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1,511 words match “EAST”

IMPUTABLE a.
ted; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable. A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. Prescott.
INASMUCH adv.
llowed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matt. xxv. 45.
INCLINE v.
or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17.
INCORRUPTED a.
Uncorrupted. [Obs.] Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies.
INCREASE v.
young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. Fishes are more numerous of increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. Sir M. Hale.
INDIA n.
aoutchouc. -- India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.
INDIAN n.
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
INDIES n.
A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies. Our king has all the Indies in his arms. Shak.
INDIVISIBLE n.
e. By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. Digby.
INDO- n.
A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.
INDO-DO-CHINESE LANGUAGES n.
ive, spoken in the great area extending from northern India in the west to Formosa in the east and from Central Asia in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the south.
INFINITE a.
s still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least can not sink. H. Brooke.
INFUSE v.
To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. Infuse his breast with magnanimity. Shak. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. Shak.
INGATHERING n.
especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16.
INGENUOUS a.
it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve. Fuller.
INHABIT v. 2 definitions
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone Moore.
INJUSTICE n.
rong. Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift.
INKLING n.
A hint; an intimation. The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.
INLAND adv.
, away from the coast. Cook. The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner.
INSTANTLY adv.
Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately. Macaulay.
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