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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,384 words match “PEN”

INDEPENDENCE DAY n.

States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776.

INDEPENDENCY n. 2 definitions

Independence. "Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency!" Pope.

INDEPENDENT a. 10 definitions

Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. A dry, but independent crust. Cowper.

INDEPENDENTISM n.

Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden.

INDEPENDENTLY adv.

In an independent manner; without control.

INDISPENSABILITY n.

Indispensableness.

INDISPENSABLE a. 3 definitions

Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

INDISPENSABLENESS n.

The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.

INDISPENSABLY adv.

In an indispensable manner. "Indispensably necessary." Bp. Warburton.

Not expensive; cheap.

INTERDEPENDENCE n.

Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.

INTERDEPENDENCY n.

Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De Quincey.

INTERDEPENDENT a.

Mutually dependent.

INTERPENETRATE v. 2 definitions

To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.

INTERPENETRATION n.

The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration. Milman.

INTERPENETRATIVE a.

Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.

IRREPENTANCE n.

Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.

A devourer or absorber of money. "Law is a lickpenny." Sir W. Scott.

LONGIPENNATE a.

Having long wings, or quills.

A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.