Flowering Branch of Infa/errufinea. 
a, flower; i>, fruit. 
Inga 
Inga (ing'gii,), a. [NL., of S. Anirr. origin.) 
A genus of plants of the natural order /.<- 
<l H in i name, type 
of the trilir /- 
'/"r. They are 
large unarmed 
shrubs, or IIVIM 
Krowini? to a height 
Of tin 1'it i-l unit r, 
with spikes or 
heads of largo red 
or white flowers, 
and abruptly pin- 
nate leaves. The 
pods are flntU'licd 
or roundish, with 
thickened edges, 
and the seeds are 
enveloped in a 
sweet, generally 
white, pulp. Aliout 
150 species are 
known, all natives 
of South America. 
/. ferrmjinea is a 
beautiful species 
sometimes culti- 
vated in conserva- 
tories, /.cera, call- 
ed inga-tree and 
i-ii<-<i.tfood, has pods 
about 6 Inches 
long, curved like a 
sickle, and leaves with winged stalks. /. spectabilis is a 
large showy tree of the Isthmus of Panama, and is culti- 
vated for Its edible pods, as is also /. t'eiiillei of Peru. It 
is an ancient form, five extinct species having been recog- 
nized in a fossil state in the Cretaceous and Tertiary forma- 
tions of Europe. 
ingaget, ingagementt. Obsolete forms of en- 
gage, engagement. 
ingalleyt, i'. t. [< iV 2 + galley.] To confine in 
the galleys. 
It pleased the judge in favour of life to inyally them 
for seaven yeares. (.""//<.'/, Wits, Fits, and Fancies (1614). 
ingan, ingun (ing'gan, -gun), . Dialectal cor- 
ruptions of. inioit*, a variant of onion. 
And If frae name 
My poueh produc'd an ingan head, 
To please my wame. 
Jtanutiitft A Miser's Last Speech. 
ingangt (in'gang), . [< ME. ingang, ingong, < 
AS. ingang (= OFries. ingong, ingung = D. tw- 
(JIIIKJ = MLG. ingank = OHG. ingang, inkang, 
incanc, MHG. inganc, G. eingang = Icel. - 
gangr = Dan. indgang = Sw. ingang), < in, in, 
+ gang, a going: see gang.'] An entrance 
or entrauceway; specifically, the porch of a 
church. 
ingannationt (in-ga-na'shon), . [= It. ingan- 
tiagione, < ingannare, cheat, dupe, < imjanno, 
fraud: see inganno.] Cheat; fraud. 
Whereunto whosoever shall resign their reasons, either 
from the root of deceit In themselves or inability to re- 
sist such trivial ingannatioiix from others, . . . yet are 
they still within the line of vulgarity, and democratlcal 
enemies of truth. Sir T. Browm; Vulg. Err., i. 8. 
inganno (in-gau'no), it. [It., fraud, error, = 
OF. engan, cngaiiig, engcn, rn., etc., cngaigne, en- 
gaiif, etc., f., address, trick, ruse, dexterity, 
etc. ; ult. < L. ingeniitm, ingenuity : see engine, 
etc. ; also ingannation.] In IMIC, an interrupted 
cadence(whichsee,undercrt</eHce); also. an un- 
expected or sudden resolution or modulation. 
ingaolt, r. t. An obsolete form of enjail. 
ingate (in'gat), n. [< tl + gatei.] If. En- 
trance ; passage inward. 
One noble person, who . . . stoppcth the inflate of all 
that evill that is looked for. Spenner, State of Ireland. 
2. In founding, the aperture in a mold through 
which fused metal is poured : also called inset 
and tedge. 3. In coal-mining, an entrance to a 
mine from the shaft. 
ingather (in-gaTH'er), t>. [< (l + gather.'] I. 
ti'iniK. To gather in ; bring together. 
Two senatus consults . . . enabled the (beneficiary) . . . 
to treat directly with debtors and creditors of the testa- 
tor's and himself iivjatht'r the corporeal items of the in- 
heritance. Encye. Brit.. XX. 707. 
II. intrans. To gather together. 
Then the ingathering streams are to branch off like the 
Nile into as many channels to empty the river as had 
united to nil It. The Advance, March 24. 1887. 
ingathering (in'ga<FH''er-ing), n. [Verbal n. of 
ingttthcr, i\] The act of gathering or collecting 
together; specifically, the gathering in or stor- 
ing of a harvest. 
I require you in God's behalf to consider the great need 
the prisoners of God are in the prisons at London, and make 
some iii'iiilln i -iii'i.i amongst yom- neighbours for tlie relief 
of them. 
Bp. Ridley, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soc., 1853X II. 400. 
Feast of Ingathering. Smm us ;', -,> ,,f Tabernacles 
(which see, under tabernacle). 
The /<"!' "/ !n:iiHlirrin : i, whii-h is in the end of the year, 
when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the Bud 
Ex. x.\iii. n;. 
3093 
Inges (in'jo-6), H. pi. [NL., < Inga + -e<r.] A 
tribe of plants of the natural order foguminonie, 
typified by the genus Inga, having regular flow- 
ers, a valvate calyx and corolla, many, often 
very numerous, stamens, and the pollen-grains 
aggregated. 
ingelable (in-jel'a-bl), . [< L. 'ingelabilis, < 
i- priv. 4- "gelaliilis, that may be frozen, < </< - 
Inn; freeze: see geafl.] Incapable of being 
congealed. 
ingeminatet (in-jein'i-nat), r. t. [< L. ingemi- 
natuti, pp. of ingeminare, redouble, repeat, < in, 
in, + geminare, double: see geminate.] Tore- 
double; repeat. 
Euclla . . . appears In the heavens, singing an applau- 
sive Song or Pawn of the whole, which she takes occasion 
to ingeminate In the second chorus. 
It. Jonson, Love's Triumph. 
lie would often ingeminate the word peace, peace ! 
ClareniluH, Great Rebellion. 
ingeminatet (in-jem'i-nat), a. [< L. ingemina- 
tim, pp. : see the verb.] Redoubled; repeated. 
In this we are sufficiently concluded by that ingeminate 
expression used by St. Paul: "In Jesus Christ nothing 
can avail but a new creature." 
J*r. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), I. 185. 
ingeminationt (in-jem-i-na'shqn),i. [< ingemi- 
nate + -ion.] Repetition; reduplication; iter- 
ation. 
The iteration and insemination of a given effect, mov- 
ing through subtile variations that sometimes disguise 
the theme. De Quineey, Style, i. 
ingent, A Middle English form of engine. 
Agaynste jeauntls on-gentill bane we joined with m- 
iienili*. York Plays, p. 292. 
ingendert, ingenderert. Obsolete forms of en- 
gender, engenderer. 
ingendruret, . See engendrure. 
ingenet, [< L. ingenium, genius: see ingc- 
mints, engine, ingine.] Genius; wit; ingenuity. 
ingenert, . Same as enginer. 
ingener ability 1 (in-jen'e-ra-biri-ti), . [<tw- 
generable^: see -bility.] Capability of being in- 
generated or produced within. [Rare.] 
ingenerability 2 t (in-jen'e-ra-biri-ti), n. [< - 
generable'2 : see -bility.] Incapability of being 
generated. 
ingenerable 1 (iu-jen'e-ra-bl), . [< L. as if 
"ingenerabilis, that may be generated, < inge- 
nerare, ingenerate, generate: see ingenerate^.] 
That may be ingenerated or produced withiu. 
[Rare.] 
ingenerable 2 t(in-jen'e-ra-bl),. [=F. ingene- 
rable = Sp. ingenerable = It. ingenerabile ; as 
in-3 + generablc.] Not generable; incapable 
of being engendered or produced. 
Xenophanes holdeth the world to be eternal), ingener- 
able, uncreated, and incorruptible, 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 670. 
I must mind you that, if you will not disbelieve lie 1- 
mont's relations, you must confess that the trla prima are 
neither ingenerable nor incorruptible substances. 
Boyle, Works, I. 602. 
ingenerablyt (iu-jen'e-ra-bli), adv. Not by 
generation ; so as not to tie generable. 
Endued with all those several forms and qualities of 
bodies ingenerably and incorruptibly. 
Cvdtmrth, Intellectual System, p. 85. 
ingenerate 1 (in-jen'e-rat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- 
generated, ppr. ingenerating. [< L. ingeneratus, 
pp. of ingenerare (= It. ingencrare, etc. : see en- 
gender), generate within, generate, engender, 
<! in, in, T generare, generate: see generate, and 
cf. engender, gender, v.] To generate or pro- 
duce within. [Bare.] 
Those noble habits are ingenerated In the soul. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
The Spirit of God must . . . ingenerate In us a true hu- 
mility, and a Christian meekness of spirit. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), IL 8. 
ingenerate 1 (in-jen'e-rat), a. [< L. ingenera- 
tus, pp. of ingenerare, generate within : see in- 
generate, v.] Generated within; inborn; in- 
nate. 
Those virtues were rather feigned and affected things 
to serve his ambition than true qualities int/enerate i:i 
his judgement or nature. Bacon, Hist, Hen. VII. 
By your Allegiance and ingenerate worth, . . . 
By everything, I you conjure to be 
True to yourselves. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iv. 204. 
ingenerate- (in-jen'e-rat), a. [< L. in- priv. 
+ gfin-nttn.1, pp. of generare, generate: see 
generate.] Not generated; unbegotten; not 
brought into existence or not receiving being 
l>y general ion. At the time of the Arian controyerey 
the Arians used a corresponding word (afevirrwt) of God 
tlie son in the sense 'not receiving being by generation,' 
while the orthodox understood it, as so applied, in the 
sense 'not brought into existence, increate, and discrimi- 
nated the word from iyfafrot, uubegotten. 
ingeniousness 
ingeneration (in-j'n-e-ra'shon), . [= It. in. 
i/i in rii:iniif, < L. as if 'ingeneratio(n-), < ingene- 
rare, produce, engender: Bee engender and </' 
eratf.] The act of ingeuerating or producing 
within. Hiixlnit II. 
in genere (in jen'e-re). [L.: in, in; genere, abl. 
of genitt, kind: see genus.] In kind; in like or 
similar articles, as distinguished from in specie, 
or the very same article. 
ingeniatet (in-je'ni-at), v. t. [< ML. ingeniatu*, 
pp. of ingeniare, contrive: see engine, v.] To 
contrive; plan. 
I must all I can ingrniate 
To answer for the same. 
Daniel, Funerml Poem. 
ingenio (in-je'ni-6; Sp. pron. in-ha'ni-o), n. 
[Sp., = Pg. ingenho, engenho: gee engine.] En- 
gine; mill; works; specifically, sugar-works; 
a sugar-plantation. [Cuba.] 
The iiujenioi or sugar estates, with large buildings and 
mills for sugar-refining and distillation of rum, are the 
most important industrial establishments of the Island 
(Coba). Encyc. Brit., VI. 881. 
ingeniosityt (in-je-ni-os'i-ti), M. [= F. ingeni- 
osM = Sp. ingeniosidad, (. ML. ingeniosita(t-)s, < 
L. iiigi-iiinxiix, ingenious : see ingenwug.] The 
quality of being ingenious; wit; ingenuity; con- 
trivance; iugeniousness. 
The like stralne of wit was In Ludan and Julian, whose 
very images are to bee had in high repute for their i- 
yeniosity, bat to be spurned at for their grand Impiety. 
Optic* Qlajstc of //'/ mini/ (liii'.i). 
Whose cunning or ingeniority no ail or known specific 
can possibly reach to by imitation. 
Ci/iliiini/i. Intellectual System, p. 08. (Latham.) 
ingenious (iu-je'nius), a. [= F. ingtnieux = Pr. 
enginhos = 8p. engenoso, ingenioso = Pg. enge- 
nltoso, ingenioso = It. ingenioso, < L. ingeniosus, 
ingenuostui, endowed with good natural capa- 
city, gifted with genius, < ingenium, innate or 
natural quality, nature, natural capacity, ge- 
nius, a genius, an invention (> ult. E. engine, 
obs. ingine, ingen, and contr. gin*, q. v.), < in, in, 
+ gignere, OL. genere, produce: see genug.] 1. 
Possessing inventive genius or faculty ; apt in 
inventing, contriving, or constructing ; skilful 
in the use of things or words: as, an ingenious 
mechanic; an ingenious author. 
The Natives [of Guam) are very ingrniouji beyond any 
People in making Boats, or Proes, as they are called in 
the East-Indies, and therein they take great delight. 
Dampier, Voyages, L 298. 
As chance is the operator assigned In a fortuitous con- 
course of atoms, we would know what this chance, this wise 
and iiiyeni'M artist, is. Brooke, Universal Beauty, ii. , note. 
2f. Mentally bright or clever; witty; convers- 
able. 
We had y greate poet Mr. Waller in our companie, and 
some other ingeiwnu persona. Evelyn, Diary, July 5, 1040. 
3. Marked or characterized by inventive ge- 
nius: displaying or proceeding from skill in 
contrivance or construction ; witty or clever in 
form or spirit ; well conceived ; apt : as, an IH- 
gt'iiious machine; an ingenious process or per- 
formance; ingenious criticism. 4f. Manifest- 
ing or requiring mental brightness or clever- 
ness; intellectual; improving. 
Here let us breathe, and haply Institute 
A course of learning, and n*/mVm* studies. 
Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 
6t. Ingenuous. [Ingeniout and ingemiaut were for- 
merly often used interchangeably, and sometimes it Is dif- 
ficult to determine which sense was really Intended.] 
Amintor, thou hast an ingenious look, 
And shoutdst be virtuous : it amazeth me 
That thou canst make such base malicious lies. 
Bcoti. and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, UL 1. 
Such was the Operation of your most ingenious and af- 
fectionate Letter, and so sweet an Entertainment It gave 
me. lluirrll, Letters, I. L 32. 
The (early) printers did not discriminate between . . . 
ingenuous ana ingenious. 
G. P. Manh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., xx. 
= Syn. 1. Inventive, bright, acute, constructive. See ye- 
nius. 
ingeniously (in-je'uius-li), adv. 1. In an inge- 
n 10 us manner ; with ingenuity ; with skill ; wit- 
tily; cleverly. 
It was ingeniously said of Vaucanson that he was as 
much an automaton" as any which he made. 
/. D'ltneK, Lit Char., p. 1S7. 
2f. Ingenuously; frankly. 
For my part, I ingeniously acknowledge that hitherto 
... I never fawned upon any man's fortunes, whose per- 
son and merit I preferred not. Ford, Line of Life. 
ingeniousness (in-je'nius-nes), n. 1. The qual- 
ity of being ingenious or prompt in invention ; 
ingenuity. 2f. Cleverness; brightness; apt- 
ness. 
He shewed as little ingenuity as inijenunntneae who CT- 
Illed at the map of Urecia for imperfect because Us fa- 
ther's house in Athens was not represented therein. 
Fuller, General Worthies, ITT. 
