INDOMITABLE
INDOM'ITABLE, adjective Untamable. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INDOMPTABLE
INDOMPT'ABLE, adjective [Latin domo, to tame.] Not to be subdued. [Unusual.]
INDORSABLE
INDORS'ABLE, adjective That may be indorsed, assigned and made payable to order.
INDORSE
INDORSE, verb transitive indors'. [Latin in and dorsum, the back.]1. To write on the back of a paper or written instrument; as, to indorse a note or bill of exchange; to indorse...
INDORSEE
INDORSEE', noun The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.
INDORSEMENT
INDORSEMENT, noun indors'ment. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.1. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, ...
INDORSER
INDORS'ER, noun The person who indorses, or writes his name on the back of a note or bill of exchange, and who, by this act, as the case may be, makes himself liable to pay the ...
INDRAUGHT
IN'DRAUGHT, noun in'draft. [in and draught.]An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
INDRENCH
INDRENCH', verb transitive [in and drench.]To overwhelm with water; to drown; to drench.
INDUBIOUS
INDU'BIOUS, adjective [Latin indubius; in and dubius, doubtful.]1. Not dubious or doubtful; certain.2. Not doubting; unsuspecting; as indubious confidence.
INDUBITABLE
INDU'BITABLE, adjective [Latin indubitabilis; in and dubitabilis, from dubito, to doubt.] Not to be doubted; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; too plain to admit of d...
INDUBITABLENESS
INDU'BITABLENESS, noun State of being indubitable.
INDUBITABLY
INDU'BITABLY, adverb Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.
INDUBITATE
INDU'BITATE, adjective [Latin indubitatus.]Not questioned; evident; certain. [Not used.]
INDUCE
INDU'CE, verb transitive [Latin induco; in and duco, to lead.]1. To lead, as by persuasion or argument; to prevail on; to incite; to influence by motives. The emperor could not ...
INDUCED
INDU'CED, participle passive Persuaded by motives; influenced; produced; caused.
INDUCEMENT
INDU'CEMENT, noun Motive; any thing that leads the mind to will or to act; any argument, reason or fact that tends to persuade or influence the mind. The love of ease is an indu...
INDUCER
INDU'CER, noun He or that which induces persuades or influences.
INDUCIBLE
INDU'CIBLE, adjective That may be induced; that may be offered by induction.1. That may be caused.
INDUCING
INDU'CING, participle present tense Leading or moving by reason or arguments; persuading; producing; causing.
INDUCT
INDUCT', verb transitive [Latin inductus, from induco; in and duco, to lead.]Literally, to being in or introduce. Hence, appropriately,1. To introduce, as to a benefice or offic...
INDUCTED
INDUCT'ED, participle passive Introduced into office with the usual formalities.
INDUCTILE
INDUCT'ILE, adjective [in and ductile.] Not capable of being drawn into threads, as a metal. [See Ductile.]
INDUCTILITY
INDUCTIL'ITY, noun The quality of being inductile.
INDUCTING
INDUCT'ING, participle present tense Introducing into office with the usual formalities.
INDUCTION
INDUC'TION, noun [Latin inductio. See Induct.]1. Literally, a bringing in; introduction; entrance. Hence,2. In logic and rhetoric, the act of drawing a consequence from two or m...
INDUCTIVE
INDUCT'IVE, adjective Leading or drawing; with to.A brutish vice,Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.1. Tending to induce or cause.They may be inductive of credibility. [Unusual....