indivulsively 
They (the highest souls] are so near akin to that highest 
good of till as that they so naturally and indimdaeelii 
cleave to the same. Cudworlh, Intellectual System, p. 566. 
Indo-. [< Gr. 'If do-, stem of 'Iixtof, Indian: 
see Indian.] An element in compound geo- 
graphical or ethnological adjectives and nouns, 
meaning ' Indian,' concerning or involving 
India (together with some other country or peo- 
ple) : as, /do-Chinese, Indian and Chinese, re- 
lating to India and China. 
Indo-Briton (iu'do-brit'on), n. A person of 
British parentage born in India. 
Indo-Chinese (in'do-chl-nes'), a. Of or per- 
taining to Indo-China, the southeastern pen- 
insula of Asia, or to its people or their lan- 
guages. 
indocibility (in-dos-i-bil'i-ti), n. [< LL. indo- 
cibilita(t-)s, unteachablenass, < indocibilis, un- 
teachable : see indocible.] The state or quality 
of being indocible or unteachable; indocility; 
unteachableness. [Rare.] 
indociblet (in-dos'i-bl), a. [= OF. indocible, < 
LL. indocibilis, unteachable, < in- priv. + doci- 
bilis, teachable : see docible.] Notdocible; not 
capable of being taught or trained, or not easily 
instructed; intractable; unteachable. [Rare.] 
Enough, if nothing else, to declare in them a disposi- 
tion not only sottish, but indocible, and averse from all 
civility and amendment. 
Milton, Articles of Peace with the Irish. 
They are as ignorant and indocible as any fool. 
Hi. Griffith, Fear of God and the King (1660), p. 72. 
indociblenesst (in-dos'i-bl-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being indocible. [Rare.] 
Peevishness and indocibleness of disposition. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 312. 
indocile (in-dos'il or in-do'sil), a. [= F. in- 
docile = Sp. indtfcil = Pg. indocil = It. indo- 
cile, < L. indocilis, unteachable, < in- priv. + 
docilis, teachable : see docile.] Not teachable ; 
not submissive to instruction or guidance ; in- 
tractable. 
Some of the Elephants are very gentle and governable, 
others are more indocil and unruly. 
Dainpier, Voyages, II. i. 69. 
It was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face ; the 
face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, iv. 
indocility (in-do-sil'i-ti), n. [= F. indocilite 
' = Sp. indocilidad = Pg. indocilidade = It. in- 
docilita, < LL. indocilita(t-)s, < L. indocilis, un- 
teaehable: see indocile.] The state or quality 
of being indocile; unteachableness; intract- 
ableness. 
If I still persevere in my old opinions, it is no small 
comfort to me that it is not with regard to doctrines 
properly yours that I discover my indocility. 
Burke, To Sir H. Laugrishe. 
indoctt (in-dokf), a. [= Sp. indocto = It. in- 
dotto, < L. indoctus, unlearned, < in- priv. + 
doctus, learned, taught, pp. of docere, teach: 
see docile.] Unlearned. 
Sick stomachs much receive, not much concoct ; 
So thou know'st much, I know, yet art indoct. 
Owen, Epigrams (1677). 
indoctrinate (in-dok'tri-nat), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. indoctrinated, ppr. indoctrinating. [For- 
merly also endoctrinate; < ML. "indoctrinates, 
pp. of *indoctrinare (> It. indottrinare = Sp. 
indoctrinar = OF. endoctriner, endotriner), in- 
doctrinate, < in, in, + doctrinare, teach, < doc- 
trina, teaching: see doctrine.] To imbue with 
learning, or with a particular doctrine or princi- 
ple; cause to hold as a doctrine or belief; in- 
struct. 
A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinat- 
ing his young unexperienced favourite. Clarendon. 
If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to con- 
ceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into 
that as into any which he publishes. 
Emerson, Spiritual Laws. 
indoctrination (in-dok-tri-na'shon), n. [< in- 
doctrinate + -ion.] The act of indoctrinating, 
or the state of being indoctrinated; instruc- 
tion in doctrines or principles. 
indoctrinator (in-dok'tri-na-tor), n. [< indoc- 
trinate + -or.] One who indoctrinates, or in- 
structs in principles or doctrines. 
indoctrinet (in-dok'trin), v. t. [Also endoc- 
trine; < ML. "indoctrinare, indoctrinate: see in- 
doctrinate.] To indoctrinate. 
PtolemoMis Philadelphus was endoctrined in the science 
of good letters by Strabo. 
Donne, Hist. Septuagint (1633), p. 2. 
indoctrinizatiqn (in-dok"tri-ni-za'shon), n. [< 
indoctrine + -izc + -ation.] Instruction in 
doctrine; indoctrination. 
We have, Protestant and Romanist alike, a common es- 
sential Christianity, abundantly sufficient for the purposes 
of the public schools, and all that remains for specific in- 
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doctrinization may easily be left to the Sabbath-schools 
and the churches respectively. 
A. A. Hodge, New Princeton Rev., III. 32. 
Indo-English (in'do-ing'glish), a. and n. I. a. 
Of or relating to the English who are born or 
reside in India. 
II. n. pi. English who are born or reside in 
India. 
Indo-European (in'do-u-ro-pe'an), a. and n. I. 
a. Of India and Europe : a term applied to a 
family of languages also called Aryan and some- 
times Japlietic or Sanskritic or (by the Germans) 
Indo-Germanic, and generally classified into 
seven chief branches, viz. Indie or Indian (San- 
skrit, Hindustani,etc.),Iranian or Persic (Zend, 
Pehlevi, Parsi, Persian, etc.), Celtic, Greek, 
Italic (Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance 
tongues), Slavo-Lettic (Russian, Lithuanian, 
Lettish, etc.), and Teutonic or Germanic (in- 
cluding English, German, etc.). But the Slavo- 
Lettic branch is also divided into two, Slavic and Lettish ; 
the Armenian is better separated from the Iranian, in 
which it has been generally included ; and the Albanian is 
now regarded as belonging to the family, and an indepen- 
dent branchlet. 
II. n. A member of one of the races speak- 
ing the Indo-European languages: an Aryan. 
Indogsea (in-do-je'a), n. [NL., < L. Indus (In- 
dia) + Gr. ydla, e'arth.] In zoogeog., the In- 
dogffiau realm. See Indogcean. 
Indogaean (in-do-je'an), a. [< Indogcea + -an.] 
In zoogeog., Indian or Oriental: noting a prime 
division or zoological realm of the earth's land- 
surface, including in general terms Asia south 
of the Himalayas (south of the isotherm separat- 
ing the Eurygeean realm) and eastward through 
Farther India and the Indomalayan archipel- 
ago to Wallace's line. 
indogene (in'do-jen), n. [For "indigene, < indigo 
+ -ene ; or for *indigogene, < indigo + -gene, 
-gen.] An intermediate product obtained from 
propiolic acid, which is converted into indigo- 
blue by dilute acids and alkalis in the presence 
of air. 
Indo-Germanic (in'do-jer-man'ik), a. Aword 
sometimes used, especially by German scholars, 
as equivalent to Indo-European or Aryan. 
indoin (in'do-in), n. [< ind(ig)o + -t 2 .] A 
blue flocculeut precipitate obtained when pro- 
piolic acid in sulphuric-acid solution is treated 
with reducing agents such as metallic iron, zinc, 
or copper. It differs from indigo in not easily 
yielding a sulphonic acid on heating. 
indol (in'dol), . [< ind(igo) + -ol.] A crys- 
talline compound, having feeble basic proper- 
ties, formed artificially in the reduction of in- 
digo-blue by zinc-dust. It is also produced in the 
putrefaction of albuminoids, but is antiseptic in its effect. 
It is largely used in an aqueous solution as ; 
nifled cell-walls, staining them a bright red. 
indolence (in'do-lens), . [= F. indolence = 
Sp. Pg. indolencia = It. indolenza, indolenzia, 
idleness, < L. indolentia, freedom from pain, < 
*indolen(t-)s, free from pain: see indolent.] 
The state of being indolent, (a) Freedom from 
pain, grief, care, or trouble. [Obsolete except in medical 
use. See indolent, 1. ] 
I have ease, if it may not rather be called indolence. 
Bp. Hough. 
Indolence is methinks an intermediate state between 
pleasure and pain, and very much unbecoming any part 
of our life after we are out of the nurse's arms. 
Spectator, No. 100. 
For mere indolence resulting from insensibility, or join'd 
with it, if it be happiness, is a happiness infinitely dimin- 
ish.^ : that is, it is no more a happiness than an unhappi- 
ness, upon the confine of both, but neither. 
Wollastm, Religion of Nature, f 17. 
(b) Love of ease ; indisposition to labor ; avoidance of ex- 
ertion of mind or body ; idleness ; laziness. 
Their houses [in Nicomedia] are mostly up the side of 
the hills, and the Christians live towards the top, as it 
does not suit so well with the Turkish indolence to take 
the pains to ascend so high. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. ii. 96. 
They passed their lives in voluptuous indolence. 
Irving, Alhambra, p. 322. 
= Syn. Sloth, slothf ulness, inertness, sluggishness. See 
^idle. 
indolency (in'do-len-si), n. Same as indolence. 
As there must be indolency where there is happiness, so 
there must not be indigency. Bp. Burnet. 
Let Epicurus give indolency as an attribute to his gods, 
and place in it the happiness of the blest. Dryden. 
Even these men themselves have had recourse to indo- 
lency [airovia], and the good state and disposition of the 
body. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 480. 
Despair is the thought of the unattainableness of any 
good, which works differently in men's minds ; sometimes 
producing uneasiness or pain, sometimes rest and indo- 
lency. Locke, Human Understanding, II. xx. 11. 
indolent (in'do-lent), a. [= F. indolent = Sp. 
Pg. It. indolente]' < L. *indolen(t-)s, free from 
indorse 
pain, < in- priv. + dolen(t-)s, ppr. of dolere, be 
in pain, grieve: see dolent.] 1. In mcd., caus- 
ing little or no pain: as, an indolent tumor. 
2. Avoiding, or characterized by the avoidance 
of, exertion ; indulging or given to indulgence 
in ease; indisposed to labor; lazy; listless; slug- 
gish: as, an indolent person or life. 
Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides . . . 
To waste long nights in indolent repose. 
Pope, Iliad, ii. 30. 
Some are too indolent to read anything till its reputa- 
tion is established. Johnson, Rambler, No. 2. 
They (Indians] become drunken, indolent, feeble, thiev- 
ish, and pusillanimous. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 344. 
= Syn. Lazy, Slothful, etc. (see idle); Supine, Careless, 
etc. (see listless). 
indolently (in'do-lent-li), adv. In an indolent 
manner; without activity or exertion; lazily. 
Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison. 
indoles (in'do-lez), . [L., an inborn or na- 
tive quality, { indu, within (< in, in), + "olerc, 
grow : see adolescent.] Natural disposition or 
temperament; natural tendencies or procliv- 
ities, whether of mind or body. [Rare.] 
indomablet (in-dom'a-bl), a. [< OF. indomablc 
= Sp. indomable = Pg. indomavel = It. indoma- 
bile, < L. indomabilis, untamable, < in- priv. -t- 
domabilis, tamable: see deniable.] Indomita- 
ble. Coles, 1717. 
indomitable (in-dom'i-ta-bl), a. [= F. iti- 
domptable, < ML. 'indomitabilis, untamable,< L. 
in- priv. + ML. "domitabilis, tamable, < aomi- 
tare, tame: see domable.] That cannot be 
tamed, subdued, or repressed ; untamable : ap- 
plied chiefly to human beings and their attri- 
butes: as, indomitable energy, obstinacy, cou- 
rage, etc. 
He [Warren Hastings] pursued his plan with that calm 
but indomitable force of will which was the most striking 
peculiarity of his character. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Of his perilous adventures, 
His indomitable courage. 
Longfellow, Hiawatha, iv. 
indomptablet (in-domp'ta-bl), a. [< F. indomp- 
table, < ML. indomitabilis, untamable : see in- 
domitable.] Indomitable. Tooke. 
indomptiblet (in-domp'ti-bl), a. An erroneous 
form of indomptable. Irving. 
Indonesian (in-do-ne'si-an), a, [< L. Indi, < 
Gr. 'Iv<5of, Indian, + vfjaof, island.] Of or from 
the East Indian islands. [Rare.] 
The presence of this [pre-Malay Caucasic] Indonesian 
element, as it is called by Dr. Hamy, may now be regarded 
as an ascertained fact. Encyc. Brit., XV. 324. 
indoor (in'dor), a. [(.indoors, prep. phrase.] 1. 
Situated, carried on, performed, employed, etc., 
within doors, and not in the open air: as, an 
indoor service. 
Indoor amusements only became more lively and varied 
in consequence of the stop put to outdoor gayety. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xviii. 
2. Downward (into the cylinder): as, the in- 
door stroke of the piston of a Cornish engine. 
[Cornwall, Eng.] Indoor relief, stroke, etc. See 
the nouns. 
indoors (in'dorz'), prep. plir. as adv. [< iw 1 + 
doors; of. adoors and outdoors.] Within doors ; 
into or inside a house or building. 
A pretty face is well, and this is well, 
To have a dame indoors, that trims us up, 
And keeps us tight. Tennyson, Edwin Morris. 
Indo-Pacific (in'do-pa-sif'ik), a. Relating to 
the Indian and Pacific oceans. Indo-Paclflc re- 
gion, the tropical portion of the confluent Indian and 
Pacific oceans regarded as a continuous ocean or area, 
indoplienol (in-do-fe'uol), . [< ind(ig)o + 
phenol.] A coal-tar color used in dyeing, pro- 
duced by the simultaneous oxidation of a phe- 
nol and a paradiamine. It comes into commerce as 
a blue powder resembling indigo. It produces on cotton 
and wool indigo-blue shades, fast to light and bleaching- 
powder, but destroyed by even weak acids. Indophenol 
blue. Same as naphtliol blue (which see, under naphthol). 
indorsable, endorsable (in-, en-d6r'sa-bl), a. 
[< indorse, endorse, + -able.] Capable of being 
indorsed. 
indorsation, endorsation (in-, en-d&r-sa'- 
shpn), n. [< indoi'se, endorse, + -ation.] The 
act of indorsing. 
Endorsation means the act of endorsing, endorsement 
the result of that act N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 96. 
indorse, endorse (in-, en-d6rs'), v. t. ; pret. and 
Ep. indorsed, endorsed, ppr. indorsing, endorsing. 
= F. endosser, OF. endosser, endoscr = Pr. en- 
diutsar = Sp. ettdosar = Pg. endossar = It. /- 
dossare, < ML. indorsare (also indossare, after 
Rom.), put on the back, indorse, < L. in, on, + 
dorsmn, the back: see dorse 1 .] It. To place 
something on the back of ; burden; load. 
