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Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.

Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.

Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.

Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration. Harvey.

Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible. Bacon.

Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [R.]

Capable of being insulted or affronted. [R.] Emerson.

Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured. The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed the insurable interest which remained in the insured at the time of the subscription thereof. Walsh.

Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery. -- In`sus*cep`ti*bly adv.

Capable of being integrated.

Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics. Milton.

Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc. The intelligible forms of ancient poets. Coleridge.

Capable of being mutually communicated.

Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

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

Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.

Not capable of being transmitted.

Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.