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Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invokingevil; as, the imprecatory psalms.

Implying, or tending to, improbation.

Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.

Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration. Johnson.

Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.

Incitomotor.

Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- In*clin"a*to*ri*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.

Serving for incubation.

Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

Not dilatory. [Obs.]

An infirmary. [Obs.]

Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Burke.

Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. [R.] London Spectator.

ucing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb. Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act…

A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick.

Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall.

Insinuative.

Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.