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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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Ĭn'di-ġēne, n. p. 682One born in a country; a native animal or plant. [Obs.] Evelyn. Vattel.In-dĭġ'e-noŭs, a. p. 682Native; born or originating in, as in a place or country. Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. I. Taylor. 2. Native; produced naturally in a country or climate; not exotic. In…Ĭn'di-ġent, a. p. 682Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor. “Indigent, faint souls, past corporal toil.” Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.Ĭn'di-gent-ly, adv. p. 682In an indigent, destitute man-In′di-gĕst′, n. p. 682A crude mass. [Obs.] Shak.In'di-gès'ted, a. p. 682Not digested; not changed or prepared for nourishing the body; undigested; crude. “Rising fumes of indigested food.” Dryden. 2. Not regularly disposed and arranged; not reduced to due form; not…Ĭn'dĭ-gĕst'ed-ness, n. p. 682The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness.Ĭn/di-gĕst/i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 682State or quality of being indigestible.Ĭn/dĭ-gĕst'/i-ble, a. p. 682Not digestible; not easily converted into chyme, or prepared in the stomach for nourishing the body. 2. Not to be received or patiently endured; as, an indigestible affront.Ĭn'di-gĕst'i-ble-ness, n. p. 682The quality of being indigestible; undigestibleness.Ĭn/dĭ-gĕs'tĭ-bly, adv. p. 682Not digestibly.In-di-ges'tion, n. p. 682Want of due digestion; a failure of the natural changes which food undergoes in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; difficult or painful digestion.In-dĭg'i-tāte, v. i. p. 682To communicate ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]In-dĭg'i-tâte, v. t. p. 682To point out with the finger; hence, to point to. [Obs.] Their lines did seem to indigitate and point to our times. Browne.In-dĭg/i-tā'tion, n. p. 682The act of pointing out with the finger. [Obs.] More.In-dign' (in-din'), a. p. 682Unworthy; disgraceful. Counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing. Trench.In-dig'nance or In-dig'nan-cy, n. p. 682Indignation. [Obs.] Spenser.In-dig'nant, a. p. 682Affected with indignation; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, or by a mean action, or by the charge of a dishonorable act. He strides indignant, and with…In-dig'nant-ly, adv. p. 682In an indignant manner.In'dig-nā'tion, n. p. 682The feeling excited by that which is indign or unworthy, base, or disgraceful; a strong and elevated disapprobation of what is flagitious in character or conduct; anger mingled with contempt…In-dĭg'ni-fy, v. t. p. 682To treat disdainfully; to condemn. [Obs.] Spenser.In-dig'nī-ty, n. p. 682Unmerited contemptuous treatment; any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So…In-dign'ly, adv. p. 682Unworthily.In'di-go, n. p. 682A blue coloring matter obtained from the Indigofera tinctoria, woad, and other plants, and formed by the decomposition of a peculiar substance called indican, which is supposed to exist in the juices…In'di-go-cōp'per, n. p. 682(Min.) An ore of copper of a dark indigo color: it is a compound of sulphur and copper. Dana.In'di-go-gēn or In'di-go-gēne, n. p. 682White or reduced indigo, precipitated from blue indigo by the action of any deoxidating body. It occurs in a crystalline powder of a dirty white, and when moist it rapidly passes into blue indigo by…In'di-go-lite, n. p. 682Same as INDICOLITE, q. v.In'di-gōm'e-ter, n. p. 682An instrument for ascertaining the strength of indigo. Ure.In'di-gōm'e-try, n. p. 682The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.In'di-go-plānt, n. p. 682(Bot.) A leguminous plant of several species of the genus Indigofera, from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated…In'di-gōt'ic, a. p. 682(Chem.) Obtained from, or pertaining to, indigo; as, indigotic acid, an acid obtained by boiling indigo in nitric acid, diluted with an equal weight of water.In'di-go-tine, n. p. 682(Chem.) Pure indigo, occurring in purple crystals, and obtained by heating or subliming the indigo of commerce. Gregory.In-dīl'a-to-ry, a. p. 682Not dilatory or slow. [Obs.] Cornwallis.In-dĭl'i-gence, n. p. 682Want of diligence; slothfulness; idleness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.In·dĭl'i-gent, a. p. 682Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham.In-dīl'i-gent-ly, adv. p. 682Without diligence; slothfully. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ĭn/dĭ-mĭn'ish-a-ble, a. p. 682Not diminishable; incapable of being diminished. Milton.In'di-rēct', a. p. 682Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous. 2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or…Indirect tax p. 682a tax or duty on articles consumed, but not collected immediately from the consumer, as an excise, customs, &c.Ĭn'di-rēct'ion, n. p. 682Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. Shak.In'di-rēct'ly, adv. p. 682In an indirect manner; not in a straight line or course; obliquely; not by direct means; not in express terms; unfairly. Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. Shak.In/dĭ-rēct/ness, n. p. 682The quality of being indirect; obliquity; devious course. 2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.In'dis-cĕrn'i-ble, a. p. 682Not to be discerned; incapable of being discerned; not discoverable. “Secret and indiscernible ways.” Bp. Taylor.Ĭn'/dis-cĕrn'/i-ble-ness, n. p. 682Incapability of being discerned. Hammond.Ĭn·dis-cĕrn'i-bly, adv. p. 682In a manner not to be seen or perceived.In’dis-cĕrp’i-bil’i-ty, n. p. 683Indiscerptibility. [Obs.]In'dis-cĕrp'i-ble, a. p. 683Indiscerptible. [Obs.] More.In'/dis-cĕrp/i-ble-ness, n. p. 683State or quality of not being capable of separation into the constituent parts.Ĭn'/dis-cērp'/ti-bil'i-ty, n. p. 683The quality of being indiscerptible; incapacity of dissolution.Ĭn'/dĭs-cĕrp'/tĭ-ble, a. p. 683Not discerptible; incapable of being destroyed by dissolution, or separation of parts. Bp. Butler.In′/dis-cĕrp′ti-bly, adv. p. 683In an indiscerptible manner.In-dis'ci-plin-a-ble, a. p. 683Not disciplinable; incapable of being disciplined, or subjected to discipline; undisciplinable.In-dis'ci-plĭne, n. p. 683Want of discipline, or instruction. [Rare.]Ĭn'dis-cōv'er-a-ble, a. p. 683Incapable of being discovered; undiscoverable.Ĭn/dis-cŏv'er-y, n. p. 683Want of discovery; state of being hidden. [Obs.]ĭn'/dĭs-crēēt', a. p. 683Not discreet; wanting in discretion; imprudent; inconsiderate; injudicious. “So drunken and so indiscreet an officer.” Shak. Syn.— Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty; incautious…Ĭn/dis-creet'ly, adv. p. 683Not discreetly; without prudence; inconsiderately; without judgment.Ĭn'dis-crēt'ness, n. p. 683Want of discretion.In′/dis-crēte′, a. p. 683Not discrete or separated.In'/dis-crē'tion, n. p. 683The quality of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence. Misfortune is not crime, nor is indiscretion always the greatest guilt. Burke. 2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.