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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-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.In-hăb'it-a-ble, a. p. 692Capable of being inhabited; habitable. “Systems of inhabitable planets.” Locke. 2. [Lat. inhabitabilis, from prefix in, not, and habitabilis; Fr. & Sp. inhabitable, It. inabitabile, inabitevole. See…In-hăb'it-ance or In-hăb'it-an-cy, n. p. 692The condition of an inhabitant; residence; the legal authority or right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence…In-hăb'it-ant, n. p. 692One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, or who has a fixed residence, as distinguished from an occasional lodger or visitor; as, the inhabitant of a house or cottage; the inhabitants of a…In-hăb'i-tā'tion, n. p. 692The act of inhabiting, or state of being inhabited. 2. Abode; place of dwelling. 3. Population; the whole mass of inhabitants. [Obs.] Browne.In-hăb'it-a-tive-ness, n. p. 692(Phrenol.) An organ supposed to indicate the desire of permanence in place or abode.In-hăb'it-er, n. p. 692One who inhabits; a dweller; an inhabitant. Derham.In-hăb'it-ress, n. p. 692A female inhabitant. [Rare.] Bp. Richardson.Ĭn'ha-lā'tion, n. p. 692The act of inhaling.In-hāle', v. t. p. 692To draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; — opposed to exhale. Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot.In-hāl'ent, a. p. 692Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana.In-hāl'er, n. p. 692One who inhales. 2. An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes. 3. A contrivance to protect the lungs from injury by inhaling damp or…In-hănçe', v. t. p. 692See ENHANCE.Ĭn'har-mŏn'ie or Ĭn'har-mŏn'ie-al, a. p. 692Not harmonic; unharmonious; discordant; inharmonious.Ĭn'har-mō'ni-oŭs, a. p. 692Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant.Ĭn'har-mō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 692Without harmony; discordantly.Ĭn'har-mō'ni-oŭs-ness, n. p. 692Want of harmony; discord; harshness. “The inharmoniousness of a verse.” Tucker.In-här'mo-ny, n. p. 692Want of harmony; discord.Ĭn'haul-er, n. p. 692(Naut.) A rope employed to draw in the jib-boom.In-hẽarse', v. t. p. 692To put or place in a hearse; to bury. Shak.In-hēre', v. i. p. 692To be fixed or permanently incorporated; to belong, as attributes or qualities, to a subject or substratum; as, a dart inheres in the flesh; colors inhere in cloth. They do but inhere in the subject…In-hēr'ence or In-hēr'en-cy, n. p. 692The state of inhering; existence in something. Fuller.In-hēr'ent, a. p. 692Existing in something, so as to be inseparable from it. “Inherent baseness.” Shak. 2. Naturally pertaining to; innate; as, the inherent qualities of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life…In-hēr'ent-ly, adv. p. 692By inherence; inseparably.In-hēr'it, v. t. p. 692(Law.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of the ancestor; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease…In-hĕr'it, v. i. p. 693To take or have, as an inheritance, possession, or property. Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.In-hēr'it-a-bīl'i-ty, n. p. 693The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.In-hĕr'it-a-ble, a. p. 693Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible to; as, an inheritable estate or title. 2. Capable of being transmitted from the parent to the child; as, inheritable qualities or…In-hĕr'it-a-bly, adv. p. 693By inheritance. Sherwood.In-hēr'it-ançe, n. p. 693(Law.) A perpetual or continuing right to an estate in a man and his heirs; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived…In-hĕr'it-or, n. p. 693One who inherits, or may inherit; an heir.In-hĕr'it-ress or In-hĕr'it-rix, n. p. 693An heiress; a female who inherits, or is entitled to inherit, after the death of her ancestor.