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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9,815 words match “IND”

INDEFATIGATION n.
Indefatigableness; unweariedness. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
INDEFEASIBILITY n.
The quality of being undefeasible.
INDEFEASIBLE a.
Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.
INDEFECTIBILITY n.
The quality of being indefectible. Barrow.
INDEFECTIBLE a.
Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.
INDEFECTIVE a.
Not defective; perfect; complete. "Absolute, indefective obedience." South.
INDEFEISIBLE a.
Indefeasible. [Obs.]
INDEFENSIBILITY n.
The quality or state of not being defensible. Walsh.
INDEFENSIBLE n.
Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc. Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible. Burke.
INDEFENSIBLY adv.
In an indefensible manner.
INDEFENSIVE a.
Defenseless. [Obs.] The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.
INDEFICIENCY n.
The state or quality of not being deficient. [Obs.] Strype.
INDEFICIENT a.
Not deficient; full. [Obs.] Brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven. Jer. Taylor.
INDEFINABLE a.
Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds.
INDEFINABLY adv.
In an indefinable manner.
INDEFINITE a. 4 definitions
t; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. Dryden.…
INDEFINITELY adv.
In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely. If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human intellect can fancy any bound of it. Ray.
INDEFINITENESS n.
The quality of being indefinite.
INDEFINITUDE n.
Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.] Sir M . Hale.
INDEHISCENCE n.
The property or state of being indehiscent.
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