Webster's Dictionary 1913

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I

I (ī). 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phœnician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phœnician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. ...

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I (2)

I (ī), pron. [poss.My (mī) or Mine (mīn); object.Me (mē). pl.nom.We (wē); poss.Our (our) or Ours (ourz); object.Us (ŭs).] [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, ...

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I O U

I O U (?). A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; — in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amou...

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I-

I– (?), prefix. See Y-.

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I. W. W.

I. W. W. (Abbrev.) Industrial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism).

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i.e.

i.e. Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.

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I' faith

I' faith″ (?). In faith; indeed; truly. Shak.

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I' ll

I' ll (?). Contraction for I will or I shall.I'll by a sign give notice to our friends. Shak.

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I'd

I'd (?). A contraction from I would or I had.

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I'm

I'm (?). A contraction of I am.

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I've

I've (?). Colloquial contraction of I have.

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Iamatology

I‐am′a‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. �, �, medicine + -logy.] (Med.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

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Iamb

I″amb (?), n. [Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus.] An iambus or iambic.

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Iambic

I‐am″bic (?), a. [L. iambicus, Gr. �: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; a...

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Iambic (2)

I‐am″bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet.☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses.Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to...

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Iambical

I‐am″bic‐al (?), a. Iambic.

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Iambically

I‐am″bic‐al‐ly, adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

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Iambize

I‐am″bize (?), v. t. To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

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Iambus

I‐am″bus (?), n.; pl. L. Iambi (#), E. Iambuses (#). [L. iambus, Gr. �; prob. akin to � to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to thr...

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Ianthina

‖I‐an″thi‐na (?), n.; pl. L. Ianthinæ (#), E. Ianthinas (#). [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. �; � violet + � flower.] (Zoöl.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of whi...

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Iatraliptic

I‐a′tra‐lip″tic (?), a. [Gr. �; � physician + � belonging to the � or anointer, fr. � to anoint: cf. F. iatraliptique.] Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatr...

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Iatric

{ I‐at″ric (?), I‐at″ric‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

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Iatrochemical

I‐a′tro‐chem″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

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Iatrochemist

I‐a′tro‐chem″ist (?), n. [Gr. � physician + E. chemist.] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

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Iatrochemistry

I‐a′tro‐chem″is‐try (?), n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; — used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th ce...

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Iatromathematical

I‐a′tro‐math′e‐mat″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.

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Iatromathematician

I‐a′tro‐math′e‐ma‐ti″cian (?), n. [Gr. � physician + E. mathematician.] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to a...