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iambic adjective Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot., Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus., An iambic foot; an iambus., A verse composed of iambic feet., A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
iambus noun A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
iatric adjective Alt. of Iatrical
ibexes plural of Ibex
ibices plural of Ibex
ibidem adverb In the same place; — abbreviated ibid. or ib.
icemen plural of Iceman
iceman noun A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers., One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
icicle noun A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
ideate noun The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence., To form in idea; to fancy., To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
idiocy noun The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
idling present participle & vb. noun of Idle
idless noun Alt. of Idlesse
ignify verb t. To form into fire.
ignite verb t. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood., To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; — often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum., To take fire; to begin to burn.
ignomy noun Ignominy.
ignore verb t. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with., To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; — said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus., Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
ignote adjective Unknown., One who is unknown.
iguana noun Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.
iliche adverb Alike.
ilicic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.
ilicin noun The bitter principle of the holly.
ilkoon pronoun Each one; every one.
illish adjective Somewhat ill.
illude verb t. To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
illume verb t. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
illure verb t. To deceive; to entice; to lure.
imaged imp. & past participle of Image
imager noun One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
imaret noun A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.
imbalm verb t. See Embalm.
imband verb t. To form into a band or bands.
imbank verb t. To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.
imbark verb i. & t. See Embark.
imbarn verb t. To store in a barn.
imbase verb t. See Embase., To diminish in value.
imbibe verb t. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture., To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors., To saturate; to imbue.
imbody verb i. To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.
imboil verb t. & i. See Emboil.
imbosk verb t. To conceal, as in bushes; to hide., To be concealed.
imboss verb t. See Emboss.
imbrue verb t. To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
imbued imp. & past participle of Imbue
immane adjective Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.
immask verb t. To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
immesh verb t. To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.
immold verb t. Alt. of Immould
immund adjective Unclean.
immune adjective Exempt; protected by inoculation.
immure verb t. To wall around; to surround with walls., To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate., A wall; an inclosure.
immute verb t. To change or alter.
imping present participle & vb. noun of Imp, The act or process of grafting or mending., The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
impact verb t. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place., Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated., The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
impair verb t. To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value., To grow worse; to deteriorate., Not fit or appropriate., Diminution; injury.
impale verb t. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale., To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround., To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
impalm verb t. To grasp with or hold in the hand.
impark verb t. To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.
imparl verb i. To hold discourse; to parley., To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
impart noun To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth., To obtain a share of; to partake of., To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose., To give a part or share., To hold a conference or consultation.
impave verb t. To pave.
impawn verb t. To put in pawn; to pledge.
impede verb t. To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
impent of Impen
impend verb t. To pay., To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
impery noun Empery.
impest verb t. To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.
imphee noun The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), — resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
impire noun See Umpire.
implex adjective Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.
impone verb t. To stake; to wager; to pledge.
impoon noun The duykerbok.
impoor verb t. To impoverish.
import verb t. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; — opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc., To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify., To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern., To signify; to purport; to be of moment., Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; — generally in the plural, opposed to exports., That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like., Importance; weight; consequence.
impose verb t. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit., To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute., To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination., To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; — said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc., To practice trick or deception., A command; injunction.
impost noun That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country., The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
impugn verb t. To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.
impune adjective Unpunished.
impure adjective Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc., Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; — said of persons or things., Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas., Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean., Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style., To defile; to pollute.
impute verb t. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; — generally in a bad sense., To adjudge as one’s own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us., To take account of; to consider; to regard.
imrigh noun A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland.
inable verb t. See Enable.
inarch verb t. To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; — also called to graft by approach.
inbind verb t. To inclose.
inborn adjective Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.
inbred adjective Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth., of Inbreed
incage verb t. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up.
incarn verb t. To cover or invest with flesh., To develop flesh.
incase verb t. To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.
incask verb t. To cover with a casque or as with a casque.
incend verb t. To inflame; to excite.
incest noun The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
inched imp. & past participle of Inch, Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.
incide verb t. To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines.
incise verb t. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave., To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
incite verb t. To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
inclip verb t. To clasp; to inclose.
income noun A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion., That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted., That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income., That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; — sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output.
incony adjective Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.
incube verb t. To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.
incubi plural of Incubus
inculk verb t. To inculcate.
inculp verb t. To inculpate.
incult adjective Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.
incuse verb t. Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving., Alt. of Incuss
incuss verb t. To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.
incute verb t. To strike or stamp in.
incyst verb t. See Encyst.
indart verb t. To pierce, as with a dart.
indear verb t. See Endear.
indebt verb t. To bring into debt; to place under obligation; — chiefly used in the participle indebted.
indeed adverb In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; — used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies.
indent verb t. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper., To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp., To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant., To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention., To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores., To be cut, notched, or dented., To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag., To contract; to bargain or covenant., A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch., A stamp; an impression., A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt., A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
indian adjective Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies., Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk., Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like., A native or inhabitant of India., One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; — so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
indice noun Index; indication.
indict verb t. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite., To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce., To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.
indies noun pl. A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.
indign adjective Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading.
indigo noun A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors., A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican., Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
indite verb t. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt., To invite or ask., To indict; to accuse; to censure., To compose; to write, as a poem.
indium noun A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.
indoin noun A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.
indoor adjective Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
indris noun Alt. of Indri
induce verb t. To lead in; to introduce., To draw on; to overspread., To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence., To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure., To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state., To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; — the opposite of deduce.
induct verb t. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in., To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.
indued imp. & past participle of Indue
indult noun Alt. of Indulto
ineyed imp. & past participle of Ineye
infame verb t. To defame; to make infamous.
infamy noun Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity., A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action., That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
infant noun A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age., A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor., Same as Infante., Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength., Intended for young children; as, an infant school., To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
infare noun A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.
infect verb t. Infected. Cf. Enfect., To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment., To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague., To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious., To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
infelt adjective Felt inwardly; heartfelt.
infest verb t. Mischievous; hurtful; harassing., To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
infile verb t. To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order.
infilm verb t. To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.
infirm adjective Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution., Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating., Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious., To weaken; to enfeeble.
inflex verb t. To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
inflow verb i. To flow in.
influx noun The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light., A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver., Influence; power.
infold verb t. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve., To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
inform adjective Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed., To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion., To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; — usually followed by of., To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody., To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear., To give intelligence or information; to tell.
infule plural of Infula
infula noun A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
infuse verb t. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed., To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce., To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; — followed by with., To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak., To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate., Infusion.
ingate noun Entrance; ingress., The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.
ingena noun The gorilla.
ingeny noun Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.
ingest verb t. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
ingirt verb t. To encircle to gird; to engirt., Surrounded; encircled.
inglut verb t. To glut.
inguen noun The groin.
ingulf verb t. To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
inhale verb t. To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; — opposed to exhale.
inhaul noun Alt. of Inhauler
inhere verb i. To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
inhive verb t. To place in a hive; to hive.
inheld imp. & past participle of Inhold
inhold verb t. To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess.
inhoop verb t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop.
inhume verb t. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter., To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
inisle verb t. To form into an island; to surround.
inject verb t. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe., Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill., To cast or throw; — with on., To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
injoin verb t. See Enjoin.
injure verb t. To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; — used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.
injury adjective Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
inking present participle & vb. noun of Ink, Supplying or covering with ink.
inknee noun Same as Knock-knee.
inknot verb t. To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
inlace verb t. To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.
inlaid past participle of Inlay.
inland adjective Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town., Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc., Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange., The interior part of a country., Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
inlard verb t. See Inlard.
inlist verb t. See Enlist.
inlive verb t. To animate.
inlock verb t. To lock in, or inclose.
inmacy noun The state of being an inmate.
inmate noun One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling., Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
inmesh verb t. To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.
inmost adjective Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.
inning present participle & vb. noun of Inn, Ingathering; harvesting., The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; — often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings., Lands recovered from the sea.
innate adjective Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence., Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive., Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther., To cause to exit; to call into being.
innuit noun An Eskimo.
inogen noun A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann’s hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.
inrail verb t. To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.
inroad noun The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment., To make an inroad into; to invade.
inroll verb t. See Enroll.
inrush noun A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide., To rush in.
insane adjective Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2., Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital., Causing insanity or madness., Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
inseam verb t. To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
insect noun One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta., Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion., Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates., Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing., Of or pertaining to an insect or insects., Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
insert verb t. To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.
inship verb t. To embark.
inside adverb Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc., Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration., Adapted to the interior., The part within; interior or internal portion; content., The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings., An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
insist verb i. To stand or rest; to find support; — with in, on, or upon., To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; — followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
insole noun The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.
insoul verb t. To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one’s strongest affections on.
inspan verb t. & i. To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.
instar verb t. To stud as with stars.
instep noun The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint., That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
instop verb t. To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.
insult verb t. The act of leaping on; onset; attack., Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity., To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon., To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him., To leap or jump., To behave with insolence; to exult.
insume verb t. To take in; to absorb.
insure verb t. To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one., Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured., To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
intact adjective Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
intail verb t. See Entail, v. t.
intake noun The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; — opposed to outlet., the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder., The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
intend verb t. To stretch’ to extend; to distend., To strain; to make tense., To intensify; to strengthen., To apply with energy., To bend or turn; to direct, as one’s course or journey., To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard., To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; — often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain., To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold., To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
intent adjective Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; — said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement., Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; — formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure., The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
inter- A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
intern adjective Internal., To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.
intext noun The text of a book.
intice verb t. See Entice.
intime adjective Inward; internal; intimate.
intine noun A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
intire adverb Alt. of Intirely
intomb verb t. To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
intone verb t. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service., To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
intort verb t. To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.
intra- A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
intrap verb t. See Entrap.
intro- A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.
intune verb t. To intone. Cf. Entune.
intuse noun A bruise; a contusion.
inulin noun A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
inured imp. & past participle of Inure
invade verb t. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; — used of forcible or rude ingress., To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain., To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people., To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue., To make an invasion.
invect verb i. To inveigh.
inveil verb t. To cover, as with a vail.
invent verb t. To come or light upon; to meet; to find., To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; — applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine., To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; — in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
invert verb t. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc., To change the position of; — said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony., To divert; to convert to a wrong use., To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10., To undergo inversion, as sugar., Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar., An inverted arch.
invest verb t. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; — opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe., To put on., To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate., To surround, accompany, or attend., To confer; to give., To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town., To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock., To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; — usually followed by in.
invict adjective Invincible.
invile verb t. To render vile.
invite verb t. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion., To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract., To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism., To give invitation.
invoke verb t. To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
inwall verb t. To inclose or fortify as with a wall., An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.
inward adjective Being or placed within; inner; interior; — opposed to outward., Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul., Intimate; domestic; private., That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera., The mental faculties; — usually pl., An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance., Alt. of Inwards
inwith preposition Within.
inwork verb t. & i. To work in or within.
itworn p. adjective Worn, wrought, or stamped in.
inwrap verb t. To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc., To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex.
iodate noun A salt of iodic acid.
iodide noun A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.
iodine noun A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.
iodism noun A morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds, and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation, with a pustular eruption upon the skin.
iodize verb t. To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography.
iodous adjective Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix).
iolite noun A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.
ionian adjective Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic., A native or citizen of Ionia.
ipecac noun An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
iranic adjective Iranian.
ireful adjective Full of ire; angry; wroth.
irenic adjective Alt. of Irenical
iridal adjective Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.
iridic adjective Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye., Of or pertaining to iridium; — said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
irises plural of Iris
irides plural of Iris
irised adjective Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
iritis noun An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
ironed imp. & past participle of Iron
ironer noun One who, or that which, irons.
ironic adjective Ironical.
isabel Alt. of Isabel color
isagel noun One of two or more objects containing the same information.
isagon adjective A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.
isatic adjective Alt. of Isatinic
isatin noun An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.
isatis noun A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.
isicle noun A icicle.
island noun A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent., Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice., See Isle, n., 2., To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle., To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
isobar noun A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line., The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.
isomer noun A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.
isopod adjective Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda., One of the Isopoda.
issued imp. & past participle of Issue
issuer noun One who issues, emits, or publishes.
isuret noun An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; — called also isuretine.
italic adjective Relating to Italy or to its people., Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; — so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500., An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); — often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author’s. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
itched imp. & past participle of Itch
itemed imp. & past participle of Item
itself pronoun The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself.
ittria noun See Yttria.
itzibu noun A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents.
ixodes noun A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.
izzard noun See Izard., The letter z; — formerly so called.