English Dictionary: Inaugenscheinnahme | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Image \Im"age\, n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See {Imitate}, and cf. {Imagine}.] 1. An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance. Even like a stony image, cold and numb. --Shak. Whose is this image and superscription? --Matt. xxii. 20. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. --Shak. And God created man in his own image. --Gen. i. 27. 2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol. --Chaucer. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. --Ex. xx. 4, 5. 3. Show; appearance; cast. The face of things a frightful image bears. --Dryden. 4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea. Can we conceive Image of aught delightful, soft, or great? --Prior. 5. (Rhet.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. --Brande & C. 6. (Opt.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror. {Electrical image}. See under {Electrical}. {Image breaker}, one who destroys images; an iconoclast. {Image graver}, {Image maker}, a sculptor. {Image worship}, the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images themselves. {Image Purkinje} (Physics), the image of the retinal blood vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane. {Virtual image} (Optics), a point or system of points, on one side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit the system of rays which actually exists on the other side of the mirror or lens. --Clerk Maxwell. | |
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Imaginability \Im*ag`i*na*bil"i*ty\, n. Capacity for imagination. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Imaginable \Im*ag"i*na*ble\, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. --Tillotson. -- {Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*ag"i*na*bly}, adv. | |
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Imaginable \Im*ag"i*na*ble\, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. --Tillotson. -- {Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*ag"i*na*bly}, adv. | |
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Imaginable \Im*ag"i*na*ble\, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. --Tillotson. -- {Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*ag"i*na*bly}, adv. | |
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Imaginal \Im*ag"i*nal\, a. [L. imaginalis.] 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to an imago. {Imaginal disks} (Zo[94]l.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larv[91] of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed. | |
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Imaginal \Im*ag"i*nal\, a. [L. imaginalis.] 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to an imago. {Imaginal disks} (Zo[94]l.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larv[91] of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed. | |
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Imaginant \Im*ag"i*nant\, a. [L. imaginans, p. pr. of imaginari: cf. F. imaginant.] Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] --Bacon. -- n. An imaginer. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Imaginarily \Im*ag"i*na*ri*ly\, a. In a imaginary manner; in imagination. --B. Jonson. | |
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Imaginariness \Im*ag"i*na*ri*ness\, n. The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality. | |
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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. {Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}. {Imaginary expression} [or] {quantity} (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. {Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. | |
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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, n. (Alg.) An imaginary expression or quantity. | |
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Calculus \Cal"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Calculi}. [L, calculus. See {Calculate}, and {Calcule}.] 1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. 2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. {Barycentric calculus}, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which co[89]fficients or weights are ascribed. {Calculus of functions}, that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. {Calculus of operations}, that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. {Calculus of probabilities}, the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. {Calculus of variations}, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. {Differential calculus}, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. {Exponential calculus}, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. {Imaginary calculus}, a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. {Integral calculus}, a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself. | |
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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. {Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}. {Imaginary expression} [or] {quantity} (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. {Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. | |
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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. {Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}. {Imaginary expression} [or] {quantity} (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. {Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. | |
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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. {Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}. {Imaginary expression} [or] {quantity} (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. {Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. | |
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Imaginate \Im*ag"i*nate\, a. Imaginative. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Imagination \Im*ag`i*na"tion\, n. [OE. imaginacionum, F. imagination, fr. L. imaginatio. See {Imagine}.] 1. The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines. Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense; if absent, is imagination. --Glanvill. Imagination is of three kinds: joined with belief of that which is to come; joined with memory of that which is past; and of things present, or as if they were present. --Bacon. 2. The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy. The imagination of common language -- the productive imagination of philosophers -- is nothing but the representative process plus the process to which I would give the name of the [bd]comparative.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions, and to recombine the elements of them at its pleasure, is called its faculty of imagination. --I. Taylor. The business of conception is to present us with an exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have moreover a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power. --Stewart. 3. The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact . . . The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. --Shak. 4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. --Shak. Syn: Conception; idea; conceit; fancy; device; origination; invention; scheme; design; purpose; contrivance. Usage: {Imagination}, {Fancy}. These words have, to a great extent, been interchanged by our best writers, and considered as strictly synonymous. A distinction, however, is now made between them which more fully exhibits their nature. Properly speaking, they are different exercises of the same general power -- the plastic or creative faculty. Imagination consists in taking parts of our conceptions and combining them into new forms and images more select, more striking, more delightful, more terrible, etc., than those of ordinary nature. It is the higher exercise of the two. It creates by laws more closely connected with the reason; it has strong emotion as its actuating and formative cause; it aims at results of a definite and weighty character. Milton's fiery lake, the debates of his Pandemonium, the exquisite scenes of his Paradise, are all products of the imagination. Fancy moves on a lighter wing; it is governed by laws of association which are more remote, and sometimes arbitrary or capricious. Hence the term fanciful, which exhibits fancy in its wilder flights. It has for its actuating spirit feelings of a lively, gay, and versatile character; it seeks to please by unexpected combinations of thought, startling contrasts, flashes of brilliant imagery, etc. Pope's Rape of the Lock is an exhibition of fancy which has scarcely its equal in the literature of any country. -- [bd]This, for instance, Wordsworth did in respect of the words [bf]imagination' and [bf]fancy.' Before he wrote, it was, I suppose, obscurely felt by most that in [bf]imagination' there was more of the earnest, in [bf]fancy' of the play of the spirit; that the first was a loftier faculty and gift than the second; yet for all this words were continually, and not without loss, confounded. He first, in the preface to his Lyrical Ballads, rendered it henceforth impossible that any one, who had read and mastered what he has written on the two words, should remain unconscious any longer of the important difference between them.[b8] --Trench. The same power, which we should call fancy if employed on a production of a light nature, would be dignified with the title of imagination if shown on a grander scale. --C. J. Smith. | |
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Imaginational \Im*ag`i*na"tion*al\, a. Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination. | |
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Imaginationalism \Im*ag`i*na"tion*al*ism\, n. Idealism. --J. Grote. | |
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Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imagined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imagining}.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See {Image}.] 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. 2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See {Compass}, v. t., 5. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? --Ps. lxii. 3. 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak. Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise. | |
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Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. i. 1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise. 2. To think; to suppose. My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. --Milton. | |
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Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imagined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imagining}.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See {Image}.] 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. 2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See {Compass}, v. t., 5. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? --Ps. lxii. 3. 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak. Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise. | |
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Imaginer \Im*ag"in*er\, n. One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. --Bacon. | |
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Image \Im"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imaging}.] 1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. [bd]Shrines of imaged saints.[b8] --J. Warton. 2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine. Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. --Pope. | |
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Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imagined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imagining}.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See {Image}.] 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. 2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See {Compass}, v. t., 5. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? --Ps. lxii. 3. 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak. Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise. | |
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Imaginous \Im*ag"in*ous\, a. Imaginative. [R.] --Chapman. | |
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Immechanical \Im`me*chan"ic*al\, a. Not mechanical. [Obs.] --Cheyne. -- {Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Immechanical \Im`me*chan"ic*al\, a. Not mechanical. [Obs.] --Cheyne. -- {Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Immesh \Im*mesh"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immeshed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immeshing}.] [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. {Inmesh}.] To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare. | |
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Immission \Im*mis"sion\, n. [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See {Immit}.] The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission. | |
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Account \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. A beggarly account of empty boxes. --Shak. 2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. 3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. 4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. [bd]A laudable account of the city of London.[b8] --Howell. 5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. --Luke xvi. 2. 6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. [bd]To stand high in your account.[b8] --Shak. 7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. [bd]Men of account.[b8] --Pope. [bd]To turn to account.[b8] --Shak. {Account current}, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. {In account with}, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. {On account of}, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. {On one's own account}, for one's own interest or behalf. {To make account}, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.] This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. --Milton. {To make account of}, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. {To take account of}, or {to take into account}, to take into consideration; to notice. [bd]Of their doings, God takes no account.[b8] --Milton . {A writ of account} (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an {action of account}. --Cowell. Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. Usage: {Account}, {Narrative}, {Narration}, {Recital}. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. {Account} turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an {account} of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A {narrative} is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a {narrative} of the events of a siege, a {narrative} of one's life, etc. {Narration} is usually the same as {narrative}, but is sometimes used to describe the {mode} of relating events; as, his powers of {narration} are uncommonly great. {Recital} denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the {recital} of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc. | |
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In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [c6], Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-}, {Inn}.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air. The babe lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 16. Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. --Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page. --Macaulay. 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. [bd]Fettered in amorous chains.[b8] --Shak. Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. --Shelley. 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army. Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. --Swift. 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? --Shak. 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. [bd]In sight of God's high throne.[b8] --Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. --Cowper. 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God. He would not plunge his brother in despair. --Addison. She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. --Fielding. 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life. {In as much as}, [or] {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much as}, under {For}, prep. {In that}, because; for the reason that. [bd]Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.[b8] --Hooker. {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. {To be in for it}. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] {To be} ([or] {keep}) {in with}. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.] Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}. | |
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Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. {Cameras}, L. {Camerae}. [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See {Chamber}.] A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The {camera obscura} when used in photography. See {Camera}, and {Camera obscura}. {Bellows camera}. See under {Bellows}. {In camera} (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera. {Panoramic}, [or] {Pantascopic}, {camera}, a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney. | |
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Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. Cf. {Immunity}, {Commune}, n. & v.] 1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. Though life and sense be common to men and brutes. --Sir M. Hale. 2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer. Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker. The common enemy of man. --Shak. 3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary. Grief more than common grief. --Shak. 4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense. The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life. --W. Irving. This fact was infamous And ill beseeming any common man, Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak. Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A. Murphy. 5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.] What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. --Acts x. 15. 6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute. A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange. {Common bar} (Law) Same as {Blank bar}, under {Blank}. {Common barrator} (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. {Common Bench}, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. {Common brawler} (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See {Brawler}. {Common carrier} (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. {Common chord} (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth. {Common council}, the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other municipal corporation. {Common crier}, the crier of a town or city. {Common divisor} (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure. {Common gender} (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. {Common law}, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. --Wharton. Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from {statute law}. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See {Law}. {Common lawyer}, one versed in common law. {Common lewdness} (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public. {Common multiple} (Arith.) See under {Multiple}. {Common noun} (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing). {Common nuisance} (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large. {Common pleas}, one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute. {Common prayer}, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. {Common school}, a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all. {Common scold} (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public. {Common seal}, a seal adopted and used by a corporation. {Common sense}. (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under {Sense}. {Common time} (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions. {In common}, equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally. {Out of the common}, uncommon; extraordinary. {Tenant in common}, one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {To make common cause with}, to join or ally one's self with. Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent; ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar; mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See {Mutual}, {Ordinary}, {General}. | |
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Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? [or] ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. --Trench. 2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. 3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30. 4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. 6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. {Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. {In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] [bd]So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.[b8] --Addison. {Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. --Bouvier. --Burrill. | |
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Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? [or] ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. --Trench. 2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. 3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30. 4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. 6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. {Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. {In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] [bd]So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.[b8] --Addison. {Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. --Bouvier. --Burrill. | |
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Conceit \Con*ceit"\, n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See {Conceive}, and cf. {Concept}, {Deceit}.] 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. --Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. --Prov. xxvi. 12. 2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.] How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. --Shak. 4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip. On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. --L'Estrange. Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. --Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. --Dryden. 5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity. Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. --Cotton. 6. Design; pattern. [Obs.] --Shak. {In conceit with}, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. {Out of conceit with}, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. {To put [one] out of conceit with}, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it. | |
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Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See {Conclude}.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination; result. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. 7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, [bd]against the peace,[b8] etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton. {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party [bd]puts himself upon the country,[b8] i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W. {In conclusion}. (a) Finally. (b) In short. {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak. Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See {Inference}. | |
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Conscience \Con"science\, n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con- + scire to know. See {Science}.] 1. Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. --Denham. 2. The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. --Shak. As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically means self-knowledge . . . But the English word implies a moral standard of action in the mind as well as a consciousness of our own actions. . . . Conscience is the reason, employed about questions of right and wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation. --Whewell. 3. The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty. Conscience supposes the existence of some such [i.e., moral] faculty, and properly signifies our consciousness of having acted agreeably or contrary to its directions. --Adam Smith. 4. Tenderness of feeling; pity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Conscience clause}, a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. {Conscience money}, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States treasury by unknown debtors is called the Conscience fund. {Court of Conscience}, a court established for the recovery of small debts, in London and other trading cities and districts. [Eng.] --Blackstone. {In conscience}, {In all conscience}, in deference or obedience to conscience or reason; in reason; reasonably. [bd]This is enough in conscience.[b8] --Howell. [bd]Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as many as you should require.[b8] --Swift. {To make conscience of}, {To make a matter of conscience}, to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates. | |
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Consequence \Con"se*quence\, n. [L., consequentia: cf. F. cons[82]quence. See {Consequent}.] 1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result. Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence. --Milton. 2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. --Milton. Link follows link by necessary consequence. --Coleridge. 4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. It is a matter of small consequence. --Shak. A sense of your own worth and consequence. --Cowper. {In consequence}, hence; for this cause. {In consequence of}, by reason of; as the effect of. Syn: Effect; result; end. See {Effect}. | |
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Consequence \Con"se*quence\, n. [L., consequentia: cf. F. cons[82]quence. See {Consequent}.] 1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result. Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence. --Milton. 2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. --Milton. Link follows link by necessary consequence. --Coleridge. 4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. It is a matter of small consequence. --Shak. A sense of your own worth and consequence. --Cowper. {In consequence}, hence; for this cause. {In consequence of}, by reason of; as the effect of. Syn: Effect; result; end. See {Effect}. | |
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Counsel \Coun"sel\ (koun"s?l), n. [OE. conc[?]l, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. {Consult}, {Consul}.] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. --Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. --Hooker. 3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. --Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. --Tennyson. 4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. --Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. --Prov. xii. 5. 5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. --Gower. 6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. --Macaulay. Note: The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See {Attorney}. --Kent. {In counsel}, in secret. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To keep counsel}, [or] {To keep one's own counsel}, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. --Shak. Syn: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion. | |
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Counttenance \Count"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), n. [OE. contenance, countenaunce, demeanor, composure, F. contenance demeanor, fr. L. continentia continence, LL. also, demeanor, fr. L. continere to hold together, repress, contain. See {Contain}, and cf. {Continence}.] 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien. So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. --Milton. 2. The face; the features. In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. --Shak. 3. Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement. Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance. --Ps. xxi. 6. This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice. --Atterbury. 4. Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.] The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. --Ascham. {In countenance}, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. [bd]It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind.[b8] --Addison. {Out of countenance}, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. [bd]Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded.[b8] --Clarendon. {To keep the countenance}, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. --Swift. | |
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Audience \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. --Milton. 2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. According to the fair play of the world, Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak. 3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers. Fit audience find, though few. --Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden. {Court of audience}, or {Audience court} (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley & W. {In general} (or {open}) {audience}, publicly. {To give audience}, to listen; to admit to an interview. | |
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Popularly, the title General is given to various general officers, as General, Lieutenant general, Major general, Brigadier general, Commissary general, etc. See {Brigadier general}, {Lieutenant general}, {Major general}, in the Vocabulary. 3. (Mil.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general. 4. (Eccl.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. 5. The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] --Shak. {In general}, in the main; for the most part. | |
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High \High\, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. {High, low, jack, and the game}, a game at cards; -- also called {all fours}, {old sledge}, and {seven up}. {In high and low}, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {On high}, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78. {The Most High}, the Supreme Being; God. | |
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Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer. Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature. --Dryden. 2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind. [bd]Come of so low a kind.[b8] --Chaucer. Every kind of beasts, and of birds. --James iii.7. She follows the law of her kind. --Wordsworth. Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the kinds be fed. --Emerson. 3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc. How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows his power in variable kinds ! --Spenser. There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I Cor. xv. 39. Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men philosophers ? --Bacon. {A kind of}, something belonging to the class of; something like to; -- said loosely or slightingly. {In kind}, in the produce or designated commodity itself, as distinguished from its value in money. Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. --Arbuthnot. Syn: Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character; breed; set. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sum \Sum\, n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L. summa, fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See {Sub-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12. Take ye the sum of all the congregation. --Num. i. 2. Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things. 2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. [bd]The sum of forty pound.[b8] --Chaucer. With a great sum obtained I this freedom. --Acts xxii. 28. 3. The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections. 4. Height; completion; utmost degree. Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. --Milton. 5. (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. --Macaulay. A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. --Gladstone. A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. --Dickens. {Algebraic sum}, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5. {In sum}, in short; in brief. [Obs.] [bd]In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin.[b8] --Rogers. | |
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Sunder \Sun"der\, n. [See {Sunder}, v. t., and cf. {Asunder}.] A separation into parts; a division or severance. {In sunder}, into parts. [bd]He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.[b8] --Ps. xlvi. 9. | |
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Inacquaintance \In`ac*quaint"ance\, a. Want of acquaintance. --Good. | |
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Inasmuch \In`as*much"\, adv. [In + as + much.] In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See {In as much as}, under {In}, prep. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. --Matt. xxv. 45. Syn: Because; since; for; as. See {Because}. | |
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In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [c6], Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-}, {Inn}.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air. The babe lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 16. Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. --Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page. --Macaulay. 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. [bd]Fettered in amorous chains.[b8] --Shak. Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. --Shelley. 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army. Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. --Swift. 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? --Shak. 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. [bd]In sight of God's high throne.[b8] --Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. --Cowper. 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God. He would not plunge his brother in despair. --Addison. She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. --Fielding. 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life. {In as much as}, [or] {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much as}, under {For}, prep. {In that}, because; for the reason that. [bd]Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.[b8] --Hooker. {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. {To be in for it}. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] {To be} ([or] {keep}) {in with}. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.] Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}. | |
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Incameration \In*cam`er*a"tion\, n. [Pref. in- in + L. camera chamber, LL., also, jurisdiction: cf. F. incam[82]ration, It. incamerazione.] (R. C. Ch.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain. | |
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Incan \In"can\, a. Of or pertaining to the Incas. | |
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Incandescence \In`can*des"cence\, n. [Cf. F. incandescence.] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. | |
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, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also {incandescence lamp}, and {glowlamp}. | |
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Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent. See {Candle}.] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor. {Incandescent lamp} [or] {light} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon | |
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Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent. See {Candle}.] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor. {Incandescent lamp} [or] {light} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon | |
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Incanescent \In`ca*nes"cent\, a. [L. incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray.] Becoming hoary or gray; canescent. | |
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Incanous \In*ca"nous\, a. [L. incanus; pref. in- in + canus hoary.] (Bot.) Hoary with white pubescence. | |
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Incantation \In`can*ta"tion\, n. [L. incantatio, fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over one: cf. F. incantation. See {Enchant}.] 1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. [bd]Mysterious ceremony and incantation.[b8] --Burke. 2. A formula of words used as above. | |
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Incantatory \In*cant"a*to*ry\, a. Dealing by enchantment; magical. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Incanting \In*cant"ing\, a. Enchanting. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. | |
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Incanton \In*can"ton\, v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. --Addison. | |
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Incend \In*cend"\, v. t. [L. incendere, incensum, to kindle, burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] To inflame; to excite. [Obs.] --Marston. | |
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Incendental \In`cen*den"tal\, n. An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals. --Pope. | |
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Incindental \In`cin*den"tal\, a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. --Rogers. Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ly}, adv. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ness}, n. I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle. | |
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Incindental \In`cin*den"tal\, a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. --Rogers. Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ly}, adv. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ness}, n. I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle. | |
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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}. [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. --Bentley. | |
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Incendiarism \In*cen"di*a*rism\, n. [From {Incendiary}.] The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson. | |
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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}. [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. --Bentley. | |
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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley. {Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4. | |
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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley. {Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4. | |
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Incendious \In*cen"di*ous\, a. [L. incendiosus burning, hot.] Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [Obs.] --Bacon. -- {In*cen"di*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Incendious \In*cen"di*ous\, a. [L. incendiosus burning, hot.] Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [Obs.] --Bacon. -- {In*cen"di*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Incensant \In*cen"sant\, a. [See {Incense} to anger.] (Her.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect. | |
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Incensation \In`cen*sa"tion\, n. (R. C. Ch.) The offering of incense. [R.] --Encyc. Brit. | |
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Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. --Chapman. 2. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. The people are incensed him. --Shak. Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See {Incense}, n.] 1. To offer incense to. See {Incense}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. [bd]Incensed with wanton sweets.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. A thick of incense went up. --Ezek. viii. 11. 2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. --Lev. x. 1. 3. Also used figuratively. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. --Gray. {Incense tree}, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus {Bursera} (or {Icica}) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the {Chrysobalanus Icaco}, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree. {Incense wood}, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree {Bursera heptaphylla}. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. A thick of incense went up. --Ezek. viii. 11. 2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. --Lev. x. 1. 3. Also used figuratively. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. --Gray. {Incense tree}, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus {Bursera} (or {Icica}) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the {Chrysobalanus Icaco}, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree. {Incense wood}, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree {Bursera heptaphylla}. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. A thick of incense went up. --Ezek. viii. 11. 2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. --Lev. x. 1. 3. Also used figuratively. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. --Gray. {Incense tree}, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus {Bursera} (or {Icica}) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the {Chrysobalanus Icaco}, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree. {Incense wood}, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree {Bursera heptaphylla}. | |
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Incensebreathing \In"cense*breath`ing\, a. Breathing or exhaling incense. [bd]Incense-breathing morn.[b8] --Gray. | |
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Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. --Chapman. 2. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. The people are incensed him. --Shak. Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate. | |
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Incensed \In*censed"\, a. 1. Angered; enraged. 2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See {Incense}, n.] 1. To offer incense to. See {Incense}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. [bd]Incensed with wanton sweets.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Incensement \In*cense"ment\, n. Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. --Shak. | |
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Incenser \In*cen"ser\, n. One who instigates or incites. | |
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Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. --Chapman. 2. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. The people are incensed him. --Shak. Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate. | |
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Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incensing}.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See {Incense}, n.] 1. To offer incense to. See {Incense}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. [bd]Incensed with wanton sweets.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Incension \In*cen"sion\, n. [L. incensio. See {Incense} to inflame.] The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire. --Bacon. | |
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Incensive \In*cen"sive\, a. Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. --Barrow. | |
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Incensor \In*cen"sor\, n. [L.] A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter. | |
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Incensory \In*cen"so*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incensories}. [LL. incensorium: cf. F. encensoir. See 2d {Incense}, and cf. {Censer}.] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Incensory \In*cen"so*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incensories}. [LL. incensorium: cf. F. encensoir. See 2d {Incense}, and cf. {Censer}.] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Incensurable \In*cen"sur*a*ble\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. in- not + censurable: cf. F. incensurable.] Not censurable. --Dr. T. Dwight. -- {In*cen"sur*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incensurable \In*cen"sur*a*ble\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. in- not + censurable: cf. F. incensurable.] Not censurable. --Dr. T. Dwight. -- {In*cen"sur*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incenter \In*cen"ter\, n. (Geom.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle. | |
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Incentive \In*cen"tive\, a. [L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See {Enchant}, {Chant}.] 1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Competency is the most incentive to industry. --Dr. H. More. 2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.] Part incentive reed Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire. --Milton. | |
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Incentive \In*cen"tive\, n. [L. incentivum.] That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action. The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in it. --South. Syn: Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence. | |
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Incentively \In*cen"tive*ly\, adv. Incitingly; encouragingly. | |
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Inchamber \In*cham"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inchambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inchambering}.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf. OF. enchambrer.] To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. | |
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Inchamber \In*cham"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inchambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inchambering}.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf. OF. enchambrer.] To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. | |
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Inchamber \In*cham"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inchambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inchambering}.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf. OF. enchambrer.] To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. | |
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Inchangeability \In*change`a*bil"i*ty\, n. Unchangeableness. [Obs.] --Kenrick. | |
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Inchant \In*chant"\, v. t. See {Enchant}. | |
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Inch \Inch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inching}.] 1. To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.] He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches out my master. --Dryden. 2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [R.] | |
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Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, n. [See {Meal} a part, and cf. {Piecemeal}.] A piece an inch long. {By inchmeal}, by small degrees; by inches. --Shak. | |
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Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, adv. Little by little; gradually. | |
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Incindental \In`cin*den"tal\, a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. --Rogers. Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ly}, adv. -- {In`cen*den"tal*ness}, n. I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle. | |
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Incinerable \In*cin"er*a*ble\, a. Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.] Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.] To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. --Bacon. It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle. | |
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Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.] To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. --Bacon. It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle. | |
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Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.] To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. --Bacon. It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle. | |
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Incineration \In*cin`er*a"tion\, n. [LL. incineratio: cf. F. incin[82]ration.] The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation. The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. --Skelton. | |
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Incoincidence \In`co*in"ci*dence\, n. The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence. [R.] | |
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Incoincident \In`co*in"ci*dent\, a. Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle. | |
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Incomber \In*com"ber\, v. t. See {Encumber}. | |
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Incombine \In`com*bine"\, v. i. To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Incombustibility \In`com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incombustilit[82].] The quality of being incombustible. | |
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Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + combustible: cf. F. incombustible.] Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. {Incombustible cloth}, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- {In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*bus"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + combustible: cf. F. incombustible.] Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. {Incombustible cloth}, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- {In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*bus"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + combustible: cf. F. incombustible.] Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. {Incombustible cloth}, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- {In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*bus"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + combustible: cf. F. incombustible.] Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. {Incombustible cloth}, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- {In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*bus"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Income \In"come\, n. 1. A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] --Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. --Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. --Drant. 2. That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.] I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. --Chapman. 3. That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income. No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. --Dryden. 4. (Physiol.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See {Food}. Opposed to {output}. {Income bond}, a bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. {Income tax}, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount. Syn: Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce. | |
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Income \In"come\, n. 1. A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] --Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. --Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. --Drant. 2. That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.] I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. --Chapman. 3. That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income. No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. --Dryden. 4. (Physiol.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See {Food}. Opposed to {output}. {Income bond}, a bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. {Income tax}, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount. Syn: Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce. | |
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Income \In"come\, n. 1. A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] --Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. --Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. --Drant. 2. That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.] I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. --Chapman. 3. That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income. No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. --Dryden. 4. (Physiol.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See {Food}. Opposed to {output}. {Income bond}, a bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. {Income tax}, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount. Syn: Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce. | |
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Incomer \In"com`er\, n. 1. One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. --Lew Wallace. 2. One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc. [Eng.] | |
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Incoming \In"com`ing\, n. 1. The act of coming in; arrival. The incomings and outgoings of the trains. --Dickens. 2. Income; gain. [R.] Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations. --Tooke. | |
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Incoming \In"com`ing\, a. 1. Coming in; accruing. A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. --Burke. 2. Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant. | |
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Incomity \In*com"i*ty\, n. Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.] | |
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Incommensurability \In`com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incommensurabilit[82].] The quality or state of being incommensurable. --Reid. | |
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Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure. | |
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Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. 2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants. Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ness}, n. | |
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Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. 2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants. Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ness}, n. | |
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Incommensurate \In`com*men"su*rate\, a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. 2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants. Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*men"su*rate*ness}, n. | |
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Incommiscible \In`com*mis"ci*ble\, a. [L. incommiscibilis; pref. in- not + commiscibilis that can be mingled.] Not commiscible; not mixable. | |
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Incommixture \In`com*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. A state of being unmixed; separateness. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Incommodate \In*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommodated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommodating}.] [L. incommodare. See {Incommode}.] To incommode. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Incommodate \In*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommodated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommodating}.] [L. incommodare. See {Incommode}.] To incommode. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Incommodate \In*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommodated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommodating}.] [L. incommodare. See {Incommode}.] To incommode. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Incommodation \In*com`mo*da"tion\, n. The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.] | |
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Incommode \In`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommoding}.] [F. incommoder, L. incommodare inconvenient; pref. in- not + commodus convenient. See {Commodious}.] To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room. Syn: To annoy; disturb; trouble; molest; disaccomodate; inconvenience; disquiet; vex; plague. | |
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Incommode \In`com*mode"\, n. An inconvenience. [R.] --Strype. | |
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Incommode \In`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommoding}.] [F. incommoder, L. incommodare inconvenient; pref. in- not + commodus convenient. See {Commodious}.] To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room. Syn: To annoy; disturb; trouble; molest; disaccomodate; inconvenience; disquiet; vex; plague. | |
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Incommodement \In`com*mode"ment\, n. The act of incommoded. [Obs.] --Cheyne. | |
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Incommode \In`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incommoding}.] [F. incommoder, L. incommodare inconvenient; pref. in- not + commodus convenient. See {Commodious}.] To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room. Syn: To annoy; disturb; trouble; molest; disaccomodate; inconvenience; disquiet; vex; plague. | |
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Incommodious \In`com*mo"di*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + commodious: cf. LL. incommodious, L. incommodus, F. incommode.] Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incommodious \In`com*mo"di*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + commodious: cf. LL. incommodious, L. incommodus, F. incommode.] Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incommodious \In`com*mo"di*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + commodious: cf. LL. incommodious, L. incommodus, F. incommode.] Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incommodity \In`com*mo"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Incommodities}. [L. incommoditas: cf. F. incommodit[82]. See {Incommodious}.] Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] --Bunyan. A great incommodity to the body. --Jer. Taylor. Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. --Hawthorne. | |
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Incommodity \In`com*mo"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Incommodities}. [L. incommoditas: cf. F. incommodit[82]. See {Incommodious}.] Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] --Bunyan. A great incommodity to the body. --Jer. Taylor. Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. --Hawthorne. | |
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Incommunicability \In`com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incommunicabilit[82].] The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted. | |
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Incommunicable \In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble\, a. [L. incommunicabilis: cf. F. incommunicable. See {In-} not, and {Communicable}.] Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. --Southey. Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. --South. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommunicable \In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble\, a. [L. incommunicabilis: cf. F. incommunicable. See {In-} not, and {Communicable}.] Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. --Southey. Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. --South. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommunicable \In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble\, a. [L. incommunicabilis: cf. F. incommunicable. See {In-} not, and {Communicable}.] Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. --Southey. Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. --South. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommunicated \In`com*mu"ni*ca`ted\, a. Not communicated or imparted. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Incommunicating \In`com*mu"ni*ca`ting\, a. Having no communion or intercourse with each other. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Incommunicative \In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive\, a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive. The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. --C. Buchanan. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness}, n. --Lamb. His usual incommunicativeness. --G. Eliot. | |
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Incommunicative \In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive\, a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive. The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. --C. Buchanan. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness}, n. --Lamb. His usual incommunicativeness. --G. Eliot. | |
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Incommunicative \In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive\, a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive. The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. --C. Buchanan. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness}, n. --Lamb. His usual incommunicativeness. --G. Eliot. | |
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Incommutability \In`com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. incommutabilitas: cf. F. incommutabilit[82].] The quality or state of being incommutable. | |
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Incommutable \In`com*mut"a*ble\, a. [L. incommutabilis: cf. F. incommutable. See {In-} not, and {Commutable}.] Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another. --Cudworth. -- {In`com*mut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mut"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommutable \In`com*mut"a*ble\, a. [L. incommutabilis: cf. F. incommutable. See {In-} not, and {Commutable}.] Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another. --Cudworth. -- {In`com*mut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mut"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incommutable \In`com*mut"a*ble\, a. [L. incommutabilis: cf. F. incommutable. See {In-} not, and {Commutable}.] Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another. --Cudworth. -- {In`com*mut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*mut"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incompact \In`com*pact"\, Incompacted \In`com*pact"ed\, a. Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. --Boyle. | |
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Incompact \In`com*pact"\, Incompacted \In`com*pact"ed\, a. Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. --Boyle. | |
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Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp. Warburton. -- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp. Warburton. -- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp. Warburton. -- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Incompared \In`com*pared"\, a. Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Incompass \In*com"pass\, v. t. See {Encompass}. | |
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Incompassion \In`com*pas"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + compassion: cf. F. incompassion.] Want of compassion or pity. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. | |
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Incompassionate \In`com*pas"sion*ate\, a. Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Incompassionate \In`com*pas"sion*ate\, a. Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Incompassionate \In`com*pas"sion*ate\, a. Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written {incompetible}.] 1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey. | |
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Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, n. (Med. & Chem.) An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron. | |
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2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. {Incompatible terms} (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought. Syn: Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See {Inconsistent}. | |
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Incompatibleness \In`com*pat"i*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility. | |
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Incompatibly \In`com*pat"i*bly\, adv. In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously. | |
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Incompetence \In*com"pe*tence\, Incompetency \In*com"pe*tency\, n. [Cf. F. incomp[82]tence.] 1. The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts. [bd]Some inherent incompetency.[b8] --Gladstone. 2. (Law) Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause. Syn: Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness. | |
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Incompetence \In*com"pe*tence\, Incompetency \In*com"pe*tency\, n. [Cf. F. incomp[82]tence.] 1. The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts. [bd]Some inherent incompetency.[b8] --Gladstone. 2. (Law) Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause. Syn: Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness. | |
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Incompetent \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F. incomp[82]tent. See {In-} not, and {Competent}.] 1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. --Macaulay. 2. (Law) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence. Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation. --Bacon. 3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible. Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper. Usage: {Incompetent}, {Incapable}. Incompetent is a relative term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its meaning, denoting want of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his honor, that he is incapable of a mean action. | |
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Incompetently \In*com"pe*tent*ly\, adv. In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably. | |
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Incompetibility \In`com*pet`i*bil"i*ty\, n. See {Incompatibility}. | |
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Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written {incompetible}.] 1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey. | |
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Incompetible \In`com*pet"i*ble\, a. See {Incompatible}. | |
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Incompatible \In`com*pat"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written {incompetible}.] 1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition. A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. --Southey. | |
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Incompetible \In`com*pet"i*ble\, a. See {Incompatible}. | |
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Incomplete \In`com*plete"\, a. [L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See {In-} not, and {Complete}.] 1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. A most imperfect and incomplete divine. --Milton. 2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. {Incomplete equation} (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. | |
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Incomplete \In`com*plete"\, a. [L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See {In-} not, and {Complete}.] 1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. A most imperfect and incomplete divine. --Milton. 2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. {Incomplete equation} (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. | |
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d8Fistula \[d8]Fis"tu*la\ (?; 135), n.; pl. {Fistul[91]}. [L.] 1. A reed; a pipe. 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] --Knight. 3. (Med.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula. {Incomplete fistula} (Med.), a fistula open at one end only. | |
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Incompletely \In`com*plete"ly\, adv. In an incomplete manner. | |
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Incompleteness \In`com*plete"ness\, n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. --Boyle. | |
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Incompletion \In`com*ple"tion\, n. Want of completion; incompleteness. --Smart. | |
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Incomplex \In`com*plex"\, a. [Pref. in- not + complex: cf. F. incomplexe.] Not complex; uncompounded; simple. --Barrow. | |
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Incompliable \In`com*pli"a*ble\, a. Not compliable; not conformable. | |
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Incompliance \In`com*pli"ance\, n. 1. The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy. Self-conceit produces peevishness and incompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent. --Tillotson. 2. Refusal or failure to comply. --Strype. | |
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Incompliant \In`com*pli"ant\, a. Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. -- {In`com*pli"ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Incompliant \In`com*pli"ant\, a. Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. -- {In`com*pli"ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Incomposed \In`com*posed"\, a. Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] --Milton. -- {In`com*po"sed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {In`com*pos"ed*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Incomposed \In`com*posed"\, a. Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] --Milton. -- {In`com*po"sed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {In`com*pos"ed*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Incomposed \In`com*posed"\, a. Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] --Milton. -- {In`com*po"sed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {In`com*pos"ed*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Incomposite \In`com*pos"ite\, a. [L. incompositus. See {Composite}.] Not composite; uncompounded; simple. {Incomposite numbers}. See {Prime numbers}, under {Prime}. | |
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Incomposite \In`com*pos"ite\, a. [L. incompositus. See {Composite}.] Not composite; uncompounded; simple. {Incomposite numbers}. See {Prime numbers}, under {Prime}. | |
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Incompossible \In`com*pos"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. --Jer. Taylor. -- {In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Incompossible \In`com*pos"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. --Jer. Taylor. -- {In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Incomprehense \In*com`pre*hense"\, a. [L. incomprehensus.] Incomprehensible. [Obs.] [bd]Incomprehense in virtue.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Incomprehensibility \In*com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incompr[82]hensibilit[82].] The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability. The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christian faith. --South. | |
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Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr[82]hensible. See {In-} not, and {Comprehensible}.] 1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. --Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. --Milton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr[82]hensible. See {In-} not, and {Comprehensible}.] 1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. --Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. --Milton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr[82]hensible. See {In-} not, and {Comprehensible}.] 1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. --Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. --Milton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Incomprehension \In*com`pre*hen"sion\, n. Want of comprehension or understanding. [bd]These mazes and incomprehensions.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Incomprehensive \In*com`pre*hen"sive\, a. Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly}, a. --Sir W. Hamilton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness}, n. --T. Warton. | |
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Incomprehensive \In*com`pre*hen"sive\, a. Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly}, a. --Sir W. Hamilton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness}, n. --T. Warton. | |
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Incomprehensive \In*com`pre*hen"sive\, a. Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly}, a. --Sir W. Hamilton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness}, n. --T. Warton. | |
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Incompressibility \In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incompressibilit[82].] The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids. The incompressibility of water is not absolute. --Rees. | |
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Incompressible \In`com*press"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.] Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- {In`com*press"i*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Incompressible \In`com*press"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.] Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- {In`com*press"i*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Incomputable \In`com*put"a*ble\, a. Not computable. | |
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Incomsumable \In`com*sum"a*ble\, a. Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent. --Paley. -- {In`con*sum"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconcealable \In`con*ceal"a*ble\, a. Not concealable. [bd]Inconcealable imperfections.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconceivability \In`con*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness. The inconceivability of the Infinite. --Mansel. | |
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Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. --Locke. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv. The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. --A. Tucker. | |
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Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. --Locke. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv. The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. --A. Tucker. | |
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Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. --Locke. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv. The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. --A. Tucker. | |
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Inconceptible \In`con*cep"ti*ble\, a. Inconceivable. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Inconcerning \In`con*cern"ing\, a. Unimportant; trifling. [Obs.] [bd]Trifling and inconcerning matters.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Inconcinne \In`con*cinne"\, a. [See {Inconcinnous}.] Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Inconcinnity \In`con*cin"ni*ty\, n. [L. inconcinnitas.] Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness. There is an inconcinnity in admitting these words. --Trench. | |
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Inconcinnous \In`con*cin"nous\, a. [L. inconcinnus. See {In-} not, and {Concinnity}.] Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Inconcludent \In`con*clud"ent\, a. Not inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive. [Obs.] | |
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Inconcluding \In`con*clud"ing\, a. Inferring no consequence. [Obs.] | |
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Inconclusive \In`con*clu"sive\, a. Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. --South. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inconclusive \In`con*clu"sive\, a. Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. --South. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inconclusive \In`con*clu"sive\, a. Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. --South. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*clu"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inconcoct \In`con*coct"\, a. [L. pref. in- not + concoctus, p. p. of concoquere. See {Concoct}.] Inconcocted. [Obs.] | |
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Inconcocted \In`con*coct"ed\, a. [Pref. in- not + concocted.] Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Inconcoction \In`con*coc"tion\, n. The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Inconcrete \In*con"crete\, a. [L. inconcretus incorporeal.] Not concrete. [R.] --L. Andrews. | |
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Inconcurring \In`con*cur"ring\, a. Not concurring; disagreeing. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconcussible \In`con*cus"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. concussibilis that can be shaken. See {Concussion}.] Not concussible; that cannot be shaken. | |
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Incondensability \In`con*den`sa*bil"i*ty\, Incondensibility \In`con*den`si*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being incondensable. | |
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Incondensable \In`con*den"sa*ble\, Incondensible \In`con*den"si*ble\, a. Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form. | |
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Incondensability \In`con*den`sa*bil"i*ty\, Incondensibility \In`con*den`si*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being incondensable. | |
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Incondensable \In`con*den"sa*ble\, Incondensible \In`con*den"si*ble\, a. Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form. | |
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Permanent \Per"ma*nent\, a. [L. permanens, -entis, p. pr. of permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere to remain: cf. F. permanent. See {Per-}, and {Mansion}.] Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden. {Permanent gases} (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called {incondensible [or] incoercible gases}, before their liquefaction in 1877. | |
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Incondite \In"con*dite\ (?; 277), a. [L. inconditus; pref. in- not + conditus, p. p. of condere to put or join together. See {Condition}.] Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. [bd]Carol incondite rhymes.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Inconditional \In`con*di"tion*al\, a. [Pref. in- not + conditional: cf. F. inconditionnel.] Unconditional. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconditionate \In`con*di"tion*ate\, a. [Pref. in- not + conditionate: cf. F. inconditionn[82].] Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Inconform \In`con*form"\, a. [Pref. in- not + conform.] Unconformable. [Obs.] --Gauden. | |
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Inconformable \In`con*form"a*ble\, a. Unconformable. [Obs.] | |
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Inconformity \In`con*form"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inconformit[82].] Want of conformity; nonconformity. [Obs.] | |
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Inconfused \In`con*fused"\, a. Not confused; distinct. [Obs.] | |
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Inconfusion \In`con*fu"sion\n. Freedom from confusion; distinctness. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Inconfutable \In`con*fut"a*ble\, a. Not confutable. -- {In`con*fut"a*bly}, adv. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Inconfutable \In`con*fut"a*ble\, a. Not confutable. -- {In`con*fut"a*bly}, adv. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Incongealable \In`con*geal"a*ble\, a. [L. incongelabilis. See {Congeal}.] Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. -- {In`con*geal"a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Incongealable \In`con*geal"a*ble\, a. [L. incongelabilis. See {Congeal}.] Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. -- {In`con*geal"a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Incongenial \In`con*gen"ial\, a. Not congenial; uncongenial. [R.] -- {In`con*ge`ni*al"i*ty}. [R.] | |
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Incongenial \In`con*gen"ial\, a. Not congenial; uncongenial. [R.] -- {In`con*ge`ni*al"i*ty}. [R.] | |
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Incongruence \In*con"gru*ence\, n. [L. incongruentia.] Want of congruence; incongruity. --Boyle. | |
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Incongruent \In*con"gru*ent\, a. [L. incongruens. See {In-} not, and {Congruent}.] Incongruous. --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incongruities}. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] 3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity. | |
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Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incongruities}. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] 3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity. | |
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Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not, and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. [bd]Incongruous mixtures of opinions.[b8] --I. Taylor. [bd]Made up of incongruous parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not, and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. [bd]Incongruous mixtures of opinions.[b8] --I. Taylor. [bd]Made up of incongruous parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not, and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. [bd]Incongruous mixtures of opinions.[b8] --I. Taylor. [bd]Made up of incongruous parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not, and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. [bd]Incongruous mixtures of opinions.[b8] --I. Taylor. [bd]Made up of incongruous parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith. {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Inconnected \In`con*nect"ed\, a. Not connected; disconnected. [R.] --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Inconnection \In`con*nec"tion\, n. Disconnection. | |
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Inconnexedly \In`con*nex"ed*ly\, adv. [Pref. in- not + connexed (p. p. of connex) + -ly.] Not connectedly; without connection. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconscionable \In*con"scion*a*ble\, a. Unconscionable. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Inconscious \In*con"scious\, a. Unconscious. [Obs.] | |
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Inconsecutiveness \In`con*sec"u*tive*ness\, n. The state or quality of not being consecutive. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Inconsequence \In*con"se*quence\, n. [L. inconsequentia: cf. F. incons[82]quence.] The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! --Bp. Hurd. | |
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Inconsequent \In*con"se*quent\, a. [L. inconsequens: cf. F. incons[82]quent. See {In-} not, and {Consequent}.] Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence. Loose and inconsequent conjectures. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconsequential \In*con`se*quen"tial\, a. Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence. --Chesterfield. -- {In*con`se*quen"tial*ly}, adv. | |
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Inconsequentiality \In*con`se*quen`ti*al"i*ty\, n. The state of being inconsequential. | |
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Inconsequential \In*con`se*quen"tial\, a. Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence. --Chesterfield. -- {In*con`se*quen"tial*ly}, adv. | |
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Inconsequentness \In*con"se*quent*ness\, n. Inconsequence. | |
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Inconsiderable \In`con*sid"er*a*ble\, a. Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum. [bd]The baser scum and inconsiderable dregs of Rome.[b8] --Stepney. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsiderable \In`con*sid"er*a*ble\, a. Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum. [bd]The baser scum and inconsiderable dregs of Rome.[b8] --Stepney. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsiderable \In`con*sid"er*a*ble\, a. Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum. [bd]The baser scum and inconsiderable dregs of Rome.[b8] --Stepney. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sid"er*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsideracy \In`con*sid"er*a*cy\, n. Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness. [Obs.] --Chesterfield. | |
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Inconsiderate \In`con*sid"er*ate\, a. [L. inconsideratus. See {In-} not, and {Considerate}.] 1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that ther[?] should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. --Addison. 2. Inconsiderable. [Obs.] --E. Terry. Syn: Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless; negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty. | |
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Inconsiderately \In`con*sid"er*ate*ly\, adv. In an inconsiderate manner. | |
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Inconsiderateness \In`con*sid"er*ate*ness\, n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. --Tillotson. | |
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Inconsideration \In`con*sid`er*a"tion\, n. [L. inconsideratio: cf. F. inconsid[82]ration.] Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. --Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. --Sharp. | |
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Inconsistence \In`con*sist"ence\, n. Inconsistency. | |
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Inconsistency \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Inconsistencies}. [Cf. F. inconsistance.] 1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South. 2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! --Swift. 3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. --Addison. | |
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Inconsistency \In`con*sist"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Inconsistencies}. [Cf. F. inconsistance.] 1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South. 2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! --Swift. 3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness. Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature. --Addison. | |
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Inconsistent \In`con*sist"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + consistent: cf. F. inconsistant.] 1. Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory. | |
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Inconsistently \In`con*sist"ent*ly\, adv. In an inconsistent manner. | |
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Inconsistentness \In`con*sist"ent*ness\, n. Inconsistency. [R.] | |
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Inconsisting \In`con*sist"ing\, a. Inconsistent. [Obs.] | |
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Inconsolable \In`con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See {In-} not, and {Console}.] Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. --Dryden. With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. --Falconer. -- {In`con*sol"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sol"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsolable \In`con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See {In-} not, and {Console}.] Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. --Dryden. With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. --Falconer. -- {In`con*sol"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sol"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsolable \In`con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See {In-} not, and {Console}.] Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. --Dryden. With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. --Falconer. -- {In`con*sol"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sol"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsonance \In*con"so*nance\, Inconsonancy \In*con"so*nan*cy\, n. Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement. | |
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Inconsonance \In*con"so*nance\, Inconsonancy \In*con"so*nan*cy\, n. Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement. | |
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Inconsonant \In*con"so*nant\, a. [L. inconsonans. See {In-} not, and {Consonant}.] Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- {In*con"so*nant*ly}, adv. | |
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Inconsonant \In*con"so*nant\, a. [L. inconsonans. See {In-} not, and {Consonant}.] Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- {In*con"so*nant*ly}, adv. | |
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Inconspicuous \In`con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. inconspicuus. See {In-} not, and {Conspicuous}.] Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n. --Boyle. | |
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Inconspicuous \In`con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. inconspicuus. See {In-} not, and {Conspicuous}.] Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n. --Boyle. | |
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Inconspicuous \In`con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. inconspicuus. See {In-} not, and {Conspicuous}.] Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In`con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n. --Boyle. | |
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Inconstance \In*con"stance\, n. [F. See {Inconstancy}.] Inconstancy. --Chaucer. | |
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Inconstancy \In*con"stan*cy\, n. [L. inconstantia.] The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness. For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness and inconstancie in love. --Spenser. | |
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Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See {In-} not, and {Constant}.] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. [bd]The inconstant moon.[b8] --Shak. While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey! --Boyse. Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating. | |
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Inconstantly \In*con"stant*ly\, adv. In an inconstant manner. | |
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Incomsumable \In`com*sum"a*ble\, a. Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent. --Paley. -- {In`con*sum"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconsummate \In`con*sum"mate\, a. [L. inconsummatus. See {In-} not, and {Consummate}.] Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. --Sir M. Hale. -- {In`con*sum"mate*ness}, n. | |
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Inconsummate \In`con*sum"mate\, a. [L. inconsummatus. See {In-} not, and {Consummate}.] Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. --Sir M. Hale. -- {In`con*sum"mate*ness}, n. | |
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Inconsumptible \In`con*sump"ti*ble\, a. [L. inconsumptibilis.] Inconsumable. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Incontaminate \In`con*tam"i*nate\, a. [L. incontamina[?]us. See {In-} not, and not, and {Contaminate}.] Not contaminated; pure. --Moore. -- {In`con*tam"i*nate*ness}, n. | |
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Incontaminate \In`con*tam"i*nate\, a. [L. incontamina[?]us. See {In-} not, and not, and {Contaminate}.] Not contaminated; pure. --Moore. -- {In`con*tam"i*nate*ness}, n. | |
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Incontentation \In*con`ten*ta"tion\, n. [See {In-} not, and {Content}.] Discontent. [Obs.] --Goodwin. | |
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Incontestability \In`con*test`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being incontestable. | |
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Incontestable \In`con*test"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. --Locke. Syn: Incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefragable; undeniable; unquestionable; intuitable; certain. -- {In`con*test"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*test"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incontestable \In`con*test"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. --Locke. Syn: Incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefragable; undeniable; unquestionable; intuitable; certain. -- {In`con*test"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*test"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incontestable \In`con*test"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. --Locke. Syn: Incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefragable; undeniable; unquestionable; intuitable; certain. -- {In`con*test"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*test"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Incontested \In`con*test"ed\, a. Not contested. --Addison. | |
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Incontiguous \In`con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. incontiguus that can not be touched. See {In-} not, and {Contiguous}.] Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate. --Boyle. -- {In`con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adv. | |
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Incontiguous \In`con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. incontiguus that can not be touched. See {In-} not, and {Contiguous}.] Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate. --Boyle. -- {In`con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adv. | |
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Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.] 1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1 Cor. vii. 5. From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton. 2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine. | |
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Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.] 1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1 Cor. vii. 5. From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton. 2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine. | |
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Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, a. [L. incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See {In-} not, and {Continent}.] 1. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd. 2. (Med.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations. | |
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Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, n. One who is unchaste. --B. Jonson. | |
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Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, adv. [Cf. F. incontinent.] Incontinently; instantly immediately. [Obs.] He says he will return incontinent. --Shak. | |
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Incontinently \In*con"ti*nent*ly\, adv. 1. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites. 2. Immediately; at once; forthwith. [Archaic] Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. --Golding. | |
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Incontracted \In`con*tract"ed\, a. Uncontracted. [Obs.] --Blackwall. | |
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Incontrollable \In`con*trol"la*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + controllable: cf. F. incontr[93]lable.] Not controllable; uncontrollable. -- {In`con*trol"la*bly}, adv. --South. | |
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Incontrollable \In`con*trol"la*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + controllable: cf. F. incontr[93]lable.] Not controllable; uncontrollable. -- {In`con*trol"la*bly}, adv. --South. | |
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Incontrovertibility \In*con`tro*ver`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. The state or condition of being incontrovertible. | |
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Incontrovertible \In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble\, a. Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. --Sir T. Browne. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Incontrovertible \In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble\, a. Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. --Sir T. Browne. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Incontrovertible \In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble\, a. Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. --Sir T. Browne. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly}, adv. | |
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Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] 1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. --Hooker. 2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. --Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson. Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. | |
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Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. | |
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Inconveniency \In`con*ven"ien*cy\, n. Inconvenience. | |
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Inconvenient \In`con*ven"ient\, a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconv[82]nient. See {In-} not, and {Convenient}.] 1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient. 2. Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time. Syn: Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable. | |
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Inconveniently \In`con*ven"ient*ly\, adv. In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably. | |
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Inconversable \In`con*vers"a*ble\, a. Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.] | |
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Inconversant \In*con"ver*sant\, a. Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar. | |
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Inconverted \In`con*vert"ed\, a. Not turned or changed about. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inconvertibility \In`con*vert`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. inconvertibilitas.] The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold. | |
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Inconvertible \In`con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. inconvertibilis: cf. F. inconvertible. See {In-} not, and {Convertible}.] Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. --Walsh. | |
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Inconvertibleness \In`con*vert"i*ble*ness\, n. Inconvertibility. | |
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Inconvertibly \In`con*vert"i*bly\, adv. In an inconvertible manner. | |
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Inconvincible \In`con*vin"ci*ble\, a. [L. inconvincibilis. See {In-} not, and {Convince}.] Not convincible; incapable of being convinced. None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people. --Gov. of the Tongue. | |
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Inconvincibly \In`con*vin"ci*bly\, adv. In a manner not admitting of being convinced. | |
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Incony \In*co"ny\, a. [Cf. {Conny}, {Canny}.] Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.] Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! --Shak. | |
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Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. {Incumbencies}. [From {Incumbent}.] 1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. 2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. --Evelyn. 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. [bd]The incumbencies of a family.[b8] --Donne. 4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. --Swift. | |
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Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. {Incumbencies}. [From {Incumbent}.] 1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. 2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. --Evelyn. 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. [bd]The incumbencies of a family.[b8] --Donne. 4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. --Swift. | |
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Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, n. A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. --Swift. | |
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Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, a. [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incubate}.] 1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. --Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try. --Addison. 2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon. All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. --Sprat. 3. (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. --Gray. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird. | |
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Incumbently \In*cum"bent*ly\, adv. In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent. | |
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Incumber \In*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incumbering}.] See {Encumber}. | |
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Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. | |
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Incumber \In*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incumbering}.] See {Encumber}. | |
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Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. | |
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Incumber \In*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incumbering}.] See {Encumber}. | |
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Incumber \In*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incumbering}.] See {Encumber}. | |
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Incumbition \In`cum*bi"tion\, n. Incubation. [R.] --Sterne. | |
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Incumbrance \In*cum"brance\, n. [See {Encumbrance}.] [Written also {encumbrance}.] 1. A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. --Cowper. 2. (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value. | |
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Incumbrancer \In*cum"bran*cer\, n. (Law) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. --Kent. | |
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Incumbrous \In*cum"brous\, a. [Cf. OF. encombros.] Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also {encombrous}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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d8Incunabulum \[d8]In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Incunabula}. [L. incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st {In-}, and {Cunabula}.] A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500. | |
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Inessential \In`es*sen"tial\, a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.] 1. Having no essence or being. --H. Brooke. The womb of inessential Naught. --Shelley. 2. Not essential; unessential. | |
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d8Algarovilla \[d8]Al`ga*ro*vil"la\, n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree ({Inga Marth[91]}). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. | |
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Ingannation \In`gan*na"tion\, n. [LL. ingannare to decieve.] Cheat; deception. [Obs.] --Sir T. Brown. | |
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Ingeminate \In*gem"i*nate\, a. [L. ingeminatus, p. p.] Redoubled; repeated. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Ingeminate \In*gem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingeminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingeminating}.] [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See {Geminate}.] To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. --Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. --Sandys. | |
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Ingeminate \In*gem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingeminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingeminating}.] [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See {Geminate}.] To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. --Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. --Sandys. | |
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Ingeminate \In*gem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingeminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingeminating}.] [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See {Geminate}.] To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. --Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. --Sandys. | |
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Ingemination \In*gem`i*na"tion\, n. Repetition; reduplication; reiteration. --De Quincey. That Sacred ingemination, Amen, Amen. --Featley. Happiness with an echo or ingemination. --Holdsworth. | |
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Ingender \In*gen"der\, v. t. See {Engender}. | |
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Ingenerabillty \In*gen`er*a*bil"l*ty\, n. Incapacity of being engendered or produced. --Cudworth. | |
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Ingenerable \In*gen"er*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + generable: cf. F. ingenerable.] Incapble of being engendered or produced; original. --Holland. | |
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Ingenerably \In*gen"er*a*bly\, adv. In an ingenerable manner. | |
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Ingenerate \In*gen"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingenerat}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingenerating}.] 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. | |
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Ingenerate \In*gen"er*ate\, a. [L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender] Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. --W. Wotton. Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment. --Bacon. | |
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Ingenerate \In*gen"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingenerat}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingenerating}.] 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. | |
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Ingenerate \In*gen"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingenerat}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingenerating}.] 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. | |
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Ingeneration \In*gen`er*a"tion\, n. Act of ingenerating. | |
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Ingeniate \In*ge"ni*ate\, v. t. & i. [See {Ingenious}.] To invent; to contrive. [Obs.] --Daniel. | |
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Ingenie \In"ge*nie\, n. [Obs.] See {Ingeny}. | |
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Ingeny \In"ge*ny\, n. [L. ingenium. See {Ingenious}.] Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also {ingenie}.] --Becon. | |
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Ingenie \In"ge*nie\, n. [Obs.] See {Ingeny}. | |
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Ingeny \In"ge*ny\, n. [L. ingenium. See {Ingenious}.] Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also {ingenie}.] --Becon. | |
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Ingeniosity \In*ge`ni*os"i*ty\, n. [LL. ingeniositas.] Ingenuity; skill; cunning. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Ingenious \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing[82]nieux. 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. | |
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Ingeniously \In*gen"ious*ly\, adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. [bd]Too ingeniously politic.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Ingeniousness \In*gen"ious*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity. | |
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Ingenite \In*gen"ite\, Ingenit \In*gen"it\, a. [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.] Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate. [Obs.] It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain. --Burton. | |
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Ingenite \In*gen"ite\, Ingenit \In*gen"it\, a. [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.] Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate. [Obs.] It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain. --Burton. | |
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Ingenuity \In`ge*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ing[82]nuit[82]. See {Ingenuous}.] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining. All the means which human ingenuity has contrived. --Blair. 2. Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism. He gives . . . To artist ingenuity and skill. --Cowper. 3. Openness of heart; ingenuousness. [Obs.] The stings and remorses of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them. --South. Syn: Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning; cleverness; genius. Usage: {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. | |
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Ingenuous \In*gen"u*ous\, a. [L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}.] 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. 2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty. --Locke. 3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc. Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve. --Fuller. 4. Ingenious. [Obs.] --Shak. Note: (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . . ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century. --G. P. Marsh. Syn: Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere; candid; fair; noble; generous. Usage: {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}. | |
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Ingenuously \In*gen"u*ous*ly\, adv. In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly. Being required to explain himself, he ingenuously confessed. --Ludlow. | |
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Ingenuousness \In*gen"u*ous*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness. 2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Ingeny \In"ge*ny\, n. [L. ingenium. See {Ingenious}.] Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also {ingenie}.] --Becon. | |
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In-going \In"-go`ing\, n. The act of going in; entrance. | |
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In-going \In"-go`ing\, a. Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant. | |
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Inguinal \In"gui*nal\, a. [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. {Inguinal ring}. See {Abdominal ring}, under {Abdominal}. | |
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Inguinal \In"gui*nal\, a. [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. {Inguinal ring}. See {Abdominal ring}, under {Abdominal}. | |
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Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.] 1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. {Abdominal ring} (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also {inguinal ring}. | |
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Inguinal \In"gui*nal\, a. [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. {Inguinal ring}. See {Abdominal ring}, under {Abdominal}. | |
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Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.] 1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. {Abdominal ring} (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also {inguinal ring}. | |
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Inhesion \In*he"sion\, n. [L. inhaesio. See {Inhere}.] The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence. --A. Baxter. Constant inhesion and habitual abode. --South. | |
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Injoin \In*join"\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Enjoin}. | |
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Injoint \In*joint\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To join; to unite. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Injoint \In*joint\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To disjoint; to separate. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Injunction \In*junc"tion\, n. [L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See {Enjoin}.] 1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction. For still they knew,and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction,not to taste that fruit. --Milton. Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority. --South. 3. (Law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, 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. | |
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Inkiness \Ink"i*ness\, n. [From {Inky}.] The state or quality of being inky; blackness. | |
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Ink \Ink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inked} ([icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Inking}.] To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink. | |
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Inking \Ink"ing\, a. Supplying or covering with ink. {Inking roller}, a somewhat elastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc. {Inking trough} [or] {table}, a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink. | |
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Inking \Ink"ing\, a. Supplying or covering with ink. {Inking roller}, a somewhat elastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc. {Inking trough} [or] {table}, a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink. | |
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Inking \Ink"ing\, a. Supplying or covering with ink. {Inking roller}, a somewhat elastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc. {Inking trough} [or] {table}, a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink. | |
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Inknee \In"knee`\, n. Same as {Knock-knee}. | |
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Inkneed \In"kneed`\, a. See {Knock-kneed}. | |
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Inknot \In*knot"\, v. t. To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together. --Fuller. | |
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Inmesh \In*mesh"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inmeshed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inmeshing}.] To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh. | |
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Innixion \In*nix"ion\, n. [See {Innitency}.] Act of leaning upon something; incumbency. [Obs.] --Derham. | |
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Innocence \In"no*cence\, n. [F. innocence, L. innocentia. See {Innocent}.] 1. The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness. 2. The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness. The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails. --Shak. Banished from man's life his happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence! --Milton. 3. The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown. 4. Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness. --Chaucer. Shak. Syn: Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness. | |
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Innocency \In"no*cen*cy\, n. Innocence. | |
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Innocent \In"no*cent\, a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See {Noxious}.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy. The spear Sung innocent,and spent its force in air. --Pope. 2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb. --Shak. I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. --Matt. xxvii. 4. The aidless,innocent lady, his wished prey. --Milton. 3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged. Innocent from the great transgression. --Ps. xix. 13. 4. Simple; artless; foolish. --Shak. 5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade. 6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation. {Innocent party} (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality. Syn: Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright. | |
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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. | |
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Innocent \In"no*cent\, a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See {Noxious}.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy. The spear Sung innocent,and spent its force in air. --Pope. 2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb. --Shak. I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. --Matt. xxvii. 4. The aidless,innocent lady, his wished prey. --Milton. 3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged. Innocent from the great transgression. --Ps. xix. 13. 4. Simple; artless; foolish. --Shak. 5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade. 6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation. {Innocent party} (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality. Syn: Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright. | |
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Tumor \Tu"mor\, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume[a3]r. See {Tumid}.] 1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. 2. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity. [R.] Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men into habits of intellect such as result from the modern vice of English style. --De Quincey. {Encysted tumor}, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the neighboring cellular substance. {Fatty tumor}. See under {Fatty}. {Innocent tumor}, [or] {Benign tumor}, one which does not of itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur after extirpation. {Malignant tumor}, a tumor which tends continually to spread, to become generalized in different parts of the body, and to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself, causes death. | |
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Innocently \In"no*cent*ly\, adv. In an innocent manner. | |
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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. | |
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Inogen \In"o*gen\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a muscle + -gen.] (Physiol.) A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life. | |
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Inosinic \In`o*sin"ic\, a. [From {Inosite}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid. | |
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Inquinate \In"qui*nate\, v. t. [L. inquinatus, p. p. of inquinare to defile.] To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inquination \In`qui*na"tion\, n. [L. inquinatio.] A defiling; pollution; stain. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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In \In\, n. Note: [Usually in the plural.] 1. One who is in office; -- the opposite of {out}. 2. A re[89]ntrant angle; a nook or corner. {Ins and outs}, nooks and corners; twists and turns. | |
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Insanability \In*san`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness. | |
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Insanable \In*san"a*ble\, a. [L. insanabilis; cf. OF. insanable. See {In-} not, and {Sanable}.] Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable. | |
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Insanableness \In*san"a*ble*ness\, n. The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness. | |
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Insanably \In*san"a*bly\, adv. In an incurable manner. | |
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Insane \In*sane"\, a. [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. | |
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Insanely \In*sane"ly\, adv. Without reason; madly; foolishly. | |
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Insaneness \In*sane"ness\, n. Insanity; madness. | |
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Insaniate \In*sa"ni*ate\, v. t. To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Insanie \In*sa"nie\, n. Insanity. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Insanitary \In*san"i*ta*ry\, a. Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage. | |
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Insanitation \In*san`i*ta"tion\, n. Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions. | |
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Insanity \In*san"i*ty\, n. [L. insanitas unsoundness; cf. insania insanity, F. insanite.] 1. The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. --Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. --Cowper. 2. (Law) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility. Syn: Syn>- {Insanity}, {Lunacy}, {Madness}, {Derangement}, {Aliention}, {Aberration}, {Mania}, {Delirium}, {Frenzy}, {Monomania}, {Dementia}. Usage: 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. | |
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Inscience \In"science\, n. [L. inscientia: cf.F. inscience.] Want of knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.] | |
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Inscient \In"scient\, a. [L. insciens, -entis, ignorant. See {In-} not, and {Scient}, {Science}.] Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly. [R.] --N. Bacon. | |
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Inscient \In"scient\, a. [Pref. in- in + L. sciens knowing.] Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. [R.] Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Insconce \In*sconce"\, v. t. See {Ensconce}. | |
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Inseam \In*seam"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inseamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inseaming}.] To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. --Pope. | |
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Inseam \In*seam"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inseamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inseaming}.] To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. --Pope. | |
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Inseam \In*seam"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inseamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inseaming}.] To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. --Pope. | |
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Inseminate \In*sem"i*nate\, v. t. [L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See {Seminate}.] To sow; to impregnate. [Obs.] | |
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Insemination \In*sem`i*na"tion\, n. A sowing. [Obs.] | |
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Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n. | |
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Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n. | |
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Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n. | |
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Insense \In*sense"\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + sense.] To make to understand; to instruct. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Insensibility \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insensibilit[82].] 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. | |
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Insensible \In*sen"si*ble\, a. [L. insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See {In-} not, and {Sensible}.] 1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. --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. | |
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Insensibleness \In*sen"si*ble*ness\, n. Insensibility. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Insensibly \In*sen"si*bly\, adv. In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually. The hills rise insensibly. --Addison. | |
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Insensitive \In*sen"si*tive\, a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. --Tillotson. Ruskin. | |
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Insensuous \In*sen"su*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + sensuous.] Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form insensuous. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Insentiment \In*sen"ti*ment\, a. 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. | |
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Insimulate \In*sim"u*late\, v. t. [L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse.] To accuse. [Obs.] --Donne. | |
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Insincere \In`sin*cere"\, a. [L. insincerus. See {In-} not, and {Sincere}.] 1. Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations. 2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.] To render sleep's soft blessings insincere. --Pope. Syn: Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive deceitful; false; disingenuous; untrustworthy. | |
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Insincerely \In`sin*cere"ly\, adv. Without sincerity. | |
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Insincerity \In`sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insinc[82]rit[82].] 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. | |
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Insinew \In*sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinewing}.] To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. --Shak. | |
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Insinew \In*sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinewing}.] To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. --Shak. | |
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Insinew \In*sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinewing}.] To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. --Shak. | |
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Insinuant \In*sin"u*ant\, a. [L. insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant.] Insinuating; insinuative. [Obs.] | |
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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. | |
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Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinuating}.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See {Sinuous}.] 1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. --Woodward. 2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. --Locke. Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. --Dryden. 3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? 4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon. Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate. | |
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Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinuating}.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See {Sinuous}.] 1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. --Woodward. 2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. --Locke. Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. --Dryden. 3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? 4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon. Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate. | |
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Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinuating}.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See {Sinuous}.] 1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. --Woodward. 2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. --Locke. Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. --Dryden. 3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? 4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon. Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate. | |
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Insinuating \In*sin"u*a`ting\, a. Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. --Milton. His address was courteous, and even insinuating. --Prescott. | |
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Insinuatingly \In*sin"u*a`ting*ly\, adv. By insinuation. | |
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Insinuation \In*sin"u*a`tion\, n. [L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation.] 1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. By a soft insinuation mix'd With earth's large mass. --Crashaw. 2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. --Sir H. Wotton. I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders. --Lady Cowper. 3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner. He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. --Clarendon. 4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations. I scorn your coarse insinuation. --Cowper. Syn: Hint; intimation; suggestion. See {Innuendo}. | |
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Insinuative \In*sin"u*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. insinuatif.] 1. Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. [bd]Crafty, insinuative, plausible men.[b8] --Bp. Reynolds. 2. Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark. | |
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Insinuator \In*sin"u*a`tor\, n. [L., an introducer.] One who, or that which, insinuates. --De Foe. | |
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Insinuatory \In*sin"u*a*to*ry\, a. Insinuative. | |
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Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insnared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insnaring}.] [Written also ensnare.] 1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. [bd]Insnare a gudgeon.[b8] --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. | |
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Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insnared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insnaring}.] [Written also ensnare.] 1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. [bd]Insnare a gudgeon.[b8] --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. | |
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Insnarer \In*snar"er\, n. One who insnares. | |
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Insnare \In*snare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insnared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insnaring}.] [Written also ensnare.] 1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. [bd]Insnare a gudgeon.[b8] --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. | |
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Insnarl \In*snarl"\, v. t. To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Insomnia \In*som"ni*a\, n. [L., fr. insomnis sleepless; pref. in- not + somnus sleep.] Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness. | |
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Insomnious \In*som"ni*ous\, a. [L. insomniosus, fr. insomnia insomnia.] Restless; sleepless. --Blount. | |
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Insomnolence \In*som"no*lence\, n. Sleeplessness. | |
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Insomuch \In`so*much"\, adv. So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both. Cf. {Inasmuch}. Insomusch as that field is called . . . Aceldama. --Acts i. 19. Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that he made his fortune by it. --L'Estrange. | |
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Insonorous \In`so*no"rous\, a. Not clear or melodious. | |
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Insume \In*sume"\, v. t. [L. insumere; pre. in- in + sumere to take.] To take in; to absorb. [Obs.] | |
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Ionize \I"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ionized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ionizing}.] (Elec. Chem.) To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water. -- {I`on*i*za"tion}, n. | |
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Imogene, IA (city, FIPS 38055) Location: 40.87872 N, 95.42742 W Population (1990): 88 (38 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51645 | |
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Ingenio, PR (comunidad, FIPS 36263) Location: 18.44728 N, 66.22584 W Population (1990): 5111 (1596 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Ingham County, MI (county, FIPS 65) Location: 42.60355 N, 84.37380 W Population (1990): 281912 (108542 housing units) Area: 1448.4 sq km (land), 4.5 sq km (water) | |
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Ingomar, MT Zip code(s): 59039 | |
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Inkom, ID (city, FIPS 40330) Location: 42.79691 N, 112.24785 W Population (1990): 769 (252 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83245 | |
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Inyo County, CA (county, FIPS 27) Location: 36.58933 N, 117.48318 W Population (1990): 18281 (8712 housing units) Area: 26397.5 sq km (land), 92.4 sq km (water) | |
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Ionia County, MI (county, FIPS 67) Location: 42.94445 N, 85.07276 W Population (1990): 57024 (19674 housing units) Area: 1484.7 sq km (land), 18.2 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a {wizard}. "This compiler normally locates initialized data in the data segment, but if you {mutter} the right incantation they will be forced into text space." | |
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insanely great adj. [Mac community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy] Something so incredibly {elegant} that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of {hacker}-natures. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
image map spots" which when clicked on in a suitable {browser}, act as {anchors} or links to other information. For example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. Clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information. [Documentation URL?] (1995-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
imaging video camera or from digitally generated data (see {visualisation}), or the recording of such images on microfilm, videotape or laser disk. See also {scanner}. (1997-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Imago On-line An {Internet} {electronic mail} and {news} service in the United Kingdom provided by {Imago Europe} plc. A one year subscription to the service costs just seventy five pounds plus VAT and offers {dial-up} access with a {graphical user interface} for users of {Macintosh} and {Microsoft Windows} {PC}s and the {Apple Newton} {MessagePad} {PDA} family. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
incantation Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a {wizard}. "This compiler normally locates initialised data in the data segment, but if you {mutter} the right incantation they will be forced into text space." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
incomparable under some relation <= if neither a <= b, nor b <= a. (1995-09-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
insanely great ({Macintosh} community, from {Steve Jobs}; also {BSD Unix} people via {Bill Joy}) Something so incredibly {elegant} that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of {hacker}-natures. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-06) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Incense a fragrant composition prepared by the "art of the apothecary." It consisted of four ingredients "beaten small" (Ex. 30:34-36). That which was not thus prepared was called "strange incense" (30:9). It was offered along with every meat-offering; and besides was daily offered on the golden altar in the holy place, and on the great day of atonement was burnt by the high priest in the holy of holies (30:7, 8). It was the symbol of prayer (Ps. 141:1,2; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4). |