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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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In·ac'tive-ly, adv. p. 670In an inactive manner; idly; sluggishly.Ĭn′/ae-tĭv′ĭ-ty, n. p. 670The quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter. 2. Idleness; indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness. “The gloomy inactivity of despair.” Cook.In-ăct'ū-āte, v. t. p. 670To put in action. [Obs.]In-ăct'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 670Operation. [Obs.] Glanville.In-ăd'ap-tā'tion, n. p. 670A state of being not adapted or fitted. Dick.In-ăd'e-qua-çy, n. p. 670The quality of being inadequate, or insufficient for a purpose; defectiveness; inequality. The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. Dwight. 2. Unjust or improper defect. Dr.…In-ād'e-quate, a. p. 670Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient to effect the object; unequal; incomplete; defective; as, inadequate resources, power, ideas, representations, and the like. Syn.— Unequal…In-ăd'e-quate-ly, adv. p. 670In an inadequate manner; not fully or sufficiently.In-ăd'e-quate-ness, n. p. 670The quality of being inadequate; inadequacy; inequality; incompleteness.In-ăd'e-quā'tion, n. p. 670Want of exact correspondence. [Obs.] Fuller.In′ad-hē′rent, a. p. 670Not adhering. 2. (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.Ĭn’ad-hē’sion, n. p. 670The quality of not adhering; want of adhesion. Porcelain clay is distinguished from colorific earths by inadhesion to the fingers. Kirwan.In'ad-mis'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 670The quality of being inadmissible, or not proper to be received; as, the inadmissibility of an argument, or of evidence in court, or of a proposal in a negotiation.Ĭn'ad-mis'si-ble, a. p. 670Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition.In'ad-vert'ence or In'ad-vert'en-cy, n. p. 670The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes, and some misfortunes, proceed from inadvertence. 2. An effect of inattention; an…Ĭn'ad-vĕrt'ent, a. p. 670Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent.In'ad-vĕrt'ent-ly, adv. p. 670From want of attention; inconsiderately; heedlessly; carelessly.In'ad-vĕr'tīse-ment, n. p. 670Inadvertence. [Rare.] Broome.In-ăf/fa-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 670Reservedness in conversation; want of affability or sociability; reticence.In-ăf'fa-ble, a. p. 670Not affable; reserved.In-ăf-fec-tā'tion, n. p. 670Freedom from affected manner. Shak.Ĭn'af-fĕct'ed, a. p. 670Unaffected. [Obs.]Ĭn'af-fĕct'ed-ly, adv. p. 670Unaffectedly. [Obs.] Cockeram.In-āid'a-ble, a. p. 670Incapable of being assisted. [Obs.] Shak.In-āl'ien-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 670The quality of being inalienable.In-āl’ien-a-ble, a. p. 670Incapable of being put off, alienated, or transferred to another; unalienable. His inalienable character was that of an emissary of peace. Milman.In-āl'ien-a-ble-ness, n. p. 670The state of being inalienable. Scott.In-āl'ien-a-bly, adv. p. 670In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.In-ăl'i-mĕnt'al, a. p. 670Affording no nourishment. [Obs.] Bacon.In-al’ter-a-bil’i-ty, n. p. 670The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable.In-al'ter-a-ble, a. p. 670Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable. [Obs.] Hakewill.In-ā'mi-a-ble, a. p. 670Unamiable. [Obs.] Cockeram.In-ā'mi-a-ble-ness, n. p. 670Unamiableness. [Obs.]Ĭn'a-mĭs'sĭ-ble, a. p. 670Not to be lost. [Obs.] Hammond.In'a-mis'si-ble-ness, n. p. 670The state of not being liable to be lost. [Obs.] Scott.In-ăm'o-rā'tă or In-ăm'o-rā'to, n. f. p. 670In-ăm'o-rā'to, n. m. (Synop., § 130). [It. innamorata, innamorato, p. p. of innamorare, to inspire with love. See ENAMOR.] One who is enamored or in love; a lover.In-and-in, n. p. 670A game used in gambling, and played by three persons with four dice, each person having a box. In signified that there was a doublet, or two dice alike, out of the four; in-and-in, that there were…In-and-in, a. p. 670(Breeding.) From animals of the same parentage. In-and-in, or in-and-in breeding. See BREEDING.In-āne', a. p. 670Destitute of contents; empty; void; without definite intentions or object; void of sense or intelligence. “Vague and inane instincts.” I. Taylor.In-āne', n. p. 670That which is void or empty; infinite space; vacuity. [Rare.] We sometimes speak of place, distance, or bulk, in the great inane, beyond the confines of the world. Locke. It moves or stands still in…In-ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 670Not angular. [Obs.] Browne.In'an-il'o-quent or In'an-il'o-quo'ous, a. p. 670Loquacious; very talkative; garrulous. [Rare.]In-ăn'i-māte, v. t. p. 670To animate. [Obs.] Donne.In-ăn'/i-mate, a. p. 670Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; inert; dead; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body. Syn.—Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless.…In-ăn'i-mā'ted, a. p. 670Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.In-ăn'i-mate-ness, n. p. 670The state of being inanimate. “The deadness and inanimateness of the subject.” Montaigne.In-ăn'i-mā'tion, n. p. 670Want of animation; lifelessness; dullness. 2. Infusion of life or vigor; animation. Satan accounts it no small mastery; . . . to bereave us of this habitual joy in the Holy Ghost, arising from the…Ĭn'a-nĭ'tion, n. p. 670The condition of being inane; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; emptiness; hence, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the…In-ăn'i-ty, n. p. 670Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness. 2. Deficiency of contents; absence of object; senselessness; frivolity.In-ăp'a-thy, n. p. 670Sensibility; — opposed to apathy. [Rare.]Ĭn-ap-pēal'a-ble, a. p. 670Not admitting of appeal. Coleridge.In'ap-pēas'a-ble, a. p. 670Incapable of being appeased; unappeasable.Ĭn'ap-pĕl'la-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 670Incapability of being appealed from. “The inappellability of the councils.” Coleridge.In-ăp'pe-tençe or In-ăp'pe-ten-cy, n. p. 670Want of appetence, or of a disposition to seek, select, or imbibe nutriment. See APPETENCE. 2. Want of desire or inclination. Cheyne.In-ăp'pli-ca-bil'i-ty, n. p. 670The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness.In-ăp'pli-ca-ble, a. p. 670Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not suited or suitable to the purpose; as, the argument or the testimony is inapplicable to the case. Syn.—Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate…In-ăp'pli-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 670The quality of being inapplicable.In-ăp'pli-ca-bly, adv. p. 670In a manner not suited to the purpose.In-ăp'pli-cā'tion, n. p. 670Want of application; want of attention or assiduity; negligence; indolence; neglect of study or industry.In-ăp’po-site, a. p. 670Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent; as, an inapposite argument.