Webster's Dictionary 1828

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INSIPIDLY

INSIP'IDLY, adv. Without taste; without spirit or life; without enjoyment.

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INSIPIDNESS

INSIP'IDNESS, noun1. Want of taste, or the power of exciting sensation in the tongue.2. Want of life or spirit.Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipidity ofTate's.

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INSIPIENCE

INSIP'IENCE, noun [Latin insipientia; in and sapio, to be wise.]Want of wisdom; folly; foolishness; want of understanding.

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INSIST

INSIST', verb intransitive [Latin insisto; in and sisto, to stand.]1. Literally, to stand or rest on. [Rarely used.]2. In geometry, an angle is said to insist upon the arc of th...

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INSISTENT

INSIST'ENT, adjective Standing or resting on; as an insistent wall. [Little used.]

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INSISTURE

INSIST'URE, noun A dwelling or standing on; fixedness.

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INSITIENCY

INSIT'IENCY, noun [Latin in and sitio, to thirst.] Freedom from thirst.

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INSITION

INSI'TION, noun [Latin insitio, from insitus, insero, to plant.]The insertion of a cion in a stock; ingraftment.

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INSNARE

INSNA'RE, verb transitive [in and snare.] To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.1. To inveigle; to seduce by artifice; to take by wiles, stratagem or decei...

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INSNARED

INSNA'RED, participle passive Caught in a snare; entrapped; inveigled; involved in perplexities.

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INSNARER

INSNA'RER, noun One that insnares.

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INSNARING

INSNA'RING, participle present tense Catching in a snare; entrapping; seducing; involving in difficulties.

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INSOBRIETY

INSOBRI'ETY, noun [in and sobriety.] Want of sobriety; intemperance; drunkenness.

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INSOCIABLE

INSO'CIABLE, adjective [Latin insociabilis; in and sociabilis, socio, to unite.]1. Not inclined to unite in social converse; not given to conversation; unsociable; taciturn.2. T...

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INSOLATE

IN'SOLATE, verb transitive [Latin insolo; in and sol, the sun.]To dry in the sun's rays; to expose to the heat of the sun; to ripen or prepare by exposure to the sun.

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INSOLATED

IN'SOLATED, participle passive Exposed to the sun; dried or matured in the sun's rays.

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INSOLATING

IN'SOLATING, participle present tense Exposing to the action of sun-beams.

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INSOLATION

INSOLA'TION, noun The act of exposing to the rays of the sun for drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc. or for rendering acid, as vinegar, or for promoting some chimical act...

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INSOLENCE

IN'SOLENCE, noun [Latin insolentia; in and soleo, to be accustomed.]Pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; petulant contempt; impud...

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INSOLENT

IN'SOLENT, adjective Proud and haughty, with contempt of others; overbearing; domineering in power; as an insolent master.1. Proceeding from insolence; haughty and contemptuous;...

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INSOLENTLY

IN'SOLENTLY, adverb With contemptuous pride; haughtily; rudely; saucily.

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INSOLIDITY

INSOLID'ITY, noun [in and solidity.] Want of solidity; weakness.

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INSOLUBILITY

INSOLUBIL'ITY, noun [from insoluble.] The quality of not being soluble or dissolvable, particularly in a fluid.

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INSOLUBLE

INSOL'UBLE, adjective [Latin insolubilis; in and solvo, to dissolve.]1. That cannot be dissolved, particularly by a liquid. We say a substance is insoluble in water, when its pa...

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INSOLVABLE

INSOLV'ABLE, adjective [Latin in and solvo, to loosen or dissolve.]1. Not to be cleared of difficulty or uncertainty; not to be solved or explained; not admitting solution or ex...

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INSOLVENCY

INSOLV'ENCY, noun [infra.] Inability of a person to pay all his debts; or the state of wanting property sufficient for such payment; as a merchant's insolvency1. Insufficiency t...

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INSOLVENT

INSOLV'ENT, adjective [Latin in and solvens, solvo, to solve, to free, to pay.]1. Not having money, goods or estate sufficient to pay all debts; as an insolvent debtor.2. Not su...