INFLATION
INFLA'TION, noun [Latin inflatio.] The act of inflating.1. The state of being distended with air injected or inhaled.2. The state of being puffed up, as with vanity.3. Conceit.
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INFLECT
INFLECT', verb transitive [Latin inflecto; in and flecto, to bend.]1. To bend; to turn from a direct line or course.Are not the rays of the sun reflected, refracted and inflecte...
INFLECTED
INFLECT'ED, participle passive Bent or turned from a direct line or course; as an inflected ray of light; varied in termination.
INFLECTING
INFLECT'ING, participle present tense Bending or turning from its course; varying in termination; modulating, as the voice.
INFLECTION
INFLEC'TION, noun [Latin inflectio.] The act of bending or turning from a direct line or course.1. In optics, a property of light by which its rays, when they approach a body, a...
INFLECTIVE
INFLECT'IVE, adjective Having the power of bending; as the inflective quality of the air.
INFLEXED
INFLEX'ED, adjective [Latin inflexus.] Turned; bent.
INFLEXIBILITY
INFLEXIBIL'ITYINFLEX'IBLE, adjective [Latin inflexibilis.]1. That cannot be bent; as an inflexible oak.2. That will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; not to be...
INFLEXIBLE
INFLEX'IBLE, a. [L. inflexibilis.]1. That cannot be bent; as an inflexible oak.2. That will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; not to be prevailed on; that cann...
INFLEXIBLENESS
INFLEX'IBLENESS, noun [Latin in and flexibilis, from flecto, to bend.]1. The quality of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent; unyielding stiffness.2. Obstinacy of will...
INFLEXIBLY
INFLEX'IBLY, adverb With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; with unyielding pertinaciousness; inexorable. A judge should be inflexibly just and impartial.
INFLEXION
INFLEXION. [See Inflection.]
INFLICT
INFLICT', verb transitive [Latin inflictus, infligo; in and fligo, to strike; Eng. to flog.]To lay on; to throw or send on; to apply; as, to inflict pain or disgrace; to inflict...
INFLICTED
INFLICT'ED, participle passive Laid on; applied; as punishment or judgments.
INFLICTER
INFLICT'ER, noun He who lays on or applies.
INFLICTING
INFLICT'ING, participle present tense Laying on; applying.
INFLICTION
INFLIC'TION, noun [Latin inflictio.] The act of laying on or applying; as the infliction of torment or of punishment.1. The punishment applied.His severest inflictions are in th...
INFLICTIVE
INFLICT'IVE, adjective Tending or able to inflict.
INFLORESCENCE
INFLORES'CENCE, noun [Latin inflorescens, infloresco, infloreo; in and floreo, to blossom.]1. In botany, a mode of flowering, or the manner in which flowers are supported on the...
INFLUENCE
IN'FLUENCE, noun [Latin influens, influo, to flow in; in and fluo, to flow.] Literally, a flowing in, into or on, and referring to substances spiritual or too subtil to be visib...
INFLUENCED
IN'FLUENCED, participle passive Moved; excited; affected; persuaded; induced.
INFLUENCING
IN'FLUENCING, participle present tense Moving; affecting; inducing.
INFLUENT
IN'FLUENT, adjective Flowing in. [Little used.]
INFLUENTIAL
INFLUEN'TIAL, adjective Exerting influence or power by invisible operation, as physical causes on bodies, or as moral causes on the mind. It is particularly used to express the ...
INFLUENTIALLY
INFLUEN'TIALLY, adverb By means of influence, so as to incline, move or direct.
INFLUENZA
INFLUEN'ZA, noun An epidemic catarrh. The influenza of October and November, 1789, and that of April and May, 1790, were very general or universal in the United States, and unus...
INFLUX
IN'FLUX, noun [Latin influxus, influo; in and fluo, to flow.]1. The act of flowing in; as an influx of light or other fluid.2. Infusion; intromission.The influx of the knowledge...