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word: Inferiority
definition:
Inferiority

In*fe`ri*or"i*ty
(?)
[Cf. F. infériorité.]
The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.

A deep sense of our own great inferiority.
Boyle.


word: Infernal
definition:
Infernal

In*fer"nal
(?)
a.
[F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See Inferior.]

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, the infernal 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 conduct.

The instruments or abettors in such infernal 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.


word: Infernal₂
definition:
Infernal

In*fer"nal
n.
An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Inferno
definition:
Inferno

In*fer"no
(?)
n.
[It. See Infernal.]
1.
The infernal regions; hell.

2.
Hence:
A raging fire.

At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
D. C. Worcester.


word: Inferobranchiata
definition:
Inferobranchiata

In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Inferobranchiate.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.


word: Inferobranchiate
definition:
Inferobranchiate

In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[L. inferus lower + E. branchiate.]
(Zool.)
Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.


word: Infertile
definition:
Infertile

In*fer"tile
(?)
a.
[L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See In- not, and Fertile.]
Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; unable to propagate its kind; as, an infertile soil; an infertile hybrid; -- of living things and of soil or land.


word: Infertility
definition:
Infertility

In`fer*til"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. infertilitas: cf. F. infertilité.]
The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

The infertility or noxiousness of the soil.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Infest
definition:
Infest

In*fest"
(?)
a.
[L. infestus. See Infest, v. t.]
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Infest₂
definition:
Infest

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 of defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend.]
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 sea infested with pirates.

To poison vermin that infest his plants.
Cowper.

These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Addison.

And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
Longfellow.


word: Infestation
definition:
Infestation

In`fes*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. infestatio: cf. F. infestation.]
The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.
Bacon.

Free from the infestation of enemies.
Donne.


word: Infestive
definition:
Infestive

In*fest"ive
(?)
a.
[L. infestivus. See In- not, and Festive.]
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.
[R.]


word: Infestivity
definition:
Infestivity

In`fes*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.
[R.]


word: Infestuous
definition:
Infestuous

In*fes"tu*ous
(?; 135)
a.
[L. infestus. See Infest, a.]
Mischievous; harmful; dangerous.
[Obs.]
Infestuous
Bacon.


word: Infeudation
definition:
Infeudation

In`feu*da"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. infeudatio, fr. infeudare to enfeoff: cf. F. inféodation. See Feud 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.


word: Infibulation
definition:
Infibulation

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.


word: Infidel
definition:
Infidel

In"fi*del
(?)
a.
[L. infidelis; pref. in- not + fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith: cf. F. infidèle. See Fidelity.]
Not holding the faith; -- applied by Christians to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity; used by Muslims to refer to those who do not believe in Islam.

The infidel writer is a great enemy to society.
V. Knox.


word: Infidel₂
definition:
Infidel

In"fi*del
n.
One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; a heathen; a freethinker; -- used especially by Christians and Muslims.

&hand_; Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Muslims in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Muslimism.


word: Infidelity
definition:
Infidelity

In`fi*del"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Infidelities (_;).
[L. infidelitas: cf. F. infidélité.]

1.
Lack of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a lack 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 of infidelity.
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; as, the infidelity of a servant.
infidelity
Sir W. Temple.


word: Infield₂
definition:
Infield

In"field`
(?)
n.
1.
Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield.
[Scotland]
Jamieson.

2.
(Baseball)
The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5.


word: infighting
definition:
infighting

infighting
n.
[in- + fighting.]
1.
contention among members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense, or prolonged character.
[Such infighting may lead to factionalism.]
2.
fighting, such as boxing, at close quarters.

3.
rough-and-tumble, free-for-all fighting.


word: Infilm
definition:
Infilm

In*film"
(?)
v. t.
To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.
[R.]


word: Infilter
definition:
Infilter

In*fil"ter
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Infiltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Infiltering.]
[Cf. Infiltrate.]
To filter or sift in.


word: Infiltrate
definition:
Infiltrate

In*fil"trate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Infiltrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infiltrating (?).]
[Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer.  Cf. Infilter.]
1.
To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

The water infiltrates through the porous rock.
Addison.

2.
To enter secretly (into an organization, territory, etc.) for hostile purposes, such as spying or sabotage; as, the FBI infiltrated into the U. S. communist party's upper echelons; also used transitively; as, to infiltrate the opponent's organization; to infiltrate one's agents into a hostile country.


word: Infiltration
definition:
Infiltration

In`fil*tra"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. infiltration.]

1.
The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body, or of persons into a hostile organization.

2.
The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
Addison.

Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities.
Kirwan.

Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty. -- Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery.


word: Infinite
definition:
Infinite

In"fi*nite
(?)
a.
[L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See In- not, and Finite.]

1.
Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.

Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite 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 infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.

Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.
Ps. cxlvii. 5.

O God, how infinite thou art!
I. Watts.

3.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.

Infinite riches in a little room.
Marlowe.

Which infinite 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).


word: Infinite₂
definition:
Infinite

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 blue infinite 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
With infinite of pearls and finest gold.
Fanshawe.

4.
The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.


word: infinite loop
definition:
infinite loop

infinite loop
n.
1.
(Computers)
a series of instructions in a computer program which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the same instructions, with no other action by the program, for as long as the program continues to be executed, or the loop is interrupted by some external action.

&hand_;  An infinite loop is rarely written intentionally except in cases where the loop is intended merely as a waiting sequence, to be interrupted by some action of the user.  It is more commonly the result of a serious logical error on the part of the programmer, resulting in a failure of the program.  Its execution can be halted only by halting execution of the program, e.g. by intervention of the operating system or by halting or resetting the computer.  In single-user systems, when executing an infinite loop, the computer will appear to halt operation of the program, and the program will be unresponsive to normal keyboard input, though it may be interrupted by an unmasked interrupt.


word: Infinitely
definition:
Infinitely

In"fi*nite*ly
adv.
1.
Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.

2.
Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.
Infinitely
Dryden.


word: Infiniteness
definition:
Infiniteness

In"fi*nite*ness
n.
The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.
Jer. Taylor.


word: infinite regression
definition:
infinite regression

infinite regress

infinite regress, infinite regression
n.
(Philosophy, Logic)
A causal relationship transmitted through an indefinite number of terms in a series, with no term that begins the causal chain.


word: Infinitesimal
definition:
Infinitesimal

In`fin*i*tes"i*mal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. infinitésimal, fr. infinitésime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See Infinite, 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.


word: Infinitesimal₂
definition:
Infinitesimal

In`fin*i*tes"i*mal
n.
(Math.)
An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.


word: Infinitesimally
definition:
Infinitesimally

In`fin*i*tes"i*mal*ly
adv.
By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.


word: Infinitive
definition:
Infinitive

In*fin"i*tive
(?)
n.
[L. infinitivus: cf. F. infinitif. See Infinite.]
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, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare, do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go; you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.

&hand_; In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded by 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. See Gerund, 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).


word: Infinitive₂
definition:
Infinitive

In*fin"i*tive
n.
(Gram.)
An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.


word: Infinito
definition:
Infinito

In`fi*ni"to
(?)
a.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5.


word: Infinitude
definition:
Infinitude

In*fin"i*tude
(?)
n.
1.
The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.

2.
Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity.
infinitude
Milton.

As pleasing to the fancy, as speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.
Addison.

3.
Boundless number; countless multitude.
infinitude
Addison.


word: Infinituple
definition:
Infinituple

In*fin"i*tu`ple
(?)
a.
[Cf. Quadruple.]
Multiplied an infinite number of times.
[R.]
Wollaston.


word: Infinity
definition:
Infinity

In*fin"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Infinities (#).
[L. infinitas; pref. in- not + finis boundary, limit, end: cf. F. infinité. See Finite.]

1.
Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.
Sir T. More.

There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.
Hooker.

3.
Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.
Broome.

4.
(Math.)
A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.

&hand_; Mathematically considered, infinity is always a limit of a variable quantity, resulting from a particular supposition made upon the varying element which enters it.
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.


word: Infirm
definition:
Infirm

In*firm"
(ĭn*fẽrm")
a.
[L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See In- not, and Firm, a.]
1.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.
Shak.

2.
Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.
infirm
Burke.

Infirm of purpose!
Shak.

3.
Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground.
South.


word: Infirm₂
definition:
Infirm

In*firm"
v. t.
[L. infirmare :  cf. F. infirmer.]
To weaken; to enfeeble.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Infirmarian
definition:
Infirmarian

In`fir*ma"ri*an
(ĭn`fẽr*mā"rĭ*an)
n.
A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.


word: Infirmary
definition:
Infirmary

In*firm"a*ry
(ĭn*fẽrm"ȧ*r&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Infirmaries (-rĭz).
[Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See Infirm.]
A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.


word: Infirmative
definition:
Infirmative

In*firm"a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. infirmatif.]
Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.
[Obs.]


word: Infirmity
definition:
Infirmity

In*firm"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Infirmities (#).
[L. infirmitas : cf. F. infirmite. See Infirm, 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 the infirmity of his age.
Shak.

2.
A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.

Will you be cured of your infirmity ?
Shak.

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
Shak.

The house has also its infirmities.
Evelyn.


word: Infix
definition:
Infix

In*fix"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infixing.]
[L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See Fix.]
1.
To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.
Shak.

The fatal dart a ready passage found,
And deep within her heart infixed 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 memory.


word: Infix₂
definition:
Infix

In"fix
(?)
n.
1.
Something infixed.
[R.]
Welsford.

2.
(Grammar)
An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.


word: infix notation
definition:
infix notation

in"fix no*ta"tion
(?)
n.
(Computers)
A notation for commands or instructions in which the operator is inserted between the terms on which it operates.  Contrasted with prefix notation and postfix notation.


word: Inflame
definition:
Inflame

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. See Flame.]
1.
To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

We should have made retreat
By light of the inflamed 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 desire.

Though more, it seems,
Inflamed with lust than rage.
Milton.

But, O inflame and fire our hearts.
Dryden.

3.
To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

It will inflame 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 overwork.

5.
To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
[Obs.]

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes.
Addison.


word: Inflame₂
definition:
Inflame

In*flame"
v. i.
To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
Wiseman.


word: Inflamed
definition:
Inflamed

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.

3.
(Med.)
Having an inflammation in; -- of tissues; as, an inflamed appendix.


word: Inflammabillty
definition:
Inflammabillty

In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inflammabilite.]
Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.


word: Inflammable
definition:
Inflammable

In*flam"ma*ble
(?)
a.
[CF. F. inflammable.]
1.
Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

2.
Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.

Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen.


word: Inflammableness
definition:
Inflammableness

In*flam"ma*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.
Boyle.


word: Inflammation
definition:
Inflammation

In*flam*ma"tion
(ĭn*flăm*mā"shŭn)
n.
[L. inflammatio: cf. F. inflammation. See Inflame.]
1.
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
inflammation
Wilkins.

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 tenderness, heat and pain.  It may be caused by exposure to any number of injurious agents.

3.
Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
Hooker.


word: Inflammatory
definition:
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 publications.
Burke.

3.
(Med.)
Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.

Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy. -- Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation.


word: Inflate
definition:
Inflate

In*flate"
(?)
p. a.
[L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff wind.]
Blown in; inflated.
Chaucer.


word: Inflate₂
definition:
Inflate

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; to inflate 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 vanity.

Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
Tennyson.

3.
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.


word: Inflated
definition:
Inflated

In*flat"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

2.
Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Inflated and astrut with self-conceit.
Cowper.

3.
(Bot.)
Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
Martyn.

4.
Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc.


word: Inflater
definition:
Inflater

In*flat"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.


word: Inflation
definition:
Inflation

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.
Persistent expansion or increase in the general level of prices, usually caused by overissue of currency, and resulting in a reduced value of the currency.  It is contrasted with deflation, and is when it occurs to a very high degree is called hyperinflation.
[U.S.]


word: Inflationist
definition:
Inflationist

In*fla"tion*ist
n.
One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.
[U.S.]


word: Inflatus
definition:
Inflatus

In*fla"tus
(?)
n.
[L. See Inflate, v. t.]
A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.

The divine breath that blows the nostrils out
To ineffable inflatus.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Inflect
definition:
Inflect

In*flect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.]
[L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in + flectere to bend. See Flexible, 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, and inflected 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.


word: Inflected
definition:
Inflected

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.


word: Inflection
definition:
Inflection

In*flec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See Inflect.]
[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.


word: Inflectional
definition:
Inflectional

In*flec"tion*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.
Max Müller.


word: Inflective
definition:
Inflective

In*flect"ive
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.
Derham.

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.


word: Inflex
definition:
Inflex

In*flex"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Flex, Inflect.]
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
J. Philips.


word: Inflexed
definition:
Inflexed

In*flexed"
(?)
a.
1.
Turned; bent.
Feltham.

2.
(Bot.)
Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.


word: Inflexibility
definition:
Inflexibility

In*flex"i*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inflexibilité.]
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.

The inflexibility of mechanism.
A. Baxter.

That grave inflexibility of soul.
Churchill.

The purity and inflexibility of their faith.
T. Warton.


word: Inflexible
definition:
Inflexible

In*flex"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.]
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.

“Inflexibleas steel.”
Miltom.

A man of upright and inflexible temper . . . can overcome all private fear.
Addison.

3.
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.

The nature of things is inflexible.
I. Watts.


word: Inflexibleness
definition:
Inflexibleness

In*flex"i*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.


word: Inflexive
definition:
Inflexive

In*flex"ive
(?)
a.
1.
Inflective.

“Inflexive endings.”
W. E. Jelf.

2.
Inflexible.
[R.]
inflexive
Chapman.


word: Inflict
definition:
Inflict

In*flict"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflicting.]
[L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere 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; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.

What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace?
Drygen.

The persecution and the pain
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds.
Cowper.


word: Inflicter
definition:
Inflicter

In*flict"er
(?)
n.
One who inflicts.

God is the sole and immediate inflicter of such strokes.
South.


word: Infliction
definition:
Infliction

In*flic"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.]
1.
The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

2.
That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.

His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.
Rogers.


word: Inflictive
definition:
Inflictive

In*flict"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. inflictif.]
Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.
Whitehead.


word: Inflorescence
definition:
Inflorescence

In`flo*res"cence
(?)
n.
[L. inflorescens, p. pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf. F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
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 buds are 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, and Indeterminate.


word: Influence
definition:
Influence

In"flu*ence
(ĭn"fl&uuptack_;*ens)
n.
[F. influence, fr. L. influens, -entis, p. pr. See Influent, and cf. Influenza.]
1.
A flowing in or upon; influx.
[Obs.]

God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
Hooker.

2.
Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs.

Astrologers call the evil influences of the stars, evil aspects.
Bacon.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job xxxviii. 31.

She said : “Ah, dearest lord! what evil star
On you hath frown'd, and poured, his influence bad?”
Spenser.

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 community.

Such influence hath your excellency.
Sir P. Sidney.

4.
(Elec.)
Induction.


word: Influence₂
definition:
Influence

In"flu*ence
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Influenced (ĭn"fl&uuptack_;*enst); p. pr. & vb. n. Influencing (ĭn"fl&uuptack_;*en*sĭng).]
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 affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.

These experiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere.
Sir I. Newton.

This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend.
Attebury.

The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy.
Rogers.


word: Influent
definition:
Influent

In"flu*ent
(ĭn"fl&uuptack_;*ent)
a.
[L. influens, -entis, p. pr. of influere, influxum, to flow in; pref. in- in + fluere to flow. See Fluid.]
1.
Flowing in.
influent
Cowper.
Influent
Mrs. Browning.

2.
Exerting influence; influential.
[Obs.]

I find no office by name assigned unto Dr. Cox, who was virtually influent upon all, and most active.
Fuller.


word: Influential
definition:
Influential

In`flu*en"tial
(ĭn`fl&uuptack_;*ĕn"shal)
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 very influential Gascon prefix.
Earle.


word: Influenza
definition:
Influenza

In`flu*en"za
(?)
n.
[It. influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See Influence.]
(Med.)
An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe.  It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak.


word: Influx
definition:
Influx

In"flux`
(?)
n.
[L. influxus, fr. influere, influxum, to flow in: cf. F. influx. See Influent.]
1.
The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

2.
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 an influx of gold and silver.

The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers.
Macaulau.

The general influx of Greek into modern languages.
Earle.

3.
Influence; power.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Influxion
definition:
Influxion

In*flux"ion
(?)
n.
[L. influxio : cf. F. influxion.]
A flowing in; infusion.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Influxive
definition:
Influxive

In*flux"ive
(?)
a.
Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.
[R.]
Holdsworth.


word: Infold
definition:
Infold

In*fold"
(ĭn*f&omacrld")
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 worms infold.
Shak.

Infold his limbs in bands.
Blackmore.

2.
To clasp with the arms; to embrace.

Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee,
And hold thee to my heart.
Shak.


word: Infoliate
definition:
Infoliate

In*fo"li*ate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. in- in + L. folium leaf.]
To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.
[R.]
Howell.


word: Inform
definition:
Inform

In*form"
(?)
a.
[L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form, shape: cf. F. informe]
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Cotton.


word: Inform₂
definition:
Inform

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. See Form.]
1.
To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
informing
Coleridge.

Let others better mold the running mass
Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.
Dryden.

Breath informs 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 then inform his master hastily.
Spenser.

I am informed thoroughly 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.


word: Inform₃
definition:
Inform

In*form"
v. t.
1.
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
[Obs.]

It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes.
Shak.

2.
To give intelligence or information; to tell.
Shak.

He might either teach in the same manner, or inform 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.


word: Informal
definition:
Informal

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 writing, proceeding, or visit.

2.
Deranged in mind; out of one's senses.
[Obs.]

These poor informal women.
Shak.


word: Informality
definition:
Informality

In`for*mal"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Informalities (_;).
1.
The state of being informal; lack of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

2.
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.


word: Informant
definition:
Informant

In*form"ant
(?)
n.
[L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See Inform, 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 Informer.
[Obs. or R.]

It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant
was hanged.
Burke.


word: Information
definition:
Information

In`for*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]
1.
The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

The active informations of the intellect.
South.

2.
Any fact or set of facts, knowledge, news, or advice, whether communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; any datum that reduces uncertainty about the state of any part of the world; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.

Larger opportunities of information.
Rogers.

He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle.
Swift.

3.
(Law)
A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See Indictment.

4.
(Information Theory)
A measure of the number of possible choices of messages contained in a symbol, signal, transmitted message, or other information-bearing object; it is usually quantified as the negative logarithm of the number of allowed symbols that could be contained in the message; for logarithms to the base 2, the measure corresponds to the unit of information, the hartley, which is log210, or 3.323 bits; called also information content.  The smallest unit of information that can be contained or transmitted is the bit, corresponding to a yes-or-no decision.

5.
(Computers)
Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information.


word: information processing
definition:
information processing

in`for*ma"tion pro"ces*sing
(?)
n.
The processing of information, especially by computers, including the organization, distribution, and frequently the analysis of data and the presentation of results in easily understood form.


word: information theory
definition:
information theory

in`for*ma"tion the"o*ry
(?)
n.
(Math., Telecommunications)
The science which studies the capacity of systems to contain, store, and transmit information{2 and 4}, and the factors such as noise and channel capacity that may affect the rate or accuracy of information transmission and reception.


word: Informatory
definition:
Informatory

In*form"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.
[R.]
London Spectator.


word: Informed
definition:
Informed

In*formed"
(ĭn*fôrmd")
a.
Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Informed stars. See under Unformed.


word: Informer
definition:
Informer

In*form"er
(ĭn*fôrm"ẽr)
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.


word: Informidable
definition:
Informidable

In*for"mi*da*ble
(ĭn*fôr"mĭ*dȧ*b'l)
a.
[L. informidabilis. See In- not, and Formidable.]
Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
[Obs.]
informidable
Milton.


word: Informity
definition:
Informity

In*form"i*ty
(ĭn*fôrm"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. informitas. See Inform, a.]
Lack of regular form; shapelessness.
[Obs.]


word: Informous
definition:
Informous

In*form"ous
(ĭn*fôrm"ŭs)
a.
[See Inform, a.]
Of irregular form; shapeless.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Infortunate
definition:
Infortunate

In*for"tu*nate
(ĭn*fôr"t&uuptack_;*na̝t)
a.
[L. infortunatus.]
Unlucky; unfortunate.
[Obs.]
Shak.
infortunate
Howell.


word: Infortune
definition:
Infortune

In*for"tune
(?)
n.
[L. infortunium. See In- not, and Fortune.]
Misfortune.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Infortuned
definition:
Infortuned

In*for"tuned
(?)
a.
Unfortunate.
[Obs.]

I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight.
Chaucer.


word: Infound
definition:
Infound

In*found"
(?)
v. t.
[L. infundere to pour in. See Infuse.]
To pour in; to infuse.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Infra
definition:
Infra

In*"fra
(?)
adv.
[L.  Cf. Inferior.]
Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.


word: Infra-axillary
definition:
Infra-axillary

In`fra-ax"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
[Infra + axillary.]
(Bot.)
Situated below the axil, as a bud.


word: Infrabranchial
definition:
Infrabranchial

In`fra*bran"chi*al
(?)
a.
[Infra + branchial.]
(Zool.)
Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.


word: Infraclavicular
definition:
Infraclavicular

In`fra*cla*vic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Infra + clavicular.]
(Anat.)
Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.


word: Infract
definition:
Infract

In*fract"
(ĭn*frăkt")
a.
[L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.]
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Infract₂
definition:
Infract

In*fract"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Infracting.]
[L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere. See Infringe.]
To break; to infringe.
[R.]
Thomson.


word: Infraction
definition:
Infraction

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 law.
I. Watts.


word: Infractor
definition:
Infractor

In*fract"or
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. infracteur.]
One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.


word: Infralabial
definition:
Infralabial

In`fra*la"bi*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.


word: Infralapsarian
definition:
Infralapsarian

In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an
(?)
n.
[Infra + lapse: cf. F. infralapsaire. See Lapse.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian.  The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.


word: Infralapsarian₂
definition:
Infralapsarian

In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an
a.
(Theol.)
Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.


word: Infralapsarianism
definition:
Infralapsarianism

In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
(Theor.)
The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.


word: Inframarginal
definition:
Inframarginal

In`fra*mar"gin*al
(?)
a.
[Infra + marginal.]
Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.


word: Inframaxillary
definition:
Inframaxillary

In`fra*max"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
[Infra + maxillary.]
(Anat.)
(a)
Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.


word: Inframedian
definition:
Inframedian

In`fra*me"di*an
(?)
a.
[Infra + median.]
(Zoological Geog.)
Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.
E. Forbes.


word: Infrangibility
definition:
Infrangibility

In*fran`gi*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.


word: Infrangible
definition:
Infrangible

In*fran"gi*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + grangible: cf. F. infrangible.]
1.
Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.

[He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band
Infrangible.
Pope.

2.
Not to be infringed or violated.


word: Infraocular
definition:
Infraocular

In`fra*oc"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Infra + ocular.]
(Zool.)
Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.


word: Infraorbital
definition:
Infraorbital

In`fra*or"bit*al
(?)
a.
[Infra + orbital.]
(Anat.)
Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.


word: Infra-red
definition:
Infra-red

Infrared

In`fra*red", In`fra-red"
(?)
a.
[Infra- + red.]
1.
(Physics)
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays having a longer wavelength (and thus less refrangible) than the extreme red rays, specifically those electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.

2.
relating to, using, or producing infrared radiation.

3.
affected by infrared radiation; as, infrared detector; infrared film.


word: Infrared Radiation
definition:
Infrared Radiation

In`fra*red" Ra`di*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Infra- + red.]
(Physics)
electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.
Infrared radiation is that electromagnetic radiation lying between the visible spectrum and the longest microwaves.  It may be absorbed by matter in a manner specific to the absorbing substance, causing increased vibration of molecules.  The infrared absorption spectrum of a chemical compound is often very specific, and the infrared absorption spectrum is therefore used to help identify chemical substances.  Infrared radiation is used in certain communication devices, such as television remote controls and communication devices between computers or between computers and peripherals.


word: Infrascapular
definition:
Infrascapular

In`fra*scap"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Infra + scapular.]
(Anat.)
Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.


word: Infraspinal
definition:
Infraspinal

In`fra*spi"nal
(?)
a.
[Infra + spinal.]
(Anat.)
(a)
Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.
(b)
Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.


word: Infraspinous
definition:
Infraspinous

Infraspinate

{ In`fra*spi"nate (?), In`fra*spi*nous (?), }
a.
[Infra + spinate, spinous.]
(Anat.)
Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.


word: Infrastapedial
definition:
Infrastapedial

In`fra*sta*pe"di*al
(?)
a.
[Infra + stapedial.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.
n. The infrastapedial part of the columella.


word: Infrasternal
definition:
Infrasternal

In`fra*ster"nal
(?)
a.
[Infra + sternal.]
(Anat.)
Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.


word: Infratemporal
definition:
Infratemporal

In`fra*tem"po*ral
(?)
a.
[Infra + temporal.]
(Anat.)
Below the temple; below the temporal bone.


word: Infraterritorial
definition:
Infraterritorial

In`fra*ter"ri*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Infra + territorial.]
Within the territory of a state.
Story.


word: Infratrochlear
definition:
Infratrochlear

In`fra*troch"le*ar
(?)
a.
[Infra + trochlear.]
(Anat.)
Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.


word: Infrequency
definition:
Infrequency

Infrequence

{ In*fre"quence (?), In*fre"quen*cy (?), }
n.
[L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]
1.
The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrequence of his visits.

2.
The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
[R.]

The solitude and infrequency of the place.
Bp. Hall.


word: Infrequent
definition:
Infrequent

In*fre"quent
(?)
a.
[L. infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See In- not, and Frequent.]
Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use
among all sorts of men.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Infrigidate
definition:
Infrigidate

In*frig"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[L. infrigidatus, p. p. of infrigidare to chill. See 1st In-, and Frigid.]
To chill; to make cold; to cool.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Infrigidation
definition:
Infrigidation

In*frig`i*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. infrigidatio.]
The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Infringe
definition:
Infringe

In*fringe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infringing (?).]
[L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere to break. See Fraction, and cf. Infract .]
1.
To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law, right, or contract.

If the first that did the edict infringe,
Had answered for his deed.
Shak.

The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.
Golding.

2.
To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Infringe₂
definition:
Infringe

In*fringe"
v. i.
1.
To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

2.
To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.


word: Infringement
definition:
Infringement

In*fringe"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

The punishing of this infringement is proper to that
jurisdiction against which the contempt is.
Clarendon.

2.
An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.


word: Infructuose
definition:
Infructuose

In*fruc"tu*ose"
(?)
a.
[L. infructuosus. See In- not, and Fruit.]
Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.
[R.]
T. Adams.


word: Infucate
definition:
Infucate

In`fu*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. infucatus painted; pref. in- in + fucare to paint, dye. See Fucate.]
To stain; to paint; to daub.


word: Infula
definition:
Infula

In"fu*la
(?)
n.
pl. Infule (#).
[L.]
A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.


word: Infumate
definition:
Infumate

In"fu*mate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infumated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infumating.]
[L. infumatus, p. p. of infumare to infumate; pref. in- in + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.]
To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.


word: Infundibulate
definition:
Infundibulate

Infundibular

{ In`fun*dib"u*lar (?), In`fun*dib"u*late (?), }
a.
[See Infundibulum.]
Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.

Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zool.),a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.


word: Infundibuliform
definition:
Infundibuliform

In`fun*dib"u*li*form
(?)
a.
[L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme.]
1.
Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.

2.
(Bot.)
Same as Funnelform.


word: Infundibulum
definition:
Infundibulum

In`fun*dib"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. L. Infundibula (#), E. Infundibulums (#).
[L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.]
1.
(Anat.)
A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
(b)
The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.


word: Infurcation
definition:
Infurcation

In`fur*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. in- in + L. furca fork.]
A forked expansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
Craig.


word: Infuriate
definition:
Infuriate

In*fu"ri*ate
(?)
a.
[It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See Infuriate, v. t.]
Enraged; raging; furiously angry; infuriated.
Milton.

Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath.
Thomson.


word: Infuriate₂
definition:
Infuriate

In*fu"ri*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infuriated (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Infuriating]
[It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See Fury.]
To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.

Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino.
Dr. H. More.


word: infuriating
definition:
infuriating

infuriating
adj.
extremely annoying or displeasing; causing intense anger.

Syn. -- annoying, exasperating, maddening, vexing.


word: Infuscate
definition:
Infuscate

In*fus"cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.]
To darken; to make black; to obscure.


word: Infuscation
definition:
Infuscation

In`fus*ca"tion
(?)
n.
The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.
Johnson.


word: Infuse
definition:
Infuse

In*fuse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Infused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.]
[L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See Found to cast.]
1.
To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.
Denham.

2.
To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.

That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men.
Shak.

Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed?
Swift.

3.
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.

Infuse his breast with magnanimity.
Shak.

Infusing him with self and vain conceit.
Shak.

4.
To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.
Coxe.

5.
To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Infusibility
definition:
Infusibility

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[From Infuse.]
Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.


word: Infusibility₂
definition:
Infusibility

In*fu`si*bil"i*ty
n.
[Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.]
Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.


word: Infusible
definition:
Infusible

In*fu"si*ble
(?)
a.
[From Infuse, v.]
Capable of being infused.

Doctrines being infusible into all.
Hammond.


word: Infusible₂
definition:
Infusible

In*fu"si*ble
a.
[Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.]
Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted.
Sir T. Browne.

The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible.
Lavoisier (Trans. ).


word: Infusion
definition:
Infusion

In*fu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, v. t.]
1.
The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms.
Addison.

2.
That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.

His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men.
Swift.

3.
The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
[Obs.]
infusion
Jortin.

4.
(Pharmacy)
(a)
The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.
(b)
The liquid extract obtained by this process.

Sips meek infusion of a milder herb.
Cowper.


word: Infusionism
definition:
Infusionism

In*fu"sion*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and creationism.


word: Infusive
definition:
Infusive

In*fu"sive
(?)
a.
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.

The infusive force of Spirit on man.
Thomson.


word: Infusoria
definition:
Infusoria

In`fu*so"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse.]
(Zool.)
One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.  Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans.

&hand_; (From 1913 dictionary): They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air.  They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about.  They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary.
   Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.


word: Infusorial
definition:
Infusorial

In`fu*so"ri*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.

Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.


word: Infusory₂
definition:
Infusory

In*fu"so*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Infusories (_;).
(Zool.)
One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.


word: -ing
definition:
-ing

-ing
(?)
1.
[For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. _;.]
A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

2.
[OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]
A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

&hand_; The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.

3.
[AS. -ing.]
A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.


word: Ing
definition:
Ing

Ing
(ĭng)
n.
[AS. ing.]
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Ingannation
definition:
Ingannation

In`gan*na"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. ingannare to decieve.]
Cheat; deception.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Brown.


word: Ingate
definition:
Ingate

In"gate`
(_;)
n.
1.
Entrance; ingress.
[Obs.]

Which hath in charge the ingate of the year.
Spenser.

2.
(Founding)
The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.
Simmonds.


word: Ingathering
definition:
Ingathering

In"gath`er*ing
(?)
n.
The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.

Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering.
Ex. xxii. 16.


word: Ingeminate₂
definition:
Ingeminate

In*gem"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating (?).]
[L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See Geminate.]
To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.
Clarendon.

 . . . She yet ingeminates
The last of sounds, and what she hears relates.
Sandys.


word: Ingemination
definition:
Ingemination

In*gem`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
De Quincey.

That Sacred ingemination, Amen, Amen.
Featley.

Happiness with an echo or ingemination.
Holdsworth.


word: Ingenerable
definition:
Ingenerable

In*gen"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + generable: cf. F. ingenerable.]
Incapable of being engendered or produced; original.
Holland.


word: Ingenerate
definition:
Ingenerate

In*gen"er*ate
(?)
a.
[L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender]
Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body.
W. Wotton.

Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment.
Bacon.


word: Ingenerate₂
definition:
Ingenerate

In*gen"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingenerat (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingenerating (?).]
To generate or produce within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause.
Mede.

Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Ingeniosity
definition:
Ingeniosity

In*ge`ni*os"i*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. ingeniositas.]
Ingenuity; skill; cunning.
[Obs.]
Cudworth.


word: Ingenious
definition:
Ingenious

In*gen"ious
(?)
a.
[L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ingénieux. See Engine.]
1.
Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.

A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
Hakluyt.

Thou, king, send out
For torturers ingenious.
Shak.

The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves.
Sir W. Temple.

2.
Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.

Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill.
Cowper.

3.
Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.

4.
Mental; intellectual.
[Obs.]

A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Shak.


word: Ingeniously
definition:
Ingeniously

In*gen"ious*ly
(?)
adv.
In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly.

“Too ingeniously politic.”
Sir W. Temple.


word: Ingenit
definition:
Ingenit

Ingenite

{ In*gen"ite, In*gen"it }
(?)
a.
[L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.]
Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate.
[Obs.]

It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain.
Burton.


word: Ingenue
definition:
Ingenue

In`gé`nue"
(ăN`zha̝`n&usdot_;")
n.
pl. -nues (#)
[F., fem. of ingénu ingenious.]
An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.


word: Ingenuity
definition:
Ingenuity

In`ge*nu"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ingénuité. See Ingenuous.]
1.
The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

All the means which human ingenuity has contrived.
Blair.

2.
Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.

He gives . . . 
To artist ingenuity and skill.
Cowper.

3.
Openness of heart; ingenuousness.
[Obs.]

The stings and remorses of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them.
South.


word: Ingenuous
definition:
Ingenuous

In*gen"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious.]
1.
Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.

2.
Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.

If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty.
Locke.

3.
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.

Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve.
Fuller.

4.
Ingenious.
[Obs.]
Shak.

&hand_; (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . . ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century.
G. P. Marsh.


word: Ingenuously
definition:
Ingenuously

In*gen"u*ous*ly
adv.
In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.

Being required to explain himself, he ingenuously confessed.
Ludlow.


word: Ingenuousness
definition:
Ingenuousness

In*gen"u*ous*ness
n.
1.
The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

2.
Ingenuity.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Ingeny
definition:
Ingeny

In"ge*ny
(?)
n.
[L. ingenium. See Ingenious.]
Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.
[Obs.]
[Written also ingenie.]
Becon.


word: Ingest
definition:
Ingest

In*gest"
(?)
v. t.
[L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
1.
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.


word: Ingesta
definition:
Ingesta

In*ges"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Ingest.]
(Physiol.)
That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.


word: Ingestion
definition:
Ingestion

In*ges"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.]
(Physiol.)
The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.


word: Ingirt
definition:
Ingirt

In*girt"
(?)
v. t.
[See Ingirt.]
To encircle; to gird; to engirt.

The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams.
Drayton.


word: Ingle
definition:
Ingle

In"gle
(ĭ&nsmacr_;"g'l)
n.
[Gael. & Ir. aingeali fire; cf. L. igniculusi spark, dim. of ignis fire.  Cf. Ignite.]
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Burns.

Ingle nook, the chimney corner. -- Ingle side, Ingle cheek, the fireside.


word: Ingle₂
definition:
Ingle

In"gle
n.
[Written also engle, enghle: cf. Gael. & Ir. aingeal an angel.  Cf. Engle.]
A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.
[Obs.]
Toone.


word: Inglobate
definition:
Inglobate

In*glo"bate
(?)
a.
In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.


word: Inglorious
definition:
Inglorious

In*glo"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.]

1.
Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.
Shak.

My next desire is, void of care and strife,
To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life.
Dryden.

Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.
Gray.

2.
Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.

Inglorious shelter in an alien land.
J. Philips.


word: Ingloriously
definition:
Ingloriously

In*glo"ri*ous*ly
adv.
In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.


word: In-going₂
definition:
In-going

In"-go`ing
a.
Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.


word: Ingot
definition:
Ingot

In"got
(?)
n.
[Prob. from AS. in in + geótan to pour: cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE. ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and cf. Linget, Lingot, Nugget.]

1.
That in which metal is cast; a mold.
[Obs.]

And from the fire he took up his matter
And in the ingot put it with merry cheer.
Chaucer.

2.
A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine.
Sir W. Jones.

Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast. -- Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.


word: Ingraft
definition:
Ingraft

In*graft"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.]
[Written also engraft.]

1.
To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree;
[figuratively]
to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.

This fellow would ingraft a foreign name
Upon our stock.
Dryden.

A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.
Burke.

2.
To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.


word: Ingrain
definition:
Ingrain

In"grain`
(?; 277)
a.
[Pref. in- in + grain kermes. See Engrain, Grain.]

1.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
[Obs.]

2.
Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.


word: Ingrain₃
definition:
Ingrain

In"grain`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.]
[Written also engrain.]

1.
To dye with or in grain or kermes.

2.
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

3.
To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

Our fields ingrained with blood.
Daniel.

Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.
Helps.


word: ingraining
definition:
ingraining

ingraining
n.
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.

Syn. -- inculcation, instilling.


word: Ingrateful
definition:
Ingrateful

In"grate`ful
(?)
a.
[L. ingratus ingrateful (pref. in- not + gratus beloved, dear, grateful) + -ful: cf. F. ingrat. See Grateful.]

1.
Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.
Milton.

He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me.
Atterbury.

2.
Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.

He gives . . . no ingrateful food.
Milton.


word: Ingratiate
definition:
Ingratiate

In*gra"ti*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingratiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingratiating (?).]
[Pref. in- in + L. gratia. See Grace.]

1.
To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought.

Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil.
Budgell.

2.
To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to.
[Obs.]
Dr. J. Scott.

What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us?
Hammond.


word: ingratiating
definition:
ingratiating

ingratiating
adj.
1.
capable of winning favor; as, with open arms and an ingratiating smile.

2.
calculated to please or gain favor; as, an unctuous, ingratiating manner.

Syn. -- ingratiatory.


word: ingratiatory
definition:
ingratiatory

ingratiatory
adj.
1.
pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; as, her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable.

Syn. -- coaxing.

2.
calculated to please or gain favor; same as ingratiating, 2.

Syn. -- ingratiating.


word: Ingratitude
definition:
Ingratitude

In*grat"i*tude
(?)
n.
[F. ingratitude, L. ingratitudo. See Ingrate.]
Lack of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.

Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend.
Shak.

Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man.
L'Estrange.


word: Ingravidate
definition:
Ingravidate

In*grav"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[L. ingravidatus, p. p. of ingravidare to impregnate. See 1st In-, and Gravidated.]
To impregnate.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Ingrediency
definition:
Ingrediency

Ingredience

{ In*gre"di*ence (?), In*gre"di*en*cy (?), }
n.
[See Ingredient.]

1.
Entrance; ingress.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.

2.
The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part.
Boyle.


word: Ingredient
definition:
Ingredient

In*gre"di*ent
(?)
n.
[F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.]
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent.

By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
Sir I. Newton.

Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Arbuthnot.


word: Ingredient₂
definition:
Ingredient

In*gre"di*ent
a.
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.

Acts where no sin is ingredient.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ingress
definition:
Ingress

In"gress
(?)
n.
[L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]

1.
The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

2.
Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

3.
(Astron.)
The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.


word: Ingression
definition:
Ingression

In*gres"sion
(?)
n.
[L. ingressio: cf. F. ingression.]
Act of entering; entrance.
Sir K. Digby.


word: in group
definition:
in group

in-group

in"-group`, in" group`
n.
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose, interests, or attitudes, especially one that produces feelings of camaraderie, exclusivity, community, and solidarity.

Syn. -- clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp.


word: Ingrown
definition:
Ingrown

In"grown`
(?)
a.
Having grown or appearing to grow into some other substance, especially a fingernail or toenail growing into the adjacent flesh.

Ingrown toenail, a toenail whose edges have becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.


word: Inguinal
definition:
Inguinal

In"gui*nal
(?)
a.
[L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.]
(Astron. & Med.)
Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.

Inguinal ring. See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal.


word: Ingulf
definition:
Ingulf

In*gulf"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ingulfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.]
[Cf. Engulf.]
[Written also engulf.]
To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.

A river large . . . 
Passed underneath ingulfed.
Milton.


word: Ingurgitate
definition:
Ingurgitate

In*gur"gi*tate
(?)
v. t.
[L. ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref. in- in + gurges whirlpool, gulf.]

1.
To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle.
Cleveland.

2.
To swallow up, as in a gulf.
Fotherby.


word: Ingurgitation
definition:
Ingurgitation

In*gur`gi*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ingurgitatio: cf. F. ingurgitation.]
The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
E. Darwin.

He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine.
Bacon.


word: Ingustable
definition:
Ingustable

In*gust"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. ingustabilis. See Gustable.]
Tasteless; insipid.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Inhabile
definition:
Inhabile

In*hab"ile
(?)
a.
[L. inhabilis: cf. F. inhabile. See In- not, and Habile, and cf. Unable.]

1.
Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter.
[Obs.]

2.
Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of persons.
[Obs.]
See Unable.


word: Inhability
definition:
Inhability

In`ha*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inhabileté, inhabilité. See Inability.]
Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability.
[Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Inhabit
definition:
Inhabit

In*hab"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting.]
[OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
Is. lvii. 15.

O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
Moore.


word: Inhabit₂
definition:
Inhabit

In*hab"it
v. i.
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
[Archaic or Poetic]
Shak.

They say wild beasts inhabit here.
Waller.


word: Inhabitable
definition:
Inhabitable

In*hab"it*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inhabitabilis. See Inhabit.]
Capable of being inhabited; habitable.

Systems of inhabitable planets.
Locke.


word: Inhabitable₂
definition:
Inhabitable

In*hab"it*a*ble
a.
[L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not, and Habitable.]
Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
[Obs.]

The frozen ridges of the Alps
Or other ground inhabitable.
Shak.


word: Inhabitancy
definition:
Inhabitancy

Inhabitance

{ In*hab"it*ance (?), In*hab"it*an*cy (?), }
n.
1.
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.

Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance.
Carew.

2.
(Law)
The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy.


word: Inhabitant
definition:
Inhabitant

In*hab"it*ant
(?)
n.
[L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.]

1.
One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
inhabitants
Cowper.

In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people.
Abp. Abbot.

2.
(Law)
One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.


word: Inhabitation
definition:
Inhabitation

In*hab`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]

1.
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.

The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost.
Bp. Pearson.

2.
Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
[Obs.]
Milton.

3.
Population; inhabitants.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Inhabitativeness
definition:
Inhabitativeness

In*hab"it*a*tive*ness
(?)
n.
(Phrenol.)
A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.


word: Inhabitiveness
definition:
Inhabitiveness

In*hab"it*ive*ness
(?)
n.
(Phrenol.)
See Inhabitativeness.

What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness.
Lowell.


word: Inhalant₂
definition:
Inhalant

In*hal"ant
(?)
n.
An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation.


word: Inhalation
definition:
Inhalation

In`ha*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inhalation.]
The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.


word: Inhale
definition:
Inhale

In*hale"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inhaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inhaling.]
[L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler.  Cf. Exhale.]
To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening.
Arbuthnot.


word: inhaled
definition:
inhaled

inhaled
adj.
drawn into the lungs; breathed in; as, inhaled smoke can damage the lungs.  Inverse of exhaled.


word: Inhaler
definition:
Inhaler

In*hal"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who inhales.

2.
An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, such as ether or chloroform, or an aerosol mist of a solution, for medicinal purposes; as, he alway carried his inhaler around in his pocket in case he had asthmatic attack.

3.
A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.


word: Inharmonical
definition:
Inharmonical

Inharmonic

{ In`har*mon"ic (?), In`har*mon"ic*al (?), }
a.
Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.


word: Inharmonious
definition:
Inharmonious

In`har*mo"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + harmonious: cf. F. inharmonieux.]

1.
Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.

Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh.
Cowper.

2.
Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.


word: Inharmoniousness
definition:
Inharmoniousness

In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness
n.
The quality of being inharmonious; lack of harmony; discord.

The inharmoniousness of a verse.
A. Tucker.


word: Inhauler
definition:
Inhauler

Inhaul

{ In"haul` (?), In"haul`er (?) }
n.
(Naut.)
A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.


word: Inhearse
definition:
Inhearse

In*hearse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inhearsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inhearsing.]
To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin.
Shak.


word: Inhere
definition:
Inhere

In*here"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Inhered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inhering.]
[L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate.]
To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.

They do but inhere in the subject that supports them.
Digby.


word: Inherency
definition:
Inherency

Inherence

{ In*her"ence (?), In*her"en*cy (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. inhérence.]
The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Inherent
definition:
Inherent

In*her"ent
(?)
a.
[L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F. inhérent. See Inhere.]
Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.
inherent
Shak.

The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization.
Southey.


word: Inherently
definition:
Inherently

In*her"ent*ly
adv.
By inherence; inseparably.

Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy.
Bentley.


word: Inherit
definition:
Inherit

In*her"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inheriting.]
[OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in- in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See Heir.]

1.
(Law)
To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.

2.
To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities, genes, or genetic traits; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.; to inherit hemophilia

Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris.
Shak.

3.
To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

But the meek shall inherit the earth.
Ps. xxxvii. 11.

To bury so much gold under a tree,
And never after to inherit it.
Shak.

4.
To put in possession of.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Inherit₂
definition:
Inherit

In*her"it
(?)
v. i.
To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.

Thou shalt not inherit our father's house.
Judg. xi. 2.


word: Inheritability
definition:
Inheritability

In*her`it*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Jefferson.


word: Inheritable
definition:
Inheritable

In*her"it*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.
Blackstone.

2.
Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.

3.
[Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.]
Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.

By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
Blackstone.

The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
Blackstone.

Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.


word: Inheritance
definition:
Inheritance

In*her"it*ance
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. enheritance.]

1.
The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

2.
That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

When the man dies, let the inheritance
Descend unto the daughter.
Shak.

3.
A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
1 Pet. i. 4.

4.
Possession; ownership; acquisition.
inheritance
Shak.

To you th' inheritance belongs by right
Of brother's praise; to you eke 'longs his love.
Spenser.

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.

&hand_; The word 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 call inheritance.
Locke.


word: inherited
definition:
inherited

inherited
adj.
(Genetics)
tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; as, an inherited disease.

Syn. -- familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted, transmissible.


word: Inhesion
definition:
Inhesion

In*he"sion
(?)
n.
[L. inhaesio. See Inhere.]
The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence.
A. Baxter.

Constant inhesion and habitual abode.
South.


word: Inhiation
definition:
Inhiation

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.


word: Inhibit
definition:
Inhibit

In*hib"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.]
[L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]

1.
To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them.
Bentley.

2.
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.

All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
Clarendon.

Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
Ayliffe.

3.
(Chem., Biochem.)
To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.

4.
To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations.


word: inhibited
definition:
inhibited

inhibited
adj.
1.
held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors.  Opposite of uninhibited.
pent-up, repressed 
stifled, strangled, suppressed 
Also See: reserved, restrained.

2.
Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily.


word: inhibiting
definition:
inhibiting

inhibiting
adj.
discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment; as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.

Syn. -- inhibitory, repressive, repressing.


word: Inhibition
definition:
Inhibition

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 enzyme, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition 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.

4.
(Chem., Biochem.)
The reduction in rate or stopping of a chemical or biochemical reaction, due to interaction with a chemical agent.


word: Inhibitor
definition:
Inhibitor

In*hib"i*tor
(?)
n.
[NL.]
That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.


word: Inhibitory
definition:
Inhibitory

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 center.

I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory.
Lamb.

Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.


word: Inhibitory-motor
definition:
Inhibitory-motor

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.


word: Inhold
definition:
Inhold

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.


word: Inhospitable
definition:
Inhospitable

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 people.

Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door?
Cowper.

2.
Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
Inhospitable
Blair.


word: Inhospitality
definition:
Inhospitality

In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In- not, and Hospitality.]
The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.
Bp. Hall.


word: Inhuman
definition:
Inhuman

In*hu"man
(?)
a.
[L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See In- not, and Human.]

1.
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.

2.
Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.


word: inhumane
definition:
inhumane

in`hu*mane"
(ĭn`hū*mān")
adj.
not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used.
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish, cannibalic 
brutal, cruel
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate 
pitiless, unfeeling, unkind 
painful (vs. painless) 
Also See: uncivilized.
humane


word: inhumaneness
definition:
inhumaneness

inhumaneness
n.
the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others; the quality of being inhumane; inhumanity; -- of people or events.

Syn. -- inhumanity.


word: Inhumanity
definition:
Inhumanity

In`hu*man"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Inhumanities (#).
[L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanité.]
The quality or state of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty; barbarity.

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
Burns.


word: Inhumate
definition:
Inhumate

In*hu"mate
(?)
v. t.
[L. inhumatus, p. p. of inhumare to inhume; pref. in- in + humare to cover with earth. See Humation, and cf. Inhume.]
To inhume; to bury; to inter.
Hedge.


word: Inhumation
definition:
Inhumation

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.


word: Inhume
definition:
Inhume

In*hume"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inhumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.]
[Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]

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.


word: Inia
definition:
Inia

In"i*a
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.


word: Inimical
definition:
Inimical

In*im"i*cal
(?; 277)
a.
[L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See Amity.]

1.
Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.

2.
Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.

We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments.
Burke.


word: Inimicality
definition:
Inimicality

In*im`i*cal"i*ty
(?)
n.
The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.
[R.]


word: Inimicitious
definition:
Inimicitious

In*im`i*ci"tious
(?)
a.
[L. inimicitia enmity. See Inimical.]
Inimical; unfriendly.
[R.]
Sterne.


word: Inimitability
definition:
Inimitability

In*im`i*ta*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.
Norris.


word: Inimitable
definition:
Inimitable

In*im"i*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inimitabilis: cf. F. inimitable. See In- not, and Imitable.]
Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
Inimitable
Dryden.

Performing such inimitable feats.
Cowper.


word: Inion
definition:
Inion

In"i*on
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.]
(Anat.)
The external occipital protuberance of the skull.


word: Iniquitous
definition:
Iniquitous

In*iq"ui*tous
(?)
a.
[From Iniquity.]
Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.

Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service.
Burke.


word: Iniquity
definition:
Iniquity

In*iq"ui*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Iniquities (#).
[OE. iniquitee, F. iniquité, L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See Iniquous.]

1.
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.

Till the world from his perfection fell
Into all filth and foul iniquity.
Spenser.

2.
An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.
Milton.

Your iniquities 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 old Iniquity, and in the fit
Of miming gets the opinion of a wit.
B. Jonson.


word: Iniquous
definition:
Iniquous

In*i"quous
(?)
a.
[L. iniquus; pref. in- not + aequus. See Equal.]
Iniquitous.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Inirritable
definition:
Inirritable

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.


word: Inirritative
definition:
Inirritative

In*ir"ri*ta*tive
(?)
a.
Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever.
E. Darwin.


word: Initial
definition:
Initial

In*i"tial
(?)
a.
[L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See Issue, and cf. Commence.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.

2.
Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.


word: Initial₃
definition:
Initial

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.]


word: initialize
definition:
initialize

initialize
v. t.
to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables in a computer program); as, many bugs are caused by a failure to initialize variables.


word: Initially
definition:
Initially

In*i"tial*ly
adv.
In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.
Barrow.


word: Initials
definition:
Initials

In*i"tials
n. pl.
The first letters of a person's first and last name, and sometimes also the first letters of the middle name or names; as, sign your initials in the margin; people identified only by their initials.


word: Initiate
definition:
Initiate

In*i"ti*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Initiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Initiating (?).]
[L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to begin, fr. initium beginning. See Initial.]

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 be initiated?
I. Taylor.

2.
To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
Dr. H. More.

To initiate 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 was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death.
Bp. Warburton.

He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.
Spectator.


word: Initiate₂
definition:
Initiate

In*i"ti*ate
v. i.
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
[R.]
Pope.


word: Initiate₃
definition:
Initiate

In*i"ti*ate
(?)
a.
[L. initiatus, p. p.]

1.
Unpracticed; untried; new.
[Obs.]
initiate
Shak.

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.


word: Initiation
definition:
Initiation

In*i`ti*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. initiatio: cf. F. initiation.]

1.
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.
initiation
Pope.

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 our initiation into sacred mysteries.
Broome.


word: Initiative
definition:
Initiative

In*i"ti*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. initiatif.]
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.


word: Initiative₂
definition:
Initiative

In*i"ti*a*tive
n.
[Cf. F. initiative.]
1.
An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

The undeveloped initiatives 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 Representatives.

3.
(Political Science)
The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss Confederation and in many of the States of the United States; -- chiefly used with the. The procedure of the initiative is essentially as follows: Upon the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters the desired measure must be submitted to a popular vote, and upon receiving the required majority (commonly a majority of those voting on the measure submitted) it becomes a law. In some States of the United States the initiative is only local; in others it is state-wide and includes the making of constitutional amendments.

4.
a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising spirit; a go-getting attitude; energy; drive; get-up-and-go.

5.
in interactive activities, such as conversation or games, the right or opportunity to set the course of action; as, to have the initiative.


word: Initiatory
definition:
Initiatory

In*i"ti*a*to*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.
Bp. Hall.

2.
Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.

Some initiatory treatises in the law.
Herbert.

Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together.
J. M. Mason.


word: Inition
definition:
Inition

In*i"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. inition. See Initial.]
Initiation; beginning.
[Obs.]
Sir R. Naunton.


word: Inject
definition:
Inject

In*ject"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.]
[L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1.
To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.

2.
Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.

Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.
Milton.

3.
To cast or throw; -- with on.
[R.]

And mound inject on mound.
Pope.

4.
(Anat.)
To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

5.
to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a tense situation.


word: injectable
definition:
injectable

injectable
adj.
1.
capable of being conveniently injected; -- used of drug preparations, such as sterile lyophilize medicine in a serum-capped vial.  Opposite of uninjectable.

2.
Requiring injection for administration; -- of drugs, especially those not active by oral administration.  Opposite of orally active.


word: Injection
definition:
Injection

In*jec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. injectio : cf. F. injection.]
1.
The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible insertion of a liquid or gas, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.

2.
That which is injected; especially, a liquid inserted 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, or 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. -- fuel injection, a method of inserting fuel into internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; in contrast to carburetion, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.


word: Injector
definition:
Injector

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 Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
fuel injector, a device for actively injecting fuel into an internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; -- an alternative to a carburetor, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.


word: Injucundity
definition:
Injucundity

In`ju*cun"di*ty
(?)
n.
[L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund.]
Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Injudicious
definition:
Injudicious

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 adviser.

An injudicious 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 measure.


word: Injudiciousness
definition:
Injudiciousness

In`ju*di"cious*ness
n.
The quality of being injudicious; lack of sound judgment; indiscretion.
Whitlock.


word: Injunction
definition:
Injunction

In*junc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See Enjoin.]
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 high injunction, not to taste that fruit.
Milton.

Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority.
South.

3.
(Law)
A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some 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.

&hand_; It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former.
Wharton. Daniell. Story.


word: Injure
definition:
Injure

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. See Injury.]
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 I injured thee? when done thee wrong?
Shak.


word: injured
definition:
injured

injured
adj.
1.
having received an injury;-- usually used of physical or mental injury to persons.  Opposite of uninjured.
abraded, scraped, skinned 
battle-scarred, scarred
bit, bitten, stung 
black-and-blue, livid 
bruised, contused, contusioned 
bruised, hurt, wounded 
burned
cut, gashed, slashed, split 
disabled, hors de combat, out of action 
disjointed, dislocated, separated 
hurt, wounded 
lacerated, mangled, torn
maimed, mutilated 
Also See: broken, damaged, damaged, impaired, unsound, wronged.

2.
subjected to an injustice.

Syn. -- aggrieved.


word: Injurious
definition:
Injurious

In*ju"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury.]
1.
Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Till the injurious 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 being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar.
Dryden.


word: Injuriously
definition:
Injuriously

In*ju"ri*ous*ly
adv.
In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.


word: Injuriousness
definition:
Injuriousness

In*ju"ri*ous*ness
n.
The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.


word: Injury
definition:
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. See Just, a.]
Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, 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 an injury to the character.

For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did evil.
Wyclif(Col. iii. 25).

Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments.
I. Watts.

Riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury and outrage.
Milton.

&hand_; Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong.
Fleming.


word: Injustice
definition:
Injustice

In*jus"tice
(?)
n.
[F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
1.
Lack 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 and injustice.
Burke.

2.
An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.

Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished.
Swift.


word: Ink
definition:
Ink

Ink
(ĭ&nsmacr_;k)
n.
(Mach.)
The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.


word: Ink₂
definition:
Ink

Ink
n.
[OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. _;, fr. _; burnt in, encaustic, fr. _; to burn in. See Encaustic, Caustic.]
1.
A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.

Make there a prick with ink.
Chaucer.

Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink.
Spenser.

2.
A pigment. See India ink, under India.

&hand_; Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo sulphate, or other coloring matter, is added. Other black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet, and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes. Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of cobalt, etc. See Sympathetic ink (below).

Copying ink, a peculiar ink used for writings of which copies by impression are to be taken. -- Ink bag (Zool.), an ink sac. -- Ink berry. (Bot.) (a) A shrub of the Holly family (Ilex glabra), found in sandy grounds along the coast from New England to Florida, and producing a small black berry. (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See Indigo. -- Ink plant (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thymifolia), the berries of which yield a juice which forms an ink. -- Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution. -- Ink sac (Zool.), an organ, found in most cephalopods, containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from their enemies. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. -- Printer's ink, or Printing ink. See under Printing. -- Sympathetic ink, a writing fluid of such a nature that what is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent on the characters makes it visible.


word: Ink₃
definition:
Ink

Ink
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inked (ĭ&nsmacr_;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Inking.]
To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.


word: Inker
definition:
Inker

Ink"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.


word: Inkhorn
definition:
Inkhorn

Ink"horn`
(?)
n.
[Ink + horn; cf. F. cornet à encre, G. dintenhorn.]
A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.
inkhorn
Ezek. ix. 2.

From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn.
Longfellow.


word: Inking
definition:
Inking

Ink"ing
a.
Supplying or covering with ink.

Inking roller, a somewhat elastic roller, used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc. -- Inking trough or Inking table, a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink.


word: ink-jet printer
definition:
ink-jet printer

ink"-jet` printer
n.
(Computers)
A type of printer used as a peripheral device for computers, in which the color is applied to the paper by spraying liquid ink onto paper through tiny orifices in a moving print head, to construct the desired pattern on the paper by placing one dot or several dots at a time on the paper.


word: Inkle
definition:
Inkle

In"kle
(?)
n.
[Prob.the same word as lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite article in French. See Lingle.]
A kind of tape or braid.
Shak.


word: Inkle₂
definition:
Inkle

In"kle
v. t.
[OE. inklen to hint; cf. Dan. ymte to whisper.]
To guess.
[Prov. Eng.]
inkled
R. D. Blackmore.


word: Inkling
definition:
Inkling

In"kling
(?)
n.
A hint; an intimation.

The least inkling or glimpse of this island.
Bacon.

They had some inkling of secret messages.
Clarendon.


word: Inkstand
definition:
Inkstand

Ink"stand`
(?)
n.
A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.


word: Inkstone
definition:
Inkstone

Ink"stone"
(?)
n.
A kind of stone containing native vitriol or sulphate of iron, used in making ink.


word: Inky
definition:
Inky

Ink"y
(?)
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.
Inky
Shak.
inky
Boyle.


word: Inlace
definition:
Inlace

In*lace"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inlaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inlacing (?).]
[Pref. in- + lace: cf. OE. enlacen to entangle, involve, OF. enlacier, F. enlacer. See Lace, and cf. Enlace.]
To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.
P. Fletcher.


word: Inlagation
definition:
Inlagation

In"la*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[Law L. inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See In, and Law.]
(Old Eng. Law)
The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.
Bouvier.


word: Inland
definition:
Inland

In"land
(?)
a.
1.
Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
inland
Spenser.

From inland regions to the distant main.
Cowper.

2.
Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.

3.
Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.


word: Inland₃
definition:
Inland

In"land
adv.
Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
Cook.

The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east.
S. Turner.


word: Inlander
definition:
Inlander

In"land*er
(?)
n.
One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Inlapidate
definition:
Inlapidate

In*lap"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. in- in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone.]
To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Inlaw
definition:
Inlaw

In*law"
(?)
v. t.
[In + law.  Cf. Inlagation.]
(Old Eng. Law)
To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
Burrill.


word: in-law
definition:
in-law

in"-law`
(?)
n.
A person who is related by marriage, as distinguished from a blood relative; esp. mother-in-law (the mother of one's spouse), father-in-law  (the father of one's spouse), brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, or husband of one's spouse's sister), sister-in-law  (the sister of one's spouse, or wife of one's spouse's brother).


word: Inlay
definition:
Inlay

In*lay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inlaied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inlaying.]
To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, mother-of-pearl, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.

Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Shak.

But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay their story.
Milton.


word: Inlay₂
definition:
Inlay

In"lay`
(?)
n.
Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety; as, ornamented with ivory inlay.

Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
Broidered the ground.
Milton.

The sloping of the moonlit sward
Was damask work, and deep inlay
Of braided blooms.
Tennyson.


word: Inleague
definition:
Inleague

In*league"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inleagued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inleaguing (?).]
To ally, or form an alliance with; to unite; to combine.

With a willingness inleague our blood
With his, for purchase of full growth in friendship.
Ford.


word: Inlet
definition:
Inlet

In"let
(?)
n.
1.
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance;
especially,
a narrow waterway leading into a harbor.

Doors and windows, inlets of men and of light.
Sir H. Wotton.

2.
A bay or recess, as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.

3.
That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.

&hand_; Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc.


word: Inly
definition:
Inly

In"ly
(?)
a.
[OE. inlich, AS. inlīc.  See In.]
Internal; interior; secret.

Didst thou but know the inly touch of love.
Shak.


word: Inmate
definition:
Inmate

In"mate`
(ĭn"māt`)
n.
[In + mate an associate.]
One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger;
esp.,
one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison;
by extension,
one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.

So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd
In serpent, inmate bad.
Milton.


word: Inmesh
definition:
Inmesh

In*mesh"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inmeshed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inmeshing.]
To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh; to entangle.


word: Inmew
definition:
Inmew

In*mew"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf.Emmew, Immew.]
To inclose, as in a mew or cage.
[R.]
Inmew
Beau. & Fl.


word: Inmost
definition:
Inmost

In"most`
(?)
a.
[OE. innemest, AS. innemest, a double superlative form fr. inne within, fr. in in. The modern form is due to confusion with most. See In, and cf. Aftermost, Foremost, Innermost.]
Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.

And pierce the inmost center of the earth.
Shak.

The silent, slow, consuming fires,
Which on my inmost vitals prey.
Addison.


word: Inn
definition:
Inn

Inn
(ĭn)
n.
[AS. in, inn, house, chamber, inn, from AS. in in; akin to Icel. inni house. See In.]
1.
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Therefore with me ye may take up your inn
For this same night.
Spenser.

2.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

&hand_; As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn is a house for the entertainment of all travelers of good conduct and means of payment, as guests for a brief period, not as lodgers or boarders by contract.

The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn.
W. Irving.

3.
The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.
[Eng.]

4.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.

Inns of chancery (Eng.), colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp attorn`ys, solocitors, etc. -- Inns of court (Eng.), the four societies of “students and practicers of the law of England” which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.


word: Inn₂
definition:
Inn

Inn
(ĭn)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Inned (ĭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Inning.]
To take lodging; to lodge.
[R.]
Addison.


word: Inn₃
definition:
Inn

Inn
v. t.
1.
To house; to lodge.
[Obs.]

When he had brought them into his city
And inned them, everich at his degree.
Chaucer.

2.
To get in; to in. See In, v. t.


word: innards
definition:
innards

innards
n.
The internal organs of an animal collectively especially those in the abdominal cavity.

Syn. -- viscera.


word: Innate
definition:
Innate

In"nate
(ĭn"na̝t or ĭn*nāt"; 277)
a.
[L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Native.]
1.
Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

2.
(Metaph.)
Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive.

There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil.
South.

Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind common notions of morality, innate and written in divine letters.
Fleming (Origen).

If I could only show, as I hope I shall . . . how men, barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive at certainty without any such original notions or principles.
Locke.

3.
(Bot.)
Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
Gray.

Innate ideas (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.


word: Innavigable
definition:
Innavigable

In*nav"i*ga*ble
(?)
a.
[L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In- not, and Navigable.]
Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.
Drygen.
In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv.


word: Inner
definition:
Inner

In"ner
(ĭn"nẽr)
a.
[AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]
1.
Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.

2.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.

This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part.
Milton.

3.
Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.

Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. -- Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof. -- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. -- Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.


word: Innermost
definition:
Innermost

In"ner*most`
(ĭn"nẽr*m&omacrst`)
a.
[A corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See Inmost.]
Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.
Prov. xviii. 8.


word: Innermostly
definition:
Innermostly

In"ner*most`ly
adv.
In the innermost place.
[R.]

His ebon cross worn innermostly.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Innervate
definition:
Innervate

In*ner"vate
(ĭn*nẽr"vāt)
v. t.
[See Innerve.]
(Anat.)
To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.


word: Innervation
definition:
Innervation

In`ner*va"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. innervation.]
1.
The act of innerving or stimulating.

2.
(Physiol.)
Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.

3.
(Anat.)
The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.


word: Innerve
definition:
Innerve

In*nerve"
(ĭn*nẽrv")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Innerved (ĭn*nẽrvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Innerving.]
[Pref. in- in + nerve.]
To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy, force, or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.


word: Inning
definition:
Inning

In"ning
(?)
n.
[AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.]
1.
Ingathering; harvesting.
[Obs.]
Holland.

2.
The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; -- often in the pl.
Hence:
The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

3.
pl.
Lands recovered from the sea.
Ainsworth.


word: Innitency
definition:
Innitency

In*ni"ten*cy
(?)
n.
[L. inniti, p. p. innixus, to lean upon; pref. in- in, on + niti to lean.]
A leaning; pressure; weight.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Innixion
definition:
Innixion

In*nix"ion
(?)
n.
[See Innitency.]
Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.
[Obs.]
Derham.


word: Innkeeper
definition:
Innkeeper

Inn"keep`er
(?)
n.
One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.

Syn. -- innholder.


word: Innocence
definition:
Innocence

In"no*cence
(?)
n.
[F. innocence, L. innocentia. See Innocent.]
1.
The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

2.
The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades when speaking fails.
Shak.

Banished from man's life his happiest life,
Simplicity and spotless innocence!
Milton.

3.
The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.

4.
Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.
Chaucer. Shak.


word: Innocent
definition:
Innocent

In"no*cent
(?)
a.
[F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See Noxious.]
1.
Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

The spear
Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
Pope.

2.
Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb.
Shak.

I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
Matt. xxvii. 4.

The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey.
Milton.

3.
Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

Innocent from the great transgression.
Ps. xix. 13.

4.
Simple; artless; foolish.
Shak.

5.
Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

6.
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

Innocent party (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.


word: Innocent₂
definition:
Innocent

In"no*cent
n.
1.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
Shak.

2.
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
B. Jonson.

In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
Sir W. Scott.

Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.


word: Innocuous
definition:
Innocuous

In*noc"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.]
Harmless; producing no ill effect.

A patient, innocuous, innocent man.
Burton.
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks.
Wordsworth.


word: Innodate
definition:
Innodate

In"no*date
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Innodated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Innodating (?).]
[L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref. in- in + nodus knot.]
To bind up, as in a knot; to include.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Innominable
definition:
Innominable

In*nom"i*na*ble
(?)
a.
[L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable.]
Not to be named.
[R.]
Testament of Love.


word: Innominate
definition:
Innominate

In*nom"i*nate
(?)
a.
[L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.]
1.
Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.
[R.]
Ray.

2.
(Anat.)
A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.

Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians. -- Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.


word: Innovate
definition:
Innovate

In"no*vate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Innovated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating (?).]
[L. innovatus, p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new, fr. novus new.  See New.]
1.
To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.
[Archaic]

2.
To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.
[Archaic]
Burton.

From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
to innovate God's worship.
South.


word: Innovate₂
definition:
Innovate

In"no*vate
v. i.
To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.
Bacon.

Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
Dryden.


word: Innovation
definition:
Innovation

In`no*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.]
1.
The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc.
Dryden.

2.
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
Bacon.

The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations.
Hooker.

3.
(Bot.)
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.


word: Innoxious
definition:
Innoxious

In*nox"ious
(?)
a.
[L. innoxius. See In- not, and Noxious.]
1.
Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless; innocuous.
Innoxious
Sir K. Digby.

2.
Free from crime; pure; innocent.
Pope.


word: Innuendo
definition:
Innuendo

In`nu*en"do
(?)
n.
pl. Innuedoes(_;).
[L., by intimation, by hinting, gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate; pref. in- in, to + -nuere (in comp.) to nod. See Nutation.]
1.
An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an innuendo.
Dryden.

Pursue your trade of scandal picking;
Your innuendoes, when you tell us,
That Stella loves to talk with fellows.
Swift.

2.
(Law)
An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
Wharton.

&hand_; The term is so applied from having been the introductory word of this averment or parenthetic explanation when pleadings were in Latin. The word “meaning” is used as its equivalent in modern forms.


word: Innumerability
definition:
Innumerability

In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. innumerabilitas.]
State of being innumerable.
Fotherby.


word: Innumerable
definition:
Innumerable

In*nu`mer*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. innumerabilis : cf. F. innumefable. See In- not, and Numerable.]
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

Innumerable as the stars of night.
Milton.


word: innumerate
definition:
innumerate

innumerate
adj.
Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with illiterate.  Opposite of  numerate.
Also See: educated; illiterate.


word: Innumerous
definition:
Innumerous

In*nu"mer*ous
(?)
a.
[L. innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous.]
Innumerable.
[Archaic]
Milton.


word: Inobedience
definition:
Inobedience

In`o*be"di*ence
(?)
n.
[L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience.]
Disobedience.
[Obs.]
Wyclif. Chaucer.


word: Inobedient
definition:
Inobedient

In`o*be"di*ent
(?)
a.
[L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Not obedient; disobedient.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Inobservable
definition:
Inobservable

In`ob*serv"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inobservabilis :  cf. F. inobservable. See In- not, and Observable.]
Not observable.


word: Inobservance
definition:
Inobservance

In`ob*serv"ance
(?)
a.
[L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.]
Lack or neglect of observance.
Bacon.


word: Inobservant
definition:
Inobservant

In`ob*serv"ant
(?)
a.
[L. inobservans. See In- not, and Observant.]
Not observant; regardless; heedless.
Bp. Hurd.


word: Inobservation
definition:
Inobservation

In*ob`ser*va"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inobservation.]
Neglect or lack of observation.
[R.]


word: Inocarpin
definition:
Inocarpin

In`o*car"pin
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, muscle + karpo`s fruit.]
(Chem.)
A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).


word: Inoceramus
definition:
Inoceramus

In`o*cer"a*mus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, a muscle + _; an earthen vessel.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.


word: Inoculable
definition:
Inoculable

In*oc"u*la*ble
(?)
a.
[See Inoculate.]
Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.


word: Inocular
definition:
Inocular

In*oc"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Zool)
Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.


word: Inoculate
definition:
Inoculate

In*oc"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inoculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating (?).]
[L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in, on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See Ocular.]
1.
To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

2.
To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

3.
(Med.)
To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc.  See Vaccinate.

4.
Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.

5.
(Microbiology)
To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.


word: Inoculate₂
definition:
Inoculate

In*oc"u*late
v. i.
1.
To graft by inserting buds.

2.
To communicate disease by inoculation.


word: Inoculation
definition:
Inoculation

In*oc"u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.]
1.
The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

2.
(Med.)
The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually for the purpose of inducing immunity to the disease.

&hand_; The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur.  The organisms inoculated are usually an attentuated form of the disease-causing organism, which may multiply harmlessly in the body of the host, but induce immunity to the more virulent forms of the organism.

3.
Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.

4.
(Microbiology)
The introduction of microorganisms into a growth medium, to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms.


word: Inoculator
definition:
Inoculator

In*oc"u*la`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. inoculateur.]
One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.


word: Inoculum
definition:
Inoculum

In*oc"u*lum
(?)
n.
(Microbiology)
The preparation of microorganisms which is inoculated{5} into a growth medium; as, a small inoculum may not work well for the production phase of a fermentation.


word: Inodiate
definition:
Inodiate

In*o"di*ate
(ĭn*&omacr"dĭ*āt)
v. t.
[Pref. in- in + L. odium hatred.]
To make odious or hateful.
[Obs.]
South.


word: Inodorous
definition:
Inodorous

In*o"dor*ous
(?)
a.
[L. inodorus. See In- not, and Odorous.]
Emitting no odor; without smell; scentless; odorless.
In*o"dor*ous*ness, n.


word: Inoffensive
definition:
Inoffensive

In"of*fen"sive
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.]
1.
Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.

2.
Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
Dryden.

3.
Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance.
[R.]
Milton.

So have I seen a river gently glide
In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide.
Addison.


word: Inofficial
definition:
Inofficial

In"of*fi"cial
(?)
a.
Not official; not having official sanction or authority; unofficial; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence.

Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business.
Pickering.


word: Inofficially
definition:
Inofficially

In`of*fi"cial*ly
adv.
Without the usual forms, or not in the official character; unofficially.


word: Inofficious
definition:
Inofficious

In`of*fi"cious
(?)
a.
[L. inofficiosus: cf. F. inofficieux. See In- not, and Officious.]
1.
Indifferent to obligation or duty.
[Obs.]

Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep.
B. Jonson.

2.
Not officious; not civil or attentive.
[Obs.]
Jonhson.

3.
(Law)
Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
inofficious
Blackstone.
inofficious
Paley.


word: Inogen
definition:
Inogen

In"o*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, a muscle + -gen.]
(Physiol.)
A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.


word: Inoperation
definition:
Inoperation

In*op`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inoperari to effect; pref. in- in + operari to operate.]
Agency; influence; production of effects.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Inoperative
definition:
Inoperative

In*op"er*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + operative.]
Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.


word: Inoperculate
definition:
Inoperculate

Inopercular

{ In`o*per"cu*lar (?), In`o*per"cu*late (?), }
a.
(Zool.)
Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.


word: Inopinable
definition:
Inopinable

In`o*pin"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inopinabilis. See Inopinate.]
Not to be expected; inconceivable.
[Obs.]
Inopinable
Latimer.


word: Inopinate
definition:
Inopinate

In*op"i*nate
(?)
a.
[L. inopinatus. See In- not, and Opine.]
Not expected or looked for.
[Obs.]


word: Inopportune
definition:
Inopportune

In*op`por*tune"
(_;)
a.
[L. inopportunus: cf. F. inopportun. See In- not, and Opportune.]
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

No visit could have been more inopportune.
T. Hook.


word: Inopportunity
definition:
Inopportunity

In*op`por*tu"ni*ty
(?)
n.
Lack of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.
[R.]


word: Inopulent
definition:
Inopulent

In*op"u*lent
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + opulent: cf. F. inopulent.]
Not opulent; not affluent or rich.


word: Inordinacy
definition:
Inordinacy

In*or"di*na*cy
(?)
n.
The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Inordinate
definition:
Inordinate

In*or"di*nate
(?)
a.
[L. inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and Ordinate.]
Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.
Inordinate
Milton.
Inordinate
Burke.


word: Inordination
definition:
Inordination

In*or`di*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inordinatio.]
Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy.
[Obs.]
South.

Every inordination of religion that is not in defect, is properly called superstition.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Inorganic
definition:
Inorganic

In`or*gan"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + organic: cf. F. inorganique.]
1.
Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate.

2.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to compounds that are not derivatives of hydrocarbons; not organic{5}.

&hand_; The term inorganic is used to denote any one the large series of substances (as minerals, metals, etc.), which are not directly connected with vital processes, either in origin or nature, and which are broadly and relatively contrasted with organic substances. See Organic{5}.

Inorganic Chemistry. See under Chemistry.


word: Inorthography
definition:
Inorthography

In`or*thog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.
[Obs.]
Feltham.


word: Inosculate
definition:
Inosculate

In*os"cu*late
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Inosculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inosculating (?).]
[Pref. in- in + osculate.]
1.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

2.
To intercommunicate; to interjoin.

The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes.
De Quincey.


word: Inosculate₂
definition:
Inosculate

In*os"cu*late
(?)
v. t.
1.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.
Berkeley.

2.
To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.

They were still together, grew
(For so they said themselves) inosculated.
Tennyson.


word: Inosculation
definition:
Inosculation

In*os`cu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. inosculation.]
The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.
Ray.


word: Inosinic
definition:
Inosinic

In`o*sin"ic
(?)
a.
[From Inosite.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid.


word: inosine
definition:
inosine

in"o*sine
(ĭn"o̝*sĭn)
n.
(Chem.)
A ribonucleoside (C10H12N4O5) found in meat and meat extracts, differing from adenosine in having a hydroxyl rather than an amine attached to the purine ring.  It may be prepared from adenosine by the enzyme adenosine deaminase, or by chemical deamination, as with nitrous acid.  It participates in some cellular functions, but is not one of the normal nucleoside components of RNA.


word: inositol
definition:
inositol

i*no"si*tol
(ĭ*n&obreve_;s"ĭ*t&obreve_;l)
n.
[Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, strength, muscle.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A white crystalline substance (C6H12O6) with a sweet taste, widely distributed in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, and also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc.  Although isomeric with dextrose, it has no carbonyl (aldehyde or ketone) group, and is therefore not a carbohydrate, but a derivative of cyclohexane.  Called also inosite, cyclohexitol, cyclohexanehexol, hexahydroxycyclohexane and phaseomannite.  There are nine possible steroisomers, not all of which are found naturally.  The predominate natural form is cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanehexol, also called myo-inositol.  The naturally occurring phytic acid in plants is the hexaphosphate of inositol, from which inositol may be manufactured;  phytin is the calcium-magnesium salt of phytic acid.  It is also a component of phosphatidylinositol.
MI11


word: Inoxidizable
definition:
Inoxidizable

In*ox"idi`za*ble
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.


word: Inoxidize
definition:
Inoxidize

In*ox"i*dize
(?)
v. i.
To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.


word: Inpatient
definition:
Inpatient

In"pa`tient
(?)
n.
A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient.


word: in-person
definition:
in-person

in-person
adj.
undertaken by an individual in person; as, an in-person appearance.
[predicate]

Syn. -- in the flesh(predicate).


word: In posse
definition:
In posse

In` pos"se
(?)
[L.]
In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse.


word: Inquest
definition:
Inquest

In"quest
(?)
n.
[OE. enqueste, OF. enqueste, F. enquête, LL. inquesta, for inquisita, fr. L. inquisitus, p. p. of inquirere. See Inquire.]
1.
Inquiry; quest; search.
[R.]
Spenser.

The laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science.
South.

2.
(Law)
(a)
Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.
(b)
A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matter, civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.
(c)
The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.

Coroner's inquest, an inquest held by a coroner to determine the cause of any violent, sudden, or mysterious death. See Coroner. -- Inquest of office, an inquiry made, by authority or direction of proper officer, into matters affecting the rights and interests of the crown or of the state. Craig. Bouvier.


word: Inquiet
definition:
Inquiet

In*qui"et
(?)
v. t.
[L. inquietare: cf. F. inquieter. See Quiet.]
To disquiet.
[Obs.]
Joye.


word: Inquietation
definition:
Inquietation

In*qui`e*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inquietatio : cf. F. inquielation.]
Disturbance.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Inquietude
definition:
Inquietude

In*qui"e*tude
(?)
n.
[L. inquietudo: cf. F. inquietude.]
Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Inquiline
definition:
Inquiline

In"qui*line
(?)
n.
[L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger.]
(Zool.)
A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.


word: Inquinate
definition:
Inquinate

In"qui*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. inquinatus, p. p. of inquinare to defile.]
To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Inquirable
definition:
Inquirable

In*quir"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. OF. enquerable.]
Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
Bacon.


word: Inquire
definition:
Inquire

In*quire"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Inquired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring.]
[OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre, F. enquérir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in- in + quarere to seek. See Quest a seeking, and cf. Inquiry.]
[Written also enquire.]
1.
To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

We will call the damsel, and inquire.
Gen. xxiv. 57.

Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him.
1 Sam. xxiii. 4.

2.
To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knowledge; to make examination.

And inquire
Gladly into the ways of God with man.
Miltom.

&hand_; This word is followed by of before the person asked; as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by concerning, after, or about, before the subject of inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning his welfare. “Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when search is made for particular knowledge or information; as, to inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is followed by for or after when a place or person is sought, or something is missing. “Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus.” Acts ix. 11.


word: Inquire₂
definition:
Inquire

In*quire"
v. t.
1.
To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

Having thus at length inquired the truth concerning law and dispense.
Milton.

And all obey and few inquire his will.
Byron.

2.
To call or name.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Inquirent
definition:
Inquirent

In*quir"ent
(?)
a.
[L. inquirens, p. pr.]
Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning.
[Obs.]
Shenstone.


word: Inquirer
definition:
Inquirer

In*quir"er
(?)
n.
[Written also enquirer.]
One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.
Locke.

Expert inquirers after truth.
Cowper.


word: Inquiring
definition:
Inquiring

In*quir"ing
a.
Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.


word: Inquiry
definition:
Inquiry

In*quir"y
(?)
n.
pl. Inquiries (#).
[See Inquire.]
[Written also enquiry.]
1.
The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

He could no path nor track of foot descry,
Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim.
Spenser.

The men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate.
Acts x. 17.

2.
Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into it.
Dryden.

Court of inquiry. See under Court. -- Writ of inquiry, a writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation. Burrill.


word: Inquisition
definition:
Inquisition

In`qui*si"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition.  See Inquire, and cf. Inquest.]
1.
The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.

As I could learn through earnest inquisition.
Latimer.

Let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways.
Shak.

2.
(Law)
(a)
Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
(b)
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
Bouvier.

The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
Blackstone.

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.


word: Inquisitional
definition:
Inquisitional

In`qui*si"tion*al
(?)
a.
[LL. inquisitionalis.]
Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.

All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books.
Milton.


word: Inquisitive
definition:
Inquisitive

In*quis"i*tive
(?)
a.
[OE. inquisitif, F. inquisitif.]
1.
Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.

A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
Broome.

2.
Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.

A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius.
I. Watts.
[We] curious are to hear,
What happens new.
Milton.

This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy work!
Which not even critics criticise; that holds
Inquisitive attention, while I read.
Cowper.

Nor need we with a prying eye survey
The distant skies, to find the Milky Way.
Creech.


word: Inquisitive₂
definition:
Inquisitive

In*quis"i*tive
n.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Inquisitively
definition:
Inquisitively

In*quis"i*tive*ly
adv.
In an inquisitive manner.

The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic.
Boyle.


word: Inquisitiveness
definition:
Inquisitiveness

In*quis"i*tive*ness
n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.

Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window.
Johnson.

Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull.
Locke.


word: Inquisitor
definition:
Inquisitor

In*quis"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See Inquire.]
1.
An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.
[R.]
Inquisitors
Feltham.

2.
(Law)
One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
Mozley & W.

3.
(R.C.Ch.)
A member of the Court of Inquisition.


word: Inquisitorial
definition:
Inquisitorial

In*quis`i*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. inquisitorial.]
1.
Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
inquisitorial
F. Blackburne.

He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience.
Hume.

2.
Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.
Inquisitorial
C. Buchanan.


word: Inracinate
definition:
Inracinate

In*rac"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. in- in + F. racine root: cf. F. enraciner.]
To enroot or implant.


word: Inrail
definition:
Inrail

In*rail"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inrailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inrailing.]
To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.
Hooker.


word: Inregister
definition:
Inregister

In*reg"is*ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inregistered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inregistering.]
[Pref. in- in + register: cf. F. enregistrer.  Cf. Enregister.]
To register; to enter, as in a register.
[R.]
Walsh.


word: In rem
definition:
In rem

In rem
(?)
[L.]
(Law)
Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;
used: (a) Of any right (called right in rem or jus in rem) of such a nature as to be available over its subject without reference to one person more than another, or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and reputation. (b) Of actions for recovering or reducing to possession or enjoyment a specific object, as in the enforcement of maritime liens against a vessel, which is made the defendant by a sort of personification. Most actions for the specific recovery of property in English and American law are in the nature of actions in personam against a person alleged to be unlawfully withholding the property.


word: Inro
definition:
Inro

In"ro
(?)
n.
[Jap. inr&omacr; in seal + r&omacr box.]
A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hard material, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by the Japanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle. It is usually secured by a silk cord by which the wearer may grasp it, which cord passes through an ornamental button or knob called a netsuke.


word: Inroad
definition:
Inroad

In"road`
(ĭn"r&omacrd`)
n.
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.

The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy.
Clarendon.

With perpetual inroads to alarm,
Though inaccessible, his fatal throne.
Milton.


word: Inroad₂
definition:
Inroad

In*road"
(ĭn*r&omacrd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]
To make an inroad into; to invade.
[Obs.]

The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine.
Fuller.


word: Insabbatati
definition:
Insabbatati

In*sab`ba*ta"ti
(?)
n. pl.
[LL. Insabatati. See 1st In-, and Sabot.]
The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiarly cut or marked sabots, or shoes.


word: Insalivation
definition:
Insalivation

In*sal`i*va"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.


word: Insalubrious
definition:
Insalubrious

In`sa*lu"bri*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + salubrious: cf. L. insalubris, F. insalubre.]
Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.


word: Insalubrity
definition:
Insalubrity

In`sa*lu"bri*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insalubrite.]
Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate.
Boyle.


word: Insalutary
definition:
Insalutary

In*sal"u*ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. insaluteris : cf. F. insalutaire. See In- not, and Salutary.]
1.
Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health.

2.
Not tending to safety; productive of evil.


word: Insanable
definition:
Insanable

In*san"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insanabilis; cf. OF. insanable. See In- not, and Sanable.]
Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.


word: Insane
definition:
Insane

In*sane"
(?)
a.
[L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.]
1.
Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

2.
Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.

3.
Causing insanity or madness.
[R.]

Or have we eaten on the insaneroot
That takes the reason prisoner ?
Shak.

4.
Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.

I know not which was the insane measure.
Southey.


word: Insanitary
definition:
Insanitary

In*san"i*ta*ry
(?)
a.
Not sanitary; unhealthy; unsanitary; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.


word: Insanitation
definition:
Insanitation

In*san`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.


word: Insanity
definition:
Insanity

In*san"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insanitas unsoundness; cf. insania insanity, F. insanite.]
1.
The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

All power of fancy over reason is a degree of insanity.
Johnson.

Without grace
The heart's insanity admits no cure.
Cowper.

2.
(Law)
Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility.


word: Insatiability
definition:
Insatiability

In*sa`tia*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insatiabilitas; cf. F. insatiabilite.]
 The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.

Eagerness for increase of possession deluges the soul, and we sink into the gulfs of insatiability.
Rambler.


word: Insatiable
definition:
Insatiable

In*sa"tia*ble
(?)
a.
[F. insatiable, L. ionsatiabilis. See In- not, and Satiable.]
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.

“Insatiable of glory.”
Milton.


word: Insatiableness
definition:
Insatiableness

In*sa"tia*ble*ness
n.
Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability.

The eye of the covetous hath a more particular insatiableness.
Bp. Hall.


word: Insatiate
definition:
Insatiate

In*sa"ti*ate
(?)
a.
[L. insatiatus.]
Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst.

The insatiate greediness of his desires.
Shak.

And still insatiate, thirsting still for blood.
Hook.


word: Insatiety
definition:
Insatiety

In`sa*ti"e*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insatietas: cf. F. insatiete.  See Satiety.]
Insatiableness.
T. Grander.


word: Insatisfaction
definition:
Insatisfaction

In*sat`is*fac"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Insufficiency; emptiness.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
Dissatisfaction.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Insaturable
definition:
Insaturable

In*sat"u*ra*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insaturabilis: cf. F. insaturable. See In- not, and Saturable.]
Not capable of being saturated or satisfied.


word: Inscience
definition:
Inscience

In"science
(ĭn"shens)
n.
[L. inscientia: cf. F. inscience.]
Lack of knowledge; ignorance.
[Obs.]


word: Inscient
definition:
Inscient

In"scient
(ĭn"shent)
a.
[L. insciens, -entis, ignorant. See In- not, and Scient, Science.]
Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly.
[R.]
N. Bacon.


word: Inscient₂
definition:
Inscient

In"scient
a.
[Pref. in- in + L. sciens knowing.]
Having knowledge or insight; intelligent.
[R.]

Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Inscribable
definition:
Inscribable

In*scrib"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.


word: Inscribe
definition:
Inscribe

In*scribe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.]
[L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.]
1.
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Pope.

2.
To mark with letters, characters, or words.

O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
Pope.

3.
To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
Dryden.

4.
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

5.
(Geom.)
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.

&hand_; A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed in another triangle, when the three angles of the former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is circumscribed about the former.


word: Inscription
definition:
Inscription

In*scrip"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.]
1.
The act or process of inscribing.

2.
That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

3.
(Anat.)
A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

4.
An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.


word: Inscriptive
definition:
Inscriptive

In*scrip"tive
(?)
a.
Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.


word: Inscroll
definition:
Inscroll

In*scroll"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inscrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inscrolling.]
To write on a scroll; to record.
[Written also inscrol.]
Shak.


word: Inscrutability
definition:
Inscrutability

In*scru`ta*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.


word: Inscrutable
definition:
Inscrutable

In*scru"ta*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.]
Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.

'T is not in man
To yield a reason for the will of Heaven
Which is inscrutable.
Beau. & Fl.

Waiving a question so inscrutable as this.
De Quincey.


word: Insculp
definition:
Insculp

In*sculp"
(?)
v. t.
[L. insculpere: cf. F. insculper. See 1st In-, and Sculptor.]
To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.
[Obs. & R.]
Shak.

Which he insculped in two likely stones.
Drayton.


word: Insculpture
definition:
Insculpture

In*sculp"ture
(?)
n.
An engraving, carving, or inscription.
[Obs.]

On his gravestone this insculpture.
Shak.


word: Inseam
definition:
Inseam

In*seam"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inseamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inseaming.]
To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
Pope.


word: inseam
definition:
inseam

in"seam
(ĭn"sēm)
n.
1.
An inside seam of an article of clothing; especially, the seam that runs from the crotch of a trouser leg down to the bottom.

2.
The length of the inseam of a trouser leg.


word: Insearch
definition:
Insearch

In*search"
(?)
v. t.
To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.
[Obs.]


word: Insecable
definition:
Insecable

In*sec"a*ble
(ĭn*sĕk"ȧ*b'l)
a.
[L. insecabilis; pref. in- not + secabilis that may be cut: cf. F. insecable.]
Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.


word: Insect
definition:
Insect

In"sect
(ĭn"sĕkt)
n.
[F. insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See Section. The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut in, or almost divided.  Cf. Entomology.]
1.
(Zool.)
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

&hand_; The hexapod insects pass through three stages during their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the active pupa is very much like the larva, except in having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar, totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very different from both larva and imago and is inactive, taking no food.

2.
(Zool.)
Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

3.
(Zool.)
Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

4.
Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
Thomson.

Insect powder,a powder used for the extermination of insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in Chrysanthemum. Called also Persian powder.


word: Insect₂
definition:
Insect

In"sect
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

2.
Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.


word: Insecta
definition:
Insecta

In*sec"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Insect.]
1.
(Zool.)
One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheæ, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.

2.
(Zool.)
In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.

3.
(Zool.)
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.

&hand_; The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees and ants; Diptera, as the common flies, gnats, and mosquitos; Aphaniptera, or fleas; Lepidoptera, or moths and butterflies; Neuroptera, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; Coleoptera, or beetles; Hemiptera, as bugs, lice, aphids; Orthoptera, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; Pseudoneuroptera, as the dragon flies and termites; Euplexoptera, or earwigs; Thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.


word: Insectation
definition:
Insectation

In`sec*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insectatio. See Insectator.]
The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Insectator
definition:
Insectator

In`sec*ta"tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. insectari to pursue, freq. fr. insequi. See Ensue.]
A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Insecticide
definition:
Insecticide

In*sec"ti*cide
(?)
n.
[Insect + L. caedere to kill.]
An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder or spray.
In*sec"ti*ci`dal (#), a.


word: Insectivora
definition:
Insectivora

In`sec*tiv"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour.]
(Zool.)
1.
An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.

&hand_; They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo.

2.
A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.


word: Insectivore
definition:
Insectivore

In*sec"ti*vore
(?)
n.
pl. Insectivores (-v&omacrrz).
[F.]
(Zool.)
One of the Insectivora.


word: Insectivorous
definition:
Insectivorous

In`sec*tiv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[See Insectivora.]
Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
(a)
plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.
(b)
the Insectivora, and many bats, birds, and reptiles.


word: Insecure
definition:
Insecure

In`se*cure"
(?)
a.
1.
Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.

With sorrow and insecure apprehensions.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.
Bp. Hurg.

The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and precarious.
Mickle.


word: Insecurity
definition:
Insecurity

In`se*cu"ri*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Insecurities (#).
[Pref. in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
1.
The condition or quality of being insecure; lack of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

2.
The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; lack of confidence.

With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations.
Sir T. Browne.

A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation.
Burke.


word: Insecution
definition:
Insecution

In`se*cu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insecutio, fr. insequi p. p. insecutus. See Ensue.]
A following after; close pursuit.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Inseminate
definition:
Inseminate

In*sem"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate.]
1.
To sow seed into.
[Obs.]

2.
To sow seed into; to impregnate.

3.
To implant in, as if sowing seed; as, to inseminate one's children with one's own prejudices; -- used mostly of ideas or attitudes..


word: Insensate
definition:
Insensate

In*sen"sate
(?)
a.
[L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.]
Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.

The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things.
Wordsworth.

The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
Buckle.


word: Insense
definition:
Insense

In*sense"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. in- in + sense.]
To make to understand; to instruct.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Insensibility
definition:
Insensibility

In*sen`si*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insensibilité.]

1.
The state or quality of being insensible; lack of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.

2.
Lack of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.


word: Insensible
definition:
Insensible

In*sen"si*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]

1.
Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility; unconscious.
Milton.

2.
Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.

Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.
Sir H. Wotton.

Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
Dryden.

3.
Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.

Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
Sir T. Browne.

They fall away,
And languish with insensible decay.
Dryden.

4.
Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
[Obs.]

If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.
Sir M. Hale.
5.
Incapable of feeling a specific sensation or emotion; as, insensible to pity.


word: Insensibly
definition:
Insensibly

In*sen"si*bly
adv.
In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.

The hills rise insensibly.
Addison.


word: Insensitive
definition:
Insensitive

In*sen"si*tive
(?)
a.
Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.
Tillotson. Ruskin.


word: Insensuous
definition:
Insensuous

In*sen"su*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + sensuous.]
Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses.

That intermediate door
Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form
And form insensuous.
Mrs. Browning.


word: insentience
definition:
insentience

insentience
n.
The state or quality of being insentient; lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations.


word: Insentient
definition:
Insentient

In*sen"ti*ent
(?)
a.
Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone.  Opposite of sentient.
[wns=1+3]

Syn. -- inanimate, insensate.

The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance.
Reid.

But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
incapable of sensation.

Syn. -- insensate, insensible.


word: Inseparability
definition:
Inseparability

In*sep`a*ra*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. inseparabilitas: cf. F. inséparabilité.]
The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness.
Locke.


word: Inseparable
definition:
Inseparable

In*sep"a*ra*ble
(?)
a.
[L. inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-, and Separable.]

1.
Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.

The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken.
Mure.

Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
D. Webster.

2.
(Gram.)
Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.


word: Inseparableness
definition:
Inseparableness

In*sep"a*ra*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Inseparably
definition:
Inseparably

In*sep"a*ra*bly
adv.
In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable.
Bacon.

And cleaves through life inseparably close.
Cowper.


word: Inseparate
definition:
Inseparate

In*sep"a*rate
(?)
a.
[L. inseparatus. See In- not, and Separate.]
Not separate; together; united.
Shak.


word: Insert
definition:
Insert

In*sert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inserting.]
[L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]
To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.

These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Inserted
definition:
Inserted

In*sert"ed
a.
(Bot.)
Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle.
Gray.


word: Inserting
definition:
Inserting

In*sert"ing
n.
1.
A setting in.

2.
Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.
[R.]


word: Insertion
definition:
Insertion

In*ser"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.]

1.
The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

2.
The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

3.
That which is set in or inserted, such as a word or passage in a composition, or a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric; as, there were numerous insertions and corrections to the first draft.

4.
(Anat.)
The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.

Epigynous insertion (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. -- Hypogynous insertion (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.


word: Inserve
definition:
Inserve

In*serve"
(?)
v. i.
[L. inservire; in- in + servire to serve.]
To be of use to an end; to serve.
[Obs.]


word: Inservient
definition:
Inservient

In*serv"i*ent
(?)
a.
[L. inserviens, p. pr. of inservire.]
Conducive; instrumental.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Insession
definition:
Insession

In*ses"sion
(?)
n.
[L. insessio, fr. insidere, insessum, to sit in. See Insidious.]

1.
The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.
insession
[R.]
Holland.

2.
That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.
[R.]

Insessions be bathing tubs half full.
Holland.


word: Insessor
definition:
Insessor

In*ses"sor
(?)
n.
pl. Insessores (#).
[See Insessores.]
(Zool.)
One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.


word: Insessores
definition:
Insessores

In`ses*so"res
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. insessor, lit., one who sits down, fr. incidere. See Insession.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.


word: Insessorial
definition:
Insessorial

In`ses*so"ri*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
1.
Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.

2.
Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.


word: Inset₂
definition:
Inset

In"set
(?)
n.
1.
That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

2.
(Bookbinding)
One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding;
(a)
A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut.
(b)
A page or pages of advertisements inserted.


word: Inseverable
definition:
Inseverable

In*sev"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.
De Quincey.


word: Inshave
definition:
Inshave

In"shave`
(?)
n.
(Mech.)
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.


word: Inshore
definition:
Inshore

In"shore`
(?)
a.
Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents.
adv. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.


word: Inside
definition:
Inside

In"side`
(?)
prep.
adv.
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.


word: Inside₂
definition:
Inside

In"side`
a.
1.
Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.

Kissing with inside lip.
Shak.

2.
Adapted to the interior.

Inside callipers (Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc. -- Inside finish (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering. -- Inside track, the inner part of a race course; hence, colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, contacts, etc., in competition.


word: Inside₃
definition:
Inside

In"side`
n.
1.
The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
Shak.

2.
pl.
The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.

Here's none but friends; we may speak
Our insides freely.
Massinger.

3.
An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
[Colloq. Eng.]

So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides
The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.
Anti-Jacobin.

Patent insides or Patent outsides, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.


word: insider
definition:
insider

insider
n.
an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations, especially information relating to profitability.
An insider is forbidden by U. S. securities laws to trade stock in publicly owned corporations based on the private information.  The definition of insider for the purpose of securities law has changed in the late 29th century to become more inclusive, whereas it initially was applied only to officers of a corporation.


word: Insidiate
definition:
Insidiate

In*sid"i*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. insidiatus, p. p. of insidiare to lie in ambush, fr. insidiae. See Insidious.]
To lie in ambush for.
[Obs.]
Heywood.


word: Insidious
definition:
Insidious

In*sid"i*ous
(?)
a.
[L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]

1.
Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe.
insidious
Cowper.

2.
Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.

The insidious whisper of the bad angel.
Hawthorne.

3.
Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as, an insidious disease; an insidious plot.

Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.


word: insidiousness
definition:
insidiousness

insidiousness
n.
A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease.

2.
the quality of being designed to entrap.


word: Insight
definition:
Insight

In"sight`
(?)
n.
1.
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

He had an insight into almost all the secrets of state.
Jortin.

2.
Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.

Quickest insight
In all things that to greatest actions lead.
Milton.


word: insightful
definition:
insightful

insightful
adj.
1.
having intellectual depth; having or showing an exceptional degree of insight{2}; -- of people or their comments.

Syn. -- thoughtful.

2.
characterized by sympathetic understanding.

Syn. -- discerning, understanding.

3.
having a keen intellect.

Syn. -- prehensile.


word: Insignia
definition:
Insignia

In*sig"ni*a
(?)
n. pl.
[L. insigne, pl. insignia, fr. insignis distinguished by a mark; pref. in- in + signum a mark, sign. See Ensign, Sign.]

1.
Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.

2.
Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.


word: Insignificance
definition:
Insignificance

In`sig*nif"i*cance
(?)
n.
1.
The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

2.
Lack of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.

3.
Lack of claim to consideration or notice; lack of influence or standing; meanness.

Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation, to a state of insignificance.
Beattie.


word: Insignificant
definition:
Insignificant

In`sig*nif"i*cant
(?)
a.
1.
Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

2.
Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.

Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of rewards and punishments.
Bp. Wilkins.

3.
Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.


word: Insignificantly
definition:
Insignificantly

In`sig*nif"i*cant*ly
adv.
without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.
insignificantly
Cowper.


word: Insignificative
definition:
Insignificative

In`sig*nif"i*ca*tive
(?)
a.
[L. insignificativus. See In- not, and Significative.]
Not expressing meaning; not significant.


word: Insignment
definition:
Insignment

In*sign"ment
(?)
n.
[See Insignia.]
A token, mark, or explanation.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Insimulate
definition:
Insimulate

In*sim"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse.]
To accuse.
[Obs.]
Donne.


word: Insincere
definition:
Insincere

In`sin*cere"
(?)
a.
[L. insincerus. See In- not, and Sincere.]

1.
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.

2.
Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
[Obs.]

To render sleep's soft blessings insincere.
Pope.


word: Insincerity
definition:
Insincerity

In`sin*cer"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insincérité.]
The quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.

What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no other thing than dissimulation and insincerity.
Blair.


word: Insinew
definition:
Insinew

In*sin"ew
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insinewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insinewing.]
To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.
[Obs.]

All members of our cause, . . . 
That are insinewed to this action.
Shak.


word: Insinuant
definition:
Insinuant

In*sin"u*ant
(?)
a.
[L. insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant.]
Insinuating; insinuative.
[Obs.]


word: Insinuate
definition:
Insinuate

In*sin"u*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insinuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insinuating.]
[L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See Sinuous.]

1.
To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
Woodward.

2.
To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.

All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment.
Locke.

Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts.
Dryden.

3.
To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?

4.
To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.

He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham.
Clarendon.


word: Insinuate₂
definition:
Insinuate

In*sin"u*ate
v. i.
1.
To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

2.
To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.

He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh.
Shak.

To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs.
Shak.


word: Insinuating
definition:
Insinuating

In*sin"u*a`ting
(?)
a.
Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.
Milton.

His address was courteous, and even insinuating.
Prescott.


word: Insinuation
definition:
Insinuation

In*sin"u*a`tion
(?)
n.
[L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation.]

1.
The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

By a soft insinuation mix'd
With earth's large mass.
Crashaw.

2.
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
Sir H. Wotton.

I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders.
Lady Cowper.

3.
The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.

He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company.
Clarendon.

4.
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

I scorn your coarse insinuation.
Cowper.


word: Insinuative
definition:
Insinuative

In*sin"u*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. insinuatif.]

1.
Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.
insinuative
Bp. Reynolds.

2.
Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark.


word: Insipid
definition:
Insipid

In*sip"id
(?)
a.
[L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor.]

1.
Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.
Boyle.

2.
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him.
South.

But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid.
Dryden.


word: Insipidness
definition:
Insipidness

Insipidity

{ In`si*pid"i*ty (?), In*sip"id*ness (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. insipidité.]
The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.
insipidity
Pope.


word: Insipidly
definition:
Insipidly

In*sip"id*ly
adv.
In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.
Locke. Sharp.


word: Insipience
definition:
Insipience

In*sip"i*ence
(?)
n.
[L. insipientia: cf. OF. insipience.]
Lack of intelligence; stupidity; folly.
[R.]
Blount.


word: Insipient
definition:
Insipient

In*sip"i*ent
(?)
a.
[L. insipiens; pref. in- not + sapiens wise.]
Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.
[R.]
Clarendon.
n. An insipient person.
[R.]
Fryth.


word: Insist
definition:
Insist

In*sist"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Insisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insisting.]
[F. insister, L. insistere to set foot upon, follow, persist; pref. in- in + sistere to stand, cause to stand. See Stand.]

1.
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
[R.]
Ray.

2.
To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.

Insisting on the old prerogative.
Shak.

Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace.
Dryden.


word: Insistence
definition:
Insistence

In*sist"ence
(?)
n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.


word: insistency
definition:
insistency

insistency
n.
the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence.

Syn. -- imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure.

2.
the quality of not being ignorable.

Syn. -- imperativeness, insistence.


word: Insistent
definition:
Insistent

In*sist"ent
(?)
a.
[L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.]

1.
Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
Sir H. Wotton.

2.
Insisting; persistent; persevering.

3.
(Zool.)
See Incumbent.


word: Insisture
definition:
Insisture

In*sis"ture
(?; 135)
n.
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Insitiency
definition:
Insitiency

In*si"ti*en*cy
(?)
n.
[Pref. in- not + L. sitiens, p. pr. of sitire to be thirsty, fr. sitis thirst.]
Freedom from thirst.
[Obs.]

The insitiency of a camel for traveling in deserts.
Grew.


word: Insition
definition:
Insition

In*si"tion
(?; 277)
n.
[L. insitio, fr. inserere, insitum, to sow or plant in, to ingraft; pref. in- in + serere, satum, to sow.]
The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.
Ray.


word: In situ
definition:
In situ

In si"tu
(?)
adv. & adj.
[L.]
1.
In its natural or original position  or place; in position; -- said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.

2.
(Med.)
In its original position; not extending beyond the place of origin; localized and undisturbed; as, carcinoma in situ.


word: in-situ
definition:
in-situ

in-situ
adj.
being in the original position; not having been moved or transferred to another location; as, an in-situ investigator.

Syn. -- unmoved.


word: Insnare
definition:
Insnare

In*snare"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insnared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insnaring.]
[Written also ensnare.]

1.
To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
Insnare
Fenton.

2.
To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle.

The insnaring charms
Of love's soft queen.
Glover.


word: Insobriety
definition:
Insobriety

In`so*bri"e*ty
(?)
n.
[Pref. in- not + _;obriety: cf. F. insobriété.]
Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.


word: Insociability
definition:
Insociability

In*so`cia*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insociabilité.]
The quality of being insociable; lack of sociability; unsociability.
[R.]
Bp. Warburton.


word: Insociable
definition:
Insociable

In*so"cia*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insociabilis: cf. F. insociable. See In- not, and Sociable.]

1.
Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
[Obs.]

Lime and wood are insociable.
Sir H. Wotton.

2.
Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.

This austere insociable life.
Shak.


word: Insociate
definition:
Insociate

In*so"ci*ate
(?)
a.
Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.
[Obs.]
insociate
B. Jonson.


word: Insolate
definition:
Insolate

In"so*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insolating.]
[L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.]
To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.
Johnson.


word: Insolation
definition:
Insolation

In`so*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insolatio: cf. F. insolation.]

1.
The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun for the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
A sunstroke.
(b)
Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.

3.
(Meteorology)
The amount of sunlight impinging on the Earth's surface.


word: Insole
definition:
Insole

In"sole`
(?)
n.
The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.


word: Insolence
definition:
Insolence

In"so*lence
(?)
n.
[F. insolence, L. insolentia. See Insolent.]

1.
The quality of being unusual or novel.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.

Flown with insolence and wine.
Milton.

3.
Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.

Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers.
Fuller.


word: Insolent
definition:
Insolent

In"so*lent
(?)
a.
[F. insolent, L. insolens, -entis, pref. in- not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be accustomed.]

1.
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
[Obs.]

If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith make a jest at it.
Pettie.

If any should accuse me of being new or insolent.
Milton.

2.
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
insolent
Shak.

Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing.
Chaucer.

Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . 
How insolent of late he is become,
How proud, how peremptory?
Shak.

3.
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.

Their insolent triumph excited . . . indignation.
Macaulay.


word: Insolidity
definition:
Insolidity

In`so*lid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Pref. in- not + solidity: cf. F. insolidité.]
Lack of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Insolubility
definition:
Insolubility

In*sol`u*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insolubilitas: cf. F. insolubilité.]

1.
The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.

2.
The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.


word: Insoluble
definition:
Insoluble

In*sol"u*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf. Insolvable.]

1.
Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

2.
Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.

3.
Strong.
insoluble
[Obs.]
Holland


word: Insolvable
definition:
Insolvable

In*solv"a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.
I. Watts.

2.
Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.

3.
Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
insolvable
Pope.


word: Insolvency
definition:
Insolvency

In*sol"ven*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Insolvencies (_;).
(Law)
(a)
The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.
(b)
Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.

Act of insolvency. See Insolvent law under Insolvent, a.


word: Insolvent
definition:
Insolvent

In*sol"vent
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent.]
(Law)
(a)
Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.
(b)
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
(c)
Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.

Insolvent law, or Act of insolvency, a law affording relief, -- subject to various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors; bankruptcy law.  See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.


word: Insolvent₂
definition:
Insolvent

In*sol"vent
n.
(Law)
One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
Bouvier.


word: Insomnia
definition:
Insomnia

In*som"ni*a
(?)
n.
[L., fr. insomnis sleepless; pref. in- not + somnus sleep.]
Lack of sleep; inability to sleep, especially when chronic; wakefulness; sleeplessness.


word: Insomnious
definition:
Insomnious

In*som"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[L. insomniosus, fr. insomnia insomnia.]
Restless; sleepless.
Blount.


word: Insomuch
definition:
Insomuch

In`so*much"
(?)
adv.
So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both.  Cf. Inasmuch.

Insomusch as that field is called . . . Aceldama.
Acts i. 19.

Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that he made his fortune by it.
L'Estrange.


word: Insoul
definition:
Insoul

In*soul"
(?)
v. t.
To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

[He] could not but insoul himself in her.
Feltham.


word: Inspan
definition:
Inspan

In*span"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[D. inspannen.]
To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.
[South Africa]


word: Inspect
definition:
Inspect

In*spect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspecting.]
[L. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere to inspect; pref. in- in  + specere to look at, to view: cf. F. inspecter, fr. L. inspectare, freq. fr. inspicere. See Spy.]

1.
To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.

2.
To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Inspection
definition:
Inspection

In*spec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. inspectio: cf. F. inspection.]
1.
The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
Spenser.

With narrow search, and with inspection deep,
Considered every creature.
Milton.

2.
The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.

Trial by inspection (O. Eng. Law), a mode of trial in which the case was settled by the individual observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury. Abbott.


word: Inspective
definition:
Inspective

In*spect"ive
(?)
a.
[L. inspectivus.]
Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.


word: Inspector
definition:
Inspector

In*spect"or
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. inspecteur.]
1.
One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.

2.
A police officer, typically holding a rank one below superintendent, and in some cases in charge of several precincts; as, inspector Clousseau is investigating the case.

Inspector general (Mil.), a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline.


word: Inspectorship
definition:
Inspectorship

In*spect"or*ship
(?)
n.
1.
The office of an inspector.

2.
The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.


word: Insperse
definition:
Insperse

In*sperse"
(?)
v. t.
[L. inspersus, p. p. of inspergere to sprinkle upon; pref. in- in, on + spargere to sprinkle.]
To sprinkle; to scatter.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Inspeximus
definition:
Inspeximus

In*spex"i*mus
(?)
n.
[L., we have inspected.]
The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.


word: Insphere
definition:
Insphere

In*sphere"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insphering.]
[Cf. Ensphere.]
To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere.  Cf. Ensphere.

Bright aërial spirits live insphered
In regions mild of calm and serene air.
Milton.


word: Inspirable
definition:
Inspirable

In*spir"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.
Harvey.


word: Inspiration
definition:
Inspiration

In`spi*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]

1.
The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.

2.
The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.

Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations.
Shak.

3.
(Theol.)
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.
2 Tim. iii. 16.

The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses.
Sharp.

Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message. -- Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.


word: Inspirational
definition:
Inspirational

In`spi*ra"tion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to inspiration.

2.
Imparting inspiration{2}; as, an inspirational sermon.


word: Inspirator
definition:
Inspirator

In"spi*ra`tor
(?)
n.
(Mach.)
A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.


word: Inspiratory
definition:
Inspiratory

In*spir"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.


word: Inspire
definition:
Inspire

In*spire"
(ĭn*spīr")
v. t.
[OE. enspiren, OF. enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in- in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]

1.
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath,
Inspirèd hath in every holt and heath
The tender crops.
Chaucer.

Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing,
The breathing instruments inspire.
Pope.

2.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul.
Wisdom xv. 11.

3.
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

Forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.
Harvey.

4.
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

And generous stout courage did inspire.
Spenser.

But dawning day new comfort hath inspired.
Shak.

5.
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue; to inspire a person to do extraordinary feats.

Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,
And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.
Dryden.


word: Inspire₂
definition:
Inspire

In*spire"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiring.]

1.
To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.

2.
To breathe; to blow gently.
[Obs.]

And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wavèd like a penon wide dispread.
Spenser.


word: Inspired
definition:
Inspired

In*spired"
(?)
a.
1.
Breathed in; inhaled.

2.
Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

3.
Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.

4.
Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or motivation.


word: Inspirit
definition:
Inspirit

In*spir"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inspirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiriting.]
To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire and ambition.
Pope.


word: Inspissate
definition:
Inspissate

In*spis"sate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inspissated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating (?).]
[L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick.]
To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.


word: Inspissate₂
definition:
Inspissate

In*spis"sate
(?)
a.
[L. inspissatus, p. p.]
Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Greenhill.


word: Inspissation
definition:
Inspissation

In`spis*sa"tion
(?)
n.
The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.


word: inst.
definition:
inst.

inst.
adj.
[abbreviation for instant.]
in or of the present month; same as instant{3}, a. or instant{2}, n.; as, your letter of the 10th inst..
[abbr.]

Syn. -- instant.


word: Instability
definition:
Instability

In`sta*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Instabilities (#).
[L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité.]

1.
The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.

2.
Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.
Addison.


word: Instable
definition:
Instable

In*sta"ble
(?)
a.
[L. instabilis: cf. F. instable. See In- not, and Stable, a., and cf. Unstable.]
Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.


word: Install
definition:
Install

In*stall"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Installed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.]
[F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See Stall.]
[Written also instal.]

1.
To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.

Unworthily
Thou wast installed in that high degree.
Shak.


word: Installation
definition:
Installation

In`stal*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See Install.]

1.
The act of installing; as, the installation of the air conditioner took half an hour.

Syn. -- installing, setting up.

2.
Hence:
the act of installing (a person) or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.

On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation.
Ayliffe.

3.
(Mech.)
The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, sometimes including the buildings and gorounds on which they are located, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.; as, our installation in Baton Rouge can produce ten thousand gallons a day;  we should move our drying installation from building A to building B.

4.
(Mil.)
The whole of a military base, post, camp, outpost, etc., constructed and operated for support of military operations.


word: installing
definition:
installing

installing
n.
1.
the act of installing something (as equipment).

Syn. -- installation, setting up.


word: instalment
definition:
instalment

installment

in*stall"ment, in*stal"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of installing; installation.

Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law.
Milton.

2.
The seat in which one is placed.
[Obs.]

The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . 
Each fair installment, coat, and several crest
With loyal blazon, evermore be blest.
Shak.

3.
A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first.  Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.
Bouvier.

4.
a part of a broadcast serial.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- episode.

5.
a part of a published serial.
[wns=2]


word: Instance
definition:
Instance

In"stance
(?)
n.
[F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See Instant.]

1.
The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

Undertook at her instance to restore them.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
That which is instant or urgent; motive.
[Obs.]

The instances that second marriage move
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.
Shak.

3.
Occasion; order of occurrence.

These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance.
Sir M. Hale.

4.
That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example; as, we could find no instance of poisoning in the town within the past year.

Most remarkable instances of suffering.
Atterbury.

5.
A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
Shak.

Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation of some party. Hallifax. -- Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first tried. -- For instance, by way of example or illustration; for example. -- Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.


word: Instance₂
definition:
Instance

In"stance
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instancing (?).]
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
H. Spenser.

I shall not instance an abstruse author.
Milton.


word: Instance₃
definition:
Instance

In"stance
v. i.
To give an example.
[Obs.]

This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Instancy
definition:
Instancy

In"stan*cy
(?)
n.
Instance; urgency.
[Obs.]

Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave.
Hooker.


word: Instant
definition:
Instant

In"stant
(?)
a.
[L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. instant. See Stand.]

1.
Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
Rom. xii. 12.            

I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
Carlyle.

2.
Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Impending death is thine, and instant doom.
Prior.

3.
Present; current.

The instant time is always the fittest time.
Fuller.

&hand_; The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant.


word: Instant₃
definition:
Instant

In"stant
n.
[F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by, being near, present. See Instant, a.]

1.
A point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, the situation may change in an instant.

There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being.
Hooker.

2.
A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.


word: Instantaneity
definition:
Instantaneity

In*stan`ta*ne"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. instantanéité.]
Quality of being instantaneous.
Shenstone.


word: Instantaneous
definition:
Instantaneous

In`stan*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. instantané.]

1.
Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.

His reason saw
With instantaneous view, the truth of things.
Thomson.

2.
At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.

Instantaneous center of rotation (Kinematics), in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest. -- Instantaneous axis of rotation (Kinematics), in a body which has motions both of translation and rotation, is a line, which is supposed to be rigidly united with the body, and which for the instant is at rest. The motion of the body is for the instant simply that of rotation about the instantaneous axis.


word: Instanter
definition:
Instanter

In*stan"ter
(?)
adv.
[L., vehemently, earnestly. See Instant, n. & a.]
Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.


word: Instantly
definition:
Instantly

In"stant*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Macaulay.

2.
With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
instantly
Luke vii. 4.


word: Instar₂
definition:
Instar

In"star`
(?)
n.
a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod when in that stage of life.


word: Instate
definition:
Instate

In*state"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instating.]
To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.
Shak.


word: Instaurate
definition:
Instaurate

In*stau"rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instaurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instaurating (?).]
[L. instauratus, p. p. of instaurare to renew. See 1st In-, and Store.]
To renew or renovate.
[R.]


word: Instauration
definition:
Instauration

In`stau*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. instauratio: cf. F. instauration.]
Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration.
T. Burnet.


word: Instaurator
definition:
Instaurator

In"stau*ra`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. instaurateur.]
One who renews or restores to a former condition.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Instaure
definition:
Instaure

In*staure"
(?)
v. t.
[See Instaurate.]
To renew or renovate; to instaurate.
[Obs.]
Marston.


word: Instead
definition:
Instead

In*stead"
(?)
adv.
[Pref. in- + stead place.]

1.
In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.

Let thistles grow of wheat.
Job xxxi. 40.

Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab.
2 Sam. xvii. 25.

2.
Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
[R.]

This very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those times no such thing was believed.
Tillotson.


word: Insteep
definition:
Insteep

In*steep"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insteeped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insteeping.]
To steep or soak; to drench.
[R.]
insteeped
Shak.


word: Instep
definition:
Instep

In"step
(?)
n.
[Formerly also instop, instup.]

1.
The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

2.
The part of a shoe, boot, or stocking covering the instep{1}.

3.
That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.


word: instigant
definition:
instigant

instigant
n.
one who instigates; someone who deliberately provokes trouble; an instigator.

Syn. -- instigator, provoker, inciter.


word: Instigate
definition:
Instigate

In"sti*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instigating (?).]
[L. instigatus, p. p. of instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.

He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Instigation
definition:
Instigation

In`sti*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. instigatio: cf. F. instigation.]
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to.
South.


word: instigative
definition:
instigative

instigative
adj.
arousing to action or rebellion.

Syn. -- incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, rabble-rousing, seditious.


word: Instigator
definition:
Instigator

In"sti*ga`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. instigateur.]
One who instigates or incites.
Burke.

Syn. -- inciter, instigant.


word: Instill
definition:
Instill

In*still"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instilling.]
[L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in- in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See Distill.]
[Written also instil.]
1.
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.

That starlight dews
All silently their tears of love instill.
Byron.

2.
Specifically:
To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually; to cause to be imbibed.

How hast thou instilled
Thy malice into thousands.
Milton.


word: Instillation
definition:
Instillation

In`stil*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. instillatio: cf. F. instillation.]
The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
Johnson.


word: Instillment
definition:
Instillment

In*still"ment
(?)
n.
The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
[Written also instilment.]


word: Instimulate
definition:
Instimulate

In*stim"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. in- not + stimulate.]
Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
[Obs.]
Cheyne.


word: Instimulate₂
definition:
Instimulate

In*stim"u*late
v. t.
[L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st In-, and Stimulate.]
To stimulate; to excite.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Instinct
definition:
Instinct

In*stinct"
(?)
a.
[L. instinctus, p. p. of instinguere to instigate, incite; cf. instigare to instigate.  Cf. Instigate, Distinguish.]
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

The chariot of paternal deity . . . 
Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed
By four cherubic shapes.
Milton.

A noble performance, instinct with sound principle.
Brougham.


word: Instinct₂
definition:
Instinct

In"stinct
(ĭn"stĭ&nsmacr_;kt)
n.
[L. instinctus instigation, impulse, fr. instinguere to instigate: cf. F. instinct. See Instinct, a.]

1.
Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.

An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions.
Paley.

An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.
Whately.

An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.
Sir W. Hamilton.

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers.
Shak.

2.
(Zool.)
Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without thought of improvement in the method.

The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished.
Darwin.

3.
A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.


word: Instinct₃
definition:
Instinct

In*stinct"
(ĭn*stĭ&nsmacr_;kt")
v. t.
To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
[Obs.]
Bentley.


word: Instinctive
definition:
Instinctive

In*stinc"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. instinctif.]
Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
Instinctive
Milton.
Instinctive
Cowper.

With taste instinctive give
Each grace appropriate.
Mason.

Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends?
Bp. Hall.

&hand_; The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment, instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill adapted to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition, which, as the result of no anterior consciousness, is, like the products of animal instinct, the intelligent effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown cause.
Sir H. Hamilton.


word: Instinctively
definition:
Instinctively

In*stinc"tive*ly
adv.
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.


word: Instinctivity
definition:
Instinctivity

In`stinc*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Institute
definition:
Institute

In"sti*tute
(ĭn"stĭ*tūt)
p. a.
[L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause to stand, to set. See Statute.]
Established; organized; founded.
[Obs.]

They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Institute₂
definition:
Institute

In"sti*tute
(ĭn"stĭ*tūt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instituted (ĭn"stĭ*tū`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Instituting.]

1.
To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

2.
To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).

3.
To nominate; to appoint.
[Obs.]

We institute your Grace
To be our regent in these parts of France.
Shak.

4.
To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

And haply institute
A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Shak.

5.
To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
[Obs.]

If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself.
Dr. H. More.

6.
(Eccl. Law)
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
Blackstone.


word: Institute₃
definition:
Institute

In"sti*tute
n.
[L. institutum: cf. F. institut. See Institute, v. t. & a.]

1.
The act of instituting; institution.
[Obs.]
institute
Milton.

2.
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
Glover.

3.
Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England.  Cf. Digest, n.

They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.
Burke.

To make the Stoics' institutes thy own.
Dryden.

4.
An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

5.
(Scots Law)
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
Tomlins.

Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.


word: Institution
definition:
Institution

In`sti*tu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. institutio: cf. F. institution.]

1.
The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction.
Hooker.
2.
That which instituted or established
(a)
Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.

The nature of our people,
Our city's institutions.
Shak.
We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return.
Hawthorne.

3.
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
[Obs.]

There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic.
Evelyn.


word: Institutional
definition:
Institutional

In`sti*tu"tion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or treating of, an institution or institutions; as, institutional legends.

Institutional writers as Rousseau.
J. S. Mill.

2.
Instituted by authority.

3.
Elementary; rudimental.


word: Institutionary
definition:
Institutionary

In`sti*tu"tion*a*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Relating to an institution, or institutions.

2.
Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.


word: Institutist
definition:
Institutist

In"sti*tu`tist
(?)
n.
A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.
[R.]
Harvey.


word: Institutive
definition:
Institutive

In"sti*tu`tive
(?)
a.
1.
Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
Barrow.

2.
Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
Institutive
Milton.


word: Institutor
definition:
Institutor

In"sti*tu`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. instituteur.]

1.
One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.

2.
One who educates; an instructor.
[Obs.]
Walker.

3.
(Episcopal Church)
A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.


word: Instop
definition:
Instop

In*stop"
(?)
v. t.
To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Instore
definition:
Instore

In*store"
(?)
v. t.
[See Instaurate, Store.]
To store up; to inclose; to contain.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Instroke
definition:
Instroke

In"stroke`
(?)
n.
An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft; -- opposed to outstroke.


word: Instruct
definition:
Instruct

In*struct"
(?)
a.
[L. instructus, p. p. of instruere to furnish, provide, construct, instruct; pref. in- in, on + struere. See Structure.]
1.
Arranged; furnished; provided.
[Obs.]
instruct
Chapman.

2.
Instructed; taught; enlightened.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Instruct₂
definition:
Instruct

In*struct"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Instructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Instructing.]

1.
To put in order; to form; to prepare.
[Obs.]

They speak to the merits of a cause, after the proctor has prepared and instructed the same for a hearing.
Ayliffe.

2.
To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.

Schoolmasters will I keep within my house,
Fit to instruct her youth.
Shak.

3.
To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.

She, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
Matt. xiv. 8.

Take her in; instruct her what she has to do.
Shak.


word: Instruction
definition:
Instruction

In*struc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. instructio: cf. F. instruction.]

1.
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

2.
That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted
(a)
Precept; information; teachings.
(b)
Direction; order; command.
instructions
Shak.
3.
(Computers)
a segment of coded data that is interpreted by a computer as a command to perform an operation or series of operations.  The term instruction is applied to both the electronic form of the data as represented in and executed by the computer, and to any line of written computer code which is interpreted as one instruction by a compiler.  A computer program is comprised of one or more instructions.
Instructions as contained in a program are formulated in a programming language, which may be an assembly language, in which one instruction corresponds to one command executed by the coputer, or in a higher-level programming language, in which one instruction may represent one of many instructions in assembly language.  Higher-level programming languages include, for example, FORTRAN, ALGOL, ADA, C, "C++", COBOL, and JAVA; each of these languages have their own distinctive set of allowable instructions.

Syn. -- command, statement, line of code, program line.


word: Instructive
definition:
Instructive

In*struct"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. instructif.]
Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.
Addison.

In various talk the instructive hours they past.
Pope.
The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture.
Boyle.


word: Instructor
definition:
Instructor

In*struct"or
(?)
n.
[L., a preparer: cf. F. instructeur.]
[Written also instructer.]
One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.


word: Instrument
definition:
Instrument

In"stru*ment
(?)
n.
[F. instrument, L. instrumentum. See Instruct.]

1.
That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; a device; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.

All the lofty instruments of war.
Shak.

2.
A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.

Praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Ps. cl. 4.

But signs when songs and instruments he hears.
Dryden.

3.
(Law)
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
Burrill.

4.
One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent; as, their army was primarily an instrument of oppression.

Or useful serving man and instrument,
To any sovereign state.
Shak.

The bold are but the instruments of the wise.
Dryden.


word: Instrument₂
definition:
Instrument

In"stru*ment
(?)
v. t.
1.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.

2.
To furnish or equip with instruments; to attach instruments to; as, the fighter planes were heavily instrumented; the patient was instrumented to monitor him remotely.


word: Instrumental
definition:
Instrumental

In`stru*men"tal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. instrumental.]

1.
Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.

The head is not more native to the heart,
The hand more instrumental to the mouth.
Shak.

2.
(Mus.)
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.
instrumental
Macaulay.

Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.
Dryden.

3.
(Gram.)
Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit and Russian as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.

Instrumental errors, those errors in instrumental measurements, etc., which arise, exclusively from lack of mathematical accuracy in an instrument.


word: Instrumentalism
definition:
Instrumentalism

In`stru*men"tal*ism
(?)
n.
(Philos.)
The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument.
In`stru*men"tal*ist, n.
Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value belonging to certain ideas in so far as these ideas are biological functions of our organisms, and psychological functions whereby we direct our choices and attain our successes.
Josiah Royce.


word: Instrumentalist
definition:
Instrumentalist

In`stru*men"tal*ist
n.
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.


word: Instrumentality
definition:
Instrumentality

In`stru*men*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Instrumentalities (_;).
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

The instrumentality of faith in justification.
Bp. Burnet.

The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense in a new instrumentality.
J. H. Newman.


word: Instrumentally
definition:
Instrumentally

In`stru*men"tal*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
South.

They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so.
Burke.

2.
With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied.
Mason.


word: Instrumentalness
definition:
Instrumentalness

In`stru*men"tal*ness
n.
Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.
[R.]
Hammond.


word: Instrumentation
definition:
Instrumentation

In`stru*men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact.
H. Bushnell.
2.
(Mus.)
(a)
The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
(b)
The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
3.
The act of using instruments to measure or control the behavior of an object, as a patient in a hospital or a machine being tested while under development.

4.
The act of furnishing or attaching instruments to/

5.
The set of instruments included in a system; as, a harvester with modern instrumentation.


word: instrumented
definition:
instrumented

in"stru*men`ted
(?)
a.
Having instruments attached for the purpose of measuring conditions while under observation; -- said of a person under medical observation or a machine whose performance is being tested.


word: Insuavity
definition:
Insuavity

In*suav"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insuavitas: cf. F. insuavité. See In- not, and Suavity.]
Lack of suavity; unpleasantness.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Insubjection
definition:
Insubjection

In`sub*jec"tion
(?)
n.
Lack of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.


word: Insubordinate
definition:
Insubordinate

In`sub*or"di*nate
(?)
a.
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.


word: Insubordination
definition:
Insubordination

In`sub*or`di*na"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insubordination.]
The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.


word: Insuccation
definition:
Insuccation

In`suc*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insucare, insucatum, to soak in; pref. in- + succus, sucus, sap.]
The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
[Obs.]
Coxe.

The medicating and insuccation of seeds.
Evelyn.


word: Insuetude
definition:
Insuetude

In"sue*tude
(?)
n.
[L. insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; pref. in- not + suetus, p. p. of suescere to be accustomed.]
The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.
Landor.


word: Insufferable
definition:
Insufferable

In*suf"fer*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs.
Locke.

2.
Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.

A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff.
Dryden.


word: Insufferably
definition:
Insufferably

In*suf"fer*a*bly
adv.
In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.


word: Insufficiency
definition:
Insufficiency

In`suf*fi"cien*cy
(?)
n.
[L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]

1.
The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied.
Hooker.

2.
Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.


word: Insufficient
definition:
Insufficient

In`suf*fi"cient
(?)
a.
[L. insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and Sufficient.]

1.
Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.
Insufficient
Cowper.

2.
Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.


word: Insufflate
definition:
Insufflate

In*suf"flate
(?)
a.
[See Insufflation.]
To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.


word: Insufflation
definition:
Insufflation

In`suf*fla"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation.]
The act of breathing on or into anything
(a)
(R. C. Ch.)
The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.
(b)
(Med.)
The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.


word: Insular
definition:
Insular

In"su*lar
(?)
a.
[L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See Isle.]

1.
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

2.
Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.

The penury of insular conversation.
Johnson.


word: insularism
definition:
insularism

insularism
n.
the state of being insulated.

Syn. -- insulation, insularity, detachment.


word: Insularity
definition:
Insularity

In`su*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. insularité.]

1.
The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.

The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it.
Pinkerton.

2.
Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.


word: Insulate
definition:
Insulate

In"su*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating (?).]
[L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.]

1.
To make an island of.
[Obs.]
Pennant.

2.
To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

3.
(Elec. & Thermotics)
To prevent the transfer of electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.


word: Insulated
definition:
Insulated

In"su*la`ted
(ĭn"s&uuptack_;*lā"tĕd)
p. a.
1.
Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.

The special and insulated situation of the Jews.
De Quincey.

2.
(Elect. & Thermotics)
Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.

3.
(Astron.)
Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.
C. A. Young.

Insulated wire, wire covered with some nonconducting material, such as plastic or silk, for use in conducting electricity.


word: Insulation
definition:
Insulation

In`su*la"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.

2.
(Elec. & Thermotics)
The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated.

3.
The material or substance used to insulate from either electrical or thermal conduction; as, fiberglass is used as thermal insulation in the walls and roofs of houses.


word: Insulator
definition:
Insulator

In"su*la`tor
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, insulates.

2.
(Elec. & Thermotics)
A substance or object that insulates; a nonconductor; as, polyurethane foam is a popular thermal insulator.


word: Insulite
definition:
Insulite

In"su*lite
(?)
n.
(Elec.)
An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.


word: Insulse
definition:
Insulse

In*sulse"
(?)
a.
[L. insulsus; pref. in- not + salsus salted, fr. salire, salsum, to salt.]
Insipid; dull; stupid.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Insulsity
definition:
Insulsity

In*sul"si*ty
(?)
n.
[L. insulsitas.]
Insipidity; stupidity; dullness.
[Obs.]

The insulsity of mortal tongues.
Milton.


word: Insult
definition:
Insult

In"sult
(?)
n.
[L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

1.
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

2.
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.

The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
Savage.
3.
(Med., Biology)
An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.


word: Insult₂
definition:
Insult

In*sult"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.]
[F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.]

1.
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.


word: Insult₃
definition:
Insult

In*sult"
v. i.
1.
To leap or jump.

Give me thy knife, I will insult on him.
Shak.

Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To behave with insolence; to exult.
[Archaic]

The lion being dead, even hares insult.
Daniel.

An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity.
Landor.


word: Insultation
definition:
Insultation

In`sul*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insultatio, fr. insultare: cf. OF. insultation.]

1.
The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
[Obs.]
Feltham.

2.
Exultation.
[Obs.]
Is. xiv. (heading).


word: Insulting
definition:
Insulting

In*sult"ing
a.
Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.
In*sult"ing*ly, adv.


word: Insume
definition:
Insume

In*sume"
(?)
v. t.
[L. insumere; pre. in- in + sumere to take.]
To take in; to absorb.
[Obs.]


word: Insuperability
definition:
Insuperability

In*su`per*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.


word: Insuperable
definition:
Insuperable

In*su"per*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.]
Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

And middle natures, how they long to join,
Yet never pass the insuperable line?
Pope.

The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable.
I. Taylor.


word: Insupportable
definition:
Insupportable

In`sup*port"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain.
In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.


word: Insuppressible
definition:
Insuppressible

In`sup*press"i*ble
(?)
a.
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Young.
In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.


word: Insurable
definition:
Insurable

In*sur"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Insure.]
Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.

The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed the insurable interest which remained in the insured at the time of the subscription thereof.
Walsh.


word: Insurance
definition:
Insurance

In*sur"ance
(?)
n.
[From Insure.]

1.
The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks.  Cf. Assurance, n., 6.

&hand_; The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy.
Johnson's Cyc.

2.
The premium paid for insuring property or life.

3.
The sum for which life or property is insured.

4.
A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
[Obs.]

The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection.
Mickle.

5.
Hence:
Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution; as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against injury.

Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or Endowment assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified.  Also called whole life insurance. -- Fire insurance. See under Fire. -- Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance. -- Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. -- Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. -- Life insurance. See under Life.


word: Insurancer
definition:
Insurancer

In*sur"an*cer
(?)
n.
One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

hose bold insurancers of deathless fame.
Blair.


word: Insure
definition:
Insure

In"sure
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Insured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insuring.]
[OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a change of prefix. See 1st In-, and Sure, and cf. Assure, Ensure.]
[Written also ensure.]

1.
To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

2.
Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.


word: Insurer
definition:
Insurer

In*sur"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.


word: Insurgency
definition:
Insurgency

Insurgence

{ In*sur"gence (?), In*sur"gen*cy (?), }
n.
A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.

A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of Rome.
G. Eliot.


word: Insurgent
definition:
Insurgent

In*sur"gent
(?)
a.
[L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.]
Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.
insurgent
Motley.


word: Insurgent₂
definition:
Insurgent

In*sur"gent
n.
[Cf. F. insurgent.]
A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.


word: Insurmountable
definition:
Insurmountable

In`sur*mount"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
Locke.

Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable.
I. Watts.


word: Insurmountableness
definition:
Insurmountableness

In`sur*mount"a*ble*ness
n.
The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.


word: Insurrection
definition:
Insurrection

In`sur*rec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insurrectio, fr. insurgere, insurrectum: cf. F. insurrection. See Insurgent.]

1.
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

It is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Ezra iv. 19.

2.
A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.
[Obs.]
I say again,
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate
The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition.
Shak.

Insurrections of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings.
Bacon.

He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily revolts.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Though of their names in heavenly records now
Be no memorial, blotted out and razed
By their rebellion from the books of life.
Milton.


word: Insurrectional
definition:
Insurrectional

In`sur*rec"tion*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. insurrectionnel.]
Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.


word: Insurrectionary
definition:
Insurrectionary

In`sur*rec"tion*a*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious.

Their murderous insurrectionary system.
Burke.


word: Insurrectionist
definition:
Insurrectionist

In`sur*rec"tion*ist
n.
One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.


word: Insusceptibility
definition:
Insusceptibility

In`sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.


word: Insusceptible
definition:
Insusceptible

In`sus*cep`ti*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + susceptible: cf. F. insusceptible.]
Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery; new strains of bacteria insusceptible to penicillin.
In`sus*cep`ti*bly adv.


word: Insusurration
definition:
Insusurration

In*su`sur*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. insusurratio, fr. insusurrare to whisper into.]
The act of whispering into something.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Inswathe
definition:
Inswathe

In*swathe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Inswathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inswating.]
To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.

Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist.
Tennyson.


word: Inswept
definition:
Inswept

In"swept`
(?)
a.
Narrowed at the forward end; -- said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.


word: Intact
definition:
Intact

In*tact"
(?)
a.
[L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.]
Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
Buckle.

When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul.
F. W. Robertson.


word: Intagliated
definition:
Intagliated

In*tagl"ia*ted
(?)
a.
[It. intagliato, p. p. of intagliare. See Intaglio.]
Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone.
T. Warton.


word: Intaglio
definition:
Intaglio

In*tagl"io
(?)
n.
pl. E. Intaglius (#), It. Intagli (#).
[It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.]
A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.


word: Intake
definition:
Intake

In"take`
(?)
n.
1.
The place where water, air, or other substance is taken into a pipe, conduit, or machine; -- opposed to outlet.

2.
the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.

3.
The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.


word: Intaminated
definition:
Intaminated

In*tam"i*na`ted
(?)
a.
[L. intaminatus. See Contaminate.]
Uncontaminated.
[Obs.]
Wood.


word: Intangibility
definition:
Intangibility

In*tan`gi*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Intangibilities (#).
[Cf. F. intangibilité.]
The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.


word: Intangible
definition:
Intangible

In*tan"gi*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible.]
Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.
Bp. Wilkins.

A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being.
Marshall.


word: Integer
definition:
Integer

In"te*ger
(?)
n.
[L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See Entire.]
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.

Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the form a + b√-1, where a and b are real integers.


word: Integral
definition:
Integral

In"te*gral
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intégral. See Integer.]

1.
Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.

A local motion keepeth bodies integral.
Bacon.

2.
Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant.

Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.
South.

3.
(Math.)
(a)
Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional.
(b)
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus.

Integral calculus. See under Calculus.


word: Integral₂
definition:
Integral

In"te*gral
n.
1.
A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.

2.
(Math.)
An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration.  Cf. Fluent.

Elliptic integral, one of an important class of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.


word: Integrally
definition:
Integrally

In"te*gral*ly
(?)
adv.
In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration.


word: Integrant
definition:
Integrant

In"te*grant
(?)
a.
[L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrant. See Integrate.]
Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral.
Boyle.

All these are integrant parts of the republic.
Burke.

Integrant parts, or Integrant particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division.


word: Integrate
definition:
Integrate

In"te*grate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Integrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Integrating (?).]
[L. integratus, p. p. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrer. See Integer, Entire.]

1.
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
integrated
De Quincey.

Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man.
South.

2.
To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

3.
(Math.)
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.


word: integrated
definition:
integrated

integrated
adj.
1.
Formed or united into a whole.

Syn. -- incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified.

2.
Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as, an integrated Europe.  Opposite of nonintegrated.
coordinated
interconnected
unified
embedded
incorporated
tight-knit
tightly knit
a more closely integrated economic and political system
Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.
Having different groups treated together as equals in one group; as, racially integrated schools.
co-ed, coeducational
desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated
interracial
mainstreamed
Also See: integrative, joint, united.
segregated

4.
Resembling a living organism in organization or development.
organic

Syn. -- structured.

5.
combined.  Opposite of uncombined.

6.
having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit.  Opposite of unmixed.
blended[2]

Syn. -- amalgamated, intermingled, mixed.


word: integrating
definition:
integrating

integrating
n.
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.

Syn. -- integration, desegregation.


word: integrative
definition:
integrative

integrative
adj.
1.
tending to combine and coordinate diverse elements into a whole.
consolidative, unifying
plastic )
Also See: collective, combinative, integrated.
disintegrative

2.
centralizing(prenominal).  Opposite of decentralizing.

Syn. -- consolidative.


word: Integration
definition:
Integration

In`te*gra"tion
(ĭn`te̝*grā"shŭn)
n.
[L. integratio a renewing, restoring: cf. F. intégration.]

1.
The act or process of making whole or entire.

2.
(Math.)
The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.

&hand_; The symbol of integration is ∫ (standing for the Latin summa sum), and the integral is also regarded as the limiting value of the sum of great numbers of differentials, when the magnitude of the differentials decreases, and their number increases indefinitely. See Limit, n.  When the summation is made between specified values of the variable, the result is a definite integral, and those values of the variable are the limits of the integral. When the summation is made successively for two or more variables, the result is a multiple integral.

3.
In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.


word: Integrator
definition:
Integrator

In"te*gra`tor
(?)
n.
(Math. & Mech.)
That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.


word: Integrity
definition:
Integrity

In*teg"ri*ty
(?)
n.
[L. integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.]

1.
The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.
Sir T. More.

2.
Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.

The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature.
Buckminster.

Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth.
Cowper.

3.
Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

Language continued long in its purity and integrity.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Integropallial
definition:
Integropallial

In`te*gro*pal"li*al
(?)
a.
[L. integer whole + E. pallial.]
(Zool.)
Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.


word: Integumation
definition:
Integumation

In*teg`u*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[See Integument.]
That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.


word: Integument
definition:
Integument

In*teg"u*ment
(?)
n.
[L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.]
That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part.


word: Integumentation
definition:
Integumentation

In*teg`u*men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.


word: Intellect
definition:
Intellect

In"tel*lect
(?)
n.
[L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]
1.
(Metaph.)
The part or faculty of the human mind by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

2.
The capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; mental capacity.

3.
A particular mind, especially a person of high intelligence; as, he was a great intellect.


word: Intellected
definition:
Intellected

In"tel*lect`ed
(?)
a.
Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities.
[R.]

In body, and in bristles, they became
As swine, yet intellected as before.
Cowper.


word: Intellection
definition:
Intellection

In`tel*lec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection.]
A mental act or process;
especially:
(a)
The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition.
Bentley
(b)
A creation of the mind itself.
Hickok.


word: Intellective
definition:
Intellective

In`tel*lec"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intellectif.]

1.
Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.

2.
Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational.
Glanvill.

3.
Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.

Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics.
Milton.


word: Intellectual
definition:
Intellectual

In`tel*lec"tu*al
(?; 135)
a.
[L. intellectualis: cf. F. intellectuel.]

1.
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers.
I. Watts.

2.
Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.

Who would lose,
Though full of pain, this intellectual being,
Those thoughts that wander through eternity?
Milton.

3.
Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.

4.
Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called “mental” philosophy.


word: Intellectual₂
definition:
Intellectual

In`tel*lec"tu*al
n.
1.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh,
Whose higher intellectual more I shun.
Milton.

I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise.
De Quincey.

2.
A learned person or one of high intelligence;
especially
one who places greatest value on activities requiring exercise of the intelligence, such as study, complex forms of knowledge, literature and aesthetic matters, reflection and philosophical speculation; a member of the intelligentsia; as, intellectuals are often apalled at the inanities that pass for entertainment on television.


word: Intellectualism
definition:
Intellectualism

In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism
(?)
n.
1.
Intellectual power; intellectuality.

2.
The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

3.
Preference for activities involving exercise of the intellect;
sometimes,
an excessive emphasis on abstract or intellectual matters with deprecation of the value of feelings.


word: Intellectualist
definition:
Intellectualist

In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist
(?)
n.
1.
One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
[R.]
Bacon.

2.
One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.


word: Intellectuality
definition:
Intellectuality

In`tel*lec`tu*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. intellectualitas: cf. F. intellectualité.]
Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.


word: Intellectualize
definition:
Intellectualize

In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
1.
To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion.
Lowell.

2.
To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.


word: Intelligence
definition:
Intelligence

In*tel"li*gence
(?)
n.
[F. intelligence, L. intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]

1.
The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

2.
The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.

And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
Spenser.

3.
Information communicated; news; notice; advice.

Intelligence is given where you are hid.
Shak.

4.
Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
[Obs.]

He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites.
Clarendon.

5.
Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.
Specifically;
(Mil.)
Information about an enemy or potential enemy, his capacities, and intentions.

I write as he that none intelligence
Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence.
Court of Love.

6.
An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.
Milton.

The great Intelligences fair
That range above our mortal state,
In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there.
Tennyson.

7.
(Mil.)
The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.

Intelligence office, an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.


word: Intelligencer
definition:
Intelligencer

In*tel"li*gen*cer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger.

All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle.
Burke.


word: Intelligencing
definition:
Intelligencing

In*tel"li*gen*cing
(?)
a.
Informing; giving information; talebearing.
[Obs.]
Shak.

That sad intelligencing tyrant.
Milton.


word: Intelligent
definition:
Intelligent

In*tel"li*gent
(?)
a.
[L. intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F. intelligent. See Legend.]

1.
Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

2.
Possessed of a high level of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; exhibiting high intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.

3.
Cognizant; aware; communicative.
[Obs.]

Intelligent of seasons.
Milton.

Which are to France the spies and speculations
Intelligent of our state.
Shak.


word: Intelligential
definition:
Intelligential

In*tel`li*gen"tial
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intelligentiel.]
[R.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
intelligential
Milton.

2.
Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.

Food alike those pure
Intelligential substances require.
Milton.


word: Intelligentiary
definition:
Intelligentiary

In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry
(?)
n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.


word: intelligentsia
definition:
intelligentsia

intelligentsia
n.
an educated and intellectual{2} elite; intellectuals, collectively or considered as a class.


word: Intelligibility
definition:
Intelligibility

In*tel`li*gi*bil"i*ty
(?)
[Cf. F. intelligilibilité.]
The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.


word: Intelligible
definition:
Intelligible

In*tel"li*gi*ble
(?)
[L. intellegibilis: cf. F. intelligible. See Intelligent.]
Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc.

The intelligible forms of ancient poets.
Coleridge.


word: Intelligibleness
definition:
Intelligibleness

In*tel"li*gi*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.
Locke.


word: Intelligibly
definition:
Intelligibly

In*tel"li*gi*bly
adv.
In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.


word: Intemerated
definition:
Intemerated

Intemerate

{ In*tem"er*ate (?), In*tem"er*a`ted (?), }
a.
[L. intemeratus; pref. in- not + temeratus defiled.]
Pure; undefiled.
[Obs.]


word: Intemperament
definition:
Intemperament

In*tem"per*a*ment
(?)
n.
A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part.
[R.]
Harvey.


word: Intemperance
definition:
Intemperance

In*tem"per*ance
(?)
n.
[F. intempérance, L. intemperantia. See In- not, and Temperance.]

1.
The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.

God is in every creature; be cruel toward none, neither abuse any by intemperance.
Jer. Taylor.

Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die,
By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more
In meats and drinks.
Milton.

2.
Specifically:
Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.


word: Intemperant
definition:
Intemperant

In*tem"per*ant
(?)
a.
[L. intemperans, -antis. See In- not, and Temperant.]
Intemperate.
[Obs.]

Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts.
Udall.


word: Intemperate
definition:
Intemperate

In*tem`per*ate
(?)
a.
[L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.]
1.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.

2.
Specifically,
addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.

3.
Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.

Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst.
Milton.

Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing.
Ecclus. xxiii. 13.


word: Intemperately
definition:
Intemperately

In*tem`per*ate*ly
(?)
adv.
In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and intemperately on that occasion.
Burke.


word: Intemperateness
definition:
Intemperateness

In*tem`per*ate*ness
n.
1.
The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

2.
Severity of weather; inclemency.
Boyle.

By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Intemperature
definition:
Intemperature

In*tem"per*a*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[Cf. OF. intemperature.]
Intemperateness.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Intempestive
definition:
Intempestive

In`tem*pes"tive
(?)
a.
[L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]
Out of season; untimely.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing.
Hales.


word: Intempestivity
definition:
Intempestivity

In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité.]
Unseasonableness; untimeliness.
[Obs.]
Hales.


word: Intenable
definition:
Intenable

In*ten"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + tenable: cf. F. intenable.]
Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress.
[Obs.]
Bp. Warburton.


word: Intend
definition:
Intend

In*tend"
(ĭn*tĕnd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.]
[OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]

1.
To stretch; to extend; to distend.
[Obs.]

By this the lungs are intended or remitted.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
To strain; to make tense.
[Obs.]

When a bow is successively intended and remedied.
Cudworth.

3.
To intensify; to strengthen.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Magnetism may be intended and remitted.
Sir I. Newton.

4.
To apply with energy.

Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction.
Emerson.

5.
To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
[Archaic]
Shak.

6.
To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.
[Obs.]

Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip.
Bacon.

My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying.
Fuller.

7.
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.

They intended evil against thee.
Ps. xxi. 11.

To-morrow he intends
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends.
Shak.

8.
To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
[Obs.]

Modesty was made
When she was first intended.
Beau. & Fl.

9.
To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
[Obs.]

Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio.
Shak.


word: Intendancy
definition:
Intendancy

In*tend"an*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Intendancies (#).
[Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant.]

1.
The office or employment of an intendant.

2.
A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.


word: Intendant
definition:
Intendant

In*tend"ant
(?)
n.
[F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]
One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.


word: Intended
definition:
Intended

In*tend"ed
a.
1.
Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.

They drew a curse from an intended good.
Cowper.

3.
Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.


word: Intended₂
definition:
Intended

In*tend"ed
n.
One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.

If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away.
Dickens.


word: Intendiment
definition:
Intendiment

In*tend"i*ment
(?)
n.
[LL. intendimentum. See Intendment.]
Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Intendment
definition:
Intendment

In*tend"ment
(?)
n.
[OE. entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend.]

1.
Charge; oversight.
[Obs.]
Ford.

2.
Intention; design; purpose.

The intendment of God and nature.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
(Law)
The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.


word: Intenerate
definition:
Intenerate

In*ten"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intenerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intenerating.]
[Pref. in- in + L. tener soft, tender. See Tender, a.]
To make tender or sensitive; to soften.

Fear intenerates the heart.
Bp. Hall.

So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . . intenerate the stubborn pavement.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Inteneration
definition:
Inteneration

In*ten`er*a"tion
(ĭn*tĕn`ẽr*ā"shŭn)
n.
The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Intenible
definition:
Intenible

In*ten"i*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. in- not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be grasped.  Cf. Intenable.]
Incapable of holding or containing.
[Obs.]

This captious and intenible sieve.
Shak.


word: Intensate
definition:
Intensate

In*ten"sate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intensated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intensating.]
[See Intense.]
To intensify.
[R.]
Emerson.


word: Intensation
definition:
Intensation

In`ten*sa"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
[R.]
Carlyle.


word: Intense
definition:
Intense

In*tense"
(?)
a.
[L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]

1.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

2.
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate;
as:
(a)
Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat.
(b)
Keen; biting; as, intense cold.
(c)
Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate.
(d)
Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish.
(e)
Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

In this intense seclusion of the forest.
Hawthorne.


word: Intensely
definition:
Intensely

In*tense"ly
adv.
1.
Intently.
[Obs.]
J. Spencer.

2.
To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.


word: Intenseness
definition:
Intenseness

In*tense"ness
n.
The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.


word: Intensification
definition:
Intensification

In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.


word: Intensifier
definition:
Intensifier

In*ten"si*fi`er
(?)
n.
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.


word: Intensify
definition:
Intensify

In*ten"si*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intensified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying (?).]
[Intense + -fly.]
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
Bacon.

How piercing is the sting of pride
By want embittered and intensified.
Longfellow.


word: Intensify₂
definition:
Intensify

In*ten"si*fy
v. i.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.


word: intensifying
definition:
intensifying

intensifying
adj.
increasing in strength or intensity.
aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating 
augmentative, enhancive
deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal) 
moderating


word: Intension
definition:
Intension

In*ten"sion
(?)
n.
[L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and cf. Intention.]

1.
A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

2.
Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
Jer. Taylor.

Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
Bacon.

3.
(Logic & Metaph.)
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.

This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Intensitive
definition:
Intensitive

In*ten"si*tive
(?)
a.
Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence.
H. Sweet.


word: Intensity
definition:
Intensity

In*ten"si*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. intensitas: cf. F. intensité. See Intense.]

1.
The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

If you would deepen the intensity of light, you must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline the shade that accompanies it.
F. W. Robertson.

2.
(Physics)
The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

3.
(Mech.)
The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.

4.
(Photog.)
The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture.


word: Intensive
definition:
Intensive

In*ten"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.]

1.
Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.

3.
(Gram.)
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.

4.
(Agric.)
Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive.


word: Intensiveness
definition:
Intensiveness

In*ten"sive*ness
n.
The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Intent
definition:
Intent

In*tent"
(?)
a.
[L. intentus, p. p. of intendere. See Intend, and cf. Intense.]

1.
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

2.
Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
Intent
Milton.

Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker.
I. Watts.


word: Intent₂
definition:
Intent

In*tent"
n.
[OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose, OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend.]
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

Be thy intents wicked or charitable.
Shak.

The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural.
Hooker.

To all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially. “He was miserable to all intents and purpose.”  L'Estrange.


word: Intention
definition:
Intention

In*ten"tion
(?)
n.
[F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension.]

1.
A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea.
Locke.

2.
A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.

Hell is paved with good intentions.
Johnson.

3.
The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.

In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
Arbuthnot.

4.
The state of being strained. See Intension.
[Obs.]

5.
(Logic)
Any mental apprehension of an object.

First intention (Logic), a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness. -- To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. -- To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration.


word: Intentional
definition:
Intentional

In*ten"tion*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intentionnel.]
Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.  Opposite of unintentional or unintended.


word: Intentionality
definition:
Intentionality

In*ten`tion*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.
Coleridge.


word: Intentionally
definition:
Intentionally

In*ten"tion*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.


word: Intentioned
definition:
Intentioned

In*ten"tioned
(?)
a.
Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.


word: Intentive
definition:
Intentive

In*ten"tive
(?)
a.
[OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive.]
Attentive; intent.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Intentiveness
definition:
Intentiveness

In*ten"tive*ness
n.
Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.
[Obs.]
W. Montagu.


word: Intentness
definition:
Intentness

In*tent"ness
n.
The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business.
South.


word: Inter-
definition:
Inter-

In"ter-
(?)
[L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar between, in, and E. in. See In, and cf. Entrails, Interior, Enter-, Exterior.]
A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.


word: Inter
definition:
Inter

In*ter"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interring (?).]
[OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]
To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.
Shak.


word: Interact
definition:
Interact

In`ter*act"
(?)
n.
[Pref. inter- + act.  Cf. Entr'acte.]
A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
Chesterfield.


word: Interact₂
definition:
Interact

In`ter*act"
v. i.
To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.
Emerson. Tyndall.


word: Interaction
definition:
Interaction

In`ter*ac"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Intermediate action.

2.
Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.

3.
Hence:
(Physics)
The effect, such as exertion of a force, that one object exerts on another, especially the capture or emission of a particle.

4.
Communication between people, or the actions of people that affect others.


word: Interadditive
definition:
Interadditive

In`ter*ad"di*tive
(?)
a.
Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.


word: Interagency
definition:
Interagency

In`ter*a"gen*cy
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to actions, processes, or objects involving to more than one agency (senses 4 or 5); as, interagency cooperation.


word: Interalveolar
definition:
Interalveolar

In`ter*al"ve*o*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.


word: Interambulacrum
definition:
Interambulacrum

In`ter*am`bu*la"crum
(?)
n.
pl. L. Interambulacra (_;), E. Interambulacrums (_;).
(Zool.)
In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.


word: Interamnian
definition:
Interamnian

In`ter*am"ni*an
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + L. amnis river: cf. L. interamnus.]
Situated between rivers.
[R.]
interamnian
J. Bryant.


word: Interarboration
definition:
Interarboration

In`ter*ar`bo*ra"tion
(?)
n.
The interweaving of branches of trees.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Interarticular
definition:
Interarticular

In`ter*ar*tic"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.


word: Interatomic
definition:
Interatomic

In`ter*a*tom"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem. & Physics)
Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.


word: Interauricular
definition:
Interauricular

In`ter*au*ric"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.


word: Interaxis
definition:
Interaxis

In`ter*ax"is
(?)
n.
pl. Interaxes (_;).
(Arch.)
The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.

The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes.
Gwilt.


word: Interbastation
definition:
Interbastation

In`ter*bas*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. inter- + baste to sew.]
Patchwork.
[Obs.]
Dr. J. Smith.


word: Interbreed
definition:
Interbreed

In`ter*breed"
(?)
v. t. & i.
To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.


word: Intercalary
definition:
Intercalary

In*ter"ca*la*ry
(?; 277)
a.
[L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]

1.
(Chron.)
Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

2.
Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
Intercalary
Owen.

This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.
Beattie.

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.


word: Intercalate
definition:
Intercalate

In*ter"ca*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intercalated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating (?).]
[L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]

1.
(Chron.)
To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.

2.
To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.

Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale.
Mantell.


word: Intercalation
definition:
Intercalation

In*ter`ca*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]

1.
(Chron.)
The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.

2.
The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition;
specif.
(Geol.)
the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.

Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities.
Mantell.


word: Intercarotid
definition:
Intercarotid

In`ter*ca*rot"id
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.


word: Intercarpal
definition:
Intercarpal

In`ter*car"pal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.


word: Intercartilaginous
definition:
Intercartilaginous

In`ter*car`ti*lag"i*nous
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.


word: Intercavernous
definition:
Intercavernous

In`ter*cav"ern*ous
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.


word: Intercede
definition:
Intercede

In`ter*cede"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Interceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interceding.]
[L. intercedere, intercessum; inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F. intercéder. See Cede.]

1.
To pass between; to intervene.
[Obs.]

He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for or on behalf of; as, I will intercede with him for you.

I to the lords will intercede, not doubting
Their favorable ear.
Milton.


word: Intercede₂
definition:
Intercede

In`ter*cede"
v. t.
To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
[Obs.]
Sir I. Newton.


word: Intercedence
definition:
Intercedence

In`ter*ced"ence
(?)
n.
The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.
[R.]
Bp. Reynolds.


word: Intercedent
definition:
Intercedent

In`ter*ced"ent
a.
[L. intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere.]
Passing between; mediating; pleading.
[R.]
In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.


word: Intercellular
definition:
Intercellular

In`ter*cel"lu*lar
(?)
a.
Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.


word: Intercentral
definition:
Intercentral

In`ter*cen"tral
(?)
a.
Between centers.

Intercentral nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which transmit impulses between nerve centers, as opposed to peripheral fibers, which convey impulses between peripheral parts and nerve centers.


word: Intercentrum
definition:
Intercentrum

In`ter*cen"trum
(?)
n.
pl. Intercentra (_;).
(Anat.)
The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.


word: Intercept
definition:
Intercept

In`ter*cept"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercepting.]
[L. interceptus, p. p. of intercipere to intercept; inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See Capable.]

1.
To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.

God will shortly intercept your breath.
Joye.

2.
To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.

Who intercepts me in my expedition?
Shak.

We must meet first, and intercept his course.
Dryden.

3.
To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.

While storms vindictive intercept the shore.
Pope.

4.
(Math.)
To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
5.
To overhear or view (a communication or message intended for another), without hindering its passage; as, to intercept a telephone call.

6.
(Sports)
To catch and take possession of (a ball passed between members of an opposing team); as, the back intercepted the pass and ran the ball back for a touchdown.


word: Intercept₂
definition:
Intercept

In"ter*cept`
(?)
n.
(Math.)
A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.


word: Intercepter
definition:
Intercepter

In`ter*cept"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, intercepts.
Shak.

2.
(Mil.)
A high-speed fighter airplane with fast-climbing capability, used to intercept enemy airplanes or identify unknown aircraft and engage them in combat if necessary; also, a missile which intercepts and destroys incoming missiles or airplanes.


word: Interception
definition:
Interception

In`ter*cep"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interceptio a taking away: cf. F. interception.]
The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.


word: Intercession
definition:
Intercession

In`ter*ces"sion
(?)
n.
[L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See Intercede.]
The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.

But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered.
Rom. viii. 26.


word: Intercessional
definition:
Intercessional

In`ter*ces"sion*al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.


word: Intercessor
definition:
Intercessor

In`ter*ces"sor
(?)
n.
[L., a surety: cf. F. intercesseur.]

1.
One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator.
(a)
One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them.
(b)
One who pleads in behalf of another.
Milton.

2.
(Eccl.)
A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.


word: Intercessory
definition:
Intercessory

In`ter*ces"so*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. intercessorius.]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.


word: Interchain
definition:
Interchain

In`ter*chain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interchained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interchaining.]
To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.

Two bosoms interchained with an oath.
Shak.


word: Interchange
definition:
Interchange

In`ter*change"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interchanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interchanging (?).]
[OE. entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See Inter-, and Change.]

1.
To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.

I shall interchange
My waned state for Henry's regal crown.
Shak.

2.
To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.


word: Interchange₃
definition:
Interchange

In`ter*change"
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. entrechange.]

1.
The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons.
Interchange
South.

2.
The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.
Howell.

3.
Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

The interchanges of light and darkness.
Holder.

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
Milton.

4.
An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted.  A common interchange is the cloverleaf.


word: Interchangeability
definition:
Interchangeability

In`ter*change`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.


word: Interchangeable
definition:
Interchangeable

In`ter*change"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. OF. entrechangeable.]

1.
Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
Interchangeable
Bacon.

2.
Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons.
Holder.


word: Interchangement
definition:
Interchangement

In`ter*change"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. entrechangement.]
Mutual transfer; exchange.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Intercidence
definition:
Intercidence

In*ter"ci*dence
(?)
n.
[See Intercident.]
The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Intercident
definition:
Intercident

In*ter"ci*dent
(?)
a.
[L. intercidens, -entis, p. pr. of intercidere to fall between; inter between + cadere to fall.]
Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Intercipient
definition:
Intercipient

In`ter*cip"i*ent
(?)
a.
[L. intercipiens, -entis, p. pr. of intercipere. See Intercept.]
Intercepting; stopping.
n. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage.
Wiseman.


word: Intercision
definition:
Intercision

In`ter*ci"sion
(?)
n.
[L. intercisio a cutting through, fr. intercidere to cut asunder.]
A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Intercitizenship
definition:
Intercitizenship

In`ter*cit"i*zen*ship
(?)
n.
The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States.
Bancroft.


word: Interclavicular
definition:
Interclavicular

In`ter*cla*vic"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
(a)
Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.


word: Interclose
definition:
Interclose

In`ter*close"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. inter- + close. See Interclude.]
To shut in; to inclose.
[Obs.]


word: Interclude
definition:
Interclude

In`ter*clude"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intercluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercluding.]
[L. intercludere, interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Interclose.]
To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.
Mitford.

So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded.
Boyle.


word: Interclusion
definition:
Interclusion

In`ter*clu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. interclusio. See Interclude.]
Interception; a stopping; obstruction.


word: Intercollegiate
definition:
Intercollegiate

In`ter*col*le"gi*ate
(?)
a.
Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.


word: Intercolline
definition:
Intercolline

In`ter*col"line
(?)
a.
(Geol.)
Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.


word: Intercolonial
definition:
Intercolonial

In`ter*co*lo"ni*al
(?)
a.
Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.
In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.


word: Intercolumnar
definition:
Intercolumnar

In`ter*co*lum"nar
(?)
a.
Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.


word: Intercolumniation
definition:
Intercolumniation

In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.
Gwilt.

&hand_; It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters; Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of three diameters; Aræostyle, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; Aræosystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and aræostyle.


word: Intercommon
definition:
Intercommon

In`ter*com"mon
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intercommoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommoning.]
[OF. entrecommuner. See Inter-, and Common, and cf. Intercommune.]

1.
To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
(O. Eng. Law)
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.


word: Intercommune
definition:
Intercommune

In`ter*com*mune"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Intercommuned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommuning.]
[Cf. Intercommon, Intercommunicate, Commune.]

1.
To intercommunicate.
[Obs.]

2.
To have mutual communication or intercourse by conversation.
[Scot.]


word: Intercommunicate
definition:
Intercommunicate

In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate
(?)
v. i.
To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.


word: Intercommunion
definition:
Intercommunion

In`ter*com*mun"ion
(?)
n.
Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.
Faber.


word: Intercommunity
definition:
Intercommunity

In`ter*com*mu"ni*ty
(?)
n.
Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Intercondyloid
definition:
Intercondyloid

Intercondylar

{ In`ter*con"dy*lar (?), In`ter*con"dy*loid (?), }
a.
(Anat.)
Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.


word: interconnected
definition:
interconnected

interconnected
adj.
1.
having internal connections between parts.
reticulate (vs. nonreticulate)

Syn. -- interrelated.

2.
operating as a unit.

Syn. -- coordinated, unified.


word: interconnectedness
definition:
interconnectedness

interconnectedness
n.
a state of being connected reciprocally.

Syn. -- interconnection.


word: Intercontinental
definition:
Intercontinental

In`ter*con`ti*nen"tal
(?)
a.
1.
Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

2.
Passing between continents or capable of passing between continents; as, an intercontinental ballistic misile; an intercontinental airplane flight.


word: Interconvertible
definition:
Interconvertible

In`ter*con*vert"i*ble
(?)
a.
Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.


word: Intercostal
definition:
Intercostal

In`ter*cos"tal
(?)
a.
(Anat. & Physiol.)
Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.


word: Intercourse
definition:
Intercourse

In"ter*course
(?)
n.
[Formerly entercourse, OF. entrecours commerce, exchange, F. entrecours a reciprocal right on neighboring lands, L. intercursus a running between, fr. intercurrere to run between. See Inter-, and Course.]
1.
A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

This sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles.
Milton.

2.
Same as sexual intercourse.

Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition; copulation, especially between humans.


word: Intercrop
definition:
Intercrop

In"ter*crop`
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. -cropped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -cropping.]
(Agric.)
To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.


word: Intercrop₂
definition:
Intercrop

In"ter*crop`
n.
(Agric.)
A crop grown among or between  the rows of another crop; a catch crop.


word: Intercross
definition:
Intercross

In`ter*cross"
(?; 115)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Intercrossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercrossing.]

1.
To cross each other, as lines.

2.
(Biol.)
To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.


word: Intercross₂
definition:
Intercross

In"ter*cross`
(?)
n.
The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.

We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants.
Darwin.


word: Intercrural
definition:
Intercrural

In`ter*cru"ral
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.


word: Intercur
definition:
Intercur

In`ter*cur"
(?)
v. i.
[L. intercurrere. See Intercourse.]
To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.
[Obs.]
Shelton.


word: Intercurrence
definition:
Intercurrence

In`ter*cur"rence
(?)
n.
[See Intercurrent.]
A passing or running between; occurrence.
Boyle.


word: Intercurrent
definition:
Intercurrent

In`ter*cur"rent
(?)
a.
[L. intercurrens, p. pr. of intercurrere: cf. F. intercurrent. See Intercur.]

1.
Running between or among; intervening.
Boyle. Bp. Fell.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
Not belonging to any particular season.
(b)
Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease.
Dunglison.


word: Interdash
definition:
Interdash

In`ter*dash"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interdashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.]
To dash between or among; to intersperse.
Cowper.


word: Interdenominational
definition:
Interdenominational

In`ter*de*nom`i*na"tion*al
(?)
a.
Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.


word: Interdental
definition:
Interdental

In`ter*den"tal
(?)
a.
1.
Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

2.
(Phon.)
Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.


word: Interdependency
definition:
Interdependency

In`ter*de*pend"en*cy
(?)
n.
Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests.
De Quincey.


word: Interdict
definition:
Interdict

In`ter*dict"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.]
[OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]

1.
To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
Milton.

2.
(Eccl.)
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.

An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.
Ayliffe.


word: Interdict₂
definition:
Interdict

In"ter*dict`
(?)
n.
[OE. entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.]

1.
A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict
Defends the touching of these viands pure.
Milton.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.

3.
(Scots Law)
An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.


word: Interdiction
definition:
Interdiction

In`ter*dic"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interdictio: cf. F. interdiction.]
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

The truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accurst.
Shak.


word: Interdictive
definition:
Interdictive

In`ter*dict"ive
(?)
a.
Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.
Milton.


word: Interdictory
definition:
Interdictory

In`ter*dict"o*ry
(?)
a.
[L. interdictorius.]
Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.


word: Interdigitate₂
definition:
Interdigitate

In`ter*dig"i*tate
v. i.
[Pref. inter- + L. digitus finger.]
To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle.
Owen.


word: Interdigitation
definition:
Interdigitation

In`ter*dig`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
The state of interdigitating; interdigital space.
Owen.


word: Interdome
definition:
Interdome

In"ter*dome`
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.


word: Interepimeral
definition:
Interepimeral

In"ter*e*pim"er*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.


word: Interequinoctial
definition:
Interequinoctial

In`ter*e`qui*noc"tial
(?)
a.
Coming between the equinoxes.

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals.
F. Balfour.


word: Interest
definition:
Interest

In"ter*est
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interested (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.]
[From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. intéresser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.]

1.
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men.
Dryden.

A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages.
Addison.

2.
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
[Obs.]

Or rather, gracious sir,
Create me to this glory, since my cause
Doth interest this fair quarrel.
Ford.

3.
To cause or permit to share.
[Obs.]

The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.
Hooker.


word: Interest₂
definition:
Interest

In"ter*est
n.
[OF. interest, F. intérêt, fr. L. interest it interests, is of interest, fr. interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL. interesse usury. See Essence.]

1.
Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern; a desire to learn more about a topic or engage often in an activity.

&hand_; Interest expresses mental excitement of various kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting.

So much interest have I in thy sorrow.
Shak.

2.
(Finance, Commerce)
Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

3.
Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

Divisions hinder the common interest and public good.
Sir W. Temple.

When interest calls of all her sneaking train.
Pope.

4.
(Finance)
A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.

They have told their money, and let out
Their coin upon large interest.
Shak.

5.
Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.

You shall have your desires with interest.
Shak.

6.
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Compound interest, interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due. -- Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest.


word: Interested
definition:
Interested

In"ter*est*ed
(ĭn"tẽr*ĕst*ĕd)
a.
[See Interest, v. t.]

1.
Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.

2.
Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness; an interested party.


word: Interestedness
definition:
Interestedness

In"ter*est*ed*ness
n.
The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Richardson.


word: Interesting
definition:
Interesting

In"ter*est*ing
a.
Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.
Cowper.


word: interface
definition:
interface

interface
n.
1.
a surface forming a common boundary between two things, especially between two fluids.
[wns=1]

2.
(Computers)
hardware that links one device with another (especially a computer).
[wns=2]

3.
(Computers)
That part of a computer program which controls the way a program interacts with a user; the manner of inputting and outputting of data, and the way information is presented on a computer monitor; also called user interface; as, a graphical user interface; a character-based interface.


word: Interfacial
definition:
Interfacial

In`ter*fa"cial
(?)
a.
(Geom.)
1.
Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.

2.
Of or pertaining to an interface.


word: interfaith
definition:
interfaith

interfaith
adj.
involving persons of different religious faiths; as, an interfaith marriage; interfaith good will.

Syn. -- interdenominational.


word: Interfascicular
definition:
Interfascicular

In`ter*fas*cic"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.


word: Interferant
definition:
Interferant

In`ter*fer"ant
(?)
n.
(Law)
One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.
[U.S.]


word: Interfere
definition:
Interfere

In`ter*fere"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Interfered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interfering.]
[OF. entreferir to strike each other; entre between (L. inter) + OF. ferir to strike, F. férir, fr. L. ferire. See Ferula.]

1.
To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; -- usually used with with; as, interfering claims, or commands; workers in a crowded shop may interfere with each other's activity.

2.
To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose; -- used with in or with; as, to interfere with the way I raise my children.

To interfere with party disputes.
Swift.

There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions.
Bp. Warburton.

3.
To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

4.
(Physics)
To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.

5.
(Patent Law)
To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention; as, to interfere with another patent.


word: Interference
definition:
Interference

In`ter*fer"ence
(?)
n.
[See Interfere.]

1.
The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.

2.
(Physics)
The mutual influence, under certain conditions, as from streams of light, or pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.

&hand_; The term is most commonly applied to light, and the undulatory theory of light affords the proper explanation of the phenomena which are considered to be produced by the superposition of waves, and are thus substantially identical in their origin with the phenomena of heat, sound, waves of water, and the like.

3.
(Patent Law)
The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.

Interference figures (Optics), the figures observed when certain sections of crystallized bodies are viewed in converging polarized light; thus, a section of a uniaxial crystal, cut normal to the vertical axis, shows a series of concentric colored rings with a single black cross; -- so called because produced by the interference of luminous waves. -- Interference fringe. (Optics) See Fringe.


word: Interferometer
definition:
Interferometer

In`ter*fe*rom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[See Interfere and -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- formerly also called also refractometer, but that word now has a different meaning.


word: Interfluous
definition:
Interfluous

Interfluent

{ In*ter"flu*ent (?), In*ter"flu*ous (?), }
a.
[L. interfluens, p. pr., and interfluus. See Inter-, and Fluent.]
Flowing between or among; intervening.
Boyle.


word: Interfoliaceous
definition:
Interfoliaceous

In`ter*fo`li*a"ceous
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + foliaceous: cf. F. interfoliacé.]
(Bot.)
At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.


word: Interfoliate
definition:
Interfoliate

In`ter*fo"li*ate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. inter- + L. folium leaf.]
To interleave.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Interfollicular
definition:
Interfollicular

In`ter*fol*lic"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.


word: Interfretted
definition:
Interfretted

In`ter*fret"ted
(?)
a.
(Her.)
Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.


word: Interfulgent
definition:
Interfulgent

In`ter*ful"gent
(?)
a.
[L. interfulgens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Fulgent.]
Shining between.


word: Interfuse
definition:
Interfuse

In`ter*fuse"
(_;)
v. t.
[L. interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.]

1.
To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.

The ambient air, wide interfused,
Embracing round this florid earth.
Milton.

2.
To spread through; to permeate; to pervade.
[R.]

Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands.
Lowell.

3.
To mix up together; to associate.
H. Spencer.


word: Interfusion
definition:
Interfusion

In`ter*fu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. interfusio.]
The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.
Coleridge.


word: Interganglionic
definition:
Interganglionic

In`ter*gan`gli*on"ic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.


word: Interglobular
definition:
Interglobular

In`ter*glob"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.


word: Intergrave
definition:
Intergrave

In`ter*grave"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Intergraved (?); p. p. Intergraved or Intergraven (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Intergraving.]
To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

The work itself of the bases, was intergraven.
3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )


word: Interhaemal
definition:
Interhaemal

Interhemal

{ In`ter*he"mal, In`ter*hæ"mal  }
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the hemal arches or hemal spines.
n. An interhemal spine or cartilage.


word: Interhyal
definition:
Interhyal

In`ter*hy"al
(?)
a.
[Inter- + the Greek letter _;.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.
n. An interhyal ligament or cartilage.


word: Interim
definition:
Interim

In"ter*im
(?)
n.
[L., fr. inter between + im, an old accusative of is he, this, that.]

1.
The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.

All the interim is
Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.
Shak.

2.
(Hist.)
A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.


word: Interior
definition:
Interior

In*te"ri*or
(?)
a.
[L., compar. fr. inter between: cf. F. intérieur. See Inter-, and cf. Intimate.]

1.
Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.

2.
Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.

Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle. -- Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth. -- Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.


word: Interior₂
definition:
Interior

In*te"ri*or
n.
1.
That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

2.
The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.


word: interiorise
definition:
interiorise

interiorise
v. t.
(psychology)
to incorporate within oneself; same as interiorize.
[Chiefly Brit.]

Syn. -- internalize, internalise, interiorize.


word: interiorize
definition:
interiorize

interiorize
v. t.
(Psychology)
to incorporate within oneself.

Syn. -- internalize, internalise, interiorise.


word: Interjacency
definition:
Interjacency

Interjacence

{ In`ter*ja"cence (?), In`ter*ja"cen*cy (?), }
n.
[See Interjacent.]
The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

England and Scotland is divided only by the interjacency of the Tweed.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Interjacent
definition:
Interjacent

In`ter*ja"cent
(?)
a.
[L. interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere to lie between; inter between + jacēre to lie.]
Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Interjangle
definition:
Interjangle

In`ter*jan"gle
(?)
v. i.
To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily.
[R.]
Daniel.


word: Interject
definition:
Interject

In`ter*ject"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.]
[L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jacĕre to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Interject₂
definition:
Interject

In`ter*ject"
v. i.
To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.
Sir G. Buck.


word: Interjection
definition:
Interjection

In`ter*jec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See Interject.]

1.
The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

The interjection of laughing.
Bacon.

2.
(Gram.)
A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.

An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech.
Earle.

How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he!
Shak.


word: Interjectional
definition:
Interjectional

In`ter*jec"tion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

2.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.

Certain of the natural accompaniments of interjectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and gesticulations, are restrained by civilization.
Earle.


word: Interjectionalize
definition:
Interjectionalize

In`ter*jec"tion*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
To convert into, or to use as, an interjection.
Earle.


word: Interjoin
definition:
Interjoin

In`ter*join"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjoining.]
[Pref. inter + join.]
To join mutually; to unite.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Interjoist
definition:
Interjoist

In"ter*joist`
(?)
n.
(Carp.)
1.
The space or interval between two joists.
Gwilt.

2.
A middle joist or crossbeam.
De Colange.


word: Interjunction
definition:
Interjunction

In`ter*junc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interjunctus, p. p. of interjungere to join together. See Inter-, and Join, and cf. Interjoin.]
A mutual joining.
[R.]


word: Interlace
definition:
Interlace

In`ter*lace"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Interlaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing (?).]
[OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.]
To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

Severed into stripes
That interlaced each other.
Cowper.

The epic way is everywhere interlaced with dialogue.
Dryden.

Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.


word: Interlacement
definition:
Interlacement

In`ter*lace"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. entrelacement.]
The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.


word: Interlaminar
definition:
Interlaminar

Interlamellar

{ In`ter*lam"el*lar (?), In`ter*lam"i*nar (?) }
a.
(Anat.)
Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.


word: Interlapse
definition:
Interlapse

In"ter*lapse`
(?)
n.
[Pref. inter- + lapse: cf. L. interlabi, interlapsus, to fall, slide, or flow, between.]
The lapse or interval of time between two events.
[R.]
Harvey.


word: Interlard
definition:
Interlard

In`ter*lard"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding.]
[F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and Lard.]

1.
To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean.
[Obs.]

Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded.
Drayton.

2.
Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions.

The English laws . . . [were] mingled and interlarded with many particular laws of their own.
Sir M. Hale.

They interlard their native drinks with choice
Of strongest brandy.
J. Philips.


word: Interlay
definition:
Interlay

In`ter*lay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interlaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlaying.]
To lay or place among or between.
Daniel.


word: Interleaf
definition:
Interleaf

In"ter*leaf`
(?)
n.
pl. Interleaves (#).
[See Interleave.]
A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.


word: Interleave
definition:
Interleave

In`ter*leave"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interleaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interleaving.]
[Pref. inter- + leaf.]
1.
To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

2.
Hence:
To insert something alternately between the parts of; as, to interleave transparencies with the corresponding pages.


word: Interline
definition:
Interline

In`ter*line"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interlined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlining.]
[Pref. inter- + line: cf. LL. interlineare, F. interlinéer, OF. entreligner.]

1.
To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book.
Swift.

2.
To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English.
Locke.

3.
To mark or imprint with lines.

A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow.
Marlowe.


word: Interlinear
definition:
Interlinear

Interlineal

{ In`ter*lin"e*al (?), In`ter*lin"e*ar (?), }
a.
[Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire.]
Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc.
In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.


word: Interlineation
definition:
Interlineation

In`ter*lin`e*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. interlinéation.]

1.
The act of interlining.

2.
That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.


word: interlingua
definition:
interlingua

in`ter*lin"gua
(?)
n.
A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua.


word: Interlining
definition:
Interlining

In`ter*lin"ing
(?)
n.
Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Interlobar
definition:
Interlobar

In`ter*lo"bar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.


word: Interlobular
definition:
Interlobular

In`ter*lob"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + lobular: cf. F. interlobulaire.]
(Anat.)
Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.


word: Interlock
definition:
Interlock

In`ter*lock"
(?)
v. i.
To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.


word: Interlock₂
definition:
Interlock

In`ter*lock"
v. t.
1.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

My lady with her fingers interlocked.
Tennyson.

2.
To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.


word: interlocking
definition:
interlocking

in`ter*lock"ing
a.
Connected together in such a manner that the parts work together as a single unit, or in a coordianted manner.


word: Interlocution
definition:
Interlocution

In`ter*lo*cu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interlocutio, from interloqui, interlocutus, to speak between; inter between + loqui to speak: cf. F. interlocution. See Loquacious.]

1.
Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.

2.
(Law)
An intermediate act or decree before final decision.
Ayliffe.

3.
Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.


word: Interlocutor
definition:
Interlocutor

In`ter*loc"u*tor
(?; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. interlocuteur.]

1.
One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Law)
An interlocutory judgment or sentence.


word: Interlocutory
definition:
Interlocutory

In`ter*loc"u*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]

1.
Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.

Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
Fiddes.

2.
(Law)
Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action; as, an interlocutory judgement.

&hand_; An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.


word: Interlope
definition:
Interlope

In`ter*lope"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Interloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interloping.]
[See Interloper.]
To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.


word: Interloper
definition:
Interloper

In"ter*lo`per
(?; 277)
n.
[Pref. inter- + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, and cf. Elope.]
One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.

The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions.
I. Taylor.


word: Interlucate
definition:
Interlucate

In`ter*lu"cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter between + lux, lucis, light.]
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.
[Obs.]


word: Interlucation
definition:
Interlucation

In`ter*lu*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interlucatio.]
Act of thinning a wood to let in light.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Interlucent
definition:
Interlucent

In`ter*lu"cent
(?)
a.
[L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent.]
Shining between.


word: Interlude
definition:
Interlude

In`ter*lude
(?)
n.
[OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See Ludicrous.]

1.
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes
When monarch reason sleeps.
Dryden.

2.
A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

3.
(Mus.)
A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

4.
Hence:
Any intervening period of time, space, etc.; a pause between phases of an activity.


word: Interluded
definition:
Interluded

In"ter*lu`ded
(?)
a.
Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.


word: Interluency
definition:
Interluency

In"ter*lu`en*cy
(?)
n.
[L. interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow between; inter + luere.]
A flowing between; intervening water.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Interlunary
definition:
Interlunary

Interlunar

{ In`ter*lu"nar (?), In`ter*lu"na*ry (?), }
a.
[Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.
Milton.


word: Intermandibular
definition:
Intermandibular

In`ter*man*dib"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.


word: Intermarriage
definition:
Intermarriage

In`ter*mar"riage
(?)
n.
Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations.


word: Intermarry
definition:
Intermarry

In`ter*mar"ry
(?)
v. i.
To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc.

About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry.
Swift.


word: Intermaxillary
definition:
Intermaxillary

In`ter*max"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
(a)
Between the maxillary bones.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ.
n. An intermaxilla.


word: Intermeation
definition:
Intermeation

In`ter*me*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare to go.]
A flowing between.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Intermeddle
definition:
Intermeddle

In`ter*med"dle
(?)
v. i.
[OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle.]
To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.

The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states.
Bacon.


word: Intermeddle₂
definition:
Intermeddle

In`ter*med"dle
(?)
v. t.
To intermix; to mingle.
[Obs.]

Many other adventures are intermeddled.
Spenser.


word: Intermeddler
definition:
Intermeddler

In`ter*med"dler
(?)
n.
One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.
Swift.


word: Intermeddlesome
definition:
Intermeddlesome

In`ter*med"dle*some
(?)
a.
Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.
In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n.


word: Intermede
definition:
Intermede

In"ter*mede
(?)
n.
[F. intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius, adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio.  Cf. Intermezzo.]
A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.


word: Intermediae
definition:
Intermediae

In`ter*me"di*æ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.]
(Zool.)
The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.


word: Intermedial
definition:
Intermedial

In`ter*me"di*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.]
Lying between; intervening; intermediate.
Intermedial
Evelyn.


word: Intermediary
definition:
Intermediary

In`ter*me"di*a*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intermédiaire.]
Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.


word: Intermediary₂
definition:
Intermediary

In`ter*me"di*a*ry
n.
pl. Intermediaries (_;).
One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator.


word: Intermediate
definition:
Intermediate

In`ter*me"di*ate
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]
1.
Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

2.
Hence:
Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.

Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. -- Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means. -- Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie.


word: Intermediate₃
definition:
Intermediate

In`ter*me"di*ate
(?)
n.
1.
A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.

2.
Something that is intermediate.

3.
Specifically:
(Chem.)
A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; -- contrasted to starting material and end product or final product.  There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses.
The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms.


word: intermediate school
definition:
intermediate school

in`ter*me"di*ate school`
(?)
n.
A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc.


word: Intermediation
definition:
Intermediation

In`ter*me`di*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition.
Burke.


word: Intermedium
definition:
Intermedium

In`ter*me"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. Intermediums (#), L. Intermedia (#).
[NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]

1.
Intermediate space.
[R.]

2.
An intervening agent or instrument.
Cowper.

3.
(Anat.)
The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.


word: Intermell
definition:
Intermell

In`ter*mell"
(?)
v. i. & t.
[See Intermeddle.]
To intermeddle; to intermix.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.


word: Intermembral
definition:
Intermembral

In`ter*mem"bral
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.


word: Intermembranous
definition:
Intermembranous

In`ter*mem"bra*nous
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.


word: Interment
definition:
Interment

In*ter"ment
(?)
n.
[OE. enterment, F. enterrement. See Inter, v. t.]
The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.
T. Warton.


word: Intermention
definition:
Intermention

In`ter*men"tion
(?)
v. t.
To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.
[Obs.]


word: Intermesenteric
definition:
Intermesenteric

In`ter*mes`en*ter"ic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.


word: Intermezzo
definition:
Intermezzo

In`ter*mez"zo
(?)
n.
[It. See Intermede.]
(Mus.)
An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.


word: Intermicate
definition:
Intermicate

In`ter*mi"cate
(?)
v. i.
[L. intermicare; inter- between + micare to glitter.]
To flash or shine between or among.
[R.]
Blount.


word: Intermigration
definition:
Intermigration

In`ter*mi*gra"tion
(?)
n.
Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Interminable
definition:
Interminable

In*ter"mi*na*ble
(?)
a.
[L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]
Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon.

That wild interminable waste of waves.
Grainger.


word: Interminate
definition:
Interminate

In*ter"mi*nate
a.
[L. interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of terminate.]
Endless; as, interminate sleep.
Chapman.


word: Interminate₂
definition:
Interminate

In*ter"mi*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter between + minari to threaten.]
To menace; to threaten.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Interminated
definition:
Interminated

In*ter"mi*na`ted
(?)
a.
Interminable; interminate; endless; unending.
[Obs.]
Akenside.


word: Intermingle₂
definition:
Intermingle

In`ter*min"gle
v. i.
To be mixed or incorporated.

Party and faction will intermingle.
Swift.


word: Intermise
definition:
Intermise

In"ter*mise
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. entremise. See Intermission.]
Interference; interposition.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Intermission
definition:
Intermission

In`ter*mis"sion
(?)
n.
[L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.]

1.
The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
B. Jonson.

2.
Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.

Rest or intermission none I find.
Milton.

3.
Specifically:
The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.

4.
(Med.)
The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.

5.
Intervention; interposition.
[Obs.]
Heylin.


word: Intermissive
definition:
Intermissive

In`ter*mis"sive
(?)
a.
Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.
Intermissive
Shak.
Intermissive
Howell.


word: Intermit
definition:
Intermit

In`ter*mit"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intermitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.]
[L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.
Shak.


word: Intermit₂
definition:
Intermit

In`ter*mit"
v. i.
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.
Pope.


word: Intermittence
definition:
Intermittence

In`ter*mit"tence
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. intermittence.]
Act or state of intermitting; intermission.
Tyndall.


word: Intermittent
definition:
Intermittent

In`ter*mit"tent
(?)
a.
[L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.]
Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever.
Boyle.

Intermittent fever (Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever. -- Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion. -- Intermittent springs, springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.


word: Intermittently
definition:
Intermittently

In`ter*mit"tent*ly
adv.
With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.


word: Intermix
definition:
Intermix

In`ter*mix"
(?)
v. t.
To mix together; to intermingle.

In yonder spring of roses, intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
Milton.


word: Intermixture
definition:
Intermixture

In`ter*mix"ture
(?; 135)
n.
1.
A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
Boyle.

2.
Admixture; an additional ingredient.

In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly.
Bacon.


word: Intermobility
definition:
Intermobility

In`ter*mo*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.


word: Intermontane
definition:
Intermontane

In`ter*mon"tane
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr. mons, montis, mountain.]
Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.


word: Intermural
definition:
Intermural

In`ter*mu"ral
(?)
a.
1.
Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.

2.
Taking place between two different institutions or cities; as, an intermural soccer match between two schools.


word: Intermure
definition:
Intermure

In`ter*mure"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intermured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intermuring.]
[Pref. inter- + L. murus wall.]
To wall in; to inclose.
[Obs.]
Ford.


word: Intern₂
definition:
Intern

In*tern"
v. t.
[F. interne. See Intern, a.]
1.
To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

2.
To hold until the end of a war, as enemy citizens in a country at the time of outbreak of hostilities; -- an action performed by countries.


word: intern
definition:
intern

in*tern"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(F. pron. ăN`târn")
1.
(Med.)
A resident physician in a hospital, especially one who has recently received the Doctorate and is practising under supervision of experienced physicians, as a continuation of the training process; a house physician; also called houseman in Britain.
[Also spelled interne.]

2.
A person working as an apprentice to gain experience in an occupation; sometimes the position is paid a salary, and other times it is not; as, a white house intern; an intern in a law firm.


word: Internal
definition:
Internal

In*tern"al
(?)
a.
[L. internus; akin to interior. See Interior.]

1.
Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

2.
Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

3.
Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

4.
Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.

With our Savior, internal purity is everything.
Paley.

5.
Intrinsic; inherent; real.
[R.]

The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God.
Rogers.

6.
(Anat.)
Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior. -- Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.


word: Internal-combustion engine
definition:
Internal-combustion engine

Internal-combustion

In*ter"nal-com*bus"tion
a.
(Mach.)
Designating, or pertaining to, any engine (called an Internal-combustion engine) in which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce motion is developed in the engine cylinder, as by the explosion of a gas, and not in a separate chamber, as in a steam-engine boiler. The gas used may be a fixed gas, or one derived from alcohol, ether, gasoline (petrol), naphtha, oil (petroleum), etc. There are three main classes: (1) gas engines proper, using fixed gases, as coal, blast-furnace, or producer gas; (2) engines using the vapor of a volatile fluid, as the typical gasoline (petrol) engine; (3) oil engines, using either an atomized spray or the vapor (produced by heat) of a comparatively heavy oil, as petroleum or kerosene. In all of these the gas is mixed with a definite amount of air, the charge is composed in the cylinder and is then exploded either by a flame of gas (flame ignition -- now little used), by a hot tube (tube ignition) or the like, by an electric spark (electric ignition, the usual method is gasoline engines, or by the heat of compression, as in the Diesel engine. Gas and oil engines are chiefly of the stationary type. Gasoline engines are largely used for automobile vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water jacket (water-cooled) or by air currents (air cooled) to give the maximum thermodynamic efficiency and to avoid excessive friction or seizing.


word: internalise
definition:
internalise

internalise
v.
(Psychology)
Same as internalize.

Syn. -- internalize, interiorize, interiorise.


word: internalization
definition:
internalization

internalization
n.
1.
learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself.

Syn. -- incorporation.


word: internalize
definition:
internalize

internalize
v. t.
(Psychology)
to incorporate within oneself.

Syn. -- internalise, interiorize, interiorise.


word: Internally
definition:
Internally

In*ter"nal*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

2.
Hence: Mentally; spiritually.
Jer. Taylor.


word: International
definition:
International

In`ter*na"tion*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + national: cf. F. international.]

1.
Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.

2.
Of or concerning the association called the International.

3.
Independent of national boundaries; common to all people; as, the atmosphere is an international resource; the international community of scholars.

International code (Naut.), a common system of signaling adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby communication may be had between vessels at sea. -- International copyright. See under Copyright. -- International law, the rules regulating the mutual intercourse of nations. International law is mainly the product of the conditions from time to time of international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals in treaties. It is called public when treating of the relations of sovereign powers, and private when of the relations of persons of different nationalities. International law is now, by the better opinion, part of the common law of the land.  Cf. Conflict of laws, under Conflict. Wharton.


word: International₂
definition:
International

In`ter*na"tion*al
n.
[Cf. F. internationale.]

1.
The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.

2.
A member of the International Association.


word: internationalisation
definition:
internationalisation

internationalisation
n.
the act of bringing something under international control.
[Chiefly Brit.]

Syn. -- internationalization.


word: internationalise
definition:
internationalise

internationalise
v. t.
1.
Same as internationalize.

Syn. -- internationalize, make international.


word: Internationalism
definition:
Internationalism

In`ter*na"tion*al*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

2.
The doctrines or organization of the International.


word: Internationalist
definition:
Internationalist

In`ter*na"tion*al*ist
n.
1.
One who is versed in the principles of international law.

2.
A member of the International; one who believes in, or advocates the doctrines of, the International.


word: internationalistic
definition:
internationalistic

internationalistic
adj.
favoring cooperation among nations; -- of people and policies.

Syn. -- internationalist.


word: internationality
definition:
internationality

internationality
n.
quality of being international in scope; as, he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology.

Syn. -- internationalism.


word: internationalization
definition:
internationalization

internationalization
n.
1.
the act of bringing something under international control.

Syn. -- internationalisation.


word: Internationalize
definition:
Internationalize

In`ter*na"tion*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic enterprise.


word: Internationally
definition:
Internationally

In`ter*na"tion*al*ly
adv.
In an international manner; from an international point of view.


word: Interne
definition:
Interne

In*terne"
(?)
n.
[See Intern, a.]
That which is within; the interior.
[Poetic]
Mrs. Browning.


word: Internecine
definition:
Internecine

In`ter*ne"cine
(?)
a.
[L. internecinus deadly, murderous, fr. internecare to kill, to slaughter; inter between + necare to kill; akin to Gr. _; dead. See Necromancy.]
1.
Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.

Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood.
Motley.

2.
Of or pertaining to internal conflicts within a group; as, internecine quarrels.

Syn. -- intramural.


word: Internecion
definition:
Internecion

In`ter*ne"cion
(?)
n.
[L. internecio.]
Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Internection
definition:
Internection

In`ter*nec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. internectere to bind together; inter between + nectere to fasten.]
Intimate connection.
[Obs.]
W. Montagu.


word: internet
definition:
internet

in"ter*net
(ĭn"tẽr*nĕt)
n.
A large network{3} of numerous computers connected through a number of major nodes of high-speed computers having high-speed communications channels between the major nodes, and numerous minor nodes allowing electronic communication among millions of computers around the world; -- usually referred to as the internet.  It is the basis for the World-Wide Web.


word: Interneural
definition:
Interneural

In`ter*neu"ral
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the neural arches or neural spines.
n. An interneural spine or cartilage.


word: Internment
definition:
Internment

In*tern"ment
(?)
n.
[F. internement. See Intern.]
1.
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

2.
Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power.


word: Internodal
definition:
Internodal

In`ter*no"dal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.


word: Internode
definition:
Internode

In"ter*node`
(?)
n.
[L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]

1.
(Bot.)
The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.
H. Spenser.

2.
(Anat.)
A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.


word: internship
definition:
internship

in"tern*ship
(ĭn"tẽrn*shĭp)
n.
1.
(Med.)
The state of being an intern; the position of an intern.

2.
The period of time during which a person is an intern; as, she served her internship over the summer.

3.
A program to provide novices in a field with apprenticeship training.

4.
The period of time during which a novice in a field serves in a subordinate capacity and continues to gain experience; the learning period before one becomes an expert.


word: Internuncial
definition:
Internuncial

In`ter*nun"cial
(?)
a.
[See Internuncio.]

1.
Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

2.
(Physiol.)
Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system.
Carpenter.


word: Internuncio
definition:
Internuncio

In`ter*nun"ci*o
(?)
n.
pl. Internuncios (#).
[L. internuntius; inter between + nuntius, nuncius, messenger: cf. It. internunzio. See Nuncio.]

1.
A messenger between two parties.
Johnson.

2.
A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

&hand_; This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at Constantinople.


word: Interoceanic
definition:
Interoceanic

In`ter*o`ce*an"ic
(?)
a.
Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.


word: Interocular
definition:
Interocular

In`ter*oc"u*lar
(?)
a.
Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.


word: interoperability
definition:
interoperability

in`ter*op`er*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
(Computers)
The quality of being interoperable.  Used of data structures or executable programs.


word: Interoperable
definition:
Interoperable

In`ter*op"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
(Computers)
Being able to function in two or more different programs or operating systems.  Used of data structures or executable programs; as, Microsoft Word files are interoperable between Intel and Macintosh operating environments..


word: Interopercular
definition:
Interopercular

In`ter*o*per"cu*lar
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.
n. The interopercular bone.


word: Interoperculum
definition:
Interoperculum

In`ter*o*per"cu*lum
(?)
n.
pl. -la (-lȧ).
(Anat.)
The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.


word: Interosculant
definition:
Interosculant

In`ter*os"cu*lant
(?)
a.
1.
Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.

2.
(Biol.)
Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.


word: Interosculate
definition:
Interosculate

In`ter*os"cu*late
(?)
v. i. & t.
1.
To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.

2.
(Biol.)
To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.


word: Interosseous
definition:
Interosseous

Interosseal

{ In`ter*os"se*al (?), In`ter*os"se*ous (?), }
a.
[Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux.]
(Anat.)
Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.


word: Interpale
definition:
Interpale

In`ter*pale"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.

2.
To interweave or interlace.
[R.]
Brende.


word: Interparietal
definition:
Interparietal

In`ter*pa*ri"e*tal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture.
n. The interparietal bone or cartilage.


word: Interpedencular
definition:
Interpedencular

In`ter*pe*den"cu*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.


word: Interpel
definition:
Interpel

In`ter*pel"
(?)
v. t.
[L. interpellare, interpellatum; inter between + pellare (in comp.), akin to pellere to drive: cf. F. interpeller.  Cf. Interpellate.]
To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.
[Obs.]

I am interpelled by many businesses.
Howell.


word: Interpellant
definition:
Interpellant

In`ter*pel"lant
(?)
a.
[L. interpellans, p. pr. See Interpel.]
Interpelling; interrupting.
n. One who, or that which, interpels.


word: Interpellate
definition:
Interpellate

In`ter*pel"late
(?)
v. t.
[See Interpel.]
To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.


word: Interpellation
definition:
Interpellation

In`ter*pel*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.]

1.
The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
interpellations
Bp. Hall.

2.
The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.

Accepted by his interpellation and intercession.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.

4.
A official summons or citation.
Ayliffe.


word: Interpenetrate
definition:
Interpenetrate

In`ter*pen"e*trate
(?)
v. t.
To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.

It interpenetrates my granite mass.
Shelley.


word: Interpenetrate₂
definition:
Interpenetrate

In`ter*pen"e*trate
v. i.
To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.

Interpenetrating molding (Arch.), in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.


word: Interpenetration
definition:
Interpenetration

In`ter*pen`e*tra"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration; also, the result of a process of interpenetration.
Milman.


word: Interpenetrative
definition:
Interpenetrative

In`ter*pen"e*tra*tive
(?)
a.
Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.


word: Interpetalary
definition:
Interpetalary

In`ter*pet"al*a*ry
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Between the petals of a flower.


word: Interphalangeal
definition:
Interphalangeal

In`ter*pha*lan"ge*al
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.


word: Interpilaster
definition:
Interpilaster

In`ter*pi*las"ter
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
The interval or space between two pilasters.
Elmes.


word: Interplace
definition:
Interplace

In`ter*place"
(?)
v. t.
To place between or among; as, to interplace a name.
[R.]
Daniel.


word: Interplanetary
definition:
Interplanetary

In`ter*plan"et*a*ry
(?)
a.
Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces; interplanetary travel.
Boyle.


word: Interplay
definition:
Interplay

In`ter*play`
(?)
n.
Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.


word: Interplead
definition:
Interplead

In`ter*plead"
(?)
v. i.
(Law)
To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader.
[Written also enterplead.]


word: Interpleader
definition:
Interpleader

In`ter*plead"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who interpleads.

2.
(Law)
A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.


word: Interpoint
definition:
Interpoint

In`ter*point"
(?)
v. t.
To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
[R.]

Her sighs should interpoint her words.
Daniel.


word: Interpolable
definition:
Interpolable

In*ter"po*la*ble
(?)
a.
That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.

A most interpolable clause of one sentence.
De Morgan.


word: Interpolate
definition:
Interpolate

In*ter"po*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interpolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.]
[L. interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See Polish, v. t.]

1.
To renew; to carry on with intermission.
[Obs.]

Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . . . partly interpolated and interrupted.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author.

How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated, you may see by the vast difference of all copies and editions.
Bp. Barlow.

The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose.
Pope.

3.
(Math.)
To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series; to estimate a value at a point intermediate between points of knwon value.  Compare extrapolate.


word: Interpolated
definition:
Interpolated

In*ter"po*la`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.

2.
(Math.)
(a)
Provided with necessary interpolations; as, an interpolated table.
(b)
Introduced or determined by interpolation; as, interpolated quantities or numbers.


word: Interpolation
definition:
Interpolation

In*ter`po*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interpolatio an alteration made here and there: cf. F. interpolation.]
1.
The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

2.
That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.

Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.
De Quincey.

3.
(Math.)
The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.


word: Interpolator
definition:
Interpolator

In*ter"po*la`tor
(?)
n.
[L., a corrupter: of. F. interpolateur.]
One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.


word: Interpone
definition:
Interpone

In`ter*pone"
(?)
v. t.
[L. interponere; inter between + ponere to place. See Position.]
To interpose; to insert or place between.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Interponent
definition:
Interponent

In`ter*po"nent
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.
[R.]
Heywood.


word: Interposal
definition:
Interposal

In`ter*pos"al
(?)
n.
[From Interpose.]
The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.


word: Interpose
definition:
Interpose

In`ter*pose"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing.]
[F. interposer. See Inter-, and Pose, v. t.]

1.
To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.

Mountains interposed
Make enemies of nations.
Cowper.

2.
To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling.

What watchful cares do interpose themselves
Betwixt your eyes and night?
Shak.

The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man.
Woodward.

3.
To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
Milton.


word: Interpose₂
definition:
Interpose

In`ter*pose"
v. i.
1.
To be or come between.

Long hid by interposing hill or wood.
Cowper.

2.
To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
Pope.

3.
To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
Boyle.


word: Interposer
definition:
Interposer

In`ter*pos"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties.
Shak.


word: Interposit
definition:
Interposit

In`ter*pos"it
(?)
n.
[From L. interpositus, p. p. of interponere. See Interposition.]
An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.
Mitford.


word: Interposition
definition:
Interposition

In`ter*po*si"tion
(?; 277)
n.
[L. interpositio a putting between, insertion, fr. interponere, interpositum: cf. F. interposition. See Interpone, Position.]

1.
The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

2.
The thing interposed.


word: Interpret
definition:
Interpret

In*ter"pret
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interpreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpreting.]
[F. interprêter, L. interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpres interpeter, agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of pretium price. See Price.]

1.
To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matt. i. 23.

And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Gen. xli. 8.

2.
To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.


word: Interpretable
definition:
Interpretable

In*ter"pret*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. interpretabilis: cf. F. interprêtable.]
Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.


word: Interpretation
definition:
Interpretation

In*ter`pre*ta"tion
(ĭn*tẽr`pre̝*tā"shŭn)
n.
[L. interpretatio: cf. F. interprétation.]

1.
The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

Look how we can, or sad or merrily,
Interpretation will misquote our looks.
Shak.

2.
The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

3.
The power or explaining.
[R.]
Bacon.

4.
(Fine Arts)
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

5.
(Math.)
The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.


word: Interpretative
definition:
Interpretative

In*ter"pre*ta*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. interprétatif.]

1.
Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.
Interpretative
Johnson.

2.
According to interpretation; constructive.

An interpretative siding with heresies.
Hammond.


word: Interpreter
definition:
Interpreter

In*ter"pret*er
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator.]
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts.
Locke.


word: Interpubic
definition:
Interpubic

In`ter*pu"bic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.


word: Interpunction
definition:
Interpunction

In`ter*punc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interpunctio, fr. interpungere, interppunctum, to interpoint. See Inter-, and Point.]
The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.


word: Interradial
definition:
Interradial

In`ter*ra"di*al
(?)
a.
Between the radii, or rays; -- in Zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.


word: Interramal
definition:
Interramal

In`ter*ra"mal
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + L. ramus a branch.]
(Anat.)
Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.


word: Interregent
definition:
Interregent

In`ter*re"gent
(?)
n.
A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.
Holland.


word: Interregnum
definition:
Interregnum

In`ter*reg"num
(?)
n.
pl. Interregnums (#).
[L., fr. inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See Reign, and cf. Interreign.]

1.
The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

2.
Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.


word: Interrelated
definition:
Interrelated

In`ter*re*lat"ed
(?)
a.
Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.


word: interrelatedness
definition:
interrelatedness

interrelatedness
n.
mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; interrelation.

Syn. -- interrelation, interrelationship.


word: Interrenal
definition:
Interrenal

In`ter*re"nal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes.
n. The interrenal body.


word: Interrex
definition:
Interrex

In"ter*rex`
(?)
n.
pl. E. Interrexes (#), L. Interreges (#).
[L., fr. inter between + rex king.]
An interregent, or a regent.


word: Interrogate
definition:
Interrogate

In*ter"ro*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interrogating (?).]
[L. interrogatus, p. p. of interrogare to ask; inter between + rogare to ask. See Rogation.]
To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate,
Talker! the unreplying Fate?
Emerson.


word: Interrogation
definition:
Interrogation

In*ter`ro*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.]

1.
The act or process of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; an instance of interrogating; inquiry.

2.
A question put; an inquiry.

3.
A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query.  Usually called a question mark; called also interrogation point.

&hand_; In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus (¿)], at the beginning.


word: Interrogative
definition:
Interrogative

In`ter*rog"a*tive
(_;)
a.
[L. interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.]
Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.


word: Interrogatively
definition:
Interrogatively

In`ter*rog"a*tive*ly
adv.
In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.


word: Interrogator
definition:
Interrogator

In*ter"ro*ga`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. interrogateur.]
One who asks questions; a questioner.


word: Interrogatory
definition:
Interrogatory

In`ter*rog"a*to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Interrogatories (#).
[Cf. F. interrogatoire.]
A formal question or inquiry;
esp.
(Law)
a question or series of questions asked in writing, usually as part of a lawsuit.
Macaulay.


word: Interrogatory₂
definition:
Interrogatory

In`ter*rog"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. interrogatorius.]
Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.


word: Interrupt
definition:
Interrupt

In`ter*rupt"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.]
[L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]

1.
To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.

Do not interrupt me in my course.
Shak.

2.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.


word: Interrupted
definition:
Interrupted

In`ter*rupt"ed
a.
1.
Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

2.
(Bot.)
Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.


word: Interruptedly
definition:
Interruptedly

In`ter*rupt"ed*ly
adv.
With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.

Interruptedly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones. Gray.


word: Interrupter
definition:
Interrupter

In`ter*rupt"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, interrupts.

2.
(Elec.)
A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself.
[Also spelled interruptor.]


word: Interruption
definition:
Interruption

In`ter*rup"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.]

1.
The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

2.
The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
Sir M. Hale.

Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part.
Dryden.

3.
Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.

4.
Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.


word: Interruptive
definition:
Interruptive

In`ter*rupt"ive
(?)
a.
Tending to interrupt; interrupting.
Interruptive
H. Bushnell.
In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.


word: Interscapular
definition:
Interscapular

In`ter*scap"u*lar
(?)
a.
1.
(Anat.)
Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.

2.
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.


word: Interscendent
definition:
Interscendent

In`ter*scend"ent
(?)
a.
[See Inter-, and Ascend.]
(Math.)
Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, x√2, or x√a.

Interscendent series, a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.


word: Interscind
definition:
Interscind

In`ter*scind"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interscinding.]
[L. interscindere; inter between + scindere to cut.]
To cut off.
[R.]


word: Interscribe
definition:
Interscribe

In`ter*scribe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interscribing.]
[L. interscribere; inter between + scribere to write.]
To write between.
[R.]


word: Intersecant
definition:
Intersecant

In`ter*se"cant
(?)
a.
[L. intersecans, p. pr. of intersecare. See Intersect.]
Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.


word: Intersect
definition:
Intersect

In`ter*sect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Intersected; p. pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.]
[L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See Section.]
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.

Lands intersected by a narrow frith
Abhor each other.
Cowper.


word: Intersect₂
definition:
Intersect

In`ter*sect"
(?)
v. i.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.


word: intersecting
definition:
intersecting

intersectant

intersectant intersecting
adj.
having at least one spatial point in common.

Syn. -- crossed, decussate.


word: Intersection
definition:
Intersection

In`ter*sec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. intersectio: cf. F. intersection.]

1.
The act, state, or place of intersecting.

2.
(Geom.)
The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.


word: Interseminate
definition:
Interseminate

In`ter*sem"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-, and Seminate.]
To sow between or among.
[R.]


word: Interseptal
definition:
Interseptal

In`ter*sep"tal
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.


word: Intersert
definition:
Intersert

In`ter*sert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interserting.]
[L. intersertus, p. p. of interserere to intersert; inter between + serere to join, weave.]
To put in between other things; to insert.
[Obs.]
Brerewood.


word: Interserttion
definition:
Interserttion

In`ter*sert"tion
(?)
n.
The act of interserting, or that which is interserted.
[Obs.]
Hammond.


word: Intersesamoid
definition:
Intersesamoid

In`ter*ses"a*moid
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.


word: Intersocial
definition:
Intersocial

In`ter*so"cial
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.


word: Intersomnious
definition:
Intersomnious

In`ter*som"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. inter- + L. somnus sleep.]
Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.
[R.]


word: Interspace
definition:
Interspace

In"ter*space`
(?)
n.
[L. interspatium. See Inter-, and Space.]
Intervening space.
Bp. Hacket.


word: Intersperse
definition:
Intersperse

In`ter*sperse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Interspersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interspersing.]
[L. interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See Sparse.]

1.
To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.

There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades,
Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades.
Pope.

2.
To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures.

Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock.
Cook.


word: Interspersion
definition:
Interspersion

In`ter*sper"sion
(?)
n.
The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.


word: Interspinous
definition:
Interspinous

Interspinal

{ In`ter*spi"nal (?), In`ter*spi"nous (?), }
a.
(Anat.)
Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.


word: Interspiration
definition:
Interspiration

In`ter*spi*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interspiratio. See Inter-, and Spirit.]
Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Interstapedial
definition:
Interstapedial

In`ter*sta*pe"di*al
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial.
n. The interstapedial part of the columella.


word: Interstate
definition:
Interstate

In"ter*state`
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce.
Story.


word: interstate
definition:
interstate

in"ter*state`
(?)
n.
An interstate highway, part of the United States Interstate Highway system.


word: interstate commerce
definition:
interstate commerce

in"ter*state` com"merce
(?)
n.
Commerce that involves transportation of articles of commerce across state lines.
[U.S.]


word: interstate commerce commission
definition:
interstate commerce commission

in"ter*state` com"merce com*mis"sion
(?)
n.
The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing regulations concerning interstate commerce.
[U. S.]


word: Intersternal
definition:
Intersternal

In`ter*ster"nal
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.


word: Interstice
definition:
Interstice

In*ter"stice
(?; 277)
n.
pl. Interstices (#).
[L. interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See Stand.]

1.
That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.

2.
An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.

Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.
Addis & Arnold.


word: Intersticed
definition:
Intersticed

In*ter"sticed
(?)
a.
Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.


word: Interstinctive
definition:
Interstinctive

In`ter*stinc"tive
(?)
a.
[L. interstinctus, p. p. of interstinguere to separate; inter + stinguere to extinguish.]
Distinguishing.
[Obs.]
Wallis.


word: Interstitial
definition:
Interstitial

In`ter*sti"tial
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.


word: Interstratification
definition:
Interstratification

In`ter*strat`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.


word: Interstratified
definition:
Interstratified

In`ter*strat"i*fied
(?)
a.
(Geol.)
Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.


word: Intertarsal
definition:
Intertarsal

In`ter*tar"sal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.


word: Intertex
definition:
Intertex

In`ter*tex"
(?)
v. t.
[L. intertexere; inter between + texere to weave.]
To intertwine; to weave or bind together.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Intertexture
definition:
Intertexture

In`ter*tex"ture
(?; 135)
n.
The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven.
intertexture
Coleridge.

Skirted thick with intertexture firm
Of thorny boughs.
Cowper.


word: Intertie
definition:
Intertie

In"ter*tie`
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.


word: Intertrigo
definition:
Intertrigo

In`ter*tri"go
(?)
n.
[L., fr. inter between + terere, tritum, to rub.]
(Med.)
A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.


word: Intertubular
definition:
Intertubular

In`ter*tu"bu*lar
(?)
a.
Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.


word: Intertwine
definition:
Intertwine

In`ter*twine"
(?)
v. t.
To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
Milton.


word: Intertwine₂
definition:
Intertwine

In`ter*twine"
v. i.
To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.


word: Intertwine₃
definition:
Intertwine

In`ter*twine"
(?)
n.
The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.
Coleridge.


word: Interungulate
definition:
Interungulate

Interungular

{ In`ter*un"gu*lar (?), In`ter*un"gu*late (?), }
a.
(Anat.)
Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.


word: Interurban
definition:
Interurban

In`ter*ur"ban
(ĭn`tẽr*ûr"ban)
a.
Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.


word: Interval
definition:
Interval

In"ter*val
(?)
n.
[L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See Wall.]

1.
A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,
A dreadful interval.
Milton.

2.
Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

3.
A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

4.
(Mus.)
Difference in pitch between any two tones.

At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. “And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals.” Tennyson. -- Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.


word: Intervale
definition:
Intervale

Interval

{ In"ter*val (?), In"ter*vale (?), }
n.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills.  Cf. Bottom, n., 7.
[Local, U. S.]

The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.
The Century.


word: Intervallum
definition:
Intervallum

In`ter*val"lum
(?)
n.
pl. Intervallums (#), L. Intervalla (#).
[L.]
An interval.
[R.]

And a' shall laugh without intervallums.
Shak.

In one of these intervalla.
Chillingworth.


word: Intervene
definition:
Intervene

In`ter*vene"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Intervened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.]
[L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come.]

1.
To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

2.
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.

3.
To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

4.
In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the   subject matter.
Abbott.


word: Intervene₂
definition:
Intervene

In`ter*vene"
v. t.
To come between.
[R.]

Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates.
De Quincey.


word: Intervener
definition:
Intervener

In`ter*ven"er
(?)
n.
One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.


word: Interveniency
definition:
Interveniency

Intervenience

{ In`ter*ven"ience (?), In`ter*ven"ien*cy (?), }
n.
Intervention; interposition.
[R.]


word: Intervenient
definition:
Intervenient

In`ter*ven"ient
(?)
a.
[L. interveniens, p. pr. of intervenire.]
Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Intervention
definition:
Intervention

In`ter*ven"tion
(?)
n.
[L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.]

1.
The act of intervening; interposition.

Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane.
Holder.

2.
Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; -- the intervention of one state in the affairs of another is typically unwelcome by the state being intervened in, but some cases of mediation between states may be called intervention.  Opposed to nonintervention.

Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power.
Sir W. Temple.

3.
(Civil Law)
The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.


word: Interventor
definition:
Interventor

In`ter*ven"tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. interventeur.]
One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.
Coleman.


word: Interventricular
definition:
Interventricular

In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.


word: Intervert
definition:
Intervert

In`ter*vert"
(?)
v. t.
[L. intervertere; inter between + vertere to turn.]
To turn to another course or use.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Interview
definition:
Interview

In"ter*view
(?)
n.
[F. entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see imperfectly, to have a glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each other. See Inter-, and View.]

1.
A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

2.
A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.

&hand_; A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently becoming general.


word: Interview₂
definition:
Interview

In"ter*view
v. t.
To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.
[Recent]


word: Interviewer
definition:
Interviewer

In"ter*view`er
(?)
n.
One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.

It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days.
Leslie Stephen.


word: Interviewing
definition:
Interviewing

In"ter*view`ing
n.
The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

An article on interviewing in the “Nation” of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name.
The American.


word: Intervisible
definition:
Intervisible

In`ter*vis"i*ble
(?)
a.
(Surv.)
Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.


word: Intervital
definition:
Intervital

In`ter*vi"tal
(?)
a.
Between two lives.
[R.]

Through all its [the spirit's] intervital gloom.
Tennyson.


word: Intervocalic
definition:
Intervocalic

In`ter*vo*cal"ic
(?)
a.
(Phon.)
Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.


word: intervolution
definition:
intervolution

in`ter*vo*lu"tion
(?)
n.
The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.
Hawthorne.


word: intervolve
definition:
intervolve

in`ter*volve"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. intervolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. intervolving.]
[Pref. inter- + L. volvere, volutum, to roll.]
To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
Milton.


word: interweave
definition:
interweave

in`ter*weave"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & obs. p. p. interwove (?); p. p. interwoven (?); p. pr. & vb. n. interweaving.]

1.
To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

Under the hospitable covert nigh
Of trees thick interwoven.
Milton.

2.
To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.
Dryden.

Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Milton.


word: intestable
definition:
intestable

in*tes"ta*ble
(?)
a.
[L. intestabilis: cf. F. intestable. See In- not, and Testable.]
(Law)
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.
Blackstone.


word: Intestacy
definition:
Intestacy

In*tes"ta*cy
(?)
n.
[From Intestate.]
The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
Blackstone.


word: Intestate
definition:
Intestate

In*tes"tate
(?)
a.
[L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See Testament.]

1.
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.
Blackstone.

Airy succeeders of intestate joys.
Shak.

2.
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.


word: Intestinal
definition:
Intestinal

In*tes"ti*nal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. intestinal.]
Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal enzymes.

Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm (Zool.), any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal.  The species are numerous.


word: Intestine
definition:
Intestine

In*tes"tine
(?)
a.
[L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]

1.
Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
Intestine stone and ulcers.
Milton.

2.
Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.

Hoping here to end
Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
Milton.

An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty.
Hume.

3.
Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.

Everything labors under an intestine necessity.
Cudworth.

4.
Shut up; inclosed.
[R.]
Cowper.


word: Intestine₂
definition:
Intestine

In*tes"tine
n.
pl. Intestines (#).
[L. intestinum: cf.  F. intestin. See Intestine, a.]

1.
(Anat.)
That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

2.
pl.
The bowels; entrails; viscera.

Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the cæcum, colon, and rectum. -- Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.


