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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'ex-tēn'sion, n. p. 687Want of extension; unextended state.In/ex-tér'mi-na-ble, a. p. 687Incapable of extermination. Rush.Ĭn'ex-tinct',, a. p. 687Not quenched; not extinct.Ĭn/ex-tīn’guī-ble, a. p. 687Inextinguishable. [Obs.] Sir T. More.Ĭn/ex-tĭn'g'uish-a-ble, a. p. 687Not capable of being extinguished; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, thirst, or rage. Milton.In/ex-tin'guish-a-bly, adv. p. 687So as not to be extinguished.In'ex-tir'pa-ble, a. p. 687Not capable of being extirpated.In-ěx'tri-ca-ble, a. p. 687Not capable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty. Lost in the wild, inextricable maze. Blackmore.In-ĕx'tri-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 687The state of being inextricable.In-ĕx'tri-ca-bly, adv. p. 687In an inextricable manner.Ĭn'ex-ū'per-a-ble, a. p. 687Not capable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable. [Obs.]In-eȳe', v. t. p. 687To inoculate, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud. “The arts of grafting and ineying.” Philips.In-făb'ri-cā'ted, a. p. 687Not fabricated; unwrought. [Obs.]In-făl/li-bil'i-ty, n. p. 687The quality of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. Tillotson.In-făl'li-ble, a. p. 687Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. “Of opinion that their infallible master has a right over kings.” Dryden. 2. Not liable to fail…In-făl'li-ble-ness, n. p. 687The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility.In-fäl'li-bly, adv. p. 687In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly.In-fāme', v. t. p. 687To defame. [Obs.] Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon.Ĭn'fa-mīze, v. t. p. 687To make infamous. [Rare.]In-făm'o-nīze, v. t. p. 687To brand with infamy; to defame. [Obs. and ludicrous.] Shak.Ĭn'fa-mōŭs, a. p. 687Of ill report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; rendering infamous; base; scandalous; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous liar or gambler; an infamous vice or act.…Ĭn'fa-mōŭs-ly, adv. p. 687In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully; with open reproach.Ĭn′fa-mōūs-ness, n. p. 687The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.In'fa-my, n. p. 687Total loss of reputation; public disgrace. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not ... submit to such infamy. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or…Ĭn'fan-cy, n. p. 687The state of being an infant; the first part of life. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their love in early infancy began. Dryden. 2. The first age of any thing; the beginning or early…In-făn'dous, a. p. 687Too odious to be expressed. [Obs.] Howell.In-fāng'thef, n. p. 687(Eng. Law.) The privilege granted to lords to judge thieves taken on their manors, or within their franchises. [Obs.] Cowell.In'fant, n. p. 687A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. 2. (Law.) A person not of full age; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a…In'fant, v. i. p. 687To become or be an infant. [Obs.] But newly was he infanted. And yet already he was sought to die. G. Fletcher.Ĭn'fant, v. t. p. 687To bear or bring forth, as a child; to produce. [Obs.] Milton.Ĭn'fant, a. p. 687Pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength. 2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school; an infant gaud, or toy.In-făn’ta, n. p. 687Any princess of the royal blood, except the eldest daughter when heiress apparent. [Spain and Portugal.]In-fán'te, n. p. 687Any son of the king, except the eldest, or heir apparent. [Spain and Portugal.]In'fant-hōōd, n. p. 687The state of being in infancy; the condition of an infant; infancy.In-făṅt′ĭ-çī′dal, a. p. 687Pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child-murder.In-făn’ti-cīde, n. p. 687(Law.) The murder of an infant born alive; murder of a newly-born child. 2. Specifically, the slaughter of infants by Herod. 3. A slayer of infants.In′fan-tile, a. p. 687Pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; pertaining to the first period of life.Ĭn’fan-tīne, a. p. 687Pertaining to, or characteristic of, infants or young children; infantile. “A degree of credulity next to infantine.” Burke.Ĭn'fant-ly, a. p. 687Like an infant. Beau. & Fl.In'fant-ry, n. p. 687A body of children. [Obs.] There's a schoolmaster Hangs all his school with his [Juvenal's] sentences, And o'er the execution-place hath painted Time whipped, for terror to the infantry. B. Jonson.…In-făr'ce′, v. t. p. 687To stuff; to swell. [Obs.] “Where the body is infarced with ... watery humors.” T. Eliot.In-fārc'tion, n. p. 687The act of stuffing or filling; constipation. [Obs.] Harvey.In'fāre, n. p. 687A party or entertainment given upon newly entering a house. 2. A reception party or entertainment given by a newly-married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house, the day…In-făsh'ion-a-ble, a. p. 687Unfashionable. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.In-făt'i-ga-ble, a. p. 687Indefatigable. [Obs.]In-făt'ū-āte, v. t. p. 687To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people ripe and prepared for…In-făt'ŭ-ate, a. p. 688Infatuated.In-făt'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 688The act of infatuating, or affecting with folly. 2. The state of being infatuated; folly; stupefaction. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations…In-faust'ing, n. p. 688The act of making unlucky. [Obs.] Bacon.In-fea'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 688The state of being infeasible; impracticability.In-fea'si-ble, a. p. 688Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable.In-fēa'si-ble-ness, n. p. 688The state or quality of being infeasible; infeasibility.In-fĕct′, v. t. p. 688To taint with disease; to infuse, as a healthy body, with the virus, miasma, or morbid matter of a diseased body, or any pestilential or noxious air or substance by which a disease is produced; as…In-fĕct', a. p. 688Infected. [Obs.] Shak.In-fĕct'er, n. p. 688One who, or that which, infects.In-fĕc'tion, n. p. 688The act or process of infecting. There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. De Foe. 2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease. And…In-fĕc'tioŭs, a. p. 688Having qualities that may infect; pestilential; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices or manners. In a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign. Shak.…In-fĕc'tioŭs-ly, adv. p. 688By infection; contagiously.In-fĕc'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 688The quality of being infectious.In-fĕct'ive, a. p. 688The same as INFECTIOUS. See INFECTIOUS. Sidney.