ILLAQUEATED
ILLAQ'UEATED, participle passive Ensnared.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ILLAQUEATION
ILLAQUEA'TION, noun The act of ensnaring; a catching or entrapping. [Little used.]1. A snare.
ILLATAIVE
IL'LATAIVE, adjective [See Illation.] Relating to illation; that may be inferred; as an illative consequence.1. That denotes an inference; as an illative word or particle, as th...
ILLATION
ILLA'TION, noun [Latin illatio; in and latio, a bearing; latus, from fero.] An inference from premises; a conclusion; deduction. [Little used.]
ILLAUDABLE
ILLAUD'ABLE, adjective [See Laudable.] Not laudable; not worthy of approbation or commendation; as an illaudable motive or act.1. Worthy of censure or dispraise.
ILLAUDABLY
ILLAUD'ABLY, adverb In a manner unworthy of praise; without deserving praise.
ILLECEBROUS
ILLE'CEBROUS, adjective [Latin illecebrosus.] Alluring; full of allurement.
ILLEGAL
ILLE'GAL, adjective [See Legal.] Not legal; unlawful; contrary to law; illicit; as an illegal act; illegal trade.
ILLEGALITY
ILLEGAL'ITY, noun Contrariety to law; unlawfulness; as the illegality of trespass, or of false imprisonment.
ILLEGALIZE
ILLE'GALIZE, verb transitive To render unlawful.
ILLEGALLY
ILLE'GALLY, adverb In a manner contrary to law; unlawfully; as a man illegally imprisoned.
ILLEGIBILITY
ILLEGIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being illegible.
ILLEGIBLE
ILLEG'IBLE, adjective [See Legible.] That cannot be read; obscure or defaced so that the words cannot be known. It is a disgrace to a gentleman to write an illegible hand. The m...
ILLEGIBLY
ILLEG'IBLY, adverb In a manner not to be read; as a letter written illegibly
ILLEGITIMACY
ILLEGIT'IMACY, noun [See Legitimate.]1. The state of being born out of wedlock; the state of bastardy.2. The state of being not genuine, or of legitimate origin.
ILLEGITIMATE
ILLEGIT'IMATE, adjective [See Legitimate.]1. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; spurious; as an illegitimate son or daughter.2. Unlawful; contrary to law.3. Not genuine; ...
ILLEGITIMATELY
ILLEGIT'IMATELY, adverb Not in wedlock; without authority.
ILLELGITIMATION
ILLELGITIMA'TION, noun The state of one not born in wedlock.1. Want of genuineness.
ILLEVIABLE
ILLEV'IABLE, adjective That cannot be levied or collected.ILL'-FACED, adjective Having an ugly face.
ILLIBERAL
ILLIB'ERAL, adjective [See Liberal.] Not liberal; not free or generous.1. Not noble; not ingenuous; not catholic; of a contracted mind. Cold in charity; in religion, illiberal2....
ILLIBERALITY
ILLIBERAL'ITY, noun Narrowness of mind; contractedness; meanness; want of catholic opinions.1. Parsimony; want of munificence.
ILLIBERALLY
ILLIB'ERALLY, adverb Ungenerously; uncandidly; uncharitably; disingenuously.1. Parsimoniously.
ILLICIT
ILLIC'IT, adjective [Latin illicitus; in and licitus, from liceo, to permit.]Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit intercourse or connection.
ILLICITLY
ILLIC'ITLY, adverb Unlawfully.
ILLICITNESS
ILLIC'ITNESS, noun Unlawfulness.
ILLICITOUS
ILLIC'ITOUS, adjective Unlawful.
ILLIGHTEN
ILLI'GHTEN, verb transitive [See Light, Lighten.] To enlighten. [Not in use.]