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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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  1. In′tra-mun′diāne, a.p. 710Being within the world.
  2. Ĭn·tra·mū'ral, a.p. 710Within the walls, as of a city, &c.; as, intramural disease.
  3. In·trānçe', n.p. 710See ENTRANCE.
  4. In/tran·quil'li·ty, n.p. 710Unquietness; inquietude; want of rest.
  5. Ĭn′trans-ē′lent, a.p. 710Not allowing the passage of heat; impervious to heat.
  6. Ĭn′trans-grĕss′i-ble, a.p. 710Incapable of being passed. [Obs.] Holland.
  7. In-trăn'sient, a.p. 710Not transient; not passing suddenly away. Killingbeck.
  8. In-trăn'si-tĭve, a.p. 710(Gram.) Not passing over, or indicating passing over; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent, or, in other words, an action that does not pass over to, or operate upon, an object…
  9. In-trăn'si-tive-ly, adv.p. 710Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.
  10. Ĭn’trans-mis’si-ble, a.p. 710Not capable of being transmitted.
  11. Ĭn'/trans-mū'/ta-bĭl'/i-ty, n.p. 710The quality of not being transmutable.
  12. Ĭn/trans-mu'ta-ble, a.p. 710Not capable of being transmuted, or changed into another substance.
  13. In'trant, a.p. 710Entering; penetrating; making entrance.
  14. Ĭn’trant, n.p. 710One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some public duty or official station.
  15. In·trāp', v. t.p. 710See ENTRAP.
  16. In·tra-pē'ti-o-lar, a.p. 710(Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; — said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between…
  17. Ĭn’tra-trōp’īcal, a.p. 711Within the tropics.
  18. In-trēas'ure, v. t.p. 711To lay up, as in a treasury. [Obs.] Shak.
  19. In-trēat', v. t.p. 711See ENTREAT. Spenser.
  20. In-trēat'ance, n.p. 711Entreaty. [Obs.] Holland.
  21. In-trēat'ful, a.p. 711Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.
  22. In-trĕnch’, v. t.p. 711To surround with a trench, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or they were intrenched. “In the suburbs close intrenched.” Shak. 2. To…
  23. In-trĕnch', v. i.p. 711To invade; to encroach; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another;—usually followed by on or upon; as, in the contest for power, the king was charged with intrenching on the…
  24. In-trĕnch'ant, a.p. 711Not to be divided or wounded; indivisible. [Obs.] Shak.
  25. In-trĕnch'ment, n.p. 711The act of intrenching. 2. (Mil.) A trench or ditch dug out for a defense against an enemy; also, the earth thrown up in making such a ditch; and, hence, a slight fortification or field-work. On our…
  26. In-trĕp'id, a.p. 711Not trembling or shaking with fear; hence, fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; as, an intrepid soldier.
  27. Ĭn’trĕ-pĭd’ĭ-ty, n.p. 711The state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness. He had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. Addison. Syn.—Courage…
  28. In-trĕp'id-ly, adv.p. 711In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
  29. Ĭn’trĭ-ca-ble, a.p. 711Entangling. [Obs.] Shelton.
  30. Ĭn’tri-ca-cy, n.p. 711The state of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a…
  31. In'tri-cate, a.p. 711Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; obscure; as, we passed through intricate windings; we found the accounts intricate. The nature of man is intricate. Burke. Syn.—INTRICATE, COMPLEX…
  32. In'tri-cate, v. t.p. 711To make obscure; to perplex. [Obs. or rare.] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. L. Taylor.
  33. In'tri-cate-ly, adv.p. 711In an intricate manner; with perplexity or intricacy.
  34. In'tri-cate-ness, n.p. 711The state of being intricate; involution; complication; perplexity.
  35. Ĭn’tri-cā’tion, n.p. 711Entanglement. [Obs.]
  36. In-trīgue', n.p. 711A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. “Busy meddlers in intrigues of state.” Pomfret. 2. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs…
  37. In-trigue', v. i.p. 711To form a plot or scheme, usually complicated, and intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. 2. To carry on a commerce of forbidden love.
  38. In-trigue, v. t.p. 711To perplex or render intricate. [Obs.] How doth it perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives? Scott.
  39. In-trig'u-er, n.p. 711One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret artifices.
  40. In-trig'u'er-y, n.p. 711Arts or practice of intrigue.
  41. In-trig'uing-ly, adv.p. 711With intrigue; with artifice or secret machinations.
  42. In-trin'se or In-trin'se-cate, a.p. 711Entangled; perplexed. [Obs.] Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, Which are too intrinse to unloose. Shak.
  43. In-trĭn'sic or In-trĭn'sic-al, a.p. 711Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent, not apparent or accidental; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or…
  44. In-trīm'sie, n.p. 711A genuine quality. [Obs.] Warburton.
  45. In-trĭn'si-căl'i-ty, n.p. 711The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.
  46. In-trīn'sie-al-ly, adv.p. 711Internally; in its nature; really; truly. A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil. South.
  47. In-trĭn'sĭe-al-ness, n.p. 711The quality of being intrinsic; intrinsically.
  48. In'tro.p. 711A prefix signifying within, into, in, and the like.
  49. Ĭn’tro·cĕs’sion, n.p. 711(Med.) A depression, or sinking of parts inward.
  50. In'tro-dūce', v. t.p. 711[Lat. introducere, from intro, inwardly, within, and du-cere, to lead; Sp. introducir, Pg. introduzir, It. introdurre, Fr. introduire, Pr. introduire. 1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in…
  51. Ĭn′tro-dū′cer, n.p. 711One who introduces.
  52. In'tro-dūct', v. t.p. 711To introduce. [Obs.]
  53. In'tro-dūc'tion, n.p. 711The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of making persons known to each other; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces…
  54. Ĭn′tro-dūc′tive, a.p. 711Serving to introduce; serving as the means to bring forward something; introductory. South.
  55. In'tro-dūc'tive-ly, adv.p. 711In a manner serving to introduce.
  56. Ĭn’trō-dūc’tor, n.p. 711An introducer. [Obs.] Gibbon.
  57. Ĭnʹtro-dūcʹto-ri-ly, adv.p. 711By way of introduction.
  58. Ĭnʹtro-dūʹcĕʹto-ry, a.p. 711Serving to introduce something else; previous; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory remarks; an introductory discourse.
  59. In'tro-dūc'tress, n.p. 711A female who introduces.
  60. In'tro-flēxed', a.p. 711Flexed or bent inward.