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3. (Mech.) The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.
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4. (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under .
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5. (Chem.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.
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☞ The common indicators are litmus, tropæolin, phenol phthalein, potassic permanganate, etc.
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Coloq. Indicator card , the figure drawn by an engine indicator, by means of which the working of the engine can be investigated and its power calculated. The Illustration shows one form of indicator card, from a steam engine, together with scales by which the pressure of the steam above or below that of the atmosphere, corresponding to any position of the engine piston in its stroke, can be measured. Called also indicator diagram. -- Coloq. Indicator telegraph , a telegraph in which the signals are the deflections of a magnetic needle, as in the trans-Atlantic system.
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Indicatory (?; 277), a. Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.
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Indicatrix (?), n. [NL.] (Geom. of Three Dimensions) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.
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Indicavit (?), n. [L., he has indicated.] (Eng. Law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. Wharton (Law Dict.).
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Indice (?), n. [F. indice indication, index. See .] Index; indication. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Indices (?), n. pl. See .
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Indicia (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of indicium, fr. index an index.] (Law) Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances. Burrill.
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Indicible (?), a. [F.] Unspeakable. [Obs.]
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Indicolite (?), n. [L. indicum indigo + -lite: cf. F. indicolithe.] (Min.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.
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Indict (ĭndīt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted (ĭndītĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See .]
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1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]
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2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.]
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I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn.
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3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.
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Indictable (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.
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Indictee (?), n. (Law) A person indicted.
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Indicter (?), n. One who indicts.
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Indiction (?), n. [L. indictio: cf. F. indiction. See , .]
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1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [Obs.] “Indiction of a war.” Bacon.
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Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops. Jer. Taylor.
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2. A cycle of fifteen years.
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☞ This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute. It was adopted at various times by the Greek emperors of Constantinople, the popes, and the parliaments of France. Through the influence of the popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions was reckoned at first from 312 a. d., but since the twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given year a. d., and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to the given year a. d., and the divide by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the remainder the year of the indiction. See Cycle of indiction, under .
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Indictive (?), a. [L. indictivus. See .] Proclaimed; declared; public. Kennet.
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Indictment (?), n. [Cf. .]
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1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
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2. (Law) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.
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☞ To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand jury is essential, while an information rests only on presentation by the prosecuting authority.
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3. An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
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Coloq. Bill of indictment . See under .
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Indictor (?), n. (Law) One who indicts. Bacon.
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Indies (?), n. pl. A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.
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Our king has all the Indies in his arms. Shak.
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Indifference (?), n. [L. indifferentia similarity, lack of difference: cf. F. indifférence.]
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1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; lack of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
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2. Passableness; mediocrity.
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3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
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He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign. Sir T. More.
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4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
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Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance. Addison.

Syn. -- Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy; insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness.
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Indifferency (?), n. Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone.
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To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller.
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Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.
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Indifferent (?), a. [F. indifférent, L. indifferens. See not, and .]
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1. Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
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Dangers are to me indifferent. Shak.
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Everything in the world is indifferent but sin. Jer. Taylor.
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His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight. Hawthorne.
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2. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
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The staterooms are in indifferent order. Sir W. Scott.
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3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
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Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die. Addison.
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4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.
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It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment. Addison.
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5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
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In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. Bacon.
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Coloq. Indifferent tissue (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.
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Indifferent, adv. To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] “News indifferent good.” Shak.
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Indifferentism (?), n. [Cf. F. indifférentisme.]
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1. State of indifference; lack of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.
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The indifferentism which equalizes all religions and gives equal rights to truth and error. Cardinal Manning.
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2. (Metaph.) Same as .
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good. Gregory XVI.
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Indifferentist, n. One governed by indifferentism.
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Indifferently, adv. In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably.
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That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed.]
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Set honor in one eye and death i' the other,
And I will look on both indifferently. Shak.
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I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.
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Indifulvin (?), n. [Indican + L. fulvus reddish yellow.] (Chem.) A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican.
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Indifuscin (?), n. [Indican + L. fuscus dusky.] (Chem.) A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican.
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Indigeen (?), n. Same as . Darwin.
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Indigence (?), n. [L. indigentia: cf. F. indigence. See .] The condition of being indigent; lack of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless indigence. Cowper.

Syn. -- Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation; lack. See .
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Indigency (?), n. Indigence.
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New indigencies founded upon new desires. South.
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Indigene (?), n. [L. indigena: cf. F. indigène. See .] One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor.
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Indigenous (?), a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See , and .]
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1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
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Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. Sir T. Browne.
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In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. Lion Playas.
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2. Native; inherent; innate.
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Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. I. Taylor.
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Indigent (?), a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.]
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1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
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Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak.
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Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.
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Indigently, adv. In an indigent manner.
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Indigest (?), a. [L. indigestus unarranged. See .] Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. [Obs.] “A chaos rude and indigest.” W. Browne. “Monsters and things indigest.” Shak.
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Indigest, n. Something indigested. [Obs.] Shak.
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Indigested, a. [Pref. in- not + digested.]
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1. Not digested; undigested. “Indigested food.” Dryden.
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2. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts.
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In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested. Burke.
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This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. South.
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3. (Med.) (a) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds. (b) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.
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4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.
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Indigestedness, n. The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. Bp. Burnet.
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Indigestibility (?), n. The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.
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Indigestible (?), a. [L. indigestibilis: cf. F. indigestible. See not, and .]
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1. Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.
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2. Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. T. Warton.

-- Indigestibleness, n. -- Indigestibly, adv.
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indigestibleness n. the property of being difficult to digest.
Syn. -- indigestibility.
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Indigestion (?; 106), n. [L. indigestio: cf. F. indigestion. See not, and .] Discomfort due to a lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
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Indigitate (?), v. i. [Pref. in- in + L. digitus finger.] To communicate ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]
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Indigitate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indigitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating (?).] To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]
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The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand indigitates six hundred. Sir T. Browne.
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Indigitation (?), n. The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Indiglucin (?), n. [Indican + glucin.] (Chem.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.
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Indign (?), a. [L. indignus; pref. in- not + dignus worthy: cf. F. indigne. See .] Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. Chaucer.
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Counts it scorn to draw
Comfort indign from any meaner thing. Trench.

{ Indignance (?), Indignancy (?), } n. Indignation. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Indignant (?), a. [L. indignans, -antis, p. pr. of indignari to be indignant, disdain. See .] Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
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He strides indignant, and with haughty cries
To single fight the fairy prince defies. Tickell.
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Indignantly, adv. In an indignant manner.
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Indignation (?), n. [F. indignation, L. indignatio. See .]
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1. The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. Shak.
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Indignation expresses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious in the conduct of another. Cogan.
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When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. Esther v. 9.
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2. The effect of anger; punishment. Shak.
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Hide thyself . . . until the indignation be overpast. Is. xxvi. 20.

Syn. -- Anger; ire wrath; fury; rage. See .
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Indignify (?), v. t. [L. indignus unworthy + -fy.] To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Indignity (?), n.; pl. Indignities (#). [L. indignitas: cf. F. indignité. See .] Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
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How might a prince of my great hopes forget
So great indignities you laid upon me? Shak.
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A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Hooker.
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Indignly (?), adv. Unworthily. [Obs.]
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Indigo (?), n.; pl. Indigoes (#). [F. indigo, Sp. indigo, indico, L. indicum indigo, fr. Indicus Indian. See .]
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1. A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
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