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HUMANIFY v.
To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate. [R.] The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.
HUMIFUSE a.
Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.
HUSWIFE n. 4 definitions
le housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak. The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. Tusser.
HUSWIFELY a. 2 definitions
Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent. -- adv.
HUSWIFERY n.
The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill. Tusser.
HYDATIFORM a.
Resembling a hydatid.
HYDRIFORM a.
Having the form or structure of a hydra.
HYPERBOLIFORM a.
Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.
HYPOCRATERIFORM a.
hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood.
HYPPOGRIFF n.
See Hyppogriff.
IDENTIFIABLE a.
Capable of being identified.
IDENTIFICATION n.
The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
IDENTIFY v. 3 definitions
ose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. D. Ramsay. Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. Burke.
IGNIFEROUS a.
Producing fire. [R.] Blount.
IGNIFLUOUS a.
Flowing with fire. [Obs.] Cockerman.
IGNIFY v.
To form into fire. [R.] Stukeley.
IMMANIFEST a.
Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMORTIFICATION n.
Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
IMPERSONATION; IMPERSONIFICATION n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.
IMPROLIFIC a.
Not prolific. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
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