INSTABILITY
INSTABIL'ITY, noun [Latin instabilitas, instabilis; in and stabilis, from sto, to stand.1. Want of stability; want of firmness in purpose; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability of...
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INSTABLE
INSTA'BLE, adjective [Latin instabilis.] Inconstant; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; of persons.1. Not steady or fixed; changeable; of things.[Instable and un...
INSTABLENESS
INSTA'BLENESS, noun Unstableness; mutability; instability.
INSTALL
INSTALL', verb transitive [Gr. to send.] To set, place or instate, in an office, rank or order; to invest with any charge, office or rank, with the customary ceremonies. To inst...
INSTALLATION
INSTALLA'TION, noun The act of giving possession of an office, rank or order, with the customary ceremonies.On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation
INSTALLED
INSTALL'ED, participle passive Placed in a seat, office or order.
INSTALLING
INSTALL'ING, participle present tense Placing in a seat, office or order.
INSTALLMENT
INSTALL'MENT, noun The act of installing, or giving possession of an office with the usual ceremonies or solemnities.1. The seat in which one is placed. [Unusual.]2. In commerce...
INSTANCE
IN'STANCE, noun [Latin insto, to press; in and sto, to stand.]Literally, a standing on. Hence,1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was gra...
INSTANCED
IN'STANCED, participle passive or adjective Given in proof or as an example.
INSTANT
IN'STANT, adjective [Latin instans, insto.]1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12.2. Imm...
INSTANTANEITY
INSTANTANE'ITY, noun Unpremeditated production.
INSTANTANEOUS
INSTANTA'NEOUS, adjective Done in an instant; occurring or acting without any perceptible succession; very speedily. The passage of electricity through any given space appears t...
INSTANTANEOUSLY
INSTANTA'NEOUSLY, adverb In an instant; in a moment; in an indivisible point of duration. The operations of the human mind are wonderful; our thoughts fly from world to world in...
INSTANTANEOUSNESS
INSTANTA'NEOUSNESS, noun The quality of being done in an instant.
INSTANTER
INSTANT'ER, adverb [Latin] In law, immediately; at the present time; without delay.The party was compelled to plead instanter
INSTANTLY
IN'STANTLY, adverb Immediately; without any intervening time; at the moment.Lightning often kills instantly1. With urgent importunity.And when they came to Jesus, they besought ...
INSTAR
INST'AR, verb transitive [in and star.] To set or adorn with stars, or with brilliants.A golden throneInstarr'd with gems.
INSTATE
INSTA'TE, verb transitive [in and state.] To set or place; to establish, as in a rank or condition; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.1. To invest.
INSTATED
INSTA'TED, participle passive Set or placed.
INSTATING
INSTA'TING, participle present tense Setting or placing.
INSTAURATION
INSTAURA'TION, noun [Latin instauratio, instauro, to renew.]Renewal; repair; re-establishment; the restoration of a thing to its former state, after decay, lapse or dilapidation.
INSTAURATOR
INSTAURA'TOR, noun One who renews or restores to a former condition.
INSTEAD
INSTEAD, insted'. [a compound of in and stead, place; but stead retains its character of a noun, and is followed by of; instead of, in the same manner as in the stead of.]In the...
INSTEEP
INSTEE'P, verb transitive [in and steep.] To steep or soak; to drench; to macerate in moisture.1. To keep under or in water.
INSTEEPED
INSTEE'PED, participle present tense Steeped; soaked; drenched; lying under water.
INSTEEPING
INSTEE'PING, participle present tense Steeping; soaking.