Webster's Dictionary 1828

1972

INGRAFTED

INGR'AFTED, participle passive Inserted into a stock for growth and propagation; introduced into a native stock; set or fixed deep.

1973

INGRAFTING

INGR'AFTING, participle present tense Inserting, as cions in stocks; introducing and inserting on a native stock what is foreign; fixing deep.

1974

INGRAFTMENT

INGR'AFTMENT, noun The act of ingrafting.1. The thing ingrafted.

1975

INGRAIN

IN'GRAIN, verb transitive [in and grain.] To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

1976

INGRAINED

IN'GRAINED, participle passive Dyed in the grain or in the raw material; as ingrained carpets.

1977

INGRAINING

IN'GRAINING, participle present tense Dyeing in the raw material.

1978

INGRAPPLED

INGRAP'PLED, adjective Grappled; seized on; entwined.

1979

INGRATE

IN'GRATEINGRA'TEFUL, adjective [Latin ingratus; in and gratus.]1. Ungrateful; unthankful; not having feelings of kindness for a favor received.2. Unpleasing to the sense.He give...

1980

INGRATEFUL

INGRA'TEFUL, a. [L. ingratus; in and gratus.]1. Ungrateful; unthankful; not having feelings of kindness for a favor received.2. Unpleasing to the sense. He gives no ingrateful f...

1981

INGRATEFULLY

INGRA'TEFULLY, adverb Ungratefully.

1982

INGRATEFULNESS

INGRA'TEFULNESS, noun Ungratefulness.

1983

INGRATIATE

INGRA'TIATE, verb transitive ingra'shate. [Latin in and gratia, favor.]1. To commend one's self to another's good will, confidence or kindness. It is always used as a reciprocal...

1984

INGRATIATING

INGRA'TIATING, participle present tense Commending one's self to the favor of another.INGRA'TIATING, noun The act of commending one's self to another's favor.

1985

INGRATITUDE

INGRAT'ITUDE, noun1. Want of gratitude or sentiments of kindness for favors received; insensibility to favors, and want of a disposition to repay them; unthankfulness.Ingratitud...

1986

INGRAVE

INGRA'VE, verb transitive To bury. [Not used.]

1987

INGRAVIDATE

INGRAV'IDATE, verb transitive [Latin gravidus.] To impregnate.

1988

INGREAT

INGREAT, verb transitive To make great. [Not in use.]

1989

INGREDIENT

INGRE'DIENT, noun [Latin ingrediens, entering into; ingredior; in and gradior. See Grade.]That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any compound or mixture. I...

1990

INGRESS

IN'GRESS, noun [Latin ingerssus, ingredior, supra.]1. Entrance; as the ingress of air into the lungs. It is particularly applied to the entrance of the moon into the shadow of t...

1991

INGRESSION

INGRES'SION, noun [Latin ingressio, ingredior.]The act of entering; entrance.

1992

INGUINAL

IN'GUINAL, adjective [Latin inguen, the groin.]Pertaining to the grain; as an inguinal tumor.

1993

INGULF

INGULF', verb transitive [in and gulf.] To swallow up in a vast deep, gulf or whirlpool.1. To cast into a gulf.

1994

INGULFED

INGULF'ED, participle passive Swallowed up in a gulf or vast deep; cast into a gulf.

1995

INGULFING

INGULF'ING, participle present tense Swallowing up in a gulf, whirlpool or vast deep.

1996

INGURGITATE

INGUR'GITATE, verb transitive [Latin ingurgito; in and gurges, a gulf.]To swallow greedily or in great quantity.INGUR'GITATE, verb intransitive To drink largely; to swill.

1997

INGURGITATION

INGURGITA'TION, noun The act of swallowing greedily, or in great quantity.

1998

INGUSTABLE

INGUST'ABLE, adjective [Latin in and gusto, to taste.]That cannot be tasted. [Little used.]