Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 42

Infortune (n.) Misfortune.

Infortuned (a.) Unfortunate.

Infound (v. t.) To pour in; to infuse.

Infra (adv.) Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.

Infra-axillary (a.) Situated below the axil, as a bud.

Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Infraclavicular (a.) Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.

Infract (a.) Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.

Infracted (imp. & p. p.) of Infract

Infracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infract

Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe.

Infractible (a.) Capable of being broken.

Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.

Infractor (n.) One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Infragrant (a.) Not fragrant.

Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).

Infralabial (a.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.

Infralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

Infralapsarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.

Infralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.

Inframarginal (a.) Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.

Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

Inframaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.

Inframedian (a.) Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.

Inframundane (a.) Lying or situated beneath the world.

Infranchise (v. t.) See Enfranchise.

Infrangibility (n.) The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.

Infrangible (a.) Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.

Infrangible (a.) Not to be infringed or violated.

Infrangibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.

Infraocular (a.) Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.

Infraorbital (a.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.

Infrapose (v. t.) To place under or beneath.

Infraposition (n.) A situation or position beneath.

Infrascapular (a.) Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Infraspinal (a.) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.

Infraspinal (a.) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

Infraspinate (a.) Alt. of Infraspinous

Infraspinous (a.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

Infrastapedial (a.) Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.

Infrastapedial (n.) The infrastapedial part of the columella.

Infrasternal (a.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Infratemporal (a.) Below the temple; below the temporal bone.

Infraterritorial (a.) Within the territory of a state.

Infratrochlear (a.) Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Infrequence (n.) Alt. of Infrequency

Infrequency (n.) The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.

Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.

Infrequent (a.) Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

Infrequently (adv.) Not frequently; rarely.

Infrigidate (v. t.) To chill; to make cold; to cool.

Infrigidation (n.) The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.

Infringed (imp. & p. p.) of Infringe

Infringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infringe

Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.

Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.

Infringe (v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.

Infringement (n.) The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.

Infringer (n.) One who infringes or violates; a violator.

Infructuose (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.

Infrugal (a.) Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time.

Infrugiferous (a.) Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.

Infucate (v. t.) To stain; to paint; to daub.

Infucation (n.) The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.

Infule (pl. ) of Infula

Infula (n.) A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.

Infumated (imp. & p. p.) of Infumate

Infumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infumate

Infumate (v. t.) To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Infumated (a.) Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.

Infumation (n.) Act of drying in smoke.

Infumed (a.) Dried in smoke; smoked.

Infundibular (a.) Alt. of Infundibulate

Infundibulate (a.) Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.

Infundibuliform (a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.

Infundibuliform (a.) Same as Funnelform.

Infundibula (pl. ) of Infundibulum

Infundibulums (pl. ) of Infundibulum

Infundibulum (n.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.

Infundibulum (n.) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.

Infundibulum (n.) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.

Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury.

Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.

Infuriate (v. t.) Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated.

Infuriated (imp. & p. p.) of Infuriate

Infuriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuriate

Infuriate (v. t.) To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.

Infuriated (a.) Enraged; furious.

Infuscate (v. t.) To darken; to make black; to obscure.

Infuscated (a.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.

Infuscation (n.) The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.

Infused (imp. & p. p.) of Infuse

Infusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuse

Infuse (v. t.) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Infuse (v. t.) To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.

Infuse (v. t.) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.

Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.

Infuse (v. t.) To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.

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