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figures, letters, etc., upon something). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free." Cowper.

Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. My heart, impulsive and wayward. Longfellow.

ourse of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Judges ix. 3. Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell.

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief have indited such expressions South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.

Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.

Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.

Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.] The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. Milman.

a sting, spear, or dart. Shak. The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. Dryden.

. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. Dryden.

to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. Cowper.

sp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. Shak.

The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle. [Obs.] Toone.

Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace.

or, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness. Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend. Shak. Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man. L'Estrange.

Internally; within; in the heart. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.

The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness. The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails. Shak. Banished from man's life his happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence! Milton.

eet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.