INDIMINISHABLE
INDIMIN'ISHABLE, adjective That cannot be diminished.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INDIRECT
INDIRECT', adjective [Latin indirectus; in and directus, from dirigo.]1. Not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous. From New York to Englan...
INDIRECTION
INDIREC'TION, noun [in and direction.] Oblique course or means.1. Dishonest practice.
INDIRECTLY
INDIRECT'LY, adverb Not in a straight line or course; obliquely.1. Not by direct means.2. Not in express terms. He indirectly mentioned the subject.3. Unfairly.Your crown and ki...
INDIRECTNESS
INDIRECT'NESS, noun Obliquity; devious course.1. Unfairness; dishonesty.
INDISCERNIBLE
INDISCERN'IBLE, adjective [in and discernible.] That cannot be discerned; not visible or perceptible; not discoverable.
INDISCERNIBLENESS
INDISCERN'IBLENESS, noun Incapability of being discerned.
INDISCERNIBLY
INDISCERN'IBLY, adverb In a manner not to be seen or perceived.
INDISCERPIBLE
INDISCERP'IBLE, adjective Indiscerptible.
INDISCERPTIBILITY
INDISCERPTIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being incapable of dissolution, or separation of parts.
INDISCERPTIBLE
INDISCERP'TIBLE, adjective [in and discerptible.] Incapable of being destroyed by dissolution, or separation of parts.
INDISCIPLINABLE
INDIS'CIPLINABLE, adjective [in and disciplinable.] That cannot be disciplined or subjected to discipline; not capable of being improved by discipline.
INDISCOVERABLE
INDISCOV'ERABLE, adjective [in and discoverable.]That cannot be discovered; undiscoverable.
INDISCOVERY
INDISCOV'ERY, noun [in and discovery.] Want of discover. [Unusual.]
INDISCREET
INDISCREE'T, adjective [in and discreet.] Not discreet; wanting in discretion; imprudent; inconsiderate; injudicious; as persons.1. Not according to discretion or sound judgment...
INDISCREETLY
INDISCREE'TLY, adverb Not discreetly; without prudence; inconsiderately; without judgment.
INDISCRETE
INDISCRE'TE, adjective Not discrete or separated.
INDISCRETION
INDISCRE'TION, noun [in and discretion.] Want of discretion; imprudence. The grossest vices pass under the fashionable name, indiscretions.
INDISCRIMINATE
INDISCRIM'INATE, adjective [Latin indiscriminatus. See Discriminate.]1. Undistinguishing; not making any distinction; as the indiscriminate voraciousness of a glutton.2. Not hav...
INDISCRIMINATELY
INDISCRIM'INATELY, adverb Without distinction; in confusion.
INDISCRIMINATING
INDISCRIMIN'ATING, participle present tense or adjective Not making any distinction; as the victims of an indiscriminating spirit of rapine.
INDISCRIMINATION
INDISCRIMINA'TION, noun Want of discrimination or distinction.
INDISCUSSED
INDISCUS'SED, adjective Not discussed.
INDISPENSABILITY
INDISPENSABIL'ITY, adjective Indispensableness. [Little used.]
INDISPENSABLE
INDISPENS'ABLE, adjective Not to be dispensed with; that cannot be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. Air and water are indispensable to the life o...
INDISPENSABLENESS
INDISPENS'ABLENESS, noun The state or quality of being absolutely necessary.
INDISPENSABLY
INDISPENS'ABLY, adverb Necessarily; in a manner or degree that forbids dispensation, omission or want.