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2. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities, genes, or genetic traits; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.; to inherit hemophilia
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Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris. Shak.
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3. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
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But the meek shall inherit the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 11.
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To bury so much gold under a tree,
And never after to inherit it. Shak.
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4. To put in possession of. [R.] Shak.
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Inherit (?), v. i. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.
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Thou shalt not inherit our father's house. Judg. xi. 2.
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Inheritability (?), n. The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.
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Inheritable (?), a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.
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2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.
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3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
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By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone.
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The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male. Blackstone.
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Coloq. Inheritable blood , blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.
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Inheritably, adv. By inheritance. Sherwood.
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Inheritance (?), n. [Cf. OF. enheritance.]
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1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.
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2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.
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When the man dies, let the inheritance
Descend unto the daughter. Shak.
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3. A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. 1 Pet. i. 4.
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4. Possession; ownership; acquisition. “The inheritance of their loves.” Shak.
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To you th' inheritance belongs by right
Of brother's praise; to you eke 'longs his love. Spenser.
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5. (Biol.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
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6. (Law) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law. Blackstone.
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☞ The word inheritance (used simply) is mostly confined to the title to land and tenements by a descent. Mozley & W.
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Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for themselves; their children have a title to part of it which comes to be wholly theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of it; and this we call inheritance. Locke.
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inherited adj. (Genetics) tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; as, an inherited disease.
Syn. -- familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted, transmissible.
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inheriting adj. capable of inheriting by law.
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Inheritor (?), n. One who inherits; an heir.
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Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.
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Inheritress (?), n. A heiress. Milman.
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Inheritrix (?), n. Same as . Shak.
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Inherse (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Inhesion (?), n. [L. inhaesio. See .] The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence. A. Baxter.
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Constant inhesion and habitual abode. South.
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Inhiation (?), n. [L. inhiatio, fr. inhiare to gape; pref. in- + hiare to gape.] A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Inhibit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See .]
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1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. Bentley.
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2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. Clarendon.
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Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. Ayliffe.
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3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations.
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inhibited adj. 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited. [Narrower terms: pent-up, repressed ; stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: , .
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2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily.
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inhibiting adj. discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment; as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
Syn. -- inhibitory, repressive, repressing.
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Inhibition (?), n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
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1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
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2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or enzyme, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.
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3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. Cowell.
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4. (Chem., Biochem.) The reduction in rate or stopping of a chemical or biochemical reaction, due to interaction with a chemical agent.
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Inhibitor (?), n. [NL.] That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.
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Inhibitory (?), a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.] Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.
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I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb.
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Coloq. Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.
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Inhibitory-motor (?), a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick.
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Inhive (?), v. t. To place in a hive; to hive.
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Inhold (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inheld (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inholding.] To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
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Inholder, n. An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Inhoop (?), v. t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak.
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Inhospitable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? Cowper.
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2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. “Inhospitable wastes.” Blair.

-- Inhospitableness, n. -- Inhospitably, adv.
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Inhospitality (?), n. [L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See not, and .] The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall.
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Inhuman (?), a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See not, and .]
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1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
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2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.

Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
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inhumane (ĭnhūmān), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. [Narrower terms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious; beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish, cannibalic ; brutal, cruel; cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate ; pitiless, unfeeling, unkind ; painful (vs. painless) ] Also See: . Antonym: humane.
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inhumanely (ĭnhūmānl�), adv. In an inhumane manner.
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inhumaneness n. the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others; the quality of being inhumane; inhumanity; -- of people or events.
Syn. -- inhumanity.
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Inhumanity (?), n.; pl. Inhumanities (#). [L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanité.] The quality or state of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty; barbarity.
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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns.
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Inhumanly (?), adv. In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
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Inhumate (?), v. t. [L. inhumatus, p. p. of inhumare to inhume; pref. in- in + humare to cover with earth. See , and cf. .] To inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge.
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Inhumation (?), n. [Cf. F. inhumation.]
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1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
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2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
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3. (Med.) Arenation.
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Inhume (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See .]
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1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
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Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,
Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope.
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2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
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Inia (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
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Inial (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the inion.
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Inimaginable (?), a. Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] Bp. Pearson.
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Inimical (?; 277), a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See .]
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1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.
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2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
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We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments. Burke.
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Inimicality (?), n. The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. [R.]
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Inimically (?), adv. In an inimical manner.
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Inimicitious (?), a. [L. inimicitia enmity. See .] Inimical; unfriendly. [R.] Sterne.
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Inimicous (?), a. [L. inimicus.] Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Inimitability (?), n. The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris.
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Inimitable (?), a. [L. inimitabilis: cf. F. inimitable. See not, and .] Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. “Inimitable force.” Dryden.
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Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper.

-- Inimitableness, n. -- Inimitably, adv.
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Inion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'inion the back of the head.] (Anat.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
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Iniquitous (?), a. [From .] Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.
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Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. Burke.

Syn. -- Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. -- , , . Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.
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Iniquitously, adv. In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
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Iniquity (?), n.; pl. Iniquities (#). [OE. iniquitee, F. iniquité, L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See .]
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1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
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Till the world from his perfection fell
Into all filth and foul iniquity. Spenser.
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2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. Milton.
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Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Is. lix. 2.
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3. A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See .
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Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit
Of miming gets the opinion of a wit. B. Jonson.
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Iniquous (?), a. [L. iniquus; pref. in- not + aequus. See .] Iniquitous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Inirritable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + irritable: cf. F. inirritable.] Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- Inirritability (#), n.
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Inirritative (?), a. Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever. E. Darwin.
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Inisle (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To form into an island; to surround. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Initial (?), a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See , and cf. .]
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1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
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2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
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Initial, n. The first letter of a word or a name.
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Initial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
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initialise v. t. initialize. [Chiefly Brit.]
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initialize v. t. to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables in a computer program); as, many bugs are caused by a failure to initialize variables.
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Initially, adv. In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning. Barrow.
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Initials, n. pl. The first letters of a person's first and last name, and sometimes also the first letters of the middle name or names; as, sign your initials in the margin; people identified only by their initials.
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Initiate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Initiating (?).] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to begin, fr. initium beginning. See .]
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1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
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How are changes of this sort to be initiated? I. Taylor.
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2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Dr. H. More.
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To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.
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3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
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The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death. Bp. Warburton.
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He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty. Spectator.
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Initiate, v. i. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] Pope.
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Initiate (?), a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]
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1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] “The initiate fear that wants hard use.” Shak.
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2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
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To rise in science as in bliss,
Initiate in the secrets of the skies. Young.
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Coloq. Initiate tenant by courtesy (Law), said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife. Mozley & W.
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Initiate, n. One who is, or is to be, initiated.
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Initiation (?), n. [L. initiatio: cf. F. initiation.]
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1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc. “The initiation of courses of events.” Pope.
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2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
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Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our initiation into sacred mysteries. Broome.
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Initiative (?), a. [Cf. F. initiatif.] Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
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Initiative, n. [Cf. F. initiative.] 1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
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The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come. I. Taylor.
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2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
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3. (Political Science) The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss Confederation and in many of the States of the United States; -- chiefly used with the. The procedure of the initiative is essentially as follows: Upon the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters the desired measure must be submitted to a popular vote, and upon receiving the required majority (commonly a majority of those voting on the measure submitted) it becomes a law. In some States of the United States the initiative is only local; in others it is state-wide and includes the making of constitutional amendments.
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4. a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising spirit; a go-getting attitude; energy; drive; get-up-and-go.
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5. in interactive activities, such as conversation or games, the right or opportunity to set the course of action; as, to have the initiative.
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Initiator (?), n. [L.] One who initiates.
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Initiatory (?), a. 1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall.
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2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
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Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert.
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Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.
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Initiatory, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]
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Inition (?), n. [Cf. OF. inition. See .] Initiation; beginning. [Obs.] Sir R. Naunton.
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Inject (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See a shooting forth.]
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1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
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2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
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Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
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3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
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And mound inject on mound. Pope.
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