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thing that is difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey.

The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe. Inca dove (Zoöl.), a small dove (Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.

n impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.

of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] Macaulay.

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. D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.

ormally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.

who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

One governed by indifferentism.

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

ful and useful labor. Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple.

e of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody. Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul. Acts xxiv. 1.

A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.…

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

; repugnant. We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments. Burke.

y. Dr. H. More. To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.

interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part. Milton.

lish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society. Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government. Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).

A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.

Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.