INHERITABLY
INHER'ITABLY, adverb By inheritance.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INHERITANCE
INHER'ITANCE, noun An estate derived from an ancestor to an heir by succession or in course of law; or an estate which the law casts on a child or other person, as the represent...
INHERITED
INHER'ITED, participle passive Received by descent from an ancestor; possessed.
INHERITING
INHER'ITING, participle present tense Taking by succession or right of representation; receiving from ancestors; possessing.
INHERITOR
INHER'ITOR, noun An heir; one who inherits or may inherit.
INHERITRESS
INHER'ITRESSINHER'ITRIX, noun An heiress; a female who inherits or is entitled to inherit, after the death of her ancestor.
INHERITRIX
INHER'ITRIX, n. An heiress; a female who inherits or is entitled to inherit, after the death of her ancestor.
INHERSE
INHERSE, verb transitive inhers.'. [in and herse.]To inclose in a funeral monument.
INHESION
INHE'SION, noun s as z. [Latin inhoesio, inhoereo.]Inherence; the state of existing or being fixed in something.
INHIATION
INHIA'TION, noun [Latin inhiatio.] A gaping after; eager desire. [Not used.]
INHIBIT
INHIB'IT, verb transitive [Latin inhibeo; in and habeo, to hold, properly to rush or drive.]1. To restrain; to hinder; to check or repress.Their motions also are excited or inhi...
INHIBITED
INHIB'ITED, participle passive Restrained; forbid.
INHIBITING
INHIB'ITING, participle present tense Restraining; repressing; prohibiting.
INHIBITION
INHIBI'TION, noun [Latin inhibitio.]1. Prohibition; restraint; embargo.2. In law, a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from fartherproceedings in a cause depending before him; co...
INHOLD
INHOLD, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive inheld. [in and hold.]To have inherent; to contain in itself. [Little used.]
INHOLDER
INHOLDER, noun An inhabitant.
INHOOP
INHOOP', verb transitive [in and hoop.] To confine or inclose in any place.
INHOSPITABLE
INHOS'PITABLE, adjective [in and hospitable.]1. Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluct...
INHOSPITABLENESS
INHOS'PITABLENESSINHOS'PITABLY, adverb Unkindly to strangers.
INHOSPITABLY
INHOS'PITABLY, adv. Unkindly to strangers.
INHOSPITALITY
INHOSPITAL'ITY, noun Want of hospitality or kindness to strangers; refusal or unwillingness to entertain guests or strangers without reward.
INHUMAN
INHU'MAN, adjective [Latin inhumanus; in and humanus, humane.]1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as a...
INHUMANITY
INHUMAN'ITY, noun Cruelty in disposition; savageness of heart; used of persons.1. Cruelty in act; barbarity; used of actions.
INHUMANLY
INHU'MANLY, adverb With cruelty; barbarously.
INHUMATE
INHU'MATEINHUMA'TION, noun The act of burying; interment.1. In chimistry, a method of digesting substances by burying the vessel containing them in warm earth, or a like substance.
INHUME
INHU'ME, verb transitive [Latin inhumo, humo, to bury.]1. To bury; to inter; to deposit in the earth, as a dead body.2. To digest in a vessel surrounded with warm earth.
INHUMED
INHU'MED, participle passive Buried; interred.