INDIFFERENT
INDIF'FERENT, adjective [Latin indifferens.]1. Neutral; not inclined to one side, party or thing more than to another.Cato knows neither of them,Indifferent in his choice to sle...
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INDIFFERENTLY
INDIF'FERENTLY, adverb Without distinction or preference; as, to offer pardon indifferently to all.1. Equally; impartially; without favor, prejudice or bias.--They may truly and...
INDIGENCE
IN'DIGENCEIN'DIGENCY, noun [Latin indigentia, from indigeo; in or ind, and egeo, to want, to lack.] Want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty. A large...
INDIGENCY
IN'DIGENCY, n. [L. indigentia, from indigeo; in or ind, and egeo, to want, to lack.] Want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty. A large portion of the...
INDIGENE
IN'DIGENE, noun [Latin indigena; in or ind, and geno, gigno, to beget, or to be born.] One born in a country; a native animal or plant.
INDIGENOUS
INDIG'ENOUS, adjective [Latin indigena, supra.]1. Native; born in a country; applied to persons.2. Native; produced naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; applied to veg...
INDIGENT
IN'DIGENT, adjective [Latin indigens.] Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor.Charity consists in relieving the indigent
INDIGEST
INDIGEST', noun A crude mass. [Not used.]
INDIGESTED
INDIGEST'ED, adjective [in and digested; Latin indigestus.]1. Not digested; not concocted in the stomach; not changed or prepared for nourishing the body; indigested; crude.2. N...
INDIGESTIBLE
INDIGEST'IBLE, adjective [in and digestible.]1. Not digestible; not easily converted into chyme, or prepared in the stomach for nourishing the body.2. Not to be received or pati...
INDIGESTION
INDIGES'TION, noun [in and digestion.] Want of due coction in the stomach; a failure of that change in food which prepares it for nutriment; crudity.As a disease, dyspepsy; that...
INDIGITATE
INDIG'ITATE, verb transitive To point out with the finger.
INDIGITATION
INDIGITA'TION, noun The act of pointing out with the finger.
INDIGN
INDIGN, adjective indi'ne. [Latin indignus.] Unworthy; disgraceful.
INDIGNANCE
INDIG'NANCE, noun Indignation. [Not in use.]
INDIGNANT
INDIG'NANT, adjective [Latin indignans, from indignor, to disdain; in and dignor, dignus.] Affected at once with anger and disdain; feeling the mingled emotions of wrath and sco...
INDIGNATION
INDIGNA'TION, noun [Latin indignatio.]1. Anger or extreme anger, mingled with contempt, disgust or abhorrence.When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, n...
INDIGNIFY
INDIG'NIFY, verb transitive To treat disdainfully. [Not used.]
INDIGNITY
INDIG'NITY, noun [Latin indignitas.] Unmerited, contemptuous conduct towards another; any action towards another which manifests contempt for him; contumely; incivility or injur...
INDIGNLY
INDIGNLY, adverb indi'nely. Unworthily.
INDIGO
IN'DIGO, noun [Latin indicum, from India.] A substance or dye, prepared from the leaves and stalks of the indigo-plant, which are steeped in water till the pulp is extracted, wh...
INDIGO-PLANT
IN'DIGO-PLANT, noun A plant of the genus Indigofera, from which is prepared indigo. It is a native of Asia, Africa and America, and called by the native Americans, anil. The cal...
INDIGOMETER
INDIGOM'ETER, noun An instrument for ascertaining the strength of indigo.
INDILATORY
INDIL'ATORY, noun [in and dilatory. Not dilatory or slow.
INDILIGENCE
INDIL'IGENCE, noun [in and diligence.]Want of diligence; slothfulness.
INDILIGENT
INDIL'IGENT, adjective Not diligent; idle; slothful.
INDILIGENTLY
INDIL'IGENTLY, adverb Without diligence.