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INCORRUPTLY adv.
Without corruption. To demean themselves incorruptly. Milton.
INDEPENDENT a.
te from; exclusive; irrespective. That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. R. P. Ward.
INDIAN n.
n hemp (Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained. -- Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf (Abutilon Avicennæ). See Abutilon. -- Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] -- Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and…
INDIFFERENCY n.
thing; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone. To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller. Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.…
INDONESIAN n.
eane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinities, from mixture with whom sprang the Indonesian race.
INDULGE v.
e one's self with a rest or in pleasure. Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. Atterbury.
INDULGENCE n.
lips. Tooke. They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less. Hammond.
INEXPLICABLE a.
ason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. Burke.
INFLATE v.
g.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.
INFLICTION n.
or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.
INFUSE v.
To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Shak. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessd Swift.
INGENIOUS a.
turers ingenious. Shak. The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. Sir W. Temple.
INHARMONIOUS a.
Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh. Cowper.
INIA n.
A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
INOSCULATE v.
imately; to cause to become as one. They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson.
INTERPLEAD v.
To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]
INTERPLEADER n.
ersely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.
INTERPOSE v.
trude; to between, either for aid or for troubling. What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night Shak. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man. Woodward.
INVERSION n.
The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
INVERTED a.
Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.
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