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In (ĭn), v. t. To inclose; to take in; to harvest. [Obs.]
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He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop. Shak.
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Inability (?), n. [Pref. in- not + ability: cf. F. inhabileté. See , and cf. .] The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; lack of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
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It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. Blair.

Syn. -- Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See .
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Inable (?), v. t. See .
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Inablement (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Inabstinence (?), n. [Pref. in- not + abstinence: cf. F. inabstinence.] Lack of abstinence; indulgence. [Obs.] “The inabstinence of Eve.” Milton.
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Inabstracted (?), a. Not abstracted.
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Inabusively (?), adv. Without abuse.
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Inaccessibility (?), n. [Cf. F. inaccessibilité.] The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness. “The inaccessibility of the precipice.” Bp. Butler.
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Inaccessible (?), a. [L. inaccessibilis: cf. F. inaccessible. See not, and .] Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc. -- Inaccessibleness, n. -- Inaccessibly, adv.
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Inaccordant (?), a. Not accordant; discordant.
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Inaccuracy (?), n.; pl. Inaccuracies (�).
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1. The quality of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy or exactness.
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2. That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.
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Inaccurate (?), a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant.
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The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd.

Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective.
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Inaccurately, adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
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Inacquaintance (?), a. Lack of acquaintance. Good.
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Inacquiescent (?), a. Not acquiescent or acquiescing.
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Inaction (?), n. [Pref. in. not + action: cf. inaction.] Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. Berkeley.
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inactivate v. t. [imp. & p. p. inactivated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. inactivating.] to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.
Syn. -- deactivate.
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☞ To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines and devices, the term deactivate is usually used. The distinction is worth preserving.

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inactivation n. The act or process of inactivating.
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Inactive (?), a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F. inactif.]
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1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
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2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
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3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
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4. (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which are tested for some type of biological activity and found to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes, the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was inactive as an antibiotic.
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Syn. -- Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy. See .
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Inactively, adv. In an inactive manner. Locke.
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Inactivity (?), n. [Cf. F. inactivité.]
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1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
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2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; lack of energy; sluggishness.
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The gloomy inactivity of despair. Cook.
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Inactose (?), n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.
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Inactuate (?), v. t. To put in action. [Obs.]
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Inactuation (?), n. Operation. [Obs.]
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Inadaptation (?), n. Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness.
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Inadequacy (?), n. [From .] The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
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The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. Dr. T. Dwight.
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Inadequate (?), a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inadéquat.] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. Dryden.

-- Inadequately, adv. -- Inadequateness, n.
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Inadequation (?), n. Lack of exact correspondence. [Obs.] Puller.
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Inadherent (?), a. 1. Not adhering.
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2. (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.
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Inadhesion (?), n. Lack of adhesion.
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Inadmissibility (?), n. [Cf. F. inadmissibilité.] The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to be received.
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Inadmissible (?), a. [Pref. in- not + admissible: cf. F. inadmissible.] Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation. -- Inadmissibly, adv.

{ Inadvertence (?); pl. -ces (�), Inadvertency (?); pl. -cies (�), } n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
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1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
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Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.
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2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
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The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. Addison.

Syn. -- Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See .
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Inadvertent (?), a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d , and .] Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper.

-- Inadvertently, adv.
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Inadvisable (?), a. Not advisable. -- Inadvisableness, n.
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Inaffability (?), n. [Cf. F. inaffabilité.] Lack of affability or sociability; reticence.
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Inaffable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + affable.] Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
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Inaffectation (?), n. [Pref. in- not + affectation: cf. F. inaffectation.] Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.]
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Inaffected (?), a. Unaffected. [Obs.] -- Inaffectedly, adv. [Obs.]
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Inaidable (?), a. Incapable of being assisted; helpless. [R.] Shak.
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Inalienability (?), n. The quality or state of being inalienable.
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Inalienable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + alienable: cf. F. inaliénable.] Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
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Inalienableness, n. The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
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Inalienably, adv. In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
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Inalimental (?), a. Affording no aliment or nourishment. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Inalterability (?), n. [Cf. F. inaltérabilité.] The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.
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Inalterable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + alterable: cf. F. inaltérable.] Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable. -- Inalterableness, n. -- Inalterably, adv.
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Inamiable (?), a. Unamiable. [Obs.] -- Inamiableness, n. [Obs.]
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Inamissible (?), a. [L. inamissibilis: cf. F. inamissible.] Incapable of being lost. [R.] Hammond. -- Inamissibleness, n. [R.]
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Inamorata (?), n. [It. innamorata, fem., innamorato, masc., p. p. of innamorare to inspire with love. See .] A woman in love; a mistress. “The fair inamorata.” Sherburne.
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Inamorate (?), a. Enamored. Chapman. -- Inamorately, adv. [R.]
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Inamorato (?), n.; pl. Inamoratos (#). [See .] A male lover.
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Inamovable (?), a. Not amovable or removable. [R.] Palgrave.
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In-and-in (?), n. An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.
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In and in, a. & adv. Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under .
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Inane (?), a. [L. inanis.] Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. “Vague and inane instincts.” I. Taylor. -- Inanely, adv.
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Inane, n. That which is void or empty. [R.]
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The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. Locke.
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Inangular (?), a. Not angular. [Obs.]

{ Inaniloquent (?), Inaniloquous (?), } a. [L. inanis empty + loqui to speak.] Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous. [R.]
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Inanimate (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate.] To animate. [Obs.] Donne.
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Inanimate (?), a. [L. inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate.] Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
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Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. Byron.

Syn. -- Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See .
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Inanimated (?), a. Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated. Pope.
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Inanimateness (?), n. The quality or state of being inanimate.
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The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu.
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Inanimation (?), n. [See 2d .] Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness.
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Inanimation, n. [See 1st .] Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. [Obs.]
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The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us. Bp. Hall.
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Inanitiate (?), v. t. To produce inanition in; to exhaust for lack of nourishment. [R.]
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Inanitiation (?), n. Inanition. [R.]
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Inanition (?), n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. .] The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.
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Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. Landor.
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Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. Burton.
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Inanity (?), n.; pl. Inanities (#). [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanité. See .]
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1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
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2. Lack of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
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3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.
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Inantherate (?), a. (Bot.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.
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In antis (?). [L.] (Arch.) Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See .
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Inapathy (?), n. Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy. [R.]
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Inappealable (?), a. Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge.
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Inappeasable (?), a. Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.
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Inappellability (?), n. The quality of being inappellable; finality.
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The inappellability of the councils. Coleridge.
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Inappellable (?), a. Inappealable; final.

{ Inappetence (?), Inappetency (?), } n. [Pref. in- not + appetence: cf. F. inappétence.] Lack of appetency; lack of desire.
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Inapplicability (?), n. [Cf. F. inapplicabilité.] The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
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Inapplicable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + applicable.] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant.

-- Inapplicableness, n. -- Inapplicably, adv.
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Inapplication (?), n. [Pref. in- not + application: cf. F. inapplication.] Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.
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Inapposite (?), a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- Inappositely, adv.
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Inappreciable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + appreciable: cf. F. inappréciable.] Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated. Hallam.
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Inappreciation (?), n. Lack of appreciation.
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Inapprehensible (?), a. [L. inapprehensibilis: cf. F. inappréhensible.] Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable. Milton.
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Inapprehension (?), n. Lack of apprehension.
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Inapprehensive (?), a. Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned. Jer. Taylor.
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Inapproachable (?), a. Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled. -- Inapproachably, adv.
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Inappropriate (?), a. Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. -- Inappropriately, adv. -- Inappropriateness, n.
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Inapt (?), a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. .] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- Inaptly, adv. -- Inaptness, n.
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Inaptitude (?), n. [In- + aptitude: cf. F. inaptitude. Cf. .] Lack of aptitude.
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Inaquate (?), a. [L. inaquatus, p. p. of inaquare to make into water; pref. in- in + aqua water.] Embodied in, or changed into, water. [Obs.] Cranmer.
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Inaquation (?), n. The state of being inaquate. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
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Inarable (?), a. Not arable. [R.]
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Inarch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inarched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inarching.] To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach. P. Miler.
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Inarching, n. A method of ingrafting. See .
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Inarticulate (?), a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in- not + articulatus articulate.]
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1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
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Music which is inarticulate poesy. Dryden.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm. (b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods.
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3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
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The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy. Walpole.

4. Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly.
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Inarticulated (?), a. Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.
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Inarticulately (?), adv. In an inarticulate manner. Hammond.
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Inarticulateness, n. The state or quality of being inarticulate.
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Inarticulation (?), n. [Cf. F. inarticulation.] Inarticulateness. Chesterfield.
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Inartificial (?), a. [Pref. in- not + artificial: cf. F. inartificiel.] Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character. -- Inartificially, adv. -- Inartificialness, n.
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Inasmuch (?), adv. [In + as + much.] In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under , prep.
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Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matt. xxv. 45.

Syn. -- Because; since; for; as. See .
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Inattention (?), n. [Pref. in- not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
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Novel lays attract our ravished ears;
But old, the mind inattention hears. Pope.

Syn. -- Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness; disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect. -- , . We miss seeing a thing through inadvertence when do not happen to look at it; through inattention when we give no heed to it, though directly before us. The latter is therefore the worse. Inadvertence may be an involuntary accident; inattention is culpable neglect. A versatile mind is often inadvertent; a careless or stupid one is inattentive.
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