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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ĭn'af-fĕct'ed, a.p. 670Unaffected. [Obs.]
  2. Ĭn'af-fĕct'ed-ly, adv.p. 670Unaffectedly. [Obs.] Cockeram.
  3. In-āid'a-ble, a.p. 670Incapable of being assisted. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. In-āl'ien-a-bil'i-ty, n.p. 670The quality of being inalienable.
  5. 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.
  6. In-āl'ien-a-ble-ness, n.p. 670The state of being inalienable. Scott.
  7. In-āl'ien-a-bly, adv.p. 670In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
  8. In-ăl'i-mĕnt'al, a.p. 670Affording no nourishment. [Obs.] Bacon.
  9. In-al’ter-a-bil’i-ty, n.p. 670The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable.
  10. In-al'ter-a-ble, a.p. 670Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable. [Obs.] Hakewill.
  11. In-ā'mi-a-ble, a.p. 670Unamiable. [Obs.] Cockeram.
  12. In-ā'mi-a-ble-ness, n.p. 670Unamiableness. [Obs.]
  13. Ĭn'a-mĭs'sĭ-ble, a.p. 670Not to be lost. [Obs.] Hammond.
  14. In'a-mis'si-ble-ness, n.p. 670The state of not being liable to be lost. [Obs.] Scott.
  15. 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.
  16. 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…
  17. In-and-in, a.p. 670(Breeding.) From animals of the same parentage. In-and-in, or in-and-in breeding. See BREEDING.
  18. 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.
  19. 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…
  20. In-ăn'gu-lar, a.p. 670Not angular. [Obs.] Browne.
  21. In'an-il'o-quent or In'an-il'o-quo'ous, a.p. 670Loquacious; very talkative; garrulous. [Rare.]
  22. In-ăn'i-māte, v. t.p. 670To animate. [Obs.] Donne.
  23. 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.…
  24. In-ăn'i-mā'ted, a.p. 670Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.
  25. In-ăn'i-mate-ness, n.p. 670The state of being inanimate. “The deadness and inanimateness of the subject.” Montaigne.
  26. 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…
  27. 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…
  28. In-ăn'i-ty, n.p. 670Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness. 2. Deficiency of contents; absence of object; senselessness; frivolity.
  29. In-ăp'a-thy, n.p. 670Sensibility; — opposed to apathy. [Rare.]
  30. Ĭn-ap-pēal'a-ble, a.p. 670Not admitting of appeal. Coleridge.
  31. In'ap-pēas'a-ble, a.p. 670Incapable of being appeased; unappeasable.
  32. Ĭn'ap-pĕl'la-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 670Incapability of being appealed from. “The inappellability of the councils.” Coleridge.
  33. 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.
  34. In-ăp'pli-ca-bil'i-ty, n.p. 670The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness.
  35. 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…
  36. In-ăp'pli-ca-ble-ness, n.p. 670The quality of being inapplicable.
  37. In-ăp'pli-ca-bly, adv.p. 670In a manner not suited to the purpose.
  38. In-ăp'pli-cā'tion, n.p. 670Want of application; want of attention or assiduity; negligence; indolence; neglect of study or industry.
  39. In-ăp’po-site, a.p. 670Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent; as, an inapposite argument.
  40. In-ăp'po-sĭte-ly, adv.p. 670Not pertinently; not suitably.
  41. Ĭn'ap-prē'ci-a-ble, a.p. 670Not appreciable; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.
  42. Ĭn'ap-prē/ci-ā'tion, n.p. 670Want of appreciation. [Rare.]
  43. In-ăp'/pre-hĕn'/si-ble, a.p. 670Not apprehensible; unintelligible. Milton.
  44. In-ăp′/pre-hĕn′shion, n.p. 670Want of apprehension. Hurd.
  45. In-ăp'pre-hĕn'sive, a.p. 670Not apprehensive; regardless. Bp. Taylor.
  46. Ĭn’ap-prōach’a-ble, a.p. 670Not approachable; inaccessible.
  47. In'ap-prōach'a-bly, adv.p. 671So as not to be approached.
  48. In'ap-prō'pri-ate, a.p. 671Not pertaining or belonging to; not suited, adapted, or becoming; unbecoming; unsuitable, as in manners, moral conduct, and the like.
  49. Ĭn'ap-prō'pri-ate-ly, adv.p. 671Not appropriately.
  50. In'ap-prō'pri-ate-ness, n.p. 671Unsuitableness.
  51. In-ăpt', a.p. 671Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; unfit.
  52. In-ăpt’i-tūde, n.p. 671Want of aptitude; unfitness; unsuitableness. Burke.
  53. In-ăpt'ly, adv.p. 671Unfitly; unsuitable.
  54. In-ăpt'ness, n.p. 671Unfitness; inaptitude.
  55. In-ā'quate, a.p. 671Embodied in water. [Obs.] Creamer.
  56. In'a-quā'tion, n.p. 671The state of being inaquate. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
  57. In-ăr'ā-ble, a.p. 671Not arable; not capable of being plowed or tilled.
  58. In-ärch′, v. t.p. 671To graft by uniting, as a cion, to a stock, without separating it from its parent tree; to graft by approach. Miller.
  59. In-ärch'ing, n.p. 671A method of ingrafting, by which a cion, without being separated from its parent tree, is joined to a stock standing near.
  60. Ĭn'ar-tĭc'ū-late, a.p. 671Not uttered with articulation or jointing of sounds as in speech; not articulate; not distinct, or with distinction of syllables; as, the sounds of brutes and fools are, for the most part…