INAUGURATING
INAUG'URATING, participle present tense Inducting into office with solemnities.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INAUGURATION
INAUGURA'TION, noun The act of inducting into office with solemnity; investiture with office by appropriate ceremonies.
INAUGURATORY
INAUG'URATORY, adjective Suited to induction into office; pertaining to inauguration; as inauguratory gratulations.
INAURATION
INAURA'TION, noun [Latin inauro, inauratus; in and aurum, gold.]The act or process of gilding, or covering with gold.
INAUSPICATE
INAUS'PICATE, adjective Ill omened.
INAUSPICIOUS
INAUSPI'CIOUS, adjective [in and auspicious.] Ill omened; unfortunate; unlucky; evil; unfavorable. The war commenced at an inauspicious time, and its issue was inauspicious The ...
INAUSPICIOUSLY
INAUSPI'CIOUSLY, adverb With ill omens; unfortunately; unfavorably.
INAUSPICIOUSNESS
INAUSPI'CIOUSNESS, noun Unluckiness; unfavorableness.
INBEING
IN'BEING, noun [in and being.] Inherence; inherent existence; inseparableness.
INBORN
IN'BORN, adjective [in and born.] Innate; implanted by nature; as inborn passions; inborn worth.
INBREATHED
IN'BREATHED, adjective [in and breathe.] Infused by inspiration.
INBRED
IN'BRED, adjective [in and bred, breed.] Bred within; innate; natural; as inbred worth; inbred affection.
INBREED
INBREE'D, verb transitive To produce or generate within.
INCA
IN'CA, noun The name or title given by the natives of Peru to their kings and to the princes of the blood, before the conquest of that country by the Spaniards.
INCAGE
INCA'GE, verb transitive [in and cage.] To confine in a cage; to coop us; to confine to any narrow limits.
INCAGED
INCA'GED, participle passive Cooped up; confined to a cage or to narrow limits.
INCAGEMENT
INCA'GEMENT, noun Confinement in a cage.
INCAGING
INCA'GING, participle present tense Confining to a cage or to narrow limits.
INCALCULABLE
INCAL'CULABLE, adjective That cannot be calculated; beyond calculation.
INCALCULABLY
INCAL'CULABLY, adverb In a degree beyond calculation.
INCALESCENCE
INCALES'CENCEINCALES'CENCY, noun [Latin incalescens, incalesco; in and calesco, caleo, to be hot.]A growing warm; incipient or increasing heat.
INCALESCENCY
INCALES'CENCY, n. [L. incalescens, incalesco; in and calesco, caleo, to be hot.]A growing warm; incipient or increasing heat.
INCALESCENT
INCALES'CENT, adjective Growing warm; increasing in heat.
INCAMERATION
INCAMERA'TION, noun [in and camera, a chamber, or arched roof.]The act or process of uniting lands, revenues or other rights to the pope's domain.
INCANDESCENCE
INCANDES'CENCE, noun [Latin incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.]A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body cause...
INCANDESCENT
INCANDES'CENT, adjective White or glowing with heat.
INCANTATION
INCANTA'TION, noun [Latin incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.]The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purp...