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To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.] Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. Shak.

as, infernal spirits, or conduct. The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. Addison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property. -- Infernal stone (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash…

vy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. Addison. And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Longfellow.

ance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. Addison.

The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. Kirwan. Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty. -- Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery.

leasing to the fancy, as speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding. Addison.

enlarge upon. [Obs.] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. Addison.

The person or thing that inflames. Addison.

steel." Miltom. Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can overcome all private fear. Addison.

age has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. Addison.

er of the earth. Shak. The silent, slow, consuming fires, Which on my inmost vitals prey. Addison.

To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] Addison.

A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

[R.] Milton. So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. Addison. -- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n.

To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. Dryden.

An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually. The hills rise insensibly. Addison.

Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form insensuous. Mrs. Browning.

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

or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner. He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon.