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To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Sir T. Browne.

hat which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.

The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

Inquiry; quest; search. [R.] Spenser. The laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science. South.

Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton. Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales.

Unseasonably. [Obs.]

Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales.

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest he…

Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.

The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson.

Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.

In an interesting manner.

The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.

Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.

The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. Blackstone.

Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. Blackstone. Airy succeeders of intestate joys. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments. Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm (Zoöl.), any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.

Internal; inward; -- opposed to external. Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. Milton.

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

Covering; clothing. [R.] Woodward.