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The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. Landor. Repletio…

Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.

Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.

Indignation. [Obs.] Spenser.

rthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation. He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single fight the fairy prince defies. Tickell.

In an indignant manner.

A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.

Adjoining. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Given to lewdness. [Obs.]

The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.

her in the performance of any duty. The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. Abp. Bramhall.

. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

See Lieutenancy. [Obs.]

Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

Luminous. [R.]

The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.…

; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to law down Far more magnanimousan to assume. Milton.

In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.