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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-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…In-īq'ui-tou̇s-ly, adv. p. 693In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.In-iq'ui-ty, n. p. 693Absence of, or deviation from, equal or just dealing; want of rectitude; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of war, of the slave-trade, of a thief or dishonest person, and…In-i'quoŭs, a. p. 693Unjust. [Obs.] Whatever is done through any unequal affection is iniquous, wicked, and wrong. Shaftesbury.In-ĭr/ri-ta-bĭl/i-ty, n. p. 693The quality of being inirritable. Darwin.In-īr'ri-ta-ble, a. p. 693Not irritable; not susceptible of irritation, or contraction by excitement. Darwin.In-ir′ri-ta-tive, a. p. 693Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever. Darwin.In-isle', v. t. p. 693To surround, or shut in, as an island; to encircle. [Obs.] Drayton.In-i'tial, a. p. 693Of, or pertaining to, the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease. 2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series…In-i'tial, n. p. 693The first letter of a word.In-i'tial, v. t. p. 693To put an initial to; to sign by an initial. [Rare.]In-i'tial-ly, adv. p. 693In an incipient degree; by way of commencement. Barrow.In-i'ti-āte, v. t. p. 693To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to begin. How are changes of this sort to be initiated? I. Taylor. 2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or…In-i'ti-āte, v. i. p. 693To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. Pope.In-i'ti-ate, a. p. 693Unpracticed; new. [Obs.] “The initiate fear that wants hard use.” Shak. 2. Begun; commenced; incomplete, as a right, and the like; introduced to a knowledge of; instructed in; as, a tenant by the…In-i'ti-ate, n. p. 693One who is initiated. J. Barlow.In-i'ti-ā'tion, n. p. 693The act or process of initiating. “The initiation of courses of events.” 2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body…In-ī'ti-a-tĭve, a. p. 693Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory.In-i'ti-a-tive, n. p. 693An introductory step or movement. “The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come.” I. Taylor. 2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or law, as in legislation.In-i'ti-a-to-ry, a. p. 693Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; as, an initiatory step. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies.…In-ī'ti-a-to-ry, n. p. 693Introductory rite. L. Addison.In-īʹtion, n. p. 693The act of initiating or commencing; a beginning. [Obs.] Naunton.In-jĕct', v. t. p. 693To throw in; to dart in; as, to inject any thing into the mouth or stomach. 2. To cast or throw;—with on. [Rare] “And mound inject on mound.” Pope.In-jēc'tion, n. p. 693The act of injecting or throwing in;—applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, &c. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid…Injection cock or Injection condenser or Injection engine or Injection pipe p. 693the cock by which cold water is thrown into a condenser. — Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. See SURFACE CONDENSER. — Injection engine, a kind…In-jĕct'or, n. p. 694A person or thing that injects.In-jel'ly, v. t. p. 694To place or deposit in, or as if in, jelly. [Rare.] Like fossils in the rock, with golden yolks Imbedded or injellied. Tennyson.In-join', v. t. p. 694See ENJOIN.In-joint′, v. t. p. 694To joint, or unite together as with joints. [Rare.] Shak.In'ju-cūn'di-ty, n. p. 694Unpleasantness; disagreeableness. [Obs.] Cockram.In-jū'di-ca-ble, a. p. 694Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey.In-ju-di'cial, a. p. 694Not according to the forms of law. [R.]In'ju-dĭ'cious, a. p. 694Not judicious; void of judgment; acting without judgment; unwise; as, an injudicious person. 2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure. Syn.—Indiscreet…In/ju-di'cioŭs-ly, adv. p. 694In an injudicious manner; unwisely.In'ju-di'cioŭs-ness, n. p. 694The quality of being injudicious or unwise.In-jŭnc'tion, n. p. 694The act of enjoining or commanding. 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a command; a precept. For still they knew, and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction, not to taste that fruit.…Ĭn'jure, v. t. p. 694To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; — used in a variety of senses; as, (a.) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b.) To damage or…Ĭn'jūr-er, n. p. 694One who injures or wrongs.In-jū'ri-oūs, a. p. 694Not just; wrongful; hurtful or prejudicial to the rights of another; as, injurious assertions; injurious treatment. 2. Tending to injure; hurtful; harmful; pernicious; baneful. “Injurious…In-jū'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 694In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.