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By inheritance. Sherwood.

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.

A heiress. Milman.

Same as Inheritress. Shak.

Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever. E. Darwin.

Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin.

Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.

Innutritious.

Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate. Boyle.

The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly n…

To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate. The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire and ambition. Pope.

The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton.

quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.

State of being interior.

Within the territory or a territory.

Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.

An inflammation of the iris of the eye.