Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 47

Inlet (n.) That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.

Inlighten (v. t.) See Enlighten.

Inlist (v. t.) See Enlist.

Inlive (v. t.) To animate.

Inlock (v. t.) To lock in, or inclose.

In loco () In the place; in the proper or natural place.

Inlumine (v. t.) See Illumine.

Inly (a.) Internal; interior; secret.

Inly (adv.) Internally; within; in the heart.

Inmacy (n.) The state of being an inmate.

Inmate (n.) One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.

Inmate (a.) Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

Inmeats (n.pl.) The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

Inmeshed (imp. & p. p.) of Inmesh

Inmeshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inmesh

Inmesh (v. t.) To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.

Inmew (v. t.) To inclose, as in a mew or cage.

Inmost (a.) Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.

Inn (n.) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

Inn (n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

Inn (n.) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.

Inn (n.) One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.

Inned (imp. & p. p.) of Inn

Inning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inn

Inn (v. i.) To take lodging; to lodge.

Inn (v. t.) To house; to lodge.

Inn (v. t.) To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

Innate (a.) Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

Innate (a.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive.

Innate (a.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.

Innate (v. t.) To cause to exit; to call into being.

Innately (adv.) Naturally.

Innateness (n.) The quality of being innate.

Innative (a.) Native.

Innavigable (a.) Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.

Inne (adv. & prep.) In.

Inner (a.) Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

Inner (a.) Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.

Innerly (adv.) More within.

Innermost (a.) Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.

Innermostly (adv.) In the innermost place.

Innervate (v. t.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

Innervation (n.) The act of innerving or stimulating.

Innervation (n.) Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs.

Innervation (n.) The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.

Innerved (imp. & p. p.) of Innerve

Innerving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innerve

Innerve (v. t.) To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.

Innholder (n.) One who keeps an inn.

Inning (n.) Ingathering; harvesting.

Inning (n.) The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

Inning (n.) Lands recovered from the sea.

Innitency (n.) A leaning; pressure; weight.

Innixion (n.) Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.

Innkeeper (n.) An innholder.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.

Innocence (n.) Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.

Innocency (n.) Innocence.

Innocent (a.) Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

Innocent (a.) Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

Innocent (a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

Innocent (a.) Simple; artless; foolish.

Innocent (a.) Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

Innocent (n.) An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Innocently (adv.) In an innocent manner.

Innocuity (n.) Innocuousness.

Innocuous (a.) Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

Innodated (imp. & p. p.) of Innodate

Innodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innodate

Innodate (v. t.) To bind up,as in a knot; to include.

Innominable (a.) Not to be named.

Innominate (a.) Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.

Innominate (a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.

Innovated (imp. & p. p.) of Innovate

Innovating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innovate

Innovate (v. t.) To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.

Innovate (v. t.) To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.

Innovate (v. i.) To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.

Innovation (n.) The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

Innovation (n.) A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.

Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Innovationist (n.) One who favors innovation.

Innovative (a.) Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.

Innovator (n.) One who innovates.

Innoxious (a.) Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless.

Innoxious (a.) Free from crime; pure; innocent.

Innubilous (a.) Cloudless.

Innuedoes (pl. ) of Innuendo

Innuendo (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; 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.

Innuent (a.) Conveying a hint; significant.

Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

Innumerability (n.) State of being innumerable.

Innumerable (a.) Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

Innumerous (a.) Innumerable.

Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.

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