↑ IN-CONFIRMED, (in-kon-furmd') for unconfirmed. IN-CON-FORM'A-BLE, a. Not conformable. Heylin. IN-CON-FORMI-TY, n. Want of conformity; non-conformity. [The latter word is more commonly used.] IN-CON-FUSED, (in-kon-füzd') a. Not confused; distinct.

Bacon.

IN-CON-FUSION, n. Distinctness. Bacon.

IN-CON-GE'LA-BLE, a. Not to be frozen. Cockeram. IN-CON-GENIAL, a. Not congenial; not of a like nature; unsuitable.

IN-CON-GE-NI-AL'I-TY, n. Unlikeness of nature; unsuit

ableness.

IN-CON GRU-ENCE, n. Want of congruence, adaptation or agreement; unsuitableness. [Little used.] Boyle. IN-CON GRU-ÉNT, a. Unsuitable; inconsistent. IN-CON-GROI-TY, n. 1. Want of congruity; impropriety; inconsistency; absurdity; unsuitableness of one thing to another. 2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry.

IN-CON GRU-OUS, a. [L. incongruus.] Not congruous; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper. IN-CON/GRÚ-OUS-LY, adv. Unsuitably; unfitly. IN-CON-NECTION, n. Want of connection; loose, disjointed state. Bp. Hall.

IN-CON-NEX'ED-LY, adv. Without any connection or dependence.

IN-CON/SCION-A-BLE, a. Having no sense of good and evil. Spenser.

IN-CON SE-QUENCE, n. [L. inconsequentia.] Want of just inference; inconclusiveness.

IN-CON'SE-QUENT, a. Not following from the premises; without regular inference. Brown.

IN-CON-SE-QUEN TIAL, a. 1. Not regularly following from the premises. 2. Not of consequence; not of importance; of little moment.

IN-CON-SID ER-A-BLE, a. Not worthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial. IN-CON-SID ER-A-BLE-NESS, n. Small importance. IN-CON-SID ER-A-PLY, adv. In a small degree; to a small amount; very little

IN-CON-SID ER-A-CY, n. Thoughtlessness; want of consideration. [Unusual.] Chesterfield.

IN-CON-SID ER-ATE,' a. [L. inconsideratus.]

1. Not considerate; not attending to the circumstances which regard safety or propriety; hasty; rash; imprudent; careless; thoughtless; heedless; inattentive. 2. Proceeding from heedlessness; rash. 3. Not duly regarding. IN-CON-SID ER-ATE-LY, adv. Without due consideration or regard to consequences; heedlessly; carelessly; rashly; imprudently.

IN-CON-SID ER-ATE-NESS, a. Want of due regard to consequences; carelessness; thoughtlessness; inadvertence; inattention; imprudence.

IN-CON-SID-ER-A'TION, n. Want of due consideration; want of thought; inattention to consequences. IN-CON-SISTENCE, n. 1. Such opposition or disagreeIN-CON-SIST EN-CY, ment as that one proposition infers the negation of the other; such contrariety between things that both cannot subsist together. 2. Absurdity in argument or narration; argument or narrative where one part destroys the other; self-contradiction. 3. Incongruity; want of agreement or uniformity. 4. Unsteadiness; changeableness.

IN-CON-SISTENT, a. 1. Incompatible; incongruous; not suitable. 2. Not consistent; contrary, or so that the truth of one proves the other to be false. 3. Not uniform; being contrary at different times.

IN-CON-SISTENT-LY, adv. With absurdity; incongruously; with self-contradiction; without steadiness or uniformity.

IN-CON-SIST ENT-NESS, n. Inconsistency. More.
IN-CON-SISTING, a. Inconsistent. Dryden.

IN-CON-SOLA-BLE, a. Not to be consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort.

IN-CON-SOLA-BLY, ade. In a manner or degree that does not admit of consolation.

IN-CON SO-NANCE, ». Disagreement of sounds; discordance. Busby.

IN-CON SO-ÑAN-CY, n. Disagreement; inconsistency.-In music, disagreement of sounds; discordance. IN-CON-SO-NANT, a. Not agreeing; inconsistent; discord

ant.

IN-CON-SPICU-OUS, a. 1. Not discernible; not to be perceived by the sight. 2. Not conspicuous. IN-CON STAN-CY, n. [L. inconstantia.] 1. Mutability or instability of temper or affection; unsteadiness; fickleness. 2. Want of uniformity; dissimilitude. IN-CON STANT, a. [L. inconstans.] 1. Mutable; subject to change of opinion, inclination or purpose; not firm in resolution; unsteady; fickle. 2. Mutable; changeable;

variable.

IN-CON STANT-LY, adv. In an inconstant manner. IN-CON-SUM A-BLE, a. Not to be consumed; that cannot be wasted.

IN-CON-SUM/MATE, a. Not consummate; not finished, not complete.

IN-CON-SUM MATE-NESS, n. State of being incomplete. IN-CON-SUMP TI-BLE, d. 1. Not to be spent, wasted or destroyed by fire. Digby. 2. Not to be destroyed. IN-CON-TAMI-NATE, a. Not contaminated; not adulIN-CON-TEST'A-BLE, a. [Fr.] Not contestable; not to be disputed; not admitting debate; too clear to be controverted; incontrovertible.

terated.

IN-CON-TEST A-BLY, adv. In a manner to preclude debate; indisputably; incontrovertibly; indubitably. IN-CON-TIG U-OUS, a. Not contiguous; not adjoining; not touching; separate. Boyle.

IN-CON TI-NENCE, n. [L. incontinentia.] 1. Want of IN-CON TI-NEN-CY, restraint of the passions or appetites. 2. Want of restraint of the sexual appetite; free or illegal indulgence of lust; lewdness; used of either sex, but appropriately of the male sex. Incontinence in

men is the same as unchastity in women.-3. Among physicians, the inability of any of the animal organs to restrain discharges of their contents, so that the discharges are involuntary.

IN-CON TI-NENT, a. [L. incontinens.]

Not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; unchaste; lewd. 2. Unable to restrain discharges.-In the sense of immediate, or immediately, [obs.] IN-CON TI-NENT, n. Óne who is unchaste. B. Jonson. IN-CON TI-NENT-LY, adv. 1. Without due restraint of the passions or appetites; unchastely. 2. Immediately; [obs.] IN-CON-TRACTED, a. Not contracted; not shortened. IN-CON-TROLL A-BLE, a. Not to be controlled; that cannot be restrained or governed; uncontrollable. IN-CON-TROLL'A-BLY, ade. In a manner that admits of no control.

IN-CON-TRO-VERT/I-BLE, a. Indisputable; too clear or certain to admit of dispute.

IN-CON-TRO-VERT I-BLY, adv. In a manner or to a degree that precludes debate or controversy. IN-CON-VE NI-ENCE, n. [L. inconveniens.] 1. Unfit IN-CON-VE NI-EN-CY, ness; unsuitableness; inexpedience. 2. That which gives trouble or uneasiness; disadvantage; any thing that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success. IN-CON-VE'NI-ENCE, v. t. To trouble; to put to incon

venience.

IN-CON-VE/NI-ENT, a. [Fr.] 1. Incommodious; unsuitable; disadvantageous; giving trouble or uneasiness; increasing the difficulty of progress or success. 2. Unfit; unsuitable.

IN-CON-VE/NI-ENT-LY, adv. Unsuitably; incommodiously; in a manner to give trouble; unseasonably. IN-CON-VERS A-BLE, a. Not inclined to free conversation; incommunicative; unsocial; reserved.

IN-CON VERS-ANT, a. Not conversant; not familiar. IN-CON-VERT-I-BILITY, n. The quality of not being changeable or convertible into something else. Walsh. IN-CON-VERTI-BLE, a. Not convertible; that cannot be transmuted or changed into something else.

IN-CON-VIN CI-BLE, a. Not convincible; that cannot be convinced; not capable of conviction. IN-CON-VINCI-BLY, adv. In a manner not admitting of conviction.

IN-Cō NY, a. or n. [qu. in, and con, to know.] Unlearned; artless; an accomplished person, in contempt. [I]

Shak.

IN-COR/PO-RAL, a. Not consisting of matter or body; immaterial. Raleigh.

IN-COR-PO-RALITY, n. The quality of not consisting of matter; immateriality.

IN-COR PO-RAL-LY, ade. Without matter or a body; immaterially.

IN-COR PO-RATE, a. 1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; [little used.] 2. Mixed; united in one body; associated.

IN-COR PO-RATE, v. t. [Fr. incorporer; L. incorporo.] 1. In pharmacy, to mix different ingredients in one mass or body; to reduce dry substances to the consistence of paste by the admixture of a fluid, as in making pills, &c. 2 To mix and imbody one substance in another. 3. To unite; to blend; to work into another mass or body. 4. To unite; to associate in another government or empire. 5. To imbody; to give a material form to. 6. To form into a legal body, or body politic.

IN-COR PO-RATE, v. i. To unite so as to make a part of another body; to be mixed or blended; to grow into. IN-COR PO-RA-TED, pp. Mixed or united in one body; associated in the same political body; united in a legal body.

IN-COR PO-RA-TING, ppr. Mixing or uniting in one body or mass; associating in the same political body; forming a legal body.

IN-COR-PO-RĀTION, n. 1. The act of incorporating. 2. Union of different ingredients in one mass. 3. Association

In the same political body. 4. Formation of a legal or political body by the union of individuals, constituting an artificial person.

IN-COR-PO RE-AL, a. [L. incorporalis.] Not consisting of matter; not having à material body; immaterial. IN-COR-PO RE-AL-LY, adv. Without body; immaterially.

Bacon,

IN-COR-PO-REI-TY, n. The quality of being not material; immateriality.

IN-CORPSE, (in-korps) v. t. To incorporate. [Barbarous.] IN-COR-RECT, a. 1. Not correct; not exact; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. 2. Not according to truth; inaccurate. 3. Not according to law or morality.

IN-COR-RECTION, n. Want of correction. Arnway. IN-COR-RECTLY, adv. Not in accordance with truth or other standard; inaccurately; not exactly.

IN-COR-RECTNESS, n. Want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy.

IN-COR RI-GI-BLE, a. 1. That cannot be corrected or amended; bad beyond correction. 2. Too depraved to be corrected or reformed.

IN-CORRI-GI-BLE-NESS, or IN-COR-RI-ĜI-BIL'I-TY, n. The quality of being bad, erroneous or depraved beyond correction; hopeless depravity in persons and error in things. IN-COR RI-GI-BLY, adv. To a degree of depravity beyond all means of amendment. Roscommon. IN-COR-RUPT

a. [L. incorruptus.] Not corrupt; not IN-COR-RUPTED, marred, impaired or spoiled; not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted. IN-COR-RUPT-I-BILT-TY, n. The quality of being incapable of decay or corruption.

IN-COR-RUPTI-BLE, a. 1. That cannot corrupt or decay; not admitting of corruption. 2. That cannot be bribed; inflexibly just and upright.

IN-COR-RUPT I-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being incorruptible, or not liable to decay. Boyle.

IN-COR-RUPTION, n. Incapacity of being corrupted. IN-COR-RUPTIVE, a. Not liable to corruption. IN-COR-RUPT NESS, n. 1. Exemption from decay or corruption. 2. Purity of mind or manners; probity; integrity; honesty.

IN-CRAS SATE, v. t. [L. incrassatus.] 1. To make thick or thicker; to thicken; the contrary to attenuate.-2. In pharmacy, to make fluids thicker by the mixture of other substances less fluid, or by evaporating the thinner parts. IN CRAS/SATE, v. i. To become thick or thicker. IN-CRAS SATE,

a. 1. In botany, thickened or becomIN-CRAS SA-TED, ing thicker towards the flower. Fattened.

2.

IN CRAS SA-TED, pp. Made thick or thicker. IN-CRAS SA-TING, ppr. Rendering thick or thicker; growing thicker.

IN-CRAS-SA TION, n. The act of thickening, or state of becoming thick or thicker. Brown.

IN-CRAS/SA-TIVE, a. Having the quality of thickening. IN-CRAS SA-TIVE, n. That which has the power to thicken. Harvey.

IN-CREAS A-BLE, a. That may be increased. Sherwood. IN-CREASE, v. i. [L. incresco.] 1. To become greater in bulk or quantity; to grow; to augment; as plants: to become more in number; to advance in value, or in any quality, good or bad. 2. To become more violent. 3. To become more bright or vivid. 4. To swell; to rise. 5. To swell; to become louder, as sound. 6. To become of more esteem and authority. 7. To enlarge, as the enligh:ened part of the moon's disk.

IN-CREASE, v. t. 1. To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity or amount. 2. To advance in quality; to add to any quality or affection. 3. To extend; to lengthen. 4. To extend; to spread. 5. To aggravate. IN-CREASE, n. 1. Augmentation; a growing larger; extension. 2. Increment; protit; interest; that which is added to the original stock. 3. Produce, as of land. Progeny issue; offspring. 5. Generation. 6. The waxing of the moon; the augmentation of the luminous part of the moon, presented to the inhabitants of the earth. 7. Augmentation of strength or violence. 8. Augmentation of degree.

4.

IN-CREAS ED, (in-kreest') pp. Augmented; made or grown larger.

IN-CREASE FUL, a. Abundant of produce. Shak.
IN-CREAS ER, . He or that which increases.

IN-CREAS ING, ppr. Growing; becoming larger; advancing in any quality, good or bad.

IN-CREATE, {

IN CRE-AT ED,

a. Uncreated, which see

IN CRED-I-BILITY, n. [Fr. incredibilité.] The quality of surpassing belief, or of being too extraordinary to admit of belief.

IN-CREDI-BLE, a. [L. incredibilis.] That cannot be believed; not to be credited; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief.

IN-CREDI-BLE-NESS, n. Incredibility, which see.

IN-CRED'I-BLY, adv. In a manner to preclude bellef
IN-CRE-DU LI-TY, n. [Fr. incredulité.] The quality of no
believing; indisposition to believe; a withholding or re
fusal of belief.
IN-CRED/U-LOUS, a. [L. incredulus.] Not believing,
indisposed to admit the truth of what is related; refusing
or withholding belief.

IN-CRED U-LOUS-NESS, n. Incredulity, which see.
IN-CREM A-BLE, a. That cannot be burnt.

IN CRE-MENT, n. [L. incrementum.] 1. Increase; a grow ing in bulk, quantity, number, value or amount; augmer tation. 2. Produce; production. 3. Matter added; in crease.-4. In mathematics, the quantity by which variable quantity increases; a differential quantity. INCRE-PATE, v. t. [L. increpo.] To chide; to rebuke IN-CRE-PATION, n. [It. increpatione.] A chiding or re buking; rebuke; reprehension. Hammond.

IN-CRES CENT, a. [L. increscens.] Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling

IN-CRIM I-NATE, v. t. [L. in and criminor.] To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault. IN-CRU-ENTAL, a. [L. incruentus.]

attended with blood.

Unbloody; not

IN-CRUST', v. t. [L. incrusto.] To cover with a crust or with a hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of any substance.

IN-CRUST ATE, v. t. To incrust.

IN-CRUST-A TIÓN, n. [L. incrustatio.] 1. A crust or

rough coat of any thing on the surface of a body. 2. A covering or lining of marble or other stone.

IN-CRYSTAL-IZ-A-BLE, a. That will not crystalize; that cannot be formed into crystals.

IN CU-BATE, v. i. [L. incubo.] To sit, as on eggs for hatching

IN-CU-BATION, n. [L. incubatio.] The act of sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young. Ray. IN-CO BA-TURE, n. Incubation.

IN CU-BUS, n. [L.] 1. The nightmare; an oppression of the breast in sleep, or sense of weight, with an almost total loss of the power of moving the body, while the imagina tion is frightened or astonished. 2. A demon; an im aginary being or fairy.

IN-CULCATE, v. t. [L. inculco.] To impress by frequent admonitions; to teach and enforce by frequent repetitions; to urge on the mind.

IN-CULE A-TED, pp. Impressed or enforced by frequent

admonitions.

IN-CULE/A-TING, ppr. Impressing or enforcing by repent. ed instruction.

IN-CULE-ATION, n. The action of impressing by repeated admonitions.

IN-CULP A-BLE, a. Without fault; unblamable; that can not be accused. South.

IN-CULPA-BLE-NESS, n. Unblamableness. Mountagu.
IN-CULP A-BLY, adv. Unblamably; without blame."
IN-CULT', a. [L. incultus.] Untilled; uncultivated.
IN-CULTI-VA-TED, a. Not cultivated; uncultivated.
IN-CUL-TI-VATION, n. Neglect or want of cultivation.
IN-CULTURE, a. Want or neglect of cultivation.
IN-CUM BEN-CY, n. 1. A lying or resting on something.
2. The state of holding or being in possession of a bene-
fice, or of an office.

IN-CUM BENT, a. [L. incumbens. 1. Lying or resting on 2. Supported; buoyed up. 3 Leaning on, or resting against. 4. Lying on, as duty or obligation; imposed and emphatically urging or pressing to performance; in dispensable.

IN-CUM BENT, n. The person who is in present posses sion of a benefice, or of any office. IN-CUM BER, v. t. [Fr. encombrer.] To burden with a load; to embarrass. See ENCUMBER, and its derivatives. IN-CUM BRANCE, n. 1. A burdensome and troublesome load; any thing that impedes motion or action, or render it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; embarrass ment. 2. A legal claim on the estate of another. IN CUM BRAN-CER, n. One who has an incumbrance, o some legal claim on an estate. Kent.

IN-CUM BROUS, a. Cumbersome; troublesome. Chauce IN-CUR v. t. [L. incurro.] 1. To become liable to; to become subject to 2. To bring on. 3. To occur; t meet; to press on; [obs.]

IN-CU-RA-BILITY, n. (Fr. incurabilité.] The state of being incurable; Impossibility of cure; ireusceptibility of cure or remedy.

IN-COR A-BLE, a. 1. That cannot be cured; not admitting of cure; beyond the power of skill or medicine. 2. Not admitting remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless.

IN-COR'A-BLE, n. A person diseased beyond the reach of

cure.

IN-COR'A-BLE-NESS, n. The state of not admitting cure or remedy.

IN-COR A BLY, ade. In a manner or degree that renders cure impracticable.

IN-CORI-OUS-NESS, n. Want of curiosity or inquisitivenea. Chesterfield.

IN-CURRED, (in-kurrd') pp. Brought on. IN-CUR RING, ppr. Becoming subject or liable to; bringing on.

IN-CURSION, n. [Fr. incursion; L. incursio.] 1. An entering into a territory with hostile intention; an inroad; applied to the expeditions of small parties or detachments of an enemy's army, entering a territory for attack, plunder or destruction of a post or magazine. Hence it differs from invasion, which is the hostile entrance of an army for conquest. 2. Attack; occurrence; unusual. South

IN-CURVATE, v. t. [L. incurvo.] To bend; to crook; to turn from a right line or straight course.

IN CURV ATE, a. Curved inwards or upwards.
IN-CURVA-TED, pp. Bent; turned from a rectilinear di-

rection.

IN-CURVA-TING, ppr. Bending; turning from a right

line.

IN-CURV-ATION, n. 1. The act of bending. 2. The state of being bent, or turned from a rectilinear course; curvity; crookedness. 3. The act of bowing, or bending the body in respect or reverence. IN-CURVE (in-kurv) v. t. To bend; to make crooked. IN-CURV I-TY, n. A state of being bent or crooked; crookedness; a bending inward. Brown.

IN DA-GATE, v. t. [L. indago.] To seek or search out. IN-DA-GA TION, n. The act of searching; search; inquiry; examination. [Little used.] Boyle.

IN DA-GA-TOR, n. A searcher; one who seeks or inquires with diligence. [Little used.] Boyle.

IN DART, v. t. To dart in; to thrust or strike in
IN-DEBT, a verb, is never used.

IN-DEBT ED, (in-det'ted) a. [It. indebitato.] 1. Being in debt; having incurred a debt; held or obliged to pay. 2. Obliged by something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due.

IN-DEBT ED-NESS, (in-det/ted-nes) n. The state of being indebted.

IN-DEBT MENT, (in-det'ment) n. The state of being indebted. [Little used.] Hall.

IN-DE CEN-CY, n. [Fr. indecence.] That which is unbecoming in language or manners; any action or behavior which is deemed a violation of modesty, or an of fense to delicacy.

IN-DE CENT, a. [Fr.; L. indecens.] Unbecoming; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy. IN-DE CENT-LY, adv. In a manner to offend modesty or delicacy.

IN-DE-CID/U-OUS, a. Not falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen.

IN-DECI-MA-BLE, a. Not liable to the payment of tithes. IN-DE-CISION, n. Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness in the determinations of the will; a wavering of mind; irresolution.

IN-DE-CISIVE, a. 1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final close or ultimate issue. 2. Unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating.

IN-DE-CISIVE-LY, adv. Without decision.

IN-DE-CISIVE-NESS, n. The state of being undecided; unsettled state; state of not being brought to a final issue. IN-DE-CLIN A-BLE, a. [Fr.; L. indeclinabilis.] Not declinable; not varied by terminations.

IN-DE-CLIN A-BLY, ade. Without variation. Mountagu. IN-DE-COM-PŐ SA-BLE, a. Not capable of decomposition, or of being resolved into the primary constituent elements. IN-DE-COM-PŌ'SA-BLE-NESS, n. Incapableness of de

composition.

IN-DECO-ROUS, or IN-DE-€Ō1ROUS, a. [L. indecorus.] Unbecoming; violating good manners; contrary to the established rules of good breeding, or to the forms of respect which age and station require.-Indecorous is sometimes equivalent to indecent; but it is less frequently applied to actions which offend modesty and chastity. *IN-DE€ O-ROUS-LY, or IN-DE-CO ROUS-LY, adv. In an unbecoming manner.

IN-DECO-ROUS-NESS, or IN-DE-CŌ'ROUS-NESS, n. Violation of good manners in words or behavior. IN-DE-CO RUM, n. [L.] Impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, or the duties of respect which age or station requires; an unbecoming action. It is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.

IN-DEED', adv. [in and deed.] In reality; in truth; in fact.

Indeed is usually emphatical, but in some cases more sc than in others; as, this is true; it is indeed. It is used as an expression of surprise, or for the purpose of obtaining confirmation of a fact stated; as, indeed! is it possible? IN-DE-FAT I-GA-BLE, a. [L. indefatigabilis.] Unweari ed; not tired; not exhausted by labor; not yielding te fatigue. IN-DE-FAT'I-GA-BLE-NESS, n. Unweariedness; persistency. Parnell.

Andrews.

IN-DE-FAT-I-GA-BIL'I-TY, n. Unweariness. Life of Bp IN-DE-FATI-GA-BLY, adv. Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue. Dryden.

IN-DE-FAT-I-GA'TIOŃ, n. Unweariedness.

IN-DE-FEAS-I-BILI-TY, n. The quality or state of being not subject to be made void.

IN-DE-FEAS I-BLE, a. Not to be defeated; that cannot be made void.

IN-DE-FEAS'I-BLY, adv. In a manner not to be defeated or made void.

IN-DE-FECT-I-BIL/I-TY, n. The quality of being subject to no defect or decay.

IN-DE-FECT'I-BLE, a. Unfailing; not liable to defect, failure or decay.

IN-DE-FECTIVE, a. Not defective; perfect; complete. IN-DE-FEISI-BLE, a. Indefeasible.

IN-DE-FENS-I-BILI-TY, n. The quality or state of not being capable of defense or vindication. Walsh. IN-DE-FENS'I-BLE, a. 1. That cannot be defended or maintained. 2. Not to be vindicated or justified. IN-DE-FENSIVE, a. Having no defense. Herbert. IN-DE-FICIEN-CY, n. The quality of not being deficient or of suffering no delay.

IN DE-FICIENT, a. Not deficient; not failing; perfect. IN-DE-FIN A-BLÉ, a. That cannot be defined.

IN-DEFI-NITE, a. [L. indefinitus.] 1. Not limited or defined; not determinate; not precise or certain. 2. That has no certain limits, or to which the human mind can affix none.

IN-DEF I-NITE-LY, adv. 1. Without any settled limitation. 2. Not precisely; not with certainty or precision. IN-DEFI-NITE-NESS, n. The quality of being undefined, unlimited, or not precise and certain.

† IN-DE-FINI-TUDE, a. Quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. Hale. IN-DE-LIBER-ÁTE, a. Done or performed without delib eration or consideration; sudden; unpremeditated. IN-DE-LIB'ER-A-TED. The same as indeliberate. IN-DE-LIBER-ATE-LY, adv. Without deliberation or pre

meditation.

IN-DEL-I-BILI-TY, n. The quality of being indelible. IN-DELI-BLE, a. [Fr. indelebile.] I. Not to be blotted out; that cannot be effaced or canceled. 2. Not to be annull ed. 3. That cannot be effaced or lost. IN-DELI-BLY, adv. In a manner not to be blotted out or effaced; too deeply imprinted to be effaced. IN-DELI-CA-CY, n. 1. Want of delicacy; want of decency in language or behavior. 2. Want of a nice sense of propriety, or nice regard to refinement in manners or in the treatment of others; rudeness; coarseness of manners or language.

IN-DEL I-CATE, a. 1. Wanting delicacy; indecent. 2. Offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind. IN-DELI-CATE-LY, adv. Indecently; in a manner to offend against good manners or purity of mind. IN-DEM-NI-FI-€Ã'TION, n. 1. The act of indemnifying, saving harmless, or securing against loss, damage or penalty. 2. Security against loss. 3. Reimbursement of loss, damage or penalty.

IN-DEM'NI-FIED, pp. Saved harmless; secured against damage.

IN-DEM NI-FY, v. t. 1. To save harmless; to secure against loss, damage or penalty. 2. To make good; to reimburse to one what he has lost.

IN-DEM NI-FY-ING, ppr. Saving harmless; 'securing against loss; reimbursing loss.

IN-DEM NI-TY, n. [Fr. indemnité.] 1. Security given to save harmless; a writing or pledge by which a person is secured against future loss. 2. Security against punish

ment.

IN-DE-MON'STRA-BLE, a. That cannot be demonstrated. IN-DEN-I-ZA'TION, n. The act of naturalizing, or the pa tent by which a person is made free. IN-DENIZE, v. t. To endenize, which see. IN-DENI-ZEN, v. t. To invest with the privileges of a free citizen. Overbury.

IN-DENT', v. t. [in, and Fr. dent.] 1. To notch; to jag; to cut any margin into points or inequalities, like a row of teeth. 2. To bind out by indentures or contract. IN-DENT', v. i. To contract; to bargain or covenant. IN-DENT', n. 1. Incisure; a cut or notch in the margin of any thing, or a recess like a notch. 2. A stamp. IN DENT, n. A certificate, or indented certificate, issued by the government of the United States, at the close of the

IN-DENT-ATION, or IN-DENTMENT, n. 1. A notch;
a cut in the margin of paper or other things. 2. A recess
or depression in any border.

IN-DENT ED, pp. 1. Cut in the edge into points, like teeth.
2. Bound out by indented writings. 3. Bound out by
writings, or covenants in writing.

IN-DENTING, ppr. 1. Cutting into notches. 2. Binding
out by covenants in writing.
IN-DENTMENT, a. Indenture.

IN-DENTURE, n. A writing containing a contract.
IN-DENTURE, v. t. To indent; to bind by indentures.
IN-DENTURE, . i. To run in and out; to indent. Hey-
wood.

IN-DE-PENDENCE, n. 1. A state of being not dependent;
complete exemption from control, or the power of others.
2. A state in which a person does not rely on others for
subsistence; ability to support one's self. 3. A state of
mind in which a person acts without bias or influence
from others; exemption from undue influence; self-di-

rection.

IN-DE-PENDENT, a. 1. Not dependent; not subject to
the control of others; not subordinate. 2. Not holding or
enjoying possessions at the will or another; not relying
on others; not dependent. 3. Affording the means of
independence. 4. Not subject to bias or influence; not
obsequious; self-directing. 5. Not connected with. 6.
Free; easy; self-commanding; bold; unconstrained. 7.
Separate from; exclusive. 8. Pertaining to an independ-
ent or congregational church.

IN-DE-PENDENT, n. One who, in religious affairs, main-
tains that every congregation of Christians is a complete
church, subject to no superior authority.
IN-DE-PENDENT-LY, adv. 1. Without depending or re-
lying on others; without control. 2. Without undue bias
or influence; not obsequiously. 3. Without connection
with other things.

IN-DEPRE-CA-BLE, a. That cannot be deprecated.
IN-DEP-RE-HENSI-BLE, a. That cannot be found out.
IN-DE PRIVA-BLE, a. That cannot be deprived.
IN-DE-SCRIB'A-BLÉ, a. That cannot be described.

INDIAN, (ind'yan) a. Pertaining to either of the ladies
East or West.

INDIAN, (ind'yan) n. A general name of any native of the
Indies; a native of the American continent.

INDIAN Arrow Root, n. A plant of the genus maranta.
INDIAN Berry, n. A plant.

INDIAN Bread, n. A plant of the genus jatropha.
IN'DIAN Corn, n. A plant, the maize, of the genus zea;
a native of America.

IN DIAN Cress, n. A plant of the genus tropaolum.
IN DIAN Fig, n. A plant of the genus cactus.
INDIAN Ink, n. A substance brought from China, used
for water-colors.

INDIAN-ITE, n. A mineral of the color of white or gray.
INDIAN Reed, n. A plant of the genus canna
INDIAN Red, n. A species of ochre. Hill.

IN'DIA Rubber, n. The caoutchouc, a substance of extraor-
dinary elasticity, called also clastic gum or resin.
INDI-CANT, a. [L. indicans.] Showing; pointing out
what is to be done for the cure of disease.
INDI-CATE, v. t. [L. indico.] 1. To show; to point out;
to discover; to direct the mind to a knowledge of some
thing. 2. To tell; to disclose-3. In medicine, to show or
manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
IN DI-CA-TED, pp. Shown; pointed out; directed.
INDI-CA-TING, ppr. Showing; pointing out; directing.
IN-DI-CATION, n. 1. The act of pointing out. 2. Mark;
token; sign; symptom.-3. In medicine, any symptom or
Occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suita-
ble remedies. 4. Discovery made; intelligence given
5. Explanation; display; [lutle used.]
IN-DICA-TIVE, a. [L. indicativus.] Showing; giving
intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obví-
ous.-2. In grammar, the indicative mode is the form of
the verb that indicates, that is, which affirms or denies.
IN-DICA-TIVE-LY ade. In a manner to show or signify
IN'DI-CA-TOR, n. Le or that which shows or points out.
IN DI-CA-TO-RY, a. Showing; serving to show or make
known.

IN'DICE. See INDEX.

IN'DI-CO-LITE, n. [indigo, or indico, and Gr. Abos.] In
mineralogy, a variety of shorl or tourmalin.

description.

IN DE SERT, n. Want of merit or worth.
IN-DESI-NENT, a. Not ceasing; perpetual.

IN DESI-NENT-LY, adv. Without cessation. Ray.
IN-DE-STRUCT-I-BÍL/I-TY, n. The quality of resisting de-
composition, or of being incapable of destruction.
IN-DESTRUCTI-BLE, a. That cannot be destroyed;
incapable of decomposition; as a material substance.
IN-DE-TERMI-NA-BLE, a. 1. That cannot be determined,
ascertained or fixed. 2. Not to be determined or ended.
IN DE TERMI-NATE, a. 1. Not determinate; not settled
or fixed; not definite; uncertain. 2. Not certain; not

precise.

IN-DE-TERMI-NATE-LY, ade. 1. Not in any settled
manner; indefinitely; not with precise limits. 2. Not
with certainty or precision of signification.
IN-DE-TERMI-NATE-NESS, n. Indefiniteness; want of
certain limits; want of precision. Paley.
IN-DE-TERM-I-NATION, n. 1. Want of determination;
an unsettled or wavering state. 2. Want of fixed or stated
direction.

IN DE TERMINED, a. Undetermined; unsettled; un-
fixed.

IN-DE-VÕTE', a. Not devoted. Bentley.
IN-DE VOTED, a. Not devoted. Clarendon.
IN-DE-VÕTION, n. [Fr.; in and devotion.] Want of devo-
tion; absence of devout affections.

IN-DE-VOUT, a. [Fr. inderot.] Not devout; not having
devout affections. Decay of Piety.
IN-DE-VOUTLY, ade. Without devotion.

'N DEX, n. ¡ plu. INDEXES, Sometimes INDICES. [L] 1.
That which points out; that which shows or manifests.
2. The hand that points to any thing, as the hour of the
day, the road to a place, &c. 3. A table of the contents
of a book. Watts. A table of references in an alphabet-
ical order.-4. In anatomy, the fore finger, or pointing fin-
ger.-3. In arithmetic and algebra, that which shows to
what power any quantity is involved; the exponent.-6.
The inder of a globe, or the gnomon, is a little style fitted
on the north pole, which, by turning with the globe, serves
to point to certain divisions of the hour circle.-7. In music,
a direct, which see.-Inder expurgatory, in catholic coun-
tries, a catalogue of prohibited books.

IN-DEX I CAL, a. Having the form of an index; pertaining
to an index.

IN-DEXI-CALLY, ade. In the manner of an index.
IN-DEX-TERITY, n. 1. Want of dexterity or readiness
in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. 2.
Want of skill or readiness in any art or occupation.
IN DIA, ». A country in Asia, so named from the river
Indus.

or charge with a crime or misdemeanor, in writing, by a
grand jury under oath.

IN-DICT A-BLE, (in-dit'a-bl) a. 1. That may be indicted.
2. Subject to be presented by a grand jury; subject to in-
dictment.

IN-DICTED, (in-dit'ed) pp. Accused by a grand jury.
IN-DICT ER, (in-dit er), n. One who indicts.
IN-DICTING, (in-diting) ppr. Accusing, or making a
formal or written charge of a crime by a grand jury.
IN-DICTION, n. [Fr.; Low L. indictio.] 1. Declaration
proclamation. Bacon.-2. In chronology, a cycle of fifteen
years, instituted by Constantine the Great; it was begun
Jan. Í, A. D. 313; originally, a period of taxation.
IN-DICTIVE, a. Proclaimed; declared. Kennet.
IN-DICT'MENT, (in-dite'ment) n. 1. A written accusation
or formal charge of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred by
a grand jury under oath to a court. 2. The paper or
parchment containing the accusation of a grand jury
IN DIES, n.; plu. of INDIA.

IN-DIFFERENCE, n. [Fr. ; L. indifferentia.] 1. Equipoise
or neutrality of mind between different persons or things;
a state in which the mind is not inclined to one side more
than the other. 2. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
prepossession or bias. 3. Unconcernedness; a state of
the mind when it feels no anxiety or interest in what is
presented to it. 4. State in which there is no difference,
or in which no moral or physical reason preponderates.
IN-DIF FER-ENT, a. [Fr.; L. indifferens.] 1. Neutral;
not inclined to one side, party or thing more than to an-
other. 2. Unconcerned; feeling no interest, anxiety or
care respecting any thing. 3. Having no influence or pre-
ponderating weight; having no difference that gives a
preference. 4. Neutral, as to good or evil. 5. Impartial;"
disinterested; as an indifferent judge, juror or arbitrator
6. Passable; of a middling state or quality; neither good,
nor the worst.

IN-DIFFER-ENT-LY, adv. 1. Without distinction or pre
ference. 2. Equally; impartially; without favor, preju
dice or bias. 3. In a nevtral state; without concern
without wish or aversion. 4. Not well; tolerably; pass-
ably.

INDI-GENCE, n. [Fr. indigence.] Want of estate, or
IN DI-GEN-CY, } means of comfortable subsistence; pen-
ury; poverty.

IN I GENE, . [L. indigena.] One born in a country; a
native animal or plant. Evelyn.

IN DIG E NOUS, d. 1. Native; born in a country. 2. Na-
tive; produced naturally in a country; not exotic.
IN DI-GENT, 4. (L. indigens; Fr. indigent.] Destitute of
property or means of subsistence; needy, poor.

↑ IN DI-GEST,.. A crude mass. Shak.

IN-DI-GESTVED, a. [L. indigestus. 1. Not digested; not concocted in the stomach; not changed or prepared for nourishing the body; undigested; crude. 2. Not separated into distinct classes or orders, or into proper form; not regularly disposed and arranged. 3. Not methodized not reduced to due form; crude. 4. Not prepared by heat. 5. Not brought to suppuration, as the contents of an abscess or boil. IN-DI-GESTI-BLE, a 1. Not digestible; not easily converted into chyme, or prepared in the stomach for nourishing the body. 2. Not to be received or patiently en

dured.

IN-DI-GESTION, n. Want of due coction in the stomach; a failure of that change in food which prepares it for nutriment; crudity.-As a disease, dyspepsy. IN-DIGI-TATE, v. t. To point out with the finger. IN-DIG-I-TATION, n. The act of pointing out with the finger.

1 IN-DIGN', (in-dîne') a. [L. indignus.] Unworthy; disgraceful. Chaucer.

IN-DIGINANCE, n. Indignation. Spenser.

IN-DIG'NANT, a. [L. indignans.] Affected at once with anger and disdain; feeling the mingled emotions of wrath and scorn or contempt.

N-DIGNANT-LY, adv. With indignation.
¡N-DIG-NA'TION, n. [Fr.; L. indignatio.] 1. Anger or ex-
treme anger, mingled with contempt, disgust or abhor-
rence. 2. The anger of a superior; extreme anger. 3.
The effects of anger; the dreadful effects of God's wrath;
terrible judgments. 4. Holy displeasure at one's self for sin.
IN-DIGINI-FY, v. t. To t'eat disdainfully. Spenser.
AN-DIG'NI-TY, n. [L. indignitas.] Unmerited, contemptu-
ous conduct towards another; any action towards an-
other which manifests contempt for him; contumely; in-
civility or injury, accompanied with insult.

IN DIGN'LY, (in-dine ly) adv. Unworthily. Hall.
N'DI-GO, n. L. indicum, from India; Fr., It., Sp. indigo.]
A substance or dye, prepared from the leaves and stalks
of the indigo plant.

N-DI-GOM E-TER, n. An instrument for ascertaining the strength of indigo. Ure.

'N'DI-GO-PLANT, n. A plant of the genus indigofera, from which is prepared indigo.

N-DIL/A-TO-RY, a. Not dilatory or slow. Corneallis. (N-DIL/I-GENCE, n. Want of diligence; slothfulness. 'N-DILE', GENT, a. Not diligent; idle; slothful. IN-DIL'I-GENT-LY, adv. Without diligence. Bp. Hall. N-DI-MIN ISH-A-BLE, a. That cannot be diminished. (N-DI-RECT', a. [L. indirectus.] 1. Not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous. 2. Not direct, in a moral sense ; not tending to a purpose by the shortest or plainest course, or by the obvious, ordinary means, but obliquely or consequentially. 3. Wrong; improper. 4. Not fair; not honest; tending to mislead or deceive. 5. Indirect tax is a tax or duty on articles of consumption, as an excise, customs, &c.

N DI-RECTION, n. 1. Oblique course or means. Shak. 2. Dishonest practice; [obs.] Shak.

N-DI-RECTLY, adv. I. Not in a straight line or course; obliquely. 2. Not by direct means. 3. Not in express terms. 4. Unfairly.

IN-DI RECTNESS, n. 1. Obliquity; devious course. 2. Unfairness; dishonesty. Mountagu. 'N-DIS-CERN'I-BLE, (in-diz-zern'e-bl) a. That cannot be discerned; not visible or perceptible; not discoverable. IN-DIS-CERN I-BLE-NESS, (in-diz-zern'e-bl-nes) n. Incapability of being discerned. Hammond. (N-DIS-CERN'I-BLY, (in-diz-zern'e-ble) ade. In a manner not to be seen or perceived.

IN-DIS-CERPI-BLE, a. Indiscerptible. More. IN-DIS-CERPI-BLE-NESS, n. The quality or state of being indiscerpible.

IN-DIS-CERP-TI-BILI-TY, n. The quality of being incapable of dissolution, or separation of parts. IN-DIS-CERPTI-BLE, a. Incapable of being destroyed by dissolution, or separation of parts.

IN-DISICI-PLIN-A-BLE, a. That cannot be disciplined or subjected to discipline; not capable of being improved by discipline

IN-DIS-COVER-A-BLE, a. That cannot be discovered; undiscoverable.

IN-DIS-COVE-RY, n. Want of discovery.

IN-DISCREET', a. 1. Not discreet; wanting in discretion; imprudent; inconsiderate; injudicious. 2. Not according to discretion or sound judgment.

IN-DIS-CREET LY, adv. Not discreetly; without prudence; inconsiderately ; without judgment. IN-DIS-CRETE', a. Not discrete or separated. IN-DIS-ERE TIÓN, n. [in and discretion.] Want of discretion; imprudence.

IN-DIS-CRIMI-NATE, a. [L. indiscriminatus.] 1. Undistinguishing; not making any distinction. 2. Not having discrimination; confused. 3. Undistinguished or undistinguishable.

IN-DIS-CRIM'I-NATE-LY, adv. Without distinction; in

confusion.

IN-DIS-CRIM'I-NA-TING, ppr. or a. Not making any dis

tinction.

IN-DIS-CRIM-I-NATION, n. Want of discrimination or

distinction.

IN-DIS-CUSS/ED, a. Not discussed. Donne IN-DIS-PENS-A-BILITY, n. Indispensableness. IN-DIS-PENS A-BLE, a. Not to be dispensed with; that cannot be omitted, remitted or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. IN-DIS-PENS A-BLE-NESS, n. The state or quality of being absolutely necessary.

IN-DIS-PENS A-BLY, adv. Necessarily; in a manner or degree that forbids dispensation, omission or want. IN-DIS PERS'ED, (in-dis-perst') a. Not dispersed. IN-DIS-POSE, v. t. [Fr. indisposer.] 1. To disincline; to alienate the mind and render it averse or unfavorable to any thing. 2. To render unfit; to disqualify for its proper functions; to disorder. 3. To disorder slightly, as the healthy functions of the body. 4. To make unfavorable or disinclined.

IN-DIS-POS ED, (in-dis-põzd') pp. or a. 1. Disinclined; averse; unwilling; unfavorable. 2. Disordered; disqualified for its functions; unfit. 3. Slightly disordered ; not in perfect health.

IN-DIS POS ED-NESS, n. 1. Disinclination; slight aversion; unwillingness; unfavorableness. 2. Unfitness; disordered state.

IN-DIS-POS ING, ppr. 1. Disinclining; rendering somewhat averse, unwilling or unfavorable. 2. Disordering ; rendering unfit. IN-DIS-PO-SITION, n. 1. Disinclination; aversion; unwillingness; dislike. 2. Slight disorder of the healthy functions of the body; tendency to disease. 3. Want of tendency or natural appetency or affinity. *IN-DIS/PU-TA-BLE, a. Not to be disputed; incontrovertible; incontestible; too evident to admit of dis

pute.

* IN-DIS/PU-TA-BLE-NESS, n. The state or quality of being indisputable, or too clear to admit of controversy. *IN-DIS PU-TA-BLY, adv. Without dispute; in a manner or degree not admitting of controversy; unquestionably; without opposition.

IN-DIS-POT ED, a. Not disputed or controverted; undisputed. Encyc.

IN-DIS-SO-LU-BILI-TY, n. [Fr. indissolubilité.] ]. The quality of being indissoluble, or not capable of being dis solved, melted or liquefied. 2. The quality of being incapable of a breach; perpetuity of union; obligation or binding force. IN-DISSO-LU-BLE, a. [Fr. ; L. indissolubilis.] 1. Not capable of being dissolved, melted or liquefied, as by heat or water. 2. That cannot be broken or rightfully violated; perpetually binding or obligatory 3. Not to be broken; firm; stable.

IN-DISSO-LU-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being incapable of dissolution or breach; indissolubility. IN-DISSO-LU-BLY, adv. In a manner resisting separation; in a manner not to be dissolved or broken. IN-DIS-SOLV'A-BLE, a. 1. That cannot be dissolved; not capable of being melted or liquefied. 2. Indissoluble; that cannot be broken ; perpetually firm and binding. 3. Not capable of separation into parts by natural process. f IN-DISTAN-CY, n. Want of distance or separation. IN-DIS-TINCT', a. [Fr. ; L. indistinctus.] 1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself. 2. Obscure; not clear; confused. 3. Imperfect; faint; not presenting clear and well-defined images. 4. Not exactly discerning; [unusual.]

Shak.

IN-DIS-TINGUISH-A-BLE, a.

That cannot be distin

guished or separated; undistinguishable.

IN DIS-TINGUISH-ING, a. Making no difference. IN-DIS-TURBANCE, n. Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; tranquillity. Temple.

IN-DITCH', v. t. To bury in a ditch. [L. u.] Bp. Hall.
IN-DITE, v. t. [L. indicu, indictum.] 1. To compose; to
write; to commit to words in writing. 2. To direct or
dictate what is to be uttered or written.

IN-DITE', r. i. To compose an account of. Waller.
IN-DITED, pp. Composed; written; dictated.
IN-DITE'MENT, n. The act of inditing.