the chiefingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Acts where no sin isingredient .
A river large . . . Passed underneathingulfed .
He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught andingurgitation of wine.
The high and lofty One, thatinhabiteth eternity.
O, who wouldinhabit This bleak world alone?
They say wild beastsinhabit here.
Systems ofinhabitable planets.
The frozen ridges of the Alps Or other groundinhabitable .
Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a formerinhabitance .
In this place, they report that they sawinhabitants which were very fair and fat people.
Theinhabitation of the Holy Ghost.
The beginning of nations and of the world'sinhabitation .
What the phrenologists callinhabitiveness .
Martin was walking forth toinhale the fresh breeze of the evening.
Soundsinharmonious in themselves and harsh.
Theinharmoniousness of a verse.
They do butinhere in the subject that supports them.
The sore disease which seemsinherent in civilization.
Matter hathinherently and essentially such an internal energy.
Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturallyinherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris.
But the meek shallinherit the earth.
To bury so much gold under a tree, And never after toinherit it.
Thou shalt notinherit our father's house.
By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longerinheritable .
The eldest daughter of the king is also aloneinheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
When the man dies, let theinheritance Descend unto the daughter.
To aninheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
To you th'inheritance belongs by right Of brother's praise; to you ekeSpenser. 5. (Biol.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation. 6. (Law) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law. Blackstone. inheritance (used simply) is mostly confined to the title to land and tenements by a descent. Mozley & W. Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for themselves; their children have a title to part of it which comes to be wholly theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of it; and this we callinheritance .Locke. In*her"it*or (?) ,n. One who inherits; an heir. Borninheritors of the dignity.Milton. In*her"it*ress (?) ,n. A heiress. Milman. In*her"it*rix (?) ,n. Same as Inheritress .Shak. In*herse" (?) ,v. t. [Obs.]See Inhearse .In*he"sion (?) ,n. [L. inhaesio . SeeInhere .]The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence. A. Baxter. Constantinhesion and habitual abode.South. In`hi*a"tion (?) ,n. [L. inhiatio , fr.inhiare to gape; pref.in- +hiare to gape.]A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.]Bp. Hall. In*hib"it (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhibited ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting .][L. inhibitus , p. p. ofinhibere ; pref.in- in +habere to have, hold. SeeHabit .]1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited orinhibited . . . by the objects without them.Bentley. 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men wereinhibited , by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.Clarendon. Burial may not beinhibited or denied to any one.Ayliffe. In`hi*bi"tion (?) ,n. [L. inhibitio : cf. F.inhibition .]1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. 2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; theinhibition of reflexes, etc.3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. Cowell. In*hib"i*tor (?) ,n. [NL.] That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve. In*hib"i*to*ry (?) ,a. [LL. inhibitorius : cf. F.inhibitoire .]Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the .inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory centerI would not have you consider these criticisms asinhibitory .Lamb. Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.) ,those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor (?) ,a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick. In*hive" (?) ,v. t. To place in a hive; to hive. In*hold" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inheld (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inholding .]To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.]Sir W. Raleigh. In*hold"er ,n. An inhabitant. [Obs.]Spenser. In*hoop" (?) ,v. t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.]Shak. In*hos"pi*ta*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +hospitable : cf. L.inhospitalis .]1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an .inhospitable person or peopleHave you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at yourinhospitable door?Cowper. 2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. \'bdInhospitable wastes.\'b8Blair. --In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess ,n. --In*hos"pi*ta*bly ,adv. In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty (?) ,n. [L. inhospitalitas : cf. F.inhospitalit\'82 . SeeIn- not, andHospitality .]The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall. In*hu"man (?) ,a. [L. inhumanus : cf. F.inhumain . SeeIn- not, andHuman .]1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an .inhuman person or people2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an .inhuman act or punishmentSyn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish. In`hu*man"i*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Inhumanities (#) [L. inhumanitas : cf. F.inhumanit\'82 .]The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man'sinhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.Burns. In*hu"man*ly (?) ,adv. In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously. In*hu"mate (?) ,v. t. [L. inhumatus , p. p. ofinhumare to inhume; pref.in- in +humare to cover with earth. SeeHumation , and cf.Inhume .]To inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge. In`hu*ma"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. F. inhumation .]1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. 2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed. 3. (Med.) Arenation. In*hume" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhumed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming .][Cf. F. inhumer . SeeInhumate .]1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,Inhume the natives in their native plain.Pope. 2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes. \'d8In"i*a (?) ,n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American freshwater dolphin ( Inia Boliviensis ). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.In"i*al (?) ,a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the inion. In`im*ag"i*na*ble (?) ,a. Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.]Bp. Pearson. In*im"i*cal (?; 277) ,a. [L. inimicalis , fr.inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref.in- not +amicus friendly. SeeAmity .]1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private , ashostile is topublic , enmity.2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant. We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, isinimical to all other governments.Burke. In*im`i*cal"i*ty (?) ,n. The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. [R.]In*im"i*cal*ly (?) ,adv. In an inimical manner. In*im`i*ci"tious (?) ,a. [L. inimicitia enmity. SeeInimical .]Inimical; unfriendly. [R.]Sterne. In*im"i*cous (?) ,a. [L. inimicus .]Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.]Evelyn. In*im`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?) ,n. The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris. In*im"i*ta*ble (?) ,a. [L. inimitabilis : cf. F.inimitable . SeeIn- not, andImitable .]Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; \'bdas, an inimitable style;inimitable eloquence.Inimitable force.\'b8Dryden. Performing suchinimitable feats.Cowper. --In*im"i*ta*ble*ness ,n. --In*im"i*ta*bly ,adv. \'d8In"i*on (?) ,n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.](Anat.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull. In*iq"ui*tous (?) ,a. [From Iniquity .]Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; aniniquitous proceeding.Demagogues . . . bribed to thisiniquitous service.Burke. Syn. -- Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. -- Iniquitous ,Wicked ,Nefarious .Wicked is the generic term.Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention.Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.In*iq"ui*tous*ly ,adv. In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly. In*iq"ui*ty (?) ,n. ;pl. .Iniquities (#) [OE. iniquitee , F.iniquit\'82 , L.iniquitas , inequality, unfairness, injustice. SeeIniquous .]1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; theiniquity of an unjust judge.Till the world from his perfection fell Into all filth and fouliniquity .Spenser. 2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o Milton. Youriniquities have separated between you and your God.Is. lix. 2. 3. A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice .Acts oldIniquity , and in the fit Of miming gets the opinion of a wit.B. Jonson. In*i"quous (?) ,a. [L. iniquus ; pref.in- not +aequus . SeeEqual .]Iniquitous. [Obs.]Sir T. Browne. In*ir"ri*ta*ble (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +irritable : cf. F.inirritable .]Not irritable; esp. --(Physiol.) , incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle.In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty (#) ,n. In*ir"ri*ta*tive (?) ,a. Not accompanied with excitement; as, an .inirritative feverE. Darwin. In*isle" (?) ,v. t. [Cf. Enisled .]To form into an island; to surround. [Obs.]Drayton. In*i"tial (?) ,a. [L. initialis , frominitium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr.inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref.in- in +ire to go: cf. F.initial . SeeIssue , and cf.Commence .]1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the .initial symptoms of a disease2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the .initial letters of a nameIn*i"tial ,n. The first letter of a word or a name. In*i"tial ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Initialed (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing .]To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]In*i"tial*ly ,adv. In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning. Barrow. In*i"ti*ate (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Initiated (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Initiating (?) .][L. initiatus , p. p. ofinitiare to begin, fr.initium beginning. SeeInitial .]1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon. How are changes of this sort to beinitiated ?I. Taylor. 2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce. Providence would onlyinitiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry.Dr. H. More. Toinitiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough.Locke. 3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies. The Athenians believed that he who wasinitiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death.Bp. Warburton. He wasinitiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.Spectator. In*i"ti*ate ,v. i. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.]Pope. In*i"ti*ate (?) ,a. [L. initiatus , p. p.]1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] \'bdTheinitiate fear that wants hard use.\'b8Shak. 2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted. To rise in science as in bliss,Initiate in the secrets of the skies.Young. Initiate tenant by courtesy (Law) ,said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife. Mozley & W. In*i"ti*ate ,n. One who is, or is to be, initiated. In*i`ti*a"tion (?) ,n. [L. initiatio : cf. F.initiation .]1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; \'bdTheas, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.initiation of coursers of events.\'b8Pope. 2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order. Silence is the first thing that is taught us at ourinitiation into sacred mysteries.Broome. In*i"ti*a*tive (?) ,a. [Cf. F. initiatif .]Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. In*i"ti*a*tive ,n. [Cf. F. initiative .]1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins. The undevelopedinitiatives of good things to come.I. Taylor. 2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the .initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of RepresentativesIn*i"ti*a`tor (?) ,n. [L.] One who initiates. In*i"ti*a*to*ry (?) ,a. 1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an .initiatory stepBp. Hall. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. Someinitiatory treatises in the law.Herbert. Twoinitiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together.J. M. Mason. In*i"ti*a*to*ry ,n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]In*i"tion (?) ,n. [Cf. OF. inition . SeeInitial .]Initiation; beginning. [Obs.]Sir R. Naunton. In*ject" (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Injected ;p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting .][L. injectus , p. p. ofinicere ,injicere , to throw in; pref.in- in +jacere to throw: cf. F.injecter . SeeJet a shooting forth.]1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; toinject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; toinject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. C\'91sar also, then hatching tyranny,injected the same scrupulous demurs.Milton. 3. To cast or throw; -- with [R.]on .And moundinject on mound.Pope. <-- p. 765 -->4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to .inject the blood vesselsIn*jec"tion (?) ,n. [L. injectio : cf.F.injection .]1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or a\'89riform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne. 3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection. 4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser. Injection cock, Injection valve (Steam Eng.) ,the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser. --Injection condenser. See under --Condenser .Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine. In*ject"or (?) ,n. 1. One who, or that which, injects. 2. (Mach.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called <-- fuel injector -- a device for actively injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine -->Giffard's injector , from the inventor.In*jel"ly (?) ,v. t. To place in jelly. [R.]In*join" (?) ,v. t. [ Obs .]See Enjoin .In*joint (?) ,v. t. [Pref. in- in +joint .]To join; to unite. [R.]Shak. In*joint ,v. t. [Pref. in- in +joint .]To disjoint; to separate. [Obs.]Holland. In`ju*cun"di*ty (?) ,n. [L. injucunditas . SeeIn- not, andJocund .]Unpleassantness; disagreeableness. [Obs.]Cockeram. In*ju"di*ca*ble (?) ,a. Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.]Bailey. In`ju*di"cial (?) ,a. Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. [R.]In`ju*di"cious (?) ,a. [Pref. in- not +judicious ; cf. F.injudicieux .]1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an .injudicious adviserAninjudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor and the protector of his memory.A. Murphy. 2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an .injudicious measureSyn. -- Indiscreet; inconsiderate; undiscerning; incautious; unwise; rash; hasty; imprudent. In`ju*di"cious*ly ,adv. In an injudicious manner. In`ju*di"cious*ness ,n. The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion. Whitlock. In*junc"tion (?) ,n. [L. injunctio , fr.injungere ,injunctum , to join into, to enjoin. SeeEnjoin .]1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction. For still they knew,and ought to have still remembered, The highinjunction ,not to taste that fruit.Milton. Necessary as theinjunctions of lawful authority.South. 3. (Law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. Wharton. Daniell. Story. In"jure (?) ,v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Injured (?) ;p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring .][L. injuriari , fr.injuria injury, perh. through F.injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E.injury , or F.injure injury. SeeInjury .]To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health.(b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate.(c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character.(d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue.(e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy.(f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.When have Iinjured thee? when done thee wrong?Shak. Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor. In"jur*er (?) ,n. One who injures or wrongs. \'d8In*ju"ri*a (?) ,n. ;pl. .Injurie (#) [L.] (Law) Injury; invasion of another's rights. In*ju"ri*ous (?) ,a. [L. injuriousus , injurius; cf. F.injurieux . SeeInjury .]1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.]Milton. Till theinjurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free.Shak. 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.Without beinginjurious to the memory of our English Pindar.Dryden. Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental. In*ju"ri*ous*ly ,adv. In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously. In*ju"ri*ous*ness ,n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. In"ju*ry (?) ,n. ;pl. .Injuries (#) [OE. injurie , L.injuria , fr.injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref.in- not +jus ,juris , right,law,justice: cf. F.injure . SeeJust ,a. ]Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury ; slander is aninjury to the character.For he that doethinjury shall receve that he did evil.Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). Many times we doinjury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments.I. Watts. Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, Andinjury and outrage.Milton. Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming. Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice. In*jus"tice (?) ,n. [F. injustice , L.injustitia . SeeIn- not, andJustice , and cf.Unjust .]1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty andinjustice .Burke. 2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. Cunning men can be guilty of a thousandinjustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished.Swift. Ink (?) ,n. (Mach.)