inhabitance 
2f. The state of being inhabited ; inhabitation. 
Here's nothing, sir, but poverty and 
No promise of inhabitants ; neither track 
Of beast nor foot of man. 
Fletcher (and another). Sea Voyage, iv. 1. 
inhabitant (in-hab'i-tant), a. and n. [< AF. ._v vi 
OF. inhabitants L. inhabitants, ppr. of in- U naDlet . !.': ( ' 
linhitii re, inhabit: see inhabit.] I. . Inhabit- 
ing; resident. [Rare.] 
The inhabitant householders resident in the borough. 
... It is highly probable the word burgess . . . meant 
literally the free inhabitant householder of a borough. 
Uallani, Hist. Eng., III. 48. 
The rates were levied by select vestries of the inhabi- 
tant householders. Macavlay, St. Denis and St. George. 
[< inhabiter + 
3097 
inhabitort, . See inhabiter. 
inhabitresst (in-hab'i-tres), n. 
'.-. I A female inhabitant. 
The church here called the inliahitr?** of the gardens. 
lip. Hichardwn, Ubs. on Old Test. (1A6&), p. S&O. 
[< "tnhable, inable, a.] To make 
unable ; disable. 
inherit 
sik fault as inhabit* the person of the giner to be 
distributer of the sacrament. 
wiinl is used (in the plural) of the citizens of a town in 
their collective capacity as a Ixxly corporate. 
To this [parish] meeting all those who had benefit of the 
things there transacted might eonie: that is to say, all 
householders, and all who manured land within the par- 
ish. Such were technically termed inhabitant*, even 
though they dwelt in another town. 
K. Clianniny, Town and County Gov't in Eng. Colonies 
(of North America. 
The Jackal is not an importation from anywhere else 
into f'urzola ; he is an old inhabitant of Europe, who has 
kept his ground in Curzola after he has been driven out 
of other places. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 204. 
Capital Inhabitant, in English municipal corporation 
law, a chief inhabitant ; an inhabitant or citizen chosen 
as a member of the common council of the city, from 
among the inhabitants and citizens at large, and corre. 
spondlng to the common-eonncilmen or assistant alder- 
men of American municipalities. 
inhabitatet (in-hab'i-tat), v. t. [< L. inhabita- 
/.--, pp. of inliabitare, dwell in: see '>nlml>it.\ 
To inhabit; dwell in. 
He was inhaiutlinij his smoking tea, which went rolling 
and gurgling down his throat. 
Thackeray, Book of Snobs, xxil. 
inhearse (in-ln'T8'),. t. ; pret.andpp.tnAeareed. 
ppr. inliinrsiiifi. [Formerly also inherse; < in-* 
+ hearnc 1 .] To put into a hearse. 
See, where be lies, inherited In the arms 
Of the most bloody nurser of his harms. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., IT. 7. 
VI., 1597 (ed. 1814), p. 167. inheoldt, inhieldt, i'. t. [ME. inhilden, inhield- 
a. inheldrii ; < in, in, + hilden, helden, pour, in- 
cline : see hecld.] To pour in. 
Ve In my nalcyd herte sentement 
Inhilde [var. inhifld.] 
Chaucer, Trollus, III. 44. 
[< <n-l + helfl.] To consign to 
put in hell. 
She, for whose sake 
Id flnde in his heart to iit-hell hlm-selfe. 
Manton, What you Will, IT. 1. 
pores through which streams of water enter), inhere (in-her'), v. i.; pret. and pp. inhered, 
ppr. inhering. [< L. inha-rere (> It. inerire = 
in hac parte (in hak par'te). [L.: in, in; hue, 
abl. feui. of hie, this (see /te 1 ); parte, abl. of 
purs, a part: see part.'] On this part or side ; 
in this behalf. 
duct; the inhalant pores of sponges (that is, the 
Also 
See cuts under Porifera and Spongilta. 
spelled inhalent. 
These inhalent and exhalent currents go on, so long as 
the animal [the fresh-water mussel) is alive and the valves 
are open. Uuxley, Biology, xi. 
inhalation (in-ha-la'shon), n. [= F. inhalation 
= Sp. inhalation = Pg.'inhala^So = It. iiialazi- 
one, < L. as if *inhalatio(n-), < inhalare, inhale : 
see inhale.] 1. The act of inhaling; inspira- 
tion ; an indrawing, as of air or medicinal va- 
pors into the lungs. 
The medicine of inhalation is still in its infancy. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 186. 
2. In phar., a preparation intended to be in- 
haled in the form of vapor. 
Stimulating moist inhalationx can be prepared with 
various volatile oils. Quain, Med. Diet. 
'g. inherir), stick in, stick, inhere, < ', in, 
hairere, stick :: see hesitate. Cf. adhere, cohere,] 
1. To be in, as an accident is in a substance; 
be related as an accident to a substance, as the 
predicate of a proposition is related to its sub- 
ject, or an adjective to its substantive. 
An accident cannot inhere in another accident. 
Burgertdiciui, tr. by a Gentleman, Monltio ixigica, I. T. 1 1. 
2. To dwell or exist as an element ; have place 
as a quality or attribute; belong intrinsically; 
be innate or characteristic. 
So fares the soul which more that power reveres 
Man claims from God than what In God inhere*. 
Parnell, Donne's Third Satire versified. 
The leading influence of Roman absolutism, a tendency 
that inhered In It from the start, aided essentially in pro- 
ducing a sense of equality among men. 
O. P. Fixher, Begin, of Christianity, p. 52. 
Of all the people which inhabitate Asia. inhale (in-hal'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. inhaled, ppr. 
Uollaml, tr. of Llvy, p. 992. inhaling. [= F. inhaler = Pg. inhalar = It. - inherence (in-her'ens), . [= F. inherence = 
alare, < L. inhalare, breathe on (breathe in). < 
in, in, into, on, + halare, breathe. Cf. exhale i.J 
To draw in, as air into the lungs ; draw in by 
breathing, or by some analogous process. 
That play of lungs, inhaliny and again 
Respiring freely the fresh air. Coicper, Task, 1. 187. 
Same as inhalant. 
Sp. Pg. iiiherencia = It. inerenza, < ML. inhttren- 
tia, < L. A<rren(f-)s, inherent: see inherent.] 
1. The state of being inherent or of inhering; 
intrinsic existence. 2. The relation to its sub- 
ject of an accident, or that which cannot exist 
out of a substance as subject. Thus, the rela- 
tion of mortality to man is inherence. 
deity to 
the " adhivasa" or inhabitation. 
E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 163. 
2f. Population ; the mass of inhabitants. 
Noise call you It, or universal groan. 
As if the whole inhabitation perish'd I 
UUton, 8. A., L 1512. 
inhabitative (in-hab'i-ta-tiv), a. [< inhabitate 
+ -ire.] Of or pertaining to inhabitation. 
inhabitativeness (in-hab'i-ta-tiv-nes), . [< 
inhabit + -atirt'-ni'ss.] Inhabitiveness. 
inhabitation (in-hab-i-ta'shon), n. [= AF. 
inhabitiicion = It. inabitazinne, < LL. inhabita- 
tiii(n-), a dwelling, < L. inliabitare, dwell in : see 
inhabit.] 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state 
of being inhabited. 
Temporary hollow clay Idols . . . which receive no 
veneration for themselves, and only become objects of inhalent (in-ha'lent), a. . ., . ,. 
da^%dw%in^imueViMrform!bttleowira^l inhaler (in-ha'ler), n. 1. One who inhales. inherency (in-her'en-si), n. Same as inher- 
2. In mcd., an apparatus for inhaling vapors 
and volatile substances, as steam of hot water, 
vapor of chloroform, iodine, etc. 3. An appa- 
ratus which enables a person to breathe with- , . 
out injury in a deleterious atmosphere, as that ^ e ?*J: her ^..^...^/v"'^^ =>?' 
used by persons of delicate lungs to prevent 
damp or cold air from entering the lungs, or 
that used by cutlers and others who breathe 
an atmosphere charged with metallic particles; 
a respirator. 
Obsolete forms of 
cnce. 
Borrowing his little and imaginary complacency from 
- .,_,._,.. .,.-. . v..._ not from any ' inherr * try of h ' u own 
?pr. of inhcfrere, stick in, inhere: see inhere.] 
. Inhering; infixed; sticking within; strongly 
lodged or incorporated. 
inhabited 1 (in-hab'i-ted), p. a. [< inhabit + inhancet, inhancement. 
-/'-.] 1. Dwelt in; having inhabitants: as, a enhance, enhancement. 
thinly inhabited country. inharmonic (in-har-mon'ik), a. [= Pg. inhar- 
How had the world monico ; as w-8 + harmonic.] Not harmonic; 
Inhabited, though sinless, more than now, 
not according to the principles of harmony in 
music; inharmonious; discordant Inharmonic 
relation. Same as/ol*e relation (which see, under fale\ 
Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat? 
Milton, P. L., x. 690. 
inharmonical (in-har-mon'i'-kal), "a. [< i'nhar- 
Tmteh. I am here with thee and thy goats, as the most 
capricious poet, Ovid, was among the Goths. 
monie + -al.] Same as inharmonic. 
Jan. [Aside.] O knowledge m-inhalritea! worse than inharmonious (in-har-mo'ni-us), a. [= F. i- 
Jove in a thatched house ! Shale., As you Like it, lit s. '"'" <s- n- - 
Imnnonieitx = Sp. Pg. inharaionioso ; as t'n-8 
harmonious."] 1. Not harmonious in sound; des- 
titute of musical harmony ; discordant: as, iw- 
harmonioiin voices; inharmonious verse. 
Sounds inharmmiious in themselves and harsh. 
Coirpcr, Task, L 207. 
2. Not harmonious in sentiment, action, or re- 
lation ; disagreeing; conflicting: as, inharmo- 
,. . t mow* proceedings; inharmonious colors. 
mhabitert inhabitort (m-hab i-ter, -tor). M. inharmoniously (in-har-mo'ni-us-li), adv. In 
h -<T!. -or.] An inhabitant. an inharmonious manner; without harmony; 
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth I ROT. vlil. 13. discordantly. 
The 
inhabited-t (in-hab'i-ted ),a. [< i-3 + habited. 
Cf. F. MMMM = Sp. Pg. inhabitado = It. 'a6i- 
tato, uninhabited.] Not habited ; uninhabited. 
Posterity henceforth lose the name of blessing, 
And leave th' earth inhabited, to purchase heav'n. 
neau. and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, iii. 1. 
inhabitedness (in-hab'i-ted-nes), H. The state 
of ))eii)g inhaliited or occupied. 
ngth of this side is (according to the opinion of inharmoniousness (iii-hiir-mo'ni-us-nes), 
mnabltiveness(in-liab'i-tiv-nos), . [<inhabit Light of Nature I i 1 
-ire + -next.] In ,>hren, a propensity for re- inharmony (in-har'mo-ni), . [= F. inharmonic 
m:unin P in an accustomed place of habitation ; = S p. inhtrmom* ; as -3 + harmony.] Want 
ov,. of locality country, and home : supposed of harmony; discord; disharmony. [Rare.] 
.. In H,,I,.,I by a posterior cranial develo- inhauler(in'ha-ler),n. [< ,'! + bnt.lr,-.] A/., 
Kime development, and calls it cnncentratieene**. 
cut under phmiut<i : >:i. 
See 
liin/nt.] To frequent ; haunt. 
* 
'- + 
Some persons think that inhatatiiKwia may give the de- 
light to see foreign countries. :niil to travel, but it isquito 
the reverse; the former delight depends on Locality, inhaust 
POM who have rnAoMtftmMi large. :md Locality small, ~ 
do not like to lc:iv,. h.mi,- ; th,i,. who have DOthonuu 
large, like to tmvel, but to return home and settle at last. 
Combe, System of Phrenol. (ed. 1843), I. 213. 
This creeke with rnning passadge thee channel inhaunt- 
"' stanihunt, .Kneid, i. 168. 
(in-hast"), r. t. [< L. in, in. + Jiang- 
of haurirc, draw: see haunt-. Cf. ci- 
To draw or drink in. [A humorous 
coinage.] 
tus, pp 
[Rare.] 
I will not do 't: 
Lest I surcease to honour mine own truth, 
And, by my body's action, teach my mind 
A most inherent baseness. Shak., Cor., iii. 2. 
Ftd. I can forgo things nearer than my gold. 
Piero. But not your love, Knlgoso. 
Fill. No, she's inherent, and mine own past losing. 
Ford, Lady's Trial, II. 1. 
2. Existing as an element, quality, or attri- 
bute ; innately characteristic ; intrinsic : as, 
inherent color ; inherent beauty of character. 
There was inherent in them [the bishops) a power of 
cognition of causes, and coercion of persons. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. 206. 
I consider an human soul without education like mar- 
ble In a quarry, which shows none of Its inherent beauties 
till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours. 
Spectator, No. 215. 
The forms . . . have an inherent power of adjustment 
to each other and to surrounding nature. 
A. R. Wallace, Nat. Select, p. 268. 
Condition inherent. See condition. Inherent form, 
in inrtaph. See/onn. =SyTL 2. Inherent, Innate, Inborn, 
Inbred, Ingrained, native, natural. Inherent implies per- 
manence and inseparableness : as, an inherent weakness or 
defect. Innate and inborn are literally the same, hut in- 
nate is chiefly the word of philosophy, while ini>rn is the 
word of common life and literature : as, it Is disputed whe- 
ther there are innate ideas or an innate belief in a God, 
but few deny that there are inborn aptitudes for excellence 
in certain kinds of work ; he has an inborn love of truth. 
Inbred applies to that which is worked into one by breed- 
ing or training, or. more figuratively, by habit : as, inbred 
laziness. Ingrained applies to that which has become 
thoroughly worked Into the texture or fiber, literally or 
figuratively : as, ingrained baseness. See intrintie, under 
i lull':-. 
inherently (in-her'ent-li), adv. By inherence; 
inseparably. 
inherit (in-her'it), p. [< ME. inheritcn, enheri- 
trn, < OF. enhfriter, inhcriter, < LL. inhtrcditare. 
appoint as heir, ML. also put in possession, in- 
herit, < L. in, in, + hcrc.t (hcreil-), hr-ir: sec heir 
and heritage.] I. trans. 1. In laic, to take by 
descent from an ancestor; get by succession, 
as the representative of the former possessor: 
