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His insolence is more intolerable
Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak.
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4. Enormous.
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This intolerable deal of sack. Shak.

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Intolerance (ĭntŏlẽr�ns), n. [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]
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1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
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2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.
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These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
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Intolerancy (ĭntŏlẽr�ns�), n. Intolerance. Bailey.
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Intolerant (ĭntŏlẽr�nt), a. [L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant. See not, and .]
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1. Not enduring; not able to endure.
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The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot.
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2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.
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Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere,
Parent of manners like herself severe. Cowper.
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Intolerant, n. An intolerant person; a bigot.
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Intolerantly, adv. In an intolerant manner.
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Intolerated (?), a. Not tolerated.
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Intolerating (?), a. Intolerant. [R.]
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Intoleration (?), n. Intolerance; lack of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.
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Intomb (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intombing.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See .
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Intombment (?), n. See .
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Intonate (?), v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Intonate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating (?).] [See .]
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1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
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2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
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Intonate, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
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Intonation (?), n. [See 1st .] A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Intonation, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See .] 1. (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See , v. t.
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2. The manner of speaking, especially the placement of emphasis, the cadence, and the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice while speaking.
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Intone (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See and cf. , .] 1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
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2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice, or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures as though by rote.
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Intone, v. i. To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.
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Intorsion (?), n. [L. intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See , and cf. .]
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1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
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2. (Bot.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.
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Intort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intorting.] [L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to twist; pref. in- in + torquere to twist.] To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring. Pope.
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Intortion (?), n. See .
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Intoxicant (?), n. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.
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Intoxicate (?), a. [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. �, fr. � pertaining to a bow. See .]
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1. Intoxicated.
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2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
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Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
I am well enough. Chapman.
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Intoxicate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]
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1. To poison; to drug. South.
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2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
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With new wine inoxicated both. Milton.
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3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
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Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot.
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They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc.).
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Intoxicatedness (?), n. The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [R.]
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Intoxicating (?), a. Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.
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Intoxication (?), n. 1. (Med.) A poisoning, as by a alcoholic or a narcotic substance.
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2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
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2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
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That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.

Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See .
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Intra- (?). [L. intra, prep., within, on the inside; akin to inter. See .] A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
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Intraaxillary (?), a. (Bot.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
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Intracellular (?), a. (Biol.) Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells; intracellular enzymes. Contrasted with extracellular.
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Intracolic (?), a. (Anat.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.
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Intracranial (?), a. Within the cranium or skull. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Intractability (?), n. The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
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Intractable (?), a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See not, and .] Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.

Syn. -- Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross; unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable; unteachable.

-- Intractableness, n. -- Intractably, adv.
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Intractile (?), a. Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. Bacon.
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intracutaneous adj. relating to areas between the layers of the skin.
Syn. -- intradermal, intradermic.
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intradermal adj. relating to areas between the layers of the skin. an intradermal injection
Syn. -- intradermic, intracutaneous.
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intradermic adj. same as .
Syn. -- intradermal, intracutaneous.
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Intrados (?), n. [F., fr. L. intra within + F. dos the back, L. dorsum. Cf. .] (Arch.) The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See .
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Intrafoliaceous (?), a. (Bot.) Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as, intrafoliaceous stipules.
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Intrafusion (?), n. [Pref. intra- + L. fundere, fusum, to pour.] The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.
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Intralobular (?), a. (Anat.) Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins.
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Intramarginal (?), a. Situated within the margin. Loudon.
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Intramercurial (?), a. (Astron.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.
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Intramolecular (?), a. 1. (Chem. & Physics) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies. [Obs.]
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2. Being or occurring within a single molecule; as, intramolecular hydrogen bonds.
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Intramundane (?), a. Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.
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Intramural (?), a. 1. Being within the walls, as of a city.
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2. Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, such as intramural sports involving students of a single school; an intramural debate within a professional society.
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3. (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.
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Intranquillity (?), n. Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
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Intranscalent (?), a. Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
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Intransgressible (?), a. [L. intragressibilis that can not be crossed. See not, and .] Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passed over or crossed. Holland.
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Intransient (?), a. Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck.
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Intransigent (?), a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.] Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev.
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Intransigentes (?), n. pl. [Sp.] (Spanish Politics) The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
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Intransitive (?), a. [L. intransitivus: cf. F. intransitif. See not, and .] 1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [R.]
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And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Gram.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
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☞ Intransitive verbs have no passive form. Some verbs which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality, or were originally, transitive verbs with a reflexive or other object omitted; as, he keeps (i. e., himself) aloof from danger. Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred signification for a cognate object; as, he died the death of a hero; he dreamed a dream. Some intransitive verbs, by the addition of a preposition, become transitive, and so admit of a passive voice; as, the man laughed at; he was laughed at by the man.
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Intransitively, adv. (Gram.) Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.
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In transitu (?). [L.] (Law) In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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Intransmissible (?), a. Not capable of being transmitted; as, an intransmissable illness.
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Intransmutability (?), n. The quality of being intransmutable.
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Intransmutable (?), a. Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
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Intrant (?), a. [L. intrans, p. pr. of intrare to enter. See .] Entering; penetrating.
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Intrant, n. One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station. Hume.
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Intranuclear (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to, or located on the inside of a nucleus; taking place within a nucleus; referring especially to the nucleus of a cell; as, the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.
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Intrap (?), v. t. See . Spenser.
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Intraparietal (?), a. Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
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I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Rolleston.
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Intrapetiolar (?), a. (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.
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Intraterritorial (?), a. Within the territory or a territory.
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Intrathoracic (?), a. Within the thorax or chest.
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Intratropical (?), a. Within the tropics.
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Intrauterine (?), a. Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage; an intrauterine device.
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intrauterine device (?), n. A contraceptive device consisting of a small, usually plastic object placed within the uterus to prevent conception; also called IUD.
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Intravalvular (?), a. Between valves.
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Intravenous (?), a. 1. Within the veins.
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2. Administered by injection into a vein; as, an intravenous antibiotic infusion.
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Intraventricular (?), a. Within or between ventricles.
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in-tray n. a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
Syn. -- in-box, in-basket.
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Intreasure (?; 135), v. t. To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [Obs.] Shak.
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Intreat (?), v. t. See . Spenser.
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Intreatable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + treatable.] Not to be entreated; inexorable.
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Intreatance (?), n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Holland.
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Intreatful (?), a. Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Intrench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.]
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1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak.
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His face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.
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2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. “In the suburbs close intrenched.” Shak.
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Intrench, v. i. To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.
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We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.
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Intrenchant (?), a. [Pref. in- not + trenchant.] Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.]
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As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air
With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.
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Intrenchment (?), n. [From .]
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1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
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2. (Mil.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.
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On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and Prospect Hills. Washington.
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3. Any defense or protection.
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4. An encroachment or infringement.
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The slight intrenchment upon individual freedom. Southey.
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Intrepid (?), a. [L. intrepidus: cf. F. intrépide. See not, and .] Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

Syn. -- Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.
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Intrepidity (?), n. [Cf. F. intrépidité.] The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.
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Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. Addison.

Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See , .
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Intrepidly (?), adv. In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.
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Intricable (?), a. [See .] Entangling. [Obs.] Shelton.
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Intricacy (?), n.; pl. Intricacies (#). [From .] The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.
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Freed from intricacies, taught to live
The easiest way. Milton.
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Intricate (?), a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. , .] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.
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His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. Addison.
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The nature of man is intricate. Burke.

Syn. -- , , . A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.
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Intricate (?), v. t. To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.]
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It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor.
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Intricately (?), adv. In an intricate manner.
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Intricateness, n. The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
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Intrication (?), n. Entanglement. [Obs.]
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Intrigante (?), n. [F.] A female intriguer.
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