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An American Dictionary of the English Language

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. In-sū'per-a-ble-ness, n.p. 702The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable.
  2. In-sū'per-a-bly, adv.p. 702In a manner or degree not to be overcome; insurmountably.
  3. In/sup-pōrt'a-ble, a.p. 702Incapable of being supported or borne; insufferable; intolerable; as, the weight or burden is insupportable; insupportable heat or cold, and the like.
  4. Ĭn/sup-pōrt'a-ble-ness, n.p. 702The quality of being insupportable; insufferableness; the state of being beyond endurance.
  5. Ĭn/sup-pōrt'a-bly, adv.p. 702In a manner or degree that can not be supported or endured.
  6. Ĭn/sup-pōs'a-ble, a.p. 702Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
  7. In/sup-prĕss'i-ble, a.p. 702Not to be suppressed or concealed.
  8. Ĭn/sup-prĕss'ĭ-bly, adv.p. 702In a manner or degree that can not be suppressed or concealed.
  9. Ĭn/sup-prĕss/ĭve, a.p. 702Not admitting suppression; insuppressible. [Obs.] “The insuppressive mettle of our spirits.” Shak.
  10. In-sūr'a-ble, a.p. 702Capable of being insured against loss or damage; proper to be insured. The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed the insurable interest which remained in the insured at the time…
  11. In-sur'ance, n.p. 702The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called a premium, one party undertakes to indemnify the other against loss by certain…
  12. Insurance broker or Insurance company or Insurance policyp. 702a broker or agent who effects insurance.—Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business is to insure against loss or damage.—Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document…
  13. In-sūr'an-cer, n.p. 702One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.]
  14. In-sure', v. t.p. 702To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one. 2. Specifically, to secure against a possible loss on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; as, a merchant insures his…
  15. In-sure', v. i.p. 702To underwrite; to practice making insurance; as, this company insures at three per cent., or at a low premium.
  16. In-sūr'er, n.p. 702One who insures; the person who contracts to pay the losses of another for a premium; an underwriter.
  17. In-sûr'gen-cy, n.p. 702State of insurrection.
  18. In-sûr'gent, a.p. 702Rising in opposition to lawful civil or political authority; insubordinate; rebellious. “The insurgent provinces.” Motley.
  19. In-sûr'gent, n.p. 702A person who rises in revolt or opposition to civil or political authority; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel. Syn.—See REBEL.
  20. Ĭn/sur-mount/a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 702The state of being insurmountable.
  21. Ĭn/sur-mount'a-ble, a.p. 702Not surmountable; incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, an insurmountable difficulty, obstacle, or impediment.
  22. Ĭn/sur-mount'a-ble-ness, n.p. 702The state of being insurmountable; insurmountability.
  23. In/sur-mount'a-bly, adv.p. 702In a manner or degree not to be overcome.
  24. In'sur-rĕc'tion, n.p. 702A rising against civil or political authority; the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the execution of law in a city or state; a rebellion; a revolt. It is found that this city of…
  25. Ĭn'sur-rē'ction-al, a.p. 702Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.
  26. In'sur-rēc'tion-a-ry, a.p. 702Pertaining or suitable to insurrection; rebellious; seditious. “Their murderous insurrectionary system.” Burke.
  27. In'sur-rĕc'tion-ist, n.p. 702One who favors insurrection.
  28. In'sus-cĕp'ti-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 702Want of susceptibility, or capacity to feel or perceive.
  29. Ĭn'sus-cĕp'ti-ble, a.p. 702Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity.
  30. In’sus-cĕp’tive, a.p. 702Not susceptible; incapable of admitting or receiving; not susceptible or receptive.
  31. In-sŭs'/ur-rā'tion, n.p. 702The act of whispering into something. [Obs.]
  32. In-swā'the', v. t.p. 702To wrap up; to infold. “Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist.” Tennyson.
  33. In-tāct', a.p. 702Untouched, especially by any thing that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, — the…
  34. In-tăct'i-ble, a.p. 702Not perceptible to the touch.
  35. In-tăg'lĭā-ted, a.p. 702Engraved or stamped on. Warton.
  36. In-tāgl'io, n.p. 702A cutting or engraving; hence, any figure cut into a material, as a seal, matrix, or the like; a stone or gem in which a figure is cut so as to form a depression or hollow; — opposed to cameo.
  37. In-tāil', v. t.p. 702See ENTAIL.
  38. In'tāke, n.p. 702The point where water is taken into a pipe or conduit, as opposed to outlet; also, the beginning of a contraction in a tube, &c.
  39. In-tăm'i-nā'ted, a.p. 702Uncontaminated. [Obs.] A. Wood.
  40. In-tăn'gi-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 702The quality of being intangible; intangibleness.
  41. In-tăn’gi-ble, a.p. 702Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall.
  42. In-tăn'gi-ble-ness, n.p. 702The quality of being intangible.
  43. In-tān'gi-bly, adv.p. 702So as to be intangible.
  44. In-tān'gle, v. t.p. 702See ENTANGLE.
  45. In-tāst'a-ble, a.p. 702Incapable of being tasted; not able to affect the organs of taste; tasteless; unsavory. Greer.
  46. In'te-ger, n.p. 702A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.
  47. In'te-gral, a.p. 702Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; uninjured; whole; entire; not fractional. A local motion keepeth bodies integral. Bacon. 2. (Math.) (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being a whole number or…
  48. In'te-gral, n.p. 702A whole; an entire thing; a whole number. 2. (Math.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See DIFFERENTIAL and CALCULUS. Math. Dict.
  49. In'te-grāl'i-ty, n.p. 702Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker.
  50. Ĭn’te-gral-ly, adv.p. 702Wholly; completely. Whitaker.
  51. In'te-grant, a.p. 702Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing. All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a…
  52. In'te-grāte, v. t.p. 702To make entire; to renew; to restore; to perfect. That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire. De Quincey. 2. To indicate the whole; to give the sum or total; as, an integrating…
  53. Ĭn’te-grā’tĭon, n.p. 703The act of making entire. 2. (Math.) The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential co-efficient. Its symbol is ∫, which stands for s, stemma, or sum…
  54. In-tég'ri-ty, n.p. 703The state of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. 2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from every biasing or corrupting…
  55. In-tĕg/ū-mā'tion, n.p. 703That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.
  56. In-tĕg'ū-ment, n.p. 703That which naturally invests or covers another thing; specifically, (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part.
  57. In-tĕg'ū-mĕnt'a-ry, a.p. 703Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.
  58. In-tĕg'ū-men-tā'tion, n.p. 703Act of covering with integuments; state of being thus covered.
  59. Ĭn′tel-lēct, n.p. 703The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; — sometimes the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power…
  60. Ĭn′tel-lēct′ed, a.p. 703Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities. [Rare.] In head, in voice, In body, and in bristles, they became As swine, yet intellected as before. Cowper.