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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-sūr'an-cer, n. p. 702One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.]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…In-sure', v. i. p. 702To underwrite; to practice making insurance; as, this company insures at three per cent., or at a low premium.In-sūr'er, n. p. 702One who insures; the person who contracts to pay the losses of another for a premium; an underwriter.In-sûr'gen-cy, n. p. 702State of insurrection.In-sûr'gent, a. p. 702Rising in opposition to lawful civil or political authority; insubordinate; rebellious. “The insurgent provinces.” Motley.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.Ĭn/sur-mount/a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 702The state of being insurmountable.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.Ĭn/sur-mount'a-ble-ness, n. p. 702The state of being insurmountable; insurmountability.In/sur-mount'a-bly, adv. p. 702In a manner or degree not to be overcome.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…Ĭn'sur-rē'ction-al, a. p. 702Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.In'sur-rēc'tion-a-ry, a. p. 702Pertaining or suitable to insurrection; rebellious; seditious. “Their murderous insurrectionary system.” Burke.In'sur-rĕc'tion-ist, n. p. 702One who favors insurrection.In'sus-cĕp'ti-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 702Want of susceptibility, or capacity to feel or perceive.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.In’sus-cĕp’tive, a. p. 702Not susceptible; incapable of admitting or receiving; not susceptible or receptive.In-sŭs'/ur-rā'tion, n. p. 702The act of whispering into something. [Obs.]In-swā'the', v. t. p. 702To wrap up; to infold. “Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist.” Tennyson.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…In-tăct'i-ble, a. p. 702Not perceptible to the touch.In-tăg'lĭā-ted, a. p. 702Engraved or stamped on. Warton.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.In-tāil', v. t. p. 702See ENTAIL.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.In-tăm'i-nā'ted, a. p. 702Uncontaminated. [Obs.] A. Wood.In-tăn'gi-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 702The quality of being intangible; intangibleness.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.In-tăn'gi-ble-ness, n. p. 702The quality of being intangible.In-tān'gi-bly, adv. p. 702So as to be intangible.In-tān'gle, v. t. p. 702See ENTANGLE.In-tāst'a-ble, a. p. 702Incapable of being tasted; not able to affect the organs of taste; tasteless; unsavory. Greer.In'te-ger, n. p. 702A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.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…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.In'te-grāl'i-ty, n. p. 702Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker.Ĭn’te-gral-ly, adv. p. 702Wholly; completely. Whitaker.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…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…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…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…In-tĕg/ū-mā'tion, n. p. 703That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.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.In-tĕg'ū-mĕnt'a-ry, a. p. 703Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.In-tĕg'ū-men-tā'tion, n. p. 703Act of covering with integuments; state of being thus covered.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…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.In'tel-lēe'tion, n. p. 703The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley.Ĭn’tel-lēct’ive, a. p. 703Having power to understand, know, or comprehend. Glanville. 2. Produced by the understanding. Harris. 3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. “The most…Ĭn/tel-lĕct'ive-ly, adv. p. 703With intellection; intellectually. “Not intellectively to write.” Warner.In'tel-lēct'ū-al, a. p. 703Belonging to the mind; performed by the understanding; mental; as, intellectual powers or operations. 2. Formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; as, an intellectual scene. 3. Having the…In'tel-lēct'ū-al, n. p. 703The intellect or understanding. Her husband was not nigh, Whose higher intellectual more I shun. Milton. I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. De Quincey.Ĭn/tel-lĕct’ū-al-ĭsm, n. p. 703Intellectual power; intellectuality. 2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.In'tel-lēct'ū-al-ist, n. p. 703One who overrates the understanding. Bacon. 2. One who believes or maintains that human knowledge is derived from pure reason.In'tel-lĕc'tū-al'i-ty, n. p. 703Intellectual power; possession of intellect.In'tel-lĕct'ū-al-īze, v. t. p. 703To treat in an intellectual manner; to reason upon or discuss intellectually. 2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.In'tel-lēct'ū-al-ly, adv. p. 703By means of the understanding.In-tël'li-gence, n. p. 703The act of knowing; the exercise of the understanding. 2. The capacity to know, understand, or comprehend; the intellect as a gift or endowment. 3. The capacity for the higher functions of the…In-tĕl'li-gence, v. t. p. 703To inform; to instruct. [Obs.]