ITALIANATE
ITAL'IANATE, verb transitive To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ITALIANIZE
ITAL'IANIZE, verb intransitive To play the Italian; to speak Italian.
ITALIC
ITAL'IC, adjective Relating to Italy or its characters.
ITALICIZE
ITAL'ICIZE, verb transitive To write or print in Italic characters.
ITALICS
ITAL'ICS, nounplural Italic letters or characters; characters first used in Italy, and which stand inclining; the letters in which this clause is printed. They are used to disti...
ITCH
ITCH, noun1. A cutaneous disease of the human race, appearing in small watery pustules on the skin, accompanied with an uneasiness or irritation that inclines the patient to use...
ITCHING
ITCH'ING, participle present tense Having a sensation that calls for scratching.1. Having a constant desire.
ITCHY
ITCH'Y, adjective Infected with the itch.
ITEM
I'TEM, adverb [Latin item also.] Also; a word used when something is to be added.I'TEM, noun An article; a separate particular in an account. The account consists of many items....
ITERABLE
IT'ERABLE, adjective That may be repeated. [Not used.]
ITERANT
IT'ERANT, adjective [See Iterate.] Repeating; as an iterant echo.
ITERATE
IT'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin itero, to repeat, from iter, a going.]To repeat; to utter or do a second time; as, to iterate advice or admonition; to iterate a trepass.
ITERATED
IT'ERATED, participle passive Repeated.
ITERATING
IT'ERATING, participle present tense Repeating; uttering or doing over again.
ITERATION
ITERA'TION, noun [Latin iteratio.] Repetition; recital or performance a second time.
ITERATIVE
IT'ERATIVE, adjective Repeating.
ITINERANT
ITIN'ERANT, adjective [Latin iter, a way or journey.] Passing or traveling about a country; wandering; not settled; as an itinerant preacher.ITIN'ERANT, noun One who travels fro...
ITINERARY
ITIN'ERARY, noun [Low Latin itinerarium, from iter, a going.]An account of travels or of the distances of places; as the itinerary of Antoninus.ITIN'ERARY, adjective Traveling; ...
ITINERATE
ITIN'ERATE, verb intransitive [Latin iter, a going; Low Latin itinero.]To travel from place to place, particularly for the purpose of preaching; to wander without a settled habi...
ITSELF
ITSELF', pronoun [it and self.] The neutral reciprocal pronoun, or substitute applied to things. The thing is good in itself; it stands by itselfBorrowing of foreigners, in itse...
ITTRIUM
IT'TRIUM, noun The undecomposable base of yttria; but better written yttrium, unless yttria should be written ittria.
IVORY
I'VORY, noun [Latin ebur.] The tusk of an elephant, a hard, solid substance, of a fine white color. This tooth is sometimes six or seven feet in length, hollow from the base to ...
IVORY-BLACK
I'VORY-BLACK, noun A fine kind of soft blacking.
IVY
I'VY, noun A parasitic plant of the genus Hedera, which creeps along the ground, or if it finds support, rises on trees or buildings, climbing to a great highth.
IVYED
I'VYED, adjective Overgrown with ivy.