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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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  1. Ĭn·fra-scāp′ū-lar, a.p. 690Having a position beneath the scapula; pertaining to the parts beneath the scapula.
  2. In′fra-spi′nate, a.p. 690Having a position beneath the spine; pertaining to parts beneath the spine.
  3. In'fra-ter'ri-to'ri-al, a.p. 691Within the territory. Story.
  4. In·fre'quence or In·fre'quen·cy, n.p. 691The state of rarely occurring; uncommonness; rareness.
  5. In·fre'quent, a.p. 691Seldom happening or occurring to notice; unfrequent; rare; uncommon.
  6. In·fré'quent·ly, adv.p. 691Not frequently.
  7. In-frig'i-date, v. t.p. 691To chill; to make cold. [Obs.] Boyle.
  8. In-frĭg/i-dā'tion, n.p. 691The act of chilling or causing to become cold. [Obs.] Tatler.
  9. In-fringe', v. t.p. 691<br>1. To break, as contracts; to violate, either positively by contravention, or negatively by non-fulfillment or neglect.<br>2. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey…
  10. In-frĭnge', v. i.p. 691To violate some rule; to do some evil or injury. 2. To encroach; to trespass;—followed by on or upon: as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
  11. In-fringe'ment, n.p. 691Act of violating; breach; violation; non-fulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, or other agreement; the infringement of a law or constitution.
  12. In-frin'ger, n.p. 691One who violates; a violator.
  13. In-frūc'tū-ōse', a.p. 691Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.
  14. In-fru'gal, a.p. 691Not frugal; prodigal.
  15. Ĭn/frū-gĭf'er-ous, a.p. 691Not bearing fruit.
  16. Ĭn'fu-cāte, v. t.p. 691To stain; to paint; to daub.
  17. Ĭn′fu·cā′tion, n.p. 691The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.
  18. In'fu-māte, v. t.p. 691To dry by smoking; to smoke.
  19. Ĭn′fu-mā′tion, n.p. 691The act of drying in smoke. Craig.
  20. In-fūm'ed', a.p. 691Dried in smoke; smoked.
  21. In'fun-dib'ū-lar or In'fun-dib'ū-late, a.p. 691Having the form of a funnel. Kirby. Infundibulate polyzoa (Zool.), a group of Bryozoa characterized by a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk. They are chiefly marine.
  22. Ĭn′/fun-dĭb′ū-lĭ-fōrm or In-fŭn′/di-bŭ′/li-fōrm, a.p. 691Having the form of a funnel; funnel-shaped. 2. (Bot.) Having the form of a tube, enlarging gradually below and spreading widely at the summit; funnel-form; — said of monopetalous corollas.
  23. In-fū'ne-ral, v. t.p. 691To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.]
  24. ĭn′-fur-cā′tion, n.p. 691A forked expansion or divergence. Craig.
  25. In-fū'ri-ate, a.p. 691Enraged; mad; raging; furiously angry.
  26. In-fū'ri-ate, v. t.p. 691To render furious or mad; to enrage.
  27. In-fūs'căte, v. t.p. 691To darken; to make black; to obscure.
  28. Ĭn-fus-cā'tion, n.p. 691The act of darkening or blackening.
  29. In-fūse', v. t.p. 691To pour in, as a liquid. That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. Denham. 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to inspire with; to introduce. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. Shak.…
  30. In-fūse', n.p. 691Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
  31. In-fūs'er, n.p. 691One who infuses.
  32. In-fū'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 691[From infuse.] The capability of being infused, or poured in. 2. [Prefix in, not, and fusibility; Fr. infusibilité, It. infusibilità.] The incapability of being fused or dissolved.
  33. In-fū'si-ble, a.p. 691[From infuse, v.] Capable of being infused. 2. [Prefix in, not, and fusible; Fr. & Sp. infusible, It. infusibile.] Not fusible; incapable of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. The best…
  34. In-fū'sion, n.p. 691The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. 2. That which is infused or poured in; suggestion. His…
  35. In-fū'sĭve, a.p. 691Having the power of infusion. [Rare.] “The infusive force of Spring on man.” Thomson.
  36. Ĭn'fu-sō'ri-ȧ, n. pl.p. 691(Zoöl.) Microscopic animals found in water and other fluids, and multiplying by gemmation. ☞ They move by means of cilia, have no shell or crust, and seem to be composed of sarcode. Neither nerves…
  37. Ĭn'fu-sō'ri-al or In-fū'so-ry, a.p. 691Pertaining to the infusoria; composed of or containing infusoria.
  38. In-fū'so-ry, n.p. 691One of the infusoria; an infusorial animal. See INFUSORIAL.
  39. Ĭng, n.p. 691A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs.]
  40. Ĭn'ga, n.p. 691(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants.
  41. Ĭn'gan-nā'tion, n.p. 691Cheat; fraud; deception. [Obs.] Browne.
  42. Ĭn'gāte, n.p. 691Entrance; passage in. [Obs.] “Which hath in charge the ingate of the year.” Spenser. 2. (Founding.) The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal. Simmonds.
  43. Ĭn'gath-er-ing, n.p. 691The act or business of collecting and securing the fruits of the earth; harvest; as, the feast of ingathering.
  44. In-ġel'a-ble, a.p. 691Incapable of being congealed.
  45. In-ġĕm'i-nate, a.p. 691Redoubled; repeated; reiterated. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  46. In-ġĕm'i-nāte, v. t.p. 691To double or repeat. [Obs.] Clarendon.
  47. In-ġĕm'i-nā'tion, n.p. 691Repetition; reduplication. The iteration and ingemination of a given effect, moving through subtile variations that sometimes disguise the theme. De Quincey.
  48. In-ġĕn'der, v. t.p. 691See ENGENDER.
  49. In-ġē'ner, n.p. 691One who contrives; a designer. [Obs.] Shak.
  50. In-ġĕn'er-a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 691Incapacity of being engendered.
  51. In-ġĕn'er-a-ble, a.p. 691Incapable of being engendered or produced.
  52. In-ġĕn'er-a-bly, adv.p. 691In an ingenerable manner. Cudworth.
  53. In-ġĕn'er-āte, v. t.p. 691To generate or produce within. Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Hale.
  54. In-ġĕn'er-ate, a.p. 691Generated within; inborn; innate; inbred; as, ingenerate powers of body. Wotton.
  55. In-ġĕn'er-ā'tion, n.p. 691Act of ingenerating. Bushnell.
  56. Ĭn'ġe-nie, n.p. 691See INGENY.
  57. In-ġēn'ioŭs, a.p. 691Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; hence, skillful or prompt to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations of ideas; as, an ingenious author; an ingenious…
  58. In-gén'ioüs-ly, adv.p. 691In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; with skill.
  59. In-gén'ioŭs-ness, n.p. 691The quality of being ingenious; ingenuity.
  60. In-gén'ite, n.p. 691Innate; inborn; inbred; native; ingenerate. [Obs.] It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and over-much brain. Burton.