insatisfaction 
insatisfaction (in-sat-is-fak'shgn), n. [< i>t- s 
+ satisfaction.] Lack of satisfaction ; dissatis- 
faction. [Bare.] 
In all natures you breed a farther expectation than can 
hold out, and so an tnsatisfaction in the end. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 296. 
Nor will it acquit the insatisfaction of those which 
quarrel with all things. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., 1. 6. 
insaturablet (in-sat'ur-a-bl), a. [< in- 3 + sat- 
urable.] Incapable of being saturated or glut- 
ted; insatiable. 
Enemies . . . whose hatred is insaturable. Tooker. 
insciencet (in'gigns), n. [= OF. inscience = 
Pg. imsciencia, <~L. inscientia, ignorance, < insci- 
en(t-)s, ignorant: see inscient^.] Ignorance; 
want of knowledge or skill ; nescience. 
inscient 1 (in'sient), a. [< L. in, in ; + scien(t-)s, 
ppr. of scire, know.] Endowed with insight or 
discernment. [Rare.] 
Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the Bun. 
Mri. lirowning, Aurora Leigh, ix. 
inscient 2 t (in'gient), a. [= OF. and F. inscient 
= Pg. It. insciente, < L. inscien(t-)s, not know- 
ing, ignorant, < in- priv. + scien(t-)s, knowing, 
ppr. of scire, know : see science,] Not knowing ; 
ignorant; unskilful. Coles, 1717. 
insconcet, v- * An obsolete form of ensconce. 
inscribable (in-skri'ba-bl), a. [< inscribe + 
-able.] Capable of being inscribed, 
inscribableness (in-skri'ba-bl-nes), . The 
quality of being inscribable. 
inscribe (in-skrlb'), v. t.; pret. and pp. inscribed, 
ppr. inscribing. [= F. inscrire =. Pr. inscrire = 
isp. inscribir = Pg inscrever = It. inscrivere, 
iscrivere, < L. inscribere, write in or upon, < in, 
in, + scribere, write : see scri be.] 1. To write 
or engrave ; mark, as letters or signs, by writing 
or engraving ; specifically, to display in writing 
on something durable or conspicuous : as, to in- 
scribe a name on a roll, tablet, or monument. 
In all you writ to Rome, or else 
To foreign princes, "Ego et Bex raeus" 
Was still inscrib'd. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2, 315. 
And 'midst the stars inscribed Belinda's name. 
Pope, R. of the L., v. 150. 
2. To write or engrave the name of, as on a list 
or tablet; enroll in writing: as, to be inscribed 
among the councilors. 
Am I inscribed his heir for certain? 
B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. 
3. To mark with characters or words. 
Oh let thy once-loved friend inscribe thy stone, 
And with a father's sorrows mix his own. 
Pope, Epitaph on Harcourt. 
The finest collections of inscribed Greek marbles are of 
course at Athens. Encyc. lint., XIII. 124. 
4. To dedicate or commend (a book or other 
writing) by a short address less formal than a 
dedication. 
. . is in- 
Dryden. 
5. To imprint deeply; impress: as, to inscribe 
something on the memory. 6. In geom., to 
draw or delineate in or within, as chords or 
angles within a circle, or as a rectilinear figure 
within a curvilinear one. A figure having angular 
points or vertices (as a polygon or polyhedron) is said to 
be inscribed in a figure having lines, curves, or surfaces, 
when every vertex of the former is incident upon the lat- 
ter ; a curved figure is said to be inscribed in a polygon or 
polyhedron when every side (in the former case) or every 
face (in the latter) is tangent to it. Inscribed hyper- 
bola. See hyperbola. 
inscribed (in-skribd'), p- a. In entom., having 
conspicuous, more or less angulated, colored 
lines or marks, somewhat resembling written 
letters. 
inscriber (in-skri'ber), n. One who inscribes. 
Diagrams . . . which Kircher has passed by unnoticed, 
as though making no part of the inscriber's intention. 
fownall. Study of Antiquities, p. 48. 
inscriptible (in-skrip'ti-bl), a. [= F. inscrip- 
tible = It. inscrittibile; < L. inscriptus, pp. of in- 
scribere, inscribe, + -ible.] Capable of being 
inscribed or drawn in or within anything: spe- 
cifically applied in geometry to certain plane 
figures and solids capable of being inscribed in 
other figures or solids Inscriptible quadrilat- 
eral, a quadrilateral four of whose vertices lie on the cir- 
cumference of a circle. 
inscription (in-skrip'shon), n. [= F. inscrip- 
tion = Pr. escriptio = Sp. inscripcion = Pg. in- 
scripf&o = It. inscrizione, iscrizionc, < L. inscrip- 
tio(n-), a writing upon, inscription, title, < in- 
scribere, pp. inscriptus, write upon : see inscribe.] 
1. The act of inscribing, in any sense of that 
word. 2. Inscribed symbols, letters, or word s ; 
specifically, a descriptive, explanatory, or illus- 
trative memorandum, as a name, title, motto, 
One ode, which pleased me in the reading, 
scribed to the present Earl of Rochester. 
3114 
panegyric, etc., written, engraved, or stamped, 
as on a monument, a medal, etc. : as, an inscrip- 
tion on a tombstone, on a gem, a book, or a 
picture; the inscriptions on the obverse and 
reverse of a coin or a medal. 
Upon the highest Mountain amongst the Alps She left 
this ostentous Inscription, upon a great Marble Pillar. 
Howett, Letters, I. v. 29. 
With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore, 
Th 1 inscription value, but the rust adore. 
Pope, Epistle to Addison, 1. 36. 
Monna Giovanna, his beloved bride, . . . 
Enthroned once more in the old rustic chair, 
High-perched upon the back of which there stood 
The image of a falcon carved in wood, 
And underneath the inscription, with a date, 
"All things come round to him who will but wait." 
Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Student's Tale. 
Specifically 3. In arcliceol., a historical, reli- 
gious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, 
or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard 
surface : as, the inscription on the Rosetta or the 
Moabite stone; the cuneiform inscriptions on 
rocks or brick cylinders ; the inscriptions on the 
Egyptian temples or in the Roman catacombs ; 
the inscriptions on Greek vases, votive tablets 
of terra-COtta, etc. It is to such inscriptions that onr 
knowledge of Egyptian, Assyrian, and some other ancient 
languages and institutions is chiefly due ; and study of 
the mass of such records left by the Greeks and Romans 
has corrected and completed an understanding of the his- 
tory and civilization of these peoples, and contributed 
greatly to what we know of their language, their laws, 
their methods of thought, their traditions, and theirpublic 
and private institutions and industries of all kinds. 
Roman Inscriptions (by which general name are desig- 
nated, in classical archeology, all non-literary remains of 
the Latin language, with the exception of coins, letters, 
and journals) fall into two distinct classes, viz. (1) those 
which were written upon other objects of various kinds, 
to denote their peculiar purpose, and in this way have 
been preserved along with them ; and (2) those which 
themselves are the objects, written, to be durable, as a 
rule, on metal or stone. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 124. 
4. A form of complimentary presentation or 
offering of a book or work of art, less elaborate 
than a dedication. 5. In early cliurch music, a 
sign or motto, or both combined, played at the 
beginning of a canon written in an enigmatical 
manner, to show how it was to be resolved. The 
inscription was often designedly more puzzling 
than the canon itself. 6. In the civil law, a con- 
sent by an accuser that, if the accusation be 
false, he will submit to the same punishment 
which would have been inflicted upon the ac- 
cused had he been guilty. 7. Entry on the 
calendar, as of a cause in court Ancyrene in- 
scription. See Ancyrene. 
inscriptional (in-skrip'shon-al), a. [< inscrip- 
tion + -al.] Of or pertaining to an inscription ; 
having the character of an inscription. 
Inscriptional hexameters. 
Amer. Jour. PhUol., VIII. 510. 
inscriptive (in-skrip'tiv), a. [< L. inscriptus, 
pp. of inscribere, inscribe, + -ive.] Of the 
character of an inscription ; inscribed. 
When the bells of Rylstone played 
Their Sabbath music "God us ayde ! " 
That was the sound they seemed to speak ; 
Inscriptive legend which I ween 
May on those holy bells be seen. 
Wordsworth, White Doe of Rylstone, vii. 
inscroll (in-skrol'), v. t. [< j-2 + scroll] To 
write on a scroll. [Rare.] 
Had you been as wise as bold, 
Young in limbs, in judgment old, 
Your answer had not been inscroU'd. 
Shak., M. of V., ii. 7, 72. 
inscrutability (in-skro-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< in- 
scrutable : see -Ulity.] Tlie character of being 
inscrutable or not subject to scrutiny. 
So let all our speculations, when they are admitted to 
the most familiaritie with these mysteries, be still afraid 
to inquire directly what they are, remembering that they 
are God's own intfcrutabilitie. 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays, II. 1. 3. 
inscrutable (in-skro'ta-bl), a. [= F. inscruta- 
ble = Sp. inscrutable = Pg. inscrutavel = It. 
iscrutabile, inscrutabile, < LL. inscrutabilis, in- 
scrutable, < L. in- priv. + * ' scrutabilis, scruta- 
ble: see scrutable.] Incapableof beingsearched 
into or scrutinized; impenetrable to inquiry or 
investigation; incognizable: as, the ways of 
Providence are often inscrutable. 
The historian undertook to make us intimately ac- 
quainted with a man singularly dark and inscrutable. 
Macaulay, History. 
Every mind is thus inscrutable to every other mind. 
Jevons, Pol. Econ., p. 15. 
= Syn. Impenetrable, undiscoverable, incomprehensible, 
unsearchable, mysterious. 
inscrutableness (in-skro'ta-bl -nes), n. The 
character of being inscrutable ; inscrutability. 
insect 
inscrutably (in-skr8'ta-bli), adv. In an in- 
scrutable manner ; so as not to be discovered 
or explained ; mysteriously. 
But there are cases in which it is inxcrvtably revealed 
to persons that they have made a mistake in what IB of 
the highest concern to them. 
Hawthorne, Septimius Felton, p. 58. 
insculpt (in-skulp'), v. t. [= OF. insculper = 
Sp. Pg. insculpir = It. insculpere, < L. inscul- 
pere, cut or carve in or upon, engrave, < in, 
in, + sculpere, cut, engrave: see sculp, sculp- 
ture.] To engrave; carve. 
Engraven more lyvely in his minde than any forme may 
be imcuiped upon metall or marble. 
Palace of Pleasure, II. S 4. (Nam.) 
And what's the crown of all, a glorious name 
Jnsculp'd on pyramids to posterity. 
lHassinger, Bashful Lover, iv. 1. 
insculpsit (in-skulp'sit). [L., 3d pers. perf . ind. 
of inscutpere, carve in, engrave: see insculp.] 
He engraved (it): a word appended to an en- 
graving, with the engraver's name or initials 
prefixed. 
insculpt (in-skulpf), a. [< L. insculptus, pp. 
of insculpere, cut or carve in : see insculp.] In 
bot., embedded in the rock: said of some sax- 
icolous lichens. 
insculptiont (in-skulp'shon), n. [< LL. insculp- 
tio(n-), a cutting or carving, < L. insculpere, cut 
or carve in: see insculp.] The act of engraving, 
or that which is engraved ; carved inscription. 
What is it to have 
A flattering, false insculption on a tomb, 
And in men's hearts reproach? 
Toumeur, Revenger's Tragedy, i. 
insculpture (in-skulp'tur), n. [= OF. insculp- 
ture = Pg. insculptura; as insculp + -ture, after 
sculpture.] Sculpture ; an engraved inscription. 
My noble general, Timon is dead ; 
Entomb'd upon the very hem o' the sea; 
And on his grave-stone this insculpture. 
Shak., T. of A., v. 4, 67. 
insculpture (in-skxilp'tur), v. t. Same as en- 
sculpture. Glover, Atlienaid, viii. 
in 86 (in se). [L.: in, in; se, refl. pron., sing, and 
pi., abl., itself.] In itself; in themselves. 
inseat (in-se'), v. t. [< in- 1 + sea.] To engulf 
in the sea. 
Horse and foot insea'd together there. 
Chapman, Iliad, xi. 637. 
inseal (in-sel'), v. t. Same as enseal. 
inseamt, v. t. See cnseam 1 . 
insearcht (in-serch'), v. Same as ensearch. 
insecablet (in-sek'a-bl), a. [= F. insecable = 
Sp. insecable = Pg. 'inscccavel = It. insecabile, < 
L. insecdbilis, that cannot be cut up, < in- priv. 
+ (LL.) secabilis, that can be cut, (secure, cut: 
see section.'] Incapable of being divided by a 
cutting instrument ; indivisible. Bailey. 
insect (in'sekt), n. and a. [= D. G. Dan. Sw. 
insekt = F. insecte= Sp. Pg. insecto-= It. insetto, 
< L. insectum, an insect (cf. Gr. evroftov, insect, 
of same lit. sense), prop. neut. of insectus, pp. 
of insecure, < in, in, + secare, cut: see section. 
The name was orig. applied to those insects 
whose bodies seem to be cut in or almost di- 
vided in segments. See Entoma.] I. . 1. A 
small, usually winged and many-legged, inver- 
tebrate creature whose body appears to consist 
of several segments: a term used in popular 
speech without exactitude, being applied not 
only to flies, fleas, dragon-flies, butterflies, 
moths, bees, wasps, crickets, grasshoppers, 
roaches, beetles, bugs, lice, and other familiar 
creatures properly called insects, but also, im- 
properly, to other small creatures whose struc- 
ture and relations are not popularly understood, 
as the so-called coral insect, which is an actino- 
zoan. 
So morning insects, that in muck begun, 
Shine, buzz, and fly-blow in the setting sun. 
Pope, Moral Essays, ii. 27. 
May insects prick 
Each leaf into a gall. Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
2. In eool., any member of the class or other 
division of animals called Insecta; an arthro- 
pod; acondylopod; an articulated animal with 
articulated legs, especially one with six such 
legs; ahexapod. See Insecta and Hexapoda, 1. 
Compound eyes of insects. See eyei. Coral in- 
sect, deciduous insects, etc. See the adjectives. To 
expand an insect. See expand. 
II. . 1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature 
of an insect or insects : as, insect transforma- 
tions; insect architecture. 
The inject youth are on the wing, 
Eager to taste the honied Spring. 
Gray, Spring. 
2. Like an insect in any respect; small; mean; 
contemptible. 
