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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-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.In-hērse’, v. t. p. 693To inhearse. See INHEARSE. Shak.In-hē'sion, n. p. 693The state of existing, or belonging to something; inherence.In'hī-ā'tion, n. p. 693A gaping after; eager desire. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In-hĭb'it, v. t. p. 693To check; to repress; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. Bentley. 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men…In/hi-bĭt'ion, n. p. 693The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint. 2. Prohibition; embargo. Gov. of the Tongue. 3. (Law.) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further…In-hĭb'i-to-ry, a. p. 693Tending or serving to inhibit; prohibitory. Southey.In-hīve', v. t. p. 693To place in a hive; to hive. Cotgrave.In-hōld', v. t. p. 693To have inherent; to contain in itself. [Obs.] Raleigh.In-hōld'er, n. p. 693An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.In-hōop’, v. t. p. 693To confine or inclose in any place. [Obs.] Shak.In-hŏs'pi-ta-ble, a. p. 693Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers; not favorable to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people; inhospitable deserts or rocks.In-hŏs'pi-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 693Want of hospitality or kindness to strangers. Chesterfield.In-hŏs'pi-ta-bly, adv. p. 693In an inhospitable manner; unkindly or illiberally.In-hŏs'pi-tāl'i-ty, n. p. 693The quality of being inhospitable; inhospitalableness.In-hū'man, a. p. 693Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people. 2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an…Ĭn/hu-măn’i-ty, n. p. 693The state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarousness.In-hū′man-ly, adv. p. 693In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.In-hū'māte, v. t. p. 693To in-hume. See INHUME.In/hu-ma'tion, n. p. 693The act of inhumating or burying; interment. 2. (Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order that their contents may be exposed to a steady heat of moderate degree.In-hūme', v. t. p. 693To deposit in the earth, as a dead body; to bury; to inter. Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope.Ĭn/im-ăj'i-na-ble, a. p. 693Unimaginable; inconceivable. Pearson.In-im'i-cal, a. p. 693Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly;—chiefly applied to private enmity, as hostile is to public enmity. 2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; inconsistent; adverse…In-īm/i-cāl’i-ty, n. p. 693The state of being inimical or hostile; unfriendliness. [Rare.]In-īm'i-cal-ly, adv. p. 693In an inimical manner.In-im'i-coüs, a. p. 693Inimical. [Obs. and rare.] Evelyn.In-im/i-ta-bil'i-ty, n. p. 693The quality of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris.In-îm'ī-ta-ble, a. p. 693Not capable of being imitated or copied; surpassingly excellent or superior; as, inimitable beauty or excellence; an inimitable description; inimitable eloquence.In-îm'i-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 693The quality of being inimitable; inimitability.In-im'i-ta-bly, adv. p. 693In an inimitable manner; to a degree beyond imitation. Charms such as thine, inimitably great. Broome.In-īq'ui-toūs, a. p. 693Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Syn.—Wicked; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal.—INIQUITOUS, WICKED, NEFARIOUS. Wicked is the…