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power proceeding from the celestial bodies,
and operating on the affairs of men.
vile to all the skyey influences.'
'Taught the fix'd (stars) their influence ma-
lignant when to shower.' Milton. Ladies,
whose bright eyes rain influence.' Milton.
3. Agency or power serving to affect, modify,
or sway in some way; ability or power suffi-
cient to produce some effect; sway; bias;
as, the influence of heat in making crops
grow; the influence of good advice or ex-
ample on a person.

Yet still uppermost
Nature was at his heart as if he felt,
Though yet he knew not how, a wasting power
In all things which from her sweet influence
Might tend to wean him.
Wordsworth.

4. Power or authority arising from elevated station, wealth, and the like; acknowledged ascendency; often means or power of bring. ing persons in authority and in official posts to further one's designs or interests; ascendency with people in power; as, to gain an appointment by influence; to have no influence with the prime minister. Influence (in'flu-ens), v. t. pret. & pp. influenced; ppr. influencing. To exercise influence on; to modify or affect in some way; to act on; to bias; to sway; as, the sun influences the tides; to influence a person by fears or hopes.

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

This standing revelation... is sufficient to influ ence their faith and practice if they attend. Atterbury. Influencer (in'flu-ens-ér), n. One who or that which influences. Influence-rich (in'flu-ens-rich), a. Rich in influence; having great power or influence. 'Influence-rich to soothe and save.' Tenny

Influencive (in'flu-ens-iv), a. Tending to influence; influential. [Rare.] Influent (in'flu-ent), a. [L. influens, influentis, ppr. of influo, to flow into, on, or upon-in, into, on, upon, and fluo, to flow.] 1. Flowing in. Influent odours.' Browning. [Rare.]--2. ↑ Exerting influence; influential.

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

Influential (in-flu-en'shal), a. Exerting influence or power by invisible operation, as physical causes on bodies, or as moral causes on the mind; possessing power or influence, as from excellence of character or intellect, station, wealth, or the like. Thy influential vigour reinspires This feeble flame.

Thomson.

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Influentially (in-flu-en'shal-li), adv. an influential manner; so as to incline, move, or direct.

Influenza (in-flu-en'za), n. [It. influenza, influence. See INFLUENCE.] An epidemic catarrh of an aggravated kind which attacks all ages and conditions of life, but is seldom fatal except to the aged, or to those previously suffering from or having a tendency to pulmonary disease.

Influx (in'fluks), n. [L. influxus, a flowing in, from influo. See INFLUENT.] 1. The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light or other fluid.-2. Infusion; intromission.

The influx of the knowledge of God, in relation to this everlasting life, is infinitely of moment. Hale. 3. Influence; power.

They have a great influx upon rivers. Hale. 4. A coming in; introduction; importation in abundance; that which flows in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver.

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

sumers.

5. The place or point at which one stream runs into another or into the sea; as, at the influx of the brook.

Influxion (in-fluk'shon), n. [L. influxio, influxionis, a flowing into, from influo. See INFLUENT.] Infusion; intromission. Influxious (in-fluk'shus), a. Influential Influxive (in-fluks'iv), a. Having influence, or having a tendency to flow in. Influxively (in-fluks'iv-li), adv. In an influxive manner; by influxion. Infold (in-föld'), v. i. 1. To wrap up or inwrap; to involve; to inclose.

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Infoldment (in-föld'ment), n. Act of infolding; state of being infolded. Infoliate (in-fō'li-at), v.t. [Prefix in, and folium, a leaf.] To cover or overspread with leaves. [Rare.]

Long may his fruitful vine infoliate and clasp about him with einbracements. Howell.

Inform (in-form'), v.t. [Fr. informer, L. informo, to shape-in, intens., and formo, to form, shape, from forma, form, shape.] 1. To give form or shape to; hence, to give organizing power to; to animate; to give life to; to actuate by vital powers; to imbue with vitality.

Breath informs this fleeting frame. Prior. Breathes in our soul, informs our vital part. Pope. 2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to by word or writing; to instruct; to tell: usually followed by of.

I am informed thoroughly of the cause. Skak. 3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation.

Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. Acts xxiv. 1.

SYN. To acquaint, apprise, tell, teach, in

2. To give intelligence or information. He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught. Monthly Rev. -To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to give intelligence of a breach of law by; as, two persons came to the magistrate and informed against A.

Inform (in-form'), a. [L. informis, that has no form-in, not, and forma, form, shape.] Without regular form; shapeless; ugly.

Bleak crags and naked hills, And the whole prospect so inform and rude. Cotton.

Informal (in-form'al), a. [Prefix in, not, and formal.] 1. Not formal; not in the regular or usual form; not in the usual manner; not according to custom; not in accordance with official, conventional, or customary forms; without ceremony; as, an informal writing; informal proceedings; an informal visit.

The clerk that returns it shall be fined for his informal return. Hale. 'These

2. Irregular or deranged in mind. poor informal women.' Shak. Informality (in-form-al'i-ti), n. The state of being informal; want of regular or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings may render them void. Informally (in-form'al-li), adv. In an informal manner; without the usual forms. Informant (in-form'ant), n. [L. informans, informantis, ppr. of informo, to give form to, to sketch, to delineate. See INFORM.] One who informs or gives intelligence; one who informs or offers an accusation; an informer.

Information (in-form-a'shon), n. [L. informatio, informationis, representation, outline, conception, from informo, to give form to. See INFORM.] 1. The act of informing or communicating knowledge.-2. News or advice communicated by word or writing; intelligence; notice; knowledge derived from reading or instruction, or from the senses or the operation of the intellectual faculties; as, he received information; a man of great information.-3. In English law, a term used in several senses: (a) in criminal law, an information filed by the attorney-general or master of the crown office is a substitute for an ordinary indictment, and is resorted to only in such cases of misdemeanour as tend to disturb the peace or the government; e.g. libels on judges, magistrates, or public officers, bribery at elections, &c. (b) An information in the Queen's Bench in the nature of a quo warranto is to test the validity of an election or appointment to a public office. (c) An information in Chancery is a suit on behalf of the crown or government as to any misapplication of a public charity, or on behalf of an idiot's or lunatic's property. (d) An information in the Exchequer is to recover money due to the crown, or to recover damages for an intrusion upon crown property. (e) The term is also commonly used to denote the written statement often, but not invariably, made on oath before a justice of the peace previous to the issuing of a summons or complaint against a person charged either with a crime or an offence

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punishable summarily. The term is not now used technically in the law of Scotland. except in the Court of Justiciary on the occurrence of cases of difficulty, when informations, or written arguments, are ordered Informative (in-form'a-tiv), a. Having power to animate.

Informed (in-formd), a. [Prefix in, not, and formed.] Not formed or arranged; hence, ill-formed; shapeless. Spenser. — Informed stars, in astron. stars not included in any of the constellations.

Informer (in-form'èr), n. 1. One who animates, informs, or gives intelligence. Informer of the planetary train,

Without whose quickening glance their cumbrous orbs

Were brute unlovely mass, inert and dead!

Thomson.

2. In law, one who communicates to a magistrate a knowledge of the violation of any law; a person who lays an information or prosecutes any person in the king's courts who offends against the law or any penal statute. Such a person is generally called a common informer, because he makes it his business to lay informations, for the purpose of obtaining his share of the penalty. Hence-3. One who makes a business of informing against others: used popularly and in a bad sense. Informidable (in-for'mid-a-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and formidable.] Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. Foe not informidable. Milton. Informity+ (in-form'i-ti), n. [L. informitas, unshapeliness, ugliness, from informis, unformed, shapeless-in, not, and forma, form, shape.] Want of regular form; shapelessness. Sir T. Browne.

Informous+ (in-form'us), a. [L. informis See INFORMITY.] Of no regular form or figure; shapeless.

A bear brings forth her young informous and un shapen. Sir T. Browne. Infortunate (in-for'tū-nāt), a. [Prefix in, not, and fortunate; L. infortunatus.] Unlucky; unfortunate.

Henry, though he be infortunate, Assure yourselves, will never be unkind. Shak Infortunately† (in-for'tu-năt-li), adv. Unfortunately.

Infortune, n. [Prefix in, not, and fortune. | Misfortune. Chaucer.

Infossous (in-fos'us), a. [L. in, and fossa, à ditch, from fodio, fossum, to dig.] In bot sunk in anything, as veins in some leaves, leaving a channel.

Infound (in-found'), v.t. [L. infundo, to pour in.] To pour into; to infuse. Sir T. More.

Infra-axillary (in-fra-aks'il-la-ri), a. [L. infra, beneath, and axilla, axil] In bot a term applied to an organ, as a bud, situated beneath the axil.

Infracostal (in-fra-kost'al), a. [L. infra. beneath, and costa, rib.] In anat. situated beneath the ribs.

Infract (in-frakt), v.t. [L. infringo, infrac tum-in, intens., and frango, to break] To infringe; to break; to violate. [Rare] Infract (in-frakt), a. [L. in, not, and frango, fractum, to break.] Unbroken; sound; whole.

Infractible (in-frakt'i-bl), a. Capable of being broken.

Infraction (in-frak'shon), n. [L_ infractio, infractionis, a breaking in pieces, from fringo, infractum. See INFRACT, vt.] The act of infracting or breaking; breach; vio'ation; infringement; non-observance; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, agreement, or law.

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished. Emerson Infractor (in-frakt'èr), n. One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Who shall be depository of the oaths and leagues of princes, or fulminate against the perjured inva tors of them? Lord Herbert

Infractous (in-frakt'us), a. frango, fractum, to break.] inwards.

[L. in, in, and In bot. curved

Infra dig (in'fra dig). [A contr. of L infra dignitatem.] Beneath one's dignity; be neath one's character, position, or status in society.

Infragrant (in-fra'grant), a. [Prefix in, not, and fragrant.] Not fragrant inodorous. Infralapsarian (in'fra-laps-a'ri-an), a Pertaining to the Infralapsarians or to their doctrines.

Infralapsarian (in'fra-laps-á ̋ri-an), n [L infra, below or after, and lapsus, fall]

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Eccles. one of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past, and the elect as being in a fallen and guilty state: opposed to Supralapsarian. The infralapsarians consider the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the supralapsarians regard the infliction of the evil as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men. See SUPRALAPSARIAN. Infralapsarianism (in'fra-laps-a" ri-anizm), n The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians. Infra-maxillary (in-fra-maks'il-la-ri), a. [L. infra, beneath, and maxilla, a jaw.] In anat. situated under the jaw; belonging to the lower jaw.

Infra-median (in-fra-mě'di-an), a. [L. infra, beneath, and medium, the middle.] A term applied to the interval or zone along the sea-bottom lying at the depth of between 50 and 100 fathoms. This term was peculiarly applied to this zone when it was believed that marine life did not extend below 200 fathoms. Marine animals have now been dredged from great depths, and marine life is believed to extend to all depths of the ocean.

Infra-mundane (in-fra-mun'dán), a. [L. infra, below, and mundanus, from mundus, the world.] Lying or being beneath the world.

Infranchise (in-fran'chiz), v. t. Same as Enfranchise.

Infrangibility (in-fran'ji-bil"i-ti), n. The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibleness.

Infrangible (in-fran'ji-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and frangible.] 1. Not capable of being broken or separated into parts.

The primitive atoms are supposed infrangible. Dr. G. Cheyne. 2. Not to be violated or infringed. Infrangibleness (in-fran'ji-bl-nes), n. State or quality of being infrangible. Infra-orbital, Infra-orbitary (in-fra-orb'it-al, in-fra-orb'it-a-ri), a. In anat. situated below the orbit, as a foramen, nerve, &c.; sub-orbital.

Infrapose (in'fra-pōz), v.t. To place under or beneath. Terrestrial surface infraposed to the drift-gravels.' Austen. Infra-position (in'fra-pō-zi"shon), n. Position or situation beneath or under. Infra-scapular (in-fra-ska'pu-lär), a. [Prefix infra, beneath, and scapular (which see).] In anat. below or beneath the scapula or shoulder-blade; sub-scapular. Infra-spinate (in-fra-spinat), a. [L. infra beneath, and spina, a spine.] In anat. below the spine; specifically, applied to a muscle of the shoulder arising from the back of the shoulder-blade, below its spine. Infrequence, Infrequency (in-fre'kwens, in-frekwen-si), n. [L. infrequentia. See INFREQUENT.] State of being infrequent or of rarely occurring; uncommonness; rareness. Infrequence of visitation.' Bp. Hall. Infrequency or mere formality of devotion. Young.

Infrequent (in-frê'kwent), a. [L. infrequens -in, not, and frequens, frequent.] Not frequent; seldom happening or occurring to notice; unfrequent; rare; uncommon.

A sparing and infrequent worshipper of the Deity betrays an habitual disregard of him. Wollaston Infrequent (in-frê-kwent'), v.t. Not to frequent; to desert.

Infrequently (in-fre'kwent-li), adv. Not frequently.

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Infrigidate + (in-fri'jid-ät), v.t. [L. infrigido, infrigidatum-in, intens, and frigido, to make cool, from frigidus, cool. FRIGID] To chill; to make cold. Boyle. Infrigidation (in-fri'jid-a"shon), n act of infrigidating or making cold. Tatler. Infringe (in-frinj), v. t. pret. & pp. infringed; ppr. infringing. [L. infringo-in, intens., and frango, to break.] 1. To break, as laws or contracts; to violate, either positively by contravention, or negatively by non-fulfil ment or neglect of performance; to transgress.

Having infringed the law, I waive my right

As king, and thus submit myself to fight. Waller. 2. To destroy or hinder; as, to infringe efficacy.

Milton.

All our power To be infringed, our freedom and our being. Infringe (in-frinj), v. 1. To violate some rule; to do some evil or injury.-2. To encroach, trespass, intrude: followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon one's rights. Infringement (in-frinj'ment), n. Act of

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infringing or violating; state of being infringed; violation; infraction; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, or other agreement; the infringement of a law or constitution. SYN. Breach, non-fulfilment, infraction, violation, transgression, invasion, intrusion, trespass, encroachment. Infringer (in frinj'ér), n. One who violates; a violator.

Infructuose (in-fruk'tü-ōs), a. Not fruitful; not producing fruit; unproductive. Infrugal (in-fröʻgal), a. [Prefix in, not, and frugal.] Not frugal; prodigal; extravagant. Infrugal expenses of time. Goodman. Infrugiferous (in-frö-jif'èr-us), a. [Prefix in, not, and frugiferous.] Not bearing fruit. Infucatet (in'fü-kät), v.t. [L. infuco, infucatum-in, intens., and fuco, to paint.] To stain; to paint; to daub.

Infucationt (in-fü-kâ'shon), n. The act of painting or staining, especially the face. Infula (in'fu-la), n. A name given among the ancient Romans to a species of headdress, consisting of a woollen band, generally white, worn by priests and vestal virgins as a sign of their calling, by the emperors and higher magistrates on solemn occasions, and by those seeking protection or sanctuary. It was also placed upon the victim in sacrifice. The term has also been more widely applied, as in early times, to the head-covering of a Christian priest, and latterly to a pendent ornament at the back of a mitre. Infumate (in'fü-mat), v.t. [L. in, in, and fumo, to smoke, from fumus, smoke.] To dry by smoking; to smoke.

statue of Isis in Infula, from the Vatican.

Infumation (in-fü-ma'shon), n. The act of drying in smoke.

Infume (in-füm'), v.t. [L. infumo, infu matum, to dry in smoke-in, in, and fumo, to smoke, from fumus, smoke.] To dry in smoke.

Infundibular, Infundibulate (in-fun-dib'ú-lér, in-fun-dib'ū-lāt), a. [From infundibulum (which see).] Having the form of a funnel.

Infundibulata (in-fun-dib'u-la"ta), n. pl. Gervais' name for the marine Polyzoa, from the cell-mouth being round and funnelshaped. The tribe is now known as Gymnolamata (which see). Infundibuliform (in-fun-dib'ü-li-form), a. [L. infundibulum, a fun

nel, and forma, shape.] Having the shape of a funnel; specifically, in bot. having the form of a tube enlarging gradually below and spreading widely at the summit: said of a monopetalous corolla. Infundibulum (in-fundib'u-lum), n. [L., a funnel; lit. that which is poured into, from infundo, to pour into-in, into, and fundo, to pour.] 1. In anat. a term applied to a little funnel-shaped process attached to the pituitary gland and to a small cavity of the cochlea; also, one of the three large cavities which constitute by their union the pelvis of the kidney.-2. În zool. the tube formed by the coalescence or apposition of the epipodia in the Cephalopoda, commonly termed the Funnel or Siphon

Infundibuliform Co. rolla (Stramonium).

Infuneral + (in-fü'nér-al), v.t. To bury, espe cially with funeral rites.

As though her flesh did but infuneral Her buried ghost. G. Fletcher. Infurcation (in-fêr-ka'shon), n. [L. in, and furca, a fork.] A forked expansion. Infuriate (in-fü'ri-ät), a. [L.L. infuriatus. See the verb.] Enraged; mad; raging. Mil

ton.

Infuriate (in-fü'ri-át), v. t. pret. & pp. infuriated; ppr. infuriating." (L.L. infurio, infuriatum, to enrage greatly-in, intens., and furio, to enrage, from furia, more often pl. furia, rage, madness.] To render furious or mad; to enrage.

Infuscate (in-fus'kat), v.t. [L. infusco, infuscatum-in, intens, and fusco, to make dark, from fuscus, dark.] To darken; to make black; to obscure. Infuscation (in-fus-ka'shon), n. The act of darkening or blackening; the state of being dark or black.

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Infuse (in-füz), v.t. pret. & pp. infused; ppr. infusing. [Fr. infuser, from L. infundo, infusum, to pour into-in, into, and fundo, to pour.] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour; to shed. Those clear rays which she infused on me.' Shak. That strong Circean liquor cease t' infuse. Denham, 2. To instil, as principles or qualities.

Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? Swift. 3. To introduce; to diffuse; as, to infuse Gallicisms into a composition.-4.t To inspire; to fill. 'Infuse his breast with magnanimity." Shak.-5. To steep, as vegetable substances, in liquor without boiling for the purpose of extracting medicinal or other valuable qualities.

One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. Coxe. 6. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient. Drink, infused with flesh.' Bacon.

- Implant, Ingraft, Inculcate, Instil, Infuse. See under IMPLANT.

Infuse + (in-füz'), n. Infusion. Spenser. One who or that Infuser (in-füz'ér), n.

which infuses.

Infusibility (in-füz'i-bil”i-ti), n.

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bility of being infused or poured in. Infusibility (in-fûz'i-bil'i-ti), n. [Prefix in, not, and fusibility.] The incapability of being fused or dissolved.

Infusible (in-füz'i-bl), a. Capable of being infused. The doctrines being infusible into all.' Hammond.

Infusible (in-füz'i-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and fusible.] Not fusible; incapable of fusion or of being dissolved or melted; as, an infusible crucible.

Alumina, alone, is infusible. F. Nicol. Infusion (in-fü'zhon), n. [L. infusio, infusionis, from infundo. See INFUSE.] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; introduction; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardour or zeal.

Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms which are derived to it out of the poetical passages in Holy Writ.

Addison.

2. That which is infused or instilled; suggestion; whisper.

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

3. The process of steeping a substance, as a plant, in water, in order to extract its virtues. 4. The liquor so obtained.-5. The act of dipping into water or other fluid; immersion. 'Baptism by infusion.' Jortin. Infusionism (in-fü'zhon-izm), n. The doctrine that souls are pre-existent, and that a soul is divinely infused into each human fœtus as soon as it is formed by generation: opposed to Traducianism and Creationism. Infusive (in-füs'iv), a. Having the power of infusion; having the power of diffusing itself through. The infusive force of Spring on man. Thomson. Infusoria (in-fü-sö'ri-a), n. pl. [L.] A class of minute, mostly microscopic, animals, so named from being frequently developed in organic infusions, provisionally regarded as the highest class of the Protozoa. They are provided with a mouth, are destitute of

Magnified Drop of Water, showing Infusoria, &c.

1, Volvox globator (a plant, a low form of Algæ). 2, Stentor polymorphus. 3. Urceolaris scyphina. 4. Stylonychia mytilus. 5. Zoospermos Ferussaci. 6, Trichoda carinum. 7, Monas termo. 8, Pandorina morum. 9. Bursaria truncatella. 10, Vaginicola crystallina. 11, Cercaria gibba. 12, Zoospermos decumanus. 13, Amphileptus fasciola. 14, Vorticella convallaria. 15, Euptotes truncatus. 16, Trachelocerca olor.

pseudopodia, but are furnished with vibratile cilia. Most are free-swimming, but some

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form colonies by budding, and are fixed to a solid object in their adult condition. The body consists of an outer transparent cuticle, a layer of firm sarcode called the cortical layer, and a central mass of semiliquid sarcode which acts as a stomach. A nucleus, which is supposed to be an ovary, having attached to its outside a spherical particle called the nucleolus, and supposed to be a spermatic gland, is imbedded in the cortical layer. Contractions of the body are effected by sarcode fibres. The cilia, with which most are furnished, are not only organs of locomotion, but form currents by which food is carried into the mouth. Reproduction takes place variously. They are divided into three orders, Ciliata, Suctoria, and Flagellata, in accordance with the character of their cilia or contractile filaments. Many of the organisms included by the older zoologists among Infusoria are now generally regarded as vegetable.

Infusorial, Infusory (in-fu-sō'ri-al, in-fû'zo-ri), a. Pertaining to the Infusoria; composed of or containing Infusoria.

Infusory (in-fù'zo-ri), n. pl. Infusories (in-fü'zō-riz). One of the Infusoria.

Ingt (ing), n. A meadow.

Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands, within the manors or manor and township of Hemingby, in the county of Lincoln.

Journals of the House of Commons, 1773. -Ing. A suffix of various origins and significations: (a) A patronymic suffix very common in Anglo-Saxon, and still seen in proper names, signifying son of, native or man of; as, Birling, son of Birl; Elising, son of Elisha; Billing; Walsingham; &c. (b) The noun ing, a meadow, a common element in English place-names; as, Dorking, Wapping, Deeping, &c. (c) The termination of the verbal noun, in A. Sax. ung; as, cleansing, A. Sax. clansung. (d) The present participle ending, representing the old ande, ende; as, loving. (e) Diminutive for ling; as, farthing, in A. Sax. feorthling, feorthung.

Inga (in'ga), n. A large genus of leguminous American trees or shrubs, having abruptly pinnate leaves, and rather large flowers, in globose or spicate umbels; flattened or roundish, often very large, pods; and seeds enveloped in a sweet white pulp, which is often eaten.

Ingage (in-gaj'), v.t. [Prefix in, and gage.] To engage or pledge to.

Shak.

Noble she was, and thought I stood ingaged. [In some editions of Shakspere (All's Well That Ends Well, v. 3).] Ingannation † (in-gan-a'shon), n. [It. ingannare, to cheat.] Cheat; fraud. Sir T. Browne. Ingate (in'gat), n. 1. Entrance; passage in. Therein resembling Janus auncient, Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. Spenser. 2. In founding, the aperture in a mould for pouring in fused metal: technically called the tedge.

Ingathering (in'gaTH-ér-ing), n. The act of gathering or collecting together into a place; specifically, the act or business of collecting and securing the fruits of the earth; harvest; as, the feast of ingathering. Ingelable (in-jel'a-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and gelable.] Incapable of being congealed. Ingeminate (in-je'mi-nāt), a. [L. ingeminatus, pp. of ingemino, to redouble. See the verb.] Redoubled; repeated. An ingem

inate expression.' Jer. Taylor. Ingeminate (in-je'mi-nāt), v. t. [L. ingemino, ingeminatum-in, intens., and gemino, to double, from geminus, twin.] To double or repeat.

He would often ingeminate the word peace, peace! Clarendon. Ingemination (in-je-mi-nā'shon), n. Repetition; reduplication.

The iteration and ingemination of a given effect, moving through subtile variations that sometimes disguise the theme. De Quincey. Ingender (in-jen'dėr), v.t. Same as Engender.

Ingener, n. The spelling in some of the old editions of Shakspere of enginer or engineer. Hamlet, iii. 4. Ingenerability (in-jen'èr-a-bil"i-ti), n. Quality of being ingenerable; incapability of being engendered.

Ingenerable (in-jen'èr-a-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and generable.] Incapable of being engendered or produced. Boyle. Ingenerable (in-jen'èr-a-bl), a. [Prep. in, and generable.] Capable of being ingenerated or produced within.

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Ingenerably (in-jen'èr-a-bli), adv. So as not to be generable. Cudworth. Ingenerate (in-jen'èr-ât), v.t. [L. ingenero, ingeneratum-in, and genero, to generate.] To generate or produce within.

Noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Hale.

Ingenerate (in-jen'èr-āt), a. Generated within; inborn; innate; inbred; as, ingenerate powers of body. Qualities ingenerate in his judgment.' Bacon. Ingeniosity (in-je'ni-os"i-ti), n. Ingenuity; cunning. Whose cunning or ingeniosity no can reach to by imitation. CudIngenious (in-jë'ni-us), a. [L. ingeniosus worth. [Rare.] -in, and gen, root of gigno, to beget.] 1. Possessed of genius or the faculty of in

art..

vention; hence, skilful or prompt to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations of ideas; as, an ingenious author; an ingenious mechanic.

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

2. Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious performance of any kind; an ingenious scheme or plan; an ingenious model or machine; ingenious fabric; ingenious contrivance.-3. Witty; well conceived; clever; as, an ingenious reply.-4.t Dwelling in the mind; heartfelt; mental; intellectual. Ingenious studies." Shak.

The king is mad; how stiff is my vile sense, That I stand up, and have ingenious feeling Of my huge sorrows! Better I were distract. Shak. 5. Ingenuous.

A right ingenious spirit, veil'd merely with the vanity of youth and wildness. Match at Midnight. Old play.

(Early) printers did not discriminate between eminent and imminent, president and precedent, ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the begin. ning of the eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh. Ingeniously (in-je'ni-us-li), adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; with skill; wittily; cleverly.

Ingeniousness (in-je'ni-us-nes), n. The quality of being ingenious or prompt in invention; ingenuity.

Ingenitet (in-jen'it), a. [L. ingenitus-in, and genitus, born.] Innate; inborn; inbred; native; ingenerate.

It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and over-much brain. Burton. Ingenuity (in-jen-u'i-ti), n. [Fr. ingénuité; L. ingenuitas, from ingenuus. See INGENUOUS.] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in combining ideas, or in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill; as, how many machines for saving labour has the ingenuity of men devised and constructed!-2. Curiousness in design, the effect of ingenuity; as, the ingenuity of a plan or of mechanism. 3. Openness of heart; fairness; candour; ingenuousness. See INGENIOUS, 5.

On the sincerity and punctuality of this confession I am willing to depend for all the future regard of mankind, and cannot but indulge some hopes, that they whom my offence has alienated from ine, may by this instance of ingenuity and repentance be propitiated and reconciled. Johnson.

-Genius, Wisdom, Abilities, Talents, Parts, Ingenuity, Capacity, Cleverness. See under GENIUS.

[L. ingenuus, Ingenuous (in-jen'u-us), a. freeborn, ingenuous- in, and gen, root of gigno, to beget.] 1. Of honourable extraction; freeborn; as, ingenuous blood or birth. 2. Noble; generous; as, an ingenuous ardour or zeal.

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

3. Open; frank; fair; candid; free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation: used of persons or things; as, an ingenuous mind, an ingenuous man, an ingenuous declaration or confession. -- Ingenuous, Open, Frank. Frank relates to the speech and manner. That person is frank who is open and unreserved in the expression of his sentiments, whatever they may be. An open man speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind. Openness is the opposite of concealment, reticence, or reserve. It is a less active quality than frankness; and, while openness is consistent with timidity, frankness implies some degree of boldness. Ingenuous implies a permanent moral quality. A man may be not remarkably frank, yet thoroughly ingenu

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ous, that is, a lover of integrity and a hater of dissimulation. Men of retiring manner are often truly ingenuous, for ingenuousness is more allied to modesty than to frankness. SYN. Open, frank, unreserved, artless, plain, sincere, candid, fair, noble, generous.

Ingenuously (in-jen'ū-us-li), adv. In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly. Ingenuousness (in-jen'u-us-nes), n. The condition or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness; fairness. Ingenyt (in'je-ni), n. [L. ingenium, innate or natural quality-in, within, and gen, root of gigno, to beget.] Wit; ingenuity. The production of his ingeny.' Boyle. Ingerminate (in-jerm'in-at), v.t. To cause

to germinate or sprout.

Ingest (in-jest'), v.t. [L. ingero, ingestum, to bear or throw into-in, into, and gero, to bear.] To throw into, as the stoniach 'Ingested meats. Blackmore. [Rare.] Ingestion (in-jest'shon), n. [L. ingestio; Fr. ingestion.] The act of throwing into, as into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

Ingine (in-jin′), n. Mental endowment; abilities; parts; genius; wit; ingenuity. [Obsolete and Scotch.]

Sejanus labours to marry Livia, and worketh (with all his ingine) to remove Tiberius from the knowledge of public business. B. Jenson

Ingirt (in-gért), v. t. To engirt; to encircle; to gird; to surround; to environ.

The wreath is ivy that ingirts our brows. Drayton, Ingirt (in-gert'), p. and a. Encircled; surrounded, environed.

And caus'd the lovely nymph to fall forlorn

In Dia, with circumfluous seas ingirt. Fenton Ingle (ing'gl), n. [Probably from the Celtic: comp. Gael. aingeal, eingeal, Corn. engil, fire.] 1. Flame; blaze. Ray.-2. A fire or fireplace. [Scotch.]

Inglet (ing'gl), n. [Written also engle; perhaps from A. Sax. enge, close, narrow, and originally meaning one closely connected; or from A. Sax. engel, angel, an angel.] Originally, a male favourite or paramour in a bad sense: subsequently used as a term of endearment; a mistress; a sweetheart; a friend. male or female; an engle.

Call me your love, your ingle, your cousin, or so;
but sister at no hand."
Dekker
Coming as we do
From's quondam patrons, his dear ingles now.
Massinger

Inglet (ing'gl), v.t. To wheedle; to coax.
Ingling feats. Spenser.
Ingle-cheek (ing'gl-chēk), n. The fireside
[Scotch.]

There, lanely, by the ingle-cheek, I sat and ey'd the spewing reek. Burns Ingle-nook (ing'gl-nök), n. Corner by the fire. [Scotch. J Inglobate (in-glōb'āt), a. In the form of a globe or sphere: applied to nebulous matter, collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.

Inglobe (in-glob), v.t. To make a globe of : to make globular or spherical.

So that Prelaty must be fain to inglobe or incube herself among the Presbyters. Muton Inglorious (in-glō'ri-us), a. [Prefix in, not, and glorious.] 1. Not glorious; not bringing honour or glory; not accompanied with fame or celebrity; without renown; obscure, as, an inglorious life of ease. The inglori ous arts of peace.' Marvell.

Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Gray

2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, he charged his troops with inglorious flight 'Inglorious shelter in a foreign land. J Phillips. Ingloriously (in-glō'ri-us-li), adv. In an inglorious manner; dishonourably; with shame. Ingloriousness (in-glō'ri-us-nes), n. of being inglorious, or without celebrity. Ingluvial (in-glù'vi-al), a. Of or pertaining

State

to the ingluvies. Ingluvies (in-glū'vi-ēz), n. [L] In zool. (a) the crop, craw, or gorge of birds (b) The stomach or paunch of ruminant animals. Ingoing (in'go-ing), n. The act of entering.

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the metal into. The Fr. lingot, an ingot, would then probably be the English word with the article before it. It is possible that the Fr. lingot is from L. lingua, a tongue, and passed into English as ingot, the 7 being mistaken for the article.] 1. A mould for casting metals in. Chaucer.2. A mass or wedge of gold or silver cast in a mould; a mass of unwrought metal. The term is chiefly applied to the small bars of gold and silver intended either for coining or for exportation to foreign countries. Ingowet (in'gō), n. An ingot. Spenser. Ingrafft (in-graf'), v.t. To ingraft. Ingraft (in-graft), vt. [In and graft. See GRAFT 1. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation; to propagate by incision; hence, to insert; to introduce; as, to ingraft the scion of an apple-tree on a pear-tree as its stock; to ingraft a peach on a plum.

This fellow would ingraft a foreign name
Upon our stock.

Dryden.

Shak.

2. To subject to the process of grafting, as a tree; to furnish with a graft.-3. To set or fix deep and firm. Written also Engraft. Ingrafted love he bears to Cesar. -Implant, Ingraft, Inculcate, Instil, Infuse. See under IMPLANT. Ingrafter (in-graft'ér), n. One who ingrafts. Ingraftment (in-graft'ment), n. 1. The act of ingrafting.-2. The thing ingrafted. Ingrailed (in-grald'), p. and a. Same as Engrailed.

Ingrain (in-grân'), v.t. [Prefix in, and grain (which see)] Originally, to dye with grain or kermes (see GRAIN, n. 9); latterly, to dye in the grain or raw material before manufacture; to work into the natural texture; to imbue thoroughly; to impregnate the whole substance or nature of. 'Our fields ingrained with blood.' Shak. Hence, met. to work into the mental constitution so as to form an essential element; to inwork. See ENGRAIN.

Mere sensuality, and even falsehood, would vanish away in a new state of existence; but cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. Helps.

Ingrain (in-gran'), a. 1. Dyed with grain or kermes.2. Dyed in the grain or before manufacture; thoroughly imbued or inwrought, as a colour.-Ingrain carpet, a carpet manufactured from wool or woollen dyed before manufacture, as a Scotch or Kidderminster carpet.

Ingrain (in-gran'), n. A yarn or fabric dyed with fast colours before manufacture. Ingrapple (in-grap'l), v.t. To grapple; to seize on; to entwine.

Ingrate, Ingrateful (in'grāt, in-gråt'ful), u. [L. ingratus-in, not, and gratus, agreeable, grateful.] 1. Not having feelings of kindness for a favour received; ungrateful. 2. Unpleasing to the sense. 'Ingrateful food.' Milton.

Ingrate (in'gråt), n. [Fr. ingrat. See the
adjective.] An ungrateful person.
Ingrate! he had of me
All he could have.

Milton.

Ingratefully (in-grăt'ful-li), adv. Ungratefully. Ingratefulness (in-grát'ful-nes), n. Ungratefulness.

Ingrately (in'gråt-li), adv. Ungratefully. Ingratiate (in-gra ́shi-ât), v. t. pret. & pp. ingratiated; ppr. ingratiating. [L. in, into, and gratia, favour; comp. It. ingraziare, to ingratiate.] 1. To introduce or commend to another's good-will, confidence, or kindness: always used as a reflexive verb, and usually followed by with before the person whose favour is sought; as, he endeavoured to ingratiate himself with me.

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Ingrave (in-gråv'), v.t. Same as Engrave. Behold this fruit, whose gleaming rind ingravin For the most fair, would seem to award it thine. Tennyson. Ingravet (in-grav'), v.t. To place in a grave; to bury.

At last they came where all his watry store The flood in one deep channel did ingrave. Fairfax. Ingravidate (in-gra'vid-ät), v.t. [L. ingravido, ingravidatum -in, intens., and gravido, to impregnate, from gravidus,heavy, frequent. See GRAVID.] To impregnate. Ingravidation † (in-gra'vid-å"shon), n. The act of ingravidating or impregnating, or the state of being pregnant or impregnated. Ingreat + (in-grat'), v.t. To make great. Ingredient (in-gré'di-ent), n. [Fr., from L. ingrediens, ingredientis, ppr. of ingredior, to go into-in, into, and gradior, to go.] That which enters into a compound or is a component part of any compound or mixture; an element. This even handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips. Shak.

The love of Nature's works

Is an ingredient in the compound man. Cowper. Ingress (in'gres), n. [L. ingressus, a going into, from ingredior. See INGREDIENT. ] 1. Entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs; specifically, in astron. the entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, &c. 2. Power or liberty of entrance; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. Ingress (in-gres'), v.i. To go in or enter. Ingression (in-gre'shon), n. [L. ingressio, ingressionis, a going into, from ingredior. See INGREDIENT.] The act of entering; entrance.

Ingressu (in-gres'ū), n. [L] In law, an abolished writ of entry into lands and tenements.

Ingressus (in-gres'us), n. [L] In law, the relief which the heir at full age paid to the head lord for entering upon the fee, or lands fallen by the death or forfeiture of the tenant, &c.

Ingrieve † (in-grěv), v. t. [Prefix in, intens., and grieve.] To make more grievous. Sir P. Sidney.

Ingroove (in-gröv′), v.t.

[Prefix in, and

groove.] To groove in; to join or fix, as in a groove. Tennyson. Ingross (in-gros), v.t. Same as Engross. Inguilty (in-gilt'i), a. (Prefix in, not, and guilty. Guiltless; innocent. Inguilty of any indignity. Bp. Hall. Inguinal (in'gwin-al),a. (L. inguinalis, from inguen, inguinis, the groin.] Pertaining to the groin; as, an inguinal tumour. Ingulf (in-gulf'), v.t. 1. To swallow up in or as in a gulf or whirlpool; to overwhelm by swallowing. In the porous earth Long while ingulfed. 2. To cast into or as into a gulf. If we adjoin to the lords, whether they prevail or not, we ingulf ourselves into assured danger. Hayward.

W. Mason.

Ingulfment (in-gulf'ment), n. The act of ingulfing, or state of being ingulfed. Ingurgitate (in-gèr'jit-at), v.t. pret. & pp. ingurgitated; ppr. ingurgitating. [L. ingur gito, ingurgitatum, to plunge into, to gorge -in, into, and gurges, a gulf.] 1. To swallow greedily or in great quantity.-2. To plunge into; to ingulf. Fotherby. Ingurgitate (in-gér jit-at), v. To drink largely; to swill. To eat and ingurgitate.'

Burton.

[L.

into our favour

Cock.

Their managers make them see armies in the air. and give them their word, the more to ingratiate themselves with then, that they signify nothing less than future slaughter and desolation. Addison. 2. To recommend; to render easy.

What difficulty would it (the love of Christ) not ingratate to us? Hammond.

Ingratitude (in-gra'ti-túd), n. [Prefix in, not, and gratitude; L. ingratitudo, unthankfulness.] Want of gratitude or sentiments of kindness for favours received; insensibility to favours, and want of a disposition to repay them; unthankfulness.

Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man.
Sir R. L'Estrange.
Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,

A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes. Shak.

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Inhabit (in-haʼbit), v.t. [L. inhabito-in, and habito, to dwell.] To live or dwell in; to occupy as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; fishes inhabit the ocean, lakes, and rivers; men inhabit cities and houses.

Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. Is. Ivil. 15. Inhabit (in-ha'bit), v.i. To dwell; to live; to abide.

They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller. Inhabit, pp. Inhabited. Chaucer. Inhabitable (in-ha'bit-a-bl), a. Capable of being inhabited, or of affording habitation; habitable. 'Systems of inhabitable planets." Locke.

Inhabitablet (in-ha'bit-a-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and habitable.] Not habitable.

The divine Providence so ordering all, that some parts of the world should be habitable, others inhabitable. Holland. Inhabitance, Inhabitancy (in-habit-ans, in-habit-an-si), n. The condition of an inhabitant; residence; habitancy; permanent residence in a town, city, or parish; or the domiciliation which the law requires to entitle a pauper to demand support from the town, city, or parish in which he lives.

in.

Persons able and fit for so great an employment ought to be preferred without regard to their inhabitancy. Hallam. Inhabitant (in-ha'bit-ant), n. [L. inhabitans, inhabitantis, ppr. of inhabito, to dwell See INHABIT.] One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, or who has a fixed residence, as distinguished from an occasional lodger or visitor; as, the inhabitant of a house or cottage; the inhabitants of a town, city, county, or state. In English law the term inhabitant is used in various technical senses. Thus a person having lands or tenements in his own possession is an inhabitant for the purpose of repair of bridges, wherever he may reside; but for purposes of personal services the inhabitant must necessarily be a resident. For the purpose of the poor-rate the word means a person residing permanently, and sleeping in the parish. Inhabitation (in-ha'bit-a"shon), n. [L. inhabitatio, inhabitationis, from inhabito, to dwell in. See INHABIT.] 1. The act of inhabiting, or state of being inhabited. -2. Abode; place of dwelling.-3. Population; whole mass of inhabitants. [Rare.]

Universal groan

As if the whole inhabitation perished! Milton. Inhabitativeness (in-ha'bit-at-iv-nes), n. In phren. an organ supposed to indicate the desire of residing permanently in a place or abode. Inhabited (in-ha'bit-ed), a. [Prefix in, not, and habited.] Uninhabited.

Posterity henceforth lose the name of blessing, And leave th' earth inhabited, to purchase heav'n. Beau. & FI

Inhabiter (in-ha'bit-ér), n. One who inhabits; a dweller; an inhabitant.

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth. Rev. viii. 13.

Inhabitress (in-ha'bit-res), n. A female

inhabitant.

The church here called the inhabitress of the gardens. Bp. Richardson. Inhablet (in-ha'bl), v.t. To enable. Inhalant, Inhalent (in-häl'ant, in-hal'ent), a. That inhales; inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. The inhalant orifices (of a sponge). Pop. Ency. Inhalation (in-hal-a'shon), n. The act of inhaling.

Inhale (in-hal'), v.t. pret. & pp. inhaled; ppr. inhaling. [L. inhalo-in, in, into, and halo, to breathe.] To draw into the lungs; to inspire; to suck in; as, to inhale air: opposed to exhale.

Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot and Pope. Inhaler (in-hāl'ér), n. 1. One who inhales. 2. In med. an apparatus for inhaling vapours and volatile substances, as steam of hot water, vapour of chloroform, iodine, &c.-3. An apparatus to enable a person to breathe without injury in a deleterious atmosphere; a respirator, as that used by persons of delicate lungs to prevent damp or cold atmospheric air from entering the lungs, or that used by cutlers and others who have to breathe in an atmosphere full of iron

dust.

Inhance (in-hans'), v.t. Same as Enhance. Inharmonic, Inharmonical (in-har-mon'ik, in har-mon'ik-al), a. [Prefix in, not, and harmonic, harmonical.] Not harmonic; in

w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-Sce KEY.

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harmonious; discordant.-Inharmonical relation, in music, that in which a dissonant sound is introduced.

Inharmonious (in-här-mō'ni-us), a. [Prefix in, not, and harmonious.] Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant.

Inharmoniously (in-här-mō'ni-us-li), adv. In an inharmonious manner; without harmony; discordantly.

Inharmoniousness (in-här-moō'ni-us-nes), n. The state or quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord. "The inharmoniousness of a verse.' Tucker.

Inharmony (in-harmo-ni), n [Prefix in, not, and harmony.] Want of harmony; discord.

Inhauler (in'hal-ér), n. Naut. a rope employed to haul in the jib-boom. Inhearse (in-hers), v.t. Same as Inherse. Inhere (in-her'), v.i. pret. & pp. inhered; ppr. inhering. [L. inhæreo-in, and hæreo, to stick, to hang.] To exist or be fixed in; to be permanently incorporated; to belong, as attributes or qualities, to a subject; to be innate; as, colours inhere in cloth; a dart inheres in the flesh.

So fares the soul which more that power reveres Man claims from God than what in God inheres. Parnell.

Inherence, Inherency (in-hēr'ens, in-heren-si), n. The state of inhering; existence in something.

Inherent (in-her'ent), a. [L. inhærens, inhærentis, ppr. of inhæreo, to stick in, to inhere in. See INHERE.] 1. Sticking fast; adherent; not to be removed; inseparable. 'Teach my mind a most inherent baseness." Shak.-2. Naturally pertaining to; innate; as, the inherent qualities of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.

I consider a human soul without education like marble in a quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it. Spectator.

SYN. Innate, inborn, native, natural, inbred, ingrained. Inherently (in-her'ent-li), adv. By inherence; inseparably.

Inherit (in-he'rit), v.t. [O. Fr. enhériter, L. inhæredito, to inherit, from hæres, an heir.] 1. In law, to take by descent from an ancestor; to take by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; to receive, as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the lands or real estate of his father; the eldest son of the nobleman inherits his father's title, and the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.-2. To receive from a progenitor as part of one's nature; as, the son inherits the virtues of his father; the daughter inherits the temper of her mother, and children often inherit the constitutional infirmities of their parents.

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

3. To possess; to enjoy; to take as a possession, by gift or divine appropriation; to own; to have; as, to inherit everlasting life; to inherit the promises.

That thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Deut. xvi. 20. Even such delight Among fresh female buds shall you this night Inherit at my house. Shak.

Shak.

4. To put in possession; to seize: with of. It must be great, that can inherit us So much as of a thought of ill in him. Inherit (in-he'rit), v.i. To take or have as an inheritance, possession, or property; to come into possession, as an heir or successor; to take the position of heir or heirs.

Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house. Judg. xi. 2. Sometimes with to.

The children of a deceased son inherited to the grandfather in preference to a son or jointly with hiin. Brougham. Inheritability (in-he'rit-a-bil’i-ti), n. The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Coleridge. Inheritable (in-he'rit-a-bl), a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible from the ancestor to the heir by course of law; as, an inheritable estate or title. 2. Capable of being transmitted from the parent to the child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.-3. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; qualified to inherit.

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is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inherit able. Blackstone.

Inheritably (in-he'rit-a-bli), adv. By inheritance; by way of inheritance; so as to be inherited or transmitted by inheritance. He resumed the grants at pleasure, nor ever gave them even for life, much less inheritably, Brougham. Inheritance (in-he'rit-ans), n. 1. In law, a perpetual or continuing right to an estate in a man and his heirs; 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 his heir in course of law.-2. That which is or may be inherited.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Gen. xxxi. 14.

3. A possession received by gift or without purchase; a permanent or valuable possession or blessing; especially, that which is enjoyed or to be enjoyed as the reward of righteousness.

'The inheritance of the

saints.' Col. i. 12. "The earnest of our inheritance.' Eph. i. 14.-4. Possession; ownership; acquisition. For the inheritance of their loves.' Shak.

Shak.

Against the which a moiety competent Was gaged by our king which had return'd To the inheritance of Fortinbras Had he been vanquisher. Inheritor (in-he'rit-êr), n. An heir; one who inherits or may inherit. Inheritress, Inheritrix (in-he'rit-res, inhe'rit-riks), n. An heiress; a female who

inherits or is entitled to inherit after the death of her ancestor.

Joanna II., the inheritress of the name, the throne, the licentiousness, and the misfortunes of Joanna I. Milman.

Inheritricet (in-heʼrit-ris), n. An heiress. Inherse (in-hers'), v.t. To put or place in a herse; to inclose in or as in a funeral monument, coffin, or the like.

See where he lies, inhersed in the arms

Of the most bloody nurser of his harms! Shak. Inhesion (in-he'zhon), n. [L. inhæsio, inhæsionis, from inhæreo, to stick in, to inhere in.] The state of existing or being fixed in something; inherence.

Inhiation (in-hi-a'shon), n. [L. inhiatio, inhiationis, an opening of the mouth, from inhio, to gape, to stand with open mouthin, and hio, to gape.] A gaping after; eager desire.

Inhibit (in-hi'bit), v.t. [L. inhibeo, inhibitum, to hold or keep in, to restrain-in, in, and habeo, to have or hold.] 1. To restrain; to hinder; to check or repress.

Their motions also are excited and 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.

Inhibiter (in-hibit-ér), n. One who inhibits; specifically, in Scots law, a person who takes out inhibition, as against a wife or debtor.

Inhibition (in-hi-bi'shon), n. [L. inhibitio, inhibitionis, from inhibeo, to restrain. See INHIBIT.] 1. The act of inhibiting or state of being inhibited; prohibition; restraint; embargo.

Paul Wentworth moved to know whether the queen's command and inhibition that they should no longer dispute of the matter of succession, were not against their liberties and privileges. Hallam.

2. In law, (a) a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from farther proceedings in a cause depending before him; commonly, a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. (b) In Scots law, (1) inhibition against a debtor is a writ passing under the signet, whereby the debtor or party inhibited is prohibited from contracting any debt which may become a burden on his heritable property, or whereby his heritage may be attached or alienated to the prejudice of the inhibiter's debt. (2) Inhibition against a wife at the instance of a husband is a writ passing the signet which prohibits all and sundry from transacting with the wife or from giving her credit. Inhibitory (in-hi'bi-to-ri), a. Prohibitory. Inhilde, v.t. [Perhaps allied to Icel. hella, to pour.] To pour in. Chaucer. Inhive (in-hiv'), v.t. To put into a hive; to hive.

Inhold (in-hold'), v.t. pret. & pp. inheld. [Prefix in, and hold.] To have inherent; to contain in itself. [Rare.]

Light. ... which the sun inholdeth and casteth forth. Raleigh.

By attainder... the blood of the person attainted

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Inholder (in-hōld'èr), n An inhabitant Spenser.

Inhoop (in-höp), v.t. [Prefix in, and hoop] To confine or inclose in any place. Shak Inhospitable (in-hos'pit-a-bl), a. [Prefix in not, and hospitable.] Not hospitable: (a) not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluctance; as, an inhospitable person or people. (b) Affording no conveniences, subsistence, or shelter to strangers. Inhospitable rocks and barren sands. Dryden.

Inhospitableness (in-hos'pit-a-bl-nes), n. [Prefix in, not, and hospitableness.] The quality of being inhospitable: (a) want of hospitality or kindness to strangers; refusal or unwillingness to entertain guests or strangers without reward; (b) want of shelter, sustenance, or comfort to strangers. Inhospitably (in-hos'pit-a-bli), adv. inhospitable manner; unkindly; illiberally. Inhospitality (in-hos'pit-al'i-ti), n. Inhospitableness (which see).

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Inhuman (in-hu'man), a. (Prefix in, not and human.] Not human: (a) destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage, unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people. Princes and peers attend! while we impart To you the thoughts of no inhuman heart. (b) Marked with cruelty; as, an inhuman act.-SYN. Cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, merci less, savage, barbarous. Inhumanity (in-hu-man'i-ti), n. (Fr. inhumanité. ] The state of being inhuman, cruelty; barbarousness.

Man's inhumanity to man

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Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian; the sport of it, not the inhumanuy, gave offence. Hume.

Inhumanly (in-hu'man-li), adv. In an inhuman manner; with cruelty; barbarously. Inhumatet (in-hum'at), v. t. pret. & pp. inhumated; ppr. inhumating. To inhume. Inhumation (in-hum-a'shon), n. 1. The act of burying; interment.-2. In chem a method of digesting substances by burying the vessel containing them in warm earth or a like substance.

Inhume (in-hum'), v. t. pret. & pp. inhumed; ppr. inhuming. [Fr. inhumer, L. inhumo, inhumatum-in, in, and humus, the ground, akin to homo, man] 1. To bury; to inter; to deposit in the earth, as a dead body.

No hand his bones shall gather or inhume. Pope 2. In chem. to digest in a vessel surrounded with warm earth, or the like.-3. To serve as a tomb for. Sir T. Herbert. Inia (in'i-a), n. A genus of Cetacea belonging to the dolphin family, containing only one known species, 1. boliviensis, remark able for the distance at which it is found

Inia boliviensis

from the sea, frequenting the remote tributaries of the river Amazon, and even some of the elevated lakes of Peru. It has bristly hairs on its snout, and is from 7 to 12 or 14 feet long.

Inial (in'i-al), a. Of or pertaining to the inion or ridge of the occiput. Inimaginable (in-im-aj'in-a-bl), a. [Prefix in, not, and imaginable.] Unimaginable, inconceivable. Pearson.

Inimical (in-im'ik-al), a. [L. inimicus—in. not, and amicus, friendly.] 1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly chiefly applied to private enmity. 2. Adverse; hurtful; repugnant. Savage violences inimical to commerce.' Ward. Inimicality (in-im'ik-ali-ti), n The state of being inimical; hostility; unfriendliness. Inimically (in-im'ik-al-li), adv. In an inimical, adverse, or unfriendly manner Inimicoust (in-im'ik-us), a. Inimical. 'Inimicous to the stomach.' Evelyn Inimitability (in-im'i-ta-bil”i-ti), n. quality of being inimitable. Inimitable (in-im'i-ta-bl), a. (Prefix in, not, and imitable.] Not imitable; incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing mi tation; as, inimitable beauty or excellence,

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