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{ Infundibular (?), Infundibulate (?), } a. [See .] Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.
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Coloq. Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zoöl.),a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.
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Infundibuliform (?), a. [L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme.] 1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
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2. (Bot.) Same as .
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Infundibulum (?), n.; pl. L. Infundibula (#), E. Infundibulums (#). [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See .] 1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See .
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Infuneral (?), v. t. To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
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Infurcation (?), n. [Pref. in- in + L. furca fork.] A forked expansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching. Craig.
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Infuriate (?), a. [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See , v. t.] Enraged; raging; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton.
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Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson.
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Infuriate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infuriated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Infuriating] [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See .] To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.
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Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. Dr. H. More.
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Infuriated (?), a. Enraged; furious.
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infuriating adj. extremely annoying or displeasing; causing intense anger.
Syn. -- annoying, exasperating, maddening, vexing.
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infuriation n. a feeling of intense anger.
Syn. -- enragement.
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Infuscate (?), v. t. [L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.] To darken; to make black; to obscure.
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Infuscated (?), a. (Zoöl.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
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Infuscation (?), n. The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson.
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Infuse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infusing.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See to cast.] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
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That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. Denham.
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2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
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That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Shak.
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Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? Swift.
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3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.
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Infuse his breast with magnanimity. Shak.
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Infusing him with self and vain conceit. Shak.
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4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
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One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. Coxe.
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5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] Bacon.
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Infuse, n. Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Infuser (?), n. One who, or that which, infuses.
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Infusibility (?), n. [From .] Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.
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Infusibility, n. [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.] Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.
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Infusible (?), a. [From , v.] Capable of being infused.
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Doctrines being infusible into all. Hammond.
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Infusible, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. Sir T. Browne.
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The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible. Lavoisier (Trans. ).
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Infusibleness, n. Infusibility.
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Infusion (?), n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See , v. t.] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
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Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. Addison.
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2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
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His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or infusion of other men. Swift.
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3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.] “Baptism by infusion.” Jortin.
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4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process.
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Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. Cowper.
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Infusionism (?), n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and creationism.
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Infusive (?), a. Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
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The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson.
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Infusoria (?), n. pl. [NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See .] (Zoöl.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans.
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☞ (From dictionary): They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary.
Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.
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Infusorial (?), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.
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Coloq. Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.
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Infusorian (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Infusoria.
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Infusory (?), a. (Zoöl.) Infusorial.
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Infusory (?), n.; pl. Infusories (�). (Zoöl.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
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-ing (?). 1. [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. �.] A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
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2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
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☞ The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
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3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
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Ing (ĭng), n. [AS. ing.] A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Ingannation (?), n. [LL. ingannare to decieve.] Cheat; deception. [Obs.] Sir T. Brown.
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Ingate (�), n. 1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.]
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Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. Spenser.
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2. (Founding) The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate. Simmonds.
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Ingathering (?), n. The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.
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Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16.
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Ingelable (?), a. Not congealable.
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Ingeminate (?), a. [L. ingeminatus, p. p.] Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor.
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Ingeminate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating (?).] [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See .] To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon.
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. . . She yet ingeminates
The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. Sandys.
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Ingemination (?), n. Repetition; reduplication; reiteration. De Quincey.
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That Sacred ingemination, Amen, Amen. Featley.
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Happiness with an echo or ingemination. Holdsworth.
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Ingena (ĭngēnȧ), n. (Zoöl.) The gorilla. [Archaic]
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Ingender (?), v. t. See .
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Ingenerabillty (?), n. Incapacity of being engendered or produced. Cudworth.
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Ingenerable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + generable: cf. F. ingenerable.] Incapable of being engendered or produced; original. Holland.
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Ingenerably, adv. In an ingenerable manner.
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Ingenerate (?), a. [L. ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender] Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. W. Wotton.
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Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment. Bacon.
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Ingenerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingenerat (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingenerating (?).] To generate or produce within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause. Mede.
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Those noble habits are ingenerated in the soul. Sir M. Hale.
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Ingeneration (?), n. Act of ingenerating.
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Ingeniate (?), v. t. & i. [See .] To invent; to contrive. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Ingenie (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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Ingeniosity (?), n. [LL. ingeniositas.] Ingenuity; skill; cunning. [Obs.] Cudworth.
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Ingenious (?), a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ingénieux. See .] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
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A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war. Hakluyt.
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Thou, king, send out
For torturers ingenious. Shak.
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The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. Sir W. Temple.
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2. Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
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Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. Cowper.
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3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
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4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
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A course of learning and ingenious studies. Shak.
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Ingeniously (?), adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly.
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“Too ingeniously politic.” Sir W. Temple.
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Ingeniousness, n. The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.

{ Ingenite, Ingenit } (?), a. [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.] Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate. [Obs.]
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It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs and overmuch brain. Burton.
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Ingénue (ăNzh�nụ), n.; pl. -nues (#). [F., fem. of ingénu ingenious.] An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.
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Ingenuity (?), n. [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ingénuité. See .] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
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All the means which human ingenuity has contrived. Blair.
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2. Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.
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He gives . . .
To artist ingenuity and skill. Cowper.
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3. Openness of heart; ingenuousness. [Obs.]
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The stings and remorses of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them. South.

Syn. -- Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning; cleverness; genius. -- , . Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability.
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Ingenuous (?), a. [L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See , and cf. .] 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.
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2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
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If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty. Locke.
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3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
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Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve. Fuller.
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4. Ingenious. [Obs.] Shak.
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☞ (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . . ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh.

Syn. -- Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere; candid; fair; noble; generous. -- , , . One who is open speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind; one who is frank does it from a natural boldness, or dislike of self-restraint; one who is ingenuous is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness, which make him willing to confess faults, and make known his sentiments without reserve. See .
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Ingenuously, adv. In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.
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Being required to explain himself, he ingenuously confessed. Ludlow.
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Ingenuousness, n. 1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
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2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Ingeny (?), n. [L. ingenium. See .] Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.] Becon.
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Ingerminate (?), v. t. To cause to germinate.
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Ingest (?), v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.] 1. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Sir T. Browne.
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2. To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.
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Ingesta (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Physiol.) That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.
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ingested adj. taken into the stomach. [Narrower terms: eaten (vs. uneaten)] WordNet 1.5]

Ingestion (?), n. [L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.] (Physiol.) The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.
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Inghalla (?), n. (Zoöl.) The reedbuck of South Africa. [Written also ingali.]
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Ingirt (?), v. t. [See .] To encircle; to gird; to engirt.
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The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams. Drayton.
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Ingirt, a. Surrounded; encircled. Fenton.
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Ingle (ĭṉg'l), n. [Gael. & Ir. aingeali fire; cf. L. igniculusi spark, dim. of ignis fire. Cf. .] Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns.
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Coloq. Ingle nook , the chimney corner. -- Coloq. Ingle side , Coloq. Ingle cheek , the fireside.
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Ingle, n. [Written also engle, enghle: cf. Gael. & Ir. aingeal an angel. Cf. .] A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle. [Obs.] Toone.
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