ingrave 
At last they came where all his watry store 
The flood in one deep channel did ingrave. 
Fairfax. 
ingravescent (in-gra-ves'ent), a. [< L. ingra- 
veseen(t-)s, ppr. of ingravescere, grow heavier, < 
in, in, -t- gravescere, grow heavy, < grams, heavy, 
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ingravidatet (in-grav'i-dat), v. t. [< 
gravidatus, pp. of ingravidare, make heavy, 
make gravid, impregnate, < in, in, + gravidfire, 
make gravid, < gravidus, gravid: see gravid.] 
To impregnate. 
ingravidationt (in-grav-i-da'shon), n. [< - 
gravidate + -ion.} The act of ingravidatmg or 
impregnating, or the state of being pregnant 
or impregnated. 
ingreatt (in-graf), v. t. [< * + great.] To 
make great. 
It appeareth that there is, in all things, a desire to di- 
late and to ingreat themselves. 
Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), p. 174. 
ingrediencet (iu-gre'di-ens), . [< ingredien(t) 
+ -ce.] 1. A going or entering into as an in- 
gredient. 
Those various temperaments that have ingredience and 
influence into him [man]. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 158. 
2. [Appar. orig. an erroneous spelling of in- 
gredients."] An ingredient. 
ingredienced (in-gre'di-enst), . [< ingredi- 
ence + -ed%.] Having ingredients; compounded. 
[Rare.] 
May the descending soot never taint thy well ingredi- 
enced soups. Lamb, Elia, p. 187. 
ingrediencyt (in-gre'di-en-si), n. [As ingredi- 
ence: see -cy.] The state of being an ingre- 
dient; ingredience. 
It should be upon the account of its ingredicncjt, and 
not of its use, that anything should be affirmed or denied 
to be an element. Boyle, Works, I. 516. 
ingredient (in-gre'di-ent), a. and n. [< F. in- 
gredient = Sp. Pg. It. ingrediente, an ingredient 
(II., 2); < L. ingredien(t-)s, ppr. of ingredi, go 
into, enter, engage in, begin, < in, into, + gradi, 
go, walk: see grade 1 , gradient."] I.t a. Enter- 
ing as a component part ; constituent. 
He makes a bishop to be ingredient into the definition 
of a church. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 234. 
II. n. If. A person entering; an incomer. 
ingress (in-gres'), v. i. [< L. ingressus, pp. of 
ingredi, go into, enter: see ingredient.] io go 
in or enter. Dwight. [Rare.] 
ingression (in-gresh'on), n. [= OF. ingression 
= Sp. ingresion, < L. ingressio(n-), an entering, 
< ingredi, pp. ingressus, enter : see ingress. ] The 
act of entering, as into union or incorporation 
with something; a passing into or within. 
Mercury . . . may happily have a more powerful in- 
gression into gold than any other body. 
Sir K. Digby, Of Bodies, c. 15. 
Traces are manifest [among critics of the Iliad] of an 
inclination to suffer the ingression of antique forms. 
Amer. Jour. Philol., VII. 371. 
ingressive (in-gres'iv), a. [< ingress + -ive.] 
Entering; denoting entering on or beginning. 
The sigmatic aorist is decidedly ingressive, and we do 
not want the ingressive action here, however desirable it 
may be in the final sentence proper. 
Amer. Jour. Philol, VL 71. 
ingreSSU (in-gres'u), n. [That is, a writ de in- 
gressu, of entry: L. de, of; ingressu, abl. of in- 
gressus, entry, ingress : see ingress, n.~] In law, a 
former writ of entry into lands and tenements. 
ingressus (in-gres'us), . [L., ingress: see in- 
gress.] In Eng. law, the relief which the heir 
at full age formerly paid to the head lord for 
being allowed to enter as owner of the fee, 
after lands had reverted by the tenant's death 
or by forfeiture. 
Ingrian falcon. See falcon. 
ingrievet(in-grev'),f. t. [< in- 2 + grieve'-.] lo 
make more grievous. 
' in lieu 
inhabitance 
It is written of Epicurus that, after his disease was 
judged desperate, he drowned his stomach and senses 
with a large draught and ingurgitatwnol wine. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 197. 
ingustable (in-gus'ta-bl), a. [< L. ingustabilis, 
that cannot be tasted, < in- priv. + gustabilis, 
that may be tasted: see gustable.] That can- 
not be tasted ; tasteless ; insipid. Also, less 
properly, ingustible. 
The body of that element [air] is ingustable, void of all 
sapidity. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., 111. 21. 
ingwortt (ing'wert), n. [< ing + wort.] The 
meadowwort or meadowsweet. 
inhabilet (in-hab'il), a. [= F. inhabile = Sp. 
Pg. inhabit It. inabile, < L. inhabilis, that can- 
not be managed, unfit, unable, < in- priv. + ha- 
bilis, that can be managed, fit : see habile, hable, 
able*. Cf. inable.] 1. Not apt or fit; unfit; 
not convenient: as, inhabile matter. 2. Un- 
skilled; unready; unqualified: used of persons. 
Bailey, 1727. [Rare.] 
inhabilityt (in-ha-bil'i-ti). [= F - ***?"*' 
inhabilete = Sp. inhabilidad = Pg. inhalnhdade 
= It. inabilita, < L. as if *inhabilita(t-)s, < in- 
habilis, inhabile : see inhabile. Cf . inability.] 
The quality of being inhabile; unfitness; m- 
aptness ; want of skill ; inability. 
Whatever evil blind ignorance, . . . inhability, un- 
wieldiness, and confusion of thoughts beget, wisdom pre- 
vents. Barrow, Works, I. i. 
inhabit (in-hab'it), v. [Formerly also enhabit; 
< ME. inhabiten, enhabiten, enabiten, < OF. inha- 
bitcr, enhabiter = It. inabitare, < L. inhabitare, 
anguis in herba The serpent lurks there. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 159. 
2. That which enters into a compound, or is a 
component part of a compound or mixture ; one 
of the elements of a combination or composi- 
tion, as a dish, drink, or medicine. 
This even-handed justice 
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice 
To our own lips. Shale., Macbeth, i. 7. 
There's one main ingredient 
We have forgot, the artichoke. 
B. Jonson, Neptune's Triumph. 
She thought him ... a very fine gentleman ; and such 
as consider what powerful ingredients a good figure, fine 
clothes, and fortune are, in that character, will easily for- 
give her. Goldsmith, Vicar, vil. 
ingress (in'gres), n. [< ME. ingress; = Sp. in- 
greso = Pg. It. ingresso, < L. ingressus, a going 
into, < ingredi, pp. ingressus, go into: see in- 
gredient. Cf. congress, egress, etc.] L. A go- 
ing in; the act of entering or passing in; en- 
trance. 
Til Octob'r from the ingresm of this moone 
Ys Coriander (sette) is [in ?] fatty londe. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 114. 
The phenomena seem very favourable to their hypothe- 
sis that suppose congelation to be effected by the ingress 
of frigoriflck atoms into the water or other bodies to be 
congealed. Boyle, Works, II. 630. 
For your ingress here 
Upon the skirt and fringe of our fair land, 
You did but come as goblins in the night. 
Tennyson, Princess, v. 
2. Provision for going in ; a place of entrance : 
as, the ingress and egress are on opposite sides. 
Whenne thou dredest hail or hevynesse 
Lete honge it in thi yates or ingress 
Of hous or towne. 
Palladim, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 85. 
3. In astron., the entrance of the sun into a 
sign of the zodiac, or of a planet upon the disk 
of the sun in a transit; in astrol., the transit 
over the part of the zodiac occupied by the sun, 
moon, medium ceeli, or ascendant. 4. In canon 
law. See access, 7 Ingress paper. See paper. 
ingroove (in-groV), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- 
grooved; ppr. ingrooving. [< in- 1 + groove.] 
To groove in ; join or fix as in a groove. 
So let the change which comes be free 
To ingroove itself with that which flies, 
And work, a joint of state, that plies ^ 
Its office, moved with sympathy. 
Tennyson, Love Thou thy Land. 
ingrosst, ingrossert. Obsolete forms of en- 
gross, engrosser. 
ingrowing (in'gro-ing), a. [< in 1 + growing.] 
Growing inward; in surg., growing into the 
flesh: as, an ingrowing nail. 
ingrowth (in'groth), n. [< in 1 + growth.] 
Growth inward ; also, that which grows inward. 
In embryonic development the [retina] ... is an out- 
growth from the brain, the [lens] ... an ingrowth from 
the epidermis and cutaneous tissues. 
Le Conte, Sight, p. 24. 
The pouch is nothing but an ingrowth of part of the 
blastoderm. Huxley, Crayfish, p. 209. 
ingrumt, a- A provincial corruption of ignorant. 
Pray, take my fellow, Ralph ; he has a psalm-book ; 
I am an ingrum man. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, v. 1. 
inguen (ing'gwen), n. [L.] The groin. E. 
Phillips, 1706. [Rare.] 
inguiltyt (in-gil'ti), a. [< in-S + guilty.] Guilt- 
less; innocent. JJp..ffaM,Cont.Haman Hanged. 
inguinal (ing'gwi-nal), a. [= F. inguinal = Sp. 
Pg. inguinal = It. 'inguinale, < L. ingtiinalis, < 
inguen (inguin-), the groin.] Of or pertaining 
to the groin: as, an inguinal tumor or hernia. 
Inguinal arch. Same as crural arch (which see, 
under crural). Inguinal canal. See canali. Ingui- 
nal glands. Seegland. Inguinal hernia. Use hernia. 
Inguinal rings, external and internal, the abdominal 
rings. See abdominal. 
ingulf, v. t. See engulf. 
ingulfment. n. See engulfment. 
ingun, n. See ingan. 
ingurgitate (in-ger' ji-tat), v. ; pret. and pp. in- 
gurgitated, ppr. ingurgitating. [< L. ingurgita- 
tus, pp. of ingurgitare (> It. ingurgitare = Sp. 
ingurgitar = F. ingurgiter), plunge into, gorge, 
< in, in, + gurges (gurgit-), a gulf: see gorge.] 
1. trans. 1. To swallow greedily or in great 
quantity. 
Ingurgitating sometimes whole half glasses. 
Cleaveland, Poems, p. 112. 
2. To plunge ; engulf. 
If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], 
let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall 
he never be able to fill his desire with it. 
Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), p. 206. 
II. intrans. To drink largely ; swill. 
Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be 
still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 283. 
ingurgitation (in-ger-ji-ta'shon), n. [= F. in- 
gurgitation == Sp. ingurgitacion, < LL. ingurgi- 
tatio(n-), immoderate eating and drinking, < L. 
ingurgitare, plunge into, gorge : see ingurgitate.] 
1. The act of swallowing greedily or in great 
quantity. 2. That which is thus swallowed. 
as a habitation or dwelling-place; have an 
abode or residence in. 
Zif it hadde Ryveres and Welles, and the Lond also were 
as it is in other parties, it scholde ben als fulle of Peple 
and als fulle enhabyted with Folk as in other Places. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 43. 
With Riches full Rife & myche Ranke godys, 
The yle well enabit & onest with in. 
And lyuet after law of the lell gentils. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L 2858. 
Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter- 
nity Isa. Ivii. 15. 
To inhabit a mansion remote 
From the clatter of street-pacing steeds. 
Cowper, Catharina. 
2f. To make at home ; hence, figuratively, to be 
bound by the tie of residence. 
She that I serve, ywis, what so thou seye. 
To whom myn herte enhabit is by right, 
Shal ban me holly hires, til that I deye. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 443. 
II. intrang. 1.- To dwell; live; abide. 
Nother man ne woman durste ther-ynne enhabite. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ill. 666. 
O thou that dost inhabit in my breast. 
Shak., T. G. of V., v. 4. 
2t. To rest or be kept fixedly. 
Her eye inhabits on him. Fletcher, Mad Lover, iii. 4. 
inhabitable 1 (in-hab'i-ta-bl), a. [Cf. AF. en- 
habitable, inhabitant; < LL. inhabitabilis, that 
can be inhabited, < L. inJiabitare, inhabit : see 
inhabit.] Capable of being inhabited, or of 
affording habitation; suitable for habitation; 
habitable. 
The fixed stars are all of them suns, with systems of in- 
habitable planets moving about them. Locke. 
inhabitable 2 t (in-hab'i-ta-bl), a. [< ME. in- 
habitable, < OF. (also F.)"inhabitable = Sp. in- 
habitable = Pg. inhabitai-el = It. inabitabile, in- 
abitevole, < L. inhabitabilis, that cannot be in- 
habited, < in- priv. + habitabilis, habitable : see 
habitable.] Not habitable ; uninhabitable. 
He caused it [the town] to be defaced and razed flat to 
the earth, and made it inhabitable. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 217. 
In Ynde and abouten Ynde ben mo than 5000 iles gode 
and grete, that men duellen in, withouten tho that ben 
inhabitaMe. ilandcmlle, Travels, p. 161. 
Some inhabitable place, 
Where the hot sun and slime breeds nought but monsters. 
B. Jonson, Catiline, v. 1. 
inhabitance, inhabitancy (in-hab'i-tans, -tan- 
si), n. [< inhabit + -ance, -anci/.] 1. Resi- 
dence ; abode in a dwelling-place for the time 
being. It is distinguished from the temporary sojourn 
of a transient person ; but, as often used, it does not ne- 
cessarily imply the finality of intention respecting abode 
that is implied by domicile. Inhabitance refers rather to 
the actual abiding ; domicile to the legal relation, which 
is not necessarily suspended by absence. 
Persons able and fit for so great an employment ought 
to be preferred without regard to their inhabitancy. 
Hallam. 
He [Sterling] is come to look at some habitations with 
an eye to inhabitancy, Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 132. 
