Webster's Dictionary 1828

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INTRENCH

INTRENCH', verb transitive1. To dig or cut a trench around a place, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet. The army intrenched their camp, or they were intren...

2918

INTRENCHANT

INTRENCH'ANT, adjective Not to be divided or wounded; indivisible. [Not used.]

2919

INTRENCHED

INTRENCH'ED, participle passive Fortified with a ditch and parapet.

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INTRENCHING

INTRENCH'ING, participle present tense Fortifying with a trench and parapet.

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INTRENCHMENT

INTRENCH'MENT, noun Properly, a trench or ditch only; but as the earth thrown out of a trench forms a part, and often the most necessary and useful part of a fortification, henc...

2922

INTREPID

INTREP'ID, adjective [Latin intrepidus; in and trepidus, trepido, to tremble.] Literally, not trembling or shaking with fear; hence, fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; as an intr...

2923

INTREPIDITY

INTREPID'ITY, noun Fearlessness; fearless bravery in danger; undaunted courage or boldness. The troops engaged with intrepidity

2924

INTREPIDLY

INTREP'IDLY, adverb Without trembling or shrinking from danger; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.

2925

INTRICABLE

IN'TRICABLE, adjective Entangling. [Not in use.]

2926

INTRICACY

IN'TRICACY, noun [from intricate.] The state of being entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; as the intricacy of a knot, and figuratively, the intricacy of accounts, t...

2927

INTRICATE

IN'TRICATE, adjective [Latin intricatus, from intrico, to fold; in and tricor.] Entangled, involved; perplexed; complicated; obscure. We passed through intricate windings. We fo...

2928

INTRICATELY

IN'TRICATELY, adverb With involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy.

2929

INTRICATENESS

IN'TRICATENESS, noun The state of being involved; involution; complication; perplexity.

2930

INTRICATION

INTRICA'TION, noun Entanglement. [Not used.]

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INTRIGUE

INTRIGUE, noun intree'g. [Low Latin intrico, intricor, to enwrap; tricor, to trifle, to show tricks; Gr. hair or a lock of hair, as we should say, a plexus.]1. A plot or scheme ...

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INTRIGUER

INTRIGUER, noun intree'ger. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret artifices.

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INTRIGUING

INTRIGUING, participle present tense intree'ging. Forming secret plots or schemes.1. Addicted to intrigue; given to secret machinations.

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INTRIGUINGLY

INTRIGUINGLY, adjective intree'gingly. With intrigue; with artifice or secret machinations.

2935

INTRINSECATE

INTRIN'SECATE, adjective Entangled; perplexed. [Not in use.]

2936

INTRINSIC

INTRIN'SICINTRIN'SICAL, adjective [Latin intrinsecus; intra and secus.]1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not apparent or accidental; as the i...

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INTRINSICAL

INTRIN'SICAL, a. [L. intrinsecus; intra and secus.]1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not apparent or accidental; as the intrinsic value of go...

2938

INTRINSICALLY

INTRIN'SICALLY, adverb Internally; in its nature; really; truly.A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil.

2939

INTRODUCE

INTRODU'CE, verb transitive [Latin introduco; intro, within, and duco, to lead.]1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher into a place; as, to introduce a person into a drawin...

2940

INTRODUCED

INTRODU'CED, participle passive Led or conducted in; brought in; made acquainted; imported.

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INTRODUCER

INTRODU'CER, noun One who introduces; one who conducts another to a place or person; one who makes strangers known to each other; one who brings any thing into notice or practice.

2942

INTRODUCING

INTRODU'CING, participle present tense Conducting or bringing in; making known, as one stranger to another; bringing any thing into notice or practice.

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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUC'TION, noun [Latin introductio.]1. The action of conducting or ushering into a place; used of persons. We speak of the introduction of one stranger to another; the intro...