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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′/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.Ĭn/dis-crĭm′i-nate, a. p. 683Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous. On this principle, the idea of blind or indiscriminate forgiveness will be quite…Ĭn/dis-crĭm'ĭ-nate-ly, adv. p. 683In an indiscriminate manner; without distinction; in confusion.Ĭn/dis-crĭm'ĭ-nā'ting, a. p. 683Not discriminating; not making any distinction; as, the victims of an indiscriminating spirit of rapine. Marshall.Ĭn/dis-crim/i-nā'tion, n. p. 683The quality of being indiscriminate; want of discrimination or distinction. Jefferson.Ĭn′/dĭs-crĭm′ĭ-nā-tĭve, a. p. 683Making no distinction.In/dis-cussed', a. p. 683Not discussed. [Obs.] Doane.Ĭn'/dĭs-pĕn'/sa-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 683Indispensableness. [Obs.] Skelton.In′/dis-pĕn′sa-ble, a. p. 683Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite, whether by the laws of nature or those of propriety and morality. The protection of religion is…Ĭn/dĭs-pĕn'sa-ble-ness, n. p. 683The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.Ĭn'dis-pĕn'sa-bly, adv. p. 683In an indispensable manner; necessarily.Ĭn'dis-pĕrsed', a. p. 683Not dispersed. More.Ĭn/dis-pōse', v. t. p. 683To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify; to disorder; as, the distemperature of indisposed organs. Glanville. 2. To disqualify for the exercise of proper functions; hence, to disorder slightly as…Ĭn'/dis-pōs'ed-ness, n. p. 683The condition or quality of being indisposed; disinclination; slight aversion; unfitness; disordered state; indisposition.In-dis-po-si'tion, n. p. 683The condition of wanting adaptation or affinity; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine. 2. Slight disorder of the healthy functions of the body; tendency to disease. 3. Want of fitness…In-dis'pu-ta-ble, a. p. 683Not disputable; incontrovertible; incontestable; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. — Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; indubitable; certain; positive.In-dis'pu-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 683The state or quality of being indisputable.In-dis'pu-ta-bly, adv. p. 683Without dispute; in a manner or degree not admitting of controversy; unquestionably; without opposition.In'dis-pūt'ed, a. p. 683Not disputed or controverted; undisputed.In-dis'so-lu-bil'i-ty, n. p. 683The quality of being indissoluble, or incapable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied. 2. Perpetuity of union, obligation, or binding force. Warburton.In-dis'so-lu-ble, a. p. 683Not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied, as by heat or water; as, few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. 2. Incapable of being broken or rightfully…In-dĭs'so-lu-ble-ness, n. p. 683The quality of being incapable of dissolution, separation, or breach; indissolubility. Hale.In-dis'so-lu-bly, adv. p. 683In a manner resisting separation; firmly united beyond the power of separation; in a manner not to be dissolved or broken. “On they move indissolubly firm.” Milton.In′dis-sŏlv′a-ble, a. p. 683Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved; incapable of separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union.Ĭn'/dis-sŏlv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 683Indissolubleness.In-dis′tan-cy, n. p. 683Want of distance or separation. [Obs.] Pearson.Ĭn'dis-tinct',, a. p. 683Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance. “Indistinct as water is in water.” Shak. 2. Obscure to the…Ĭn'/dis-tĭnĕt'/i-ble, a. p. 683Undistinguishable. [Obs.] Warton.Ĭn'/dis-tĭn'ction, n. p. 683Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Browne. 2. Equality of rank or condition.…Ĭn′/dis-tĭnct/ly, adv. p. 683In an indistinct manner; without distinction or separation; not definitely; not with precise limits. In its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly and indistinctly. Newton. 2.…In'dis-tinct'ness, n. p. 683The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of distinctness; confusion; uncertainty; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension. 2. Obscurity; faintness; dimness; as, the…Ĭn/dis-tĭng'guish-a-ble, a. p. 683Not distinguishable; unable to be distinguished or separated; undistinguishable.Ĭn′dis-tĭn′guish-a-bly, adv. p. 683In an indistinguishable manner. W. Scott.In'dis-tin'guish-ing, a. p. 683Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. [Obs.] Johnson.In′/dis-turb′ance, n. p. 683Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; tranquillity. Sir W. Temple.In-dítch', v. t. p. 683To bury in a ditch. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In-dite', v. t. p. 683To direct, dictate, suggest, or prompt what is to be uttered or written. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. To compose; to write; to produce; to be author of. Hear how learned Greece…In·dite’, v. i. p. 683To compose; to write, as a poem or sonnet. Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert.In-dite'ment, n. p. 683The act of inditing.In-dīt'er, n. p. 683One who indites.In/dĭ-vid'a-ble, a. p. 683Not capable of division; indivisible. [Obs.] Shak.In'di-vid'ed, a. p. 683Undivided. Patrick.}In′/di-vid′ū-al, a. p. 683<br>1. Not divided, or not to be divided; subsisting as one entity, or distinct being; single; one; as, an individual man or city.<br>2. Of, or pertaining to, one only; as, individual labor or…In'di-vid'ū-al, n. p. 683A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; especially, a human being; a person. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual.…Ĭn/dĭ-vĭd/u-al-ĭsm, n. p. 683The quality of being individual; individuality. 2. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.Ĭn`di-vĭd`ū-ăl`ĭ-ty, n. p. 683The condition or quality of being individual; separate or distinct nature or existence; a state of oneness. Arbuthnot. 2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that…Ĭn'di-vĭd'ū-ăl-ĭ-zā'tion, n. p. 683The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.Ĭn/dī-vĭd'ū-al-ize, v. t. p. 683To select or mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties.In'di-vid'ü-al-iz'er, n. p. 683One who individualizes.In′di-vid′u-al-ly, adv. p. 683In an individual manner or relation; to the exclusion of others; separately; by itself. How should that subsist solitary by itself which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby…Ĭn'dĭ-vĭd'ū-ate, a. p. 683Undivided. [Obs.]Ĭn/dĭ-vĭd/ū-āte, v. t. p. 683To distinguish from others of the species; to make single. Life is individuated into infinite numbers, that have their distinct sense and pleasure. More. 2. To cause to exist as an individual whole.…Ĭn'dĭ-vĭd'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 683The act of making single, or the same, to the exclusion of others. Watts. 2. The act of endowing with individuality. 3. The act of separating into individuals by analysis.Ĭn'dĭ-vi-dū'i-ty, n. p. 684Separate existence; individuality. [Obs.] Coleridge.Ĭn'dĭ-vĭn'i-ty, n. p. 684Want or absence of divine power. [Obs.] Browne.Ĭn'dĭ-vĭs'i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 684The state or property of being indivisible; inseparable.Ĭn'dĭ-vĭs'i-ble, a. p. 684Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. “One indivisible point of time.” Dryden. 2. (Math.) Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by…Ĭn'dĭ-vĭs'i-ble, n. p. 684That which is indivisible. 2. (Geom.) One of the elements or principles, supposed to be infinitely small, into which a body or figure may be resolved; an infinitesimal. Barlow.Ĭn'dĭ-vĭs'i-ble-ness, n. p. 684Indivisibility.