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Want or absence of divine power or of divinity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability. Locke.

Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." Dryden.

The state of being indivisible; indivisibility. W. Montagu.

In an indivisible manner.

A state of being not divided; oneness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.

Pert. to the Indo-Aryans, or designating, or of, the Aryan languages of India.

A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste. Malcom.

Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).

A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although some are agglutinative, 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.

Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo- European or Aryan family. The common origin of the Indo-European nations. Tylor.

Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.

Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes.

The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.

Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. Bp. Hall. -- In*doc"i*ble*ness, n.

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness. The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees. W. Montagu.

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by in. A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite. Clarendon.…