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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'tu-mĕsçe', v. i. p. 712To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell. In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish-black mass. Kirwan.In'tu-mēs'çence, n. p. 712The action of swelling. 2. A swell; a swelling with bubbles; a rising and enlarging; a tumid state. Woodward.In-tū'mu-lā'ted, a. p. 712Unburied. [Obs.] Cockream.In-tur’bid-āte, v. t. p. 712To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfully inturbidates his theology. Coleridge.In'tur-gĕs'cence, n. p. 712A swelling; the action of swelling, or state of being swelled. [Obs.] Browne.In'tūse, n. p. 712A bruise. [Obs.] Spenser.In'tus-sus-cĕp'tion, n. p. 712The reception of one part within another. 2. (Anat.) The abnormal reception of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; especially, the reception of the upper part…In-twine′, v. t. p. 712To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers in-twined. [Written also entwine.]In-twine'ment, n. p. 712The act of intwining.In-twist', v. t. p. 712To twist into or together; to interweave.In-ū-ên'do, n. p. 712See INNUENDO.In'ū-lā, n. p. 712(Bot.) A genus of plants including the elecampane.Ĭn'ū-līne, n. p. 712(Chem.) A variety of starch obtained from the roots of Inula helenium, and other synantherous plants. It is tasteless, insoluble in cold water, but soluble in hot, and is deposited in the form of…In-ūm'brāte, v. t. p. 712To shade. Bailey.In-ūnct'ed, a. p. 712Anointed. [Obs.] Coctearam.In-ŭnc'tion, n. p. 712The action of anointing; unction. [Obs.] Ray.In-ūnct'ū-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 712The want of unctuosity; destitution of greasiness or oiliness which is perceptible to the touch; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan.In-ŭn'dant, a. p. 712Overflowing. [Rare.] Shenstone.In-ŭn'dāte, v. t. p. 712To spread over with a fluid; to overflow; to deluge; to flood. 2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was once inundated with bills of credit. Syn.—To overflow…Ĭn'un-dā'tion, n. p. 712The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow of water or other fluid; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over low grounds. With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns…In-ăn'der-stānd'ing, a. p. 712Void of understanding. [Obs.] Pearson.Ĭn′ur-bāne′, a. p. 712Uncivil; uncourteous; unpolished.In'ur-bāne'ly, adv. p. 712Without urbanity.In'ur-bāne'ness, n. p. 712Incivility.In'ur-bān'i-ty, n. p. 712Want of urbanity or courtesy; incivility; rude, unpolished manners or deportment. Bp. Hall.In-üre′, v. t. p. 712To apply or expose in use or practice till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to accustom. “To inure our prompt obedience.” Milton. The poor, inured to drudgery…In-ūre′, v. i. p. 712To pass in use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs of the grantee, or it inures to their benefit.In-ūre'ment, n. p. 712Use; practice; habit; custom; frequency.In-ûrn’, v. t. p. 712To bury; to inter; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak. 2. To put in an urn.In-ū'si-tā'tion, n. p. 712Neglect of use; disuse. [Rare.] Paley.In-ŭs'tion, n. p. 712The action of burning. 2. A branding; the action of marking by burning.In-ū'tile, a. p. 712Unprofitable; useless. [Obs.] Bacon.In/ū-tĭl'i-ty, n. p. 712Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.In-ŭt'ter-a-ble, a. p. 712Not capable of being uttered; ineffable; unutterable. [Obs.] Milton.In-vāde', v. t. p. 712To go upon. [Obs.] Dissembling as the sea, Which now wears brows as smooth as virgin's be, Tempting the merchant to invade his face. Beau. & Fl. 2. To go into; to enter. [A Latinism.] [Obs.] Which…In-vād'er, n. p. 712One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.In-vāg'i-nā'ted, a. p. 712(Anat.) Received into another part, as into a sheath.In-vāg/i-nā'tion, n. p. 712(Anat.) The introduction or reception of one part into another, as into a sheath; intussusception. Dunglison.In′va-lĕs′cence, n. p. 712Strength; health. [Obs.]In-văl'e-tū'di-na-ry, a. p. 712Wanting health. [Obs.]In-văl'id, a. p. 712Of no force, weight, or cogency; weak. 2. (Law.) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.In'va-lid, a. p. 712In ill health; feeble; infirm; as, a stranger came with his invalid daughter.In′va-lĭd, n. p. 712A person who is weak and infirm; a person sickly or indisposed; one who is disabled for active service; especially, a soldier or seaman worn out in service.In'va-lĭd, v. t. p. 712To render or to classify as invalid; to enroll or register on the list of invalids in the military or naval service. “Invalid-ed, bent, and almost blind.” Dickens.In-vā′i-dāte, v. t. p. 712To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the strength or validity of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.In-vā'li-dā'tion, n. p. 712The act or process of rendering invalid. “So many invalidations of their right.” Burke.In'va-lid', n. p. 712Same as INVALID, q. v.In'va-lid-ism, n. p. 712The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.Ĭn'va-lĭd'ĭ-ty, n. p. 712Want of cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will. 2. Want of health; infirmity. [Obs.]In-vāl'id-ness, n. p. 712Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning.In-văl'or-ous, a. p. 712Wanting bravery; cowardly; fearful; timorous.In-văl'ū-a-ble, a. p. 712Dear beyond any assignable value; precious above estimation; so valuable that the worth can not be estimated; inestimable.In-văl'ū-a-bly, adv. p. 712Inestimably. Bp. Hall.In-vā'lüed, a. p. 712Of great value; inestimable.In-vā'ri-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 712The quality of being invariable; invariableness.In-vā'ri-a-ble, a. p. 712Not given to variation or change; constant in the same state; immutable; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform. “Physical laws which are invariable.” I. Taylor.In-vā'ri-a-ble, n. p. 712(Math.) An invariable quantity; a constant.In-vā'ri-a-ble-ness, n. p. 712Constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness; invariability.In-vā'ri-a-bly, adv. p. 712Without alteration or change; uniformly.In-vā'ried, a. p. 712Unvaried; not changing or altering. 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