INVERTED
INVERT'ED, participle passive Turned to a contrary direction; turned upside down; changed in order.
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INVERTEDLY
INVERT'EDLY, adverb In a contrary or reversed order.
INVERTENT
INVERT'ENT, noun A medicine intended to invert the natural order of the successive irritative motions in the system.
INVERTING
INVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning in a contrary direction; changing the order.
INVEST
INVEST', verb transitive [Latin investio; in and vestio, to clothe. See Vest.]1. To clothe; to dress; to put garments on; to array; usually and most correctly followed by with, ...
INVESTED
INVEST'ED, participle passive Clothed; dressed; adorned; inclosed.
INVESTIENT
INVEST'IENT, adjective Covering; clothing.
INVESTIGABLE
INVEST'IGABLE, adjective [from investigate.] That may be investigated or searched out; discoverable by rational search or disquisition. The causes or reasons of things are somet...
INVESTIGATE
INVEST'IGATE, verb transitive [Latin investigo; in and vestigo, to follow a track, to search; vestigium, a track or footstep.]To search into; to inquire and examine into with ca...
INVESTIGATED
INVEST'IGATED, participle passive Searched into; examined with care.
INVESTIGATING
INVEST'IGATING, participle present tense Searching into; inquiring into with care.
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGA'TION, noun [Latin investigatio.] The action or process of searching minutely for truth, facts or principles; a careful inquiry to find out what is unknown, either in t...
INVESTIGATIVE
INVEST'IGATIVE, adjective Curious and deliberate in researches.
INVESTIGATOR
INVEST'IGATOR, noun One who searches diligently into a subject.
INVESTITURE
INVEST'ITURE, noun The action of giving possession, or livery of seizin.The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture or open delivery of pos...
INVESTIVE
INVEST'IVE, adjective Clothing; encircling.
INVESTMENT
INVEST'MENT, noun The action of investing.1. Clothes; dress; garment; habit. [We now use vestment.]2. The act of surrounding, blocking up or besieging by an armed force.The capi...
INVETERACY
INVET'ERACY, noun [Latin inveteratio. See Inveterate.]Long continuance, or the firmness or deep rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as the inveteracy of c...
INVETERATE
INVET'ERATE, adjective [Latin inveteratus, invetero; in and vetero, from vetus, old.]1. Old; long established.It is an inveterate and received opinion--2. Deep rooted; firmly es...
INVETERATELY
INVET'ERATELY, adverb With obstinacy; violently.
INVETERATENESS
INVET'ERATENESS, noun Obstinacy confirmed by time; inveteracy; as the inveterateness of a mischief.
INVETERATION
INVETERA'TION, noun The act of hardening or confirming by long continuance.
INVIDIOUS
INVID'IOUS, adjective [Latin invidiosus, from invideo, to envy; in and video, to see. Invideo signified properly, to look against.]1. Envious; malignant.2. Likely to incur ill w...
INVIDIOUSLY
INVID'IOUSLY, adverb Enviously; malignantly.1. In a manner likely to provoke hatred.
INVIDIOUSNESS
INVID'IOUSNESS, noun The quality of provoking envy or hatred.
INVIGILANCE
INVIG'ILANCE, noun Want of vigilance; neglect of watching.
INVIGORATE
INVIG'ORATE, verb transitive To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Exercise invigorates the body; cheerfulness invigorates the mind.Christian ...