ill-fated 
Declare, O muse ! in what ill-fated hour 
Siining the tturce strife, from what offended pow'r? 
Pojie, IHad, L 11. 
2. Having bad fortune. 
H'uw were to be seen of all that proud array, which had 
inarched up the heights so confidently under the banners 
of their ill-fated chiefs the preceding evening. 
Pretcott, Kerd. and Isa., 11. T. 
ill-faurd, u. See Ul-fa'unl. 
ill-favored (il't'a'vord), a. Ill-looking; deform- 
ed; repulsive; u^l'y. 
A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine 
..MIL Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. 
About nine of the clock I went on shore, and hired an 
ill-favoured horse, and away to Greenwich, to my lodgings. 
Ptjiyii, Diary, ll 325. 
I had a fair opportunity of observing his features, which, 
though of a dark complexion, were not ill-favoured. 
Barham, in Mem. prefixed to Ingoldsby Legends, I. 67. 
ill-fayoredly (il'fa'vord-li), adv. I. With de- 
formity or ugliness. 
Does my hair stand well ? Lord, how ill-favour'dly 
You have dress'd me to-day ! how badly ! Why this cloak ? 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, 11. 2. 
2f. Roughly; rudely. 
He shook him very illfaaouredly for the time, raging 
through the very bowels of his country, and plundering 
all wheresoever he came. IlouxU. 
ill-fayoredness (il'fa'vord-nes), n. The state 
of being ill-favored; ugliness; deformity. John- 
son. 
ill-footing (il'fut'ing), it. Dangerous position ; 
unsafe anchorage. 
A shipwreck without storm or ill-footing. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, I. 
iU-ueadedt (il'hed'ed), . Wrong-headed; with- 
out judgment. 
Every man 
Surcharg'd with wine were heedlesse and illhedded. 
Spenter, F. Q., IV. L 3. 
ill-humored (H'mVmgrd), a. Of or in bad hu- 
mor ; out of sorts ; cross ; surly ; disobliging. 
ill-humoredly (il'hu'mord-li), adv. With bad 
humor; crossly; disobligingly. 
illiberal (i-lib'e-ral), a. [= OF. illiberal, in- 
liberal, F. illiberal = Sp. (obs.) iliberal = Pg. 
illiberal = It. illiberale, < L. illiberalis, inlibe- 
ralis, unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungen- 
erous, < in- priv. 4- liberalis, of a freeman, gen- 
erous, liberal: see liberal.] 1. Not liberal; ig- 
noble, (o) Not free or generous ; niggardly ; parsimoni- 
ous; penurious; stingy; shabby. 
The earth did not deal out their nourishment with an 
oversparing or illilu'nil hand. Woodirant. 
(6) Not catholic; of narrow or prejudiced opinions or 
judgment. 
The charity of most men is grown so cold, and their re- 
ligion so illiberal. EOcan Batilike. 
These move the censure and illib'ral grin 
Of fools. Cotcper, Hope, 1. 744. 
(e) Not manifesting or not promoting high culture ; con- 
tracted ; vulgar ; coarse. 
He is a great proficient in all the illiberal sciences, as 
cheating, drinking, swaggering. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, H. 1. 
Not liberal science but illiberal must that needs be, that 
mounts In contemplation merely for money. 
MtUun, On Def. of Humb. Kemonst., 8 13. 
The best of our schools and the most complete of our 
university trainings give but a narrow, one-sided, and es- 
sentially illiberal education while the worst give what 
is really next to no education at all. 
Htaeley, Lay Sermons, p. f>l. 
2f. Not elegant: as, illiberal Latin. =gyn. i. (a) 
Miserly, close-fisted, mean, selfish. (6) Uncharitable, nar- 
row-minded. 
illiberalism (i-lib'e-ral-izm), n. [< illiberal + 
-ism.] Illiberality. 'Imp. Diet. 
illiberality (i-lib-e-ral'i-ti), n. [= F. illibe- 
ralite = Pg. illibfraliduile = It. illiberaliM, < 
L. illiberaUta(t-)s, inlihrr<ilit<i(t-')s, illiberality, 
< illiberalis, inlibcrrtlix, illiberal: see illiberal.] 
The fact or quality of being illiberal or ungen- 
erous; narrowness of mind ; uncharitableness; 
meanness. 
The illiberalitii of parents, in allowance towards their 
children, is an harmfulle errour, and . . . acquainta them 
with shifts. Bacon, Parents and Children. 
illiberalize (i-lib'e-ral-iz), r. *.; pret. and pp. 
illibi'nili:i'il. ]ipr. illifii rnli:in/j. [< illiberal 4- 
-i-e.] To make illiberal. 
illiberally (i-lib'e-ral-i), adv. In an illiberal 
manner; ungenerously; uncharitably; igno- 
bly; meanly. 
One that had been bountiful only upon surprise and in- 
cogitancy illilif rally retracts. Decay of Christian Piety. 
Illicex (i-lis'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (A. P. de Cau- 
dolle, 1824), < llliriiim + -<.] A former tribe 
of plants of the natural order J/n<//mrm', typ- 
ified by the genus Illicimn, now referred to the 
2987 
tribe Winterer. Also written lUiciete and Illi- 
riin ir. 
illicit (i-lin'it), a. [= F. Micite = Sp. ilicito = 
Pg. illicito = It. illii'itu, illecito,( L. illicitus, in- 
licitus, not allowed, forbidden, < t- priv. -t- li- 
citus, allowed, pp. of licere, be permitted or 
allowed: see license.] 1. Not authorized or 
permitted; proliibitcdj unlicensed; unlawful: 
as, illicit trade ; illicit intercourse. 
One illicit and mischievous transaction always leads to 
another. Burke, Affairs of India. 
2. Acting unlawfully ; clandestine. 
The abolition of this tax [on salt], by cheapening one of 
the chief ingredient* in the manufacture of glass, enabled 
the illicit manufacturer to compete successfully with the 
fair trader. S. Dvmll, Taxes in England, IV. 5. 
Fallacy of an illicit process, fallacy of Illicit par- 
ticularity. See fallacy. =8yn. Unlawful, Illegitimate, 
etc. See lawful. 
illicitly (i-lis'it-li), mi,-. In an illicit manner; 
unlawfully. 
illicitness (i-lis'jt-nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being illicit ; unlawfulness. 
illicitoust (i-lis'i-tus), a. [< L. illicitus, not 
allowed : see illicit.] Illicit. Coles, 1717. 
Illicium (i-lis'i-um), n. [NL., so called in al- 
lusion to the perfume, < L. illicere, allure, 
entice, charm: see illect.] A genns of eastern 
Asiatic and American evergreen shrubs, be- 
longing to the natural order Afagnoliacete. The 
plants of this ge- 
nus are 
antee-treex, from 
their fine aromatic 
scent. The seeds 
of /. anitatum 
(Chinese anise), a 
shrub growing 8 
or 10 feet h; 
are stomachic 
carminative, and 
yield a very fra- 
grant volatile oil. 
The fruit is the 
star-anise of the 
shops. The Chi- 
ueseburntbeseeds 
in their temples, 
and Europeans 
employ them to Chinese Amse <///.m ,/,'. 
MMHM ,.,.,(..;,, . flower; f>, same, showing the ovary ami 
aromatize Certain stamens, with the petals removed ;<, fruit. 
liqueurs or cor- seen from above; dtfruit, seen from the side. 
dials, such as anl- 
fiette. /. religioiium is a Japanese species, about the size of 
a cherry-tree, held sacred by the natives, who decorate the 
tombs of their dead with wreaths of its flowers, and burn 
the fragrant bark as incense before their deities. From the 
property of the bark of consuming slowly and uniformly, 
the watchmen in Japan burn it powdered in a tube to 
mark the time. The American species /. Floridanum and 
/. parvijtorum are natives of the southern United States. 
The former Is an evergreen shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with 
somewhat fleshy leaves and large flowers. The latter has 
smaller flowers. Fruits of this genus have been recognized 
in a fossil state in the London Clay fEocene)of the Isle of 
Sheppey, and in the lignites of Brandon In Vermont, prob- 
ably of the same age, and leaf-impressions in the Creta- 
ceous of Bohemia. 
illify (il'i-fi), p. t. ; pret. and pp. illified, ppr. 
illif : i/ing. [< ill + -i-fy.] To speak ill of ; give 
an ill name to ; reproach or defame. [North. 
Eng.] 
Illigera (i-lij'e-ra), . [NL. (Blume, 1826), 
named after J. K. Illiger, a noted naturalist.] 
A small genus of climbing shrubs of the nat- 
ural order Combretacea:, suborder Gyrocarpea", 
the type of the old group or suborder Illigera- 
cece. They have hermaphrodite flowers, in which the ca- 
lyx-tube is provided with a 5-narted limb and the corolla 
has 5 linear-oblong petals. The leaves are alternate, and the 
flowers are large and in lax pedunculate cymes. Six spe- 
cies are known, natives of India and the adjacent islands 
of the Malay archipelago. B. ai/prndiculata, a huge woody 
climber, IB common In the tropical forests of Burma. 
Illigeraceae (i-lij-e-ra'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < II- 
linera + -ace<r.] A former group or suborder 
of plants of the natural order Combrelacetr, 
now referred to the suborder (lyrocarpea; the 
species of which are distinguished from the 
other members of the family by the fact that 
their anthers dehisce by valves, in which re- 
spect they resemble laurels. 
illightent (i-li'tn), r. t. [< H, in-1, + lif/htoi 1 . 
< (. enlighten.] To enlighten. 
Th' illliihiened soul discovers clear 
Th' abusive shows of sense. 
Daniel, Clvfl Wars, v. 4. 
The flesh is overshadowed with the imposition of the 
hand, that the soul may be illiyhtenfd by the Spirit. 
Bp. Hall, Imposition of Hands. 
illimitability (i-liin'i-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< illimi- 
table : see -bility.] The quality of being illimi- 
table. 
To know one's own limit is to know one's own illimita- 
bility. Veitch, Introd. to Descartes's Method, p. cxxxvii. 
illimitable (i-lini'i-ta-bl), a. [= F. illimitable 
= Sp. Mmitable, < 1'j. in- priv. + ML. limitalii- 
illiteracy 
/(*, limitable: see limitable.] Incapable of be- 
ing limited or bounded ; having no determinate 
1 limits. 
A dark 
Illimitable ocean, without bound, 
Without dimension, where length, breadth, and hlghth, 
And time and place, are lost. Milton, P. L., II. 892. 
Hi! manners were preposterous in their illimitable ab- 
surdity. -/. T. Fields, Underbruah, p. 73. 
This so vast and seemingly solid earth Is but an atom 
among atoms, whirling, no man knows whither, through 
illimitable space. Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 14. 
= Syu. Boundless, limitless, unlimited, unbounded, Im- 
measurable, Infinite, immense, vast. 
illimitableness (i-lim'i-ta-bl-nes),n. Thestate 
or quality of being illimitable. 
illimitably (i-lim'i-ta-bli), adv. Without pos- 
sibility of being bounded; without limitation. 
Johnson. 
illimitation (i-lim-i-ta'shon), n. [= F. illimi- 
tation, < L. in- priv. + limitatio(n-), limitation: 
see limitation.] The state of being illimitable; 
freedom from limitation. [Bare.] 
Their popes' snpremacie, infallibilitle, illimitation, tran- 
substantiatlon, Ac. Bp. Hall, Apol. against Brownists. 
illimited (i-lim'i-ted), a. [< in-* + limited.] Un- 
limited. [Rare.] 
Neither can any creature have power to command It 
[to take a man's life!, but those only to whom he hath 
committed it by speciall deputation ; nor they neither by 
auy independent or illimittd authority. 
Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, ii. 1. 
illimitedness (i-lim'i-ted-nes), n. Absence of 
limitation; boundlessness. [Bare.] 
The absoluteness and illimltcdnets of his commission 
was much spoken of. Clar* ndon, Great Rebellion, II. MO. 
illinition (il-i-nish'on), n. [Irreg. < L. illinere, 
inlinere, pp. ittitus, inlitus, also illinitus, inlini- 
tus, smear or spread on, < in, on, + linere, smear, 
spread: see lin i men t.] 1. A smearing or rub- 
bing in or on, as of an ointment or liniment ; in- 
unction. 2. That which is smeared or rubbed 
in. 3. A thin crust of extraneous substance 
formed on minerals. [Bare in all uses.] 
It is sometimes disguised by a thin crust or illinition of 
black manganese. Kirwan. 
Illinoisan, Illinoisian (il-i-noi'an, -zi-an), a. 
and H. [< Illinois, a State named from a tribe 
of Indians so called (orig. by the F. explorers), 
< Illini, their native name, said to mean 'men,' 
+ -ois, a F. term., = E. -ese.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to Illinois, one of the United States, 
bordering on Lake Michigan. 
H. n. A native or an inhabitant of the State 
of Illinois. 
A drama of like cast, and successfully adapted to the 
stage, is " Pendragon," the work of an lllinoisian William 
Young. The Century, XXX. 79S. 
Hlinois-ntlt(il-i-noi'nut'),n. The pecan, Carya 
illiquation (il-i-kwa'shon), n. [< L. in, in, + 
liquatio(n~), a melting, < liquare, melt: see li- 
quate.] The melting of one thing into another, 
illiquefactt (i-lik'we-fakt), r. t. [< LL. illique- 
factus, inliquefactus, melted, liquefied, < L. in, 
in, to, + liquefaetus, pp. of liquefacere, liquefy : 
see liquefy, liquefaction.] To soften with moist- 
ure; dissolve. 
See how the sweat fals from His bloodlesse browes, 
Which doth illiquefact the clotted gore. 
Dane*, Holy Roode, p. 15. 
illiquid (i-lik'wid), o. [= OF. illiqitide = Sp. 
iliquido, < L. in- priv. + liqvidus, liquid : see 
liquid.] In civil and Scots law. not liquid, clear, 
or manifest ; not ascertained and constituted 
either by a written obligation or by the decree 
of a court : said of a debt or a claim. 
Further progress was comparatively easy, the way be- 
ing open for the construction of formula? upon illiquid 
claims arising from transactions in which the practice of 
stipulation gradually dropped out of use. 
Encye. Brit., XX. 708. 
illisiont (i-lizh'on), n. [< LL. iHMio(w-), - 
linii>(n-). a striking against, < L. illidere, inli- 
dere, pp. illisus, inlisvs, strike against, < in, on, 
against, -t- lirdfre, strike; cf. collision, elision.] 
The act of striking into or against something. 
Cleanthes, In his Commentaries of nature, ... set this 
down, that the vigour and flrmitnde of things is the illi- 
*ton and smiting of fire. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 867. 
Aristotle atfinncth this sound [humming of bees] to be 
made by the illixion of an inward spirit upon a pellicle or 
little membrane about the precinct or pectoral division 
of their body. Sir f. Brmene, Vulg. Err., iii. -21. 
illiteracy (i-lit'e-ra-si), n. [< illitera(te) + -cy.] 
1 . The state of "being illiterate ; ignorance of 
letters ; absence of education. 
Both universities seem to have been reduced to the same 
deplorable condition of Indigence and illiteracy. 
T. Warttm, Hist. Eng. Poetry, H. 452, 
