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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-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…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…In-fū'sĭve, a. p. 691Having the power of infusion. [Rare.] “The infusive force of Spring on man.” Thomson.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…Ĭn'fu-sō'ri-al or In-fū'so-ry, a. p. 691Pertaining to the infusoria; composed of or containing infusoria.In-fū'so-ry, n. p. 691One of the infusoria; an infusorial animal. See INFUSORIAL.Ĭng, n. p. 691A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs.]Ĭn'ga, n. p. 691(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants.Ĭn'gan-nā'tion, n. p. 691Cheat; fraud; deception. [Obs.] Browne.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.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.In-ġel'a-ble, a. p. 691Incapable of being congealed.In-ġĕm'i-nate, a. p. 691Redoubled; repeated; reiterated. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.In-ġĕm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 691To double or repeat. [Obs.] Clarendon.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.In-ġĕn'der, v. t. p. 691See ENGENDER.In-ġē'ner, n. p. 691One who contrives; a designer. [Obs.] Shak.In-ġĕn'er-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 691Incapacity of being engendered.In-ġĕn'er-a-ble, a. p. 691Incapable of being engendered or produced.In-ġĕn'er-a-bly, adv. p. 691In an ingenerable manner. Cudworth.In-ġĕn'er-āte, v. t. p. 691To generate or produce within. Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Hale.In-ġĕn'er-ate, a. p. 691Generated within; inborn; innate; inbred; as, ingenerate powers of body. Wotton.In-ġĕn'er-ā'tion, n. p. 691Act of ingenerating. Bushnell.Ĭn'ġe-nie, n. p. 691See INGENY.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…In-gén'ioüs-ly, adv. p. 691In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; with skill.In-gén'ioŭs-ness, n. p. 691The quality of being ingenious; ingenuity.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.Ĭn'/ge-nū'i-ty, n. p. 691The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in combining ideas, or in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill; as, how many machines for saving labor has the ingenuity of…In-gēn'ū-oŭs, a. p. 691Of honorable extraction; free-born; as, ingenuous blood or birth. 2. Noble; generous; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. “An ingenuous detestation of falsehood.” Locke. 3. Free from reserve, disguise…In-gĕn'ŭ-ous-ly, adv. p. 691In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly.In-gén'ü-oüs-ness, n. p. 691The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness; fairness; as, to confess our faults with ingenuousness.In'ge-ny, n. p. 691Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.] Bacon. How can he Esteem, that understands not, poetry? For this, and not for want of ingen'y, Virgil and Homer are not…In-gĕr'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 692To cause to germinate.In-gĕst', v. t. p. 692To throw into; to place in, as in the stomach. [Obs.] Browne.In-ġĕs'tion, n. p. 692The act of throwing into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.In-gĩrt', v. t. p. 692To encircle; to gird; to engirt.In-gĩrt', p. a. p. 692Surrounded; encircled.Ĭn'gle, n. p. 692Flame; blaze. [Obs.] Ray. 2. A fire, or fireplace. Burns.In'gle, n. p. 692A darling; a paramour;—used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Toone.In'gle, v. t. p. 692To cajole, wheedle, or coax. [Obs.] See ENGLE. “Ingling feats.” Spenser.In-glō′bate, a. p. 692In the form of a globe or sphere;—applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.In-glōbe', v. t. p. 692To encircle or surround; to involve. [Obs.] Milton.In-glō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 692Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame or celebrity; as, an inglorious life of ease. 2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, he charged his troops with inglorious…In-glō'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 692In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame.In-glō'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 692The state of being inglorious, or without celebrity.In-glu'vi-ēs, n. p. 692(Anat.) (a.) The crop or dilatation of the esophagus in birds. (b.) The stomach or paunch of ruminant animals.In-glū'vi-ōus, a. p. 692Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount.In'-gō'ing, n. p. 692The act of going in; entrance.In'-gō'ing, a. p. 692Going in; entering, as upon an office.In-gōr'ge', v. t. p. 692See ENGORGE.In'got, n. p. 692That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.] 2. A mass or wedge of gold, silver, or other metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought metal. Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. Sir W. Jones.In-grāff’, v. t. p. 692The same as INGRAFT. [Obs.]In-grāft’, v. t. p. 692To insert, as a cion of one tree or plant into another for propagation; to propagate by incision; hence, to insert; to introduce; as, to ingraft a peach cion on a plum-tree. This fellow would ingraft…In-grāft'er, n. p. 692A person who ingrafts.In-grāft'ment, n. p. 692The act of ingrafting. 2. The thing ingrafted; a cion.In'grāin, a. p. 692Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.] 2. Dyed in the grain; thoroughly inwrought, as color. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.—Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.Ĭn′grain or In-grāin′, v. t. p. 692To dye with grain. [Obs.] See GRAIN. 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. 3. To work into the natural texture, as color; to impregnate the whole matter or substance. That confused…In-grāp'pled, a. p. 692Grappled; seized on; entwined. [Obs.] Drayton.In'grāte or In-grāte/fŭl, a. p. 692Not having feelings of kindness for a favor received; ungrateful. Milton. Pope. 2. Unpleasing to the sense. He gives no ingrateful food. Milton.