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INCUBITURE n.
Incubation. [Obs.] J. Ellis.
INCULTURE n.
Want or neglect of cultivation or culture. [Obs.] Feltham.
INDENTURE n. 5 definitions
arty has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master. The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie.
INEXPOSURE n.
A state of not being exposed.
INFLEXURE n.
An inflection; a bend or fold. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
INJURE v.
he feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. When have I injured thee when done thee wrong Shak.
INJURER n.
One who injures or wrongs.
INSCULPTURE n.
An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.] On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak.
INSCULPTURED p.
Engraved. Glover.
INSECURE a. 2 definitions
Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss. With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. Jer. Taylor.
INSECURELY adv.
In an insecure manner.
INSECURENESS n.
Insecurity.
INSISTURE n.
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. [Obs.] Shak.
INSTAURE v.
To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [Obs.] Marston.
INSURE v. 3 definitions
To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
INSURER n.
One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
INTEMPERATURE n.
Intemperateness. [Obs.] Boyle.
INTERMIXTURE n. 2 definitions
A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle.
INTERMURE v.
To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.
INTERPOSURE n.
Interposition. [Obs.]
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