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to offer. [Obs.] Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. Shak.

fect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs. Astrologers call the evil influences of t…

Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson.

of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

e form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.

nrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden. Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper. -- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.

To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.

uous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy. The spear Sung innocent,and spent its force in air. Pope.

Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.

To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire. Forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty. Harvey.

In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.

Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.

The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.

Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.

Tending to interrupt; interrupting. "Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.

mple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes fri…

tion which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden.

To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.