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se; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

re to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

In a hostile manner.

A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. -- Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic, a.

Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. [Obs.] -- Il`la*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.

Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof. Shedd.

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.

nfancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

In an infertile manner.

To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order. [Obs.] Holland.

Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. Bacon.

Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. Bacon.

Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Bacon.