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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-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.Ĭn'fer-ēn′tial-ly, adv. p. 688By way of inference.In-fē'rī-æ, n. pl. p. 688(Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered by the ancients to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.In-fē′ri-or, a. p. 688Lower in place, social rank, or excellence; less important or valuable; subordinate. “A thousand inferior and particular propositions.” Watts. “The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior…In-fē'ri-or, n. p. 688A person who is younger, or of a lower station or rank in society, than another. A person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. South.In-fē/ri-ŏr'i-ty, n. p. 688The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, the inferiority of rank, of office, of talents, of age, of worth.In-fē′ri-or-ly, adv. p. 688In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.In-fĕr'nal, a. p. 688Pertaining to the lower regions, or regions of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. “The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy.” Garth. 2. Pertaining to hell; resembling hell; inhabiting hell…In-fér'nal, n. p. 688An inhabitant of hell, or of the lower regions.In-fĕr'nal-ly, adv. p. 688In an infernal manner.In-fèr'ri-ble, a. p. 688The same as INFERABLE, q. v.In-fèr'tile, a. p. 688Not fertile; not fruitful or productive; barren; as, an infertile soil.In-fér'tile-ly, adv. p. 688In an infertile manner; unproductively; unfruitfully.In'/fer-til'i-ty, n. p. 688The state of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness; as, the infertility of land. Hale.In-fěst', v. t. p. 688To trouble greatly; to disturb; to annoy; to harass; as, flies infest horses and cattle; the sea is often infested with pirates; parties of the enemy infest the coast. These, said the genius, are…In-fěst',, a. p. 688Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] Spenser.Ĭn/fes-tā'tion, n. p. 688The act of infesting; molestation. Bacon.In-fĕst'er, n. p. 688One who infests.In-fès'tered, a. p. 688Rankling; inveterate. [Obs.]In-fĕs’tive, a. p. 688Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless. [Rare.]In/fes-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 688Want of festivity, or of cheerfulness and mirth, as at entertainments; dullness; cheerlessness. [Rare.]In-fĕst’ū-oūs, a. p. 688Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] Bacon.Ĭn/feū-dā'tion, n. p. 688(Law.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. Hale. 2. The granting of tithes to laymen. Blackstone.