INTEMERATE
INTEM'ERATE, adjective [Latin intemeratus.] Pure; undefiled. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INTEMERATENESS
INTEM'ERATENESS, noun State of being unpolluted. [Not used.]
INTEMPERAMENT
INTEM'PERAMENT, noun [in and temperament.]A bad state or constitution; as the intemperament of an ulcerated part.
INTEMPERANCE
INTEM'PERANCE, noun [Latin intemperantia.]1. In a general sense, want of moderation or due restraint; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any exertion of body or mind, o...
INTEMPERATE
INTEM'PERATE, adjective [Latin intemperatus; in and temperatus, from tempero, to moderate or restrain.]1. Not moderate or restrained within due limits; indulging to excess any a...
INTEMPERATELY
INTEM'PERATELY, adverb With excessive indulgence of appetite or passion; with undue exertion; immoderately; excessively.
INTEMPERATENESS
INTEM'PERATENESS, noun Want of moderation; excessive degree of indulgence; as the intemperateness of appetite or passion.1. Immoderate degree of any quality in the weather, as i...
INTEMPERATURE
INTEM'PERATURE, noun Excess of some quality.
INTEMPESTIVE
INTEMPEST'IVE, adjective [Latin intempestivus.] Untimely. [Not used.]
INTEMPESTIVELY
INTEMPEST'IVELY, adverb Unseasonably. [Not used.]
INTEMPESTIVITY
INTEMPESTIV'ITY, noun Untimeliness. [Not used.]
INTENABLE
INTEN'ABLE, adjective [in and tenable.] That cannot be held or maintained; that is not defensible; as an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress.[Untenable, though not more pro...
INTEND
INTEND', verb transitive [Latin intendo; in and tendo, to stretch or strain, from teneo; Gr. to stretch.]1. To stretch; to strain; to extend; to distend.By this the lungs are in...
INTENDANT
INTEND'ANT, noun [Latin intendo.]1. One who has the charge, oversight, direction or management of some public business; as an intendant of marine; as intendant of finance; a wor...
INTENDED
INTEND'ED, participle passive Designed; purposed; as, the insult was intended1. Stretched; made intense. [Little used.]
INTENDEDLY
INTENDEDLY, adverb With intention or purpose; by design.
INTENDER
INTEND'ER, participle passive One who intends.
INTENDIMENT
INTEND'IMENT, noun Attention; understanding; consideration.
INTENDING
INTEND'ING, participle present tense Meaning; designing; purposing.1. Stretching; distending. [Little used.]
INTENDMENT
INTEND'MENT, noun Intention; design; in law, the true meaning of a person or of a law, or of any legal instrument. In the construction of statutes or of contracts, the intendmen...
INTENERATE
INTEN'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin in and tener, tender.]To make tender; to soften.Autumn vigor gives,Equal, intenerating, milky grain.
INTENERATED
INTEN'ERATED, participle passive Made tender or soft.
INTENERATING
INTEN'ERATING, participle present tense Making tender.
INTENERATION
INTENERA'TION, noun The act of making soft or tender.[Intenerate and its derivatives are little used.]
INTENSE
INTENSE, adjective intens'. [Latin intensus, from intendo, to stretch.]1. Literally, strained, stretched; hence, very close, strict, as when the mind is fixed or bent on a parti...
INTENSELY
INTENSELY, adverb intens'ly. To an extreme degree; vehemently; as a furnace intensely heated; weather intensely cold.1. Attentively; earnestly.
INTENSENESS
INTENSENESS, noun intens'ness. The state of being strained or stretched; intensity; as the intenseness of a cord.1. The state of being raised or concentrated to a great degree; ...