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Intuse (ĭntūs), n. [L. intundere to bruise; pref. in- in + tundere, tusum, to beat, bruise.] A bruise; a contusion. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Intussuscepted (?), a. [See .] Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.
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Intussusception (?), n. [L. intus within + susception. Cf. .]
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1. The reception of one part within another.
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2. (Med.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.
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3. (Bot.) The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
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4. (Physiol.) The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs.
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Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by intussusception. McKendrick.
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Intwine (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [Written also entwine.]
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Intwine, v. i. To be or to become intwined.
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Intwinement (?), n. The act of intwining, or the state of being intwined.
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Intwist (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To twist into or together; to interweave. [Written also entwist.]
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Inuendo (?), n. See .
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Inulin (?), n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric, having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
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Inuloid (?), n. [Inulin + -oid.] (Chem.) A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahlia.
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Inumbrate (?), v. t. [L. inumbratus, p. p. of inumbrare to shade.] To shade; to darken. [Obs.]
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Inuncted (?), a. [See .] Anointed. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Inunction (?), n. [L. inunctio, fr. inungere, inunctum, to anoint. See 1st , and .] The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
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Inunctuosity (?; 135), n. The lack of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan.
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Inundant (?), a. [L. inundans, p. pr. of inundare.] Overflowing. [R.] Shenstone.
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Inundate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See .]
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1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
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2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
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Inundation (?), n. [L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation.]
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1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
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With inundation wide the deluge reigns,
Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. Wilkie.
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2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
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To stop the inundation of her tears. Shak.
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Inunderstanding (?), a. Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
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Inurbane (?), a. [L. inurbanus. See not, and .] Uncivil; unpolished; rude. Opposite of urbane. M. Arnold. -- Inurbanely, adv. -- Inurbaneness, n.
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Inurbanity (?), n. [Cf. F. inurbanité.] Lack of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp. Hall.
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Inure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inuring.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See use, practice, , and cf. .] To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. “To inure our prompt obedience.” Milton.
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He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North.
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Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.
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“Here the fortune of the day turned, and all things became adverse to the Romans; the place deep with ooze, sinking under those who stood, slippery to such as advanced; their armor heavy, the waters deep; nor could they wield, in that uneasy situation, their weighty javelins. The barbarians on the contrary, were inured to encounter in the bogs, their persons tall, their spears long, such as could wound at a distance.” In this morass the Roman army, after an ineffectual struggle, was irrecoverably lost; nor could the body of the emperor ever be found. Such was the fate of Decius, in the fiftieth year of his age; . . . Gibbon [quoting Tacitus] (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. 10)
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Inure, v. i. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [Written also enure.]
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Inurement (?), n. Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
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Inurn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inurned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inurning.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.
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The sepulcher
Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak.
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Inusitate (?), a. [L. inusitatus unusual. See .] Unusual. [R.] Bramhall.
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Inusitation (?), n. Lack of use; disuse. [R.] Paley.
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Inust (?), a. [L. inurere, inustum, to burn in; pref. in- in + urere to burn.] Burnt in. [Obs.]
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Inustion (?), n. The act of burning or branding. [Obs.] T. Adams.
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Inutile (?), a. [L. inutilis: cf. F. inutile. See not, .] Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Inutility (?), n. [L. inutilitas: cf. F. inutilité.] Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
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Inutterable (?), a. Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.
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In vacuo (?). [L.] (Physics) In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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Invade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Invading.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See .]
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1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.]
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Which becomes a body, and doth then invade
The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser.
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2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.
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Such an enemy
Is risen to invade us. Milton.
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3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
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4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See .
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Invade, v. i. To make an invasion. Brougham.
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Invader (?), n. One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
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invading adj. same as {1}.
Syn. -- incursive, invasive.
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Invaginate (?), v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.

{ Invaginate (?), Invaginated (?), } a. (Biol.) (a) Sheathed. (b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
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Invagination (?), n. [L. pref. in- + vagina sheath.]
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1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
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2. The inward movement of the wall of a tissue or cell, to form a cavity; also, the cavity thus formed.
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3. Specifically: (Biol., Embryology) The inward movement of one part of the wall of a blastula, to form a gastrula; the process of gastrulation, in which layers of the ovum are differentiated.
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☞ In embolic invagination, one half of the blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In epibolic invagination, a phenomenon in the development of some invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the hypoblast.
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Invalescence (?), n. [L. invalescens, p. pr. of invalescere to become strong. See 1st , and .] Strength; health. [Obs.]
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Invaletudinary (?), a. Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.]
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Invalid (?), a. [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. infirm.]
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1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
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2. (Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
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Invalid (?; 277), n. [F. invalide, n. & a., L. invalidus, a. See null.] A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health who is unable to care for himself.
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Invalid (?), a. [See , n.] Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
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Invalid, v. t. 1. To make or render invalid or infirm. “Invalided, bent, and almost blind.” Dickens.
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2. To classify or enroll as an invalid.
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Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.
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Invalidate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invalidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Invalidating.] [From null.] To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.
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invalidated adj. deprived of legal force.
Syn. -- nullified.
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invalidating adj. tending to invalidate or prove false.
Syn. -- disconfirming.
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Invalidation (?), n. The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.
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So many invalidations of their right. Burke.
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Invalide (?), n. [F.] See , n.
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Invalidism (?), n. The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
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Invalidity (?), n. [Cf. F. invalidité, LL. invaliditas lack of health.]
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1. Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.
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2. Lack of health; infirmity. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
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Invalidness (?), n. Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning.
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Invalorous (?), a. Not valorous; cowardly.
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Invaluable (?), a. Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.
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Invaluably, adv. Inestimably. Bp. Hall.
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Invalued (?), a. Inestimable. [R.] Drayton.
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Invariability (?), n. [Cf. F. invariabilité.] The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.
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Invariable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + variable: cf. F. invariable.] Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform.
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Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor.

-- Invariableness, n. -- Invariably, adv.
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Invariable (?), n. (Math.) An invariable quantity; a constant.
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invariably adv. Always; in every case.
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Invariance (?), n. (Math.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. J. J. Sylvester.
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Invariant (?), n. (Math.) An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester.
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Invasion (?), n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See .]
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1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
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2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.
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3. The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.

Syn. -- , , . Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and injury.
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Invasive (?), a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See .] 1. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. “Invasive war.” Hoole.
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2. (Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [Narrower terms: malignant] PJC]

Invect (?), v. i. To inveigh. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Invected (?), a. [L. invectus carried in. See .] (Her.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.
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Invection (?), n. [L. invectio. See .] An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.] Fulke.
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Invective (?), a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See .] Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
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Invective, n. [F. invective.] An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as, an invective against tyranny.
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The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. Sir W. Draper.

Syn. -- Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe. See .
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Invectively, adv. In an invective manner. Shak.
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Inveigh (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See , and cf. .] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.
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All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton.
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The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.
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Inveigher (?), n. One who inveighs.
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Inveigle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling (?).] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See .] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
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Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton.
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Inveiglement (?), n. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction. South.
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Inveigler (?), n. One who inveigles.
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Inveil (?), v. t. To cover, as with a veil. W. Browne.
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Invendibility (?), n. The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.
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Invendible (?), a. [L. invendibilis. See not, and .] Not vendible or salable. Jefferson. -- Invendibleness, n.
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Invenom (?), v. t. See .
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Invent (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See .]
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1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.]
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And vowed never to return again,
Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser.
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2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.
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Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper.
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3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
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Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton.
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He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See .
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Inventer (?), n. One who invents.
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Inventful (?), a. Full of invention. J. Gifford.
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Inventible (?), a. Capable of being invented.
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Inventibleness, n. Quality of being inventible.
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Invention (?), n. [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See .]
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1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
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