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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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I'lex, n. p. 656(Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.Ĭl/i-ăc or Ĭ-lĭ'ăc-al, a. p. 656Pertaining to the ilium or flank-bone; in the direction of the ilium; as, the iliac artery. 2. Pertaining to the third division of the lower intestine. See ILEAC. Iliac crest, the upper margin of the…Ĭl'i-ad, n. p. 656An epic poem, composed by Homer, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy; hence the phrase Ilias malorum, an Iliad of woes or calamities, a world of disasters.Ĭl'i-ŭm, n. p. 656(Anat.) The upper part of the hip-bone; the flank-bone, which in the fetus is a distinct bone from others of the hip. Dunglison.Ĭlk, a. p. 656The same; also, each; every. Spenser. ☞ In Scottish usage, the phrase of that ilk denotes that a person's surname and title are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i. e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson.Ĭll, a. p. 656Contrary to good in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, to happiness, &c.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but…Ĭll, n. p. 656Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain. Who can all sense of others' ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape. Tate.…Ĭll, adv. p. 656With pain or difficulty; not easily; as, he is ill able to sustain the burden. Ill bears the sex the youthful lovers' fate, When just approaching to the nuptial state. Dryden. 2. Not rightly or…Il-lăb'ile, a. p. 656Not liable to fall or err; infallible. [Obs.] Cheyne.Ĭl'la-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illabile; infallibility. [Obs.] Cheyne.Il-lăç'er-a-ble, a. p. 656Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. [Obs.]Il-lăc'ry-ma-ble, a. p. 656Incapable of weeping. [Obs.] Bailey.Il-lăps'a-ble, a. p. 656Capable of illapsing, or liable to illapse. Glanville.Il-lăpse', v. i. p. 656To fall or glide; to pass;—usually followed by into. Cheyne.Il-lăpse', n. p. 656A sliding in; an immission or entrance of one thing into another; sudden entrance. Akenside. They sit silent in a thoughtful posture for a short time, waiting for an illapse of the spirit. Jeffrey.Il-lā'que-a-ble, a. p. 656Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [Rare.] Cudworth.Il-lā'que-āte, v. t. p. 656To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. [Rare.] Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense. Coleridge.Il-lā'que-ā'tion, n. p. 656The act of illaqueating or insnaring. [Rare.] Browne. 2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.Il-lā'tion, n. p. 656The act of inferring from premises or reasons; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion. Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things. Browne.Ĭl'la-tĭve, a. p. 656Relating to, formed by, or dependent on, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence. 2. Denoting an inference or rational connection or justification; as, an illative word or…Ĭl'la-tĭve, n. p. 656An illative particle. Bp. Hall.Ĭl'la-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 656By inference.Il-laud'a-ble, a. p. 656Not laudable; not worthy of approbation or commendation; worthy of censure or dispraise. Milton.Il-laud'a-bly, adv. p. 656In an illaudable manner; without deserving praise. [Obs.] Broome.Ĭll'-blȯod, n. p. 656Resentment; enmity.Ĭll'-brĕd, a. p. 656Not well-bred; badly educated or brought up; impolite; uncivil.Ĭll'-breed'ing, n. p. 656Want of good breeding; unpoliteness; indecorum.Ĭl'le-çē'broŭs, a. p. 656Alluring; full of allurement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Il-lē'gal, a. p. 656Not according to law; contrary to law; unlawful; illicit; as, an illegal act; illegal trade.Ĭl'le-găl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment.Il-lē'gal-īze, v. t. p. 656To render unlawful.Il-lē'gal-ly, adv. p. 656In an illegal manner; unlawfully; as, a man illegally imprisoned.Il-lē'gal-ness, n. p. 656Illegality.Il-lĕġ'i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illegible.Il-lĕġ'i-ble, a. p. 656Incapable of being read; not easily read; not legible or readable; as, an illegible chirography or manuscript.Il-lĕġ'i-ble-ness, n. p. 656The quality or state of being illegible.Il-lĕġ'i-bly, adv. p. 656In a manner not to be read; as, a letter written illegibly.Ĭl'le-ġĭt'i-ma-çy, n. p. 656The state of being illegitimate; the state of bastardy. Blackstone. 2. The state of being not genuine, or of legitimate origin.ĭl/lĕ-gĭt'i-mate, a. p. 656Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; spurious; as, an illegitimate son or daughter. 3. Not legitimately deduced or…Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-māte, v. t. p. 656To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize. The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. Burnet.Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-mate-ly, adv. p. 656In an illegitimate manner; unlawfully.Il/le-gĭt’i-mā’tion, n. p. 656The act of illegitimating. 2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. Gardner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off. Burnet.Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-ma-tīze, v. t. p. 656To render illegitimate.Il-lē′vĭ-a-ble, a. p. 656Not capable of being levied, exacted, or collected. [Obs.] Hale.Ill'-fa'vored, a. p. 656Ill-looking; wanting beauty; deformed; ugly. Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.ĭll'-fā'vored-ly, adv. p. 656With deformity. 2. Roughly; rudely. [Obs.] Howell.Ĭll'-fā'vored-ness, n. p. 656Ugliness; deformity.Il-lib'er-al, a. p. 656Not liberal; not free, generous, or noble, or the like; close; niggardly; mean; base. “A thrifty and illiberal hand.” Mason. The reputation that groweth from small and base things is dishonorable…Il-lĭb’er-āl’ĭ-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; contractedness; meanness; parsimony. Bacon.Il-lib'er-al-ism, n. p. 656Illiberality. [Rare.]Il-lĭb’er-al-īze, v. t. p. 656To make illiberal.Il-lĭb'er-al-ly, adv. p. 656In an illiberal manner; ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.Il-lĭc'it, a. p. 656Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, an illicit trade; illicit intercourse or connection. One illicit and mischievous transaction always leads on to another. Burke.Il-lic'it-ly, adv. p. 656In an illicit manner; unlawfully.Il-lic'it-ness, n. p. 656The quality of being illicit; unlawfulness; illegality.Il-lĭc'it-oŭs, a. p. 656Illicit. [Rare.] Cotgrave.Il-līght'en, v. t. p. 656To enlighten. [Obs.] Raleigh.Il-lim'it-a-ble, a. p. 656Incapable of being limited or bounded; as, the illimitable void. The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey. Syn.—Boundless…Il-līm'it-a-ble-ness, n. p. 656State or quality of being illimitable. Channing.Il-lim'it-a-bly, adv. p. 656Without possibility of being bounded; without limit.