Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 40

Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilter

Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilter

Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.

Infiltrated (imp. & p. p.) of Infiltrate

Infiltrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infiltrate

Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.

Infiltration (n.) The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

Infiltration (n.) The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.

Infiltrative (a.) Of or pertaining to infiltration.

Infinite (a.) Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.

Infinite (a.) Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.

Infinite (a.) Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.

Infinite (a.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.

Infinite (a.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.

Infinite (n.) That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.

Infinite (n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.

Infinite (n.) An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.

Infinite (n.) The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.

Infinitely (adv.) Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.

Infinitely (adv.) Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.

Infiniteness (n.) The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.

Infinitesimal (a.) Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.

Infinitesimal (n.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.

Infinitesimally (adv.) By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.

Infinitival (a.) Pertaining to the infinite mood.

Infinitive (n.) Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

Infinitive (n.) An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.

Infinitive (adv.) In the manner of an infinitive mood.

Infinito (a.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5.

Infinitude (n.) The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.

Infinitude (n.) Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity.

Infinitude (n.) Boundless number; countless multitude.

Infinituple (a.) Multipied an infinite number of times.

Infinities (pl. ) of Infinity

Infinity (n.) Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.

Infinity (n.) Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.

Infinity (n.) Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.

Infinity (n.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.

Infinity (n.) That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity.

Infirm (a.) Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

Infirm (a.) Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.

Infirm (a.) Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

Infirm (v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.

Infirmarian (n.) A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

Infirmaries (pl. ) of Infirmary

Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Infirmative (a.) Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.

Infirmatory (n.) An infirmary.

Infirmities (pl. ) of Infirmity

Infirmity (a.) The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.

Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.

Infirmly (adv.) In an infirm manner.

Infirmness (n.) Infirmity; feebleness.

Infixed (imp. & p. p.) of Infix

Infixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infix

Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

Infix (v. t.) To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.

Infix (n.) Something infixed.

Inflamed (imp. & p. p.) of Inflame

Inflaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflame

Inflame (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

Inflame (v. t.) Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.

Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

Inflame (v. t.) To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

Inflame (v. i.) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Inflamed (p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.

Inflamer (n.) The person or thing that inflames.

Inflammabillty (n.) Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Inflammable (a.) Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

Inflammable (a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.

Inflammableness (n.) The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.

Inflammbly (adv.) In an inflammable manner.

Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

Inflammation (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.

Inflammative (a.) Inflammatory.

Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.

Inflammatory (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.

Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.

Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.

Inflated (imp. & p. p.) of Inflate

Inflating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflate

Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.

Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

Inflate (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.

Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

Inflater (n.) One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.

Inflatingly (adv.) In a manner tending to inflate.

Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.

Inflationist (n.) One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.

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