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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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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.In-vĕn'tive, a. p. 713Able to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden.In-vēn'tive-ly, adv. p. 713In an inventive manner.In-vĕnt'ive-ness, n. p. 713The faculty of inventing.In-vĕnt'or, n. p. 713One who finds out something new; a contriver.In'ven-tō'ri-al, a. p. 713Of, or pertaining to, an inventory.Ĭn'ven-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 713In the manner of an inventory. Shak.Ĭn'ven-to-ry, n. p. 713An account, catalogue, or schedule of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed.…Ĭn'ven-to-ry, v. t. p. 713To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; as, to inventory the goods and estates of a deceased person. Blackstone.In-vēn'tress, n. p. 713A female that invents. Dryden.In-vĕr′i-si-mĭl′i-tūde, n. p. 713Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.In-vēr'mi-nā'tion, n. p. 713(Med.) A diseased or unhealthy state of the intestinal canal, arising from the presence of worms.In'ver-nā'dē-lo, n. p. 713A green-house. Simmonds.In-vērse', a. p. 713Opposite in order or relation; inverted; reciprocal; — opposed to direct. Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature. Tatham. 2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a…In-vērse'ly, adv. p. 713In an inverted order or manner.In-vĕr'sion, n. p. 713See INVERT. 1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward. 2. A complete change of order; a reversed position; a turning or change of the natural order of things. It is just the inversion of…In-vērt', v. t. p. 713To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order; to give a contrary direction to; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, &c. That doth invert the attest…Ĭn'vĕrt, n. p. 713(Arch.) An inverted arch. See INVERTED.In-věr'te-bral, a. p. 713(Zoöl.) Destitute of a vertebral column, as some animals; invertebrate.In-vĕr'te-brate, n. p. 713(Zoöl.) An animal having no vertebral column.In-věr'te-brate or In-věr'te-brā'ted, a. p. 713(Zoöl.) Destitute of a back-bone; having no vertebræ; invertebral. See VERTEBRATED.In-vĕrt'ed, p. a. p. 713Changed in order; reversed. 2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval and the like. Inverted arch (Arch.) an arch placed with crown…In-vĕrt'ed-ly, adv. p. 713In a contrary or reversed order.In-vĕrt'i-ble, a. p. 713Incapable of being inverted or turned.In-vĕst', v. t. p. 713To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array;—usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe; also, to put on. “Can not find one this girdle to invest.” Spenser. 2. To…