Webster's Dictionary 1828

1810

INFECTIOUSNESS

INFEC'TIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being infectious, or capable of communicating disease or taint from one to another.

1811

INFECTIVE

INFECT'IVE, adjective Having the quality of communicating disease or taint from one to another.

1812

INFECUND

INFE'CUND, adjective [Latin infoecundus; in and foecundus, prolific.]Unfruitful; not producing young; barren.

1813

INFECUNDITY

INFECUND'ITY, noun [Latin infoecunditas.] Unfruitfulness; barrenness.

1814

INFELICITY

INFELIC'ITY, noun [Latin infelicitas. See Felicity.]Unhappiness; misfortune.1. Unfortunate state; unfaborableness; as the infelicity of the times, or of the occasion.

1815

INFEOFF

INFEOFF. [See Enfeoff.]

1816

INFER

INFER', verb transitive [Latin infero; in and fero, to bear or produce.]1. Literally, to bring on; to induce. [Little used.]2. To deduce; to draw or derive, as a fact or consequ...

1817

INFERABLE

INFER'ABLE, adjective That may be inferred or deduced from premises.

1818

INFERENCE

IN'FERENCE, noun A truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion. Inferences result from reasoning, as when the mind perceives s...

1819

INFERIOR

INFE'RIOR, adjective [Latin comparative from inferus, low.]1. Lower in place.2. Lower in station, age, or rank in life. Pay due respect to those who are superior in station, and...

1820

INFERIORITY

INFERIOR'ITY, noun A lower state of dignity, age, value or quality. We speak of the inferiority of rank, of office, of talents, of age, of worth.

1821

INFERNAL

INFERN'AL, adjective [Latin infernus.]1. Properly, pertaining to the lower regions, or regions of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. Hence,2. Pertaining to hell; inhabiting...

1822

INFERTILE

INFER'TILE, adjective [Latin infertilis; in and fertilis.]Not fertile; not fruitful or productive; barren; as an infertile soil.

1823

INFERTILITY

INFERTIL'ITY, noun Unfruitfulness; unproductiveness; barrenness; as the infertility of land.

1824

INFEST

INFEST', verb transitive [Latin infesto.] To trouble greatly; to disturb; to annoy; to harass. In warm weather, men ar infested with musketoes and gnats; flies infest horses and...

1825

INFESTATION

INFESTA'TION, noun The act of infesting; molestation.

1826

INFESTED

INFEST'ED, participle passive Troubled; annoyed; harassed; plagued.

1827

INFESTERED

INFES'TERED, adjective [in and fester.] Rankling; inveterate.

1828

INFESTING

INFEST'ING, participle present tense Annoying; harassing; disturbing.

1829

INFESTIVE

INFEST'IVE, adjective [in and festive.] Having no mirth.

1830

INFESTIVITY

INFESTIV'ITY, noun [in and festivity.] Want of festivity, or of cheerfulness and mirth at entertainments.

1831

INFESTUOUS

INFEST'UOUS, adjective [Latin infestus.] Mischievous. [Not used.]

1832

INFEUDATION

INFEUDA'TION, noun [in and feudum, feud.]1. The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.2. The granting of tithes to laymen.

1833

INFIDEL

IN'FIDEL, adjective [Latin infidelis; in and fidelis; faithful.]Unbelieving; disbelieving the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine institution of christianity.The infide...

1834

INFIDELITY

INFIDEL'ITY, noun [Latin infidelitas.]1. In general, want of faith or belief; a withholding of credit.2. Disbelief of the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine original o...

1835

INFILTRATE

INFIL'TRATE, verb intransitive To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance.

1836

INFILTRATING

INFIL'TRATING, participle present tense Penetrating by the pores or interstices.