INSATURABALE
INSAT'URABALE, adjective [Latin insaturabilis; in and satur, full.]Not to be saturated, filled or glutted.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INSCIENCE
INSCI'ENCE, noun [in and science.] Ignorance; want of knowledge.
INSCRIBE
INSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin inscribo; in and scribo, to write, Eng. to scrape. See Scribe.]1. To write on; to engrave on for perpetuity or duration; as, to inscribe a line...
INSCRIBED
INSCRI'BED, participle passive Written on; engraved; marked; addressed.
INSCRIBER
INSCRI'BER, noun One who inscribes.
INSCRIBING
INSCRI'BING, participle present tense Writing on; engraving; marking; addressing.
INSCRIPTION
INSCRIP'TION, noun [Latin inscriptio. See Inscribe.]1. Something written or engraved to communicate knowledge to after ages; any character, word, line or sentence written or eng...
INSCRIPTIVE
INSCRIP'TIVE, adjective Bearing inscription.
INSCROLL
INSCROLL, verb transitive To write on a scroll.
INSCRUTABILITY
INSCRUTABIL'ITY,
INSCRUTABLE
INSCRU'TABLE, adjective [Latin inscrutabilis; in and scrutor, to search.]1. Unsearchable; that cannot be searched into and understood by inquiry or study. The designs of the emp...
INSCRUTABLENESS
INSCRU'TABLENESS, noun The quality of being inscrutable.
INSCRUTABLY
INSCRU'TABLY, adverb In a manner or degree not to be found out or understood. The moral government of an infinite being must often be inscrutably dark and mysterious.
INSCULP
INSCULP', verb transitive [Latin insulpo; in and sculpo, to engrave.]To engrave; to carve. [Little used.]
INSCULPTION
INSCULP'TION, noun Inscription. [Little used.]
INSCULPTURE
INSCULP'TURE, noun An engraving; sculpture. [See Sculpture, which is generally used.]
INSEAM
INSE'AM, verb transitive [in and seam.] To impress or make with a seam or cicatrix. [Poetical.]
INSEARCH
INSEARCH, verb transitive inserch'. To make search. [Not used.]
INSECABLE
INSEC'ABLE, adjective [Latin insecabilis; in and seco, to cut.]That cannot be divided by a cutting instrument; indivisible.
INSECT
IN'SECT, noun [Latin insecta, plural, from inseco, to cut in; in and seco, to cut. This name seems to have been originally given to certain small animals whose bodies appear cut...
INSECTATOR
INSECTA'TOR, noun [Latin] A persecutor. [Little used.]
INSECTED
INSECT'ED, adjective Having the nature of an insect.
INSECTILE
INSECT'ILE, adjective Having the nature of insects.INSECT'ILE, noun An insect. [Not used.]
INSECTION
INSEC'TION, noun A cutting in; incisure; incision.
INSECTIVOROUS
INSECTIV'OROUS, adjective [insect and Latin voro, to eat.]Feeding or subsisting on insects. Many winged animals are insectivorous
INSECTOLOGER
INSECTOL'OGER, noun [insect.] One who studies insects. [Not in use. See Entomologist.]
INSECURE
INSECU'RE, adjective [in and secure.] Not secure; not safe; exposed to danger or loss. Goods on the ocean are insecure Hay and grain unhoused are insecure Debts are often insecure