Chapter I: ~Iambic~, n. ~1.~ Iambus (1)

~2.~ Iambic verse.

~Ibex~, _n._ Stein-boc (_Capra ibex_).

~Ibidem~, _ad._ [L.] In the same place.

~Ice~, _n._ ~1.~ Frozen water.

~2.~ Concreted sugar, icing, frosting.

~3.~ Ice-cream.

~Ice-cream~, _n._ Ice.

~Iceland crystal~, ICELAND SPAR.

~Iceland spar~, Calcareous spar, crystallized carbonate of lime, Iceland crystal.

~Ichnography~, _n._ Ground plan, horizontal section.

~Ichor~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Myth._) Blood of the Gods.

~2.~ Serous humor.

~Ichorous~, _a._ Serous, watery, thin.

~Ichthyocol~, _n._ Isinglass, fish-glue, CARLOCK.

~Ichthyocolla~, _n._ Isinglass, fish-glue, CARLOCK.

~Icing~, _n._ Frosting, concreted sugar (_for coating cake_).

~Iconoclasm~, _n._ Image-breaking.

~Iconoclast~, _n._ Image-breaker.

~Icterus~, _n._ (_Med._) Jaundice.

~Icy~, _a._ ~1.~ Glacial.

~2.~ Cold, chilling, frosty.

~3.~ Frigid, indifferent, cold-hearted.

~Idea~, _n._ ~1.~ [_In the Platonic philosophy._] Archetype (_conceived of as existing from eternity_), pattern, model, exemplar, form, essence (_common to many individual things and represented by a general term_).

~2.~ Universal, concept, conception, notion, general or universal conception.

~3.~ Object of thought, image in the mind, mental representation of an object.

~4.~ Impression, apprehension, thought, fancy, conceit.

~5.~ Opinion, belief, supposition, judgment, sentiment.

~Ideal~, _a._ ~1.~ Intellectual, mental.

~2.~ Imaginary, unreal, fanciful, fantastic, fancied, illusory, chimerical, visionary, shadowy.

~Ideal~, _n._ Imaginary standard, ideal model of perfection.

~Ideality~, _n._ Imagination, conception, invention, fancy.

~Idem~, [L.] The same.

~Identical~, _a._ Same, selfsame, very same, one and the same, exactly the same, not different.

~Identify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prove to be identical, prove to be the same, ascertain to be the same.

~2.~ Make identical, regard as one, consider the same.

~Identify~, _v. n._ Become identical, be the same.

~Identity~, _n._ Sameness.

~Ideology~, _n._ Metaphysics, psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, science of the mind, science of ideas.

~Id est~, [L.] That is.

~Idiocrasy~, _n._ Peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, peculiar temperament.

~Idiocy~, _n._ Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, feebleness of intellect, want of understanding.

~Idiom~, _n._ ~1.~ Peculiar mode or turn of expression (_sanctioned by use in any language_).

~2.~ Genius (_of a language_), characteristic quality.

~3.~ Dialect.

~Idiomatic~, _a._ Peculiar (_as respects any mode of expression_).

~Idiomatical~, _a._ Peculiar (_as respects any mode of expression_).

~Idiosyncrasy~, _n._ Peculiarity (_of constitution_), idiocrasy, peculiar temperament.

~Idiot~, _n._ Fool, natural, natural fool.

~Idiotic~, _a._ Foolish, sottish.

~Idiotical~, _a._ Foolish, sottish.

~Idle~, _a._ ~1.~ Unemployed, unoccupied, unbusied, inactive.

~2.~ Indolent, lazy, slothful, sluggish, inert.

~3.~ Vacant, unused.

~4.~ Useless, ineffectual, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, vain, futile, abortive.

~5.~ Trifling, trivial, unimportant, trashy, foolish, unprofitable.

~Idle away~, Waste, spend in idleness.

~Idler~, _n._ Drone, sluggard, laggard, lounger, dawdler, trifler, doodle, slow-back, inefficient person.

~Idol~, _n._ ~1.~ Pagan deity, false god.

~2.~ Falsity.

~3.~ Favorite, pet, darling.

~Idolater~, _n._ ~1.~ Worshipper of idols.

~2.~ Adorer, great admirer.

~Idolatry~, _n._ ~1.~ Worship of idols.

~2.~ Excessive love, excessive veneration.

~Idolize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deify.

~2.~ Adore, reverence or love excessively.

~Idyl~, _n._ ~1.~ Bucolic, eclogue, pastoral, pastoral poem.

~2.~ Short poem (_highly wrought_).

~If~, _conj._ ~1.~ Suppose that, admitting that, allowing that.

~2.~ Whether, whether or not.

~Igneous~, _a._ Fiery.

~Ignis fatuus~, [L.] Jack-with-a-lantern, Jack-a-lantern, Will-with- the-wisp, Will-o'-the-wisp.

~Ignite~, _v. a._ Kindle, set fire to, set on fire.

~Ignite~, _v. n._ Kindle, take fire, catch fire.

~Ignoble~, _a._ ~1.~ Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, base-born, low-born, mean, low.

~2.~ Worthless, insignificant, mean, contemptible.

~3.~ Dishonorable, disgraceful, infamous, base.

~Ignominious~, _a._ Dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, infamous, scandalous, disreputable, opprobrious.

~Ignominy~, _n._ Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, infamy, obloquy, contempt, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.

~Ignoramus~, _n._ Sciolist, smatterer, novice, wiseacre, greenhorn, simpleton, numskull, DUNCE.

~Ignorance~, _n._ Illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge.

~Ignorant~, _a._ Unlearned, uninstructed, uninformed, uneducated, untaught, unenlightened, blind, illiterate, unlettered, dark.

~Ignorant of~, Unaware of, unacquainted with.

~Ignore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Regard as unknown, shut one's eyes to, leave out of view, not recognize, not take into account.

~2.~ (_Law._) Reject, set aside.

~Ill~, _a._ ~1.~ Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable.

~2.~ Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty.

~3.~ Indisposed, ailing, unwell, sick, on the sick list, out of sorts, out of health, laid on the shelf, laid on the back, under the weather.

~Ill~, _n._ ~1.~ Wickedness, depravity, evil.

~2.~ Misfortune, calamity, misery, pain.

~Ill~, _ad._ ~1.~ Badly, not well.

~2.~ With difficulty, not easily.

~Ill-advised~, _a._ Injudicious, unwise, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, foolish, ill-judged.

~Illation~, _n._ Inference, deduction, conclusion.

~Illative~, _a._ Inferential.

~Ill-bred~, _a._ Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, uncourtly, unpolished, uncouth, rude, ill-behaved, ill-mannered.

~Ill-breeding~, _n._ Impoliteness, incivility, rudeness, discourtesy, ill manners.

~Illegal~, _a._ Unlawful, illicit, unlicensed.

~Illegality~, _n._ Unlawfulness, illicitness.

~Illegible~, _a._ Unreadable, not readable.

~Illegitimate~, _a._ ~1.~ Unlawfully begotten, born out of wedlock.

~2.~ Spurious, not genuine.

~3.~ Unauthorized, unlawful, illicit, improper.

~Ill-fated~, _a._ Luckless, unlucky, unfortunate, ill-starred.

~Ill-favored~, _a._ Ugly, homely, plain, ill-looking.

~Ill-flavored~, _a._ Unsavory, unpalatable.

~Ill-humor~, _n._ Fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill- temper.

~Illiberal~, _a._ ~1.~ Parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious, ungenerous, sordid, covetous, mean, selfish, close, close- fisted.

~2.~ Uncharitable, selfish, narrow, self-seeking, narrow-minded.

~Illicit~, _a._ Unlawful, illegal, unlicensed.

~Illimitable~, _a._ Boundless, infinite, unbounded, immense, vast.

~Illiteracy~, _n._ Ignorance, want of learning, want of literary culture.

~Illiterate~, _a._ Uninstructed (_in books_), unlettered, unlearned, untaught, ignorant.

~Ill-temper~, _n._ Moroseness, sullenness, sulkiness, crabbedness, crossness, perverseness, ill-nature, bad temper.

~Ill-judged~, _a._ Unwise, injudicious, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, foolish, ill-advised.

~Ill-looking~, _a._ Ugly, homely, plain, ill-favored.

~Ill-mannered~, _a._ Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, uncourtly, unpolished, uncouth, rude, ill-behaved, ill-bred.

~Ill-nature~, _n._ ~1.~ Malevolence, unkindness, hatred, enmity, ill- will.

~2.~ Moroseness, sullenness, ill-temper, bad temper.

~Ill-natured~, _a._ ~1.~ Malevolent, unkind, disobliging, unfriendly, unamiable.

~2.~ Morose, sullen, sulky, cross, churlish, crabbed, sour, perverse, wayward, crusty, petulant, cross-grained, ill-tempered.

~Illness~, _n._ Disease, sickness, indisposition, ailing, ailment, complaint, disorder, distemper.

~Illogical~, _a._ Sophistical, inconclusive, inconsequent, fallacious, incorrect, unsound.

~Illogicalness~, _n._ Inconsequence, inconclusiveness.

~Ill-proportioned~, _a._ Misshapen, misproportioned, shapeless, ill- shaped, ill-made.

~Ill-provided~, _a._ Ill-furnished, scantily supplied.

~Ill-spent~, _a._ Wasted.

~Ill-starred~, _a._ Unlucky, luckless, unfortunate, ill-fated.

~Ill-temper~, _n._ Moroseness, ILL-NATURE.

~Ill-tempered~, _a._ Morose, ILL-NATURED.

~Ill-timed~, _a._ Unseasonable, untimely, inopportune, inapposite, irrelevant, out of place.

~Ill-treat~, _v. a._ Maltreat, injure, abuse, ill-use.

~Ill-turn~, _n._ ~1.~ Unkind act.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Slight illness.

~Illude~, _v. a._ Mock, deceive, disappoint, cheat, balk, dupe.

~Illume~, _v. a._ [_Poetical._] Illuminate.

~Illuminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enlighten, illumine, illume, supply with light.

~2.~ Adorn with lights (_as a building_), light up.

~3.~ Adorn with colored letters.

~Illumine~, _v. a._ Enlighten, illuminate, illume, supply with light.

~Illusion~, _n._ Delusion, hallucination, deception, error, fallacy, mockery, fantasy, phantasm, chimera, false show.

~Illusive~, _a._ Deceptive, deceitful, delusive, fallacious.

~Illusory~, _a._ Deceptive, deceitful, delusive, fallacious.

~Illustrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear, make plain, throw light upon.

~2.~ Adorn with pictures.

~Illustration~, _n._ ~1.~ Elucidation, explanation, exemplification.

~2.~ Illustrative picture.

~Illustrative~, _a._ Explanatory.

~Illustrious~, _a._ ~1.~ Glorious, splendid, brilliant, bright, radiant.

~2.~ Famous, famed, noted, distinguished, renowned, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, signal, remarkable.

~Ill-will~, _n._ Malevolence, unkindness, enmity, hatred, rancor, uncharitableness, ill-nature.

~Image~, _n._ ~1.~ Statue.

~2.~ Idol, object of worship.

~3.~ Likeness, effigy, figure, similitude, resemblance, picture, representation of an object (_real or fancied_).

~4.~ Trope, figurative expression.

~Image~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Form an image of.

~2.~ IMAGINE, fancy, picture.

~Imagery~, _n._ ~1.~ Phantasm, phantom, vision, dream, fanciful forms.

~2.~ Tropes, figures of speech, figurative language.

~Imaginable~, _a._ Conceivable.

~Imaginary~, _a._ Visionary, ideal, fancied, fanciful, chimerical, dreamy, unreal, shadowy, wild, Quixotic, Utopian.

~Imagination~, _n._ Conception (_united with the faculty of recombining ideas so as to form a new creation_), invention, ideality, FANCY, creative power, plastic power.

~Imaginative~, _a._ Inventive, creative, poetical.

~Imagine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conceive, image, fancy, picture, picture to one's self, figure to one's self.

~2.~ Think, apprehend, suppose, believe, deem.

~3.~ Devise, contrive, plot, scheme, project, frame.

~Imagine~, _v. n._ Suppose, think, opine, fancy, dream, take it into one's head, have a notion.

~Imbecile~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, infirm, helpless, decrepit.

~2.~ Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic, fatuous.

~Imbecile~, _n._ Dotard, feeble person.

~Imbecility~, _n._ ~1.~ Weakness, feebleness, debility, infirmity, helplessness.

~2.~ Foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity.

~Imbibe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Absorb, take in, suck in, suck up, swallow up.

~2.~ Receive, gather, acquire, gain, get, pick up.

~Imbitter~, _v. a._ [Written also _Embitter_.] ~1.~ Make bitter.

~2.~ Make unhappy or grievous.

~3.~ Exasperate, madden, enrage.

~Imbosom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold in the bosom.

~2.~ Enclose, surround.

~Imbricate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Overlapping.

~Imbricated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Overlapping.

~Imbroglio~, _n._ [It.] ~1.~ Intricate plot.

~2.~ Complication, complexity, entanglement, embarrassing situation.

~Imbrue~, _v. a._ Wet, moisten, steep, soak, drench.

~Imbrute~, _v. a._ Brutify.

~Imbue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tinge, dye, stain, tint, tincture, color.

~2.~ Impregnate, inoculate, infuse.

~Imitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Copy, follow, pattern after.

~2.~ Mimic, ape, mock, personate, impersonate, take off.

~3.~ Parody, travesty, turn into burlesque.

~Imitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Copying, imitating.

~2.~ Copy, resemblance, likeness.

~3.~ Mimicry, mocking.

~4.~ Parody, travesty.

~Imitative~, _a._ ~1.~ Imitating, copying.

~2.~ Mimicking, aping, apish.

~Imitator~, _n._ Copyist.

~Immaculate~, _a._ ~1.~ Spotless, unspotted, stainless, unsullied, unsoiled, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, undefiled, clean, pure.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, sinless, faultless.

~Immanence~, _n._ Inherence, indwelling.

~Immanent~, _a._ Intrinsic, inherent, internal, subjective, indwelling.

~Immaterial~, _a._ ~1.~ Incorporeal, unbodied, spiritual.

~2.~ Unimportant, insignificant, unessential, non-essential, of no importance, of no consequence.

~Immateriality~, _n._ Spirituality, incorporsity.

~Immaterialness~, _n._ Spirituality, incorporsity.

~Immature~, _a._ ~1.~ Unripe, crude, green, raw, unformed, unprepared, rudimental, imperfect, unfinished.

~2.~ Premature, untimely, unseasonable, out of season.

~Immatureness~, _a._ Unripeness, crudeness, crudity, incompleteness, greenness, rawness.

~Immaturity~, _a._ Unripeness, crudeness, crudity, incompleteness, greenness, rawness.

~Immeasurable~, _a._ Illimitable, limitless, boundless, unbounded, measureless, immense, infinite.

~Immediate~, _a._ ~1.~ Proximate, close.

~2.~ Direct, without other agency.

~3.~ Instantaneous, instant, present.

~Immediately~, _ad._ ~1.~ Closely, proximately.

~2.~ Directly, without any intervention.

~3.~ Instantly, INSTANTER, forthwith, just now, without delay, this moment.

~Immemorial~, _a._ Beyond memory, that cannot be remembered.

~Immense~, _a._ ~1.~ Illimitable, boundless, unbounded, unlimited, measureless, infinite.

~2.~ Vast, enormous, prodigious, huge, gigantic, colossal, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.

~Immensity~, _n._ ~1.~ Infinity, infinitude, boundlessness.

~2.~ Vastness, hugeness.

~Immerge~, _v. a._ IMMERSE.

~Immerse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dip, plunge, immerge, submerge, overwhelm, douse, souse, duck.

~2.~ Involve, engage, absorb.

~Immersion~, _n._ ~1.~ Dipping, plunging.

~2.~ Engagement, absorption.

~3.~ (_Astron._) Disappearance, occultation.

~Immesh~, _v. a._ Entangle (_as in the meshes of a net_), ensnare.

~Immethodical~, _a._ Unsystematic, irregular, unmethodical, confused, desultory, disorderly.

~Immethodically~, _ad._ Irregularly, confusedly, pellmell, helter- skelter.

~Imminent~, _a._ Impending, threatening, impendent, near at hand.

~Immitigable~, _a._ Not to be mitigated, that cannot be mitigated.

~Immobility~, _n._ Unmovableness, immovableness, immovability.

~Immoderate~, _a._ Inordinate, excessive, unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, intemperate.

~Immodest~, _a._ ~1.~ Indelicate, indecent, shameless, indecorous, gross, coarse.

~2.~ Impure, obscene, smutty, lewd, unchaste, filthy.

~Immodesty~, _n._ ~1.~ Indecency, indecorum, grossness, coarseness.

~2.~ Impurity, obscenity, lewdness, unchastity, smuttiness.

~Immolate~, _v. a._ Sacrifice, offer up, offer in sacrifice, kill as a victim.

~Immolation~, _n._ ~1.~ Sacrifice.

~2.~ Sacrificial victim.

~Immoral~, _a._ Wicked, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, dishonest, unjust, depraved, corrupt, profligate, dissolute.

~Immorality~, _n._ Wickedness, vice, sin, dishonesty, depravity, corruption, demoralization, sinfulness, criminality, profligacy, want of principle.

~Immortal~, _a._ ~1.~ Undying, deathless, ever-living, imperishable, incorruptible, unfading, indestructible, enduring, never-dying.

~2.~ Eternal, everlasting, endless, perpetual, ceaseless, never-ending.

~Immortality~, _n._ ~1.~ Exemption from death, endless life.

~2.~ Perpetuity, unlimited existence.

~3.~ Perpetual fame, exemption from oblivion.

~Immortalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exempt from death, make immortal.

~2.~ Perpetuate, make everlasting.

~3.~ Perpetuate in memory, exempt from oblivion, make ever famous.

~Immortelle~, _n._ [Fr.] Cudweed, everlasting, goldylocks.

~Immovable~, _a._ ~1.~ Fixed, firm, stable, not to be moved.

~2.~ Steadfast, unshaken, unalterable, unchangeable.

~3.~ (_Law._) Real.

~Immunity~, _n._ ~1.~ Freedom, exemption, release, exoneration.

~2.~ Privilege, prerogative, right, liberty, charter, franchise.

~Immure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, shut up.

~2.~ Imprison, incarcerate.

~Immutability~, _n._ Unchangeableness, invariableness, invariability, constancy, permanence, stability.

~Immutable~, _a._ Unchangeable, invariable, unalterable, undeviating, constant, permanent, stable.

~Imp~, _n._ Sprite, hobgoblin, FLIBBERTIGIBBET, little demon or devil, malignant spirit.

~Impact~, _n._ Impulse, collision, shock.

~Impair~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deteriorate, injure, vitiate, make worse.

~2.~ Lessen, diminish, decrease, make less.

~3.~ Weaken, enfeeble, enervate.

~Impalpable~, _a._ ~1.~ Intangible, very fine, not palpable, not to be felt, not perceptible by the touch.

~2.~ Imperceptible, shadowy, unsubstantial.

~Impart~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give, grant, bestow, CONFER, share.

~2.~ Communicate, divulge, disclose, reveal, tell, make known.

~Impartial~, _a._ Unbiassed, unprejudiced, disinterested, equitable, just, fair, honorable, even-handed.

~Impartiality~, _n._ Disinterestedness, equitableness, justice, fairness, honor, honorableness, fair play.

~Impassable~, _a._ Impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, pathless.

~Impassibility~, _n._ Impassiveness, insensibility.

~Impassible~, _a._ Impassive, insensible, incapable of suffering.

~Impassioned~, _a._ Passionate, vehement, impetuous, glowing, intense, excited, animated, fervid, fervent, zealous, warm, ardent.

~Impassive~, _a._ Impassible, insensible.

~Impatience~, _n._ ~1.~ Disquietude, restlessness, uneasiness.

~2.~ Vehemence, impetuosity, haste, eagerness, precipitation.

~Impatient~, _a._ ~1.~ Unquiet, uneasy, restless.

~2.~ Hasty, precipitate, vehement, impetuous, eager.

~Impecunious~, _a._ [_Rare._] Moneyless, penniless, out of money, short of money.

~Impecuniosity~, _n._ [_Rare._] Want of money.

~Impawn~, _v. a._ Pledge, pawn.

~Impeach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accuse, charge, indict, arraign, criminate.

~2.~ Censure, denounce, call in question.

~Impeachment~, _n._ ~1.~ Accusation, indictment, charge, arraignment, crimination.

~2.~ Censure, blame, reproach, imputation.

~Impeccability~, _n._ Sinlessness, faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity.

~Impeccable~, _a._ Sinless, faultless, immaculate.

~Impede~, _v. a._ Hinder, obstruct, stop, clog, check, retard, delay, interrupt, thwart, restrain, block.

~Impediment~, _n._ Hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, difficulty, stumbling-block.

~Impel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drive, push, urge, put in motion, press on, urge forward.

~2.~ Induce, move, persuade, influence, instigate, incite, actuate, set on, stir up.

~Impend~, _v. n._ Threaten, hang over, be imminent, be at hand, be in store, stare one in the face.

~Impendent~, _a._ Impending, threatening, imminent, near at hand.

~Impenetrable~, _a._ Not to be penetrated, not to be pierced.

~Impenitence~, _n._ Obduracy, hardness of heart, seared conscience.

~Impenitency~, _n._ Obduracy, hardness of heart, seared conscience.

~Impenitent~, _a._ Uncontrite, unrepentant, obdurate, hardened, seared, lost, recusant, relentless, graceless, shameless, incorrigible, irreclaimable.

~Imperative~, _a._ ~1.~ Commanding, authoritative, peremptory.

~2.~ Binding, obligatory.

~Imperceptible~, _a._ ~1.~ Invisible, undiscernible, not to be perceived.

~2.~ Fine, minute, very small.

~Imperfect~, _a._ ~1.~ Defective, incomplete, faulty, not entire.

~2.~ Weak, frail, erring.

~Imperfection~, _n._ ~1.~ Defect, fault, blemish, stain.

~2.~ Weakness, frailty, foible, failing, vice.

~Imperial~, _a._ Kingly, regal, royal, sovereign.

~Imperious~, _a._ Dictatorial, magisterial, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant.

~Imperishable~, _a._ Indestructible, everlasting, unfading, eternal, perennial, immortal, never-ending.

~Impermeable~, _a._ Impervious, impenetrable, impassable.

~Impersonate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Personate, imitate, ape, mimic, mock, take off.

~2.~ Incarnate, invest with personality.

~Impersonation~, _n._ Incarnation, bodily manifestation, investment with personality.

~Impertinence~, _n._ ~1.~ Irrelevance, irrelevancy.

~2.~ Rudeness, intrusiveness, impudence, insolence, incivility, sauciness, forwardness, boldness, presumption, effrontery, pertness, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK, brazen face.

~Impertinency~, _n._ ~1.~ Irrelevance, irrelevancy.

~2.~ Rudeness, intrusiveness, impudence, insolence, incivility, sauciness, forwardness, boldness, presumption, effrontery, pertness, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK, brazen face.

~Impertinent~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrelevant, inapposite, not applicable, not to the point, not pertaining to the matter in hand, not pertinent.

~2.~ Intrusive, meddling, officious, insolent, rude, impudent, saucy, forward, pert, bold, malapert, unmannerly.

~Imperturbability~, _n._ Calmness, coolness, composure, collectedness, equanimity, placidity.

~Imperturbable~, _a._ Calm, cool, composed, unmoved, undisturbed, tranquil, unruffled, collected, placid, inexcitable, sedate, not to be disturbed.

~Impervious~, _a._ Impermeable, impenetrable, impassable.

~Impetuosity~, _n._ Vehemence, violence, fury, precipitancy, precipitation, haste.

~Impetuous~, _a._ Vehement, violent, furious, fierce, passionate, precipitate, hasty, hot, over-zealous.

~Impetus~, _n._ Momentum.

~Impiety~, _n._ Irreverence, ungodliness, irreligion, wickedness, unrighteousness, sinfulness, iniquity, unholiness, profanity.

~Impinge~, _v. n._ Strike, hit, fall against, strike against, dash against, clash upon, collide with.

~Impious~, _a._ Irreverent, ungodly, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sinful, unrighteous, unholy, iniquitous, profane.

~Implacability~, _n._ Malice, vindictiveness, rancor, inexorableness, relentlessness, cruelty.

~Implacable~, _a._ Malicious, vindictive, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, rancorous, unappeasable, cruel.

~Implacableness~, _n._ IMPLACABILITY.

~Implant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Engraft, infix, set, put, place.

~2.~ Instil, infuse, inculcate.

~Implement~, _n._ Instrument, tool, utensil.

~Implicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Infold, entangle.

~2.~ Involve, make participator, prove to be concerned, bring into connection with.

~Implication~, _n._ ~1.~ Involution, entanglement.

~2.~ Tacit inference, necessary conclusion.

~Implicit~, _a._ ~1.~ Implied, inferred, understood, tacit.

~2.~ Unreserved, unhesitating, firm, undoubting, steadfast, unshaken.

~Implicitly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Impliedly, virtually, by inference, by implication.

~2.~ Unreservedly, with unshaken confidence, without hesitation.

~Implore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, supplicate, beseech, pray, pray to.

~2.~ Crave, solicit, beg, pray for, petition for.

~Imply~, _v. a._ Involve (_as a consequence_), include (_by implication_), import, signify, mean.

~Impolicy~, _n._ Imprudence, indiscretion, folly, bad policy.

~Impolite~, _a._ Uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, unpolished, rude, ungentlemanly, rough, boorish, savage, bearish.

~Impolitic~, _a._ Imprudent, injudicious, indiscreet, ill-advised, ill- judged.

~Imporous~, _a._ Close, compact, dense, solid, without pores.

~Import~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bring into (_a country from abroad_).

~2.~ Imply, denote, purport, signify, betoken, mean.

~3.~ Concern, be of importance to, be of consequence to, be of interest to.

~Import~, _n._ ~1.~ Signification, meaning, purport, import, sense, drift, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention.

~2.~ Imported merchandise.

~3.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment, significance.

~Importance~, _n._ Consequence, weight, moment, significance, import, concern.

~Important~, _a._ Weighty, momentous, grave, serious, material, significant, of importance, of moment, of great weight.

~Importation~, _n._ ~1.~ Importing.

~2.~ Import, merchandise imported.

~Importunate~, _a._ Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, earnestly solicitous.

~Importune~, _v. a._ Press (_by entreaty_), urge (_by repeated requests_), beset, entreat, dun, solicit earnestly.

~Importunity~, _n._ Entreaty, urgency, insistence, pressing solicitation.

~Impose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, lay, set, place.

~2.~ Prescribe, enjoin, appoint.

~3.~ Obtrude, palm, pass off.

~Impose on~, Deceive, cheat, chouse, trick, befool, hoax, dupe, delude, circumvent, diddle, play upon, put upon.

~Impose upon~, Deceive, cheat, chouse, trick, befool, hoax, dupe, delude, circumvent, diddle, play upon, put upon.

~Imposing~, _a._ Grand, stately, august, majestic, impressive, noble, commanding.

~Imposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Imposing.

~2.~ Constraint, oppression, burden, charge, injunction, levy, tax.

~3.~ Deception, fraud, trickery, artifice, IMPOSTURE, cheating.

~Impossibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Impracticability.

~2.~ What cannot be, thing impossible.

~Impossible~, _a._ Impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not possible, out of the question.

~Impost~, _n._ Tax, duty, custom, excise, toll, tribute, rate.

~Imposthume~, _n._ Abscess, gathering, ulcer, fester, sore, pustule.

~Impostor~, _n._ Deceiver, pretender, cheat, rogue, trickster, tricker, knave, hypocrite, Pharisee, quack, charlatan, mountebank, double-dealer.

~Imposture~, _n._ Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, hoax, fraud, delusion, artifice, ruse, dodge, wile, deceit, stratagem, BAM, chouse, clap-trap, crafty device.

~Impotence~, _n._ Inability, disability, incapacity, incapability, incompetence, inefficiency, weakness, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, frailty.

~Impotent~, _a._ Powerless, unable, incapable, incompetent, disabled, incapacitated, imbecile, weak, feeble, infirm, frail, inefficient.

~Impound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put into a pound.

~2.~ Confine, incage, imprison, shut up, coop up.

~Impoverish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make poor, bring to want, reduce to poverty, reduce to indigence.

~2.~ Exhaust the fertility of, make sterile.

~Impracticability~, _n._ Impossibility, infeasibility, impracticableness.

~Impracticable~, _a._ ~1.~ Impossible, unfeasible, not practicable.

~2.~ Hard to deal with, hard to get along with.

~3.~ Impassable (_as a road_).

~Impracticableness~, _n._ Impracticability.

~Imprecate~, _v. a._ Invoke (_a curse or some evil_).

~Imprecation~, _n._ ~1.~ Invocation (_of evil_).

~2.~ Curse, malediction, execration, denunciation, anathema.

~Impregnable~, _a._ Unassailable, inexpugnable, not to be taken by assault, not to be stormed, secure from capture, tenable against all odds.

~Impregnate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fecundate, make pregnant, get with child.

~2.~ Imbue, infuse, saturate, fill, tincture.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Fertilize, make prolific.

~Impregnation~, _n._ ~1.~ Fecundation.

~2.~ Infusion, saturation, tincture.

~Impress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stamp, print, imprint, mark by pressure.

~2.~ Inculcate, fix deeply.

~3.~ Press, force into public service.

~Impress~, _n._ ~1.~ Print, imprint, stamp, impression, mark, seal.

~2.~ Device (_as upon a seal_), motto, cognizance, symbol, emblem.

~Impressibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Susceptibility to impression.

~2.~ Sensitiveness, sensibility.

~Impressible~, _a._ ~1.~ Susceptible of impression.

~2.~ Sensitive, easily affected.

~Impression~, _n._ ~1.~ Printing, imprinting, stamping.

~2.~ Mark, stamp, impress, brand.

~3.~ Sensation, influence, effect.

~4.~ Notion, opinion, idea, fancy, indistinct recollection.

~5.~ Edition (_of a book_), number (_of copies_) printed at once.

~Impressive~, _a._ Affecting, touching, moving, stirring, powerful.

~Imprimatur~, _n._ [L.] License to print.

~Imprimis~, _ad._ [L.] In the first place, first of all, first in order.

~Imprint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Print, stamp, mark by pressure.

~2.~ Impress, inculcate, fix deeply.

~Imprison~, _v. a._ Incarcerate, immure, impound, confine, commit, shut up.

~Imprisonment~, _n._ Incarceration, confinement, commitment, restraint, constraint, duress, durance.

~Improbability~, _n._ Unlikelihood.

~Improbable~, _a._ Unlikely, not probable.

~Improbity~, _n._ Dishonesty, disingenuousness, unfairness, baseness, knavery, faithlessness, bad faith.

~Impromptu~, _a._ Extempore, unpremeditated, off-hand.

~Impromptu~, _ad._ Extempore, off-hand, without premeditation.

~Impromptu~, _n._ Improvisation, extemporaneous effusion.

~Improper~, _a._ ~1.~ Unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, unapt, inapposite, inappropriate, unadapted, not proper.

~2.~ Unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous.

~3.~ Inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, wrong.

~Impropriety~, _n._ ~1.~ Unsuitableness, unfitness.

~2.~ Unseemliness, indecency, indecorum.

~3.~ Inaccuracy, incorrectness.

~Improve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make better.

~2.~ Use, make use of, turn to account, avail one's self of.

~3.~ Make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productive.

~4.~ Apply practically (_as the doctrines of a discourse_).

~Improve~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick up.

~2.~ Make progress, take a step forward.

~3.~ (_Com._) Increase, rise, be enhanced.

~Improve on~, Make better, make improvement in, bring nearer to perfection.

~Improvement~, _n._ ~1.~ Amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment, progress, proficiency, advancement.

~2.~ Good use, beneficial employment.

~3.~ Practical application (_as of a doctrine_). ~Improvidence~, _n._ Shiftlessness, imprudence, want of forethought, carelessness of the future, neglect of preparation.

~Improvident~, _a._ Shiftless, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without forecast, without foresight, careless of the future.

~Improvisate~, _v. a. & n._ Improvise, speak extempore (_in verse_).

~Improvisation~, _n._ ~1.~ Improvising.

~2.~ Impromptu.

~Improvise~, _v. a. & n._ Improvisate, speak extempore.

~Imprudence~, _n._ Indiscretion, heedlessness, carelessness, rashness, inconsiderateness, improvidence, want of forethought.

~Imprudent~, _a._ Indiscreet, inconsiderate, incautious, injudicious, improvident, careless, rash, unadvised.

~Impudence~, _n._ Insolence, assurance, presumption, boldness, shamelessness, effrontery, rudeness, impertinence, sauciness, pertness, flippancy, brass, front, face, CHEEK.

~Impudent~, _a._ Insolent, insulting, presumptuous, bold, shameless, impertinent, rude, saucy, pert, flippant, cool, brazen, forward, bold- faced, brazen-faced.

~Impugn~, _v. a._ Attack, assail, oppose, resist, contradict, gainsay, call in question.

~Impulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust, push, impelling force.

~2.~ Passion, instinct, sudden thought.

~3.~ Incitement, instigation, motive, influence.

~Impulsive~, _a._ ~1.~ Impelling, moving.

~2.~ Passionate, rash, quick, hot, hasty.

~Impunity~, _n._ ~1.~ Exemption from punishment.

~2.~ Exemption from injury.

~Impure~, _a._ ~1.~ Foul, unclean, dirty, filthy, feculent.

~2.~ Obscene, indecent, lewd, smutty, ribald, bawdy, coarse, immodest, gross, vulgar, indelicate, loose.

~Impurity~, _n._ ~1.~ Foulness, uncleanness, feculence.

~2.~ Obscenity, indecency, immodesty, ribaldry, smuttiness, smut, bawdiness.

~3.~ Coarseness, grossness, lowness, vulgarity.

~Imputable~, _a._ Attributable, referrible, chargeable, traceable, owing, to be imputed, to be charged, to be attributed.

~Imputation~, _n._ ~1.~ Imputing, attributing.

~2.~ Charge, accusation, censure, reproach, blame.

~Impute~, _v. a._ Ascribe (_especially to some evil cause_), attribute, refer, charge, consider as due.

~Inability~, _n._ ~1.~ Incapacity, incapability, impotence, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, want of power, want of capacity.

~2.~ Disability, disqualification.

~In a box~, In a perplexity, in a difficulty, in a dilemma, in an embarrassing position.

~Inaccessible~, _a._ ~1.~ Unapproachable, not to be reached.

~2.~ Unattainable.

~Inaccuracy~, _n._ Incorrectness, mistake, blunder, error, inadvertence.

~Inaccurate~, _a._ Incorrect, inexact, erroneous.

~Inaction~, _n._ INACTIVITY, inertness.

~Inactive~, _a._ Inert, lazy, indolent, idle, slothful, supine, torpid, sluggish, dronish, lumpish, passive, Fabian.

~Inactivity~, _n._ Inaction, inertness, laziness, indolence, idleness, sloth, supineness, torpor, torpidity, sluggishness, Fabian policy.

~Inadequacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Insufficiency, inadequateness.

~2.~ Incompleteness, defectiveness.

~Inadequate~, _a._ ~1.~ Insufficient, unequal, disproportionate.

~2.~ Incomplete, defective.

~Inadequateness~, _n._ Inadequacy.

~Inadmissible~, _a._ Not to be admitted, not to be allowed.

~In advance~, ~1.~ Before, in front.

~2.~ Beforehand.

~3.~ To be credited for money advanced.

~Inadvertence~, _n._ ~1.~ Inattention, inconsiderateness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence.

~2.~ Error, mistake, blunder, oversight, inaccuracy.

~Inadvertency~, _n._ ~1.~ Inattention, inconsiderateness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence.

~2.~ Error, mistake, blunder, oversight, inaccuracy.

~Inadvertent~, _a._ Inattentive, thoughtless, careless, heedless, inconsiderate, unobservant, negligent.

~Inadvertently~, _ad._ Thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly, heedlessly, negligently, in an unguarded moment.

~Inalienable~, _a._ Not to be alienated, not transferable.

~Inane~, _a._ ~1.~ Empty, void.

~2.~ Vain, frivolous, trifling, puerile.

~Inane~, _n._ [_Rare._] Void, vacuity, vacuum, empty space.

~Inanimate~, _a._ Lifeless, dead, inert, soulless, spiritless.

~Inanition~, _n._ Emptiness, vacuity, inanity.

~Inanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, vacuity, inanition.

~2.~ Vanity, frivolousness, puerility.

~In an under tone~, Softly, with bated breath, in a low voice, in a low tone, _sotto voce_.

~In a nut shell~, In a small compass, IN NUCE.

~Inapplicability~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inaptness, inaptitude.

~Inapplicable~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, irrelevant, inapt, INAPPOSITE.

~Inapposite~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, irrelevant, inapplicable, inapt, impertinent, not pertinent, out of place, not in keeping, not to the purpose.

~Inappreciable~, _a._ Not appreciable, not to be appreciated.

~Inappropriate~, _a._ Unfit, unsuited, unsuitable, unadapted, unbecoming, out of character, out of keeping, out of place, in bad taste.

~Inapt~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, INAPPOSITE.

~Inaptitude~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inappropriateness, inapplicability.

~Inaptness~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inappropriateness, inapplicability.

~Inarticulate~, _a._ ~1.~ Indistinct.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Inarticulated, not jointed.

~Inarticulated~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) INARTICULATE.

~Inartificial~, _a._ ~1.~ Natural, not made by art.

~2.~ Artless, ingenuous, NAÏVE, guileless, sincere, simple-minded, single-minded.

~Inasmuch as~, Since, seeing that, considering that.

~Inattention~, _n._ Inadvertence, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, carelessness, neglect, absence of mind.

~Inattentive~, _a._ Unobservant, unobserving, unmindful, inadvertent, heedless, thoughtless, regardless, careless, negligent, remiss, unwatchful, inconsiderate, absent, absent-minded, caught napping.

~Inaudible~, _a._ ~1.~ Not audible, not to be heard.

~2.~ Still, silent, mute, noiseless.

~Inaugurate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Install, invest with an office, introduce into an office, induct into office.

~2.~ Celebrate the institution of, introduce with fitting ceremonies.

~3.~ Commence, begin.

~Inauguration~, _n._ ~1.~ Investiture, installation, ceremony of induction or of consecration.

~2.~ Ceremony of institution, ceremony of initiation.

~3.~ Commencement, beginning, inauguration.

~Inauspicious~, _a._ Unpropitious, unfavorable, unlucky, unfortunate, untoward, unpromising, ill-omened.

~In bad odor~, In disgrace, out of favor, in disrepute.

~In black and white~, In writing (or in print), set down distinctly.

~Inborn~, _a._ Innate, inherent, inbred, natural, instinctive, congenital, ingrained, in the grain, bred in the bone.

~In brief~, Concisely, briefly, in short, in a few words.

~In bulk~, ~1.~ In a mass, in an entire state.

~2.~ Loose in the hold, not in packages.

~Incage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put into a cage.

~2.~ Confine, impound, imprison, shut up, coop up.

~Incalculable~, _a._ Not to be calculated, not to be reckoned, beyond calculation.

~Incalescence~, _n._ Calefaction, warmth, incipient heat.

~Incalescency~, _n._ Calefaction, warmth, incipient heat.

~Incandescence~, _n._ White heat.

~Incandescent~, _a._ White-hot.

~Incantation~, _n._ Conjuration, sorcery, charm, spell, enchantment, magic, necromancy, witchery, witchcraft.

~Incapability~, _n._ Incapacity, inability, disability, incompetence.

~Incapable of~, ~1.~ Without capacity for, unable to, incompetent for, not capable of.

~2.~ Not susceptible of, not admitting of.

~Incapacious~, _a._ Narrow, scant, of small capacity, not ample, not capacious.

~Incapacitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disable, make incapable.

~2.~ Disqualify, unfit, make unfit.

~Incapacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inability, incapability, disability, incompetency.

~2.~ Disqualification, unfitness.

~Incarcerate~, _v. a._ IMPRISON, commit, put in prison.

~Incarceration~, _n._ IMPRISONMENT, confinement, commitment.

~Incarnate~, _v. a._ Clothe with flesh, embody in flesh.

~Incarnation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incarnating.

~2.~ Hypostatic union.

~3.~ Impersonation, personification, exemplification, bodily manifestation.

~Incautious~, _a._ Unwary, heedless, careless, reckless, headlong, neglectful, negligent, uncircumspect, imprudent, inconsiderate.

~Incendiary~, _a._ Inflammatory, seditious, factious.

~Incendiary~, _n._ ~1.~ Burner of buildings.

~2.~ Firebrand, political agitator.

~Incense~, _v. a._ Enrage, exasperate, inflame, irritate, provoke, anger, chafe, make angry.

~Incense~, _n._ Perfume (_exhaled by a burning substance_).

~Incentive~, _n._ Incitement, inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, goad, motive, cause, encouragement.

~Inception~, _n._ Beginning, commencement, inauguration.

~Inceptive~, _a._ Inchoative, that denotes a beginning.

~Incertitude~, _n._ Uncertainty, doubtfulness, ambiguity.

~Incessant~, _a._ Ceaseless, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, continual, perpetual, constant.

~Inch~, _n._ Twelfth part of a foot.

~Inchoate~, _a._ Beginning, commencing, incipient.

~Inchoative~, _a._ Inceptive, that denotes a beginning.

~Incident~, _a._ ~1.~ Happening, liable to happen.

~2.~ Belonging, pertaining, appertaining, relating.

~3.~ (_Optics._) Falling, impinging.

~Incident~, _n._ Event, occurrence, circumstance.

~Incidental~, _a._ ~1.~ Accidental, casual, fortuitous, contingent.

~2.~ Occasional, adventitious, extraneous, non-essential.

~Incinerate~, _v. a._ Burn to ashes.

~Incipience~, _n._ Beginning, commencement.

~Incipiency~, _n._ Beginning, commencement.

~Incipient~, _a._ Beginning, commencing, inchoate.

~Incised~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cut.

~Incision~, _n._ Cut, gash.

~Incisive~, _a._ ~1.~ Cutting.

~2.~ Sharp, acute, sarcastic, satirical, severe, biting.

~Incisor~, _n._ Cutting tooth.

~Incite~, _v. a._ Rouse (_to action_), arouse, animate, provoke, stimulate, impel, prompt, urge, encourage, spur, goad, excite, set on, spur on, stir up, work up.

~Incitement~, _n._ Inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, incentive, motive, encouragement, goad.

~Incivility~, _n._ Discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, uncourteousness, uncourtliness, inurbanity, unmannerliness, disrespect, ill-breeding.

~Inclemency~, _n._ Severity, rigor, harshness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness, roughness.

~Inclement~, _a._ Severe, rigorous, harsh, boisterous, stormy, rough, not mild.

~Inclination~, _n._ ~1.~ Inclining, leaning, slope, slant, bend.

~2.~ Trending, verging, oblique direction.

~3.~ Disposition, predilection, predisposition, bent, bias, proneness, proclivity, tendency, leaning, aptitude, propensity, PENCHANT.

~4.~ Desire, wish, partiality, fondness, liking.

~Incline~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lean, slope, slant.

~2.~ Trend, verge, tend obliquely.

~3.~ Be disposed, have a disposition, have a desire, feel a propensity.

~Incline~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give a direction towards.

~2.~ Dispose, predispose, turn, bias.

~3.~ Bend, bow.

~Inclose~, _v. a._ [Written also _Enclose_.] ~1.~ Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.

~2.~ Cover, envelop, wrap.

~Include~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold, contain.

~2.~ Comprise, comprehend, contain, embrace, embody, take in.

~Inclusive~, _a._ ~1.~ Inclosing, encircling.

~2.~ Including both, both being included.

~Incog~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] INCOGNITO.

~Incognito~, _a._ [L.] Unknown (_in one's true character_), disguised, in disguise, in an assumed character.

~Incoherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness (_of parts_), want of cohesion.

~Incoherency~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness (_of parts_), want of cohesion.

~2.~ Incongruity, inconsistency, inconsequence, want of connection, want of agreement.

~Incoherent~, _a._ ~1.~ Loose, detached, non-adhesive.

~2.~ Incongruous, inconsistent, inconsequential, without connection.

~Incombustible~, _a._ Not to be burned, that will not burn.

~Income~, _n._ Revenue, profits, gains.

~Incommensurable~, _a._ Without a common measure.

~Incommensurate~, _a._ ~1.~ Disproportionate.

~2.~ Inadequate, insufficient, unequal.

~Incommode~, _v. a._ Disturb, annoy, molest, trouble, disquiet, plague, worry, vex, tease, harry, fret, gall, chafe, bore, discommode, inconvenience, put to inconvenience.

~Incommodious~, _a._ ~1.~ Inconvenient, troublesome, annoying, vexatious, harassing, irritating, provoking, disadvantageous.

~2.~ Cumbersome, cumbrous, unmanageable, unwieldy, awkward, unhandy.

~Incommunicable~, _a._ Not to be communicated, that cannot be communicated or imparted.

~Incommunicative~, _a._ Reserved, unsociable, unsocial.

~Incomparable~, _a._ Transcendent, peerless, matchless, unrivalled, unequalled, unparalleled, inimitable, very superior.

~Incompatibility~, _n._ Inconsistency, incongruity, unsuitableness, want of agreement, want of adaptation.

~Incompatible~, _a._ Inconsistent, incongruous, unsuitable, unadapted.

~Incompetence~, _n._ ~1.~ Incapacity, inability.

~2.~ Insufficiency, inadequacy.

~3.~ Disqualification, unfitness.

~Incompetency~, _n._ ~1.~ Incapacity, inability.

~2.~ Insufficiency, inadequacy.

~3.~ Disqualification, unfitness.

~Incompetent~, _a._ ~1.~ Unable, incapable, not competent.

~2.~ Insufficient, inadequate.

~3.~ Disqualified, incapacitated, unfit, unfitted.

~Incomplete~, _a._ ~1.~ Defective, deficient, imperfect, not complete.

~2.~ Unfinished, uncompleted, unaccomplished, unexecuted, not completed, left undone.

~Incomposite~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncompounded, unmixed, simple.

~2.~ (_Arith._) Prime.

~Incomprehensibility~, _n._ Inconceivableness, incomprehensibleness.

~Incomprehensible~, _a._ Inconceivable, unimaginable, not to be comprehended, past finding out, beyond the reach of human faculties.

~Incomprehensibleness~, _n._ Inconceivableness, incomprehensibility.

~Incompressibility~, _n._ Incompressibleness.

~Incompressible~, _a._ Not to be compressed, not compressible.

~Incompressibleness~, _n._ Incompressibility.

~Incomputable~, _a._ Not to be computed, that cannot be computed.

~Inconceivable~, _a._ INCOMPREHENSIBLE, that cannot be conceived.

~Inconceivableness~, _n._ Incomprehensibleness, incomprehensibility.

~Inconclusive~, _a._ Unconvincing, indecisive, not conclusive.

~Incongruity~, _n._ Unsuitableness, inconsistency, impropriety, inappropriateness, discrepancy, incompatibility, incoherence, absurdity.

~Incongruous~, _a._ Unsuitable, inconsistent, inappropriate, improper, incompatible, incoherent, discrepant, absurd.

~In conscience~, ~1.~ Conscientiously, in justice, in honesty, in fairness.

~2.~ Truthfully, sincerely, in sincerity, in truth.

~Inconsequence~, _n._ Inconclusiveness, illogicalness.

~Inconsiderable~, _a._ Unimportant, insignificant, small, trivial, trifling, petty, immaterial, of no consequence, of no moment.

~Inconsiderate~, _a._ Thoughtless, careless, heedless, inattentive, inadvertent, negligent, imprudent, indiscreet, rash, hasty, giddy, headlong, hare-brained, giddy-brained, light-headed.

~Inconsiderateness~, _n._ Thoughtlessness, carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inadvertence, negligence, imprudence, indiscretion, rashness.

~Inconsistency~, _n._ ~1.~ Incongruity, incompatibility, unsuitableness, incoherence.

~2.~ Contrariety, contradiction.

~Inconsistent~, _a._ ~1.~ Incongruous, incompatible, unsuitable, incoherent, irreconcilable, discrepant.

~2.~ Contrary, contradictory.

~Inconsolable~, _a._ Disconsolate, woebegone, comfortless, heart- broken, broken-hearted.

~Inconstancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Changeableness, fickleness, vacillation, wavering, unsteadiness.

~2.~ Unstableness, instability, mutability, variableness.

~Inconstant~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, fickle, capricious, vacillating, wavering, unsteady, like a weathercock.

~2.~ Unstable, mutable, variable, unsettled, uncertain.

~Incontestable~, _a._ Indisputable, incontrovertible, unquestionable, certain, undeniable, indubitable, irrefragable, not to be disputed, beyond all question, beyond a doubt, past dispute.

~Incontinence~, _n._ Lewdness, lasciviousness, indulgence of lust.

~Incontinent~, _a._ Lewd, lascivious, unchaste.

~Incontrovertible~, _a._ Indisputable, unquestionable, INCONTESTABLE.

~Inconvenience~, _n._ ~1.~ Incommodiousness, annoyance, vexation, molestation, disturbance, trouble, disadvantage.

~2.~ Awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness.

~3.~ Unfitness, unsuitableness, unseasonableness.

~Inconvenient~, _a._ ~1.~ Incommodious, troublesome, annoying, vexatious, disadvantageous.

~2.~ Cumbersome, cumbrous, unwieldy, awkward, unmanageable, unhandy.

~3.~ Unfit, unsuitable, unseasonable, inopportune, untimely.

~Inconvertibility~, _n._ Unchangeableness, inconvertibleness.

~Inconvertible~, _a._ Unchangeable, not transmutable, not convertible.

~Inconvertibleness~, _n._ Inconvertibility.

~Incorporate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unite, combine, mix, blend, merge, consolidate, form into one body.

~2.~ Form into a corporation, form into a body politic.

~Incorporation~, _n._ ~1.~ Combination, union, blending, mixture.

~2.~ Association (_as a body politic_).

~Incorporeal~, _a._ Immaterial, spiritual, bodiless, not corporeal.

~Incorporeity~, _n._ Spirituality, immaterialness, immateriality.

~Incorrect~, _a._ ~1.~ Inexact, inaccurate, erroneous, false, untrue.

~2.~ Ungrammatical, faulty.

~Incorrectness~, _n._ Inaccuracy, inexactness, error, mistake.

~Incorrigible~, _a._ ~1.~ Irremediable, remediless, irreparable, irretrievable, irreversible, irremedicable, irrecoverable, hopeless, incurable, past cure, past mending.

~2.~ Depraved, corrupt, impenitent, profligate, abandoned, obdurate, hardened, lost, shameless, graceless, recreant, irreclaimable.

~Incorruptibility~, _n._ Imperishableness, incorruptibleness, incorruption.

~Incorruptible~, _a._ ~1.~ Imperishable, incapable of decay.

~2.~ Of inflexible honesty, not to be bribed.

~Incorruptibleness~, _n._ INCORRUPTIBILITY.

~Incorruption~, _n._ INCORRUPTIBILITY.

~Increase~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Grow, augment, be augmented, become greater or larger.

~2.~ Multiply, be fruitful.

~Increase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Augment, enlarge, make greater, make larger.

~2.~ Enhance, raise, advance, heighten, add to.

~3.~ Extend, prolong.

~4.~ Aggravate, intensify.

~Increase~, _n._ ~1.~ Augmentation, enlargement, extension, expansion, growth, addition, accession, increment.

~2.~ Product, produce, gain, profit.

~3.~ Offspring, issue, progeny, descendants.

~Incredible~, _a._ Not to be credited, not to be believed, not credible.

~Incredulity~, _n._ Unbelief, disbelief, distrust, scepticism, want of belief.

~Incredulous~, _a._ Unbelieving, sceptical.

~Increment~, _n._ INCREASE, augmentation.

~Incriminate~, _v. a._ Accuse, impeach, charge, inculpate, blame, criminate.

~Incrust~, _v. a._ Cover with a crust.

~Incrustation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incrusting.

~2.~ Crust, coating.

~Incubate~, _v. n._ Brood.

~Incubus~, _n._ ~1.~ Nightmare.

~2.~ Encumbrance, clog, impediment, hinderance, drag weight, dead weight.

~Inculcate~, _v. a._ Impress, enforce, instil, infuse, infix, ingraft, implant.

~Inculcation~, _n._ Enforcement.

~Inculpable~, _a._ Unblamable, irreprehensible, irreprovable, irreproachable, blameless, faultless, sinless, innocent.

~Inculpate~, _v. a._ Accuse, charge, impeach, criminate, incriminate, blame, censure.

~Inculpation~, _n._ Crimination, blame, charge, impeachment, censure.

~Incumbent~, _a._ Obligatory, devolving.

~Incumbent~, _n._ Holder (_of a benefice, &c._).

~Incumbrance~, _n._ [Written also _Encumbrance_.] ~1.~ Load, clog, impediment, incubus, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.

~2.~ Debt, claim, liability.

~Incur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Contract, become liable to, become subject to.

~2.~ Bring on.

~Incurable~, _a._ Irremediable, incorrigible, remediless, hopeless, irreparable, irretrievable, irremedicable, past cure, past mending.

~Incurious~, _a._ Uninquisitive, inattentive, unobservant, careless, heedless, not inquisitive, destitute of curiosity.

~Incursion~, _n._ Inroad, irruption, forray, raid, descent, partial invasion.

~Incurvate~, _v. a._ Bend, bow, crook, curve, make crooked.

~Incurvate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Hooked, curved, bowed, crooked, aduncous, ARCUATE.

~Indebted~, _a._ ~1.~ Owing, in debt.

~2.~ Obliged, beholden.

~Indecency~, _n._ ~1.~ Indecorum, impropriety.

~2.~ Indelicacy, grossness, immodesty, impurity, obscenity.

~Indecent~, _n._ ~1.~ Indecorous, improper, unbecoming, unseemly.

~2.~ Indelicate, gross, immodest, impure, obscene, filthy, unchaste.

~Indeciduous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Evergreen, not deciduous.

~Indecision~, _n._ Irresolution, vacillation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness.

~Indecisive~, _a._ ~1.~ Inconclusive, not decisive.

~2.~ Unsettled, wavering, vacillating, irresolute, hesitating.

~Indeclinable~, _a._ Undeclinable.

~Indecorous~, _a._ Indecent, unbecoming, improper, unseemly, gross, rude, coarse, uncivil, impolite.

~Indecorousness~, _n._ Indecorum.

~Indecorum~, _n._ Indecorousness, indecency, impropriety, grossness, rudeness, incivility, impoliteness, violation of propriety.

~Indeed~, _ad._ Truly, really, veritably, positively, absolutely, certainly, in fact, in truth, in reality.

~Indeed~, _interj._ Really, is it so, you don't say so, who'd have thought it, Heaven save the mark.

~Indefatigability~, _n._ Indefatigableness, perseverance, persistence, persistency.

~Indefatigable~, _a._ Unwearied, untiring, unflagging, persevering, persistent, sedulous, assiduous, unremitting, never-tiring.

~Indefatigableness~, _n._ Indefatigability.

~Indefeasible~, _a._ Irreversible, unalterable, irrevocable, immutable, that cannot be abrogated, that cannot be made void.

~Indefensible~, _a._ ~1.~ Untenable, that cannot be defended.

~2.~ Inexcusable, injustifiable, unwarrantable, censurable, faulty, wrong.

~Indefinite~, _a._ ~1.~ Indeterminate, undefined, indistinct, confused.

~2.~ Vague, obscure, doubtful, uncertain, equivocal, unsettled, loose.

~Indelible~, _a._ Ineffaceable, ingrained, not to be blotted out.

~Indelicacy~, _n._ Indecency, indecorum, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, vulgarity, want of refinement.

~Indelicate~, _a._ Indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly, coarse, gross, rude, broad, vulgar.

~In demand~, In request.

~Indemnification~, _n._ ~1.~ Indemnifying, security (_against loss, injury, or penalty_).

~2.~ Compensation (_for loss or injury_), remuneration, reimbursement, indemnity, reparation.

~Indemnify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Secure (_against loss, injury, or penalty_), save harmless.

~2.~ Compensate (_for loss or injury_), remunerate, reimburse, requite, make good.

~Indent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Notch, jag, cut notches in.

~2.~ Indenture, bind by indenture.

~Indentation~, _n._ Notch, jag, cut.

~Indenture~, _n._ Written contract.

~Indenture~, _v. a._ Indent, bind by indenture.

~Independence~, _n._ Freedom, liberty, self-direction, exemption from control.

~Independent~, _a._ ~1.~ Unrelated, unconnected, free, self-directing, unrestricted, unrestrained, absolute, not dependent, not subordinate.

~2.~ Unconstrained, easy, bold.

~3.~ Irrespective.

~Independent of~, ~1.~ Unconnected with, unrestricted by, not related to, not dependent upon.

~2.~ Irrespective of.

~Indescribable~, _a._ Inexpressible, ineffable, unutterable, that cannot be described, that beggars description.

~Indestructible~, _a._ Imperishable, that cannot be destroyed.

~Indeterminate~, _a._ Indefinite, unfixed, uncertain, not settled, not precise.

~Index~, _n._ [L. _pl. Indices_, Eng. _pl. Indexes_.] ~1.~ Pointer, hand, director.

~2.~ Alphabetical table of references.

~3.~ Exponent.

~4.~ Characteristic (_of a logarithm_), integral part.

~5.~ (_Anat._) Fore finger.

~Indian corn~, _n._ Maize (_Zea mays_).

~Indian-fig~, _n._ ~1.~ Banian (_Ficus Indica_).

~2.~ Prickly-pear.

~Indian file~, Single file.

~Indian grass~, Wood-grass (_Sorghum nutans_).

~Indian millet~, Doura, Guinea corn, negro-corn (_Sorghum vulgare_).

~Indian oak~, _n._ Teak-tree (_Tectona grandis_).

~Indian poke~, _n._ White hellebore (_Veratrum viride_).

~Indian-red~, _n._ Red-ochre.

~Indian sage~, Boneset, thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed (_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).

~Indian tobacco~, _n._ Lobelia (_North American species,--Lobelia inflata_).

~India-rubber~, _n._ Caoutchouc, gum-elastic.

~Indicate~, _v. a._ Show, denote, betoken, mark, designate, signify, point out, shadow forth, be the sign of.

~Indication~, _a._ ~1.~ Indicating.

~2.~ Sign, mark, token, note, index, symptom, manifestation.

~Indicative~, _a._ ~1.~ Significant, to be taken as a sign.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Affirmative.

~Indicative of~, That indicates, that points out, that shows, that is a sign of, significant of.

~Indices~, _n. pl._ Exponents.

~Indicolite~, _n._ (_Min._) Indigolite, blue tourmaline.

~Indict~, _v. a._ Accuse, charge, criminate, arraign, impeach.

~Indictment~, _n._ Accusation, charge, arraignment, crimination, impeachment.

~Indifference~, _n._ ~1.~ Neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness, freedom from bias or prejudice.

~2.~ Unconcernedness, apathy, coldness, carelessness, negligence, heedlessness, inattention, want of interest.

~3.~ Triviality, unimportance, insignificance.

~Indifferent~, _a._ ~1.~ Neutral, impartial, disinterested, unbiassed.

~2.~ Unconcerned, unmoved, apathetic, cool, inattentive, dead, heedless, regardless, unmindful, not interested.

~3.~ Equal, all the same, just the same, all one, the same thing.

~4.~ Passable, tolerable, middling, ordinary, so-so, not very bad.

~Indigence~, _n._ Poverty, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, need, necessity, privation, distress.

~Indigenous~, _a._ Native, not exotic.

~Indigent~, _a._ Poor, destitute, needy, necessitous, pinched, reduced, penniless, moneyless, insolvent, distressed, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want.

~Indigested~, _a._ ~1.~ Unconcocted, undigested, not digested.

~2.~ Crude, ill-judged, ill-advised, not well considered.

~3.~ Disorderly, confused, not arranged, not methodized, not sorted, in confusion, in disorder.

~Indigestibility~, _n._ Indigestibleness.

~Indigestible~, _a._ That cannot be digested.

~Indigestibleness~, _n._ Indigestibillty.

~Indigestion~, _n._ Dyspepsia, dyspepsy, difficulty of digestion.

~Indignant~, _a._ Angry, incensed, provoked, irate, exasperated, wrathful, wroth, ireful.

~Indignation~, _n._ Anger, wrath, ire, resentment, fury, rage, choler, exasperation.

~Indignity~, _n._ Insult, affront, outrage, slight, disrespect, dishonor, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, abuse.

~Indigolite~, _n._ (_Min._) Indicolite, blue tourmaline.

~Indirect~, _a._ ~1.~ Circuitous, tortuous, not straight, not direct, not rectilinear.

~2.~ Roundabout, oblique, collateral, not directly to the point.

~3.~ Unfair, dishonest, dishonorable.

~Indiscernible~, _a._ Undiscernible, imperceptible, invisible, undiscoverable, not to be discerned.

~Indiscreet~, _a._ Imprudent, injudicious, unwise, inconsiderate, foolish, rash, incautious, reckless, heedless, headlong.

~Indiscretion~, _n._ ~1.~ Imprudence, inconsiderateness, rashness, folly.

~2.~ Mistake, FAUX PAS, indiscreet act, act of indiscretion.

~Indiscriminate~, _a._ ~1.~ Undiscriminating, undistinguishing.

~2.~ Confused, mixed, mingled, undistinguishable, promiscuous.

~Indispensable~, _a._ Necessary, essential, requisite, needful, needed, not to be dispensed with.

~Indispose~, _v. a._ Disincline, render averse, make unfavorable.

~Indisposed~, _a._ ~1.~ Disinclined, unwilling, reluctant, averse, loath, backward, not disposed.

~2.~ Ill, unwell, ailing, sick, out of health, out of sorts.

~Indisposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Disinclination, unwillingness, reluctance, dislike, aversion, backwardness.

~2.~ Illness, sickness, ailment.

~Indisputable~, _a._ Incontestable, incontrovertible, unquestionable, undeniable, indubitable, irrefragable, evident, obvious, certain, not to be disputed, beyond all question, beyond a doubt, past dispute.

~Indissoluble~, _a._ ~1.~ Indissolvable, that cannot be dissolved, that cannot be liquefied.

~2.~ Indestructible, stable, firm, enduring, not to be broken.

~Indissolvable~, _a._ ~1.~ Indissoluble, that cannot be dissolved.

~2.~ Indestructible, not to be broken.

~Indistinct~, _a._ ~1.~ Indeterminate, undefined, indefinite, undistinguishable, confused, not distinct.

~2.~ Obscure, dim, vague, imperfect, faint, not clear.

~3.~ Ambiguous, uncertain, doubtful.

~Indistinguishable~, _a._ Indistinct, indeterminate, confused, undistinguishable, that cannot be distinguished.

~Indite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compose, write, pen.

~2.~ Dictate.

~Individual~, _a._ Particular, special, separate, single, one.

~Individual~, _n._ Person, personage, character, being, somebody, some one.

~Individuality~, _n._ Personality, distinct existence.

~Individualize~, _v. a._ Particularize, consider individually, specify, name with precision.

~Indivisible~, _a._ ~1.~ Inseparable, that cannot be divided.

~2.~ (_Math._) Incommensurable.

~Indocibility~, _n._ Unteachableness, indocibleness, indocility.

~Indocible~, _a._ Unteachable, indocile.

~Indocibleness~, _n._ INDOCILITY.

~Indocile~, _a._ ~1.~ Unteachable, dull.

~2.~ Untractable, stubborn, perverse, unruly, headstrong, refractory, obstinate, dogged, mulish, unmanageable, ungovernable, cantankerous.

~Indocility~, _n._ ~1.~ Unteachableness, indocibleness, indocibility, dulness.

~2.~ Intractableness, stubbornness, obstinacy, mulishness.

~Indoctrinate~, _v. a._ Teach, instruct, initiate, give instruction to.

~Indoctrination~, _n._ Instruction, initiation.

~Indolence~, _n._ Laziness, slothfulness, sloth, inertness, idleness, sluggishness.

~Indolent~, _a._ Lazy, slothful, inert, sluggish, inactive, listless, supine, lumpish, habitually idle.

~Indomitable~, _a._ Unyielding, unconquerable, invincible, not to be subdued.

~In doors~, Within the house, under cover.

~Indorse~, _v. a._ [Written also _Endorse_.] ~1.~ Superscribe, write on the back of.

~2.~ Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify, vouch for.

~Indubitable~, _a._ Unquestionable, indisputable, incontestable, undeniable, incontrovertible, evident, certain, beyond all question, beyond a doubt, past dispute.

~Induce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Influence, impel, move, prompt, actuate, instigate, persuade, urge, incite, spur, act upon, set on, weigh with, prevail on, prevail upon.

~2.~ Cause, produce, effect, bring on.

~Inducement~, _n._ Motive, reason, cause, consideration, incitement, incentive, stimulus, spur, influence, impulse.

~Induct~, _v. a._ Introduce (_into office_), install, inaugurate.

~Induction~, _n._ ~1.~ Introduction (_into office_), installation, inauguration, institution.

~2.~ Conclusion (_from many facts_), inference, inductive method, Baconian method.

~3.~ (_Physics._) Influence of proximity.

~Indue~, _v. a._ Supply, invest, clothe, endue, endow.

~Indulge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gratify, favor, humor, cherish, pamper, COCKER, give free scope to, give a loose rein to, give way to, give one's self up to.

~2.~ Allow, permit, suffer.

~Indulge~, _v. n._ Indulge one's self.

~Indulgence~, _n._ ~1.~ Gratification, humoring, pampering, cockering.

~2.~ Favor, liberality, lenity, lenience, kindness, tenderness.

~3.~ (_Theol._) Remission, absolution, forgiveness, pardon.

~Indulgent~, _a._ ~1.~ Yielding, compliant.

~2.~ Lenient, mild, clement, tolerant, gentle, forbearing, kind, tender, not severe.

~Indurate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Harden, render hard, make hard.

~2.~ Make obdurate, make unfeeling.

~Induration~, _n._ ~1.~ Hardening.

~2.~ Obduracy, hardness of heart.

~Industrious~, _a._ DILIGENT, assiduous, sedulous, busy, laborious, notable, at work, active, persevering, hard-working, diligently employed, busily engaged, up and stirring, busy as a bee, brisk as a bee.

~Industry~, _n._ Assiduity, assiduousness, sedulousness, perseverance, activity, DILIGENCE, habitual devotion to labor.

~Inebriate~, _v. a._ Intoxicate, make drunk.

~Inebriation~, _n._ Intoxication, drunkenness, inebriety.

~Inebriety~, _n._ INEBRIATION.

~Ineffable~, _a._ Unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, indescribable, that cannot be spoken, beyond expression.

~Ineffaceable~, _n._ Indelible, ingrained.

~In effect~, In fact, in truth, really, in reality.

~Ineffective~, _a._ INEFFECTUAL, inefficacious.

~Ineffectual~, _a._ ~1.~ Inefficacious, ineffective, inoperative, unavailing, fruitless, useless, abortive, bootless, to no purpose, without effect.

~2.~ Powerless, weak, impotent, feeble, inefficient.

~Ineffectualness~, _n._ Inefficacy.

~Inefficacious~, _n._ INEFFECTUAL, ineffective, unavailing.

~Inefficacy~, _n._ Ineffectualness.

~Inefficiency~, _n._ Weakness, impotence, inefficacy, powerlessness.

~Inefficient~, _a._ Weak, feeble, impotent, powerless.

~Inelegant~, _a._ ~1.~ Ungraceful, graceless, rude, rough, homely, homespun, uncouth, plain, clumsy, coarse, ungainly, uncourtly, unpolished, unrefined.

~2.~ Stiff, constrained, harsh, crude, bald, cramped, abrupt.

~Ineligible~, _a._ ~1.~ That cannot be elected (_to office_).

~2.~ Inexpedient, unadvisable, objectionable.

~Inept~, _a._ ~1.~ Improper, unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite, unapt, useless, worthless, void, null.

~2.~ Foolish, silly, nonsensical, senseless, stupid.

~Ineptitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inaptitude, uselessness.

~2.~ Folly, foolishness, nonsense.

~Inequality~, _n._ ~1.~ Disparity, difference, diversity.

~2.~ Unevenness.

~Inequitable~, _a._ Unjust, unfair, disingenuous, dishonorable, not equitable.

~Inert~, _a._ ~1.~ Inactive, lifeless, passive, motionless, dead.

~2.~ Dull, indolent, torpid, sluggish, slothful, lazy, idle, supine, lumpish, dronish.

~Inertia~, _n._ Inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move.

~In esse~, [L.] In being, actually existing.

~Inestimable~, _a._ Invaluable, priceless, that cannot be estimated, above all price.

~Inevitable~, _a._ Unavoidable, necessary, not to be escaped, that must be suffered.

~Inevitably~, _ad._ Unavoidably, certainly, surely.

~Inexact~, _a._ Incorrect, inaccurate.

~Inexcusable~, _a._ Unpardonable, indefensible, unjustifiable, irremissible, INEXPIABLE.

~Inexhaustible~, _a._ Exhaustless, unfailing, that cannot be exhausted.

~Inexistence~, _n._ Non-existence, nonentity.

~Inexorable~, _a._ Unrelenting, relentless, implacable, pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, hard, cruel, not to be moved by entreaty.

~Inexpedient~, _a._ Improper, unadvisable, unfit, unsuitable, disadvantageous, not prudent, not discreet.

~Inexperience~, _n._ Rawness, greenness, ignorance, want of experience.

~Inexperienced~, _a._ Unpractised, untrained, uninitiated, unschooled, raw, unversed, unconversant, undisciplined, unskilled, green, without experience.

~Inexpert~, _a._ Unskilful, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, inapt, bungling, maladroit, without dexterity.

~Inexpiable~, _a._ Unpardonable, irremissible, unatonable, not to be atoned for, that admits of no satisfaction.

~Inexplicable~, _a._ Unaccountable, unintelligible, incomprehensible, inscrutable, mysterious, strange, enigmatical, not to be explained.

~Inexpressible~, _a._ INEFFABLE, unutterable, unspeakable, indescribable.

~Inexpressive~, _a._ Unexpressive, characterless, blank.

~Inexpugnable~, _a._ ~1.~ Impregnable, unassailable, not to be taken by assault, not to be stormed, secure from capture, tenable against all odds.

~2.~ Unconquerable, not to be subdued.

~Inexsuperable~, _a._ Insurmountable.

~In extenso~, [L.] In full, to the full extent, at length.

~Inextinguishable~, _a._ Unquenchable, that cannot be extinguished.

~In extremis~, [L.] In one's last moments, at the point of death.

~Inextricable~, _a._ Intricate, perplexed, entangled, that cannot be disentangled, not to be unravelled.

~In fact~, Really, truly, in truth, in reality, DE FACTO.

~Infallibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Infallibleness, exemption from liability to err.

~2.~ Certainty.

~Infallible~, _a._ ~1.~ Unerring, not liable to err.

~2.~ Certain, sure, unfailing, not liable to fail.

~Infallibleness~, _n._ Infallibility.

~Infallibly~, _ad._ Certainly, surely, unfailingly, without fail.

~Infamous~, _a._ ~1.~ Disreputable, of ill repute, ill spoken of.

~2.~ Disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful, odious, detestable, scandalous, ignominious, base, vile, nefarious, villanous, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark.

~Infamy~, _n._ ~1.~ Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, ignominy, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.

~2.~ Disgracefulness, dishonorableness, shamefulness, odiousness, detestableness, scandalousness, wickedness, atrocity, villany.

~Infancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Babyhood, first part of life.

~2.~ Beginning, commencement, first age, early period of existence.

~3.~ (_Law._) Minority, nonage, pupilage, childhood.

~Infant~, _n._ ~1.~ Babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little child, little one.

~2.~ (_Law._) Minor.

~Infanticide~, _n._ ~1.~ Child-murder.

~2.~ Murderer of an infant, slayer of infants.

~Infantile~, _a._ Childish, young, tender, childlike.

~Infantine~, _a._ Childish, young, tender, childlike.

~Infantry~, _n._ Foot-soldiers.

~Infatuate~, _v. a._ Befool, besot, stultify, delude, make foolish, deprive of reason, deprive of sound judgment or common sense.

~Infatuation~, _n._ Folly, foolishness, hallucination, want of sound judgment.

~In favor of~, Favorable to, inclined to approve, willing to support.

~In favor with~, Favored by, in the good graces of.

~Infeasibility~, _n._ Impracticability, infeasibleness, unfeasibleness.

~Infeasible~, _a._ Impracticable, unfeasible, that cannot be accomplished, not to be done.

~Infeasibleness~, _n._ Infeasibility.

~Infect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Taint with disease, affect with contagious matter.

~2.~ Pollute, contaminate, vitiate, poison, defile, corrupt.

~Infection~, _n._ ~1.~ Contagion.

~2.~ Contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison.

~Infectious~, _a._ ~1.~ Contagious, pestilential, pestiferous, catching.

~2.~ Contaminating, corrupting, vitiating, poisoning, defiling.

~Infecund~, _a._ Unfruitful, infertile, unproductive, unprolific, sterile, barren.

~Infecundity~, _n._ Unfruitfulness, barrenness, unproductiveness, sterility, infertility.

~Infelicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Unhappiness, wretchedness, misery, misfortune, calamity, ill-luck.

~2.~ Unfavorableness, unfortunate state.

~Infer~, _v. a._ Deduce, conclude, collect, gather, consider probable.

~Inferable~, _a._ [Written also _Inferrible_.] Deducible, to be inferred.

~Inference~, _n._ Conclusion, deduction, consequence, corollary.

~Inferior~, _a._ ~1.~ Lower.

~2.~ Subordinate, secondary.

~3.~ Poor, indifferent.

~Inferiority~, _n._ ~1.~ Lower state or condition.

~2.~ Subordination.

~3.~ Mediocrity, poor quality.

~Infernal~, _a._ ~1.~ Hellish, Tartarean, Stygian, of hell.

~2.~ Diabolical, devilish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiendlike, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, very wicked.

~Inferrible~, _a._ [Written also _Inferable_.] Deducible, to be inferred.

~Infertility~, _n._ Unfruitfulness, unproductiveness, barrenness, sterility, infecundity.

~Infest~, _v. a._ Disturb, annoy, vex, tease, harass, plague, torment, trouble, molest, worry.

~In few~, [_Poetical._] Briefly, in short, in a few words.

~Infidel~, _n._ Unbeliever (_in revealed religion_), ATHEIST, sceptic, freethinker.

~Infidelity~, _n._ ~1.~ Unbelief, disbelief, scepticism.

~2.~ Faithlessness (_particularly in the marriage relation_), unfaithfulness.

~Infiltrate~, _v. i._ Soak (_into a porous substance_), be absorbed, pass by filtration.

~Infinite~, _a._ ~1.~ Unbounded, boundless, unlimited, illimitable, limitless, immeasurable, interminable.

~2.~ Immense, enormous, vast, stupendous, very great, very large.

~Infinitesimal~, _a._ Infinitely small.

~Infinitesimal~, _n._ Infinitely small quantity.

~Infinitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Boundlessness.

~2.~ Immensity, vastness, infinity.

~Infinity~, _n._ Infinitude, immensity, vastness.

~Infirm~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak (_from age_), feeble, enfeebled, decrepit, imbecile, not strong.

~2.~ Irresolute, vacillating, wavering, faltering.

~Infirmity~, _n._ ~1.~ Weakness (_from age_), feebleness, debility, imbecility.

~2.~ Foible, fault, failing, defect.

~Infix~, _v. a._ Implant, ingraft, instil, inculcate, infuse.

~Inflame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excite, stimulate, enkindle, incite, fire, rouse, arouse, animate, inspirit, set on, work up, stir up.

~2.~ Exasperate, irritate, nettle, provoke, anger, enrage, incense, madden, infuriate.

~Inflammability~, _n._ Inflammableness, combustibility, combustibleness.

~Inflammable~, _a._ Combustible.

~Inflammable air~, Hydrogen.

~Inflammableness~, _n._ Inflammability.

~Inflammation~, _n._ ~1.~ Burning, conflagration, setting on fire.

~2.~ (_Med._) Swelling and redness.

~Inflammatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Inflaming, fiery.

~2.~ Incendiary, seditious.

~Inflate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Swell (_by blowing_), distend, expand, bloat, blow up.

~2.~ Puff up, make conceited.

~3.~ Enlarge, increase.

~Inflated~, _a._ ~1.~ Distended (_with air_), swollen, bloated, puffed up.

~2.~ Tumid, turgid, bombastic, grandiloquent, stilted, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown, HIGHFALUTIN.

~Inflation~, _n._ ~1.~ Swelling (_by air_), distention, expansion, blowing up.

~2.~ Conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, self- complacency.

~3.~ Increase, enlargement.

~Inflect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bend, bow, curve, turn from a direct line.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Decline (_a noun or an adjective_), conjugate (_a verb_), vary the terminations of.

~Inflection~, _n._ ~1.~ Bending, curvature, bend, curvity, flexure, crook.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Variation (_in declension or in conjugation_).

~3.~ (_Music and Elocution._) Modulation (_of the voice_).

~Inflexibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Stiffness, inflexibleness.

~2.~ Pertinacity, doggedness, stubbornness, obstinacy.

~3.~ Firmness, resolution, perseverance, tenacity of purpose.

~Inflexible~, _a._ ~1.~ Stiff, rigid.

~2.~ Pertinacious, dogged, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, headstrong, wilful, cantankerous, intractable, heady, obdurate, cross-grained.

~3.~ Firm, resolute, steadfast, immovable, persevering.

~Inflexibleness~, _a._ INFLEXIBILITY.

~Inflict~, _v. a._ Impose, lay on.

~Infliction~, _n._ ~1.~ Inflicting, imposition.

~2.~ Punishment, judgment.

~Influence~, _n._ ~1.~ Authority, sway, control, predominance, ascendency, power of impelling or directing, controlling power, directing agency.

~2.~ Reputation, credit, weight of character.

~Influence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Control, sway, bias, lead, direct.

~2.~ Move, induce, impel, instigate, persuade, actuate, incite, rouse, arouse, work upon, prevail upon.

~Influential~, _a._ Potent, powerful, controlling, of influence, of authority.

~Influx~, _n._ Introduction, flowing in.

~Infold~, _v. a._ [Sometimes written _Enfold_.] ~1.~ Inwrap, enclose, wrap, fold, envelop.

~2.~ Clasp, embrace.

~Inform~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Animate, inspire, quicken, give life to.

~2.~ Acquaint, apprise, advise, tell, notify, make known to, mention to, give notice to, signify to, send word to, write word to.

~Inform against~, Give information against (_by way of accusation_).

~Informal~, _a._ Irregular, out of the usual course, not according to the prescribed form.

~Informality~, _n._ Irregularity.

~Informant~, _n._ ~1.~ Informer.

~2.~ Accuser, complainant.

~Information~, _n._ ~1.~ Intelligence, notice, advice.

~2.~ (_Law._) Accusation, complaint.

~Informer~, _n._ ~1.~ Informant.

~2.~ Accuser, complainant.

~Infraction~, _n._ Breaking, breach, infringement, violation, transgression, disobedience, non-observance.

~Infrangible~, _a._ ~1.~ That cannot be broken.

~2.~ Not to be violated.

~Infrequency~, _n._ Uncommonness, rarity, rareness.

~Infrequent~, _a._ Uncommon, rare, unfrequent.

~Infringe~, _v. a._ Break, violate, transgress, disobey, break through, trench upon, set at nought.

~Infringement~, _n._ Breaking, breach, infraction, violation, transgression, disobedience, non-observance.

~Infringe upon~, Invade, trespass upon, encroach upon, intrude upon.

~Infundibular~, _a._ (_Bot._) Tunnel-shaped.

~Infundibuliform~, _a._ (_Bot._) Tunnel-shaped.

~Infuriate~, _a._ Enraged, raging, mad, incensed, furious, very angry.

~Infuriated~, _a._ Enraged, raging, mad, incensed, furious, very angry.

~Infuse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Instil, engraft, implant, inspire, breathe into, introduce, inculcate.

~2.~ Steep (_in liquor_), macerate.

~Infusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Introduction, inculcation, instillation.

~2.~ Infusing, steeping, macerating.

~3.~ Steeped liquor.

~Infusoria~, _n. pl_. Animalcules, animalcula.

~Ingathering~, _n._ Harvest.

~In general~, Generally, in the main, for the most part, with few exceptions.

~Ingenious~, _a._ ~1.~ Inventive, gifted, able, sagacious, clever, bright.

~2.~ That shows invention, exhibiting ingenuity.

~Ingenuity~, _n._ Inventiveness, ingeniousness, ability, capableness, capacity, faculty, aptitude, aptness, cleverness, knack, turn, gift, genius.

~Ingenuous~, _a._ Artless, frank, open, candid, fair, sincere, guileless, honest, downright, straightforward, truthful, NAÏVE, simple- minded, single-minded, open-hearted, above-board.

~Ingenuousness~, _n._ Artlessness, frankness, candor, sincerity, honesty, truthfulness, NAÏVETÉ.

~Inglorious~, _a._ ~1.~ Obscure, mean, low, unknown, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unhonored.

~2.~ Shameful, disgraceful, disreputable, infamous, opprobrious, odious, scandalous, ignominious.

~Ingloriousness~, _n._ ~1.~ Obscurity, meanness, lowness, want of distinction.

~2.~ Abasement, discredit, disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, ignominy, obloquy, shame, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal.

~In good case~, In good condition, in good health.

~Ingraft~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Graft.

~2.~ Infix, implant, instil, infuse, inculcate.

~Ingrain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dye in the grain.

~2.~ Imbue, impregnate.

~Ingratiate one's self~, Insinuate one's self (_into favor_), push one's self artfully.

~Ingratitude~, _n._ Unthankfulness, thanklessness.

~Ingredient~, _n._ Element, constituent, component, component part.

~Ingress~, _n._ Entrance, entry.

~Inguinal~, _a._ (_Anat._) Of the groin.

~Ingulf~, _v. a._ [Written also _Engulf_.] Absorb, swallow up.

~Inhabit~, _v. a._ Occupy, dwell in, live in, reside in.

~Inhabit~, _v. n._ Dwell, reside, sojourn, live, abide.

~Inhabitable~, _a._ Habitable.

~Inhabitant~, _n._ Dweller, resident, citizen.

~Inhabiter~, _n._ Dweller, resident, citizen.

~Inhalation~, _n._ Inspiration.

~Inhale~, _v. a._ Inspire, breathe in, draw into the lungs.

~Inharmonic~, _a._ Inharmonious.

~Inharmonical~, _a._ Inharmonious.

~Inharmonious~, _a._ Discordant, unmusical, inharmonic, unharmonious, out of tune.

~Inhere~, _v. n._ Exist (_as a part_), be fixed (_as a quality_).

~Inherent~, _a._ Innate, inborn, inbred, not adventitious.

~Inherit~, _v. a._ Take from ancestors, take by inheritance, come into possession of as an heir.

~Inheritance~, _n._ ~1.~ Inheriting.

~2.~ Heritage, patrimony.

~Inheritor~, _n._ Heir.

~Inhibit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, hinder, check, repress, obstruct, bar, debar, stop.

~2.~ Prohibit, forbid, interdict.

~Inhibition~, _n._ ~1.~ Restraint, hinderance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, check.

~2.~ Prohibition, interdiction, interdict, disallowance, embargo.

~Inhibitory~, _a._ Prohibitory.

~In high feather~, In good health, in good spirits, in good condition.

~Inhospitable~, _a._ Unfriendly (_to strangers_), unkind, not hospitable.

~Inhospitality~, _n._ Want of hospitality.

~Inhuman~, _a._ Barbarous, brutal, SAVAGE, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, remorseless, merciless, fell, ferocious, unfeeling.

~Inhumanity~, _n._ Barbarity, brutality, savageness, cruelty, ferocity.

~Inhume~, _v. a._ Bury, inter, entomb, deposit in the earth.

~Inimical~, _a._ ~1.~ Hostile, unfriendly, unkind, malevolent, antagonistic.

~2.~ Adverse, unfavorable, opposed, contrary, repugnant, hurtful, pernicious.

~Inimitable~, _a._ Unparalleled, perfect, unequalled, unexampled, incomparable, unrivalled, unmatched, unparagoned, matchless, peerless, above imitation.

~Iniquitous~, _a._ Unjust, unrighteous, unfair, inequitable, wrong, wicked, nefarious, heinous, flagitious.

~Iniquity~, _n._ ~1.~ Injustice, unrighteousness, wickedness.

~2.~ Sin, crime, deviation, wicked act, offence.

~Initial~, _a._ ~1.~ First, at the beginning, at the head.

~2.~ Incipient, commencing, beginning, in the first stages.

~Initial~, _n._ First letter (_of a name_).

~Initiate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Introduce, give entrance to.

~2.~ Indoctrinate, instruct, teach.

~3.~ Begin, commence, inaugurate, enter upon.

~Initiation~, _n._ ~1.~ Introduction, admission, entrance.

~2.~ Instruction, indoctrination.

~3.~ Beginning, inauguration.

~Initiative~, _a._ Inceptive, initiatory.

~Initiative~, _n._ Beginning, first step.

~Initiatory~, _a._ Initiative, inceptive.

~Inject~, _v. a._ Throw in, dart in.

~Injection~, _n._ ~1.~ Injecting.

~2.~ Clyster, enema, lavement.

~In jest~, In joke, for sport, not in earnest.

~In joke~, IN JEST.