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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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INQUISITION n. 5 definitions

A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.

INROAD v. 2 definitions

an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.

INSESSION n. 2 definitions

That in which one sits, as a bathing tub. [R.] Insessions be bathing tubs half full. Holland.

INSOLENCE n. 4 definitions

olent conduct or treatment; insult. Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers. Fuller.

INSTANT a. 6 definitions

Present; current. The instant time is always the fittest time. Fuller.

INSUFFICIENCY n. 2 definitions

xcuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. Hooker.

INTELLECTUAL a. 5 definitions

ed by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person. Who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity Milton.

INTEND v. 9 definitions

My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller.

Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.

INTUITION n. 3 definitions

might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.

Full of invention. J. Gifford.

INVERNESS; INVERNESS CAPE n.

A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

INVESTURE v. 2 definitions

To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] "Monks . . . investured in their copes." Fuller.

Full of ire; angry; wroth. "The ireful bastard Orleans." Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave.

ITEM n. 5 definitions

nuendo. [Obs.] A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves. Fuller.

JEHOVIST n. 2 definitions

teristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration. S. Davidson.

Perilous; hazardous. His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller. -- Jeop"ard*ous*ly, adv. Huloet.

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.