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The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.

sting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. Agglutinative.

bue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion. "The informing Word." Coleridge. Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass. Dryden. Breath informs this fleeting frame. Prior. Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part. Pope.

The first letter of a word or a name.

-- In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In*noc"u*ous*ness, n. Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. Wordsworth.

To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic]

telligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief. Wharton.

To mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope.

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.

Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.

nter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

f being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [Obs.] If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forth with make a jest at it. Petti If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. Milton.

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

sage. -- Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.

Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.