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The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

A flowing in; infusion. [R.] Bacon.

The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed. E. Darwin. He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine. Bacon.

A following after; close pursuit. [Obs.] Chapman.

Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott.

The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. By a soft insinuation mix'd With earth's large mass. Crashaw.

Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder. -- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv.

Flowing between or among; intervening. Boyle.

A flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.

etween hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.] The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. The Century.

xpressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.

Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.

Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

Overflowing. [R.] Shenstone.

To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. To stop the inundation of her tears. Shak.

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

al principle of all things. -- Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line).

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.