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   imitate
         v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated
               the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or
               older siblings" [syn: {imitate}, {copy}, {simulate}]
         2: appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"
         3: make a reproduction or copy of

English Dictionary: initiation by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitation
adj
  1. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
    Synonym(s): fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
n
  1. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
    Antonym(s): formalism
  2. something copied or derived from an original
  3. copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
  4. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
    Synonym(s): caricature, imitation, impersonation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitation leather
n
  1. fabric made to look like leather [syn: leatherette, imitation leather]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitative
adj
  1. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
    Antonym(s): nonimitative
  2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
    Synonym(s): echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
    Antonym(s): nonechoic
  3. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
    Synonym(s): counterfeit, imitative
    Antonym(s): echt, genuine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitative electronic deception
n
  1. the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions
    Synonym(s): imitative electronic deception, electronic imitative deception
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitator
n
  1. someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
    Synonym(s): impersonator, imitator
  2. someone who copies the words or behavior of another
    Synonym(s): copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate
adj
  1. of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"
  2. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
    Synonym(s): contiguous, immediate
  3. having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
    Antonym(s): mediate
  4. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"
  5. performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
    Synonym(s): immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate allergy
n
  1. an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact
    Synonym(s): immediate allergy, atopy, atopic allergy, type I allergic reaction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate apprehension
n
  1. immediate intuitive awareness [syn: immediacy, {immediate apprehension}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate constituent
n
  1. a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate memory
n
  1. what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it [syn: short-term memory, STM, immediate memory]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediate payment
n
  1. prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
    Synonym(s): cash, immediate payment
    Antonym(s): credit, deferred payment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediately
adv
  1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
    Synonym(s): immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot
  2. near or close by; "he passed immediately behind her"
  3. bearing an immediate relation; "this immediately concerns your future"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immediateness
n
  1. the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
    Synonym(s): immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy
  2. lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"
    Synonym(s): immediacy, immediateness
    Antonym(s): mediacy, mediateness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in detail
adv
  1. thoroughly (including all important particulars); "he studied the snake in detail"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in due time
adv
  1. at the appropriate time; "we'll get to this question in due course"
    Synonym(s): in due course, in due season, in good time, in due time, when the time comes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in that
adv
  1. (formal) in or into that thing or place; "they can read therein what our plans are"
    Synonym(s): therein, in this, in that
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in that location
adv
  1. in or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it's not there"; "that man there"
    Synonym(s): there, at that place, in that location
    Antonym(s): here
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in that respect
adv
  1. in that matter; "I agree with you there" [syn: there, in that respect, on that point]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in the adjacent apartment
adv
  1. at or in or to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time"
    Synonym(s): next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in the adjacent house
adv
  1. at or in or to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time"
    Synonym(s): next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in toto
adv
  1. in entirety; "they bought the business in toto"; "in recommendations were adopted in toto"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeed
adv
  1. in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!"
    Synonym(s): indeed, so
  2. (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminable
adj
  1. not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
    Synonym(s): indeterminable, undeterminable
    Antonym(s): determinable
  2. incapable of being definitely ascertained
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminably
adv
  1. in an indeterminable manner; "their relationship was of an indeterminably vague nature"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminacy
n
  1. the quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminacy principle
n
  1. (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
    Synonym(s): uncertainty principle, indeterminacy principle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminate
adj
  1. not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"
    Synonym(s): indeterminate, undetermined
    Antonym(s): determinate
  2. having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem"
    Antonym(s): determinate
  3. of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
  4. not capable of being determined; "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"
  5. not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indeterminateness
n
  1. the quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indetermination
n
  1. the quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indite
v
  1. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
    Synonym(s): write, compose, pen, indite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Indo-Hittite
n
  1. the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    Synonym(s): Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiate
n
  1. someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]
  2. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
    Synonym(s): initiate, learned person, pundit, savant
  3. people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
    Synonym(s): initiate, enlightened
    Antonym(s): uninitiate
v
  1. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
    Synonym(s): originate, initiate, start
  2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
    Synonym(s): initiate, pioneer
  3. accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
    Synonym(s): initiate, induct
  4. bring up a topic for discussion
    Synonym(s): broach, initiate
  5. set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"
    Synonym(s): lead up, initiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiation
n
  1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
    Synonym(s): initiation, induction, installation
  2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
    Synonym(s): initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
  3. wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation"
    Synonym(s): knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation
  4. an act that sets in motion some course of events
    Synonym(s): trigger, induction, initiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiative
adj
  1. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
    Synonym(s): inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden
n
  1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures [syn: enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead]
  2. the first of a series of actions
    Synonym(s): first step, initiative, opening move, opening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiator
n
  1. a person who initiates a course of action [syn: instigator, initiator]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiatory
adj
  1. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
    Synonym(s): inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
into the bargain
adv
  1. in addition; over and above what is expected; "He lost his wife in the bargain"
    Synonym(s): in the bargain, into the bargain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
into the wind
adv
  1. in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
    Synonym(s): upwind, against the wind, into the wind
    Antonym(s): downwind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuit
v
  1. know or grasp by intuition or feeling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuition
n
  1. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
  2. an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
    Synonym(s): intuition, hunch, suspicion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuitionism
n
  1. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuitionist
adj
  1. of or relating to intuitionism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuitive
adj
  1. spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"
  2. obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
    Synonym(s): intuitive, nonrational, visceral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuitive feeling
n
  1. an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"
    Synonym(s): feeling, intuitive feeling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intuitively
adv
  1. in an intuitive manner; "inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iontotherapy
n
  1. therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
    Synonym(s): iontophoresis, ionic medication, iontotherapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitate \Im"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imitated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Imitating}.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to
      imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Image}.]
      1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or
            strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
  
                     Despise wealth and imitate a dog.      --Cowlay.
  
      2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character,
            color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to
            counterfeit; to copy.
  
                     A place picked out by choice of best alive The
                     Nature's work by art can imitate.      --Spenser.
  
                     This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And
                     that sustained an imitated shield.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a
            plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation,
            or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage
            thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one
            in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates,
            in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitate \Im"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imitated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Imitating}.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to
      imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Image}.]
      1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or
            strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
  
                     Despise wealth and imitate a dog.      --Cowlay.
  
      2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character,
            color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to
            counterfeit; to copy.
  
                     A place picked out by choice of best alive The
                     Nature's work by art can imitate.      --Spenser.
  
                     This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And
                     that sustained an imitated shield.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a
            plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation,
            or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage
            thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one
            in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates,
            in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitater \Im"i*ta"ter\, n. [L.]
      One who imitates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitate \Im"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imitated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Imitating}.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to
      imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Image}.]
      1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or
            strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
  
                     Despise wealth and imitate a dog.      --Cowlay.
  
      2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character,
            color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to
            counterfeit; to copy.
  
                     A place picked out by choice of best alive The
                     Nature's work by art can imitate.      --Spenser.
  
                     This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And
                     that sustained an imitated shield.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a
            plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation,
            or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage
            thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one
            in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates,
            in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitation \Im"i*ta"tion\, n. [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.]
      1. The act of imitating.
  
                     Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say,
                     a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth.
                                                                              --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is
            made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or
            for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
  
                     Both these arts are not only true imitations of
                     nature, but of the best nature.         --Dryden.
  
      3. (Mus.) One of the principal means of securing unity and
            consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of
            essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on
            different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other
            parts of voises. Cf. {Canon}.
  
      4. (Biol.) The act of condition of imitating another species
            of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See {Imitate},
            v. t., 3.
  
      Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize
               things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating
               the qualities of a superior article; -- opposed to
               {real} or {genuine}; as, imitation lace; imitation
               bronze; imitation modesty, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- +
      benzene.] (Chem.)
      A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action
      of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor
      {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}.
      It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large
      quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called
      also {nitrobenzol}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[ucr]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde,
      alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf.
      Sp. almendra. Cf. {Amygdalate}.]
      1. The fruit of the almond tree.
  
      Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled,
               thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the
               products of different varieties of the one species,
               {Amygdalus communis}, a native of the Mediterranean
               region and western Asia.
  
      2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
  
      3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One
            of the tonsils.
  
      {Almond oil}, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter
            almonds.
  
      {Oil of bitter almonds}, a poisonous volatile oil obtained
            from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;
            benzoic aldehyde.
  
      {Imitation oil of bitter almonds}, nitrobenzene.
  
      {Almond tree} (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
  
      {Almond willow} (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of
            a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix
            amygdalina}). --Shenstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- +
      benzene.] (Chem.)
      A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action
      of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor
      {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}.
      It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large
      quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called
      also {nitrobenzol}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[ucr]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde,
      alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf.
      Sp. almendra. Cf. {Amygdalate}.]
      1. The fruit of the almond tree.
  
      Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled,
               thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the
               products of different varieties of the one species,
               {Amygdalus communis}, a native of the Mediterranean
               region and western Asia.
  
      2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
  
      3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One
            of the tonsils.
  
      {Almond oil}, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter
            almonds.
  
      {Oil of bitter almonds}, a poisonous volatile oil obtained
            from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;
            benzoic aldehyde.
  
      {Imitation oil of bitter almonds}, nitrobenzene.
  
      {Almond tree} (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
  
      {Almond willow} (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of
            a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix
            amygdalina}). --Shenstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitational \Im`i*ta"tion*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational
      propensities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, n. (Gram.)
      A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
      1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating;
            exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a
            pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as,
            man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  
      2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
  
                     This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was
                     imitative of the first in Thrace.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of
            animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful
            purpose, such as protection from enemies; having
            resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;
            imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of
            minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
      1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating;
            exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a
            pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as,
            man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  
      2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
  
                     This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was
                     imitative of the first in Thrace.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of
            animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful
            purpose, such as protection from enemies; having
            resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;
            imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of
            minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
      1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating;
            exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a
            pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as,
            man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  
      2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
  
                     This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was
                     imitative of the first in Thrace.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of
            animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful
            purpose, such as protection from enemies; having
            resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;
            imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of
            minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

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   Imitatorship \Im"i*ta`tor*ship\, n.
      The state or office of an imitator. [bd]Servile
      imitatorship.[b8] --Marston.

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   Imitatress \Im"i*ta`tress\, n.
      A woman who is an imitator.

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   Imitatrix \Im"i*ta`trix\, n.
      An imitatress.

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   Immedeatism \Im*me"de*a*tism\, n.
      Immediateness.

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   Immediate \Im*me"di*ate\, a. [F. imm[82]diat. See {In-} not, and
      {Mediate}.]
      1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening;
            proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
  
                     You are the most immediate to our throne. --Shak.
  
      2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
            [bd]Assemble we immediate council.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some
                     immediate stroke.                              --Milton.
  
      3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the
            intervention of another object as a cause, means, or
            agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an
            immediate cause.
  
                     The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore
                     impossible.                                       --Sir. W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Immediate amputation} (Surg.), an amputation performed
            within the first few hours after an injury, and before the
            the effects of the shock have passed away.
  
      Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next.

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   Immediate \Im*me"di*ate\, a. [F. imm[82]diat. See {In-} not, and
      {Mediate}.]
      1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening;
            proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
  
                     You are the most immediate to our throne. --Shak.
  
      2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
            [bd]Assemble we immediate council.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some
                     immediate stroke.                              --Milton.
  
      3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the
            intervention of another object as a cause, means, or
            agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an
            immediate cause.
  
                     The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore
                     impossible.                                       --Sir. W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Immediate amputation} (Surg.), an amputation performed
            within the first few hours after an injury, and before the
            the effects of the shock have passed away.
  
      Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next.

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   Immediately \Im*me"di*ate*ly\, adv.
      1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other
            person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to
            {mediately}; as, immediately contiguous.
  
                     God's acceptance of it either immediately by
                     himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly;
            instantly; at once.
  
                     And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou
                     clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
                                                                              --Matt. viii.
                                                                              3.
  
      3. As soon as. Cf. {Directly}, 8, Note.
  
      Syn: Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway;
               presently. See {Directly}.

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   Immediateness \Im*me"di*ate*ness\, n.
      The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place,
      or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. --Bp.
      Hall.

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   Immethodical \Im`me*thod"ic*al\, a.
      Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement;
      without order or regularity; confused. --Addison.
  
      Syn: Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.

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   Immethodically \Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

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   Immethodicalness \Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness\, n.
      Want of method.

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   Immethodize \Im*meth"od*ize\, v. t.
      To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.
      [R.]

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   Immit \Im*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Immiting}.] [L. immittere, immissum; pref. im- in + mittere
      to send.]
      To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.
      [R.] --Boyle.

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   Immutate \Im*mu"tate\, a. [L. immutatus, p. p. of immature.]
      Unchanged. [Obs.]

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   Immutation \Im"mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. immutatio, from immutare,
      immutatum, to change. See {Immute}.]
      Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

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   Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[?]d; akin to OS. d[be]d, D. & Dan. daad,
      G. thai, Sw. d[86]d, Goth. d[?]ds; fr. the root of do. See
      {Do}, v. t.]
      1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an
            act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive
            application, including, whatever is done, good or bad,
            great or small.
  
                     And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
                     have done?                                          --Gen. xliv.
                                                                              15.
  
                     We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 41.
  
                     Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.
  
      2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. [bd]Knightly
            deeds.[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.
  
      3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
  
                     To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.
  
      4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
  
      5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or
            parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some
            transfer, bargain, or contract.
  
      Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real
               estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed
               must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law
               signing was formerly not necessary.
  
      {Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
            phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
            dates, boundaries, etc.
  
      6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.

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   Detail \De*tail"\, n. (Arch. & Mach.)
      (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the
            buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called
            {larger details}) a porch, a gable with its windows, a
            pavilion, or an attached tower.
      (b) A detail drawing.
  
      {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item;
            circumstantially; with particularity.

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   Detail \De"tail\ (d[emac]"t[amac]l or d[esl]*t[amac]l"; 277), n.
      [F. d[82]tail, fr. d[82]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in
      detail; pref. d[82]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See
      {Tailor}.]
      1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an
            item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a
            scheme or transaction.
  
                     The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley.
  
      2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which
            dwells on particulars.
  
      3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person
            or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so
            selected.
  
      {Detail drawing}, a drawing of the full size, or on a large
            scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.
  
      {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item;
            circumstantially; with particularity.
  
      Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation;
               narration.

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   Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. {Hotter}; superl. {Hottest}.] [OE. hot,
      hat, AS. h[be]t; akin to OS. h[c7]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G.
      heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth.
      heit[d3] fever, hais torch. Cf. {Heat}.]
      1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth
            in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and
            exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or
            air. [bd]A hotvenison pasty.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily
            excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
  
                     Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     There was mouthing in hot haste.         --Byron.
  
      3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak.
  
      4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
  
      {Hot bed} (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill,
            on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
  
      {Hot wall} (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the
            conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or
            the ripening of fruit.
  
      {Hot well} (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot
            water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water
            is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well
            by the feed pump.
  
      {In hot water} (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk;
               vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent;
               fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty;
               excitable.

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   In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [c6], Sw. &
      Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-},
      {Inn}.]
      The specific signification of in is situation or place with
      respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It
      is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving
      within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any
      kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing,
      either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it
      approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is
      interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It
      is used:
  
      1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston;
            he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
  
                     The babe lying in a manger.               --Luke ii. 16.
  
                     Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak.
  
                     Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude.
                                                                              --Gibbon.
  
                     Matter for censure in every page.      --Macaulay.
  
      2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is
            in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.
            [bd]Fettered in amorous chains.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils.
                                                                              --Shelley.
  
      3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the
            part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first
            regiment in the army.
  
                     Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states,
            etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is
            in darkness; to live in fear.
  
                     When shall we three meet again, In thunder,
                     lightning, or in rain?                        --Shak.
  
      5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence
            considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in
            one's favor. [bd]In sight of God's high throne.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
                     Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain
            limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as,
            to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in
            death; to put our trust in God.
  
                     He would not plunge his brother in despair.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets.
                                                                              --Fielding.
  
      7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it
            happened in the last century; in all my life.
  
      {In as much as}, [or] {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in
            like manner as; in consideration that; because that;
            since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much
            as}, under {For}, prep.
  
      {In that}, because; for the reason that. [bd]Some things they
            do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they
            are men misled and blinded with error.[b8] --Hooker.
  
      {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority;
            as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used
            in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like.
  
      {To be in for it}.
            (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a
                  course.
            (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc.
                  [Colloq.]
  
      {To be} ([or] {keep}) {in with}.
            (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the
                  land.
            (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy
                  with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}.

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      {All that}, everything of that kind; all that sort.
  
                     With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the
                     gowd [gold] for a'that.                     --Burns.
  
      {For that}. See under {For}, prep.
  
      {In that}. See under {In}, prep.

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      5. (Nat. Hist.) An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a
            tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant;
            specifically (Bot.), one of the appendages at the mouth of
            the capsule of a moss. See {Peristome}.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in
            the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or
            procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.
  
      {In spite of the teeth}, in defiance of opposition; in
            opposition to every effort.
  
      {In the teeth}, directly; in direct opposition; in front.
            [bd]Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth.[b8]
            --Pope.
  
      {To cast in the teeth}, to report reproachfully; to taunt or
            insult one with.
  
      {Tooth and nail}, as if by biting and scratching; with one's
            utmost power; by all possible means. --L'Estrange. [bd]I
            shall fight tooth and nail for international
            copyright.[b8] --Charles Reade.
  
      {Tooth coralline} (Zo[94]l.), any sertularian hydroid.
  
      {Tooth edge}, the sensation excited in the teeth by grating
            sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen
            acids.
  
      {Tooth key}, an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion
            resembling that of turning a key.
  
      {Tooth net}, a large fishing net anchored. [Scot.]
            --Jamieson.
  
      {Tooth ornament}. (Arch.) Same as {Dogtooth}, n., 2.

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   Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
      G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,
      and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
      [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},
      {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]
      1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
            opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
            road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
            way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     The season and ways were very improper for his
                     majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
            long way.
  
                     And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began
                     to fail.                                             --Longfellow.
  
      3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
  
                     I prythee, now, lead the way.            --Shak.
  
      4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
            action; advance.
  
                     If that way be your walk, you have not far.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
  
      5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
            accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
  
                     My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
  
                     By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
  
                     What impious ways my wishes took!      --Prior.
  
      6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
            expressing one's ideas.
  
      7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
            conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of
            nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney.
  
                     Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
                     are peace.                                          --Prov. iii.
                                                                              17.
  
                     When men lived in a grander way.         --Longfellow.
  
      8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
            to have one's way.
  
      10. (Naut.)
            (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
            (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
  
      11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
            on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
            table or carriage moves.
  
      12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
  
      {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
            connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
           
  
      {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
           
  
      {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.
  
      {In the family way}. See under {Family}.
  
      {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
            etc.
  
      {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being
            with; in the presence of.
  
      {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.
  
      {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;
            advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
            country; on the way to success.
  
      {Out of the way}. See under {Out}.
  
      {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over
            another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
            prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
            well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
           
  
      {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in
            motion, as when a ship begins to move.
  
      {To give way}. See under {Give}.
  
      {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come;
            to depart or come along. --Shak.
  
      {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.

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   Indeed \In*deed"\, adv. [Prep. in + deed.]
      In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a
      variety of sense. Esp.:
      (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so.
      (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are
            right.
      (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is
            not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form
            of expression which it accompanies.

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   Indeterminable \In`de*ter"mi*na*ble\, a. [L. indeterminabilis:
      cf. F. ind[82]terminable. See {In-} not, and Determine.]
      Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be
      definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. --
      {In`de*ter"mi*na*bly}, adv.

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   Indeterminable \In`de*ter"mi*na*ble\, n.
      An indeterminable thing or quantity. --Sir T. Browne.

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   Indeterminable \In`de*ter"mi*na*ble\, a. [L. indeterminabilis:
      cf. F. ind[82]terminable. See {In-} not, and Determine.]
      Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be
      definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. --
      {In`de*ter"mi*na*bly}, adv.

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   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

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   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

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   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indeterminate \In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
      Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
      precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
  
      {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
            which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
            problems.
  
      {Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
            arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
            facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
            subsequently determined.
  
      {Indeterminate equation} (Math.), an equation in which the
            unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
            or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
            when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
            equations.
  
      {Indeterminate inflorescence} (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
            in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
            terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
            stem indefinitely; -- called also {acropetal, botryose,
            centripetal, [and] indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
  
      {Indeterminate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of an
            infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
            fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
            required results.
  
      {Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
            fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
            any proposed condition.
  
      {Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
            by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
            with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
            coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
            {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indetermination \In`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not +
      determination: cf. ind[82]termination.]
      1. Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as
            of the mind. --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. Want of fixed or stated direction. --Abp. Bramhall.

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   Indetermined \In`de*ter"mined\, a.
      Undetermined.

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   Indiadem \In*di"a*dem\, v. t.
      To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.

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   Inditch \In*ditch"\, v. t.
      To bury in, or cast into, a ditch. --Bp. Hall.

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   Indite \In*dite"\, v. i.
      To compose; to write, as a poem.
  
               Wounded I sing, tormented I indite.         --Herbert.

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   Indite \In*dite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer
      to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to
      accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L.
      indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say.
      The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and
      by dictare to dictate. See {Diction}, and cf. {Indict},
      {Indicate}, {Dictate}.]
      1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to
            prompt.
  
                     My heart is inditing a good matter.   --Ps. xlv. 1.
  
                     Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
                                                                              --South.
  
                     Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]
  
                     She will indite him so supper.            --Shak.
  
      3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Indite \In*dite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer
      to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to
      accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L.
      indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say.
      The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and
      by dictare to dictate. See {Diction}, and cf. {Indict},
      {Indicate}, {Dictate}.]
      1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to
            prompt.
  
                     My heart is inditing a good matter.   --Ps. xlv. 1.
  
                     Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
                                                                              --South.
  
                     Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]
  
                     She will indite him so supper.            --Shak.
  
      3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Inditement \In*dite"ment\, n. [Cf. {Indictment}.]
      The act of inditing. --Craig.

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   Inditer \In*dit"er\, n.
      One who indites. --Smart.

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   Indite \In*dite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer
      to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to
      accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L.
      indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say.
      The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and
      by dictare to dictate. See {Diction}, and cf. {Indict},
      {Indicate}, {Dictate}.]
      1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to
            prompt.
  
                     My heart is inditing a good matter.   --Ps. xlv. 1.
  
                     Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
                                                                              --South.
  
                     Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]
  
                     She will indite him so supper.            --Shak.
  
      3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Indo-do-Chinese languages \In`do-do-Chinese languages\
      A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although
      some are agglutinative, spoken in the great area extending
      from northern India in the west to Formosa in the east and
      from Central Asia in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the
      south.

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   Indue \In*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Induing}.] [Written also {endue}.] [L. induere to put on,
      clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L.
      exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal,
      slough, induviae clothes. Cf. {Endue} to invest.]
      1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
  
                     The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to
            supply with moral or mental qualities.
  
                     Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.

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   Indutive \In*du"tive\, a. [L. indutus, p. p. of induere to put
      on. See {Indue}.] (Bot.)
      Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual
      integumentary covering.

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   Inedited \In*ed"it*ed\, a.
      Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. --T.
      Warton.

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   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, n.
      One who is, or is to be, initiated.

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

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   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]
      1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] [bd]The initiate fear
            that wants hard use.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the
            rudiments; newly admitted.
  
                     To rise in science as in bliss, Initiate in the
                     secrets of the skies.                        --Young.
  
      {Initiate tenant by courtesy} (Law), said of a husband who
            becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the
            birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till
            the death of the wife. --Mozley & W.

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   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initiated}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Initiating}.] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to
      begin, fr. initium beginning. See {Initial}.]
      1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to
            set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter
            upon.
  
                     How are changes of this sort to be initiated? --I.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the
            rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  
                     Providence would only initiate mankind into the
                     useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest
                     to employ our industry.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an
                     ordinary skill in the governor is enough. --Locke.
  
      3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer
            membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with
            mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  
                     The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and
                     instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial
                     honor after death.                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
                     He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he
                     was one and twenty.                           --Spectator.

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   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]
      1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] [bd]The initiate fear
            that wants hard use.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the
            rudiments; newly admitted.
  
                     To rise in science as in bliss, Initiate in the
                     secrets of the skies.                        --Young.
  
      {Initiate tenant by courtesy} (Law), said of a husband who
            becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the
            birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till
            the death of the wife. --Mozley & W.

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   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initiated}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Initiating}.] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to
      begin, fr. initium beginning. See {Initial}.]
      1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to
            set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter
            upon.
  
                     How are changes of this sort to be initiated? --I.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the
            rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  
                     Providence would only initiate mankind into the
                     useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest
                     to employ our industry.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an
                     ordinary skill in the governor is enough. --Locke.
  
      3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer
            membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with
            mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  
                     The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and
                     instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial
                     honor after death.                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
                     He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he
                     was one and twenty.                           --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initiated}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Initiating}.] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to
      begin, fr. initium beginning. See {Initial}.]
      1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to
            set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter
            upon.
  
                     How are changes of this sort to be initiated? --I.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the
            rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  
                     Providence would only initiate mankind into the
                     useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest
                     to employ our industry.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an
                     ordinary skill in the governor is enough. --Locke.
  
      3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer
            membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with
            mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  
                     The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and
                     instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial
                     honor after death.                              --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
  
                     He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he
                     was one and twenty.                           --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiation \In*i`ti*a"tion\, n. [L. initiatio: cf. F.
      initiation.]
      1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated
            or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into
            business, literature, etc. [bd]The initiation of coursers
            of events.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into
            any society; mode of entrance into an organized body;
            especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or
            order.
  
                     Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our
                     initiation into sacred mysteries.      --Broome.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiative \In*i"ti*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. initiatif.]
      Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory;
      preliminary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiative \In*i"ti*a*tive\, n. [Cf. F. initiative.]
      1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates
            or begins.
  
                     The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of
            action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect
            to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiative \In*i"ti*a*tive\, n. (Political Science)
      The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced
      or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss
      Confederation and in many of the States of the United States;
      -- chiefly used with the. The procedure of the initiative is
      essentially as follows: Upon the filing of a petition signed
      by a required number or percentage of qualified voters the
      desired measure must be submitted to a popular vote, and upon
      receiving the required majority (commonly a majority of those
      voting on the measure submitted) it becomes a law. In some
      States of the United States the initiative is only local; in
      others it is state-wide and includes the making of
      constitutional amendments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiator \In*i"ti*a`tor\, n. [L.]
      One who initiates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, a.
      1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory;
            prefatory; as, an initiatory step. --Bp. Hall.
  
      2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by
            instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or
            ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
  
                     Some initiatory treatises in the law. --Herbert.
  
                     Two initiatory rites of the same general import can
                     not exist together.                           --J. M. Mason.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, n.
      An introductory act or rite. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Innate \In"nate\, a. [L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus born, p.
      p. of nasci to be born. See {Native}.]
      1. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate
            eloquence.
  
      2. (Metaph.) Originating in, or derived from, the
            constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from
            experience; as, innate ideas. See {A priori}, {Intuitive}.
  
                     There is an innate light in every man, discovering
                     to him the first lines of duty in the common notions
                     of good and evil.                              --South.
  
                     Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in
                     their mind common notions of morality,innate and
                     written in divine letters.                  --Fleming
                                                                              (Origen).
  
                     If I could only show,as I hope I shall . . . how
                     men, barely by the use of their natural faculties,
                     may attain to all the knowledge they have, without
                     the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive
                     at certainty without any such original notions or
                     principles.                                       --Locke.
  
      3. (Bot.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament;
            as, an innate anther. --Gray.
  
      {Innate ideas} (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality,
            right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the
            mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Innodate \In"no*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innodated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Innodating}.] [L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref.
      in- in + nodus knot.]
      To bind up,as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Innodate \In"no*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innodated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Innodating}.] [L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref.
      in- in + nodus knot.]
      To bind up,as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Innodate \In"no*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innodated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Innodating}.] [L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref.
      in- in + nodus knot.]
      To bind up,as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inodiate \In*o"di*ate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + L. odium hatred.]
      To make odious or hateful. [Obs.] --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intitle \In*ti"tle\, v. t.
      See {Entitle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intitule \In*tit"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intituled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Intituling}.] [Cf. F. intituler. See {Entitle}.]
      To entitle; to give a title to. --Selden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intitule \In*tit"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intituled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Intituling}.] [Cf. F. intituler. See {Entitle}.]
      To entitle; to give a title to. --Selden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intitule \In*tit"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intituled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Intituling}.] [Cf. F. intituler. See {Entitle}.]
      To entitle; to give a title to. --Selden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bargain \Bar"gain\, n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne,
      bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a
      boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to
      traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See
      {Bark} a vessel. ]
      1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of
            property; or a contract by which one party binds himself
            to transfer the right to some property for a
            consideration, and the other party binds himself to
            receive the property and pay the consideration.
  
                     A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
                                                                              --Wharton.
  
      2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
  
                     And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain
                     of your faith.                                    --Shak.
  
      3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful
            transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing
            at a bargain.
  
      4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought
            cheap.
  
                     She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --Shak.
  
      {Bargain and sale} (Law), a species of conveyance, by which
            the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the
            bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and
            seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then
            completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use,
            and the statute vests the possession. --Blackstone.
  
      {Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated;
            besides.
  
      {To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate)
            repartees. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
      {To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. [bd]A
            bargain was struck.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuition \In`tu*i"tion\, n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to
      look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See
      {Tuition}.]
      1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
  
                     What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an
                     intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not
                     the cause, of his pains.                     --Fuller.
  
      2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as
            in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from
            [bd]mediate[b8] knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind
            knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle
            is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick
            or ready insight or apprehension.
  
                     Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us
                     call it intuition.                              --Hawthorne.
  
      3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition;
            especially, a first or primary truth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitional \In`tu*i"tion*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by
      intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitionalism \In`tu*i"tion*al*ism\, n. (Metaph.)
      The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary
      truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to
      {sensationalism}, and {experientialism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitionalist \In`tu*i"tion*al*ist\, n.
      One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitionism \In`tu*i"tion*ism\, n.
      Same as {Intuitionalism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitionist \In`tu*i"tion*ist\, n.
      Same as {Intuitionalist}. --Bain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitive \In*tu"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. intuitif.]
      1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
  
      2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing
            without deduction or reasoning.
  
                     Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her
                     being, Discursive, or intuitive.         --Milton.
  
      3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition;
            as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to
            {deductive}. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitively \In*tu"i*tive*ly\, adv.
      In an intuitive manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intuitivism \In*tu"i*tiv*ism\, n.
      The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.
      --J. Grote.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   immediate version
  
      {child version}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   initiator
  
      {SCSI initiator}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Intuition
  
      The {Amiga} {windowing system} (a
      shared-code library).
  
      (1997-08-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   intuitionism
  
      {intuitionistic logic}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   intuitionist logic
  
      Incorrect term for "{intuitionistic logic}".
  
      (1999-11-24)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   intuitionistic logic
  
      Brouwer's foundational theory of
      mathematics which says that you should not count a proof of
      (There exists x such that P(x)) valid unless the proof
      actually gives a method of constructing such an x.   Similarly,
      a proof of (A or B) is valid only if it actually exhibits
      either a proof of A or a proof of B.
  
      In intuitionism, you cannot in general assert the statement (A
      or not-A) (the principle of the {excluded middle}); (A or
      not-A) is not proven unless you have a proof of A or a proof
      of not-A.   If A happens to be {undecidable} in your system
      (some things certainly will be), then there will be no proof
      of (A or not-A).
  
      This is pretty annoying; some kinds of perfectly
      healthy-looking examples of {proof by contradiction} just stop
      working.   Of course, excluded middle is a theorem of
      {classical logic} (i.e. non-intuitionistic logic).
  
      {History
      (http://britanica.com/bcom/eb/article/3/0,5716,118173+14+109826,00.html)}.
  
      (2001-03-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   intuitionistic probability
  
      Florentin Smarandache's representation of the
      probability of an event occuring, given by T, I, F which are real
      subsets representing the truth, indeterminacy, and falsity
      percentages respectively, and
  
         n_sup = sup(T) + sup(I) + sup(F) < 100
  
      Related to {intuitionistic logic}.
  
      [Florentin Smarandache, "A Unifying Field in Logics. /
      {Neutrosophy}: Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic",
      American Research Press, Rehoboth 1999].
  
      (2001-03-18)
  
  
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