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To inclose, as in a mew or cage. [R.] "Inmew the town below." Beau. & Fl.

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn. [Eng.]

Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. [R.] Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun. Mrs. Browning.

Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv.

To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.

ny immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions. God is in every creature; be cruel toward none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer. Taylor. Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks. Milton.

The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim. Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Shak. The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the Hooker. To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. "He w…

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. Locke.

To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade. While storms vindictive intercept the shore. Pope.

graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.

Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial. Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior. -- Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.

Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.

the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.

The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

ercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.

Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.

f the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. --n.