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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'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. Blackwall.In-vā’sion, n. p. 712The act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment. 2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or…In-vā'sive, a. p. 713Tending to invade; aggressive. “Invasive war.” Hoole.In-vēct', v. i. p. 713To inveigh. [Obs.]In-vēct'ed, a. p. 713(Her.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles or arcs of circles with the convexity outward;—the opposite of engrailed.In-vĕc'tion, n. p. 713Invective. [Obs.] See INVECTIVE.In-vēc'tive, n. p. 713An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent utterance of censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on…In-vĕc'tive, a. p. 713Satirical; abusive; railing.In-vēc'tive-ly, adv. p. 713In the way of invection; satirically; abusively. Shak.In-veigh', v. i. p. 713To exclaim or rail against; to utter censorious and bitter language against; to express reproach;—with against. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court-vassals, opposed him. Milton.In-veigh'er, n. p. 713One who rails; a railer.In-vēi'gle, v. t. p. 713To persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery, to entice; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton.In-vēi'gle-ment, n. p. 713The act of inveigling; that which inveigles; enticement.In-vēi'gler, n. p. 713One who entices or draws into any design by arts and flattery.In-veil', v. t. p. 713To cover, as with a vail; to veil. [Written also invail.] Browne.In-vēnd′i-bĭl′i-ty, n. p. 713The state or quality of being invendible; unsalableness.In-vēnd'i-ble, a. p. 713Not vendible or salable. Jefferson.In-vēnd'i-ble-ness, n. p. 713Invendibility.In-vĕn'om, v. t. p. 713See ENVENOM.In-vĕnt′, v. t. p. 713To come or light upon; to hit on; to meet; to find. [Obs.] Or Bacchus’ merry fruit they did invent. Spenser. 2. To discover, commonly by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or…In-vĕnt'ful, a. p. 713Full of invention. Gifford.In-vĕnt'i-ble, a. p. 713Capable of being invented.In-vĕnt'i-ble-ness, n. p. 713The state of being inventible.In-vĕnʹtion, n. p. 713The act of finding out; contrivance of that which did not before exist; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing. As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the…In-vĕn’tiōŭs, a. p. 713Inventive. [Obs.] B. Jonson.