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Candytuft \Can"dy*tuft`\, n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus {Iberis}, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the {I. umbellata}, first, discovered in the island of Candia. | |
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Imbalm \Im*balm"\, v. t. See {Embalm}. | |
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Imbellic \Im*bel"lic\, a. [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf. bellicus warlike.] Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] --R. Junius. | |
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Imblaze \Im*blaze"\, v. t. See {Emblaze}. | |
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Imblazon \Im*bla"zon\, v. t. See {Emblazon}. | |
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Imboil \Im*boil"\, v. t. & i. [Obs.] See {Emboil}. | |
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Imbolden \Im*bold"en\, v. t. See {Embolden}. | |
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Imbowel \Im*bow"el\, v. t. See {Embowel}. | |
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Immeability \Im`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Pref. im- not + L. meabilis passable, fr. meare to pass.] Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness. Immeability of the juices. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Immobile \Im*mo"bile\, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See {Immobility}.] Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. --Prof. Shedd. | |
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Immobility \Im`mo*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilit[82]. See {Mobile}.] The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state. | |
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Immobilize \Im*mob"i*lize\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + mobilize; cf. f. immobiliser.] To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages. | |
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Immoble \Im*mo"ble\, a. [Obs.] See {Immobile}. | |
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Impalatable \Im*pal"a*ta*ble\, a. Unpalatable. [R.] | |
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Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empaling}.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See {Pale} a stake, and cf. {Impale}.] [Written also {impale}.] 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To inclose; to surround. See {Impale}. 3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. 4. (Her.) Same as {Impale}. | |
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Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See {Empale}. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. | |
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Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empaling}.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See {Pale} a stake, and cf. {Impale}.] [Written also {impale}.] 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To inclose; to surround. See {Impale}. 3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. 4. (Her.) Same as {Impale}. | |
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Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See {Empale}. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. | |
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Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See {Empale}. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. | |
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Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See {Empale}.] [Written also {impalement}.] 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes. 2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. 3. (Her.) Same as {Impalement}. | |
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Impalement \Im*pale"ment\, n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. --Byron. 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. --H. Brooke. 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton. 4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See {Impale}, 3. | |
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Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See {Empale}.] [Written also {impalement}.] 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes. 2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. 3. (Her.) Same as {Impalement}. | |
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Impalement \Im*pale"ment\, n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. --Byron. 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. --H. Brooke. 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton. 4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See {Impale}, 3. | |
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Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See {Empale}. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. | |
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Impalla \Im*pal"la\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The pallah deer of South Africa. | |
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Impallid \Im*pal"lid\, v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Impalm \Im*palm"\, v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] --J. Barlow. | |
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Impalpability \Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. impalpabilit[82].] The quality of being impalpable. --Jortin. | |
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Impalpable \Im*pal"pa*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.] 1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. [bd]Impalpable powder.[b8] --Boyle. 2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. [bd]Impalpable, void, and bodiless.[b8] --Holland. 3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions. | |
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Impalpably \Im*pal"pa*bly\, adv. In an impalpable manner. | |
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Impalsy \Im*pal"sy\, v. t. To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.] | |
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Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impelling}.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See {Pulse} a beat, and cf. {Impulse}.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way. The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope. Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move. | |
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Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impelling}.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See {Pulse} a beat, and cf. {Impulse}.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way. The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope. Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move. | |
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Impellent \Im*pel"lent\, a. [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.] Having the quality of impelling. | |
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Impellent \Im*pel"lent\, n. An impelling power or force. --Glanvill. | |
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Impeller \Im*pel"ler\, n. One who, or that which, impels. | |
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Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impelling}.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See {Pulse} a beat, and cf. {Impulse}.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way. The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope. Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move. | |
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Implacability \Im*pla`ca*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. implacabilitas: cf. F. implacabilit[82].] The quality or state of being implacable. | |
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Implacable \Im*pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See {Placable}.] 1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. --Milton. An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay. 2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.] O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser. Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. --Milton. Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding. | |
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Implacableness \Im*pla"ca*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being implacable; implacability. | |
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Implacably \Im*pla"ca*bly\, adv. In an implacable manner. | |
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Implacental \Im`pla*cen"tal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes. -- n. A mammal having no placenta. | |
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Implant \Im*plant"\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implanting}.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.] To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. --Milton. | |
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Implantation \Im`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. implantation.] The act or process of implantating. | |
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Implant \Im*plant"\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implanting}.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.] To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. --Milton. | |
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Implant \Im*plant"\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implanting}.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.] To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. --Milton. | |
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Implate \Im*plate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implating}.] To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron. | |
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Implate \Im*plate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implating}.] To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron. | |
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Implate \Im*plate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implating}.] To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron. | |
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Implausibility \Im*plau`si*bil"i*ty\, n. Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible. | |
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Implausible \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. [bd]Implausible harangues.[b8] --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*plau"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Implausible \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. [bd]Implausible harangues.[b8] --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*plau"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Implausible \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. [bd]Implausible harangues.[b8] --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*plau"si*bly}, adv. | |
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Impleach \Im*pleach"\, v. t. To pleach; to interweave. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Implead \Im*plead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impleaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impleading}.] [Cf. {Emplead}.] (Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach. | |
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Implead \Im*plead"\, v. i. To sue at law. | |
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Impleadable \Im*plead"a*ble\, a. Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] --T. Adams. | |
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Implead \Im*plead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impleaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impleading}.] [Cf. {Emplead}.] (Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach. | |
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Impleader \Im*plead"er\, n. (Law) One who prosecutes or sues another. | |
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Implead \Im*plead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impleaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impleading}.] [Cf. {Emplead}.] (Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach. | |
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Impleasing \Im*pleas"ing\, a. Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] --Overbury. | |
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Impledge \Im*pledge"\, v. t. To pledge. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Implement \Im"ple*ment\, v. t. 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.] Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements. The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. --Nichol. 3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement. | |
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Implement \Im"ple*ment\, n. [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confuse with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See {Plenty}.] That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. --Coleridge. | |
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Implemental \Im`ple*men"tal\, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical. | |
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Impletion \Im*ple"tion\, n. [L. impletio. See {Implement}.] 1. The act of filling, or the state of being full. --Sir T. Browne. 2. That which fills up; filling. --Coleridge. | |
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Implex \Im"plex\, a. [L. implexus, p. p. of implectere to infold; pref. im- in + plectere to plait: cf. F implexe.] Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex. The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. --Addison. | |
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Implexion \Im*plex"ion\, n. [L. implexio.] Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution. | |
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Impliable \Im*pli"a*ble\, a. Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding. | |
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Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicit}.] 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley. 2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. | |
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Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicit}.] 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley. 2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. | |
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Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicit}.] 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley. 2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. | |
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Implication \Im`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.] 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. --Boyle. 2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. --Hallam. | |
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Implicative \Im"pli*ca*tive\, a. Tending to implicate. | |
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Implicatively \Im"pli*ca*tive*ly\, adv. By implication. --Sir G. Buck. | |
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Implicit \Im*plic"it\, a. [L. implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See {Implicate}.] 1. Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] --Milton. In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. --Pope. 2. Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement. --South. 3. Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience. Back again to implicit faith I fall. --Donne. {Implicit function}. (Math.) See under {Function}. | |
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Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
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Implicit \Im*plic"it\, a. [L. implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See {Implicate}.] 1. Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] --Milton. In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. --Pope. 2. Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement. --South. 3. Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience. Back again to implicit faith I fall. --Donne. {Implicit function}. (Math.) See under {Function}. | |
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Implicitly \Im*plic"it*ly\, adv. 1. In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence. Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. --Atterbury. 2. By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. --Bentley. | |
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Implicitness \Im*plic"it*ness\, n. State or quality of being implicit. | |
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Implicity \Im*plic"i*ty\, n. Implicitness. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Implied \Im*plied"\, a. Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See {Imply}. | |
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Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.] 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] [bd]His head in curls implied.[b8] --Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] Whence might this distaste arise? If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster. Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See {Involve}. | |
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Impliedly \Im*pli"ed*ly\, adv. By implication or inference. --Bp. Montagu. | |
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Imploded \Im*plod"ed\, a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. --Ellis. | |
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Implodent \Im*plod"ent\, n. (Phon.) An implosive sound. --Ellis. | |
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Imploration \Im`plo*ra"tion\, n. [L. imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See {Implore}.] The act of imploring; earnest supplication. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Implorator \Im"plo*ra`tor\, n. One who implores. [Obs.] Mere implorators of unholy suits. --Shak. | |
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Imploratory \Im*plor"a*to*ry\, a. Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Implore \Im*plore"\, v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey. | |
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Implore \Im*plore"\, n. Imploration. [Obs.] --Spencer. | |
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Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See {Deplore}.] To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought. Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak. Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}. | |
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Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See {Deplore}.] To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought. Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak. Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}. | |
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Implorer \Im*plor"er\, n. One who implores. | |
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Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- {Im*plor"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See {Deplore}.] To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought. Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak. Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}. | |
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Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- {Im*plor"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Implosion \Im*plo"sion\, n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.] 1. A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion. 2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. --H. Sweet. | |
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Implosive \Im*plo"sive\, a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent. -- {Im*plo"sive*ly}, adv. --H. Sweet. | |
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Implosive \Im*plo"sive\, a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent. -- {Im*plo"sive*ly}, adv. --H. Sweet. | |
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Implumed \Im*plumed"\, a. Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.] --Drayton. | |
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Implunge \Im*plunge"\, v. t. To plunge. --Fuller. | |
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Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.] 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] [bd]His head in curls implied.[b8] --Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] Whence might this distaste arise? If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster. Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See {Involve}. | |
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Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.] 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] [bd]His head in curls implied.[b8] --Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] Whence might this distaste arise? If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster. Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See {Involve}. | |
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Impolarily \Im*po"lar*i*ly\, Impolarly \Im*po"lar*ly\, adv. Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Impolarily \Im*po"lar*i*ly\, Impolarly \Im*po"lar*ly\, adv. Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Impolicy \Im*pol"i*cy\, n. The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. --Bp. Horsley. | |
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Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See {Polite}.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- {Im`po*lite"ly}, adv. -- {Im`po*lite"ness}, n. | |
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Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See {Polite}.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- {Im`po*lite"ly}, adv. -- {Im`po*lite"ness}, n. | |
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Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See {Polite}.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- {Im`po*lite"ly}, adv. -- {Im`po*lite"ness}, n. | |
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Impolitic \Im*pol"i*tic\, a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.] Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. --Burke. Syn: Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic. | |
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Impolitical \Im`po*lit"i*cal\, a. Impolitic. [Obs.] -- {Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Impolitical \Im`po*lit"i*cal\, a. Impolitic. [Obs.] -- {Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Impoliticly \Im*pol"i*tic*ly\, adv. In an impolitic manner. | |
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Impoliticness \Im*pol"i*tic*ness\, n. The quality of being impolitic. | |
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Imp-pole \Imp"-pole`\, n. (Building) A pole for supporting a scaffold. | |
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Impulse \Im"pulse\, n. [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See {Impel}.] 1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. --S. Clarke. 2. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force. 3. (Mech.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body. 4. A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. --Dryden. Syn: Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling; incitement; instigation. | |
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Impulse \Im*pulse"\, v. t. [See {Impel}.] To impel; to incite. [Obs.] --Pope. | |
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Impulsion \Im*pul"sion\, n. [L. impulsio: cf. F. impulsion. See {Impel}.] 1. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse. [bd]The impulsion of the air.[b8] --Bacon. 2. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. [bd]The impulsion of conscience.[b8] --Clarendon. [bd]Divine impulsion prompting.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. --Sir W. Wotton. | |
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Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. impulsif.] 1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey. --Prior. 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow. 3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces. | |
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Impulsively \Im*pul"sive*ly\, adv. In an impulsive manner. | |
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Impulsiveness \Im*pul"sive*ness\, n. The quality of being impulsive. | |
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Impulsor \Im*pul"sor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, impels; an inciter. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Blaze \Blaze\ (bl[amac]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[91]se, blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. {Blast}, {Blush}, {Blink}.] 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame. [bd]To heaven the blaze uprolled.[b8] --Croly. 2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon! --Milton. 3. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. [bd]Fierce blaze of riot.[b8] [bd]His blaze of wrath.[b8] --Shak. For what is glory but the blaze of fame? --Milton. 4. [Cf. D. bles; akin to E. blaze light.] A white spot on the forehead of a horse. 5. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. --Carlton. {In a blaze}, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated. {Like blazes}, furiously; rapidly. [Low] [bd]The horses did along like blazes tear.[b8] --Poem in Essex dialect. Note: In low language in the U. S., blazes is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as blazes. --Neal. Syn: {Blaze}, {Flame}. Usage: A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas. In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the flames. | |
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Trim \Trim\, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. [bd] The trim of an encounter.[b8] --Chapman. 3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing. 4. (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. {In ballast trim} (Naut.), having only ballast on board. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Trim of the masts} (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking. {Trim of sails} (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward. | |
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Behalf \Be*half"\, n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See {Be-}, and {Half}, n.] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf of his mistress's beauty. --Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. --Clarendon. {In behalf of}, in the interest of. {On behalf of}, on account of; on the part of. | |
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Blank \Blank\, n. 1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void. I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. --Swift. From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation. --Hallam. I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank. --G. Eliot. 2. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated. In Fortune's lottery lies A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize. --Dryden. 3. A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form. The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank. --Palfrey. 4. A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc. 5. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed. Let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. --Shak. 6. Aim; shot; range. [Obs.] I have stood . . . within the blank of his displeasure For my free speech. --Shak. 7. A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence. --Nares. 8. (Mech.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. 9. (Dominoes) A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the [bd]double blank[b8]; the [bd]six blank.[b8] {In blank}, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank. | |
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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
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Blossom \Blos"som\ (bl[ocr]s"s[ucr]m), n. [OE. blosme, blostme, AS. bl[omac]sma, bl[omac]stma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem, L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom. See {Blow} to blossom, and cf. {Bloom} a blossom.] 1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom. Note: The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers. Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day. --Longfellow. 2. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. In the blossom of my youth. --Massinger. 3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. {In blossom}, having the blossoms open; in bloom. | |
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Bulk \Bulk\ (b[ucr]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b[?]lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, [bd]to obtain what by labor can be obtained.[b8] --J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. {Barrel bulk}. See under {Barrel}. {To break bulk} (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. {In bulk}, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. {Laden in bulk}, {Stowed in bulk}, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. {Sale by bulk}, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. | |
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Foal \Foal\, n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lf?le, Gr. [?], L. pullus a young animal. Cf. {Filly}, {Poultry}, {Pullet}.] (Zo[94].) The young of any animal of the Horse family {(Equid[91])}; a colt; a filly. {Foal teeth} (Zo[94]l.), the first set of teeth of a horse. {In foal}, {With foal}, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass. | |
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Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?], Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. 4. Sated; surfeited. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. 7. Filled with emotions. The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}. | |
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth. bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See {Blow} to eject air.] 1. A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson. 2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast. Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use. 3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast. 4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant. 5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. --Shak. 6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson. 7. A flatulent disease of sheep. {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure. {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}. {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.] | |
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Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?], Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. 4. Sated; surfeited. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. 7. Filled with emotions. The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}. | |
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Uniform \U"ni*form\, n. [F. uniforme. See {Uniform}, a.] A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc. There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. --F. W. Robertson. {In full uniform} (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc. {Uniform sword}, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the army or navy. | |
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Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[rsdot]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. --Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. 2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. [bd]Hangman boys in the market place.[b8] --Shak. 3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. Are you native of this place? --Shak. 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. [bd]The enervating magic of place.[b8] --Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. 5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). [bd]In place of Lord Bassanio.[b8] --Shak. 6. A definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. 8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm. {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. [bd]Him that offereth in the high place.[b8] --Jer. xlviii. 35. {In place}, in proper position; timely. {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy. {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. [bd]Neither give place to the devil.[b8] --Eph. iv. 27. [bd]Let all the rest give place.[b8] --Shak. {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart. {To take place}. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. [bd]If your doctrine takes place.[b8] --Berkeley. [bd]But none of these excuses would take place.[b8] --Spenser. {To take the place of}, to be substituted for. Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. | |
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Inability \In`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabilet[82]. See {Able}, and cf. {Unable}.] The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. --Blair. Syn: Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See {Disability}. | |
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Inable \In*a"ble\, v. t. See {Enable}. | |
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Inablement \In*a"ble*ment\, n. See {Enablement}. [Obs.] | |
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Inappealable \In`ap*peal"a*ble\, a. Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. --Coleridge. | |
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Inappellability \In`ap*pel`la*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being inappellable; finality. The inappellability of the councils. --Coleridge. | |
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Inappellable \In`ap*pel"la*ble\, a. Inappealable; final. | |
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Inapplicability \In*ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inapplicabilit[82].] The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness. | |
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Inapplicable \In*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. --J. S. Mill. Syn: Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Inapplicable \In*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. --J. S. Mill. Syn: Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Inapplicable \In*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. --J. S. Mill. Syn: Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*ap"pli*ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Inapplication \In*ap`pli*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + application: cf. F. inapplication.] Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence. | |
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Inblown \In"blown`\, a. Blown in or into. [Obs.] | |
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Infallibilist \In*fal"li*bil*ist\, n. One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility. | |
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Infallibility \In*fal`li*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. infaillibilit[82].] The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. --Tillotson. {Papal infallibility} (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870. | |
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Infallible \In*fal"li*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F. infallible.] 1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. --Dryden. 2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy. To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3. 3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See {Papal infallibility}, under {Infallibility}. | |
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Infallibleness \In*fal"li*ble*ness\, n. The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Infallibly \In*fal"li*bly\, adv. In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. --Blair. | |
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Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L. infelicitas: cf. F. inf[82]licit[82]. See {In-} not, and {Felicity}.] 1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. --I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. --Glanvill. 2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech. | |
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Infelicitous \In`fe*lic"i*tous\, a. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words. | |
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Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L. infelicitas: cf. F. inf[82]licit[82]. See {In-} not, and {Felicity}.] 1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. --I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. --Glanvill. 2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech. | |
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Infelonious \In`fe*lo"ni*ous\, a. Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. --G. Eliot. | |
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Infelt \In"felt`\, a. [Pref. in- in + felt.] Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.] The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. --Milman. | |
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Infield \In*field"\, v. t. To inclose, as a field. [R.] | |
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Infield \In"field`\, n. 1. Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield. [Scotland] --Jamieson. 2. (Baseball) The diamond; -- opposed to {outfield}. See {Diamond}, n., 5. | |
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Infile \In*file"\, v. t. To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Infilm \In*film"\, v. t. To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror. [R.] | |
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Infilter \In*fil"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltering}.] [Cf. {Infiltrate}.] To filter or sift in. | |
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Infilter \In*fil"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltering}.] [Cf. {Infiltrate}.] To filter or sift in. | |
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Infilter \In*fil"ter\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltering}.] [Cf. {Infiltrate}.] To filter or sift in. | |
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Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltrating}.] [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. {Infilter}.] To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. --Addison. | |
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Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. t. To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltrating}.] [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. {Infilter}.] To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. --Addison. | |
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Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Infiltrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infiltrating}.] [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. {Infilter}.] To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. --Addison. | |
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Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.] 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. --Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. --Kirwan. {Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}. {Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery. | |
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Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.] 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. --Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. --Kirwan. {Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}. {Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery. | |
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Filter \Fil"ter\, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See {Feuter}.] Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. {Filter bed}, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. {Filter gallery}, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also {infiltration gallery}. | |
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Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.] 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. --Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. --Kirwan. {Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}. {Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery. | |
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Filter \Fil"ter\, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See {Feuter}.] Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. {Filter bed}, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. {Filter gallery}, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also {infiltration gallery}. | |
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Infiltrative \In*fil"tra*tive\, a. Of or pertaining to infiltration. --Kane. | |
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Inflame \In*flame"\, v. i. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. --Wiseman. | |
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Inflame \In*flame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflaming}.] [OE. enflamen, OF. enflamer, F. enflammer, L. inflammare, inflammatum; pref. in- in + flammare to flame, fr. flamma flame. See {Flame}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. --Chapman. 2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. --Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. --Dryden. 3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It will inflame you; it will make you mad. --Shak. 4. (Med.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. 5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. --Addison. Syn: To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse. | |
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Inflamed \In*flamed"\, p. a. 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated. 2. (Her.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. | |
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Inflame \In*flame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflaming}.] [OE. enflamen, OF. enflamer, F. enflammer, L. inflammare, inflammatum; pref. in- in + flammare to flame, fr. flamma flame. See {Flame}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. --Chapman. 2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. --Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. --Dryden. 3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It will inflame you; it will make you mad. --Shak. 4. (Med.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. 5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. --Addison. Syn: To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse. | |
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Inflamer \In*flam"er\ (?n-fl[be]m[b6]?r), n. The person or thing that inflames. --Addison. | |
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Inflame \In*flame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflaming}.] [OE. enflamen, OF. enflamer, F. enflammer, L. inflammare, inflammatum; pref. in- in + flammare to flame, fr. flamma flame. See {Flame}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. --Chapman. 2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. --Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. --Dryden. 3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It will inflame you; it will make you mad. --Shak. 4. (Med.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. 5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. --Addison. Syn: To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse. | |
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Inflammabillty \In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty\, n. [Cf.F. inflammabilite.] Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable. | |
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Inflammable \In*flam"ma*ble\, a. [CF. F. inflammable.] 1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. 2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. {Inflammable air}, the old chemical name for hydrogen. | |
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Inflammable \In*flam"ma*ble\, a. [CF. F. inflammable.] 1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. 2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. {Inflammable air}, the old chemical name for hydrogen. | |
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Inflammableness \In*flam"ma*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. --Boyle. | |
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Inflammation \In*flam*ma"tion\, n. [L. inflammatio: cf. F. inflammation. See {Inflame}.] 1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. [bd]The inflammation of fat.[b8] --Wilkins. 2. (Med.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain. 3. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties. --Hooker. | |
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Inflammative \In*flam"ma*tive\, a. Inflammatory. | |
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Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.] 1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. --Burke. 3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. {Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under {Buffy}. {Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation. | |
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Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.] 1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. --Burke. 3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. {Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under {Buffy}. {Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation. | |
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Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.] 1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. --Burke. 3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. {Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under {Buffy}. {Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation. | |
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Rheumatism \Rheu"ma*tism\, n. [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. [?][?][?][?], fr.[?][?][?] to have or suffer from a flux, fr. [?][?][?] rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See {2d Rheum}.] (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. {Inflammatory rheumatism} (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful. {Rheumatism root}. (Bot.) See {Twinleaf}. | |
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Inflammbly \In*flam"mbly\, adv. In an inflammable manner. | |
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Inflatable \In*flat"a*ble\, a. That may be inflated. | |
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend. | |
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Inflate \In*flate"\, p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See {Blow} to puff wind.] Blown in; inflated. --Chaucer. | |
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflating}.] 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. | |
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Inflated \In*flat"ed\, a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper. 3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. --Martyn. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc. | |
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflating}.] 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. | |
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Inflater \In*flat"er\, n. One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange. | |
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflating}.] 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. | |
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Inflatingly \In*flat"ing*ly\, adv. In a manner tending to inflate. | |
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Inflation \In*fla"tion\, n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.] 1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. --Boyle. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. --B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.] | |
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Inflationist \In*fla"tion*ist\, n. One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money. [U.S.] | |
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Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb. 3. To modulate, as the voice. | |
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Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb. 3. To modulate, as the voice. | |
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Inflected \In*flect"ed\, a. 1. Bent; turned; deflected. 2. (Gram.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. {Inflected cycloid} (Geom.), a prolate cycloid. See {Cycloid}. | |
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Inflected \In*flect"ed\, a. 1. Bent; turned; deflected. 2. (Gram.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. {Inflected cycloid} (Geom.), a prolate cycloid. See {Cycloid}. | |
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Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb. 3. To modulate, as the voice. | |
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Inflection \In*flec"tion\, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See {Inflect}.] [Written also {inflecxion}.] 1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. 3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection. 4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. 5. (Mus.) (a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting. 6. (Opt.) Same as {Diffraction}. {Point of inflection} (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways. | |
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Inflectional \In*flec"tion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection. --Max M[81]ller. | |
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Inflective \In*flect"ive\, a. 1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air. --Derham. 2. (Gram.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. {Inflective language} (Philol.), a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. {Agglutinative}. | |
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Inflective \In*flect"ive\, a. 1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air. --Derham. 2. (Gram.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. {Inflective language} (Philol.), a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. {Agglutinative}. | |
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Inflection \In*flec"tion\, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See {Inflect}.] [Written also {inflecxion}.] 1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. 3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection. 4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. 5. (Mus.) (a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting. 6. (Opt.) Same as {Diffraction}. {Point of inflection} (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways. | |
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Inflential \In`flen"tial\, a. [See {Influence}.] Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc. A very influential Gascon prefix. --Earle. | |
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Inflesh \In*flesh"\, v. t. To incarnate. | |
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Inflex \In*flex"\, v. t. [Cf. {Flex}, {Inflect}.] To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect. --J. Philips. | |
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Inflexed \In*flexed"\, a. 1. Turned; bent. --Feltham. 2. (Bot.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower. | |
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Inflexibility \In*flex"i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inflexibilit[82].] The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. The inflexibility of mechanism. --A. Baxter. That grave inflexibility of soul. --Churchill. The purity and inflexibility of their faith. --T. Warton. | |
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Inflexible \In*flex"i*ble\, a. [L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See {In-} not, and {Flexible}.] 1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. [bd]Inflexibleas steel.[b8] --Miltom. Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can overcome all private fear. --Addison. 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. The nature of things is inflexible. --I. Watts. Syn: -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting. | |
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Inflexibleness \In*flex"i*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness. | |
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Inflexibly \In*flex"i*bly\, adv. In an inflexible manner. | |
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Inflexion \In*flex"ion\, n. Inflection. | |
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Inflexive \In*flex"ive\, a. 1. Inflective. [bd]Inflexive endings.[b8] --W. E. Jelf. 2. Inflexible. [R.] [bd]Foes inflexive.[b8] --Chapman. | |
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Inflexure \In*flex"ure\, n. An inflection; a bend or fold. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflicting}.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike. Cf. {Flail}.] To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace? --Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. --Cowper. | |
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Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflicting}.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike. Cf. {Flail}.] To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace? --Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. --Cowper. | |
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Inflicter \In*flict"er\, n. One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. --South. | |
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Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflicting}.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike. Cf. {Flail}.] To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace? --Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. --Cowper. | |
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Infliction \In*flic"tion\, n. [L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.] 1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. --Rogers. | |
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Inflictive \In*flict"ive\, a. [Cf.F. inflictif.] Causing infliction; acting as an infliction. --Whitehead. | |
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Inflorescence \In`flo*res"cence\, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See {Florescent}.] 1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms. 2. (Bot.) (a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other. (b) An axis on which all the flower buds. Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants. --Milne. {Centrifugal inflorescence}, determinate inflorescence. {Centripetal inflorescence}, indeterminate inflorescence. See under {Determinate}, and {Indeterminate}. | |
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Inflow \In*flow"\, v. i. To flow in. --Wiseman. | |
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Influence \In"flu*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Influenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Influencing}.] To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce. Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air,and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. --Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. --Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. --Rogers. | |
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Influence \In"flu*ence\, n. [F. influence, fr. L. influens, -entis, p. pr. See {Influent}, and cf. {Influenza}.] 1. A flowing in or upon; influx. [Obs.] God hath his influence into the very essence of all things. --Hooker. 2. Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs. Astrologers call the evil influences of the stars,evil aspects. --Bacon. Cantsthou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion ? --Job xxxviii. 31. She said : [?]Ah,dearest lord ! what evil star On you hath frown'd,and poured, his influence bad ?[b8] --Spenser. 3. Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community. Such influence hath your excellency. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Elec.) Induction. Syn: Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. | |
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Influence \In"flu*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Influenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Influencing}.] To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce. Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air,and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. --Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. --Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. --Rogers. | |
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Influencer \In"flu*en*cer\, n. One who, or that which, influences. | |
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Influence \In"flu*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Influenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Influencing}.] To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce. Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air,and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. --Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. --Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. --Rogers. | |
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Influencive \In"flu*en*cive\, a. Tending toinfluence; influential. | |
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Influent \In"flu*ent\, a. [L. influens, -entis, p. pr. of influere, influxum, to flow in; pref. in- in + fluere to flow. See {Fluid}.] 1. Flowing in. [bd]With influent tide.[b8] --Cowper. [bd]Influent odors.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. 2. Exerting influence; influential. [Obs.] I find no office by name assigned unto Dr.Cox, who was virtually influent upon all, and most active. --Fuller. | |
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Influentially \In`flu*en"tial*ly\, adv. In an influential manner. | |
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Influenza \In`flu*en"za\, n. [It. influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See {Influence}.] (Med.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever. | |
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Influx \In"flux`\, n. [L. influxus, fr. influere, influxum, to flow in: cf. F. influx. See {Influent}.] 1. The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light. 2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver. The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers. --Macaulau. The general influx of Greek into modern languages. --Earle. 3. Influence; power. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Influxion \In*flux"ion\, n. [L. influxio : cf. F. influxion.] A flowing in; infusion. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Influxious \In*flux"ious\, a. Influential. [Obs.] | |
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Influxive \In*flux"ive\, a. Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential. [R.] --Holdsworth. | |
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Influxively \In*flux"ive*ly\, adv. By influxion. [R.] | |
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Infold \In*fold"\ (?n-f?ld[b6]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infolding}.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also {enfold}.] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak. | |
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Infold \In*fold"\ (?n-f?ld[b6]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infolding}.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also {enfold}.] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak. | |
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Infold \In*fold"\ (?n-f?ld[b6]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infolding}.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also {enfold}.] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak. | |
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Infoldment \In*fold"ment\, n. The act of infolding; the state of being infolded. | |
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Infoliate \In*fo"li*ate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + L. folium leaf.] To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [R.] --Howell. | |
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d8Infula \[d8]In"fu*la\, n.; pl. {Infule}. [L.] A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white. | |
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Inhabile \In*hab"ile\, a. [L. inhabilis: cf. F. inhabile. See {In-} not, and {Habile}, and cf. {Unable}.] 1. Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter. [Obs.] 2. Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person. [Obs.] See {Unable}. | |
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Inhability \In`ha*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inhabilet[82], inhabilit[82]. See {Inability}.] Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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d8Inia \[d8]In"i*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American freshwater dolphin ({Inia Boliviensis}). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout. | |
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Innubilous \In*nu"bi*lous\, a. [L. innubilus. See {Nubilous}.] Cloudless. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Inopulent \In*op"u*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + opulent: cf. F. inopulent.] Not opulent; not affluent or rich. | |
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Invalescence \In`va*les"cence\, n. [L. invalescens, p. pr. of invalescere to become strong. See 1st {In-}, and {Convalesce}.] Strength; health. [Obs.] | |
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Invaletudinary \In*val`e*tu"di*na*ry\, a. Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.] | |
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Invalid \In*val"id\, a. [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. {Invalid} infirm.] 1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak. 2. (Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement. | |
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Invalid \In"va*lid\ (?; 277), n. [F. invalide, n. & a., L. invalidus, a. See {Invalid} null.] A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health. | |
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Invalid \In"va*lid\, a. [See {Invalid}, n.] Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter. | |
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Invalid \In"va*lid\, v. t. 1. To make or render invalid or infirm. [bd]Invalided, bent, and almost blind.[b8] --Dickens. 2. To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. --Carlyle. | |
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Invalidate \In*val"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invalidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invalidating}.] [From {Invalid} null.] To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument. | |
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Invalidate \In*val"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invalidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invalidating}.] [From {Invalid} null.] To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument. | |
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Invalidate \In*val"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invalidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invalidating}.] [From {Invalid} null.] To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument. | |
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Invalidation \In*val`i*da"tion\, n. The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated. So many invalidations of their right. --Burke. | |
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Invalidism \In"va*lid*ism\, n. The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity. | |
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Invalidity \In`va*lid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. invalidit[82], LL. invaliditas want of health.] 1. Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will. 2. Want of health; infirmity. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Invalidness \In*val"id*ness\, n. Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning. | |
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Invalorous \In*val"or*ous\, a. Not valorous; cowardly. | |
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Invaluable \In*val"u*a*ble\, a. Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious. | |
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Invaluably \In*val"u*a*bly\, adv. Inestimably. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Invalued \In*val"ued\, a. Inestimable. [R.] --Drayton. | |
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Inveil \In*veil"\, v. t. To cover, as with a vail. --W. Browne. | |
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Invile \In*vile"\, v. t. To render vile. [Obs.] --Daniel. | |
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Invillaged \In*vil"laged\ (?; 48), p. a. Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] --W. Browne. | |
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Inviolability \In*vi`o*la*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilit[82].] The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness. | |
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Inviolable \In*vi"o*la*ble\, a. [L. inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See {Inviolate}, a.] 1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear, The inviolable body stood sincere. --Dryden. 2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted. For thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm. --Milton. 3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. Their almighty Maker first ordained And bound them with inviolable bands. --Spenser. And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. --Shak. | |
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Inviolableness \In*vi"o*la*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice. | |
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Inviolably \In*vi"o*la*bly\, adv. Without violation. | |
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Inviolacy \In*vi"o*la*cy\, n. The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath. | |
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Inviolaness \In*vi"o*la*ness\, n. The state of being inviolate. | |
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Inviolate \In*vi"o*late\, Inviolated \In*vi"o*la`ted\, a. [L. inviolatus. See {In-} not, and {Violate}.] 1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. --Bacon. 2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. [bd]Inviolate truth.[b8] --Denham. There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. --Spenser. | |
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Inviolate \In*vi"o*late\, Inviolated \In*vi"o*la`ted\, a. [L. inviolatus. See {In-} not, and {Violate}.] 1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. --Bacon. 2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. [bd]Inviolate truth.[b8] --Denham. There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. --Spenser. | |
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Inviolately \In*vi"o*late*ly\, adv. In an inviolate manner. | |
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Involucel \In*vol"u*cel\ (?; 277), n. [Dim. of involucre, or involucrum: cf. F. involucelle.] (Bot.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of {Involucre}. | |
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d8Involucellum \[d8]In`vo*lu*cel"lum\, n.; pl. {Involucella}. [NL.] See {Involucel}. | |
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Involucellate \In`vo*lu"cel*late\, a. (Bot.) Furnished with involucels. | |
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d8Involucrum \[d8]In`vo*lu"crum\, n.; pl. L. {Involucra}, E. {Involucrums}. [L. See {Involucre}.] 1. (Bot.) See {Involucre}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora. | |
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Involucral \In`vo*lu"cral\, a. [Cf. F. involucral.] Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum. | |
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Involucrate \In`vo*lu"crate\, Involucrated \In`vo*lu"cra*ted\, a. (Bot.) Having an involucre; involucred. | |
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Involucrate \In`vo*lu"crate\, Involucrated \In`vo*lu"cra*ted\, a. (Bot.) Having an involucre; involucred. | |
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Involucre \In"vo*lu`cre\ (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See {Involve}.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also {involucrum}. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Involucre \In"vo*lu`cre\ (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See {Involve}.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also {involucrum}. | |
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] 1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My proper son.[b8] --Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden. 2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. --Coleridge. 3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden. 4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America. {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. | |
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Involucred \In"vo*lu`cred\, a. (Bot.) Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. --Martyn. | |
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Involucret \In`vo*lu"cret\, n. (Bot.) An involucel. | |
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Involucre \In"vo*lu`cre\ (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See {Involve}.] (Bot.) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also {involucrum}. | |
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d8Involucrum \[d8]In`vo*lu"crum\, n.; pl. L. {Involucra}, E. {Involucrums}. [L. See {Involucre}.] 1. (Bot.) See {Involucre}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora. | |
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Involuntarily \In*vol"un*ta*ri*ly\, adv. [From {Involuntary}.] In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly. | |
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Involuntariness \In*vol"un*ta*ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism. | |
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Involuntary \In*vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. involuntarius. See {In-} not, and {Voluntary}.] 1. Not having will or the power of choice. 2. Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers. 3. Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission. | |
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Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See {Involve}.] 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [91]stivation. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally. | |
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Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also {evolvent}. See {Evolute}. | |
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Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See {Involve}.] 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [91]stivation. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally. | |
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Involution \In`vo*lu"tion\, n. [L. involutio: cf. F. involution. See {Involve}.] 1. The act of involving or infolding. 2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement. All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual involutions. --Glanvill. 3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. --Sir T. Browne. 4. (Gram.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction. 5. (Math.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution. 6. (Geom.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a[b7], b.b[b7], c.c[b7], so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa[b7] = Ob.Ob[b7] = Oc.Oc[b7] is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution. 7. (Med.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy. | |
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Involve \In*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Involved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Involving}.] [L. involvere, involutum, to roll about, wrap up; pref. in- in + volvere to roll: cf. OF. involver. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Involute}.] 1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. --Milton. 2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. And leave a sing[8a]d bottom all involved With stench and smoke. --Milton. 3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. [bd]Involved discourses.[b8] --Locke. 4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. He knows His end with mine involved. --Milton. The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. --Tillotson. 5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.] The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng. --Pope. Earth with hell To mingle and involve. --Milton. 6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery. 7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. [bd]Involved in a deep study.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 8. (Math.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power. Syn: To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm. Usage: To {Involve}, {Imply}. Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion. | |
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Involve \In*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Involved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Involving}.] [L. involvere, involutum, to roll about, wrap up; pref. in- in + volvere to roll: cf. OF. involver. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Involute}.] 1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. --Milton. 2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. And leave a sing[8a]d bottom all involved With stench and smoke. --Milton. 3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. [bd]Involved discourses.[b8] --Locke. 4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. He knows His end with mine involved. --Milton. The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. --Tillotson. 5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.] The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng. --Pope. Earth with hell To mingle and involve. --Milton. 6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery. 7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. [bd]Involved in a deep study.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 8. (Math.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power. Syn: To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm. Usage: To {Involve}, {Imply}. Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion. | |
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Involved \In*volved"\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Involute}. | |
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Involvedness \In*volv"ed*ness\, n. The state of being involved. | |
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Involvement \In*volve"ment\, n. The act of involving, or the state of being involved. --Lew Wallace. | |
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Involve \In*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Involved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Involving}.] [L. involvere, involutum, to roll about, wrap up; pref. in- in + volvere to roll: cf. OF. involver. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Involute}.] 1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. --Milton. 2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. And leave a sing[8a]d bottom all involved With stench and smoke. --Milton. 3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. [bd]Involved discourses.[b8] --Locke. 4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. He knows His end with mine involved. --Milton. The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. --Tillotson. 5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.] The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng. --Pope. Earth with hell To mingle and involve. --Milton. 6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery. 7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. [bd]Involved in a deep study.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 8. (Math.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power. Syn: To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm. Usage: To {Involve}, {Imply}. Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion. | |
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Invulgar \In*vul"gar\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + vulgar.] To cause to become or appear vulgar. [Obs.] --Daniel. | |
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Invulgar \In*vul"gar\, a. [Pref. in- not + vulgar.] Not vulgar; refined; elegant. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Invulnerability \In*vul"ner*a*bil`i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. invuln[82]rabilit[82].] Quality or state of being invulnerable. | |
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Invulnerable \In*vul"ner*a*ble\, a. [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invuln[82]rable. See {In-} not, and {Vulnerable}.] 1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury. Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. --Milton. 2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument. | |
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Invulnerableness \In*vul"ner*a*ble*ness\, n. Invulnerability. | |
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Invulnerate \In*vul"ner*ate\, a. [L. invulneratus unwounded.] Invulnerable. | |
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Imbler, OR (city, FIPS 36050) Location: 45.46245 N, 117.96249 W Population (1990): 299 (111 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97841 | |
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Inavale, NE Zip code(s): 68952 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
inflate vt. To decompress or {puff} a file. Rare among Internet hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types. | |
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IMPlementation language operations, developed by W. Davidsen at {General Electric} in 1970 for the {GE 600}. It was also {cross-compiled} to {VAX} and {Intel 8080}. (1996-04-07) | |
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implicit parallelism processing} system which decides automatically which parts to run in parallel. The best way of providing implicit parallelism is still (1995) an active research topic. The problem is to generate the right number of parallel tasks of the right size (or "{granularity}"). Too many tasks and the system gets bogged down in house-keeping, or memory for waiting tasks runs out, too few tasks and processors are left idle. The best performance is usually achieved with {explicit parallelism} where the programmer can annotate his program to indicate which parts should be executed as independent parallel tasks. (1995-02-16) | |
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implicit type conversion to automatically insert {type} conversion {functions} where an expression of one type is used in a context where another type is expected. A common example is coercion of {integers} to {reals} so that an expression like sin(1) is compiled as sin(integerToReal(1)) where sin is of type Real -> Real. A coercion is usually performed automatically by the compiler whereas a {cast} is an {explicit type conversion} inserted by the programmer. See also {subtype}. (1997-07-28) | |
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implies and {logical connective}. A => B is true unless A is true and B is false. The {truth table} is A B | A => B ----+------- F F | T F T | T T F | F T T | T It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y for any Z. (1995-09-30) | |
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inflate {deflate} |