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Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.

Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin.

Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. De Quincey.

ping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott.

into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. "Crafty, insinuative, plausible men." Bp. Reynolds.

; to educate; to instruct. [Obs.] If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. Dr. H. More.

d of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible. C. A. Young. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.

Insuppressible. [Obs.] "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.

to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.

Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.

Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.

A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.

uel malice could invent. Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.

Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:

Not fit or possible to be recorded.

Not capable of being remitted; irremissible. Holinshed.

Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate. Firm and irrevocable is my doom. Shak. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.