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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-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.In-ăp'po-sĭte-ly, adv. p. 670Not pertinently; not suitably.Ĭn'ap-prē'ci-a-ble, a. p. 670Not appreciable; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.Ĭn'ap-prē/ci-ā'tion, n. p. 670Want of appreciation. [Rare.]In-ăp'/pre-hĕn'/si-ble, a. p. 670Not apprehensible; unintelligible. Milton.In-ăp′/pre-hĕn′shion, n. p. 670Want of apprehension. Hurd.In-ăp'pre-hĕn'sive, a. p. 670Not apprehensive; regardless. Bp. Taylor.Ĭn’ap-prōach’a-ble, a. p. 670Not approachable; inaccessible.In'ap-prōach'a-bly, adv. p. 671So as not to be approached.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.Ĭn'ap-prō'pri-ate-ly, adv. p. 671Not appropriately.In'ap-prō'pri-ate-ness, n. p. 671Unsuitableness.In-ăpt', a. p. 671Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; unfit.In-ăpt’i-tūde, n. p. 671Want of aptitude; unfitness; unsuitableness. Burke.In-ăpt'ly, adv. p. 671Unfitly; unsuitable.In-ăpt'ness, n. p. 671Unfitness; inaptitude.In-ā'quate, a. p. 671Embodied in water. [Obs.] Creamer.In'a-quā'tion, n. p. 671The state of being inaquate. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.In-ăr'ā-ble, a. p. 671Not arable; not capable of being plowed or tilled.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.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.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…In'ar-tic'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 671(Zoöl.) Not jointed; not articulated; inarticulate.In'ar-tie'ū-late-ly, adv. p. 671Not with distinct syllables; indistinctly.In'ar-tic'ū-late-ness, n. p. 671Indistinctness of utterance by animal voices; want of distinct articulation.Ĭn'ar-tĭc'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 671Indistinctness of sounds in speaking.In-är'ti-fī'cial, a. p. 671Not artificial; not done by art; not made or performed by the rules of art; formed without art. “An inartificial argument depending upon a naked asseveration.” Brown. 2. Characterized by artlessness…In-är'ti-fĭ'cial-ly, adv. p. 671Without art; in an artless manner; contrary to the rules of art.In-är'ti-fī'cial-ness, n. p. 671The quality of being inartificial; naturalness.In'as-much', adv. p. 671Seeing that; considering that; since; — followed by as. Syn. — Because; since; for; as. See BECAUSE.Ĭn'at-tĕn'/tion, n. p. 671The want of attention, or of fixing the mind steadily on an object; heedlessness; neglect. Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind with inattention hears. Pope. Syn.—Inadvertence…Ĭn'at-tĕn'tĭve, a. p. 671Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. Syn.—Careless; heedless; regardless…Ĭn'at-tĕn’tĭve-ly, adv. p. 671Without attention; carelessly; heedlessly. Johnson.In'at-tén'tive-ness, n. p. 671The state of being inattentive; inattention.In-aud'i-bĭl'i-ty or In-aud'i-ble-ness, n. p. 671The state or quality of being inaudible.In-aud'i-ble, a. p. 671Not audible; incapable of being heard; as, an inaudible voice or sound. 2. Making no sound; noiseless; silent. “The inaudible and noiseless foot of time.” Shak.In-aud'i-bly, adv. p. 671In a manner not to be heard.In-au'gur, v. t. p. 671To inaugurate. [Obs.] “Inaugured and created king.” Latimer.In-au'gu-ral, a. p. 671Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural ceremony or address.In-au'gu-ral, n. p. 671An inaugural address. [U. S.]In-au'gu-rāte, v. t. p. 671To introduce or induct into an office with solemnity or suitable ceremonies; to invest with an office in a formal manner. 2. To cause to begin; to set in motion, action, or progress; also, to make a…In-au'gu-rate, a. p. 671Invested with office. Drayton.In-au'gu-rā'tion, n. p. 671The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture with office by appropriate ceremonies. 2. The solemn or formal beginning of any movement, course of action, public…In-au'gu-rā'tor, n. p. 671One who inaugurates. Coleridge.In-au'gu-ra-to-ry, a. p. 671Suited to induction into office; pertaining to inauguration; as, inauguratory gratulations.In-au'rāte, v. t. p. 671To cover with gold; to gild.