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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-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.In-fēc'und, a. p. 688Unfruitful; not producing young; barren.In'fe-cūn'di-ty, n. p. 688Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; unfruitfulness; barrenness.In-fee'ble, v. t. p. 688See ENFEEBLE.In-fe-lic'-i-tous, a. p. 688Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate.In/fe-lic'i-ty, n. p. 688Unhappiness; misery; misfortune. 2. Unfortunate state; unfavorableness; as, the infelicity of the times, or of the occasion.Ĭn′felt, a. p. 688Felt inwardly; heartfelt. The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. Milman.In/feud-ā'tion, n. p. 688See INFEUDATION.In-feoff', v. t. p. 688See ENFEOFF.In-fĕr', v. t. p. 688To bring on; to induce. [Obs.] “Infer fair England's peace by this alliance.” Shak. 2. To derive either by deduction or induction; to know by means, or on the ground, of facts or evidence; to prove…In-fēr'a-ble, a. p. 688Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible.]In'fer-ence, n. p. 688The act of inferring. Though it may chance to be right in the conclusion, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of inference. Glanville. 2. That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn…Ĭn/fer-ēn′tial, a. p. 688Deduced or deducible by inference.