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Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.

INDELECTABLE a.

Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.] Richardson.

INDELIBERATE a.

Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] -- In`de*lib"er*ate*ly, adv. [Obs.]

INDELIBERATED a.

Indeliberate. [Obs.]

INDELIBILITY n.

The quality of being indelible. Bp. Horsley.

INDELIBLE a. 2 definitions

ashed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.

The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind. The indelicacy of English comedy. Blair. Your papers would be chargeable with wors…

Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.

INDEMNIFICATION n. 2 definitions

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified. Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. Burke.

INDEMNIFY v. 2 definitions

or damage; to insure. The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. Sir W. Temple.

INDEMNITY n. 2 definitions

penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott.

INDEMONSTRABILITY n.

The quality of being indemonstrable.

INDEMONSTRABLE a.

Incapable of being demonstrated. -- In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness, n.

INDENIZATION n.

The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.] Evelyn.

To naturalize. [R.]

To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.] Words indenizened, and commonly used as English. B. Jonson.

INDENT v. 12 definitions

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

INDENTATION n. 5 definitions

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

INDENTED a. 5 definitions

Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.

INDENTEDLY adv.

With indentations.