INSECURELY
INSECU'RELY, adverb Without security or safety; without certainty.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INSECURITY
INSECU'RITY, noun [in and security.] Want of safety, or want of confidence in safety. Seamen in a tempest must be conscious of their insecurity1. Uncertainty. With what insecuri...
INSECUTION
INSECU'TION, noun [Latin insecutio.] Pursuit.
INSEMINATE
INSEM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin insemino.] To sow. [Little used.]
INSEMINATION
INSEMINA'TION, noun The act of sowing. [Little used.]
INSENSATE
INSENS'ATE, adjective [Latin in and sensus, sense.]Destitute of sense; stupid; foolish; wanting sensibility.
INSENSIBILITY
INSENSIBIL'ITY, noun [from insensible.]1. Want of sensibility, or the power of feeling or perceiving. A frozen limb is in a state of insensibility as is an animal body after dea...
INSENSIBLE
INSENS'IBLE, adjective [Latin in and sensus, sense, sentio, to feel.]1. Imperceptible; that cannot be felt or perceived. The motion of the earth is insensible to the eye. A plan...
INSENSIBLENESS
INSENS'IBLENESS, noun Inability to perceive; want of sensibility. [See Insensibility, which is generally used.]
INSENSIBLY
INSENS'IBLY, adverb Imperceptibly; in a manner not to be felt or perceived by the senses.The hills rise insensibly1. By slow degrees; gradually. Men often slide insensibly into ...
INSENTIENT
INSENT'IENT, adjective [in and sentient.] Not having perception or the power of perception.
INSEPARABILITY
INSEPARABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being inseparable, or incapable of disfunction. [The latter word is rarely used.]
INSEPARABLE
INSEP'ARABLE, adjective [Latin inseparabilis; in and separabilis, separo, to separate.] That cannot be separated or disjoined; not to be parted. There is an inseparable connecti...
INSEPARABLENESS
INSEP'ARABLENESSINSEP'ARABLY, adverb In a manner that prevents separation; with indissoluble union.
INSEPARABLY
INSEP'ARABLY, adv. In a manner that prevents separation; with indissoluble union.
INSEPARATE
INSEP'ARATE, adjective Not separate. [Not used.]
INSEPARATELY
INSEP'ARATELY, adverb So as not to be separated. [Not used.]
INSERT
INSERT', verb transitive [Latin insero, insertum; in and sero, to thrust.]Literally, to thrust in; hence, to set in or among; as, to insert a cion in a stock; to insert a letter...
INSERTED
INSERT'ED, participle passive Set in or among.
INSERTING
INSERT'ING, participle present tense Setting in or among.
INSERTION
INSER'TION, noun [Latin insertio.]1. The act of setting or placing in or among other things; as the insertion of cions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings;...
INSERVIENT
INSERV'IENT, adjective Conducive.
INSET
INSET', verb transitive To infix or implant.
INSHADED
INSHA'DED, adjective Marked with different shades.
INSHELL
INSHELL', verb transitive To hide in a shell.
INSHELTER
INSHEL'TER, verb intransitive To shelter.
INSHIP
INSHIP', verb transitive To ship; to embark.