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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-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.In'grāte, n. p. 692An ungrateful person.In-grāte'fŭl-ly, adv. p. 692Ungratefully.In-grāte'fŭl-ness, n. p. 692Ungratefulness.In-grā'ti-āte, v. t. p. 692To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate;—used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought. Lysimachus . . . ingratiated…In-grăt/i-tūde, n. p. 692Want of gratitude or sentiments of kindness for favors received; insensibility to favors, and want of a disposition to repay them; unthankfulness. Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man. L’Estrange.In-grāve′, v. t. p. 692To bury. [Obs.] See ENGRAVE.In-grā'vĭ-dāte, v. t. p. 692To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller.In-grāv'i-dā'tion, n. p. 692The state of being pregnant or impregnated. [Obs.]In-grēat', v. t. p. 692To make great; to greaten or enlarge. [Obs.] Fotherby.In-grē′di-ent, n. p. 692That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any compound or mixture; an element. By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. Newton.In'gress, n. p. 692Entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. 3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of…In-grèss′, v. i. p. 692To go in; to enter.In-grēs'sion, n. p. 692The act of entering; entrance. Digby.In-grieve', v. t. p. 692To increase the grief of; to render grievous. [Obs.] Sidney.In-grōss', v. t. p. 692See ENGROSS.In-guilt'y, a. p. 692Not guilty; innocent. [Obs.] Shak.Ĭn'gŭi-nal, a. p. 692(Anat.) Pertaining to the groin; as, an inguinal tumor.In-gŭlf', v. t. p. 692To swallow up in a vast deep, gulf, or whirlpool; to overwhelm by swallowing. A river large Passed underneath ingulfed. Milton. 2. To cast into a gulf; to overwhelm. Hayward.In-gūlf'ment, n. p. 692A swallowing up in a gulf or abyss.In-gūr'gi-tāte, v. t. p. 692To swallow greedily, or in great quantity. 2. To swallow up, as in a gulf; to ingulf.In-gûr’gi-tāte, v. i. p. 692To drink largely; to swill. [Obs.] Burton.In-gur'/gi-tā'tion, n. p. 692The act of swallowing greedily, or in great quantity. [Obs.] Darwin.In-güst'a-ble, a. p. 692Incapable of being tasted; having no perceptible taste. [Obs.] Browne.In-hăb'ile, a. p. 692Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; as, inhabile matter. [Obs.] 2. Unskilled; unready; awkward; unqualified. [Obs.] See UNABLE.Ĭn’ha-bĭl’ĭ-ty, n. p. 692The quality of being unfit or unsuitable; unaptness; unfitness. [Obs.] See INABILITY.In-hăb'it, v. t. p. 692To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Isa.…In-hăb'it, v. i. p. 692To have residence; to dwell; to live; to abide. They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller.