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Inn (ĭn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned (ĭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Inning.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] Addison.
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Inn, v. t. 1. To house; to lodge. [Obs.]
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When he had brought them into his city
And inned them, everich at his degree. Chaucer.
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2. To get in; to in. See , v. t.
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innards n. The internal organs of an animal collectively especially those in the abdominal cavity.
Syn. -- viscera.
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Innate (ĭnn�t or ĭnnāt; 277), a. [L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See .] 1. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
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2. (Metaph.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See , .
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There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil. South.
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Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind common notions of morality, innate and written in divine letters. Fleming (Origen).
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If I could only show, as I hope I shall . . . how men, barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive at certainty without any such original notions or principles. Locke.
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3. (Bot.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. Gray.
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Coloq. Innate ideas (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.
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Innate (?), v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being. [Obs.] “The first innating cause.” Marston.
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Innately (?), adv. Naturally.
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Innateness, n. The quality of being innate.
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Innative (?), a. Native. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Innavigable (?), a. [L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See not, and .] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- Innavigably, adv.
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Inne (ĭn), adv. & prep. In. [Obs.]
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And eke in what array that they were inne. Chaucer.
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Inner (ĭnnẽr), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See .] 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.
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2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
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This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part. Milton.
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3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
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Coloq. Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. -- Coloq. Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Coloq. Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof. -- Coloq. Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. -- Coloq. Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.
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Innerly, adv. More within. [Obs.] Baret.
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Innermost (ĭnnẽrmōst), a. [A corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See .] Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8.
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Innermostly, adv. In the innermost place. [R.]
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His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
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Innervate (ĭnnẽrvāt), v. t. [See .] (Anat.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.
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Innervation (?), n. [Cf. F. innervation.] 1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
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2. (Physiol.) Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
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3. (Anat.) The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
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Innerve (ĭnnẽrv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innerved (ĭnnẽrvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Innerving.] [Pref. in- in + nerve.] To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy, force, or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.
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Innholder (?), n. One who keeps an inn.
Syn. -- innkeeper.
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Inning (?), n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.] 1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] Holland.
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2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.
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3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.
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Innitency (?), n. [L. inniti, p. p. innixus, to lean upon; pref. in- in, on + niti to lean.] A leaning; pressure; weight. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Innixion (?), n. [See .] Act of leaning upon something; incumbency. [Obs.] Derham.
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Innkeeper (?), n. One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.
Syn. -- innholder.
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Innocence (?), n. [F. innocence, L. innocentia. See .] 1. The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.
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2. The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.
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The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades when speaking fails. Shak.
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Banished from man's life his happiest life,
Simplicity and spotless innocence! Milton.
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3. The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.
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4. Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness. Chaucer. Shak.

Syn. -- Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness.
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Innocency (?), n. Innocence.
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Innocent (?), a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See .] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
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The spear
Sung innocent, and spent its force in air. Pope.
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2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
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To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb. Shak.
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I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. Matt. xxvii. 4.
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The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey. Milton.
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3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
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Innocent from the great transgression. Ps. xix. 13.
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4. Simple; artless; foolish. Shak.
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5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
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6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
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Coloq. Innocent party (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.

Syn. -- Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright.
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Innocent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak.
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2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson.
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In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent. Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.
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Innocently, adv. In an innocent manner.
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Innocuity (?), n. Innocuousness.
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Innocuous (?), a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See .] Harmless; producing no ill effect.
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A patient, innocuous, innocent man. Burton.

-- Innocuously, adv. -- Innocuousness, n.
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Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. Wordsworth.
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Innodate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innodated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Innodating (?).] [L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref. in- in + nodus knot.] To bind up, as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Innominable (?), a. [L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable.] Not to be named. [R.] Testament of Love.
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Innominate (?), a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.] 1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place. [R.] Ray.
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2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.
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Coloq. Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians. -- Coloq. Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.
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Innovate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innovated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating (?).] [L. innovatus, p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See .] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic]
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2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] Burton.
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From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
to innovate God's worship. South.
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Innovate, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon.
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Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Dryden.
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Innovation (?), n. [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.] 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc. Dryden.
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2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. Bacon.
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The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations. Hooker.
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3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
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Innovationist, n. One who favors innovation.
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Innovative (?), a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall.
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Innovator (?), n. [Cf. F. innovateur.] One who innovates. Shak.
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Innoxious (?), a. [L. innoxius. See not, and .] 1. Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless; innocuous. “Innoxious flames.” Sir K. Digby.
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2. Free from crime; pure; innocent. Pope.

-- Innoxiously, adv. -- Innoxiousness, n.
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Innubilous (?), a. [L. innubilus. See .] Cloudless. [Obs.] Blount.
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Innuendo (?), n.; pl. Innuedoes(�). [L., by intimation, by hinting, gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate; pref. in- in, to + -nuere (in comp.) to nod. See .] 1. An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
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Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an innuendo. Dryden.
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Pursue your trade of scandal picking;
Your innuendoes, when you tell us,
That Stella loves to talk with fellows. Swift.
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2. (Law) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief. Wharton.
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☞ The term is so applied from having been the introductory word of this averment or parenthetic explanation when pleadings were in Latin. The word “meaning” is used as its equivalent in modern forms.

Syn. -- Insinuation; suggestion; hint; intimation; reference; allusion; implication; representation; -- , . An innuendo is an equivocal allusion so framed as to point distinctly at something which is injurious to the character or reputation of the person referred to. An insinuation turns on no such double use of language, but consists in artfully winding into the mind imputations of an injurious nature without making any direct charge.
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Innuent (?), a. [L. innuens, p. pr.] Conveying a hint; significant. [Obs.] Burton.
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Innuit, n. [Native name.] (Ethnol.) An Eskimo.
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Innumerability (?), n. [L. innumerabilitas.] State of being innumerable. Fotherby.
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Innumerable (?), a. [L. innumerabilis : cf. F. innumefable. See not, and .] Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
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Innumerable as the stars of night. Milton.

-- Innumerableness, n. -- Innumerably, adv.
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innumerate adj. Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with illiterate. Opposite of numerate. Also See: ; .
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Innumerous (?), a. [L. innumerosus, innumerus. See .] Innumerable. [Archaic] Milton.
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Innutrition (?), n. Lack of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin.
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Innutritious (?), a. Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
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Innutritive (?), a. Innutritious.
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Innyard (?), n. The yard adjoining an inn.
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Inobedience (?), n. [L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience.] Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
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Inobedient (?), a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F. inobedient. See .] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-- Inobediently, adv. [Obs.]
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Inobservable (?), a. [L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See not, and .] Not observable.
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Inobservance (?), a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.] Lack or neglect of observance. Bacon.
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Inobservant (?), a. [L. inobservans. See not, and .] Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd.

-- Inobservantly, adv.
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Inobservation (?), n. [Cf. F. inobservation.] Neglect or lack of observation. [R.]
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Inobtrusive (?), a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.

-- Inobtrusively, adv. -- Inobtrusiveness, n.
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Inocarpin (?), n. [Gr. 'is, 'inos, muscle + karpos fruit.] (Chem.) A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
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Inoccupation, n. Lack of occupation.
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Inoceramus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'is, 'inos, a muscle + � an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
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Inoculability (?), n. The quality or state of being inoculable.
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Inoculable (?), a. [See .] Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.
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Inocular (?), a. (Zoöl) Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.
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Inoculate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating (?).] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in, on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See .] 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
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2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
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3. (Med.) To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc. See .
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4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
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5. (Microbiology) To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.
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Inoculate, v. i. 1. To graft by inserting buds.
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2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
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Inoculation (?), n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.] 1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
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2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually for the purpose of inducing immunity to the disease.
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☞ The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur. The organisms inoculated are usually an attentuated form of the disease-causing organism, which may multiply harmlessly in the body of the host, but induce immunity to the more virulent forms of the organism.
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3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
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4. (Microbiology) The introduction of microorganisms into a growth medium, to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms.
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Inoculator (?), n. [L.: cf. F. inoculateur.] One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.
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Inoculum (?), n. (Microbiology) The preparation of microorganisms which is inoculated{5} into a growth medium; as, a small inoculum may not work well for the production phase of a fermentation.
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