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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-quis'i-tive, a. p. 696Apt to ask questions; addicted to inquiry; inclined to seek information by questions, discussion, investigation, or observation; given to research. “A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius.”…In-quis'i-tive, n. p. 696A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.In-quis'i-tive-ly, adv. p. 696With curiosity to obtain information; with scrutiny.In-quis'i-tive-ness, n. p. 696The quality of being inquisitive; the disposition to obtain information by questioning; curiosity to learn what is not known; as, the inquisitiveness of the human mind.In-qui'si-tor, n. p. 696One who inquires; especially, one whose official duty it is to inquire and examine. 2. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [Rare.] Feltham. 3. (Rom. Cath. Church.) A member of the…In-quis'i-tō'ri-al, a. p. 696Pertaining to inquisition; as, inquisitorial power. 2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition, or resembling its practices; as, inquisitorial tragedy. “Inquisitorial robes.” Buchanan.In-quis'i-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 696In an inquisitorial manner.In-quis'i-tō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 696Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial. [Obs.] Milton.In-quis'-i-tū'ri-ent, a. p. 696Inquisitorious; consentiently inquisitive. [Obs.] “Our inquisiturient bishops.” Milton.In-rāil', v. t. p. 696To rail in; to inclose or surround with rails. Hooker.In-rĕg'is-ter, v. t. p. 696To register; to record; to enter in a register. Walsh.Ĭn'rōad, n. p. 696The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; attack; encroachment. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal…In-rōad′, v. t. p. 696To make inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitain. Fuller.In-rōll', v. t. p. 696See ENROLL.In-sāfe'ty, n. p. 696Want of safety; insecurity; danger; peril. [Obs.] Naunton.In-säl/i-vä'tion, n. p. 696(Med.) The mingling of saliva with food in the act of eating. Dunglison.In'sa-lū'brï-ous, a. p. 696Not salubrious; not healthful; unfavorable to health; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.Ĭn′/sa-lū′/bri-ty, n. p. 696Want of salubrity; unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate.In-săl'ū-ta-ry, a. p. 696Not favorable to health or soundness; not salutary; not wholesome. 2. Not tending to safety; productive of evil.In-săn'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 696State of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.In-săn'a-ble, a. p. 696Not admitting of cure; incapable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.In-săn'a-ble-ness, n. p. 696The state of being insanable; incurability; insanability.In-săn'a-bly, adv. p. 696In an incurable manner.In-sāne',, a. p. 696Exhibiting unsoundness of mind; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. Soon after Dryden's death she became insane, and was confined under the care of a female attendant. Malone. I know not…In-sāne'ly, adv. p. 697Without reason; madly; foolishly.In-sāne'ness, n. p. 697Insanity; madness.In-sā'nie, n. p. 697Insanity; lunacy. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.In-săn'i-ty, n. p. 697The state of being insane; unsoundness of mind; derangement of intellect; madness. Syn. — INSANITY, LUNACY, MADNESS, DERANGEMENT, ALIENATION, ABERRATION, MANIA, DELIRIUM, FRENZY, MONOMANIA, DEMENTIA.…In-săp'o-ry, a. p. 697Tasteless; wanting flavor; unsavory. [Obs.] Herbert.In-sā′/ti-a-bil′i-ty, n. p. 697The state or quality of being insatiable; greediness that can not be satisfied; insatiableness.In-sā'ti-a-ble, a. p. 697Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite or desire. “Insatiable of glory.” Milton.In-sâ'ti-a-ble-ness, n. p. 697Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability.In-sā′ti-a-bly, adv. p. 697With greediness not to be satisfied.In-sā'ti-ate, a. p. 697Not to be satisfied; insatiable; as, insatiate thirst. “The insatiate greediness of his desires.” Shak.In-sā'ti-ate-ly, adv. p. 697So greedily as not to be satisfied; insatiably.In-sā'ti-ate-ness, n. p. 697State of being insatiate.In'sa-ti'e-ty, n. p. 697Insatiableness. Granger.In-săt/is-făc'tion, n. p. 697Want of satisfaction; dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.In-să'tŭ-ra-ble, a. p. 697Not capable of being saturated, filled, or glutted.In'sci-ence or In-sci'ence, n. p. 697Ignorance; want of knowledge or skill. [Obs.]In'sci-ent or In-sci'ent, a. p. 697Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; foolish; silly. 2. Having knowledge or insight; intelligent; knowing. [Rare.] Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun. E. B. Browning.In-sconce', v. t. p. 697See ENSCONCE.In-scrib'a-ble, a. p. 697Capable of being inscribed.In-scrib'a-ble-ness, n. p. 697State of being inscribable.In-scribe', v. t. p. 697To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint; as, to inscribe a line or verse on a monument, column, or pillar. “Our psalms with artful terms inscribed.” Milton. 2. To mark…In-scrib'er, n. p. 697One who inscribes. Pownall.In-scrip'ti-ble, a. p. 697Capable of being inscribed, engraved upon, or drawn within; — said especially (Geom.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.In-scrĭp'tion, n. p. 697The act of inscribing. 2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved to communicate knowledge; especially, any thing written or engraved on a solid substance for duration; as…In-scrĭp'tĭve, a. p. 697Bearing inscription; of the character of an inscription.In-scrōll', v. t. p. 697To write on a scroll. Shak.In-scru'ta-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 697Inscrutableness.In-seru'ta-ble, a. p. 697Incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; unsearchable; impenetrable; as, the designs of the emperor appear to be inscrutable. 2. Incapable of being discovered, or…In-scru'ta-ble-ness, n. p. 697The quality of being inscrutable; inscrutability.In-scru'ta-bly, adv. p. 697In a manner or degree not to be found out or understood.In-scŭlp’, v. t. p. 697To engrave; to carve. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.In-sculp'tion, n. p. 697Inscription. [Obs.] Tourneur.In-sculpt'ure, n. p. 697An engraving; sculpture. [Obs.] “On his grave-stone this insculpture.” Shak.In-sculpt'ured, a. p. 697Engraved. Glover.In-sēam’, v. t. p. 697To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. Pope.In-sēarch’, v. t. p. 697To make search after; to investigate. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.