INDUCTIVELY
INDUCT'IVELY, adverb By induction or inference.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INDUCTOR
INDUCT'OR, noun The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
INDUE
INDUE, verb transitive indu'. [Latin induo. This word coincides nearly in signification with endow, that is, to put on, to furnish. Dueo is evidently a contracted word.]1. To pu...
INDUED
INDU'ED, participle passive Clothed; invested.
INDUEMENT
INDUEMENT, noun indu'ment. A putting on; endowment.
INDUING
INDU'ING, participle present tense Investing; putting on.
INDULGE
INDULGE, verb transitive indulj'. [Latin indulgeo; tolero.]1. To permit to be or to continue; to suffer; not to restrain or oppose; as, to indulge sloth; to indulge the passions...
INDULGED
INDUL'GED, participle passive Permitted to be and to operate without check or control; as love of pleasure indulged to excess.1. Gratified; yielded to; humored in wishes or desi...
INDULGENCE
INDUL'GENCEINDUL'GENCY, noun Free permission to the appetites, humor, desires, passions or will to act or operate; forbearance of restraint or control. How many children are rui...
INDULGENCY
INDUL'GENCY, n. Free permission to the appetites, humor, desires, passions or will to act or operate; forbearance of restraint or control. How many children are ruined by indulg...
INDULGENT
INDUL'GENT, adjective Yielding to the wishes, desires, humor or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; as an indulgent parent.1. Mild, favo...
INDULGENTIAL
INDULGEN'TIAL, adjective Relating to the indulgencies of the Romish church. [Not well authorized.]
INDULGENTLY
INDUL'GENTLY, adverb With unrestrained enjoyment.1. Mildly; favorably; not severely.
INDULGER
INDUL'GER, noun One who indulges.
INDULGING
INDUL'GING, participle present tense Permitting to enjoy or to practice; gratifying.
INDULT
INDULT'INDULT'O, noun [Latin indultus, indulged.]1. In the church of Rome, the power of presenting to benefices, granted to certain persons, as to kings and cardinals.2. In Spai...
INDULTO
INDULT'O, n. [L. indultus, indulged.]1. In the church of Rome, the power of presenting to benefices, granted to certain persons, as to kings and cardinals.2. In Spain, a duty, t...
INDURATE
IN'DURATE, verb intransitive [Latin induro; in and duro, to harden.]To grow hard; to harden or become hard. Clay indurates by drying, and by extreme heat.IN'DURATE, verb transit...
INDURATED
IN'DURATED, participle passive Hardened; made obdurate.
INDURATING
IN'DURATING, participle present tense Hardening; rendering insensible.
INDURATION
INDURA'TION, noun The act of hardening, or process of growing hard.1. Hardness of heart; obduracy.
INDUSTRIOUS
INDUS'TRIOUS, adjective [Latin industrius, from industria.]1. Diligent in business or study; constantly, regularly or habitually occupied in business; assiduous; opposed to slot...
INDUSTRIOUSLY
INDUS'TRIOUSLY, adverb With habitual diligence; with steady application of the powers of body or of mind.1. Diligently; assiduously; with care; applied to a particular purpose. ...
INDUSTRY
IN'DUSTRY, noun [Latin industria.] Habitual diligence in any employment, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; opposed to sloth and idleness. We are ...
INDWELLER
INDWELL'ER, noun An inhabitant.
INDWELLING
INDWELL'ING, adjective [in and dwelling.] Dwelling within; remaining in the heart, even after it is renewed; as indwelling sin.INDWELL'ING, noun Residence within, or in the hear...
INEBRIANT
INE'BRIANT, adjective [See Inebriate.] Intoxicating.INE'BRIANT, noun Any thing that intoxicates, as opium.