Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (part 28 of 60)
Defn: Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak. "A most infortynate chance." Howell. - In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INFORTUNE In*for"tune, n. Etym: [L. infortunium. See In- not, and Fortune.]
Defn: Misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.
INFORTUNED In*for"tuned, a.
Defn: Unfortunate. [Obs.] I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer.
INFOUND In*found", v. t. Etym: [L. infundere to pour in. See Infuse.]
Defn: To pour in; to infuse. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
INFRA In*"fra, adv. Etym: [L. Cf. Inferior.]
Defn: Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
INFRA-AXILLARY In`fra-ax"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [Infra + axillary.] (Bot.)
Defn: Situated below the axil, as a bud.
INFRABRANCHIAL In`fra*bran"chi*al, a. Etym: [Infra + branchial.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.
INFRACLAVICULAR In`fra*cla*vic"u*lar, a. Etym: [Infra + clavicular.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.
INFRACT In*fract" (n-fr*kt''), a. Etym: [L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p.p. of frangere to break.]
Defn: Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman.
INFRACT In*fract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Infracting.] Etym: [L. infractus, p.p. of of infringere. See Infringe.]
Defn: To break; to infringe. [R.] Thomson.
INFRACTIBLE In*fract"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being broken.[R.]
INFRACTION In*frac"tion, n. Etym: [L. infractio: cf. F. infraction.]
Defn: The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law. I. Watts.
INFRACTOR In*fract"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. infracteur.]
Defn: One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
INFRAGRANT In*fra"grant, a.
Defn: Not fragrant.
INFRAHYOID In`fra*hy"oid, a. Etym: [Infra + hyoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Hyosternal (a).
INFRALABIAL In`fra*la"bi*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
INFRALAPSARIAN In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an, n. Etym: [Infra + lapse: cf. F. infralapsaire. See Lapse.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: 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.
INFRALAPSARIAN In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an, a. (Theor.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.
INFRALAPSARIANISM In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an*ism, n. (Theor.)
Defn: The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Inralapsarians.
INFRAMARGINAL In`fra*mar"gin*al, a. Etym: [Infra + marginal.]
Defn: Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.
INFRAMAXILLARY In`fra*max"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [Infra + maxillary.] (Anat.) (a) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
INFRAMEDIAN In`fra*me"di*an, a. Etym: [Infra + median.] (Zoölogical Geog.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. E. Forbes.
INFRAMUNDANE In`fra*mun"dane, a. Etym: [Infra + mundane.]
Defn: Lying or situated beneath the world.
INFRANCHISE In*fran"chise, v. t.
Defn: See Enfranchise.
INFRANGIBILITY In*fran`gi*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.
INFRANGIBLE In*fran"gi*ble, a. Etym: [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.
INFRANGIBLENESS In*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.
INFRAOCULAR In`fra*oc"u*lar, a. Etym: [Infra + ocular.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.
INFRAORBITAL In`fra*or"bit*al, a. Etym: [Infra + orbital.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.
INFRAPOSE In`fra*pose", v. t. Etym: [Infra + pose.]
Defn: To place under or beneath. [R.]
INFRAPOSITION In`fra*po*si"tion, n. Etym: [Infra + position.]
Defn: A situation or position beneath. Kane.
INFRA-RED In`fra-red", a. [Infra- + red.] (Physics)
Defn: Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays less refrangible than the extreme red rays.
INFRASCAPULAR In`fra*scap"u*lar, a. Etym: [Infra + scapular.] (Anat.)
Defn: Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
INFRASPINAL In`fra*spi"nal, a. Etym: [Infra + spinal.] (Anat.) (a) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral. (b) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.
INFRASPINATE; INFRASPINOUS In`fra*spi"nate, In`fra*spi*nous, a. Etym: [Infra + spinate, spinous.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
INFRASTAPEDIAL In`fra*sta*pe"di*al, a. Etym: [Infra + stapedial.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes. -- n.
Defn: The infrastapedial part of the columella.
INFRASTERNAL In`fra*ster"nal, a. Etym: [Infra + sternal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.
INFRATEMPORAL In`fra*tem"po*ral, a. Etym: [Infra + temporal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
INFRATERRITORIAL In`fra*ter"ri*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [Infra + territorial.]
Defn: Within the territory of a state. Story.
INFRATROCHLEAR In`fra*troch"le*ar, a. Etym: [Infra + trochlear.] (Anat.)
Defn: Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
INFREQUENCE; INFREQUENCY In*fre"quence, In*fre"quen*cy, n. Etym: [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]
1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.
2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion. [R.] The solitude and infrequency of the place. Bp. Hall.
INFREQUENT In*fre"quent, a. Etym: [L. infrquens : cf.F. infrequent. See In- not, and Frequent.]
Defn: 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.
INFREQUENTLY In*fre"quent*ly, adv.
Defn: Not frequently; rarely.
INFRIGIDATE In*frig"i*date, v. t. Etym: [L. infrigidatus, p.p. of infrigidare to chill. See 1st In-, and Frigid.]
Defn: To chill; to make cold; to cool. [Obs.] Boyle.
INFRIGIDATION In*frig`i*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. infrigidatio.]
Defn: The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.
INFRINGE In*fringe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Infringing.] Etym: [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 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.
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.
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.
INFRINGER In*frin"ger, n.
Defn: One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
INFRUCTUOSE In*fruc"tu*ose", a. Etym: [L.infructuosus. See In- not, and Fruit.]
Defn: Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] T. Adams.
INFRUGAL In*fru"gal, a.
Defn: Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. J. Goodman.
INFRUGIFEROUS In`fru*gif"er*ous, a.
Defn: Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.
INFUCATE In`fu*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. infucatus painted; pref. in- in + fucare to paint, dye. See Fucate.]
Defn: To stain; to paint; to daub.
INFUCATION In`fu*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.
INFULA In"fu*la, n.; pl. Infule. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
INFUMATE In"fu*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infumated; p. pr. & vb. n. Infumating.] Etym: [L.infumatus, p.p. of infumare to infumate; pref. in- in + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.]
Defn: To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.
INFUMATED In"fu*ma`ted, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.
INFUMATION In`fu*ma"tion, n.
Defn: Act of drying in smoke.
INFUMED In*fumed", a.
Defn: Dried in smoke; smoked.
INFUNDIBULAR; INFUNDIBULATE In`fun*dib"u*lar, In`fun*dib"u*late, a. Etym: [See Infundibulum.]
Defn: Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum. Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zoöl.),a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.
INFUNDIBULIFORM In`fun*dib"u*li*form, a. Etym: [L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme.]
1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Funnelform.
INFUNDIBULUM In`fun*dib"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Infundibula, E. Infundibulums. Etym: [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
INFUNERAL In*fu"ner*al, v. t.
Defn: To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
INFURCATION In`fur*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. furca fork.]
Defn: A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching. Craig.
INFURIATE In*fu"ri*ate, a. Etym: [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See Infuriate, v. t.]
Defn: Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton. Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson.
INFURIATE In*fu"ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infuriated (; p. pr. & vb. n. Infuriating] Etym: [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See Fury.]
Defn: 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.
INFURIATED In*fu"ri*a`ted, a.
Defn: Enraged; furious.
INFUSCATE In*fus"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.]
Defn: To darken; to make black; to obscure.
INFUSCATED In*fus"ca*ted, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Darkened with a blackish tinge.
INFUSCATION In`fus*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson.
INFUSE In*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infused; p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.] Etym: [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 possessd 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.
INFUSE In*fuse, n.
Defn: Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
INFUSER In*fus"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, infuses.
INFUSIBILITY In*fu`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [From Infuse.]
Defn: Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled.
INFUSIBILITY In*fu`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.]
Defn: Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.
INFUSIBLE In*fu"si*ble, a. Etym: [From Infuse, v.]
Defn: Capable of being infused. Doctrines being infusible into all. Hammond.
INFUSIBLE In*fu"si*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.]
Defn: Not fusible; incapble or difficalt 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. ).
INFUSIBLENESS In*fu"si*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Infusibility.
INFUSION In*fu"sion, n. Etym: [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 oun growth, not the echo or infusion of other men. Swift.
3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.] "Baptism by infusion." Jortin.
4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process. Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. Cowper.
INFUSIONISM In*fu"sion*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to tradicianism and creationism.
INFUSIVE In*fu"sive, a.
Defn: Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson.
INFUSORIA In`fu*so"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.
Note: 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.
INFUSORIAL In`fu*so"ri*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.
INFUSORIAN In`fu*so"ri*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Infusoria.
INFUSORY In*fu"so*ry, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Infusorial.
INFUSORY In*fu"so*ry, n.; pl. Infusories (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
-ING -ing.
1. Etym: [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr.
Defn: A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
2. Etym: [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]
Defn: 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.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. Etym: [AS. -ing.]
Defn: A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
ING Ing, n. Etym: [AS. ing.]
Defn: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
INGANNATION In`gan*na"tion, n. Etym: [LL. ingannare to decieve.]
Defn: Cheat; deception. [Obs.] Sir T. Brown.
INGATE In"gate` (, n.
1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. Spenser.
2. (Fonding)
Defn: The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate. Simmonds.
INGATHERING In"gath`er*ing, n.
Defn: 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.
INGELABLE In*gel"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not congealable.
INGEMINATE In*gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p.]
Defn: Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor.
INGEMINATE In*gem"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingeminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating.] Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See Geminate.]
Defn: To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. Sandys.
INGEMINATION In*gem`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: Repetition; reduplication; reiteration. De Quincey. That Sacred ingemination, Amen, Amen. Featley. Happiness with an echo or ingemination. Holdsworth.
INGENA In*ge"na, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The gorilla.
INGENDER In*gen"der, v. t.
Defn: See Engender.
INGENERABILLTY In*gen`er*a*bil"l*ty, n.
Defn: Incapacity of being engendered or produced. Cudworth.
INGENERABLE In*gen"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + generable: cf. F. ingenerable.]
Defn: Incapble of being engendered or produced; original. Holland.
INGENERABLY In*gen"er*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an ingenerable manner.
INGENERATE In*gen"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender]
Defn: 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.
INGENERATE In*gen"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingenerat; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingenerating.]
Defn: To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause. Mede. Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Sir M. Hale.
INGENERATION In*gen`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: Act of ingenerating.
INGENIATE In*ge"ni*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Ingenious.]
Defn: To invent; to contrive. [Obs.] Daniel.
INGENIE In"ge*nie, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Ingeny.
INGENIOSITY In*ge`ni*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [LL. ingeniositas.]
Defn: Ingenuity; skill; cunning. [Obs.] Cudworth.
INGENIOUS In*gen"ious, a. Etym: [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. Proseeding 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.
INGENIOUSLY In*gen"ious*ly, adv.
Defn: In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. "Too ingeniously politic." Sir W. Temple.
INGENIOUSNESS In*gen"ious*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.
INGENITE; INGENIT In*gen"ite In*gen"it, a. Etym: [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to instill by birthor nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.]
Defn: Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate. [Obs.] It is naturalor ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain. Burton.
INGENUE In`gé`nue" (aN`zhay`nus"), n.; pl. -nues (#). [F., fem. of ingénu ingenious.]
Defn: An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.
INGENUITY In`ge*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [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 heat; ingeniuousness. [Obs.] The stings and remores of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them. South.
Syn. -- Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning; cleverness; genius. -- Ingenuity, Cleverness. Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability.
INGENUOUS In*gen"u*ous, a. Etym: [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; uprigth; 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 genuin method to obviate dishonesty. Locke.
3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; sa, 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.
Note: (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . . ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the begining of the eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh.
Syn. -- Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere; candid; fair; noble; generous. -- Ingenuous, Open, Frank. One who is open speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind; one who is frank does it from a natural boldness, or dislike of self-restraint; one who is ingenuous is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness, which make him willing to confess faults, and make known his sentiments without reserve. See Candid.
INGENUOUSLY In*gen"u*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly. Being required to explane himself, he ingeniously confessed. Ludlow.
INGENUOUSNESS In*gen"u*ous*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] Fuller.
INGENY In"ge*ny, n. Etym: [L. ingenium. See Ingenious.]
Defn: Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.] Becon.
INGERMINATE In*ger"mi*nate, v. t.
Defn: To cause to germinate.
INGEST In*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
Defn: To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Sir T. Browne.
INGESTA In*ges"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ingest.] (Physiol.)
Defn: That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.
INGESTION In*ges"tion, n. Etym: [L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.
INGHALLA In*ghal"la, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The reedbuck of South Africa. [Written also ingali.]
INGIRT In*girt", v. t. Etym: [See Ingirt.]
Defn: To encircle to gird; to engirt. The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams. Drayton.
INGIRT In*girt", a.
Defn: Surrounded; encircled. Fenton.
INGLE In"gle, n. Etym: [Gael. & Ir. aingeali fire; cf. L. igniculusi spark, dim. of ignis fire. Cf. Ignite.]
Defn: Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns. Ingle nock, the chimney corner. -- Ingle side, Ingle cheek, the fireside.
INGLE In"gle, n. Etym: [Written also engle, enghle: cf. Gael. & Ir. aingeal an angel. Cf. Engle.]
Defn: A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle. [Obs.] Toone.
INGLE In"gle, v. t.
Defn: To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See Engle. [Obs.]
INGLOBATE In*glo"bate, a.
Defn: In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.
INGLOBE In*globe", v. t.
Defn: To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly. [Obs.] Milton.
INGLORIOUS In*glo"ri*ous, a. Etym: [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.
INGLORIOUSLY In*glo"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.
INGLORIOUSNESS In*glo"ri*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being inglorious.
INGLUT In*glut", v. t.
Defn: To glut. [R.] Ascham.
INGLUVIAL In*glu"vi*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds.
INGLUVIES In*glu"vi*es, n. Etym: [L.] (Anat.)
Defn: The crop, or craw, of birds.
INGLUVIOUS In*glu"vi*ous, a.
Defn: Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount.
IN-GOING In"-go`ing, n.
Defn: The act of going in; entrance.
IN-GOING In"-go`ing, a.
Defn: Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in- going tenant.
INGORGE In*gorge", v. t. & i.
Defn: See Engorge. Milton.
INGOT In"got, n. Etym: [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.
INGOT STEEL In"got steel.
Defn: Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace.
INGRACE In*grace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + grace.]
Defn: To ingratiate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
INGRACIOUS In*gra"cious, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + gracious.]
Defn: Ungracious; unkind. [Obs.] Holland.
INGRAFF In*graff", v. t.
Defn: See Ingraft. [Obs.]
INGRAFT In*graft", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingrafting.] Etym: [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.
INGRAFTER In*graft"er, n.
Defn: A person who ingrafts.
INGRAFTMENT In*graft"ment, n.
1. The act of ingrafting.
2. The thing ingrafted; a scion.
INGRAIN In"grain`, a. Etym: [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.
INGRAIN In"grain`, n.
Defn: An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
INGRAIN In"grain`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] Etym: [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.
INGRAPPLE In*grap"ple, v. t. & i.
Defn: To seize; to clutch; to grapple. [Obs.] Drayton.
INGRATE In"grate`, a. Etym: [L. ingratus. See Ingrateful.]
Defn: Ingrateful. [Obs. or Poetic] Bacon.
INGRATE In"grate`, n.
Defn: An ungrateful person. Milton.
INGRATEFUL In"grate`ful, a. Etym: [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. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness, n.
INGRATELY In"grate`ly, adv.
Defn: Ungratefully. [Obs.]
INGRATIATE In*gra"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingratiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingratiating.] Etym: [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.
INGRATIATE In*gra"ti*ate, v. i.
Defn: To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
INGRATITUDE In*grat"i*tude, n. Etym: [F. ingratitude, L. ingratitudo. See Ingrate.]
Defn: Want 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.
INGRAVE In*grave", v. t.
Defn: To engrave. [R.] "Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n." Tennyson.
INGRAVE In*grave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + grave. Cf. Engrave.]
Defn: To bury. [Obs.] Heywood.
INGRAVIDATE In*grav"i*date, v. t. Etym: [L. ingravidatus, p. p. of ingravidare to impregnate. See 1st In-, and Gravidated.]
Defn: To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller.
INGRAVIDATION In*grav`i*da"tion, n.
Defn: The state of being pregnant or impregnated. [Obs.]
INGREAT In*great", v. t.
Defn: To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. [Obs.] Fotherby.
INGREDIENCE; INGREDIENCY In*gre"di*ence, In*gre"di*en*cy, n. Etym: [See Ingredient.]
1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part. Boyle.
INGREDIENT In*gre"di*ent, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination 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.
INGREDIENT In*gre"di*ent, a.
Defn: Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. Acts where no sin is ingredient. Jer. Taylor.
INGRESS In"gress, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
INGRESS In"gress, v. i.
Defn: To go in; to enter. [R.]
INGRESSION In*gres"sion, n. Etym: [L. ingressio: cf. F. ingression.]
Defn: Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby.
INGRIEVE In*grieve, v. t.
Defn: To render more grievous; to aggravate. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
INGROOVE In*groove", v. t.
Defn: To groove in; to join in or with a groove. Tennyson.
INGROSS In*gross", v. t.
Defn: See Engross.
INGROWING In"grow`ing, a.
Defn: Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
INGROWTH In"growth`, n.
Defn: A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.
INGUEN In"guen, n. Etym: [L. inguen, inguinis.] (Anat.)
Defn: The groin.
INGUILTY In*guilt"y, a.
Defn: Not guilty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INGUINAL In"gui*nal, a. Etym: [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.)
Defn: 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.
INGULF In*gulf", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.] Etym: [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also engulf.]
Defn: 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.
INGULFMENT In*gulf"ment, n.
Defn: The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.
INGURGITATE In*gur"gi*tate, v. t. Etym: [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.
INGURGITATE In*gur"gi*tate, v. i.
Defn: To guzzle; to swill. Burton.
INGURGITATION In*gur`gi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. ingurgitatio: cf. F. ingurgitation.]
Defn: 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.
INGUSTABLE In*gust"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. ingustabilis. See Gustable.]
Defn: Tasteless; insipid. Sir T. Browne.
INHABILE In*hab"ile, a. Etym: [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 person. [Obs.] See Unable.
INHABILITY In`ha*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inhabileté, inhabilité. See Inability.]
Defn: Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability. [Obs.] Barrow.
INHABIT In*hab"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting.] Etym: [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
Defn: 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.
INHABIT In*hab"it, v. i.
Defn: To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller.
INHABITABLE In*hab"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. inhabitabilis. See Inhabit.]
Defn: Capable of being inhabited; habitable. Systems of inhabitable planets. Locke.
INHABITABLE In*hab"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not, and Habitable.]
Defn: Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. [Obs.] The frozen ridges of the Alps Or other ground inhabitable. Shak.
INHABITANCE; INHABITANCY 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)
Defn: 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.
INHABITANT In*hab"it*ant, n. Etym: [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. "Frail inhabitants of earth." Cowper. In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. Abp. Abbot.
2. (Law)
Defn: One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.
INHABITATE In*hab"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To inhabit. [Obs.]
INHABITATION In*hab`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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.
INHABITATIVENESS In*hab"it*a*tive*ness, n. (Phrenol.)
Defn: A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.
INHABITED In*hab"it*ed, a.
Defn: Uninhabited. [Obs.] Brathwait.
INHABITER In*hab"it*er, n.
Defn: An inhabitant. [R.] Derham.
INHABITIVENESS In*hab"it*ive*ness, n. (Phrenol.)
Defn: See Inhabitativeness. What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell.
INHABITRESS In*hab"it*ress, n.
Defn: A female inhabitant. [R.]
INHALANT In*hal"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inhalant.]
Defn: Inhaling; used for inhaling.
INHALANT In*hal"ant, n.
Defn: An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be inhaled.
INHALATION In`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inhalation.]
Defn: The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.
INHALE In*hale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhaling.] Etym: [L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler. Cf. Exhale.]
Defn: 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.
INHALENT In*hal"ent, a.
Defn: Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana.
INHALER In*hal"er, n.
1. One who inhales.
2. An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.
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.
INHANCE In*hance", v. t.
Defn: See Enhance.
INHARMONIC; INHARMONICAL In`har*mon"ic, In`har*mon"ic*al, a.
Defn: Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.
INHARMONIOUS In`har*mo"ni*ous, a. Etym: [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.
INHARMONIOUSLY In`har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: Without harmony.
INHARMONIOUSNESS In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord. The inharmoniousness of a verse. A. Tucker.
INHARMONY In*har"mo*ny, n.
Defn: Want of harmony.
INHAUL; INHAULER In"haul`, In"haul`er, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.
INHEARSE In*hearse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhearsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhearsing.]
Defn: To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak.
INHERE In*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inhered; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhering.] Etym: [L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate.]
Defn: To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed 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.
INHERENCE; INHERENCY In*her"ence, In*her"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inhérence.]
Defn: The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. Jer. Taylor.
INHERENT In*her"ent, a. Etym: [L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F. inhérent. See Inhere.]
Defn: 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. "A most inherent baseness." Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Southey.
Syn. -- Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought; inseparable; essential; indispensable.
INHERENTLY In*her"ent*ly, adv.
Defn: By inherence; inseparably. Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy. Bentley.
INHERIT In*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inheriting.] Etym: [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)
Defn: 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; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc. 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.
INHERIT In*her"it, v. i.
Defn: To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. Thou shalt not inherit our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.
INHERITABILITY In*her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.
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. Etym: [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.]
Defn: 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.
INHERITABLY In*her"it*a*bly, adv.
Defn: By inheritance. Sherwood.
INHERITANCE In*her"it*ance, n. Etym: [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. "The inheritance of their loves." Shak. To you th' inheritance belongs by right Of brother's praise; to you eke Spenser.
5. (Biol.)
Defn: Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
6. (Law)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
INHERITOR In*her"it*or, n.
Defn: One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.
INHERITRESS In*her"it*ress, n.
Defn: A heiress. Milman.
INHERITRIX In*her"it*rix, n.
Defn: Same as Inheritress. Shak.
INHERSE In*herse", v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Inhearse.
INHESION In*he"sion, n. Etym: [L. inhaesio. See Inhere.]
Defn: The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence. A. Baxter. Constant inhesion and habitual abode. South.
INHIATION In`hi*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inhiatio, fr. inhiare to gape; pref. in- + hiare to gape.]
Defn: A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall.
INHIBIT In*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] Etym: [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.
INHIBITION In`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.
3. (Law)
Defn: 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.
INHIBITOR In*hib"i*tor, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.
INHIBITORY In*hib"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.]
Defn: 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.
INHIBITORY-MOTOR In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick.
INHIVE In*hive", v. t.
Defn: To place in a hive; to hive.
INHOLD In*hold", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inheld; p. pr. & vb. n. Inholding.]
Defn: To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
INHOLDER In*hold"er, n.
Defn: An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.
INHOOP In*hoop", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak.
INHOSPITABLE In*hos"pi*ta*ble, a. Etym: [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 wastes." Blair. -- In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.
INHOSPITALITY In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In- not, and Hospitality.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall.
INHUMAN In*hu"man, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
INHUMANITY In`hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Inhumanities. Etym: [L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns.
INHUMANLY In*hu"man*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
INHUMATE In*hu"mate, v. t. Etym: [L. inhumatus, p. p. of inhumare to inhume; pref. in- in + humare to cover with earth. See Humation, and cf. Inhume.]
Defn: To inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge.
INHUMATION In`hu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inhumation.]
1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
2. (Old Chem.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: Arenation.
INHUME In*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] Etym: [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.
INIA In"i*a, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
INIAL In"i*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the inion.
INIMAGINABLE In`im*ag"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] Bp. Pearson.
INIMICAL In*im"i*cal, a. Etym: [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.
INIMICALITY In*im`i*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. [R.]
INIMICALLY In*im"i*cal*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inimical manner.
INIMICITIOUS In*im`i*ci"tious, a. Etym: [L. inimicitia enmity. See Inimical.]
Defn: Inimical; unfriendly. [R.] Sterne.
INIMICOUS In*im"i*cous, a. Etym: [L. inimicus.]
Defn: Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INIMITABILITY In*im`i*ta*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris.
INIMITABLE In*im"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. inimitabilis: cf. F. inimitable. See In- not, and Imitable.]
Defn: Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden. Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper. -- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.
INION In"i*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.] (Anat.)
Defn: The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
INIQUITOUS In*iq"ui*tous, a. Etym: [From Iniquity.]
Defn: Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. Burke.
Syn. -- Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. -- Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.
INIQUITOUSLY In*iq"ui*tous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
INIQUITY In*iq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Iniquities. Etym: [OE. iniquitee, F. iniquité, L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See Iniquous.]
1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want 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 o 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.
INIQUOUS In*i"quous, a. Etym: [L. iniquus; pref. in- not + aequus. See Equal.]
Defn: Iniquitous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INIRRITABLE In*ir"ri*ta*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + irritable: cf. F. inirritable.]
Defn: Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty, n.
INIRRITATIVE In*ir"ri*ta*tive, a.
Defn: Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever. E. Darwin.
INISLE In*isle", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Enisled.]
Defn: To form into an island; to surround. [Obs.] Drayton.
INITIAL In*i"tial, a. Etym: [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.
INITIAL In*i"tial, n.
Defn: The first letter of a word or a name.
INITIAL In*i"tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.]
Defn: To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
INITIALLY In*i"tial*ly, adv.
Defn: In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning. Barrow.
INITIATE In*i"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Initiating.] Etym: [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.
INITIATE In*i"ti*ate, v. i.
Defn: To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] Pope.
INITIATE In*i"ti*ate, a. Etym: [L. initiatus, p. p.]
1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "The initiate fear that wants hard use." 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.
INITIATE In*i"ti*ate, n.
Defn: One who is, or is to be, initiated.
INITIATION In*i`ti*a"tion, n. Etym: [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. "The initiation of coursers of events." 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.
INITIATIVE In*i"ti*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. initiatif.]
Defn: Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
INITIATIVE In*i"ti*a*tive, n. Etym: [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.
INITIATOR In*i"ti*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who initiates.
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.
INITIATORY In*i"ti*a*to*ry, n.
Defn: An introductory act or rite. [R.]
INITION In*i"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. inition. See Initial.]
Defn: Initiation; beginning. [Obs.] Sir R. Naunton.
INJECT In*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
INJECTION In*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. injectio : cf.F. injection.]
1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne.
3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection.
4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser. Injection cock, 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.
INJECTOR In*ject"or, n.
1. One who, or that which, injects.
2. (Mach.)
Defn: 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.
INJELLY In*jel"ly, v. t.
Defn: To place in jelly. [R.]
INJOIN In*join", v. t. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Enjoin.
INJOINT In*joint, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + joint.]
Defn: To join; to unite. [R.] Shak.
INJOINT In*joint, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + joint.]
Defn: To disjoint; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.
INJUCUNDITY In`ju*cun"di*ty, n. Etym: [L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund.]
Defn: Unpleassantness; disagreeableness. [Obs.] Cockeram.
INJUDICABLE In*ju"di*ca*ble, a.
Defn: Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey.
INJUDICIAL In`ju*di"cial, a.
Defn: Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. [R.]
INJUDICIOUS In`ju*di"cious, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Indiscreet; inconsiderate; undiscerning; incautious; unwise; rash; hasty; imprudent.
INJUDICIOUSLY In`ju*di"cious*ly, adv.
Defn: In an injudicious manner.
INJUDICIOUSNESS In`ju*di"cious*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion. Whitlock.
INJUNCTION In*junc"tion, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
Note: It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.
INJURE In"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injured; p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.
INJURER In"jur*er, n.
Defn: One who injures or wrongs.
INJURIA In*ju"ri*a, n.; pl. Injurie. Etym: [L.] (Law)
Defn: Injury; invasion of another's rights.
INJURIOUS In*ju"ri*ous, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.
INJURIOUSLY In*ju"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.
INJURIOUSNESS In*ju"ri*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.
INJURY In"ju*ry, n.; pl. Injuries. Etym: [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus,juris, right,law,justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a.]
Defn: Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. For he that doeth injury shall receve 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.
Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.
Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice.
INJUSTICE In*jus"tice, n. Etym: [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty 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.
INK Ink, n. (Mach.)
Defn: The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
INK Ink, n. Etym: [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. 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.
Note: 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 (Zoöl.), 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 thumifolia), the berries of which uield a juice which forms an ink. -- Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution. -- Ink sac (Zoöl.), 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.
INK Ink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inked (nkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Inking.]
Defn: To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.
INKER Ink"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.
INKFISH Ink"fish`, n.
Defn: A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish.
INKHORN Ink"horn`, n. Etym: [Ink + horn; cf. F. cornet à encre, G. dintenhorn.]
Defn: A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.
INKHORN Ink"horn", a.
Defn: Learned; pedantic; affected. [Obs.] "Inkhorn terms." Bale.
INKHORNISM Ink"horn`ism, n.
Defn: Pedantry. Sir T. Wilson.
INKINESS Ink"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Inky.]
Defn: The state or quality of being inky; blackness.
INKING Ink"ing, a.
Defn: Supplying or covering with ink. Inking roller, a somewhat elastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc. -- Inking trough or table, a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink.
INKLE In"kle, n. Etym: [Prob.the same word as lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite article in French. See Lingle.]
Defn: A kind of tape or braid. Shak.
INKLE In"kle, v. t. Etym: [OE. inklen to hint; cf. Dan. ymte to whisper.]
Defn: To guess. [Prov. Eng.] "She inkled what it was." R. D. Blackmore.
INKLING In"kling, n.
Defn: A hint; an intimation. The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.
INKNEE In"knee`, n.
Defn: Same as Knock-knee.
INKNEED In"kneed`, a.
Defn: See Knock-kneed.
INKNOT In*knot", v. t.
Defn: To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together. Fuller.
INKSTAND Ink"stand`, n.
Defn: A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.
INKSTONE Ink"stone", n.
Defn: A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink.
INKY Ink"y, a.
Defn: Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black. "Inky blots." Shak. "Its inky blackness." Boyle.
INLACE In*lace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inlaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inlacing.] Etym: [Pref. in- + lace: cf. OE. enlacen to entangle, involve, OF. enlacier, F. enlacer. See Lace, and cf. Enlace.]
Defn: To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher.
INLAGATION In"la*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Law L. inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See In, and Law.] (Old Eng. Law)
Defn: The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. Bouvier.
INLAID In*laid", p. p.
Defn: of Inlay.
INLAND In"land, a.
1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide inland sea." 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 foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
INLAND In"land, n.
Defn: The interior part of a country. Shak.
INLAND In"land, adv.
Defn: Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook. The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner.
INLANDER In"land*er, n.
Defn: One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne.
INLANDISH In"land*ish, a.
Defn: Inland. [Obs.] T. Reeve(1657)
INLAPIDATE In*lap"i*date, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone.]
Defn: To convert into a stony substance; to petrity. [R.] Bacon.
INLARD In*lard", v. t.
Defn: See Inlard.
INLAW In*law", v. t. Etym: [In + law. Cf. Inlagation.] (Old Eng. Law)
Defn: To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law. Burrill.
INLAY In*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inlaied; p. pr. & vb. n. Inlaying.]
Defn: To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, 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.
INLAY In"lay`, n.
Defn: Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety. 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.
INLAYER In*lay"er, n.
Defn: One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.
INLEAGUE In*league", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inleagued; p. pr. & vb. n. Inleaguing.]
Defn: To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine. With a willingness inleague our blood With his, for purchase of full growth in friendship. Ford.
INLEAGUER In*lea"guer, v. t.
Defn: To beleaguer. Holland.
INLET In"let, n.
1. A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance. 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 inland; an inserted material.
Note: Inlet is also usewd adjectively,as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc.
INLIGHTEN In*light"en, v. t.
Defn: See Enlighten.
INLIST In*list", v. t.
Defn: See Enlist.
INLIVE In*live", v. t.
Defn: To animate. [R.] B. Jonson.
INLOCK In*lock", v. t.
Defn: To lock in, or inclose.
IN LOCO In lo"co. Etym: [L.]
Defn: In the place; in the proper or natural place.
INLUMINE In*lu"mine, v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Illumine.
INLY In"ly, a. Etym: [OE. inlich, AS. inlic. See In.]
Defn: Internal; interior; secret. Didst thou but know the inly touch of love. Shak.
INLY In"ly, adv.
Defn: Internally; within; in the heart. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.
INMACY In"ma*cy, n. Etym: [From Inmate.]
Defn: The state of being an inmate. [R.] Craig.
INMATE In"mate`, n. Etym: [In + mate an associate.]
Defn: 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.
INMATE In"mate`, a.
Defn: Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] "Inmate guests." Milton.
INMEATS In"meats`, n.pl.
Defn: The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.
INMESH In*mesh", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inmeshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inmeshing.]
Defn: To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.
INMEW In*mew", v. t. Etym: [Cf.Emmew, Immew.]
Defn: To inclose, as in a mew or cage. [R.] "Inmew the town below." Beau. & Fl.
INMOST In"most`, a. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
INN Inn, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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 by attorneys, solicitors, 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.
INN Inn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned; p. pr. & vb. n. Inning.]
Defn: To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] Addison.
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.
INNATE In"nate, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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.
INNATE In*nate", v. t.
Defn: To cause to exit; to call into being. [Obs.] "The first innating cause." Marston.
INNATELY In"nate*ly, adv.
Defn: Naturally.
INNATENESS In"nate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being innate.
INNATIVE In*na"tive, a.
Defn: Native. [Obs.] Chapman.
INNAVIGABLE In*nav"i*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In- not, and Navigable.]
Defn: Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv.
INNE Inne, adv. & prep.
Defn: In. [Obs.] And eke in what array that they were inne. Chaucer.
INNER In"ner, a. Etym: [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]
1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an 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.
INNERLY In"ner*ly, adv.
Defn: More within. [Obs.] Baret.
INNERMOST In"ner*most`, a. Etym: [A corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See Inmost.]
Defn: Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8.
INNERMOSTLY In"ner*most`ly, adv.
Defn: In the innermost place. [R.] His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
INNERVATE In*ner"vate, v. t. Etym: [See Innerve.] (Anat.)
Defn: To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.
INNERVATION In`ner*va"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. innervation.]
1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
INNERVE In*nerve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Innerving.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + nerve.]
Defn: To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.
INNHOLDER Inn"hold`er, n.
Defn: One who keeps an inn.
INNING In"ning, n. Etym: [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.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- 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.
Defn: Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.
INNITENCY In*ni"ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. inniti, p.p. innixus, to lean upon; pref. in- in, on + niti to lean.]
Defn: A leaning; pressure; weight. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INNIXION In*nix"ion, n. Etym: [See Innitency.]
Defn: Act of leaning upon something; incumbency. [Obs.] Derham.
INNKEEPER Inn"keep`er, n.
Defn: An innholder.
INNOCENCE In"no*cence, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness.
INNOCENCY In"no*cen*cy, n.
Defn: Innocence.
INNOCENT In"no*cent, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright.
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.
INNOCENTLY In"no*cent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an innocent manner.
INNOCUITY In"no*cu"i*ty, n.
Defn: Innocuousness.
INNOCUOUS In*noc"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.]
Defn: Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent. A patient, innocuous, innocent man. Burton. -- In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In*noc"u*ous*ness, n. Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. Wordsworth.
INNODATE In"no*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Innodating.] Etym: [L. innodatus, p.p. of innodare; pref. in- in + nodus knot.]
Defn: To bind up,as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] Fuller.
INNOMINABLE In*nom"i*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable.]
Defn: Not to be named. [R.] Testament of Love.
INNOMINATE In*nom"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.]
1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place. [R.] Ray.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
INNOVATE In"no*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innovated; p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating.] Etym: [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.
INNOVATE In"no*vate, v. i.
Defn: To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon. Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. Dryden.
INNOVATION In`no*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.]
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, 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 want of experience maketh apt unto innovations. Hooker.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
INNOVATIONIST In`no*va"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors innovation.
INNOVATIVE In"no*va*tive, a.
Defn: Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall.
INNOVATOR In"no*va`tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. innovateur.]
Defn: One who innovates. Shak.
INNOXIOUS In*nox"ious, a. Etym: [L. innoxius. See In- not, and Noxious.]
1. Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless. "Innoxious flames." Sir K. Digby.
2. Free from crime; pure; innocent. Pope. -- In*nox`ious*ly, adv. -- In*nox"ious*ness, n.
INNUBILOUS In*nu"bi*lous, a. Etym: [L. innubilus. See Nubilous.]
Defn: Cloudless. [Obs.] Blount.
INNUENDO In`nu*en"do, n.; pl. Innuedoes(. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
Syn. -- Insinuation; suggestion; hint; intimation; reference; allusion; implication; representation; -- Innuendo, Insinuation. An innuendo is an equivocal allusion so framed as to point distinctly at something which is injurious to the character or reputation of the person referred to. An insinuation turns on no such double use of language, but consists in artfully winding into the mind imputations of an injurious nature without making any direct charge.
INNUENT In"nu*ent, a. Etym: [L.innuens, p.pr.]
Defn: Conveying a hint; significant. [Obs.] Burton.
INNUIT In"nu*it, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: An Eskimo.
INNUMERABILITY In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. innumerabilitas.]
Defn: State of being innumerable. Fotherby.
INNUMERABLE In*nu`mer*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. innumerabilis : cf.F. innumefable. See In- not, and Numerable.]
Defn: 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. -- In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*nu"mer*a*bly, adv.
INNUMEROUS In*nu"mer*ous, a. Etym: [L. innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous.]
Defn: Innumerable. [Archaic] Milton.
INNUTRITION In`nu*tri"tion, n.
Defn: Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin.
INNUTRITIOUS In`nu*tri"tious, a.
Defn: Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
INNUTRITIVE In*nu"tri*tive, a.
Defn: Innutritious.
INNYARD Inn"yard`, n.
Defn: The yard adjoining an inn.
INOBEDIENCE In`o*be"di*ence, n. Etym: [L. inoboedientia : cf.F. inobedience.]
Defn: Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
INOBEDIENT In`o*be"di*ent, a. Etym: [L. inoboediens, p.pr. of inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Defn: Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INOBSERVABLE In`ob*serv"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See In- not, and Observable.]
Defn: Not observable.
INOBSERVANCE In`ob*serv"ance, a. Etym: [L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.]
Defn: Want or neglect of observance. Bacon.
INOBSERVANT In`ob*serv"ant, a. Etym: [L. inobservans. See In- not, and Observant.]
Defn: Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd. -- In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv.
INOBSERVATION In*ob`ser*va"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inobservation.]
Defn: Neglect or want of observation. [R.]
INOBTRUSIVE In`ob*tru"sive, a.
Defn: Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.
INOCARPIN In`o*car"pin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
INOCCUPATION In*oc`cu*pa"tion, n.
Defn: Want of occupation.
INOCERAMUS In`o*cer"a*mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
INOCULABILITY In*oc`u*la*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The qual ity or state of being inoculable.
INOCULABLE In*oc"u*la*ble, a. Etym: [See Inoculate.]
Defn: Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.
INOCULAR In*oc"u*lar, a. (Zoöl)
Defn: Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn
INOCULATE In*oc"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating,.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; 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.
INOCULATE In*oc"u*late, v. i.
1. To graft by inserting buds.
2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
INOCULATION In*oc"u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.]
1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.
Note: 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.
3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
INOCULATOR In*oc"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. inoculateur.]
Defn: One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.
INODIATE In*o"di*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. odium hatred.]
Defn: To make odious or hateful. [Obs.] South.
INODORATE In*o"dor*ate, a.
Defn: Inodorous. [Obs.] Bacon.
INODOROUS In*o"dor*ous, a. Etym: [L. inodorus. See In- not, and Odorous.]
Defn: Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless. -- In*o"dor*ous*ness, n.
INOFFENSIVE In"of*fen"sive, a. Etym: [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 bindrance. [R.] Milton. So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. Addison. -- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n.
INOFFICIAL In"of*fi"cial, a.
Defn: Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; 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.
Syn. -- Private; informal; unwarranted; unauthorizod; irregular; unceremonious; unprofessional.
INOFFICIALLY In`of*fi"cial*ly, adv.
Defn: Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
INOFFICIOUS In`of*fi"cious, a. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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. "The inofficious testament." Blackstone. "An inofficious disposition of his fortune." Paley.
INOFFICIOUSLY In`of*fi"cious*ly, adv.
Defn: Not-officiously.
INOGEN In"o*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.
INOPERATION In*op`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inoperari to effect; pref. in- in + operari to operate.]
Defn: Agency; influence; production of effects. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INOPERATIVE In*op"er*a*tive, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + operative.]
Defn: Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
INOPERCULAR; INOPERCULATE In`o*per"cu*lar, In`o*per"cu*late, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.
INOPINABLE In`o*pin"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. inopinabilis. See Inopinate.]
Defn: Not to be expected; inconceivable. [Obs.] "Inopinable, incredible . . . saings." Latimer.
INOPINATE In*op"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. inopinatus. See In- not, and Opine.]
Defn: Not expected or looked for. [Obs.]
INOPPORTUNE In*op`por*tune" (, a. Etym: [L. inopportunus: cf. F. inopportun. See In- not, and Opportune.]
Defn: Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc. No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook.
INOPPORTUNELY In*op`por*tune"ly, adv.
Defn: Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
INOPPORTUNITY In*op`por*tu"ni*ty, n.
Defn: Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. [R.]
INOPPRESSIVE In`op*press"ive, a.
Defn: Not oppressive or burdensome. O. Wolcott.
INOPULENT In*op"u*lent, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + opulent: cf. F. inopulent.]
Defn: Not opulent; not affluent or rich.
INORDINACY In*or"di*na*cy, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire. Jer. Taylor.
INORDINATE In*or"di*nate, a. Etym: [L. inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and Ordinate.]
Defn: Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. "Inordinate desires." Milton. "Inordinate vanity." Burke. -- In*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- In*or"di*nate*ness, n.
INORDINATION In*or`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. inordinatio.]
Defn: 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.
INORGANIC In`or*gan"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + organic: cf. F. inorganique.]
Defn: Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances.
Note: 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 subscances. See Organic. Inorganic Chemistry. See under Chemistry.
INORGANICAL In`or*gan"ic*al, a.
Defn: Inorganic. Locke.
INORGANICALLY In`or*gan"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inorganic manner.
INORGANITY In`or*gan"i*ty, n.
Defn: Quality of being inorganic. [Obs.] "The inorganity of the soul." Sir T. Browne.
INORGANIZATION In*or`gan*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The state of being without organization.
INORGANIZED In*or"gan*ized, a.
Defn: Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic.
INORTHOGRAPHY In`or*thog"ra*phy, n.
Defn: Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. [Obs.] Feltham.
INOSCULATE In*os"cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inosculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inosculating.] Etym: [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.
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.
INOSCULATION In*os`cu*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inosculation.]
Defn: 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.
INOSINIC In`o*sin"ic, a. Etym: [From Inosite.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid.
INOSITE In"o*site, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.
Note: Chemically,it has the composition represented by the formula, C6H12O6+H2O, and was formerly regarded as a carbohydrate, isomeric with dextrose, but is now known to be an aromatic compound (a hexacid phenol derivative of benzene).
INOXIDIZABLE In*ox"idi`za*ble, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.
INOXIDIZE In*ox"i*dize, v. i.
Defn: To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.
INPATIENT In"pa`tient, n.
Defn: A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient.
IN POSSE In` pos"se. Etym: [L.]
Defn: In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse.
INQUARTATION In`quar*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Quartation.
INQUEST In"quest, n. Etym: [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 matterm 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.
INQUIET In*qui"et, v. t. Etym: [L. inquietare: cf. F. inquieter. See Quiet.]
Defn: To disquiet. [Obs.] Joye.
INQUIETATION In*qui`e*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. inquietatio : cf. F. inquielation.]
Defn: Disturbance. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
INQUIETNESS In*qui"et*ness, n.
Defn: Unquietness. [Obs.] Joye.
INQUIETUDE In*qui"e*tude, n. Etym: [L. inquietudo: cf. F. inquietude.]
Defn: Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton.
INQUILINE In"qui*line, n. Etym: [L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
INQUINATE In"qui*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. inquinatus, p.p. of inquinare to defile.]
Defn: To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INQUINATION In`qui*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. inquinatio.]
Defn: A defiling; pollution; stain. [Obs.] Bacon.
INQUIRABLE In*quir"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. enquerable.]
Defn: Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest. Bacon.
INQUIRANCE In*quir"ance, n.
Defn: Inquiry. [Obs.] Latimer.
INQUIRE In*quire", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inquired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inquiring.] Etym: [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 knoledge; to make examination. And inquire Gladly into the ways of God with man. Miltom.
Note: 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.
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.
Syn. -- To ask; question. See Question.
INQUIRENT In*quir"ent, a. Etym: [L. inquirens, p. pr.]
Defn: Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. [Obs.] Shenstone.
INQUIRER In*quir"er, n. Etym: [Written also enquirer.]
Defn: One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper.
INQUIRING In*quir"ing, a.
Defn: Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.
INQUIRINGLY In*quir"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inquiring manner.
INQUIRY In*quir"y, n.; pl. Inquiries. Etym: [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 knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; 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.
Syn. -- Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query; scrutiny; investigation; research; examination.
INQUISIBLE In*quis"i*ble, a.
Defn: Admitting judicial inquiry. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
INQUISITION In`qui*si"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INQUISITION In`qui*si"tion, v. t.
Defn: To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.] Milton.
INQUISITIONAL In`qui*si"tion*al, a. Etym: [LL. inquisitionalis.]
Defn: Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition. All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books. Milton.
INQUISITIONARY In`qui*si"tion*a*ry, (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inquisitionnaire.] [R.]
Defn: Inquisitional.
INQUISITIVE In*quis"i*tive, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive. -- Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire to penetrate into the secrets of others. [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.
INQUISITIVE In*quis"i*tive, n.
Defn: A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W. Temple.
INQUISITIVELY In*quis"i*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inquisitive manner. The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic. Boyle.
INQUISITIVENESS In*quis"i*tive*ness, n.
Defn: 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.
INQUISITOR In*quis"i*tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See Inquire.]
1. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [R.] "Inquisitors are tatlers." Feltham.
2. (Law)
Defn: One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. Mozley & W.
3. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A member of the Court of Inquisition.
INQUISITORIAL In*quis`i*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inquisitorial.]
1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. "Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse." 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 robes." C. Buchanan.
INQUISITORIALLY In*quis`i*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inquisitorial manner.
INQUISITORIOUS In*quis`i*to"ri*ous, a.
Defn: Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial. [Obs.] Milton.
INQUISITURIENT In*quis`i*tu"ri*ent, a.
Defn: Inquisitorial. [Obs.] "Our inquisiturient bishops." Milton.
INRACINATE In*rac"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + F. racine root: cf. F. enraciner.]
Defn: To enroot or implant.
INRAIL In*rail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inrailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inrailing.]
Defn: To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails. Hooker.
INREGISTER In*reg"is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inreristered; p. pr. & vb. n. Inregistering.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Enregister.]
Defn: To register; to enter, as in a register. [R.] Walsh.
IN REM In rem. [L.] (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing; -- used: (a) Of any right (called right, 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.
INRO In"ro, n. [Jap. inro; in seal + ro box.]
Defn: 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.
INROAD In"road`, n.
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion.
INROAD In*road", v.t [imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]
Defn: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.
INROLL In*roll", v. t.
Defn: See Enroll.
INRUNNING In"run`ning, n.
Defn: The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. Tennyson.
INRUSH In"rush`, n.
Defn: A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide. G. Eliot.
INRUSH In*rush", v. i.
Defn: To rush in. [Obs.] Holland.
INSABBATATI In*sab`ba*ta"ti, n. pl. Etym: [LL. Insabatati. See 1st In-, and Sabot.]
Defn: The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes.
INSAFETY In*safe"ty, n.
Defn: Insecurity; danger. [Obs.]
INSALIVATION In*sal`i*va"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.
INSALUBRIOUS In`sa*lu"bri*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + salubrious: cf. L. insalubris, F. insalubre.]
Defn: Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.
INSALUBRITY In`sa*lu"bri*ty, n. Etym: [Cf.F. insalubrite.]
Defn: Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate. Boyle.
INSALUTARY In*sal"u*ta*ry, a. Etym: [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.
INSANABILITY In*san`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.
INSANABLE In*san"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insanabilis; cf. OF. insanable. See In- not, and Sanable.]
Defn: Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.
INSANABLENESS In*san"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness.
INSANABLY In*san"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an incurable manner.
INSANE In*sane", a. Etym: [L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.]
1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded 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.
INSANELY In*sane"ly, adv.
Defn: Without reason; madly; foolishly.
INSANENESS In*sane"ness, n.
Defn: Insanity; madness.
INSANIATE In*sa"ni*ate, v. t.
Defn: To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] Feltham.
INSANIE In*sa"nie, n.
Defn: Insanity. [Obs.] Shak.
INSANITARY In*san"i*ta*ry, a.
Defn: Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.
INSANITATION In*san`i*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.
INSANITY In*san"i*ty, n. Etym: [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 overreason is a degree of insanity. Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. Cowper.
2. (Law)
Defn: 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.
Syn. - Insanity, Lunacy, Madness, Derangement, Aliention, Aberration, Mania, Delirium, Frenzy, Monomania, Dementia. Insanity is the generic term for all such diseases; lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning, though once used to denote periodical insanity; madness has the same extent, though originally referring to the rage created by the disease; derangement, alienation, are popular terms for insanity; delirium, mania, and frenzy denote excited states of the disease; dementia denotes the loss of mental power by this means; monomania is insanity upon a single subject.
INSAPORY In*sa"po*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + sapor.]
Defn: Tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
INSATIABILITY In*sa`tia*bil"i*ty, n., Etym: [L. insatiabilitas; cf. F. insatiabilite.]
Defn: 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.
INSATIABLE In*sa"tia*ble, a. Etym: [F. insatiable, L. ionsatiabilis. See In- not, and Satiable.]
Defn: Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire. "Insatiable of glory." Milton.
INSATIABLENESS In*sa"tia*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability. The eye of the covetous hath a more particular insatiableness. Bp. Hall.
INSATIABLY In*sa"tia*bly, adv.
Defn: In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably. "Insatiably covetous." South.
INSATIATE In*sa"ti*ate, a. Etym: [L. insatiatus.]
Defn: Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst. The insatiate greediness of his desires. Shak. And still insatiate, thirsting still for blood. Hook.
INSATIATELY In*sa"ti*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: Insatiably. Sir T. Herbert.
INSATIATENESS In*sa"ti*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being insatiate.
INSATIETY In`sa*ti"e*ty, n. Etym: [L. insatietas: cf. F. insatiete. See Satiety.]
Defn: Insatiableness. T. Grander.
INSATISFACTION In*sat`is*fac"tion, n.
1. Insufficiency; emptiness. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INSATURABLE In*sat"u*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. insaturabilis: cf. F. insaturable. See In- not, and Saturable.]
Defn: Not capable of being saturated or satisfied.
INSCIENCE In"science, n. Etym: [L. inscientia: cf.F. inscience.]
Defn: Want of knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]
INSCIENT In"scient, a. Etym: [L. insciens, -entis, ignorant. See In- not, and Scient, Science.]
Defn: Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly. [R.] N. Bacon.
INSCIENT In"scient, a. Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. sciens knowing.]
Defn: Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. [R.] Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun. Mrs. Browning.
INSCONCE In*sconce", v. t.
Defn: See Ensconce.
INSCRIBABLE In*scrib"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.
INSCRIBABLENESS In*scrib"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being inscribable.
INSCRIBE In*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] Etym: [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, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope.
3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot 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.)
Defn: To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
Note: 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.
INSCRIBER In*scrib"er, n.
Defn: One who inscribes. Pownall.
INSCRIPTIBLE In*scrip"ti*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.
INSCRIPTION In*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INSCRIPTIVE In*scrip"tive, a.
Defn: Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.
INSCROLL In*scroll", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscrolling.]
Defn: To write on a scroll; to record. [Written also inscrol.] Shak.
INSCRUTABILITY In*scru`ta*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.
INSCRUTABLE In*scru"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.]
Defn: 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.
INSCRUTABLENESS In*scru"ta*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.
INSCRUTABLY In*scru"ta*bly, adv.
Defn: In an inscrutable manner.
INSCULP In*sculp", v. t. Etym: [L. insculpere: cf. F. insculper. See 1st In-, and Sculptor.]
Defn: To engrave; to carve; to sculpture. [Obs. & R.] Shak. Which he insculped in two likely stones. Drayton.
INSCULPTION In*sculp"tion, n.
Defn: Inscription. [Obs.]
INSCULPTURE In*sculp"ture, n.
Defn: An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.] On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak.
INSCULPTURED In*sculp"tured, p. a.
Defn: Engraved. Glover.
INSEAM In*seam", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inseamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inseaming.]
Defn: To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. Pope.
INSEARCH In*search", v. t.
Defn: To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. [Obs.]
INSECABLE In*sec"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insecabilis; pref. in- not + secabilis that may be cut: cf. F. insecable.]
Defn: Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.
INSECT In"sect, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
Note: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
INSECT In"sect, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
INSECTA In*sec"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Insect.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees and ants; Diptera, as the common flies and gnats; 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 earwings; Thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.
INSECTARY In"sec*ta*ry, n.
Defn: A place for keeping living insects. -- In`sec*ta"ri*um, n. Etym: [L.]
INSECTATION In`sec*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. insectatio. See Insectator.]
Defn: The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
INSECTATOR In`sec*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. insectari to pursue, freq. fr. insequi. See Ensue.]
Defn: A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSECTED In"sect*ed, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect. Howell.
INSECTICIDE In*sec"ti*cide, n. Etym: [Insect + L. caedere to kill.]
Defn: An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. -- In*sec"ti*ci`dal, a.
INSECTILE In*sec"tile, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. Bacon.
INSECTION In*sec"tion, n. Etym: [See Insect.]
Defn: A cutting in; incisure; incision.
INSECTIVORA In`sec*tiv"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.)
1. An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
Note: 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 Cheiroptera, including the common or insect- eating bats.
INSECTIVORE In*sec"ti*vore, n.; pl. Insectivores (-vorz). Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Insectivora.
INSECTIVOROUS In`sec*tiv"o*rous, a. Etym: [See Insectivora.]
Defn: Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is applied: (a) to
Defn: plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc. (b) to
Defn: the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
INSECTOLOGER In`sec*tol"o*ger, n.
Defn: An entomologist. [Obs.]
INSECTOLOGY In`sec*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Insect + -logy: cf. F. insectologie.]
Defn: Entomology. [Obs.]
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.
INSECURELY In`se*cure"ly, adv.
Defn: In an insecure manner.
INSECURENESS In`se*cure"ness, n.
Defn: Insecurity.
INSECURITY In`se*cu"ri*ty, n.; pl. Insecurities. Etym: [Pref.in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
1. The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want 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.
INSECUTION In`se*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. insecutio, fr. insequi p. p. insecutus. See Ensue.]
Defn: A following after; close pursuit. [Obs.] Chapman.
INSEMINATE In*sem"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate.]
Defn: To sow; to impregnate. [Obs.]
INSEMINATION In*sem`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: A sowing. [Obs.]
INSENSATE In*sen"sate, a. Etym: [L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.]
Defn: 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. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.
INSENSE In*sense", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + sense.]
Defn: To make to understand; to instruct. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
INSENSIBILITY In*sen`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insensibilité.]
1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
Syn. -- Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
INSENSIBLE In*sen"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not, and Sensible.]
1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. 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.
Syn. -- Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.
INSENSIBLENESS In*sen"si*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
INSENSIBLY In*sen"si*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually. The hills rise insensibly. Addison.
INSENSITIVE In*sen"si*tive, a.
Defn: Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin.
INSENSUOUS In*sen"su*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + sensuous.]
Defn: 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.
INSENTIENT In*sen"ti*ent, a.
Defn: Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception. 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.
INSEPARABILITY In*sep`a*ra*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inseparabilitas: cf. F. inséparabilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness. Locke.
INSEPARABLE In*sep"a*ra*ble, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.
INSEPARABLENESS In*sep"a*ra*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp. Burnet.
INSEPARABLY In*sep"a*ra*bly, adv.
Defn: In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable. Bacon. And cleaves through life inseparably close. Cowper.
INSEPARATE In*sep"a*rate, a. Etym: [L. inseparatus. See In- not, and Separate.]
Defn: Not separate; together; united. Shak.
INSEPARATELY In*sep"a*rate*ly, adv.
Defn: Inseparably. [Obs.] Cranmer.
INSERT In*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inserting.] Etym: [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]
Defn: 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.
INSERTED In*sert"ed, a. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
INSERTING In*sert"ing, n.
1. A setting in.
2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. [R.]
INSERTION In*ser"tion, n. Etym: [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, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
INSERVE In*serve", v. i. Etym: [L. inservire; in- in + servire to serve.]
Defn: To be of use to an end; to serve. [Obs.]
INSERVIENT In*serv"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. inserviens, p. pr. of inservire.]
Defn: Conducive; instrumental. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INSESSION In*ses"sion, n. Etym: [L. insessio, fr. insidere, insessum, to sit in. See Insidious.]
1. The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath. "Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath." [R.] Holland.
2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub. [R.] Insessions be bathing tubs half full. Holland.
INSESSOR In*ses"sor, n.; pl. Insessores. Etym: [See Insessores.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.
INSESSORES In`ses*so"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. insessor, lit., one who sits down, fr. incidere. See Insession.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.
INSESSORIAL In`ses*so"ri*al, a. (Zoöl.)
1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.
2. Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.
INSET In*set", v. t.
Defn: To infix. [Obs.] Chaucer.
INSET In"set, n.
1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
2. (Bookbinding)
Defn: One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (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.
INSEVERABLE In*sev"er*a*ble, a.
Defn: Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. De Quincey.
INSHADED In*shad"ed, a.
Defn: Marked with different shades. W. Browne.
INSHAVE In"shave`, n. (Mech.)
Defn: A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
INSHEATHE In*sheathe", v. t.
Defn: To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. Hughes.
INSHELL In*shell", v. t.
Defn: To hide in a shell. [Obs.] Shak.
INSHIP In*ship", v. t.
Defn: To embark. [Obs.] Shak.
INSHORE In"shore`, a.
Defn: Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv.
Defn: Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.
INSHRINE In*shrine", v. t.
Defn: See Enshrine.
INSICCATION In`sic*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of drying in.
INSIDE In"side`, prep. or adv.
Defn: Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
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, etc., in competition.
INSIDE In"side`, n.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content. Looked he o' the inside of the paper Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: 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 outside, 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.
INSIDIATE In*sid"i*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. insidiatus, p. p. of insidiare to lie in ambush, fr. insidiae. See Insidious.]
Defn: To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood.
INSIDIATOR In*sid"i*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who lies in ambush. [Obs.] Barrow.
INSIDIOUS In*sid"i*ous, a. Etym: [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. "The insidious witch." Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. The insidious whisper of the bad angel. Hawthorne. 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.
Syn. -- Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. -- In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
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.
INSIGNIA In*sig"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [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.
INSIGNIFICANCE In`sig*nif"i*cance, n.
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
3. Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of influence or standing; meanness. Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation, to a state of insignificance. Beattie.
INSIGNIFICANCY In`sig*nif"i*can*cy, n.
Defn: Insignificance.
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.
Syn. -- Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small; inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
INSIGNIFICANTLY In`sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
Defn: without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose. "Anger insignificantly fierce." Cowper.
INSIGNIFICATIVE In`sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [L. insignificativus. See In- not, and Significative.]
Defn: Not expressing meaning; not significant.
INSIGNMENT In*sign"ment, n. Etym: [See Insignia.]
Defn: A token, mark, or explanation. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
INSIMULATE In*sim"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse.]
Defn: To accuse. [Obs.] Donne.
INSINCERE In`sin*cere", a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive deceitful; false; disingenuous; untrustworthy.
INSINCERELY In`sin*cere"ly, adv.
Defn: Without sincerity.
INSINCERITY In`sin*cer"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insincérité.]
Defn: The quality of being insincere; want 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.
INSINEW In*sin"ew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Insinewing.]
Defn: To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. Shak.
INSINUANT In*sin"u*ant, a. Etym: [L. insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant.]
Defn: Insinuating; insinuative. [Obs.]
INSINUATE In*sin"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insinuating.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
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.
INSINUATING In*sin"u*a`ting, a.
Defn: Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott.
INSINUATINGLY In*sin"u*a`ting*ly, adv.
Defn: By insinuation.
INSINUATION In*sin"u*a`tion, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Hint; intimation; suggestion. See Innuendo.
INSINUATIVE In*sin"u*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. insinuatif.]
1. Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. "Crafty, insinuative, plausible men." Bp. Reynolds.
2. Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark.
INSINUATOR In*sin"u*a`tor, n. Etym: [L., an introducer.]
Defn: One who, or that which, insinuates. De Foe.
INSINUATORY In*sin"u*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Insinuative.
INSIPID In*sip"id, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated; lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.
INSIPIDITY; INSIPIDNESS In`si*pid"i*ty, In*sip"id*ness, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insipidité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity. "Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's." Pope.
INSIPIDLY In*sip"id*ly, adv.
Defn: In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly. Locke. Sharp.
INSIPIENCE In*sip"i*ence, n. Etym: [L. insipientia: cf. OF. insipience.]
Defn: Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly. [R.] Blount.
INSIPIENT In*sip"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. insipiens; pref. in- not + sapiens wise.]
Defn: Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon. -- n.
Defn: An insipient person. [R.] Fryth.
INSIST In*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Insisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insisting.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Insist, Persist. -- Insist implies some alleged right, as authority or claim. Persist may be from obstinacy alone, and either with or against rights. We insist as against others; we persist in what exclusively relates to ourselves; as, he persisted in that course; he insisted on his friend's adopting it. C. J. Smith.
INSISTENCE In*sist"ence, n.
Defn: The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
INSISTENT In*sist"ent, a. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Incumbent.
INSISTENTLY In*sist"ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an insistent manner.
INSISTURE In*sis"ture, n.
Defn: A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. [Obs.] Shak.
INSITIENCY In*si"ti`en*cy, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + L. sitiens, p. pr. of sitire to be thirsty, fr. sitis thirst.]
Defn: Freedom from thirst. [Obs.] The insitiency of a camel for traveling in deserts. Grew.
INSITION In*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. insitio, fr. inserere, insitum, to sow or plant in, to ingraft; pref. in- in + serere, satum, to sow.]
Defn: The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment. Ray.
IN SITU In` si"tu. Etym: [L.]
Defn: In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.
INSNARE In*snare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insnared; p. pr. & vb. n. Insnaring.] Etym: [Written also ensnare.]
1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. "Insnare a gudgeon." 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.
INSNARER In*snar"er, n.
Defn: One who insnares.
INSNARL In*snarl", v. t.
Defn: To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
INSOBRIETY In`so*bri"e*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + : cf. F. insobriété.]
Defn: Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.
INSOCIABILITY In*so`cia*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insociabilité.]
Defn: The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
INSOCIABLE In*so"cia*ble, a. Etym: [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.
INSOCIABLY In*so"cia*bly, adv.
Defn: Unsociably.
INSOCIATE In*so"ci*ate, a.
Defn: Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse. [Obs.] "The insociate virgin life." B. Jonson.
INSOLATE In"so*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insolating.] Etym: [L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.]
Defn: To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. Johnson.
INSOLATION In`so*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. insolatio: cf. F. insolation.]
1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro 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.
INSOLE In"sole`, n.
Defn: The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed
INSOLENCE In"so*lence, n. Etym: [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 imprudence. Flown with insolence and wine. Milton.
3. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers. Fuller.
INSOLENCE In"so*lence, v. t.
Defn: To insult. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
INSOLENCY In"so*len*cy, n.
Defn: Insolence. [R.] Evelyn.
INSOLENT In"so*lent, a. Etym: [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 forth with make a jest at it. Petti 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. "A paltry, insolent fellow." 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.
Syn. -- Overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy; impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude; reproachful; opprobrious. -- Insolent, Insulting. Insolent, in its primitive sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act insolently was to act in violation of the established rules of social intercourse. He who did this was insolent; and thus the word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings of others. Insulting denotes a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or triumph. Compare Impertinent, Affront, Impudence.
INSOLENTLY In"so*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an insolent manner.
INSOLIDITY In`so*lid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + solidity: cf. F. insolidité.]
Defn: Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument. [R.] Dr. H. More.
INSOLUBILITY In*sol`u*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.
INSOLUBLE In*sol"u*ble, a. Etym: [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. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] Holland
INSOLUBLENESS In*sol"u*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle.
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. "Bands insolvable." Pope.
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.
INSOLVENT In*sol"vent, a. Etym: [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. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.
INSOLVENT In*sol"vent, n. (Law)
Defn: One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier.
INSOMNIA In*som"ni*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. insomnis sleepless; pref. in- not + somnus sleep.]
Defn: Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
INSOMNIOUS In*som"ni*ous, a. Etym: [L. insomniosus, fr. insomnia insomnia.]
Defn: Restless; sleepless. Blount.
INSOMNOLENCE In*som"no*lence, n.
Defn: Sleeplessness.
INSOMUCH In`so*much", adv.
Defn: 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.
INSONOROUS In`so*no"rous, a.
Defn: Not clear or melodious.
INSOOTH In*sooth", adv.
Defn: In sooth; truly. [Archaic]
INSOUCIANCE In`sou`ciance", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.
INSOUCIANT In`sou`ciant", a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned. J. S. Mill.
INSOUL In*soul", v. t.
Defn: 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.
INSPAN In*span", v. t. & i. Etym: [D. inspannen.]
Defn: To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle. [South Africa]
INSPECT In*spect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspecting.] Etym: [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.
INSPECT In*spect", n. Etym: [L. inspectus. See Inspect, v. t.]
Defn: Inspection. [Obs.] Thomson.
INSPECTION In*spec"tion, n. Etym: [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.
INSPECTIVE In*spect"ive, a. Etym: [L. inspectivus.]
Defn: Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.
INSPECTOR In*spect"or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. inspecteur.]
Defn: 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. 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.
INSPECTORATE In*spect"or*ate, n.
Defn: Inspectorship. [R.]
INSPECTORIAL In`spec*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection. [R.]
INSPECTORSHIP In*spect"or*ship, n.
1. The office of an inspector.
2. The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
INSPECTRESS In*spect"ress, n.
Defn: A female inspector.
INSPERSE In*sperse", v. t. Etym: [L. inspersus, p. p. of inspergere to sprinkle upon; pref. in- in, on + spargere to sprinkle.]
Defn: To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSPERSION In*sper"sion, n. Etym: [L. inspersio.]
Defn: The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman.
INSPEXIMUS In*spex"i*mus, n. Etym: [L., we have inspected.]
Defn: The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.
INSPHERE In*sphere", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insphered; p. pr. & vb. n. Insphering.] Etym: [Cf. Ensphere.]
Defn: 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.
INSPIRABLE In*spir"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration. Harvey.
INSPIRATION In`spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INSPIRATIONAL In`spi*ra"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to inspiration.
INSPIRATIONIST In`spi*ra"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who holds to inspiration.
INSPIRATOR In"spi*ra`tor, n. (Mach.)
Defn: A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.
INSPIRATORY In*spir"a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.
INSPIRE In*spire", v. t. Etym: [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 health 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. Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. Dryden.
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.
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.
INSPIRER In*spir"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, inspirer. "Inspirer of that holy flame." Cowper.
INSPIRING In*spir"ing, a.
Defn: Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.
INSPIRIT In*spir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiriting.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To enliven; invigorate; exhilarate; animate; cheer; encourage; inspire.
INSPISSATE In*spis"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspissated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating.] Etym: [L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick.]
Defn: To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
INSPISSATE In*spis"sate, a. Etym: [L. inspissatus, p. p.]
Defn: Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill.
INSPISSATION In`spis*sa"tion, n.
Defn: The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.
INSTABILITY In`sta*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Instabilities. Etym: [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité.]
1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want 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.
Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
INSTABLE In*sta"ble, a. Etym: [L. instabilis: cf. F. instable. See In- not, and Stable, a., and cf. Unstable.]
Defn: Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
INSTABLENESS In*sta"ble*ness, n.
Defn: Instability; unstableness.
INSTALL In*stall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed; p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.] Etym: [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.
INSTALLATION In`stal*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See Install.]
1. The act of installing 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.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
INSTALLMENT In*stall"ment, n. Etym: [Written also instalment.]
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. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. Bouvier.
INSTAMP In*stamp", v. t.
Defn: See Enstamp.
INSTANCE In"stance, n. Etym: [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. 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. -- Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.
Syn. -- Example; case. See Example.
INSTANCE In"stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Instancing.]
Defn: 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.
INSTANCE In"stance, v. i.
Defn: To give an example. [Obs.] This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too. Jer. Taylor.
INSTANCY In"stan*cy, n.
Defn: Instance; urgency. [Obs.] Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave. Hooker.
INSTANT In"stant, a. Etym: [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. in. 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.
Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant.
INSTANT In"stant, adv.
Defn: Instantly. [Poetic] Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope.
INSTANT In"stant, n. Etym: [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by, being near, present. See Instant, a.]
1. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment. 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.
Syn. -- Moment; flash; second.
INSTANTANEITY In*stan`ta*ne"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. instantanéité.]
Defn: Quality of being instantaneous. Shenstone.
INSTANTANEOUS In`stan*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [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. -- In`stan*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- In`stan*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
INSTANTER In*stan"ter, adv. Etym: [L., vehemently, earnestly. See Instant, n. & a.]
Defn: Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.
INSTANTLY In"stant*ly, adv.
1. Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately. Macaulay.
2. With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly. "They besought him instantly." Luke vii. 4.
Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See Directly.
INSTAR In*star", v. t.
Defn: To stud as with stars. [R.] "A golden throne instarred with gems." J. Barlow.
INSTATE In*state", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instating.]
Defn: 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.
INSTAURATE In*stau"rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instaurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instaurating.] Etym: [L. instauratus, p. p. of instaurare to renew. See 1st In-, and Store.]
Defn: To renew or renovate. [R.]
INSTAURATION In`stau*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. instauratio: cf. F. instauration.]
Defn: Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance. Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. T. Burnet.
INSTAURATOR In"stau*ra`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. instaurateur.]
Defn: One who renews or restores to a former condition. [R.] Dr. H. More.
INSTAURE In*staure", v. t. Etym: [See Instaurate.]
Defn: To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [Obs.] Marston.
INSTEAD In*stead", adv. Etym: [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.
INSTEEP In*steep", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insteeped; p. pr. & vb. n. Insteeping.]
Defn: To steep or soak; to drench. [R.] "In gore he lay insteeped." Shak.
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. That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
INSTIGATE In"sti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instigating.] Etym: [L. instigatus, p. p. of instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite; impel; encourage; animate.
INSTIGATINGLY In"sti*ga`ting*ly, adv.
Defn: Incitingly; temptingly.
INSTIGATION In`sti*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. instigatio: cf. F. instigation.]
Defn: 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.
INSTIGATOR In"sti*ga`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. instigateur.]
Defn: One who instigates or incites. Burke.
INSTILL In*still", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Instilling.] Etym: [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in- in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See Distill.] [Written also instil.]
Defn: To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton.
Syn. -- To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate.
INSTILLATION In`stil*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. instillatio: cf. F. instillation.]
Defn: The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.
INSTILLATOR In"stil*la`tor, n.
Defn: An instiller. [R.]
INSTILLATORY In*stil"la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Belonging to instillation. [R.]
INSTILLER In*still"er, n.
Defn: One who instills. Skelton.
INSTILLMENT In*still"ment, n.
Defn: The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. [Written also instilment.]
INSTIMULATE In*stim"u*late, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- not + stimulate.]
Defn: Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [Obs.] Cheyne.
INSTIMULATE In*stim"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st In-, and Stimulate.]
Defn: To stimulate; to excite. [Obs.] Cockerman.
INSTIMULATION In*stim`u*la"tion, n.
Defn: Stimulation.
INSTINCT In*stinct", a. Etym: [L. instinctus, p. p. of instinguere to instigate, incite; cf. instigare to instigate. Cf. Instigate, Distinguish.]
Defn: Urged or sas, 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.
INSTINCT In"stinct, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without 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.
INSTINCT In*stinct", v. t.
Defn: To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. [Obs.] Bentley.
INSTINCTION In*stinc"tion, n.
Defn: Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
INSTINCTIVE In*stinc"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instinctif.]
Defn: 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 motion." Milton. "Instinctive dread." Cowper. With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. Mason. Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends Bp. Hall.
Note: 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.
Syn. -- Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate; inherent; automatic.
INSTINCTIVELY In*stinc"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
INSTINCTIVITY In`stinc*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.] Coleridge.
INSTIPULATE In*stip"u*late, a.
Defn: See Exstipulate.
INSTITUTE In"sti*tute, p. a. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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).
INSTITUTE In"sti*tute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instituted; 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)
Defn: To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. Blackstone.
Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.
INSTITUTE In"sti*tute, n. Etym: [L. institutum: cf. F. institut. See Institute, v. t. & a.]
1. The act of instituting; institution. [Obs.] "Water sanctified by Christ's 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; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.
5. (Scots Law)
Defn: 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.
INSTITUTER In"sti*tu`ter, n.
Defn: An institutor. [R.]
INSTITUTION In`sti*tu"tion, n. Etym: [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.
(b) Instruction; education. [Obs.] Bentley. (c) (Eccl. Law) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge. Blackstone.
2. That which instituted or established; as: (a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. The nature of our people, Our city's institutions. Shak.
(b) An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution. (c) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. 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.
INSTITUTIONAL In`sti*tu"tion*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends. Institutional writers as Rousseau. J. S. Mill.
2. Instituted by authority.
3. Elementary; rudimental.
INSTITUTIONARY In`sti*tu"tion*a*ry, a.
1. Relating to an institution, or institutions.
2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
INSTITUTIST In"sti*tu`tist, n.
Defn: A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. [R.] Harvey.
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 decency." Milton.
INSTITUTIVELY In"sti*tu`tive*ly adv.
Defn: In conformity with an institution. Harrington.
INSTITUTOR In"sti*tu`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. instituteur.]
1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.
2. One who educates; an instructor. [Obs.] Walker.
3. (Episcopal Church)
Defn: A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
INSTOP In*stop", v. t.
Defn: To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams. [Obs.] Dryden.
INSTORE In*store", v. t. Etym: [See Instaurate, Store.]
Defn: To store up; to inclose; to contain. [Obs.] Wyclif.
INSTRATIFIED In*strat"i*fied, a.
Defn: Interstratified.
INSTROKE In"stroke`, n.
Defn: 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.
INSTRUCT In*struct", a. Etym: [L. instructus, p. p. of instruere to furnish, provide, construct, instruct; pref. in- in, struere. See Structure.]
1. Arranged; furnished; provided. [Obs.] "He had neither ship instruct with oars, nor men." Chapman.
2. Instructed; taught; enlightened. [Obs.] Milton.
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.
Syn. -- To teach; educate; inform; train; discipline; indoctrinate; direct; enjoin.
INSTRUCTER In*struct"er, n.
Defn: See Instructor.
INSTRUCTIBLE In*struct"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible. Bacon.
INSTRUCTION In*struc"tion, n. Etym: [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; as: (a) Precept; information; teachings. (b) Direction; order; command. "If my instructions may be your guide." Shak.
Syn. -- Education; teaching; indoctrination; information; advice; counsel. See Education.
INSTRUCTIONAL In*struc"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.
INSTRUCTIVE In*struct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instructif.]
Defn: Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison. In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope. -- In*struct"ive*ly, adv. -- In*struct"ive*ness, n. The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle.
INSTRUCTOR In*struct"or, n. Etym: [L., a preparer: cf. F. instructeur.] [Written also instructer.]
Defn: One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
INSTRUCTRESS In*struct"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
INSTRUMENT In"stru*ment, n. Etym: [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; 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)
Defn: 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. Or useful serving man and instrument, To any sovereign state. Shak. The bold are but the instruments of the wise. Dryden.
Syn. -- Tool; implement; utensil; machine; apparatus; channel; agent.
INSTRUMENT In"stru*ment, v. t.
Defn: To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
INSTRUMENTAL In`stru*men"tal, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds. Dryden.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit 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 want of mathematical accuracy in an instrument.
INSTRUMENTALISM In`stru*men"tal*ism, n. (Philos.)
Defn: 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.
INSTRUMENTALIST In`stru*men"tal*ist, n.
Defn: One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
INSTRUMENTALITY In`stru*men*tal"i*ty, n.; pl. Instrumentalities (.
Defn: 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.
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.
INSTRUMENTALNESS In`stru*men"tal*ness, n.
Defn: Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. [R.] Hammond.
INSTRUMENTARY In`stru*men"ta*ry, a.
Defn: Instrumental. [R.]
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.
INSTRUMENTIST In"stru*men`tist, n.
Defn: A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.
INSTYLE In*style", v. t.
Defn: To style. [Obs.] Crashaw.
INSUAVITY In*suav"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. insuavitas: cf. F. insuavité. See In- not, and Suavity.]
Defn: Want of suavity; unpleasantness. [Obs.] Burton.
INSUBJECTION In`sub*jec"tion, n.
Defn: Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
INSUBMERGIBLE In`sub*mer"gi*ble, a.
Defn: Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [R.]
INSUBMISSION In`sub*mis"sion, n.
Defn: Want of submission; disobedience; noncompliance.
INSUBORDINATE In`sub*or"di*nate, a.
Defn: Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
INSUBORDINATION In`sub*or`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insubordination.]
Defn: The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
INSUBSTANTIAL In`sub*stan"tial, a.
Defn: Unsubstantial; not real or strong. "Insubstantial pageant." [R.] Shak.
INSUBSTANTIALITY In`sub*stan`ti*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: Unsubstantiality; unreality. [R.]
INSUCCATION In`suc*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. insucare, insucatum, to soak in; pref. in- + succus, sucus, sap.]
Defn: The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. [Obs.] Coxe. The medicating and insuccation of seeds. Evelyn.
INSUCCESS In`suc*cess", n.
Defn: Want of success. [R.] Feltham.
INSUE In*sue", v. i.
Defn: See Ensue, v. i.
INSUETUDE In"sue*tude, n. Etym: [L. insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; pref. in- not + suetus, p. p. of suescere to be accustomed.]
Defn: The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit. Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Landor.
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.
INSUFFERABLY In*suf"fer*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.
INSUFFICIENCE In`suf*fi"cience, n.
Defn: Insufficiency. Shak.
INSUFFICIENCY In`suf*fi"cien*cy, n. Etym: [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]
1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want 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. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
INSUFFICIENT In`suf*fi"cient, a. Etym: [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 for His praise." Cowper.
2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.
Syn. -- Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit; incompetent; incapable; inefficient.
INSUFFICIENTLY In`suf*fi"cient*ly, adv.
Defn: In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
INSUFFLATE In*suf"flate, a. [See Insufflation.]
Defn: To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.
INSUFFLATION In`suf*fla"tion, n. Etym: [L. insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation.]
Defn: The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: (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.
INSUITABLE In*suit"a*ble, a.
Defn: Unsuitable. [Obs.] -- In*suit`a*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]
INSULAR In"su*lar, a. Etym: [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.
INSULAR In"su*lar, n.
Defn: An islander. [R.] Berkeley.
INSULARITY In`su*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.
INSULARLY In"su*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In an insular manner.
INSULARY In"su*la*ry, a.
Defn: Insular. [Obs.] Howell.
INSULATE In"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] Etym: [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)
Defn: To prevent the transfer o 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.
INSULATED In"su*la`ted, 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)
Defn: Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
3. (Astron.)
Defn: 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 wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.
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)
Defn: 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.
INSULATOR In"su*la`tor, n.
1. One who, or that which, insulates.
2. (Elec. & Thermotics)
Defn: The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.
INSULITE In"su*lite, n. (Elec.)
Defn: An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
INSULOUS In"su*lous, a. Etym: [L. insulosus, fr. insula island.]
Defn: Abounding in islands. [R.]
INSULSE In*sulse", a. Etym: [L. insulsus; pref. in- not + salsus salted, fr. salire, salsum, to salt.]
Defn: Insipid; dull; stupid. [Obs.] Milton.
INSULSITY In*sul"si*ty, n. Etym: [L. insulsitas.]
Defn: Insipidity; stupidity; dullness. [Obs.] The insulsity of mortal tongues. Milton.
INSULT In"sult, n. Etym: [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; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.
Syn. -- Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront.
INSULT In*sult", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.] Etym: [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.
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.
INSULTABLE In*sult"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being insulted or affronted. [R.] Emerson.
INSULTATION In`sul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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).
INSULTER In*sult"er, n.
Defn: One who insults. Shak.
INSULTING In*sult"ing, a.
Defn: Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. -- In*sult"ing*ly, adv.
Syn. -- Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See Insolent.
INSULTMENT In*sult"ment, n.
Defn: Insolent treatment; insult. [Obs.] "My speech of insultment ended." Shak.
INSUME In*sume", v. t. Etym: [L. insumere; pre. in- in + sumere to take.]
Defn: To take in; to absorb. [Obs.]
INSUPERABILITY In*su`per*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
INSUPERABLE In*su"per*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable. -- In*su"per*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*su"per*a*bly, adv.
INSUPPORTABLE In`sup*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Defn: 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.
INSUPPOSABLE In`sup*pos"a*ble, a.
Defn: Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.
INSUPPRESSIBLE In`sup*press"i*ble, a.
Defn: That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
INSUPPRESSIVE In`sup*press"ive, a.
Defn: Insuppressible. [Obs.] "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
INSURABLE In*sur"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Insure.]
Defn: 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.
INSURANCE In*sur"ance, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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. Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or 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. -- 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.
INSURANCER In*sur"an*cer, n.
Defn: One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.] Dryden. hose bold insurancers of deathless fame. Blair.
INSURANT In*sur"ant, n.
Defn: The person insured. Champness.
INSURE In"sure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insured; p. pr. & vb. n. Insuring.] Etym: [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.
INSURE In*sure", v. i.
Defn: To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
INSURER In*sur"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
INSURGENCE; INSURGENCY In*sur"gence, In*sur"gen*cy, n.
Defn: A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection. A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of Rome. G. Eliot.
INSURGENT In*sur"gent, a. Etym: [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.]
Defn: Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.
INSURGENT In*sur"gent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insurgent.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- See Rebel.
INSURMOUNTABILITY In`sur*mount`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being insurmountable.
INSURMOUNTABLE In`sur*mount"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Insuperable; impassable; invincible.
INSURMOUNTABLENESS In`sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.
INSURMOUNTABLY In`sur*mount"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.
INSURRECTION In`sur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [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.]
Syn. -- Insurrection, Sedition, Revolt, Rebellion, Mutiny. Sedition is the raising of commotion in a state, as by conspiracy, without aiming at open violence against the laws. Insurrection is a rising of individuals to prevent the execution of law by force of arms. Revolt is a casting off the authority of a government, with a view to put it down by force, or to substitute one ruler for another. Rebellion is an extended insurrection and revolt. Mutiny is an insurrection on a small scale, as a mutiny of a regiment, or of a ship's crew. 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.
INSURRECTIONAL In`sur*rec"tion*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. insurrectionnel.]
Defn: Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.
INSURRECTIONARY In`sur*rec"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious. Their murderous insurrectionary system. Burke.
INSURRECTIONIST In`sur*rec"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.
INSUSCEPTIBILITY In`sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
INSUSCEPTIBLE In`sus*cep`ti*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + susceptible: cf. F. insusceptible.]
Defn: 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. -- In`sus*cep`ti*bly adv.
INSUSCEPTIVE In`sus*cep"tive, a.
Defn: Not susceptive or susceptible. [R.] Rambler.
INSUSURRATION In*su`sur*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. insusurratio, fr. insusurrare to whisper into.]
Defn: The act of whispering into something. [Obs.] Johnson.
INSWATHE In*swathe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inswathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inswating.]
Defn: To wrap up; to infold; to swathe. Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist. Tennyson.
INSWEPT In"swept`, a.
Defn: 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.
INTACT In*tact", a. Etym: [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.]
Defn: 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.
INTACTIBLE; INTACTABLE In*tac"ti*ble, In*tac"ta*ble, a.
Defn: Not perceptible to the touch.
INTAGLIATED In*tagl"ia*ted, a. Etym: [It. intagliato, p. p. of intagliare. See Intaglio.]
Defn: Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone. T. Warton.
INTAGLIO In*tagl"io, n.; pl. E. Intaglius, It. Intagli. Etym: [It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.]
Defn: 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.
INTAIL In*tail", v. t.
Defn: See Entail, v. t.
INTAKE In"take`, n.
1. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- 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.
INTAMINATED In*tam"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. intaminatus. See Contaminate.]
Defn: Uncontaminated. [Obs.] Wood.
INTANGIBILITY In*tan`gi*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Intangibilities. Etym: [Cf. F. intangibilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
INTANGIBLE In*tan"gi*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible.]
Defn: Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.
INTANGLE In*tan"gle, v. t.
Defn: See Entangle.
INTASTABLE In*tast"a*ble, a.
Defn: Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Grew.
INTEGER In"te*ger, n. Etym: [L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See Entire.]
Defn: 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 + bsq. root-1, where a and b are real integers.
INTEGRABILITY In`te*gra*bil"i*ty, n. (Math.)
Defn: The quality of being integrable.
INTEGRABLE In"te*gra*ble, a. (Math.)
Defn: Capable of being integrated.
INTEGRAL In"te*gral, a. Etym: [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.
INTEGRAL In"te*gral, n.
1. A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.
2. (Math.)
Defn: 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.
INTEGRALITY In`te*gral"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intégralité.]
Defn: Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker.
INTEGRALLY In"te*gral*ly, adv.
Defn: In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration.
INTEGRANT In"te*grant, a. Etym: [L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrant. See Integrate.]
Defn: 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 particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division.
INTEGRATE In"te*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Integrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Integrating.] Etym: [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. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." 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.)
Defn: To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
INTEGRATION In`te*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. integratio a renewing, restoring: cf. F. intégration.]
1. The act or process of making whole or entire.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.
Note: The symbol of integration is 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.
INTEGRATOR In"te*gra`tor, n. (Math. & Mech.)
Defn: 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.
INTEGRITY In*teg"ri*ty, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.
INTEGROPALLIAL In`te*gro*pal"li*al, a. Etym: [L. integer whole + E. pallial.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.
INTEGUMATION In*teg`u*ma"tion, n. Etym: [See Integument.]
Defn: That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.
INTEGUMENT In*teg"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.]
Defn: 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.
INTEGUMENTARY In*teg`u*men"ta*ry, n.
Defn: Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.
INTEGUMENTATION In*teg`u*men*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.
INTELLECT In"tel*lect, n. Etym: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.] (Metaph.)
Defn: The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
INTELLECTED In"tel*lect`ed, a.
Defn: Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities. [R.] In body, and in bristles, they became As swine, yet intellected as before. Cowper.
INTELLECTION In`tel*lec"tion, n. Etym: [L. intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection.]
Defn: 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.
INTELLECTIVE In`tel*lec"tive, a. Etym: [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.
INTELLECTIVELY In`tel*lec"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intellective manner. [R.] "Not intellectivelly to write." Warner.
INTELLECTUAL In`tel*lec"tu*al, a. Etym: [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.
INTELLECTUAL In`tel*lec"tu*al, n.
Defn: 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.
INTELLECTUALISM In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism, n.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
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.
INTELLECTUALITY In`tel*lec`tu*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. intellectualitas: cf. F. intellectualité.]
Defn: Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
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.
INTELLECTUALLY In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intellectual manner.
INTELLIGENCE In*tel"li*gence, n. Etym: [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. I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath, nCourt 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. Intelligence office, an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
Syn. -- Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice; notification; news; information; report.
INTELLIGENCER In*tel"li*gen*cer, n.
Defn: 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.
INTELLIGENCING In*tel"li*gen*cing, a.
Defn: Informing; giving information; talebearing. [Obs.] Shak. That sad intelligencing tyrant. Milton.
INTELLIGENCY In*tel"li*gen*cy, n.
Defn: Intelligence. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTELLIGENT In*tel"li*gent, a. Etym: [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 intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.
3. Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.] Intelligent of seasons. Milton. Which are to France the spies and speculations Intelligent of our state. Shak.
Syn. -- Sensible; understanding. See Sensible.
INTELLIGENTIAL In*tel`li*gen"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intelligentiel.] [R.]
1. Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual. "With act intelligential." Milton.
2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal. Food alike those pure Intelligential substances require. Milton.
INTELLIGENTIARY In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry, n.
Defn: One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.] Holinshed.
INTELLIGENTLY In*tel"li*gent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.
INTELLIGIBILITY In*tel`li*gi*bil"i*ty, Etym: [Cf. F. intelligilibilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.
INTELLIGIBLE In*tel"li*gi*ble, Etym: [L. intellegibilis: cf. F. intelligible. See Intelligent.]
Defn: Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc. The intelligible forms of ancient poets. Coleridge.
Syn. -- Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.
INTELLIGIBLENESS In*tel"li*gi*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility. Locke.
INTELLIGIBLY In*tel"li*gi*bly, adv.
Defn: In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.
INTEMERATE; INTEMERATED In*tem"er*ate, In*tem"er*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. intemeratus; pref. in- not + temeratus defiled.]
Defn: Pure; undefiled. [Obs.]
INTEMERATENESS In*tem"er*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being unpolluted; purity. [Obs.] Donne.
INTEMPERAMENT In*tem"per*a*ment, n.
Defn: A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part. [R.] Harvey.
INTEMPERANCE In*tem"per*ance, n. Etym: [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.
INTEMPERANCY In*tem"per*an*cy, n.
Defn: Intemperance. [Obs.]
INTEMPERANT In*tem"per*ant, a. Etym: [L. intemperans, -antis. See In- not, and Temperant.]
Defn: Intemperate. [Obs.] Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts. Udall.
INTEMPERATE In*tem`per*ate, a. Etym: [L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.]
1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments 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.
INTEMPERATE In*tem`per*ate, v. t.
Defn: To disorder. [Obs.]
INTEMPERATELY In*tem`per*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint. The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and intemperately on that occasion. Burke.
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.
INTEMPERATURE In*tem"per*a*ture, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. intemperature.]
Defn: Intemperateness. [Obs.] Boyle.
INTEMPESTIVE In`tem*pes"tive, a. Etym: [L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]
Defn: Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton. Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales.
INTEMPESTIVELY In`tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: Unseasonably. [Obs.]
INTEMPESTIVITY In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité.]
Defn: Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales.
INTENABLE In*ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + tenable: cf. F. intenable.]
Defn: Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
INTEND In*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.
INTENDANCY In*tend"an*cy, n.; pl. Intendancies. Etym: [Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant.]
1. The office or employment of an intendant.
2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.
INTENDANT In*tend"ant, n. Etym: [F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]
Defn: One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
INTENDANT In*tend"ant, a. Etym: [See Intend.]
Defn: Attentive. [Obs.]
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.
INTENDED In*tend"ed, n.
Defn: 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.
INTENDEDLY In*tend"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Intentionally. [R.] Milton.
INTENDENT In*tend"ent, n.
Defn: See Intendant, n. [Obs.]
INTENDER In*tend"er, n.
Defn: One who intends. Feltham.
INTENDIMENT In*tend"i*ment, n. Etym: [LL. intendimentum. See Intendment.]
Defn: Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTENDMENT In*tend"ment, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.
INTENERATE In*ten"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intenerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intenerating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. tener soft, tender. See Tender, a.]
Defn: 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.
INTENERATE In*ten"er*ate, a.
Defn: Made tender or soft; softened. [Obs.]
INTENERATION In*ten`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. [R.] Bacon.
INTENIBLE In*ten"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be grasped. Cf. Intenable.]
Defn: Incapable of holding or containing. [Obs.] This captious and intenible sieve. Shak.
INTENSATE In*ten"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensating.] Etym: [See Intense.]
Defn: To intensify. [R.] Emerson.
INTENSATION In`ten*sa"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. [R.] Carlyle.
INTENSATIVE In*ten"sa*tive, a.
Defn: Adding intensity; intensifying.
INTENSE In*tense", a. Etym: [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.
INTENSELY In*tense"ly, adv.
1. Intently. [Obs.] J. Spencer.
2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.
INTENSENESS In*tense"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.
INTENSIFICATION In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
INTENSIFIER In*ten"si*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
INTENSIFY In*ten"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] Etym: [Intense + -fly.]
Defn: 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.
INTENSIFY In*ten"si*fy, v. i.
Defn: To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
INTENSION In*ten"sion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTENSITIVE In*ten"si*tive, a.
Defn: Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.
INTENSITY In*ten"si*ty, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
3. (Mech.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The degree or depth of shade in a picture.
INTENSIVE In*ten"sive, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
INTENSIVE In*ten"sive, n.
Defn: That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
INTENSIVELY In*ten"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intensive manner; by increase of degree. Abp. Bramhall.
INTENSIVENESS In*ten"sive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being intensive; intensity. Sir M. Hale.
INTENT In*tent", a. Etym: [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 on mischief." Milton. Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker. I. Watts.
INTENT In*tent", n. Etym: [OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose, OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend.]
Defn: 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 Hooker. To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. "He was miserable to all intents and purpose." L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view; drift; object; end; aim; plan.
INTENTATION In`ten*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Intention. [Obs.]
INTENTION In*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension.]
1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward 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)
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design.
INTENTIONAL In*ten"tion*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intentionnel.]
Defn: Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
INTENTIONALITY In*ten`tion*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
INTENTIONALLY In*ten"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
INTENTIONED In*ten"tioned, a.
Defn: Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well- intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
INTENTIVE In*ten"tive, a. Etym: [OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive.]
Defn: Attentive; intent. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTENTIVELY In*ten"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: Attentively; closely. [Obs.] "Intentively to observe." Holland.
INTENTIVENESS In*ten"tive*ness, n.
Defn: Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
INTENTLY In*tent"ly, adv.
Defn: In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.
Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly.
INTENTNESS In*tent"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South.
INTER- In"ter-. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
INTER In*ter", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n. Interring.] Etym: [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]
Defn: To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.
INTERACT In`ter*act", n. Etym: [Pref. inter- + act. Cf. Entr'acte.]
Defn: A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield.
INTERACT In`ter*act", v. i.
Defn: To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact. Emerson. Tyndall.
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.
INTERADDITIVE In`ter*ad"di*tive, a.
Defn: Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.
INTERAGENCY In`ter*a"gen*cy, n.
Defn: Intermediate agency.
INTERAGENT In`ter*a"gent, n.
Defn: An intermediate agent.
INTERALL In"ter*all, n.
Defn: Entrail or inside. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
INTERALVEOLAR In`ter*al"ve*o*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.
INTERAMBULACRAL In`ter*am`bu*la"cral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
INTERAMBULACRUM In`ter*am`bu*la"crum, n.; pl. L. Interambulacra (, E. Interambulacrums (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
INTERAMNIAN In`ter*am"ni*an, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. amnis river: cf. L. interamnus.]
Defn: Situated between rivers. [R.] "An interamnian country." J. Bryant.
INTERANIMATE In`ter*an"i*mate, v. t.
Defn: To animate or inspire mutually. [Obs.] Donne.
INTERARBORATION In`ter*ar`bo*ra"tion, n.
Defn: The interweaving of branches of trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INTERARTICULAR In`ter*ar*tic"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
INTERATOMIC In`ter*a*tom"ic, a. (Chem. & Physics)
Defn: Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
INTERAULIC In`ter*au"lic, a.
Defn: Existing between royal courts. [R.] "Interaulic politics." Motley.
INTERAURICULAR In`ter*au*ric"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.
INTERAXAL In`ter*ax"al, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt.
INTERAXILLARY In`ter*ax"il*la*ry, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
INTERAXIS In`ter*ax"is, n.; pl. Interaxes (. (Arch.)
Defn: The space between two axes. See Axis, 6. The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes. Gwilt.
INTERBASTATION In`ter*bas*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. inter- + baste to sew.]
Defn: Patchwork. [Obs.] Dr. J. Smith.
INTERBRACHIAL In`ter*brach"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Between the arms.
INTERBRAIN In`ter*brain`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: See Thalamencephalon.
INTERBRANCHIAL In`ter*bran"chi*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Between the branchiæ.
INTERBREED In`ter*breed", v. t. & i.
Defn: To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
INTERCALAR In*ter"ca*lar, a.
Defn: Intercalary.
INTERCALARY In*ter"ca*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
1. (Chron.)
Defn: 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 spines." 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.
INTERCALATE In*ter"ca*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating.] Etym: [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]
1. (Chron.)
Defn: 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.
INTERCALATION In*ter`ca*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]
1. (Chron.)
Defn: 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.
INTERCAROTID In`ter*ca*rot"id, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.
INTERCARPAL In`ter*car"pal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
INTERCARTILAGINOUS In`ter*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
INTERCAVERNOUS In`ter*cav"ern*ous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.
INTERCEDE In`ter*cede", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interceding.] Etym: [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; as, I will intercede with him for you. I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. Milton.
Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.
INTERCEDE In`ter*cede", v. t.
Defn: To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
INTERCEDENCE In`ter*ced"ence, n.
Defn: The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
INTERCEDENT In`ter*ced"ent, a. Etym: [L. intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere.]
Defn: Passing between; mediating; pleading. [R.] -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.
INTERCEDER In`ter*ced"er, n.
Defn: One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson.
INTERCELLULAR In`ter*cel"lu*lar, a.
Defn: Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.
INTERCENTRAL In`ter*cen"tral, a.
Defn: 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.
INTERCENTRUM In`ter*cen"trum, n.; pl. Intercentra (. (Anat.)
Defn: The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.
INTERCEPT In`ter*cept", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercepting.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To include between; as, that part of the intercepted between the points A and B.
Syn. -- To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
INTERCEPT In"ter*cept`, n. (Math.)
Defn: A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
INTERCEPTER In`ter*cept"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak.
INTERCEPTION In`ter*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. interceptio a taking away: cf. F. interception.]
Defn: The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
INTERCEPTIVE In`ter*cept"ive, a.
Defn: Intercepting or tending to intercept.
INTERCESSION In`ter*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See Intercede.]
Defn: 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.
INTERCESSIONAL In`ter*ces"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.
INTERCESSIONATE In`ter*ces"sion*ate, v. t.
Defn: To entreat. [Obs.]
INTERCESSOR In`ter*ces"sor, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
INTERCESSORIAL In`ter*ces*so"ri*al, a.
Defn: Intercessory.
INTERCESSORY In`ter*ces"so*ry, a. Etym: [LL. intercessorius.]
Defn: Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.
INTERCHAIN In`ter*chain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interchained; p. pr. & vb. n. Interchaining.]
Defn: To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain. Two bosoms interchained with an oath. Shak.
INTERCHANGE In`ter*change", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interchanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Interchanging.] Etym: [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.
INTERCHANGE In`ter*change", v. i.
Defn: To make an interchange; to alternate. Sir P. Sidney.
INTERCHANGE In`ter*change", n. Etym: [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 of kindnesses." 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.
INTERCHANGEABILITY In`ter*change`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.
INTERCHANGEABLE In`ter*change"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. entrechangeable.]
1. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution. "Interchangeable warrants." Bacon.
2. Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder. -- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv.
INTERCHANGEMENT In`ter*change"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. entrechangement.]
Defn: Mutual transfer; exchange. [Obs.] Shak.
INTERCHAPTER In`ter*chap"ter, n.
Defn: An intervening or inserted chapter.
INTERCIDENCE In*ter"ci*dence, n. Etym: [See Intercident.]
Defn: The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident. [Obs.] Holland.
INTERCIDENT In*ter"ci*dent, a. Etym: [L. intercidens, -entis, p. pr. of intercidere to fall between; inter between + cadere to fall.]
Defn: Falling or coming between; happening accidentally. [Obs.] Boyle.
INTERCIPIENT In`ter*cip"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. intercipiens, -entis, p. pr. of intercipere. See Intercept.]
Defn: Intercepting; stopping. -- n.
Defn: One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage. Wiseman.
INTERCISION In`ter*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. intercisio a cutting through, fr. intercidere to cut asunder.]
Defn: A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INTERCITIZENSHIP In`ter*cit"i*zen*ship, n.
Defn: The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States. Bancroft.
INTERCLAVICLE In`ter*clav"i*cle, n. (Anat.)
Defn: See Episternum.
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.
INTERCLOSE In`ter*close", v. t. Etym: [Pref. inter- + close. See Interclude.]
Defn: To shut in; to inclose. [Obs.]
INTERCLOUD In`ter*cloud", v. t.
Defn: To cloud. [R.] Daniel.
INTERCLUDE In`ter*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercluding.] Etym: [L. intercludere, interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Interclose.]
Defn: 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.
INTERCLUSION In`ter*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. interclusio. See Interclude.]
Defn: Interception; a stopping
INTERCOLLEGIATE In`ter*col*le"gi*ate, a.
Defn: Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.
INTERCOLLINE In`ter*col"line, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.
INTERCOLONIAL In`ter*co*lo"ni*al, a.
Defn: Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. -- In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.
INTERCOLUMNAR In`ter*co*lum"nar, a.
Defn: Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.
INTERCOLUMNIATION In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. Gwilt.
Note: 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.
INTERCOMBAT In`ter*com"bat, n.
Defn: Combat. [Obs.] Daniel.
INTERCOMING In`ter*com"ing, n.
Defn: The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]
INTERCOMMON In`ter*com"mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercommoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommoning.] Etym: [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)
Defn: To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
INTERCOMMONAGE In`ter*com"mon*age, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: The right or privilege of intercommoning.
INTERCOMMUNE In`ter*com*mune", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intercommuned; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommuning.] Etym: [Cf. Intercommon, Intercommunicate, Commune.]
1. To intercommunicate. [Obs.]
2. To have mutual communication or intercourse by conservation. [Scot.]
INTERCOMMUNICABLE In`ter*com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being mutually communicated.
INTERCOMMUNICATE In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate, v. i.
Defn: To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
INTERCOMMUNICATE In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate, v. t.
Defn: To communicate mutually; to interchange. Holland.
INTERCOMMUNICATION In`ter*com*mu`ni*ca"tion, n.
Defn: Mutual communication. Owen.
INTERCOMMUNION In`ter*com*mun"ion, n.
Defn: Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
INTERCOMMUNITY In`ter*com*mu"ni*ty, n.
Defn: Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc. In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another. Bp. Warburton.
INTERCOMPARISON In`ter*com*par"i*son, n.
Defn: Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.
INTERCONDYLAR; INTERCONDYLOID In`ter*con"dy*lar, In`ter*con"dy*loid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.
INTERCONNECT In`ter*con*nect", v. t.
Defn: To join together.
INTERCONNECTION In`ter*con*nec"tion, n.
Defn: Connection between; mutual connection.
INTERCONTINENTAL In`ter*con`ti*nen"tal, a.
Defn: Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.
INTERCONVERTIBLE In`ter*con*vert"i*ble, a.
Defn: Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.
INTERCOSTAL In`ter*cos"tal, a. (Anat. & Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
INTERCOURSE In"ter*course, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. Milton. Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition.
Syn. -- Communication; connection; commerce; communion; fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance.
INTERCROP In"ter*crop`, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. -cropped; p. pr. & vb. n. - cropping.] (Agric.)
Defn: 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.
INTERCROP In"ter*crop`, n. (Agric.)
Defn: A crop grown among or between the rows of another crop; a catch crop.
INTERCROSS In`ter*cross", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Intercrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercrossing.]
1. To cross each other, as lines.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.
INTERCROSS In"ter*cross`, n.
Defn: 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.
INTERCRURAL In`ter*cru"ral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
INTERCUR In`ter*cur", v. i. Etym: [L. intercurrere. See Intercourse.]
Defn: To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. [Obs.] Shelton.
INTERCURRENCE In`ter*cur"rence, n. Etym: [See Intercurrent.]
Defn: A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.
INTERCURRENT In`ter*cur"rent, a. Etym: [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.
INTERCURRENT In`ter*cur"rent, n.
Defn: Something intervening. Holland.
INTERCUTANEOUS In`ter*cu*ta"ne*ous, a.
Defn: Subcutaneous.
INTERDASH In`ter*dash", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.]
Defn: To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper.
INTERDEAL In`ter*deal", v. i.
Defn: To intrigue. [Obs.] Daniel.
INTERDENOMINATIONAL In`ter*de*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Defn: Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.
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.)
Defn: Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.
INTERDENTIL In`ter*den"til, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The space between two dentils. Gwilt.
INTERDEPENDENCE In`ter*de*pend"ence, n.
Defn: Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.
INTERDEPENDENCY In`ter*de*pend"en*cy, n.
Defn: Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De Quincey.
INTERDEPENDENT In`ter*de*pend"ent, a.
Defn: Mutually dependent.
INTERDICT In`ter*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTERDICT In"ter*dict`, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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)
Defn: 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.
INTERDICTION In`ter*dic"tion, n. Etym: [L. interdictio: cf. F. interdiction.]
Defn: The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict. The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurst. Shak.
INTERDICTIVE In`ter*dict"ive, a.
Defn: Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence. Milton.
INTERDICTORY In`ter*dict"o*ry, a. Etym: [L. interdictorius.]
Defn: Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.
INTERDIGITAL In`ter*dig"i*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.
INTERDIGITATE In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To interweave. [R.]
INTERDIGITATE In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. i. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. digitus finger.]
Defn: To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. Owen.
INTERDIGITATION In`ter*dig`i*ta"tion, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Owen.
INTERDOME In"ter*dome`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
INTERDUCE In"ter*duce, n. Etym: [Cf. F. entre-deux, literally, between two.] (Carp.)
Defn: An intertie.
INTEREPIMERAL In"ter*e*pim"er*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.
INTEREQUINOCTIAL In`ter*e`qui*noc"tial, a.
Defn: Coming between the equinoxes. Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour.
INTERESS In"ter*ess, v. t. Etym: [See Interest, v. t.]
Defn: To interest or affect. [Obs.] Hooker.
INTERESSE In"ter*esse, n.
Defn: Interest. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTEREST In"ter*est, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.
INTEREST In"ter*est, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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. 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. Premium paid for the use of money, -- 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.
INTERESTED In"ter*est*ed, a. Etym: [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.
INTERESTEDNESS In"ter*est*ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson.
INTERESTING In"ter*est*ing, a.
Defn: Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.
INTERESTINGLY In"ter*est*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In an interesting manner.
INTERESTINGNESS In"ter*est*ing*ness, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.
INTERFACIAL In`ter*fa"cial, a. (Geom.)
Defn: Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.
INTERFASCICULAR In`ter*fas*cic"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.
INTERFERANT In`ter*fer"ant, n. (Law)
Defn: One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office. [U.S.]
INTERFERE In`ter*fere", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Interfering.] Etym: [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; as, interfering claims, or commands.
2. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. 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)
Defn: 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)
Defn: To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
Syn. -- To interpose; intermeddle. See Interpose.
INTERFERENCE In`ter*fer"ence, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of 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.
Note: 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)
Defn: 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.
INTERFERER In`ter*fer"er, n.
Defn: One who interferes.
INTERFERINGLY In`ter*fer"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By or with interference.
INTERFEROMETER In`ter*fe*rom"e*ter, n. [See Interfere and -meter.] (Physics)
Defn: An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- called also refractometer.
INTERFLOW In`ter*flow", v. i.
Defn: To flow in. [R.] Holland.
INTERFLUENT; INTERFLUOUS In*ter"flu*ent, In*ter"flu*ous, a. Etym: [L. interfluens, p. pr., and interfluus. See Inter-, and Fluent.]
Defn: Flowing between or among; intervening. Boyle.
INTERFOLDED In`ter*fold"ed, p. a.
Defn: Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow.
INTERFOLIACEOUS In`ter*fo`li*a"ceous, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + foliaceous: cf. F. interfoliacé.] (Bot.)
Defn: At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.
INTERFOLIATE In`ter*fo"li*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. folium leaf.]
Defn: To interleave. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTERFOLLICULAR In`ter*fol*lic"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.
INTERFRETTED In`ter*fret"ted, a. (Her.)
Defn: Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
INTERFULGENT In`ter*ful"gent, a. Etym: [L. interfulgens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Fulgent.]
Defn: Shining between.
INTERFUSE In`ter*fuse" (, v. t. Etym: [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.
INTERFUSION In`ter*fu"sion, n. Etym: [L. interfusio.]
Defn: The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge.
INTERGANGLIONIC In`ter*gan`gli*on"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.
INTERGLOBULAR In`ter*glob"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.
INTERGRAVE In`ter*grave", v. t. [imp. Intergraved; p. p. Intergraved or Intergraven (p. pr. & vb. n. Intergraving.]
Defn: 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. )
INTERHEMAL; INTERHAEMAL In`ter*he"mal, In`ter*hæ"mal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the hemal arches or hemal spines. -- n.
Defn: An interhemal spine or cartilage.
INTERHYAL In`ter*hy"al, a. Etym: [Inter- + the Greek letter (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- n.
Defn: An interhyal ligament or cartilage.
INTERIM In"ter*im, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTERIOR In*te"ri*or, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
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.
INTERIORITY In*te`ri*or"i*ty, n.
Defn: State of being interior.
INTERIORLY In*te"ri*or*ly, adv.
Defn: Internally; inwardly.
INTERJACENCE; INTERJACENCY In`ter*ja"cence, In`ter*ja"cen*cy, n. Etym: [See Interjacent.]
Defn: 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.
INTERJACENT In`ter*ja"cent, a. Etym: [L. interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere to lie between; inter between + jac to lie.]
Defn: Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. Sir W. Raleigh.
INTERJACULATE In`ter*jac"u*late, v. t.
Defn: To ejaculate parenthetically. [R.] Thackeray.
INTERJANGLE In`ter*jan"gle, v. i.
Defn: To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [R.] Daniel.
INTERJECT In`ter*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.] Etym: [L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jac to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
Defn: To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton.
INTERJECT In`ter*ject", v. i.
Defn: To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose. Sir G. Buck.
INTERJECTION In`ter*jec"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
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.
INTERJECTIONALIZE In`ter*jec"tion*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To convert into, or to use as, an interjection. Earle.
INTERJECTIONALLY In`ter*jec"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an interjectional manner. G. Eliot.
INTERJECTIONARY In`ter*jec"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Interjectional.
INTERJOIN In`ter*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjoining.] Etym: [Pref. inter + join.]
Defn: To join mutually; to unite. [R.] Shak.
INTERJOIST In"ter*joist`, n. (Carp.)
1. The space or interval between two joists. Gwilt.
2. A middle joist or crossbeam. De Colange.
INTERJUNCTION In`ter*junc"tion, n. Etym: [L. interjunctus, p. p. of interjungere to join together. See Inter-, and Join, and cf. Interjoin.]
Defn: A mutual joining. [R.]
INTERKNIT In`ter*knit", v. t.
Defn: To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.
INTERKNOW In`ter*know", v. t.
Defn: To know mutually. [Obs.]
INTERKNOWLEDGE In`ter*knowl"edge, n.
Defn: Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [Obs.] Bacon.
INTERLACE In`ter*lace", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Interlaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing.] Etym: [OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.]
Defn: 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 every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.
INTERLACEMENT In`ter*lace"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. entrelacement.]
Defn: The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.
INTERLAMELLAR; INTERLAMINAR In`ter*lam"el*lar, In`ter*lam"i*nar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.
INTERLAMINATED In`ter*lam"i*na`ted, a.
Defn: Placed between, or containing, laminæ or plates.
INTERLAMINATION In`ter*lam`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: The state of being interlaminated.
INTERLAPSE In"ter*lapse`, n. Etym: [Pref. inter- + lapse: cf. L. interlabi, interlapsus, to fall, slide, or flow, between.]
Defn: The lapse or interval of time between two events. [R.] Harvey.
INTERLARD In`ter*lard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding.] Etym: [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 conservation 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.
INTERLAY In`ter*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlaying.]
Defn: To lay or place among or between. Daniel.
INTERLEAF In"ter*leaf`, n.; pl. Interleaves. Etym: [See Interleave.]
Defn: A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.
INTERLEAVE In`ter*leave", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Interleaving.] Etym: [Pref. inter- + leaf.]
Defn: To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.
INTERLIBEL In`ter*li"bel, v. t.
Defn: To libel mutually.
INTERLINE In`ter*line", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlined; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlining.] Etym: [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.
INTERLINEAL; INTERLINEAR In`ter*lin"e*al, In`ter*lin"e*ar, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire.]
Defn: 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.
INTERLINEARY In`ter*lin"e*a*ry, a.
Defn: Interlinear. -- n.
Defn: A book containing interlineations. [R.]
INTERLINEATION In`ter*lin`e*a"tion, n. Etym: [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.
INTERLINING In`ter*lin"ing, n.
Defn: Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Bp. Burnet.
INTERLINK In`ter*link", v. t.
Defn: To link together; to join, as one chain to another. Dryden.
INTERLINK In`ter*link", n.
Defn: An intermediate or connecting link.
INTERLOBAR In`ter*lo"bar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.
INTERLOBULAR In`ter*lob"u*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + lobular: cf. F. interlobulaire.] (Anat.)
Defn: Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
INTERLOCATION In`ter*lo*ca"tion, n.
Defn: A placing or coming between; interposition.
INTERLOCK In`ter*lock", v. i.
Defn: To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
INTERLOCK In`ter*lock", v. t.
Defn: To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. My lady with her fingers interlocked. Tennyson.
INTERLOCUTION In`ter*lo*cu"tion, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.
3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
INTERLOCUTOR In`ter*loc"u*tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. interlocuteur.]
1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law)
Defn: An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
INTERLOCUTORY In`ter*loc"u*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]
1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational. Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes.
2. (Law)
Defn: Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.
Note: An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
INTERLOCUTORY In`ter*loc"u*to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. interlocutoire.]
Defn: Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
INTERLOCUTRICE In`ter*loc"u*trice, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A female interlocutor.
INTERLOPE In`ter*lope", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Interloping.] Etym: [See Interloper.]
Defn: 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.
INTERLOPER In"ter*lo`per, n. Etym: [Pref. inter- + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, and cf. Elope.]
Defn: One who interlopes; 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.
INTERLUCATE In`ter*lu"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter between + lux, lucis, light.]
Defn: To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. [Obs.]
INTERLUCATION In`ter*lu*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. interlucatio.]
Defn: Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTERLUCENT In`ter*lu"cent, a. Etym: [L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent.]
Defn: Shining between.
INTERLUDE In`ter*lude, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTERLUDED In"ter*lu`ded, a.
Defn: Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.
INTERLUDER In"ter*lu`der, n.
Defn: An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.
INTERLUENCY In"ter*lu`en*cy, n. Etym: [L. interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow between; inter + luere.]
Defn: A flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
INTERLUNAR; INTERLUNARY In`ter*lu"nar, In`ter*lu"na*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Defn: Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
INTERMANDIBULAR In`ter*man*dib"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.
INTERMARRIAGE In`ter*mar"riage, n.
Defn: Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.
INTERMARRY In`ter*mar"ry, v. i.
Defn: To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, 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.
INTERMAXILLA In`ter*max*il"la, n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (. (Anat.)
Defn: See Premaxilla.
INTERMAXILLARY In`ter*max"il*la*ry, a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n.
Defn: An intermaxilla.
INTERMEAN In"ter*mean`, n.
Defn: Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
INTERMEATION In`ter*me*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare to go.]
Defn: A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTERMEDDLE In`ter*med"dle, v. i. Etym: [OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose.
INTERMEDDLE In`ter*med"dle, v. t.
Defn: To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.] Many other adventures are intermeddled. Spenser.
INTERMEDDLER In`ter*med"dler, n.
Defn: One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
INTERMEDDLESOME In`ter*med"dle*some, a.
Defn: Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n.
INTERMEDDLING In`ter*med"dling, n.
Defn: The act of improperly interfering. Burke.
INTERMEDE In"ter*mede, n. Etym: [F. intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius, adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio. Cf. Intermezzo.]
Defn: 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.
INTERMEDIACY In`ter*me"di*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Intermediate.]
Defn: Interposition; intervention. Derham.
INTERMEDIAE In`ter*me"di*æ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.
INTERMEDIAL In`ter*me"di*al, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.]
Defn: Lying between; intervening; intermediate. "Intermedial colors." Evelyn.
INTERMEDIAN In`ter*me"di*an, a.
Defn: Intermediate. [Obs.]
INTERMEDIARY In`ter*me"di*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intermédiaire.]
Defn: Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
INTERMEDIARY In`ter*me"di*a*ry, n.; pl. Intermediaries (.
Defn: One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go- between.
INTERMEDIATE In`ter*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]
Defn: 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. 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.
INTERMEDIATE In`ter*me"di*ate, v. i.
Defn: To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
INTERMEDIATELY In`ter*me"di*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.
INTERMEDIATION In`ter*me`di*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke.
INTERMEDIATOR In`ter*me"di*a`tor, n.
Defn: A mediator.
INTERMEDIOUS In`ter*me"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. intermedius.]
Defn: Intermediate. [R.] Cudworth.
INTERMEDIUM In`ter*me"di*um, n.; pl. Intermediums, L. Intermedia. Etym: [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
1. Intermediate space. [R.]
2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
INTERMELL In`ter*mell", v. i. & t. Etym: [See Intermeddle.]
Defn: To intermeddle; to intermix. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
INTERMEMBRAL In`ter*mem"bral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.
INTERMEMBRANOUS In`ter*mem"bra*nous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.
INTERMENT In*ter"ment, n. Etym: [OE. enterment, F. enterrement. See Inter, v. t.]
Defn: The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation. T. Warton.
INTERMENTION In`ter*men"tion, v. t.
Defn: To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally. [Obs.]
INTERMESENTERIC In`ter*mes`en*ter"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.
INTERMETACARPAL In`ter*me`ta*car"pal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the metacarpal bones.
INTERMETATARSAL In`ter*me`ta*tar"sal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the metatarsal bones.
INTERMEZZO In`ter*mez"zo, n. Etym: [It. See Intermede.] (Mus.)
Defn: An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.
INTERMICATE In`ter*mi"cate, v. i. Etym: [L. intermicare; inter- between + micare to glitter.]
Defn: To flash or shine between or among. [R.] Blount.
INTERMICATION In`ter*mi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: A shining between or among. [R.] Smart.
INTERMIGRATION In`ter*mi*gra"tion, n.
Defn: Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
INTERMINABLE In*ter"mi*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]
Defn: Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.
Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.
INTERMINABLENESS In*ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being endless.
INTERMINABLY In*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
Defn: Without end or limit.
INTERMINATE In*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of terminate.]
Defn: Endless; as, interminate sleep. Chapman.
INTERMINATE In*ter"mi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter between + minari to threaten.]
Defn: To menace; to threaten. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INTERMINATED In*ter"mi*na`ted, a.
Defn: Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [Obs.] Akenside.
INTERMINATION In*ter`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. interminatio.]
Defn: A menace or threat. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
INTERMINE In`ter*mine", v. t.
Defn: To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] Drayton.
INTERMINGLE In`ter*min"gle, v. t.
Defn: To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker.
INTERMINGLE In`ter*min"gle, v. i.
Defn: To be mixed or incorporated. Party and faction will intermingle. Swift.
INTERMISE In"ter*mise, n. Etym: [Cf. F. entremise. See Intermission.]
Defn: Interference; interposition. [Obs.] Bacon.
INTERMISSION In`ter*mis"sion, n. Etym: [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. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.
Syn. -- Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation.
INTERMISSIVE In`ter*mis"sive, a.
Defn: Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent. "Intermissive miseries." Shak. "Intermissive wars." Howell.
INTERMIT In`ter*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.] Etym: [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]
Defn: To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
INTERMIT In`ter*mit", v. i.
Defn: To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
INTERMITTENCE In`ter*mit"tence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intermittence.]
Defn: Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
INTERMITTENT In`ter*mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.]
Defn: 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.
INTERMITTENT In`ter*mit"tent, n. (Med.)
Defn: An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.
INTERMITTENTLY In`ter*mit"tent*ly, adv.
Defn: With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
INTERMITTINGLY In`ter*mit"ting*ly, adv.
Defn: With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu.
INTERMIX In`ter*mix", v. t.
Defn: To mix together; to intermingle. In yonder spring of roses, intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.
INTERMIX In`ter*mix", v. i.
Defn: To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
INTERMIXEDLY In`ter*mix"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a mixed manner.
INTERMIXTURE In`ter*mix"ture, 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.
INTERMOBILITY In`ter*mo*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.
INTERMODILLION In`ter*mo*dil"lion, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The space between two modillions.
INTERMONTANE In`ter*mon"tane, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr. mons, montis, mountain.]
Defn: Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.
INTERMUNDANE In`ter*mun"dane, a.
Defn: Being, between worlds or orbs. [R.] "Intermundane spaces." Locke.
INTERMUNDIAN In`ter*mun"di*an, a.
Defn: Intermundane. [Obs.]
INTERMURAL In`ter*mu"ral, a.
Defn: Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.
INTERMURE In`ter*mure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermured; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermuring.] Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. murus wall.]
Defn: To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.
INTERMUSCULAR In`ter*mus"cu*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.
INTERMUTATION In`ter*mu*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
INTERMUTUAL In`ter*mu"tu*al, a.
Defn: Mutual. [Obs.] Daniel. -- In`ter*mu"tu*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INTERN In*tern", a. Etym: [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.]
Defn: Internal. [Obs.] Howell.
INTERN In*tern", v. t. Etym: [F. interne. See Intern, a.]
Defn: 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.
INTERNAL In*tern"al, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE In*ter"nal-com*bus"tion, a. (Mach.)
Defn: 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.
INTERNALITY In`ter*nal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state of being internal or within; interiority.
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.
INTERNASAL In`ter*na"sal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.
INTERNATIONAL In`ter*na"tion*al, a. Etym: [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. 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.
INTERNATIONAL In`ter*na"tion*al, n. Etym: [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.
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.
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.
INTERNATIONALIZE In`ter*na"tion*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: 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.
INTERNATIONALLY In`ter*na"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an international manner; from an international point of view.
INTERNE In*terne", n. Etym: [See Intern, a.]
Defn: That which is within; the interior. [Poetic] Mrs. Browning.
INTERNECIARY; INTERNECINAL In`ter*ne"cia*ry, In`ter*ne"ci*nal, a.
Defn: Internecine.
INTERNECINE In`ter*ne"cine, a. Etym: [L. internecinus deadly, murderous, fr. internecare to kill, to slaughter; inter between + necare to kill; akin to Gr. Necromancy.]
Defn: Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive. Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood. Motley.
INTERNECION In`ter*ne"cion, n. Etym: [L. internecio.]
Defn: Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
INTERNECIVE In`ter*ne"cive, a. Etym: [L. internecivus.]
Defn: Internecine. [R.] Sydney Smith.
INTERNECTION In`ter*nec"tion, n. Etym: [L. internectere to bind together; inter between + nectere to fasten.]
Defn: Intimate connection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
INTERNEURAL In`ter*neu"ral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the neural arches or neural spines. -- n.
Defn: An interneural spine or cartilage.
INTERNITY In*ter"ni*ty, n.
Defn: State of being within; interiority. [R.] H. Brooke.
INTERNMENT In*tern"ment, n. Etym: [F. internement. See Intern.]
Defn: Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
INTERNODAL In`ter*no"dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
INTERNODE In"ter*node`, n. Etym: [L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.
INTERNODIAL In`ter*no"di*al, a.
Defn: Internodal. [R.]
INTERNUNCIAL In`ter*nun"cial, a. Etym: [See Internuncio.]
1. Of or pertaining to an internuncio.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system. Carpenter.
INTERNUNCIESS In`ter*nun"ciess, n.
Defn: A female messenger. [R.]
INTERNUNCIO In`ter*nun"ci*o, n.; pl. Internuncios. Etym: [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.
Note: This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at Constantinople.
INTERNUNCIOSHIP In`ter*nun"ci*o*ship, n.
Defn: The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.
INTERNUNCIUS In`ter*nun"ci*us, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Internuncio.
INTEROCEANIC In`ter*o`ce*an"ic, a.
Defn: Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.
INTEROCULAR In`ter*oc"u*lar, a.
Defn: Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.
INTEROPERCULAR In`ter*o*per"cu*lar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the interoperculum. -- n.
Defn: The interopercular bone.
INTEROPERCULUM In`ter*o*per"cu*lum, n.; pl. -la (-la). (Anat.)
Defn: The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.
INTERORBITAL In`ter*or"bit*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum.
INTEROSCULANT In`ter*os"cu*lant, a.
1. Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
INTEROSCULATE In`ter*os"cu*late, v. i. & t.
1. To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.
INTEROSSEAL; INTEROSSEOUS In`ter*os"se*al, In`ter*os"se*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux.] (Anat.)
Defn: Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
INTERPALE In`ter*pale", v. t.
1. To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.
2. To interweave or interlace. [R.] Brende.
INTERPARIETAL In`ter*pa*ri"e*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. -- n.
Defn: The interparietal bone or cartilage
INTERPAUSE In`ter*pause`, n.
Defn: An intermission. [R.]
INTERPEAL In`ter*peal", v. t.
Defn: To interpel. [Obs.]
INTERPEDENCULAR In`ter*pe*den"cu*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.
INTERPEL In`ter*pel", v. t. Etym: [L. interpellare, interpellatum; inter between + pellare (in comp.), akin to pellere to drive: cf. F. interpeller. Cf. Interpellate.]
Defn: To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with. [Obs.] I am interpelled by many businesses. Howell.
INTERPELLANT In`ter*pel"lant, a. Etym: [L. interpellans, p. pr. See Interpel.]
Defn: Interpelling; interrupting. -- n.
Defn: One who, or that which, interpels.
INTERPELLATE In`ter*pel"late, v. t. Etym: [See Interpel.]
Defn: To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.
INTERPELLATION In`ter*pel*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.]
1. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption. "Continual 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.
INTERPENETRATE In`ter*pen"e*trate, v. t.
Defn: To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.
INTERPENETRATE In`ter*pen"e*trate, v. i.
Defn: 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.
INTERPENETRATION In`ter*pen`e*tra"tion, n.
Defn: The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration. Milman.
INTERPENETRATIVE In`ter*pen"e*tra*tive, a.
Defn: Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.
INTERPETALARY In`ter*pet"al*a*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + petal.] (Bot.)
Defn: Between the petals of a flower.
INTERPETIOLAR In`ter*pet"i*o*lar, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar.
INTERPHALANGEAL In`ter*pha*lan"ge*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.
INTERPILASTER In`ter*pi*las"ter, n. (Arch.)
Defn: The interval or space between two pilasters. Elmes.
INTERPLACE In`ter*place", v. t.
Defn: To place between or among; as, to interplace a name. [R.] Daniel.
INTERPLANETARY In`ter*plan"et*a*ry, a.
Defn: Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. Boyle.
INTERPLAY In`ter*play`, n.
Defn: Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.
INTERPLEAD In`ter*plead", v. i. (Law)
Defn: To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]
INTERPLEADER In`ter*plead"er, n.
1. One who interpleads.
2. (Law)
Defn: 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.
INTERPLEDGE In`ter*pledge", v. t.
Defn: To pledge mutually. [R.]
INTERPOINT In`ter*point", v. t.
Defn: To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.] Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel.
INTERPOLABLE In*ter"po*la*ble, a.
Defn: That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated. A most interpolable clause of one sentence. De Morgan.
INTERPOLATE In*ter"po*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
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.
INTERPOLATION In*ter`po*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTERPOLATOR In*ter"po*la`tor, n. Etym: [L., a corrupter: of. F. interpolateur.]
Defn: One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.
INTERPONE In`ter*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. interponere; inter between + ponere to place. See Position.]
Defn: To interpose; to insert or place between. [R.] Cudworth.
INTERPONENT In`ter*po"nent, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent. [R.] Heywood.
INTERPOSAL In`ter*pos"al, n. Etym: [From Interpose.]
Defn: The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.
INTERPOSE In`ter*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] Etym: [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 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.
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.
Syn. -- To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere; intermeddle. -- To Interpose, Intermeddle, Interfere. A man may often interpose with propriety in the concerns of others; he can never intermeddle without being impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without being liable to the same charge, unless he has rights which are interfered with. "In our practical use, interference is something offensive. It is the pushing in of himself between two parties on the part of a third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his pains, and who, as the feeling of the word implies, had no business there; while interposition is employed to express the friendly, peacemaking mediation of one whom the act well became, and who, even if he was not specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what he has done." Trench.
INTERPOSE In"ter*pose, n.
Defn: Interposition. [Obs.]
INTERPOSER In`ter*pos"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak.
INTERPOSIT In`ter*pos"it, n. Etym: [From L. interpositus, p. p. of interponere. See Interposition.]
Defn: An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another. Mitford.
INTERPOSITION In`ter*po*si"tion, n. Etym: [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.
INTERPOSURE In`ter*po"sure, n.
Defn: Interposition. [Obs.]
INTERPRET In*ter"pret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interpreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpreting.] Etym: [F. interprêter, L. interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpre 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.
Syn. -- To translate; explain; solve; render; expound; elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.
INTERPRET In*ter"pret, v. i.
Defn: To act as an interpreter. Shak.
INTERPRETABLE In*ter"pret*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. interpretabilis: cf. F. interprêtable.]
Defn: Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
INTERPRETAMENT In*ter"pre*ta*ment, n. Etym: [L. interpretamentum.]
Defn: Interpretation. [Obs.] Milton.
INTERPRETATION In*ter`pre*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
5. (Math.)
Defn: The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
Syn. -- Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.
INTERPRETATIVE In*ter"pre*ta*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. interprétatif.]
1. Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory. "Interpretative lexicography." Johnson.
2. According to interpretation; constructive. An interpretative siding with heresies. Hammond.
INTERPRETATIVELY In*ter"pre*ta*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By interpretation. Ray.
INTERPRETER In*ter"pret*er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator.]
Defn: 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.
INTERPRETIVE In*ter"pre*tive, a.
Defn: Interpretative. [R.]
INTERPUBIC In`ter*pu"bic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.
INTERPUNCTION In`ter*punc"tion, n. Etym: [L. interpunctio, fr. interpungere, interppunctum, to interpoint. See Inter-, and Point.]
Defn: The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.
INTERRADIAL In`ter*ra"di*al, a.
Defn: Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.
INTERRAMAL In`ter*ra"mal, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. ramus a branch.] (Anat.)
Defn: Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.
INTERRECEIVE In`ter*re*ceive", v. t.
Defn: To receive between or within.
INTERREGENCY In`ter*re"gen*cy, n.
Defn: An interregnum. [Obs.] Blount.
INTERREGENT In`ter*re"gent, n.
Defn: A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.
INTERREGNUM In`ter*reg"num, n.; pl. Interregnums. Etym: [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.
INTERREIGN In"ter*reign`, n. Etym: [Cf. F. interrègne.]
Defn: An interregnum. [Obs.] Bacon.
INTERRELATED In`ter*re*lat"ed, a.
Defn: Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.
INTERRELATION In`ter*re*la"tion, n.
Defn: Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.
INTERRENAL In`ter*re"nal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n.
Defn: The interrenal body.
INTERREPELLENT In`ter*re*pel"lent, a.
Defn: Mutually repellent. De Quincey.
INTERRER In*ter"rer, n.
Defn: One who inters.
INTERREX In"ter*rex`, n.; pl. E. Interrexes, L. Interreges. Etym: [L., fr. inter between + rex king.]
Defn: An interregent, or a regent.
INTERROGATE In*ter"ro*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrogating.] Etym: [L. interrogatus, p. p. of interrogare to ask; inter between + rogare to ask. See Rogation.]
Defn: To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying Fate Emerson.
Syn. -- To question; ask. See Question.
INTERROGATE In*ter"ro*gate, v. i.
Defn: To ask questions. Bacon.
INTERROGATE In*ter"ro*gate, n.
Defn: An interrogation; a question. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INTERROGATEE In*ter`ro*ga*tee", n.
Defn: One who is interrogated.
INTERROGATION In*ter`ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.]
1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; 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. Called also interrogation point.
Note: 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.
INTERROGATIVE In`ter*rog"a*tive (, a. Etym: [L. interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.]
Defn: Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
INTERROGATIVE In`ter*rog"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A word used in asking questions; as, who which why
INTERROGATIVELY In`ter*rog"a*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.
INTERROGATOR In*ter"ro*ga`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. interrogateur.]
Defn: One who asks questions; a questioner.
INTERROGATORY In`ter*rog"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Interrogatories. Etym: [Cf. F. interrogatoire.]
Defn: A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing. Macaulay.
INTERROGATORY In`ter*rog"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. interrogatorius.]
Defn: Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.
INTERRUPT In`ter*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] Etym: [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 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.
INTERRUPT In`ter*rupt", p. a. Etym: [L. interruptus, p. p.]
Defn: Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.
INTERRUPTED In`ter*rupt"ed, a.
1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
INTERRUPTEDLY In`ter*rupt"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously. Interruptedly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones. Gray.
INTERRUPTER In`ter*rupt"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, interrupts.
2. (Elec.)
Defn: 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.
INTERRUPTION In`ter*rup"tion, n. Etym: [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.
INTERRUPTIVE In`ter*rupt"ive, a.
Defn: Tending to interrupt; interrupting. "Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.
INTERSCAPULAR In`ter*scap"u*lar, a.
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.
INTERSCAPULARS In`ter*scap"u*lars, n. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The interscapular feathers of a bird.
INTERSCENDENT In`ter*scend"ent, a. Etym: [See Inter-, and Ascend.] (Math.)
Defn: Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, xsq. root2, or xsq. roota. Interscedent series, a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.
INTERSCIND In`ter*scind", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interscinding.] Etym: [L. interscindere; inter between + scindere to cut.]
Defn: To cut off. [R.]
INTERSCRIBE In`ter*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interscribing.] Etym: [L. interscribere; inter between + scribere to write.]
Defn: To write between. [R.]
INTERSECANT In`ter*se"cant, a. Etym: [L. intersecans, p. pr. of intersecare. See Intersect.]
Defn: Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
INTERSECT In`ter*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p. pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.] Etym: [L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See Section.]
Defn: 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.
INTERSECT In`ter*sect", v. i.
Defn: To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.
INTERSECTION In`ter*sec"tion, n. Etym: [L. intersectio: cf. F. intersection.]
1. The act, state, or place of intersecting.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.
INTERSECTIONAL In`ter*sec"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.
INTERSEMINATE In`ter*sem"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-, and Seminate.]
Defn: To sow between or among. [R.]
INTERSEPTAL In`ter*sep"tal, a. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
INTERSERT In`ter*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interserting.] Etym: [L. intersertus, p. p. of interserere to intersert; inter between + serere to join, weave.]
Defn: To put in between other things; to insert. [Obs.] Brerewood.
INTERSERTTION In`ter*sert"tion, n.
Defn: The act of interserting, or that which is interserted. [Obs.] Hammond.
INTERSESAMOID In`ter*ses"a*moid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
INTERSET In`ter*set", v. t.
Defn: To set between or among. [R.]
INTERSHOCK In`ter*shock, v. t.
Defn: To shock mutually. [R.]
INTERSIDEREAL In`ter*si*de"re*al, a.
Defn: Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.
INTERSOCIAL In`ter*so"cial, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.
INTERSOMNIOUS In`ter*som"ni*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. somnus sleep.]
Defn: Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness. [R.]
INTERSPACE In"ter*space`, n. Etym: [L. interspatium. See Inter-, and Space.]
Defn: Intervening space. Bp. Hacket.
INTERSPEECH In"ter*speech`, n.
Defn: A speech interposed between others. [R.] Blount.
INTERSPERSE In`ter*sperse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interspersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interspersing.] Etym: [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.
INTERSPERSION In`ter*sper"sion, n.
Defn: The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.
INTERSPINAL; INTERSPINOUS In`ter*spi"nal, In`ter*spi"nous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.
INTERSPIRATION In`ter*spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. interspiratio. See Inter-, and Spirit.]
Defn: Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INTERSTAPEDIAL In`ter*sta*pe"di*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. -- n.
Defn: The interstapedial part of the columella.
INTERSTATE In"ter*state`, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. Story.
INTERSTELLAR In`ter*stel"lar, a.
Defn: Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. Bacon.
INTERSTELLARY In`ter*stel"la*ry, a.
Defn: Interstellar.
INTERSTERNAL In`ter*ster"nal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
INTERSTICE In*ter"stice, n.; pl. Interstices. Etym: [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.
INTERSTICED In*ter"sticed, a.
Defn: Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.
INTERSTINCTIVE In`ter*stinc"tive, a. Etym: [L. interstinctus, p. p. of interstinguere to separate; inter + stinguere to extinguish.]
Defn: Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.
INTERSTITIAL In`ter*sti"tial, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.
INTERSTITION In`ter*sti"tion, n.
Defn: An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.
INTERSTRATIFICATION In`ter*strat`i*fi*ca"tion, n. (Geol.)
Defn: Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.
INTERSTRATIFIED In`ter*strat"i*fied, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.
INTERSTRATIFY In`ter*strat"i*fy, v. t. (Geol.)
Defn: To put or insert between other strata.
INTERTALK In`ter*talk", v. i.
Defn: To converse. [Obs.] Carew.
INTERTANGLE In`ter*tan"gle, v. t.
Defn: To entangle; to intertwine. "Moss and intertangled vines." Longfellow.
INTERTARSAL In`ter*tar"sal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.
INTERTEX In`ter*tex", v. t. Etym: [L. intertexere; inter between + texere to weave.]
Defn: To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
INTERTEXTURE In`ter*tex"ture, n.
Defn: The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. "Knit in nice intertexture." Coleridge. Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper.
INTERTHORACIC In`ter*tho*rac"ic, a.
Defn: In the thorax.
INTERTIE In"ter*tie`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
INTERTISSUED In`ter*tis"sued, a.
Defn: Interwoven. [R.] Shak.
INTERTRAFFIC In`ter*traf"fic, n.
Defn: Mutual trade of traffic.
INTERTRANSPICUOUS In`ter*tran*spic"u*ous, a.
Defn: Transpicuous within or between. [R.] Shelley.
INTERTRANSVERSE In`ter*trans*verse", a.
Defn: Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.
INTERTRIGO In`ter*tri"go, n. Etym: [L., fr. inter between + terere, tritum, to rub.] (Med.)
Defn: A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.
INTERTROCHANTERIC In`ter*tro`chan*ter"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the trochanters of the femur.
INTERTROPICAL In`ter*trop"ic*al, a.
Defn: Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.
INTERTUBULAR In`ter*tu"bu*lar, a.
Defn: Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.
INTERTWINE In`ter*twine", v. t.
Defn: To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton.
INTERTWINE In`ter*twine", v. i.
Defn: To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.
INTERTWINE In`ter*twine", n.
Defn: The act intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge.
INTERTWININGLY In`ter*twin"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By intertwining or being intertwined.
INTERTWIST In`ter*twist", v. t.
Defn: To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
INTERTWISTINGLY In`ter*twist"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.
INTERUNGULAR; INTERUNGULATE In`ter*un"gu*lar, In`ter*un"gu*late, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.
INTERURBAN In`ter*ur"ban (in`ter*ûr"ban), a.
Defn: Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.
INTERVAL In"ter*val, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
INTERVAL; INTERVALE In"ter*val, In"ter*vale, n.
Defn: 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.
INTERVALLUM In`ter*val"lum, n.; pl. Intervallums, L. Intervalla. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An interval. [R.] And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
INTERVARY In`ter*va"ry, v. i.
Defn: To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] Rush.
INTERVEINED In`ter*veined", a.
Defn: Intersected, as with veins.
INTERVENE In`ter*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.] Etym: [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.
INTERVENE In`ter*vene", v. t.
Defn: To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. De Quincey.
INTERVENE In`ter*vene", n.
Defn: A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
INTERVENER In`ter*ven"er, n.
Defn: One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.
INTERVENIENCE; INTERVENIENCY In`ter*ven"ience, In`ter*ven"ien*cy, n.
Defn: Intervention; interposition. [R.]
INTERVENIENT In`ter*ven"ient, a. Etym: [L. interveniens, p. pr. of intervenire.]
Defn: Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed. [Obs.] Bacon.
INTERVENT In`ter*vent", v. t. Etym: [See Intervene.]
Defn: To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] Chapman.
INTERVENTION In`ter*ven"tion, n. Etym: [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; mediation. Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
3. (Civil Law)
Defn: The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
INTERVENTOR In`ter*ven"tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. interventeur.]
Defn: 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.
INTERVENTRICULAR In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.
INTERVENUE In`ter*ven"ue, n. Etym: [See Intervene, Avenue.]
Defn: Interposition. [Obs.] Sir H. Blount.
INTERVERT In`ter*vert", v. t. Etym: [L. intervertere; inter between + vertere to turn.]
Defn: To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
INTERVERTEBRAL In`ter*ver"te*bral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Between vertebræ. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv.
INTERVIEW In"ter*view, n. Etym: [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 conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
Note: A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently becoming general.
INTERVIEW In"ter*view, v. t.
Defn: To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. [Recent]
INTERVIEWER In"ter*view`er, n.
Defn: 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.
INTERVIEWING In"ter*view`ing, n.
Defn: 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.
INTERVISIBLE In`ter*vis"i*ble, a. (Surv.)
Defn: Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.
INTERVISIT In`ter*vis"it, v. i.
Defn: To exchange visits. [R.] Evelyn.
INTERVITAL In`ter*vi"tal, a.
Defn: Between two lives. [R.] Through all its [the spirit's] intervital gloom. Tennyson.
INTERVOCALIC In`ter*vo*cal"ic, a. (Phon.)
Defn: Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.
INTERVOLUTION In`ter*vo*lu"tion, n.
Defn: The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake. Hawthorne.
INTERVOLVE In`ter*volve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intervolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Intervolving.] Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. volvere, volutum, to roll.]
Defn: To involve one within another; to twist or coil together. Milton.
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.
INTERWISH In`ter*wish", v. t.
Defn: To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [Obs.] Donne.
INTERWORKING In`ter*work"ing, n.
Defn: The act of working in together; interweaving. Milton.
INTERWORLD In`ter*world", n.
Defn: A world between other worlds. Holland.
INTERWOVE; INTERWOVEN In`ter*wove", In`ter*wov"en,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Interweave.
INTERWREATHE In`ter*wreathe", v. t.
Defn: To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [R.] Lovelace.
INTESTABLE In*tes"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. intestabilis: cf. F. intestable. See In- not, and Testable.] (Law)
Defn: Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
INTESTACY In*tes"ta*cy, n. Etym: [From Intestate.]
Defn: The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. Blackstone.
INTESTATE In*tes"tate, a. Etym: [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.
INTESTATE In*tes"tate, n. (Law)
Defn: A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone.
INTESTINAL In*tes"ti*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intestinal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments. Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm (Zoöl.), any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.
INTESTINE In*tes"tine, a. Etym: [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 and intestine necessity. Cudworth.
4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] Cowper.
INTESTINE In*tes"tine, n.; pl. Intestines. Etym: [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See Intestine, a.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
2. pl.
Defn: 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.
INTEXT In"text, n.
Defn: The text of a book. [R.] Herrick.
INTEXTINE In*tex"tine, n. Etym: [Infine + extine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in .
INTEXTURED In*tex"tured, a.
Defn: Inwrought; woven in.
INTHIRST In*thirst", v. t.
Defn: To make thirsty. [Obs.]
INTHRALL In*thrall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inthralled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inthralling.] Etym: [Cf. Enthrall.] [Written also inthral, enthral, and enthrall.]
Defn: To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave. She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind. Prior.
INTHRALLMENT In*thrall"ment, n. Etym: [Written also inthralment, enthrallment.]
Defn: Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.
INTHRONE In*throne", v. t.
Defn: Same as Enthrone.
INTHRONG In*throng", v. i.
Defn: To throng or collect together. [R.] Fairfax.
INTHRONIZATION In*thron`i*za"tion, n. Etym: [LL. inthronizatio.]
Defn: Enthronement. Bp. Warburton.
INTHRONIZE In*thron"ize, v. t. Etym: [LL. inthronisare, Gr. Enthrone.]
Defn: To enthrone.
INTICE In*tice", v. t.
Defn: See Entice.
INTIMACY In"ti*ma*cy, n.; pl. Intimacies. Etym: [From Intimate.]
Defn: The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
Syn. -- Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship. See Acquaintance.
INTIMATE In"ti*mate, a. Etym: [Formerly intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See Interior.]
1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton.
2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South.
3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
Syn. -- Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.
INTIMATE In"ti*mate, n.
Defn: An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue.
INTIMATE In"ti*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimating.] Etym: [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See Intimate, a.]
1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall. So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. Spenser.
2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office. The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern. Locke.
INTIMATELY In"ti*mate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intimate manner.
INTIMATION In`ti*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration. Macaulay. They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. Holland.
3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design. Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet.
INTIME In"time, a. Etym: [See Intimate, a.]
Defn: Inward; internal; intimate. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
INTIMIDATE In*tim"i*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimidating.] Etym: [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See Timid.]
Defn: To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.
Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow.
INTIMIDATION In*tim`i*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intimidation.]
Defn: The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation. The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. Paley.
INTIMIDATORY In*tim"i*da*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending or serving to intimidate.
INTINCTION In*tinc"tion, n. Etym: [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.]
1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
INTINCTIVITY In`tinc*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge]
Defn: The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies. Kirwan.
INTINE In"tine, n. Etym: [L. intus within. Cf. Extine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
INTIRE; INTIRELY In*tire", a., In*tire"ly, adv.
Defn: See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.
INTITLE In*ti"tle, v. t.
Defn: See Entitle.
INTITULE In*tit"ule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intituled; p. pr. & vb. n. Intituling.] Etym: [Cf. F. intituler. See Entitle.]
Defn: To entitle; to give a title to. Selden.
INTO In"to, prep. Etym: [In + to.]
Defn: To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
3. Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.
Note: Compare In.
INTOLERABILITY In*tol`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]
INTOLERABLE In*tol"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]
1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak.
4. Enormous. This intolerable deal of sack. Shak. -- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.
INTOLERANCE In*tol"er*ance, n. Etym: [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
INTOLERANCY In*tol"er*an*cy, n.
Defn: Intolerance. Bailey.
INTOLERANT In*tol"er*ant, a. Etym: [L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant. See In- not, and Tolerant.]
1. Not enduring; not able to endure. The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot.
2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted. Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, Parent of manners like herself severe. Cowper.
INTOLERANT In*tol"er*ant, n.
Defn: An intolerant person; a bigot.
INTOLERANTLY In*tol"er*ant*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intolerant manner.
INTOLERATED In*tol"er*a`ted, a.
Defn: Not tolerated.
INTOLERATING In*tol"er*a`ting, a.
Defn: Intolerant. [R.]
INTOLERATION In*tol`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.
INTOMB In*tomb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Intombing.]
Defn: To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
INTOMBMENT In*tomb"ment, n.
Defn: See Entombment.
INTONATE In"to*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.]
Defn: To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTONATE In"to*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating.] Etym: [See Intone.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol- fa.
2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
INTONATE In"to*nate, v. t.
Defn: To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
INTONATION In`to*na"tion, n. Etym: [See 1st Intonate.]
Defn: A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTONATION In`to*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intonation. See Intone.] (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.
INTONE In*tone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning.] Etym: [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
Defn: To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
INTONE In*tone", v. i.
Defn: To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.
INTORSION In*tor"sion, n. Etym: [L. intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion.]
1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.
INTORT In*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intorting.] Etym: [L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to twist; pref. in- in + torquere to twist.]
Defn: To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring. Pope.
INTORTION In*tor"tion, n.
Defn: See Intorsion.
INTOXICANT In*tox"i*cant, n.
Defn: That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.
INTOXICATE In*tox"i*cate, a. Etym: [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. Toxic.]
1. Intoxicated.
2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. Chapman.
INTOXICATE In*tox"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
1. To poison; to drug. South.
2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. With new wine inoxicated both. Milton.
3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot. They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc. ).
INTOXICATEDNESS In*tox"i*ca`ted*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [R.]
INTOXICATING In*tox"i*ca`ting, a.
Defn: Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors.
INTOXICATION In*tox`i*ca"tion, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.
Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.
INTRA- In"tra-. Etym: [L. intra, prep., within, on the inside; akin to inter. See Inter-.]
Defn: A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
INTRAAXILLARY In`tra*ax"il*la*ry, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
INTRACELLULAR In`tra*cel"lu*lar, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells.
INTRACOLIC In`tra*col"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.
INTRACRANIAL In`tra*cra"ni*al, a.
Defn: Within the cranium or skull. Sir W. Hamilton.
INTRACTABILITY In*tract`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
INTRACTABLE In*tract"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and Tractable.]
Defn: Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Syn. -- Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross; unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable; unteachable. -- In*tract"a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tract"a*bly, adv.
INTRACTILE In*tract"ile, a.
Defn: Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. Bacon.
INTRADOS In*tra"dos, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. intra within + F. dos the back, L. dorsum. Cf. Extrados.] (Arch.)
Defn: The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.
INTRAFOLIACEOUS In`tra*fo`li*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as, intrafoliaceous stipules.
INTRAFUSION In`tra*fu"sion, n. Etym: [Pref. intra- + L. fundere, fusum, to pour.]
Defn: The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.
INTRALOBULAR In`tra*lob"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins.
INTRAMARGINAL In`tra*mar"gin*al, a.
Defn: Situated within the margin. Loudon.
INTRAMERCURIAL In`tra*mer*cu"ri*al, a. (Astron.)
Defn: Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.
INTRAMOLECULAR In`tra*mo*lec"u*lar, a. (Chem. & Physics)
Defn: Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.
INTRAMUNDANE In`tra*mun"dane, a.
Defn: Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.
INTRAMURAL In`tra*mu"ral, a.
1. Being within the walls, as of a city.
2. (Anat. & Med.)
Defn: Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.
INTRANQUILLITY In`tran*quil"li*ty, n.
Defn: Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
INTRANSCALENT In`trans*ca"lent, a.
Defn: Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
INTRANSGRESSIBLE In`trans*gress"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. intragressibilis that can not be crossed. See In- not, and Transgress.]
Defn: Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or crossed. Holland.
INTRANSIENT In*trans"ient, a.
Defn: Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck.
INTRANSIGENT In*trans"i*gent, a. Etym: [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.]
Defn: Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev.
INTRANSIGENTES In`trans"i*gen*tes, n. pl. Etym: [Sp.] (Spanish Politics)
Defn: The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
INTRANSITIVE In*tran"si*tive, a. Etym: [L. intransitivus: cf. F. intransitif. See In- not, and Transitive.]
1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [R.] And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: Not transitive; not passing over tas, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
Note: Intransitive verbs have no passive form. Some verbs which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality, or were originally, transitive verbs with a reflexive or other object omitted; as, he keeps (i. e., himself) aloof from danger. Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred signification for a cognate object; as, he died the death of a hero; he dreamed a dream. Some intransitive verbs, by the addition of a preposition, become transitive, and so admit of a passive voice; as, the man laughed at; he was laughed at by the man.
INTRANSITIVELY In*tran"si*tive*ly, adv. (Gram.)
Defn: Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.
IN TRANSITU In` tran"si*tu. Etym: [L.] (Law)
Defn: In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
INTRANSMISSIBLE In`trans*mis"si*ble, a.
Defn: Not capable of being transmitted.
INTRANSMUTABILITY In`trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being intransmutable.
INTRANSMUTABLE In`trans*mut"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
INTRANT In"trant, a. Etym: [L. intrans, p. pr. of intrare to enter. See Enter.]
Defn: Entering; penetrating.
INTRANT In"trant, n.
Defn: One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station. Hume.
INTRANUCLEAR In`tra*nu"cle*ar, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.
INTRAP In*trap", v. t.
Defn: See Entrap. Spenser.
INTRAPARIETAL In"tra*pa*ri"e*tal, a.
Defn: Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Roll
INTRAPETIOLAR In`tra*pet"i*o*lar, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.
INTRATERRITORIAL In`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Within the territory or a territory.
INTRATHORACIC In`tra*tho*rac"ic, a.
Defn: Within the thora
INTRATROPICAL In`tra*trop"ic*al, a.
Defn: Within the tropics.
INTRAUTERINE In`tra*u"ter*ine, a.
Defn: Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.
INTRAVALVULAR In`tra*valv"u*lar, a.
Defn: Between valves.
INTRAVENOUS In`tra*ve"nous, a.
Defn: Within the veins.
INTRAVENTRICULAR In`tra*ven*tric"u*lar, a.
Defn: Within or between ventricles.
INTREASURE In*treas"ure, v. t.
Defn: To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [Obs.] Shak.
INTREAT In*treat", v. t.
Defn: See Entreat. Spenser.
INTREATABLE In*treat"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + treatable.]
Defn: Not to be entreated; inexorable.
INTREATANCE In*treat"ance, n.
Defn: Entreaty. [Obs.] Holland.
INTREATFUL In*treat"ful, a.
Defn: Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTRENCH In*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.]
1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak. His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.
2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched." Shak.
INTRENCH In*trench", v. i.
Defn: To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.
INTRENCHANT In*trench"ant, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + trenchant.]
Defn: Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.] As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.
INTRENCHMENT In*trench"ment, n. Etym: [From Intrench.]
1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch. On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and Prospect Hills. Washington.
3. Any defense or protection.
4. An encroachment or infringement. The slight intrenchment upon individual freedom. Southey.
INTREPID In*trep"id, a. Etym: [L. intrepidus: cf. F. intrépide. See In- not, and Trepidation.]
Defn: Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
Syn. -- Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.
INTREPIDITY In`tre*pid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intrépidité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor. Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. Addison.
Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See Courage, Heroism.
INTREPIDLY In*trep"id*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.
INTRICABLE In"tri*ca*ble, a. Etym: [See Intricate.]
Defn: Entangling. [Obs.] Shelton.
INTRICACY In"tri*ca*cy, n.; pl. Intricacies. Etym: [From Intricate.]
Defn: The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot. Freed from intricacies, taught to live The easiest way. Milton.
INTRICATE In"tri*cate, a. Etym: [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.]
Defn: Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc. His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. Addison. The nature of man is intricate. Burke.
Syn. -- Intricate, Complex, Complicated. A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.
INTRICATE In"tri*cate, v. t.
Defn: To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor.
INTRICATELY In"tri*cate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intricate manner.
INTRICATENESS In"tri*cate*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
INTRICATION In`tri*ca"tion, n.
Defn: Entanglement. [Obs.]
INTRIGANTE In`tri`gante", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A female intriguer.
INTRIGUE In*trigue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.] Etym: [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
INTRIGUE In*trigue", v. t.
Defn: To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.] How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! Dr. J. Scott.
INTRIGUE In*trigue", n. Etym: [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret.
3. The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope.
4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift.
Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
INTRIGUER In*trigu"er, n.
Defn: One who intrigues.
INTRIGUERY In*trigu"er*y, n.
Defn: Arts or practice of intrigue.
INTRIGUINGLY In*trigu"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue.
INTRINSE In*trinse", a. Etym: [See Intrinsic, and Intense.]
Defn: Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate. [Very rare] Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, Which are too intrinse to unloose. Shak.
INTRINSIC In*trin"sic, a. Etym: [L. intrinsecus inward, on the inside; intra within + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. intrinsèque. See Inter-, Second, and cf. Extrinsic.]
1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person. He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. Intrinsic energy of a body (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without. -- Intrinsic equation of a curve (Geom.), the equation which expresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line. -- Intrinsic value. See the Note under Value, n.
Syn. -- Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.
INTRINSIC In*trin"sic, n.
Defn: A genuine quality. [Obs.] Warburton.
INTRINSICAL In*trin"sic*al, a. [Formerly written intrinsecal.]
1. Intrinsic.
2. Intimate; closely familiar. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
INTRINSICALITY In*trin`si*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of
INTRINSICALLY In*trin"sic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Internally; A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil. South.
INTRINSICALNESS In*trin"sic*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.
INTRINSICATE In*trin"si*cate, a.
Defn: Intricate. [Obs.] Shak.
INTRO- In"tro-. Etym: [L. intro, adv., inwardly, within. See Inter-.]
Defn: A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.
INTROCESSION In`tro*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within + cedere to go.] (Med.)
Defn: A depression, or inward sinking of parts.
INTRODUCE In`tro*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Introduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Introducing.] Etym: [L. introducere, introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See Intro-, and Duke.]
1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
2. To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.
3. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.
4. To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.
5. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. [Obs.] Whosoever introduces habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors. Locke.
6. To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.
Syn. -- To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface.
INTRODUCEMENT In`tro*duce"ment, n.
Defn: Introduction. [Obs.]
INTRODUCER In`tro*du"cer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, introduces.
INTRODUCT In`tro*duct", v. t.
Defn: To introduce. [Obs.]
INTRODUCTION In`tro*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. introductio: cf. F. introduction. See Introduce.]
1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.
INTRODUCTIVE In`tro*duc"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. introductif.]
Defn: Serving to introduce; introductory. -- In`tro*duc"tive*ly, adv.
INTRODUCTOR In`tro*duc"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An introducer. [Obs.]
INTRODUCTORILY In`tro*duc"to*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of introduction.
INTRODUCTORY In`tro*duc"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire.]
Defn: Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
INTRODUCTRESS In`tro*duc"tress, n.
Defn: A female introducer.
INTROFLEXED In`tro*flexed", a.
Defn: Flexed or bent inward.
INTROGRESSION In`tro*gres"sion, n. Etym: [L. introgressus, p. p. of introgredi to go in; intro- within + gradi to step, go.]
Defn: The act of going in; entrance. Blount.
INTROIT In*tro"it, n. Etym: [L. introitus, fr. introire to go into, to enter; intro within + ire to go: cf. F. introit.]
1. A going in. Caxton.
2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. (b) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
4. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
INTROMISSION In`tro*mis"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.]
1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.
2. The act of letting go in; admission.
3. (Scots Law)
Defn: An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
INTROMIT In`tro*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting.] Etym: [L. intromittere, intromissum; intro- within + mittere to send.]
1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.
2. To allow to pass in; to admit. Glass in the window intromits light, without cold. Holder.
INTROMIT In`tro*mit", v. i. (Scots Law)
Defn: To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
INTROMITTENT In`tro*mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. intromittens, p. pr.]
1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.
INTROMITTER In`tro*mit"ter, n.
Defn: One who intromits.
INTROPRESSION In`tro*pres"sion, n.
Defn: Pressure acting within. [R.]
INTRORECEPTION In`tro*re*cep"tion, n.
Defn: The act of admitting into or within. Hammond.
INTRORSE In*trorse", a. Etym: [L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert.] (Bot.)
Defn: Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.
INTROSPECT In`tro*spect", v. t. Etym: [L. introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into; intro within + specere to look. See Spy.]
Defn: To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
INTROSPECTION In`tro*spec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. introspection.]
Defn: A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden.
INTROSPECTIONIST In`tro*spec"tion*ist, n. (Metaph.)
Defn: One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.
INTROSPECTIVE In`tro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. introspectif.]
1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. J. S. Mill.
INTROSUME In`tro*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. intro- + L. sumere to take.]
Defn: To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTROSUSCEPTION In`tro*sus*cep"tion, n.
1. The act or process of receiving within. The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which becomes evil thereby. Coleridge.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Intussusception.
INTROVENIENT In`tro*ven"ient, a. Etym: [L. introveniens, p. pr. of introvenire to come in; intro within + venire to come.]
Defn: Coming in together; entering; commingling. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INTROVERSION In`tro*ver"sion, n. Etym: [See Introvert.]
Defn: The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley.
INTROVERT In`tro*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Introverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Introverting.] Etym: [Pref. intro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn.]
1. To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.
2. To look within; to introspect. Lew Wallace.
INTRUDE In*trude", v. i. Etym: [L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.]
Defn: To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts.
INTRUDE In*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding.]
1. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.] Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud Shak.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
Syn. -- To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude.
INTRUDED In*trud"ed, p. a. (Geol.)
Defn: Same as Intrusive.
INTRUDER In*trud"er, n.
Defn: One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. They were all strangers and intruders. Locke.
INTRUDRESS In*trud"ress, n.
Defn: A female intruder.
INTRUNK In*trunk", v. t.
Defn: To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [R.] Ford.
INTRUSION In*tru"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]
1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment. Why this intrusion Were not my orders that I should be private Addison.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.
3. (Law)
Defn: The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.
4. (Scotch Ch.)
Defn: The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
INTRUSIONAL In*tru"sion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to intrusion.
INTRUSIONIST In*tru"sion*ist, n.
Defn: One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.
INTRUSIVE In*tru"sive, a.
Defn: Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. -- In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
INTRUST In*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting.]
Defn: To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.
Syn. -- To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
INTUBATION In`tu*ba"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.)
Defn: The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
INTUITION In`tu*i"tion, n. Etym: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]
1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.] What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.
2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it intuition. Hawthorne.
3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.
INTUITIONAL In`tu*i"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.
INTUITIONALISM In`tu*i"tion*al*ism, n. (Metaph.)
Defn: The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.
INTUITIONALIST In`tu*i"tion*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.
INTUITIONISM In`tu*i"tion*ism, n.
Defn: Same as Intuitionalism.
INTUITIONIST In`tu*i"tion*ist, n.
Defn: Same as Intuitionalist. Bain.
INTUITIVE In*tu"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intuitif.]
1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or intuitive. Milton.
3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive. Locke.
INTUITIVELY In*tu"i*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intuitive manner.
INTUITIVISM In*tu"i*tiv*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. J. Grote.
INTUMESCE In`tu*mesce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intumesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing.] Etym: [L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumid.]
Defn: To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass. Kirwan.
INTUMESCENCE In`tu*mes"cence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. intumescence.]
1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence of nations. Johnson.
2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
INTUMESCENT In`tu*mes"cent, a. Etym: [L. intumescens, p. pr.]
Defn: Swelling up; expanding.
INTUMULATED In*tu"mu*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. intumulatus. See In- not, and Tumulate.]
Defn: Unburied. [Obs.]
INTUNE In*tune", v. t.
Defn: To intone. Cf. Entune.
INTURBIDATE In*tur"bid*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inturbidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inturbidating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + turbid.]
Defn: To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. [R.] The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfully inturbidates his theology. Coleridge.
INTURGESCENCE In`tur*ges"cence, n. Etym: [L. inturgescens, p. pr. of inturgescere to swell up. See 1st In-, and Turgescent.]
Defn: A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INTUSE In"tuse, n. Etym: [L. intundere to bruise; pref. in- in + tundere, tusum, to beat, bruise.]
Defn: A bruise; a contusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTUSSUSCEPTED In`tus*sus*cep"ted, a. Etym: [See Intussusception.]
Defn: Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.
INTUSSUSCEPTION In`tus*sus*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. intus within + susception. Cf. Introsusception.]
1. The reception of one part within another.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
4. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs. Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by intrussusception. McKendrick.
INTWINE In*twine", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Entwine.]
Defn: To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [Written also entwine.]
INTWINE In*twine", v. i.
Defn: To be or to become intwined.
INTWINEMENT In*twine"ment, n.
Defn: The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.
INTWIST In*twist", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Entwist.]
Defn: To twist into or together; to interweave. [Written also entwist.]
INUENDO In`u*en"do, n.
Defn: See Innuendo.
INULIN In"u*lin, n. Etym: [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
INULOID In"u*loid, n. Etym: [Inulin + -oid.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila.
INUMBRATE In*um"brate, v. t. Etym: [L. inumbratus, p. p. of inumbrare to shade.]
Defn: To shade; to darken. [Obs.]
INUNCTED In*unc"ted, a. Etym: [See Inunction.]
Defn: Anointed. [Obs.] Cockeram.
INUNCTION In*unc"tion, n. Etym: [L. inunctio, fr. inungere, inunctum, to anoint. See 1st In-, and Unction.]
Defn: The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
INUNCTUOSITY In*unc`tu*os"i*ty, n.
Defn: The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan.
INUNDANT In*un"dant, a. Etym: [L. inundans, p. pr. of inundare.]
Defn: Overflowing. [R.] Shenstone.
INUNDATE In*un"date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] Etym: [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
INUNDATION In`un*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation.]
1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. Wilkie.
2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. To stop the inundation of her tears. Shak.
INUNDERSTANDING In*un`der*stand"ing, a.
Defn: Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
INURBANE In`ur*bane", a. Etym: [L. inurbanus. See In- not, and Urbane.]
Defn: Uncivil; unpolished; rude. M. Arnold. -- In`ur*bane"ly, adv. -- In`ur*bane"ness, n.
INURBANITY In`ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inurbanité.]
Defn: Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp. Hall.
INURE In*ure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inured; p. pr. & vb. n. Inuring.] Etym: [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See Ure use, practice, Opera, and cf. Manure.]
Defn: To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience." Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.
INURE In*ure", v. i.
Defn: To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [Written also enure.]
INUREMENT In*ure"ment, n.
Defn: Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
INURN In*urn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Inurning.]
Defn: To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak.
INUSITATE In*u"si*tate, a. Etym: [L. inunsitatus unusual. See Use.]
Defn: Unusual. [R.] Bramhall.
INUSITATION In*u"si*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Want of use; disuse. [R.] Paley.
INUST In*ust", a. Etym: [L. inurere, inustum, to burn in; pref. in- in + urere to burn.]
Defn: Burnt in. [Obs.]
INUSTION In*us"tion, n.
Defn: The act of burning or branding. [Obs.] T. Adams.
INUTILE In*u"tile, a. Etym: [L. inutilis: cf. F. inutile. See In- not, Utile.]
Defn: Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Bacon.
INUTILITY In`u*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inutilitas: cf. F. inutilité.]
Defn: Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
INUTTERABLE In*ut"ter*a*ble, a.
Defn: Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.
IN VACUO In` vac"u*o. Etym: [L.] (Physics)
Defn: In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
INVADE In*vade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Invading.] Etym: [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See Wade.]
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser.
2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. Milton.
3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack.
INVADE In*vade", v. i.
Defn: To make an invasion. Brougham.
INVADER In*vad"er, n.
Defn: One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
INVAGINATE In*vag"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To insert as in a sheath; to pr
INVAGINATE; INVAGINATED In*vag"i*nate, In*vag"i*na`ted, a. (Biol.) (a) Sheathed. (b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
INVAGINATION In*vag`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. pref. in- + vagina sheath.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Note: In embolic invagination, one half of the blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In epibolic invagination, a phenomenon in the development of some invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the hypoblast.
INVALESCENCE In`va*les"cence, n. Etym: [L. invalescens, p. pr. of invalescere to become strong. See 1st In-, and Convalesce.]
Defn: Strength; health. [Obs.]
INVALETUDINARY In*val`e*tu"di*na*ry, a.
Defn: Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.]
INVALID In*val"id, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. Invalid infirm.]
1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
2. (Law)
Defn: Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
INVALID In"va*lid, n. Etym: [F. invalide, n. & a., L. invalidus, a. See Invalid null.]
Defn: A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.
INVALID In"va*lid, a. Etym: [See Invalid, n.]
Defn: Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
INVALID In"va*lid, v. t.
1. To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens.
2. To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.
INVALIDATE In*val"i*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invalidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Invalidating.] Etym: [From Invalid null.]
Defn: To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.
INVALIDATION In*val`i*da"tion, n.
Defn: The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated. So many invalidations of their right. Burke.
INVALIDE In`va*lide", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Invalid, n.
INVALIDISM In"va*lid*ism, n.
Defn: The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
INVALIDITY In`va*lid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. invalidité, LL. invaliditas want of health.]
1. Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.
2. Want of health; infirmity. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
INVALIDNESS In*val"id*ness, n.
Defn: Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning.
INVALOROUS In*val"or*ous, a.
Defn: Not valorous; cowardly.
INVALUABLE In*val"u*a*ble, a.
Defn: Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.
INVALUABLY In*val"u*a*bly, adv.
Defn: Inestimably. Bp. Hall.
INVALUED In*val"ued, a.
Defn: Inestimable. [R.] Drayton.
INVARIABILITY In*va`ri*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. invariabilité.]
Defn: The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.
INVARIABLE In*va"ri*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + variable: cf. F. invariable.]
Defn: Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform. Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor. -- In*va"ri*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*va"ri*a*bly, adv.
INVARIABLE In*va"ri*a*ble, n. (Math.)
Defn: An invariable quantity; a constant.
INVARIANCE In*va"ri*ance, n. (Math.)
Defn: The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. J. J. Sylvester.
INVARIANT In*va"ri*ant, n. (Math.)
Defn: An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester.
INVASION In*va"sion, n. Etym: [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.]
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.
3. The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.
Syn. -- Invasion, Irruption, Inroad. Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and injury.
INVASIVE In*va"sive, a. Etym: [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
Defn: Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." Hoole.
INVECT In*vect", v. i.
Defn: To inveigh. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
INVECTED In*vec"ted, a. Etym: [L. invectus carried in. See Inveigh.] (Her.)
Defn: Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.
INVECTION In*vec"tion, n. Etym: [L. invectio. See Inveigh.]
Defn: An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.] Fulke.
INVECTIVE In*vec"tive, a. Etym: [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See Inveigh.]
Defn: Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
INVECTIVE In*vec"tive, n. Etym: [F. invective.]
Defn: An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. Sir W. Draper.
Syn. -- Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe. See Abuse.
INVECTIVELY In*vec"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an invective manner. Shak.
INVEIGH In*veigh", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing.] Etym: [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective.]
Defn: To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.
INVEIGHER In*veigh"er, n.
Defn: One who inveighs.
INVEIGLE In*vei"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See Ocular.]
Defn: To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.
INVEIGLEMENT In*vei"gle*ment, n.
Defn: The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction. South.
INVEIGLER In*vei"gler, n.
Defn: One who inveigles.
INVEIL In*veil", v. t.
Defn: To cover, as with a vail. W. Browne.
INVENDIBILITY In*vend`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.
INVENDIBLE In*vend"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. invendibilis. See In- not, and Vendible.]
Defn: Not vendible or salable. Jefferson. -- In*vend"i*ble*ness, n.
INVENOM In*ven"om, v. t.
Defn: See Envenom.
INVENT In*vent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing.] Etym: [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See Come.]
1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser.
2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine. Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper.
3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood. Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See Discover.
INVENTER In*vent"er, n.
Defn: One who invents.
INVENTFUL In*vent"ful, a.
Defn: Full of invention. J. Gifford.
INVENTIBLE In*vent"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being invented.
INVENTIBLENESS In*vent"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being inventible.
INVENTION In*ven"tion, n. Etym: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man. Tatham.
2. That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention. We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished. Evelyn.
3. Thought; idea. Shak.
4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. Filling their hearers With strange invention. Shak.
5. The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker. Dryden.
6. (Fine Arts, Rhet., etc.)
Defn: The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts. Invention of the cross (Eccl.), a festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's cross by St. Helena.
INVENTIOUS In*ven"tious, a.
Defn: Inventive. [Obs.]
INVENTIVE In*vent"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inventif.]
Defn: Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. -- In*vent"ive*ly, adv. -- In*vent"ive*ness, n.
INVENTOR In*vent"or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. inventeur.]
Defn: One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.
INVENTORIAL In`ven*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an inventory. -- In`ven*to"ri*al*ly, adv. Shak.
INVENTORY In"ven*to*ry, n.; pl. Inventories. Etym: [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See Invent.]
Defn: An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business. There take an inventory of all I have. Shak.
Syn. -- List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.
INVENTORY In"ven*to*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inventoried; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventorying.] Etym: [Cf. F. inventorier.]
Defn: To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.
INVENTRESS In*vent"ress, n. Etym: [Cf. L. inventrix, F. inventrice.]
Defn: A woman who invents. Dryden.
INVERACITY In`ve*rac"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of veracity.
INVERISIMILITUDE In*ver`i*si*mil"i*tude, n.
Defn: Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
INVERNESS; INVERNESS CAPE In`ver*ness", n., or In`ver*ness" cape".
Defn: A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.
Robert's wind-blown head and tall form wrapped in an Inverness cape. Mrs. Humphry Ward.
INVERSE In*verse", a. Etym: [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See Invert.]
1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
3. (Math.)
Defn: Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. Inverse figures (Geom.), two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. -- Inverse points (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, ratio (Math.), the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. -- Inverse, or Reciprocal, proportion, an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : , or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.
INVERSE In"verse, n.
Defn: That which is inverse. Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature. Tatham.
INVERSELY In*verse"ly, adv.
Defn: In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly. Inversely proportional. See Directly proportional, under Directly, and Inversion, 4.
INVERSION In*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See Invert.]
1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition. It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament; your lordship first signed it, and then it was passed among the Lords and Commons. Dryden.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on.
4. (Math.)
Defn: A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
5. (Geom.)
Defn: A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
6. (Gram.)
Defn: A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."
7. (Rhet.)
Defn: A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
8. (Mus.) (a) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc. (b) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass. (c) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa. (d) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.
9. (Geol.)
Defn: The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
10. (Chem.)
Defn: The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
Note: The terms invert and inversion, in this sense, owe their meaning to the fact that the plane of polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose.
INVERT In*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] Etym: [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in + vertere to turn. See Verse.]
1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles.
4. (Chem.)
Defn: To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
INVERT In*vert", v. i. (Chem.)
Defn: To undergo inversion, as sugar.
INVERT In"vert, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.
INVERT In"vert, n. (Masonry)
Defn: An inverted arch.
INVERTASE In*vert"ase, n. (Chem.) (a) An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals. (b) By extension, any enzyme which splits cane sugar, milk sugar, lactose, etc., into monosaccharides.
INVERTEBRAL In*ver"te*bral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Invertebrate.
INVERTEBRATA In*ver`te*bra"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
INVERTEBRATE In*ver"te*brate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n.
Defn: One of the Invertebrata. Age of invertebrates. See Age, and Silurian.
INVERTEBRATED In*ver"te*bra`ted, a.
Defn: Having no backbone; invertebrate.
INVERTED In*vert"ed, a.
1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.
INVERTEDLY In*vert"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inverted order. Derham.
INVERTIBLE In*vert"i*ble, a. Etym: [From Invert.]
1. Capable of being inverted or turned.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.
INVERTIBLE In*vert"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + L. vertere to turn + -ible.]
Defn: Incapable of being turned or changed. An indurate and invertible conscience. Cranmer.
INVERTIN In*vert"in, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
INVEST In*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing.] Etym: [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See Vest.]
1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
2. To put on. [Obs.] Can not find one this girdle to invest. Spenser.
3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. Shak.
4. To surround, accompany, or attend. Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. Hawthorne.
5. To confer; to give. [R.] It investeth a right of government. Bacon.
6. (Mil.)
Defn: To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock.
INVEST In*vest", v. i.
Defn: To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
INVESTIENT In*vest"ient, a. Etym: [L. investiens, p. pr. of investire.]
Defn: Covering; clothing. [R.] Woodward.
INVESTIGABLE In*ves"ti*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. investigabilis. See Investigate.]
Defn: Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.
INVESTIGABLE In*ves"ti*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate.]
Defn: Unsearchable; inscrutable. [Obs.] So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. Bale.
INVESTIGATE In*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] Etym: [L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.]
Defn: To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.
INVESTIGATE In*ves"ti*gate, v. i.
Defn: To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
INVESTIGATION In*ves`ti*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation.]
Defn: The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
INVESTIGATIVE In*ves"ti*ga*tive, a.
Defn: Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
INVESTIGATOR In*ves"ti*ga`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. investigateur.]
Defn: One who searches diligently into a subject.
INVESTITURE In*ves"ti*ture, n. Etym: [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. (Feudal Law)
Defn: Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony oinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone.
3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. Trench.
INVESTIVE In*vest"ive, a.
Defn: Investing. [R.] Mir. for Mag.
INVESTMENT In*vest"ment, n.
1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. Whose white investments figure innocence. Shak.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall.
4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. A. Hamilton. An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. Hawthorne.
INVESTOR In*vest"or, n.
Defn: One who invests.
INVESTURE In*ves"ture, n.
Defn: Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
INVESTURE In*ves"ture, v. t.
Defn: To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] "Monks . . . investured in their copes." Fuller.
INVETERACY In*vet"er*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Inveterate.]
1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.
2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons. Guardian.
INVETERATE In*vet"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. inveteratus, p. p. of inveterare to render old; pref. in- in + vetus, veteris, old. See Veteran.]
1. Old; long-established. [Obs.] It is an inveterate and received opinion. Bacon.
2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse. Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. Shak.
3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. H. Brooke.
INVETERATE In*vet"er*ate, v. t.
Defn: To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] Bacon.
INVETERATELY In*vet"er*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inveterate manner or degree. "Inveterately tough." Hawthorne.
INVETERATENESS In*vet"er*ate*ness, n.
Defn: Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne.
INVETERATION In*vet`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inveteratio.]
Defn: The act of making inveterate. [R.] Bailey.
INVICT In*vict", a. Etym: [L. invictus. See In- not, and Victor.]
Defn: Invincible. [Obs.] Joye.
INVIDIOUS In*vid"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.
INVIGILANCE; INVIGILANCY In*vig"i*lance, In*vig"i*lan*cy, n. Etym: [in- not + vigilance: cf. OF. invigilance.]
Defn: Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.
INVIGOR In*vig"or, v. t.
Defn: To invigorate. [Obs.]
INVIGORATE In*vig"or*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invigorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Invigorating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + vigor.]
Defn: To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. Atterbury.
Syn. -- To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.
INVIGORATION In*vig`or*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
INVILE In*vile", v. t.
Defn: To render vile. [Obs.] Daniel.
INVILLAGED In*vil"laged (; 48), p. a.
Defn: Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] W. Browne.
INVINCIBILITY In*vin`ci*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. invincibilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.
INVINCIBLE In*vin"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. invincibilis: cf. F. invincible. See In- not, and Vincible.]
Defn: Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. Lead forth to battle these my sons Invincible. Milton. -- In*vin"ci*ble*ness, n. -- In*vin"ci*bly, adv.
INVIOLABILITY In*vi`o*la*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
INVIOLABLE In*vi"o*la*ble, a. Etym: [L. inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See Inviolate, a.]
1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear, The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.
2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted. For thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton.
3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. Their almighty Maker first ordained And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak.
INVIOLABLENESS In*vi"o*la*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.
INVIOLABLY In*vi"o*la*bly, adv.
Defn: Without violation.
INVIOLACY In*vi"o*la*cy, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.
INVIOLATE; INVIOLATED In*vi"o*late, In*vi"o*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]
1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.
2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." Denham. There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser.
INVIOLATELY In*vi"o*late*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inviolate manner.
INVIOLATENESS In*vi"o*late*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being inviolate.
INVIOUS In"vi*ous, a. Etym: [L. invius; pref. in- not + via way.]
Defn: Untrodden. [R.] Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]
INVIRILE In*vi"rile, a.
Defn: Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell.
INVIRILITY In`vi*ril"i*ty, n.
Defn: Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. Prynne.
INVISCATE In*vis"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inviscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inviscating.] Etym: [L. inviscatus, p. p. of inviscare to birdlime; pref. in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.]
Defn: To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INVISCERATE In*vis"cer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inviscerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inviscerating.] Etym: [L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See Viscera.]
Defn: To breed; to nourish. [R.] W. Montagu.
INVISCERATE In*vis"cer*ate, a. Etym: [L. invisceratus, p. p.]
Defn: Deep-seated; internal. [R.] W. Montagu.
INVISIBILITY In*vis`i*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Invisibilities. Etym: [L. invisibilitas: cf. F. invisibilité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. "Atoms and invisibilities." Landor.
INVISIBLE In*vis"i*ble, a. Etym: [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See In- not, and Visible.]
Defn: Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. Milton. Invisible bird (Zoöl.), a small, shy singing bird (Myadestes sibilons), of St. Vincent Islands. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.
INVISIBLE In*vis"i*ble, n.
1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
2. A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft. [Obs.]
3. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. Shipley.
INVISIBLENESS In*vis"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.
INVISIBLY In*vis"i*bly, adv.
Defn: In an invisible manner, Denham.
INVISION In*vi"sion, n.
Defn: Want of vision or of the power of seeing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INVITATION In`vi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]
1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
2. A document written or printed, or spoken words,
3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. Shak.
INVITATORY In*vi"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. invitatorius: cf. F. invitatoire.]
Defn: Using or containing invitations. The "Venite" [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm. Hook.
INVITATORY In*vi"ta*to*ry, n.; pl. Invitatories. Etym: [LL. invitatorium: cf. F. invitatoire.]
Defn: That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.
INVITE In*vite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inviting.] Etym: [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See Vie.]
1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion. So many guests invite as here are writ. Shak. I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. Carlyle.
2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. Cowper.
3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Syn. -- To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.
INVITE In*vite", v. i.
Defn: To give invitation. Milton.
INVITEMENT In*vite"ment, n.
Defn: Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman.
INVITER In*vit"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, invites.
INVITIATE In*vi"ti*ate, a.
Defn: Not vitiated. Lowell.
INVITING In*vit"ing, a.
Defn: Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. W. Irving. -- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.
INVITRIFIABLE In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble, a.
Defn: Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.
INVOCATE In"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Invocating.] Etym: [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See Invoke.]
Defn: To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton.
INVOCATION In`vo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being. Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical! Shak. The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities. Addison.
2. (Law)
Defn: A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.
INVOCATORY In"vo*ca*to*ry, a.
Defn: Making or containing invocation; invoking.
INVOICE In"voice`, n. Etym: [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy.]
1. (Com.)
Defn: A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
INVOICE In"voice`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoicing.]
Defn: To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice. Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway. Madison.
INVOKE In*voke", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoking.] Etym: [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate.]
Defn: To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. Shak.
INVOLUCEL In*vol"u*cel, n. Etym: [Dim. of involucre, or involucrum: cf. F. involucelle.] (Bot.)
Defn: A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre.
INVOLUCELLATE In`vo*lu"cel*late, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Furnished with involucels.
INVOLUCELLUM In`vo*lu*cel"lum, n.; pl. Involucella. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Involucel.
INVOLUCRAL In`vo*lu"cral, a. Etym: [Cf. F. involucral.]
Defn: Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
INVOLUCRATE; INVOLUCRATED In`vo*lu"crate, In`vo*lu"cra*ted, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having an involucre; involucred.
INVOLUCRE In"vo*lu`cre, n. Etym: [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See Involve.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.
INVOLUCRED In"vo*lu`cred, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. Martyn.
INVOLUCRET In`vo*lu"cret, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An involucel.
INVOLUCRUM In`vo*lu"crum, n.; pl. L. Involucra, E. Involucrums. Etym: [L. See Involucre.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: See Involucre.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
INVOLUNTARILY In*vol"un*ta*ri*ly, adv. Etym: [From Involuntary.]
Defn: In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.
INVOLUNTARINESS In*vol"un*ta*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
INVOLUNTARY In*vol"un*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. involuntarius. See In- not, and Voluntary.]
1. Not having will of the power of choice.
2. Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
3. Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
INVOLUTE; INVOLUTED In"vo*lute, In"vo*lu`ted, a. Etym: [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
INVOLUTE In"vo*lute, n. (Geom.)
Defn: A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
INVOLUTION In`vo*lu"tion, n. Etym: [L. involutio: cf. F. involution. See Involve.]
1. The act of involving or infolding.
2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement. All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual involutions. Glanvill.
3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. Sir T. Browne.
4. (Gram.)
Defn: The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
5. (Math.)
Defn: The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
6. (Geom.)
Defn: The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
7. (Med.)
Defn: The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
INVOLVE In*volve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Involved; p. pr. & vb. n. Involving.] Etym: [L. involvere, involutum, to roll about, wrap up; pref. in- in + volvere to roll: cf. OF. involver. See Voluble, and cf. Involute.]
1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. Milton.
2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. And leave a singèd bottom all involved With stench and smoke. Milton.
3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. "Involved discourses." Locke.
4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. He knows His end with mine involved. Milton. The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. Tillotson.
5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.] The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng. Pope. Earth with hell To mingle and involve. Milton.
6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. "Involved in a deep study." Sir W. Scott.
8. (Math.)
Defn: To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
Syn. -- To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm. -- To Involve, Imply. Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion.
INVOLVED In*volved", a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Involute.
INVOLVEDNESS In*volv"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being involved.
INVOLVEMENT In*volve"ment, n.
Defn: The act of involving, or the state of being involved. Lew Wallace.
INVULGAR In*vul"gar, v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + vulgar.]
Defn: To cause to become or appear vulgar. [Obs.] Daniel.
INVULGAR In*vul"gar, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + vulgar.]
Defn: Not vulgar; refined; elegant. [Obs.] Drayton.
INVULNERABILITY In*vul"ner*a*bil`i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. invulnérabilité.]
Defn: Quality or state of being invulnerable.
INVULNERABLE In*vul"ner*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invulnérable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]
1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury. Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. Milton.
2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
INVULNERABLENESS In*vul"ner*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Invulnerability.
INVULNERATE In*vul"ner*ate, a. Etym: [L. invulneratus unwounded.]
Defn: Invulnerable.
INWALL In*wall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inwalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inwalling.]
Defn: To inclose or fortify as with a wall. Spenser.
INWALL In"wall`, n.
Defn: An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.
INWARD In"ward, a. Etym: [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]
1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward. Milton.
2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.
3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.] All my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix. 19. He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney.
INWARD In"ward, n.
1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor. Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton.
2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]
3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an inward of his." Shak.
INWARD; INWARDS In"ward, In"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. inweard. The ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards.]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton.
INWARDLY In"ward*ly, adv. Etym: [AS. inweardlice.]
1. In the inner parts; internally. Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak.
2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
3. In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secretas, he inwardly repines.
4. Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.] I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl.
INWARDNESS In"ward*ness, n.
1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things. Dr. H. More.
2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Heartiness; earnestness. What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. M. Arnold.
INWARDS In"wards, adv.
Defn: See Inward.
INWEAVE In*weave", v. t.
Defn: To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. Milton.
INWHEEL In*wheel", v. t.
Defn: To encircle. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
INWIT In"wit, n.
Defn: Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience. [Obs.] Wyclif.
INWITH In*with", prep.
Defn: Within. [Obs.] This purse hath she inwith her bosom hid. Chaucer.
INWORK In*work", v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. in- + work. Cf. Inwrought.]
Defn: To work in or within.
INWORN In"worn`, p. a.
Defn: Worn, wrought, or stamped in. [R.] Milton.
INWRAP In*wrap", v. t. Etym: [Written also enwrap.]
1. To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc.
2. To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex. [R.] Bp. Hall.
INWREATHE In*wreathe", v. t.
Defn: To surround or encompass as with a wreath. [Written also enwreathe.] Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton.
INWROUGHT In*wrought", p. p. or a. Etym: [Pref. in- + wrought. Cf. Inwork.]
Defn: Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. Milton.
IO I"o, n.; pl. Ios. Etym: [L.; cf. Gr. "iw`.]
Defn: An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.
IOD- I"od-. (Chem.)
Defn: See Iodo-.
IODAL I"o*dal, n. Etym: [Iod- + alcohol.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oily liquid, Cl3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal.
IODATE I"o*date, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of iodic acid.
IODHYDRIN I`od*hy"drin, n. Etym: [Iod- + chlorhydrin.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.
IODIC I*od"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. iodique. See Iodine.] (Chem.)
Defn: to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid. Iodic acid, a monobasic acid, consisting of iodine with three parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen.
IODIDE I"o*dide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.
IODINE I"o*dine (; 104), n. Etym: [Gr. iode, iodine. The name was given from the violet color of its vapor. See Violet, Idyl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.
Note: Iodine was formerly obtained from the ashes of seaweed (kelp or varec), but is now also extracted from certain natural brines. In the free state, iodine, even in very minute quantities, colors starch blue. Iodine and its compounds are largely used in medicine (as in liniments, antisyphilitics, etc.), in photography, in the preparation of aniline dyes, and as an indicator in titration. Iodine green, an artificial green dyestuff, consisting of an iodine derivative of rosaniline; -- called also night green. -- Iodine scarlet, a pigment of an intense scarlet color, consisting of mercuric iodide. -- Iodine yellow, a brilliant yellow pigment, consisting of plumbic iodide.
IODISM I"o*dism, n. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds, and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation, with a pustular eruption upon the skin.
IODIZE I"o*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iodized; p. pr. & vb. n. Iodizing.]
Defn: To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography. R. Hunt.
IODIZER I"o*di`zer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, iodizes.
IODO-; IOD- I"o*do-, I"od-. (Chem.)
Defn: A prefix, or combining from, indicating iodine as an ingredient; as, iodoform.
IODOCRESOL I`o*do*cre"sol, n. [Iodo- + cresol.] (Org. Chem.)
Defn: Any of several isomeric iodine derivatives of the cresols, C6H3I(CH3)OH, esp. one, an odorless amorphous powder, used in medicine as a substitute for iodoform.
IODOFORM I*od"o*form, n. Etym: [Iodo- + formyl. See Formyl, and cf. Chloroform.] (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.
IODOFORMOGEN I`o*do*for"mo*gen, n. [Iodoform + -gen root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Pharm.)
Defn: A light powder used as a substitute for iodoform. It is a compound of iodoform and albumin.
IODOL I"o*dol, n. [Iodo- + pyrrol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A crystallized substance of the composition C4I4NH, technically tetra-iodo-pyrrol, used like iodoform.
IODOQUININE I`o*do*qui"nine, n. Etym: [Iodo- + quinine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite.
IODOTHYRIN I`o*do*thy"rin, n. [Iodo- + thyro- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A peculiar substance obtained from the thyroid gland, containing from nine to ten per cent of iodine.
It is a very stable compound, and is believed to be active principle in thyroid extracts and in the internal secretion of the thyroid gland. It was originally called thyroiodin.
IODOUS I"o*dous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix). Iodous acid, a hypothetical acid, analogous to chlorous acid.
IODURET I*od"u*ret, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Iodide. [Obs.]
IODYRITE I*od"y*rite, n. Etym: [From Iodine.] (Min.)
Defn: Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.
IOLITE I"o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Min.)
Defn: A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.
IO MOTH I"o moth`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles.
-ION -ion. Etym: [L. -io, acc. -ionem: cf. F. -ion.]
Defn: A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction.
ION I"on, n. Etym: [Gr. (Elec. Chem.)
Defn: One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.
IONIAN I*o"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Ionius. See Ionic.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic. -- n.
Defn: A native or citizen of Ionia.
IONIC I*on"ic, a. Etym: [L. Ionicus, Gr.
1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital. Ionic dialect (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory. -- Ionic foot. (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1. -- Ionic, or Ionian, mode (Mus.), an ancient mode, supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C. -- Ionic sect, a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus, in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that water is the original principle of all things. -- Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line).
Note: This is Nonpareil Ionic.
IONIC Ionic a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.
IONIC I*on"ic, n.
1. (Pros.) (a) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic. (b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
3. (Print.)
Defn: Ionic type.
IONIDIUM I`o*nid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL. Cf. Iodine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.
IONIZE I"on*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ionized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ionizing.] (Elec. Chem.)
Defn: To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water. --I`on*i*za"tion (#), n.
IOQUA SHELL I"o*qua shell`. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America.
IOTA I*o"ta, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Jot.]
1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i) corresponding with the English i.
2. A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle. They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation. Burke. Iota subscript (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is silent.
IOTACISM I*o"ta*cism, n. Etym: [Gr. iotacisme. See Iota.]
Defn: The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding Littré.
I O U I O U. Etym: [i. e., I owe you.]
Defn: A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.
IOWAS I"o*was, n. pl.
Defn: ; sing. Iowa. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of Iowa.
IPECAC Ip"e*cac, n.
Defn: An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
IPECACUANHA Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. Etym: [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
Defn: The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).
IPOCRAS Ip"o*cras, n.
Defn: Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer.
IPOMOEA Ip`o*moe"a, n. Etym: [NL. "Named, according to Linnæus, from Gr. 'i`ps, 'ipo`s, a bindweed [which it is not]
Defn: , and Gray.] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.
IPOMOEIC Ip`o*moe"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.
IR- Ir-
Defn: . A form of the prefix in-. See In-.
IRACUND I"ra*cund, a. Etym: [L. iracundus, fr. ira anger.]
Defn: Irascible; choleric. "Iracund people." Carlyle.
IRADE I*ra"de (e*rä"day), n. Etym: [Turk.]
Defn: A decree of the Sultan.
IRAN I`ran" (e`rän"), n. Etym: [Mod. Persian Iran. Cf. Aryan.]
Defn: The native name of Persia.
IRANIAN I*ra"ni*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Iran. -- n.
Defn: A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages.
IRANIC I*ran"ic, a.
Defn: Iranian.
IRASCIBILITY I*ras`ci*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. irascibilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.
IRASCIBLE I*ras"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. irascibilis, fr. irasci to be angry, ira anger: cf. F. irascible. See Ire.]
Defn: Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood. -- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n. -- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.
IRATE I*rate", a. Etym: [L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See Ire.]
Defn: Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent] The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray. Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.
IRE Ire, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ira.]
Defn: Anger; wrath. [Poet.]
Syn. -- Anger; passion; rage; fury. See Anger.
IREFUL Ire"ful, a.
Defn: Full of ire; angry; wroth. "The ireful bastard Orleans." Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv.
IREFULNESS Ire"ful*ness, n.
Defn: Wrathfulness. Wyclif.
IRENARCH I"re*narch, n. Etym: [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]
IRENIC; IRENICAL I*ren"ic, I*ren"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. Bp. Hall.
IRENICON I*ren"i*con, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr.
Defn: A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church. South.
IRENICS I*ren"ics, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff-Herzog.
IRESTONE Ire"stone`, n. (Mining)
Defn: Any very hard rock.
IRIAN I"ri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the iris. "Irian nerves." Dunglison.
IRICISM I"ri*cism, n.
Defn: Irishism. [R.] Jeffrey.
IRIDACEOUS; IRIDEOUS Ir`i*da"ceous, I*rid"e*ous, a. Etym: [From NL. Iris, Iridis, the Iris.] (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceæ), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.
IRIDAL I"ri*dal, a. Etym: [L. iris, iridis, rainbow. See Iris.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors. Whewell.
IRIDECTOMY Ir`i*dec"to*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
IRIDESCENCE Ir`i*des"cence, n. Etym: [See Iridescent.]
Defn: Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
IRIDESCENT Ir`i*des"cent, a. Etym: [L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.]
Defn: Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
IRIDIAN I*rid"i*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
IRIDIATED I*rid"i*a`ted, a.
Defn: Iridescent.
IRIDIC I*rid"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.
IRIDIC I*rid"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
IRIDIOSCOPE I*rid"i*o*scope, n. Etym: [See Iris, and -scope.]
Defn: A kind of ophthalmoscope.
IRIDIOUS I*rid"i*ous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence.
IRIDIUM I*rid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. iris, iridis, the rainbow. So called from the iridescence of some of its solutions. See Iris.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.
Note: Iridium usually occurs as a native alloy with osmium (iridosmine or osmiridium), which may occur alone or with platinum. Iridium, as an alloy with platinum, is used in bushing the vents of heavy ordnance. It is also used for the points of gold pens, and in a finely powdered condition (iridium black), for painting porcelain black.
IRIDIZE Ir"i*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iridized; p. pr. & vb. n. Iridizing.]
1. To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen.
2. To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.
IRIDOLINE I*rid"o*line, n. Etym: [Iridescent + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.
IRIDOSMINE; IRIDOSMIUM Ir`i*dos"mine, Ir`i*dos"mi*um, n. Etym: [Iridium + osmium.] (Min.)
Defn: The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens.
IRIS I"ris, n.; pl. E. Irises, L. Irides. Etym: [L. iris, iridis, the goddess, Gr. Orris.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Shak.
2. The rainbow. Sir T. Browne.
3. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Tennyson.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
5. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
6. (Her.)
Defn: See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
IRISATED I"ris*a`ted, a. Etym: [See Iris.]
Defn: Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W. Phillips.
IRISCOPE I"ri*scope, n. Etym: [Iris + -scope.]
Defn: A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
IRIS DIAPHRAGM I"ris di"a*phragm.
Defn: An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a number of thin pieces fastened to a ring. It is used in cameras and microscopes.
IRISED I"rised, a. Etym: [See Iris.]
Defn: Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent. Holmes.
IRISH I"rish, a. Etym: [AS. , fr. the Irish. Cf. Aryan, Erse.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. Irish elk. (Zoöl.) See under Elk. -- Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. -- Irish poplin. See Poplin. -- Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland. -- Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up. -- Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed.
IRISH I*rish", n. sing. & pl.
1. pl.
Defn: The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.
2. The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
3. An old game resembling backgammon.
IRISH AMERICAN I"rish A*mer"i*can.
Defn: A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such a person.
IRISHISM I*rish"*ism, n.
Defn: A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
IRISHMAN I"rish*man, n.; pl. Irishmen (.
Defn: A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. Irishman's hurricane (Naut.), a dead calm. -- Irishman's reef. (Naut.) See Irish reef, under Irish, a.
IRISHRY I"rish*ry, n.
Defn: The Celtic people of Ireland. "The whole Irishry of rebels." Milton.
IRITIS I*ri"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Iris, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
IRK Irk, v. t. Etym: [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.]
Defn: To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak. It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold.
IRKSOME Irk"some, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. Milton.
2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. Latimer.
Syn. -- Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. -- Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. Dryden. -- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
IRON I"ron, n. Etym: [OE. iren, AS. iren, isen, isern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. isarn, OHG. isarn, isan, G. eisen, Icel. isarn, jarn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or an fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.
Note: The value of iron is largely due to the facility with which it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is malleable and ductile, and can be easily welded and forged at a high temperature. As cast iron, it is easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and (when tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is grouped with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of iron containing more carbon than wrought iron, but less that cast iron. It is made either from wrought iron, by roasting in a packing of carbon (cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel), or directly from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and generating furnace).
2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc. My young soldier, put up your iron. Shak.
3. pl.