insinuator 
are, bring in, insinuate : Bee inxnumii .\ One 
who or (hut which insinuates. Defoe, 
insinuatory (m-sin'u-a-to-ri), a. [< inniiiiiuii- 
4- -on/.] Insinuating; iusinuative. \Vrxtniin- 
ster Ker, 
insipid (iu-sip'id), a. [= F. insipide = Pr. in- 
sipul = 8p. iiutipulo = Pg. It. insipido, < LL. iii- 
ttipitiux, tasteless, < L. in- priv. + sapidus, hav- 
ing a taste, savory: see sapid.] 1. Without 
any taste ; not exciting the sense of taste ; with- 
out flavor or savor. 
I could propose divers ways of bringing this to trial, 
there being several ingipid bodies which I have found this 
way divcrsinable. Boyle, Works, IV. 863. 
2. Without a definite taste; having a taste 
which from its faintness and undecided charac- 
ter appears negative, insufficient, or slightly 
disagreeable ; flat in taste. 
A faint blossom and insipid fruit. Goldsmith, Taste. 
Hence 3. Without power to excite interest 
or emotion; without attraction; uninteresting; 
dull; flat. 
When liberty is gone, 
life grows inrijiid, and has lost its relish. 
Addiion, Cato, 11. 3. 
A refined, iiuipi'd personage, however exalted In station, 
was his aversion. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, iv. 
Syn. 3. Lifeless, stale, tame, prosaic, stupid, 
insipidity (in-si-pid'i-ti), n. [= F. instpidiU = 
Pr. insipiditat, < LLl as if *insipidita(t-)s, < in- 
sipidus, tasteless: see insipid.] The quality of 
being insipid, (a) Tastelessness. 
My friend led the way up the slopes of his olive-orchard, 
. . . and rewarded my curious palate with the insipidity 
of the olive which has not been salted. 
The Century, XXX. 207. 
(6) Dullness ; lack of interest. 
Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipiditt/ of 
Tate's. Pope. 
insipidly (in-sip'id-li), adv. In an insipid man- 
ner; without spirit or life; without flavor, 
insipidness (in-sip'id-ues),. Insipidity. Boyle. 
insipience (in-sipM-ens), n. [< ME. "insipience, 
iHcypyenx, < OF. iimtpience = Sp. Pg. insipiencia 
= It. insipienza, imripienzia, < L. insipientia, un- 
wisdom, < insipien(t-)s, unwise: see incipient.] 
Lack of sapience or wisdom ; folly ; foolishness. 
[Hare.] 
Whan In women be fownd no incupyent, 
Than put hem in trust and confydens. 
Songt and Carols (ed.WrightX p. 67. 
Your accession is grateful, my most gentle lump of t'n- 
sipience. Shirley, Love Tricks, 11L 5. 
insipient (in-sip'i-ent), a. and n. [= OF. in- 
siptent = 8p. Pg. It. insipiente,<. L. insipien(t-)s, 
unwise,< in- priv. + sapien(t-)s, wise: seesopi- 
ent.~\ I. a. Not sapient or wise; unwise; fool- 
ish. [Bare.] 
There are very learned men who distinguished and put 
a great difference between the inriuient man and the fool. 
I'/ui-i'iulaii, Tracts, 
II. n. An unwise person. [Rare.] 
Verely, if he admitte the booke of Sapience to be true 
and autentiku, I feare me it will go nye to proue hym an 
incipient for grauntyng that there is a purgatory. 
Frylh, Works, p. 40. 
insist (in-sisf), v. i. [< F. insister = Sp. Pg. 
insistir = It. insistere, < L. insistere, stand upon, 
follow, pursue, apply oneself to. persevere, per- 
sist, < in, in, on, + sistere, stand, < stare, stand: 
see state. Cf. uxxi.it, rmixixt, dexixt, etc.] If. To 
stand or rest; find support : with on or upon. 
The angles on one side insitt upon the centres of the 
bottom of thecells [of a honeycomb] on theother side. Hay. 
2. To rest, dwell, or dilate earnestly or re- 
peatedly; urge: with ow or upon: as, I must in- 
xist upon your coming. 
We I'nout rather upon what was actual then what was 
profitable. Milton, Eikonoklastes, ix. 
I shall not insist mww the clime nor soil of the country, 
Its commodities, or discommodities. 
ff. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 11. 
3. To assert or argue emphatically; express a 
desire or a belief with urgency or persistence. 
Yet I inritted, yet you answer'd not. 
SAa*.,J. C., 11. 1,246; 
Now, as 1 have already inrialed, the presence In our 
consciousness of the first principles of morality is an In- 
dubitable fact Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., XLIII. 73. 
4f. To be urgent in action ; proceed persistent- 
ly; persevere. 
Nor still insiit 
To afflict thyself in vain. Milton, S. A., 1. 913. 
He first trod this winepress, and we must insitt in tbe 
same steps. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. 70. 
insistence (iu-sis'tens), n. [= F. insMaaee = 
Sp. Pg. insMeiieia "= It. insistenza, insistcii^in : 
as i,i.iixti-n(t) + -<T.] 1. The act of insisting; 
urgent or persistent maintenance of an opin- 
ion, principle, right, or the like; perseverance 
in pressing or supporting anything. 
3119 
He [Turgot] habitually corrected the headlong intit- 
tenee of the revolutionary philosophers. 
J. Morley, Burke, p. 173. 
2. Persevering action; demonstrative persis- 
tence; pertinacity. 
What tones were those that caught our own, 
tillered through light and distance, 
And tossed them gayly to and fro 
With such a sweet iiaittencel 
//. P. Spo/ord, Poems, p. 14. 
insistent (in-sis'tent), a. [= F. insistant = 
Pg. insistente, < L."insisten(t-)s, ppr. of insistere, 
insist: see insist.'] If. Standing or resting on 
something. 
That the breadth of the substruction be double to the 
innttent wall. Sir //. Wotton, Ueliquto, p. 19. 
2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persis- 
tent in urging or maintaining. 
The British shopkeeper has been intittent on a purclr.se. 
The Century, XXI. 947. 
I suspect that Virgil . . . was also an insistent ques- 
tioner of every sagacious landholder. 
D. Q. Mitchell.Wet Days, Virgil. 
Hence 3. Extorting attention or notice ; co- 
ereively staring or prominent ; vivid; intense. 
A world of colonial and Queen Anne architecture, where 
conscious lines and intistent colors contributed to an effect 
of posing which she had never seen off the stage. 
W. D. llowell*, Annie Kilburn, x. 
4. In ornith., standing on end: specifically said 
of the hind toe of a bird when its base is in- 
serted so high on the shank that only its tip 
touches the ground: correlated with incumbent. 
insistently (in-sis'tent-li), adv. In an insistent 
manner; pressingly. 
"Then tell me what better I could do," said Gwendolen, 
inswtently. George KIM, Daniel Deronda, xxxvl. 
insisturet (in-sis'tur), r. [< insist + -ure.] A 
dwelling or standing on something; fixedness. 
The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, 
Observe degree, priority, and place, 
Insuture, course, proportion, season, form. 
Office, and custom, in all line of order. 
Shot., T. and C., L 8, 87. 
insitiencyt (in-sish'i-en-si), n. [< L. in- priv. 
+ si<j'en(i-)s, ppr. otsiiire, thirst, < sitis, thirst.] 
Freedom from thirst. 
The insitiency of a cameL Grew. 
insitiont (in-sish 'on), n. [< L. insitio(n-), an 
ingrafting, < inserere, pp. insitug, sow or plant, 
implant, ingraft, < in, in, + serere, sow.] The 
insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment. 
The flesh of one body transmuted by intrition into an- 
other. Sir T. Brotcne, Vulg. Err., II. 3. 
in situ (in si'tu). [L. : in, in; situ, abl. of 
situs, site: see site.'] In its site or position; 
in its original or proper location ; in place ; in 
the place which it occupied at the time it was 
formed or (in speaking of artificial construc- 
tions) built : in geological use applied to a mass 
of rock which is in its proper place, as a part 
of the formation to which it belongs, whether 
stratified or unstratified. 
inskonset, v. t. An obsolete form of ensconce. 
insmitet, e. t. [ME. insmiteit (awkwardly tr.L. 
incutere); < in- 1 + smite.'] To strike in. Wyclif. 
insnare, ensnare (in-, en-snar'), * ; pret. 
and pp. insnared, ensnared, ppr. insnaring, en- 
snaring. [< i/i-i, en-i, + snare.'] To take in a 
snare; allure; entrap. 
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be en- 
tnared. Job \ \\ iv. SO. 
That bottled spider 
Whose deadly web enanareth thee about. 
Shale., Rich. III., L 3, 243. 
insnarer, ensnarer (in-, en-snar'er), n. One 
that insnares. 
insnaringly (in-snar'ing-li), adv. So as to in- 
snare. 
insnarlt (in-snarl'), r. t. Same as ensnarft. 
insobriety (in-so-bri'e-ti), n. [= Pg. insobrie- 
dade; as in-3 + sobriety. J Lack of sobriety; 
intemperateness; drunkenness. 
No sooner had we parted than he had visibly lapsed 
again into hiccoughs, iucohereucy, and other ugly testi- 
monials to intohriety. 
Arch. Foroet, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 121. 
insqciabilityt (in-sd-shia-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. in- 
sociabilite = Sp. insociabilidad = Pg. insociabili- 
dade ; as insociable + -ity : see -bility. ] Unso- 
ciability. ll'arburtitn, Divine Legation, v. 4. 
insociablet (in-so'shia-bl), a. [= F. insociable 
= Sp. iiixociabtc = Pg. insociai-el = It. insocia- 
bile, < L. insociabilis, that cannot be joined to- 
gether, unsociable, < in- priv. + sociabilis, that 
can be joined together, sociable: see sociable.'] 
1. Unsociable; not inclined to society or con- 
versation. 
insolent 
If this austere iiuociable life 
Change not your offer made in heat of blood. 
Shale., L. L. L., v. 2, 80*. 
2. Incapable of being associated or conjoined. 
Lime and wood are ineociablr. 
Sir II. Wotton, Rellqulis, p. 19. 
insociablyt (in-so'shia-bli), adv. Uiisociably. 
insociatet (in-so'shi-ai), a. [< in- 3 + sociate.] 
Xot associated ; unsocial ; solitary. 
The most honoured state of man and wife 
Doth far exceed the intonate virgin-life. 
B. Jonnon, The Barriers. 
insolate (iu'so-lat), r. t.; pret. and pp. insolated, 
ppr. isolating. [< L. insolatus, pp. of insolare 
(> Pg. Sji. i linn/Hi' = F. insoler), place in the sun, 
expose to the sun, < in, in, + sol, sun: see sol, 
solar.] To expose to the rays of the sun; af- 
fect by exposure to the sun, as for drying, ripen- 
ing, arousing or stimulating (as the vital forces 
of a patient), or the like. 
Jnmlnied paper retains the power of producing an im- 
pression for a very long period, if it Is kept in an opaque 
tube hermetically closed. 
W. R. Oroee, Con. of Forces, p. 125. 
insolation (in-so-la'shon), n. [= F. insolation 
= Sp. insolacion = Pg. insolaySo, < L. inso- 
latio(n-), < insolare, place in the sun: see in- 
solate.] 1. Exposure to the sun's rays; sub- 
jection to the influence of solar heat and light, 
as for drying, maturing, or the production of 
chemical action; in med., treatment by expo- 
sure to the sun, in order to stimulate the vital 
forces. 
I am almost become confident that one of my ther- 
mometers, by such insolation as may be had in England 
from our stone walls, hath lost some inches of liquor. 
Boyle, Works, VI. 394. 
The inmlation [of the ground in northern valleys] dur- 
ing the day interferes but slightly . . . with the equilib- 
rium of air strata obtained during the night. 
Science, III. 563. 
2. A local injury of plants caused by exposure 
to too strong light, or to the rays of the sun 
concentrated as by inequalities in the glass of 
a greenhouse, producing excessively rapid evap- 
oration which kills the part affected. 3. The 
state of being heated by the sun ; the effect of 
exposure to the sun's rays; specifically, as ap- 
plied to persons, sunstroke. 
The comparative calmness of the atmosphere, tbe clear- 
ness of the sky, the dryness of the air, and the strong inso- 
lation which took place under these circumstances. 
Kncye. Brit. 
Disabled in the deserts by initiation produced by ex- 
cessive beat. The Century, XXIX. 661. 
in-sole (in'sol), n. [< ini 4- sole*.] 1. The 
inner sole of a boot or shoe : opposed to out- 
sole. See cut under boot. 2. A thickness of 
some warm or water-proof material laid inside 
a shoe. 
insolence (in'so-lens), . K ME. insolence, < 
OF. (also F.) 'insolence = Sp. Pg. insolencia 
= It. insolenza, insolemia, < L. insolentia, un- 
accustomedness, unusualness, excess, immod- 
eration, arrogance, insolence, < insolen(t-)s, un- 
accustomed, unusual: see insolent.] If. The 
quality of being rare ; unusualness. Spenser. 
2. Overbearing or defiant behavior; scorn- 
ful or presumptuous treatment of others; in- 
sulting speech or conduct. 
Then wander forth the sons 
Of Belial, flown with imoltncc and wine. 
Milton, F. L, L 602. 
O monster I mix'd of insolence and fear, 
Thou dog in forehead, but in heart a deer t 
Pope, Iliad, i. 297. 
3. An insolent act; an instance of insolent 
treatment; an insult. [Rare.] 
Loaded with fetters and insolence* from the soldiers. 
Fuller. 
= 8yn. 2. Pride, Pretumption, etc. (see arrogance.) ; rude- 
ness, abusive language or conduct, sneering, 
insolencet (in'so-lens), v.t. [< insolence, .] To 
treat with naughty contempt. [Kare.j 
The bishops, who were first faulty, intulenced and as- 
saulted. Eiton Batilike. 
insolency (iu'so-len-si), . If. Same as ino- 
lence, 1. [Rare'.] " 
Every evil example ... is a scandal : because it Invites 
others to do the like, leading them by the hand, taking off 
the strangeness and intolenry of the act 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X L 277. 
2. Insolent character or quality; manifesta- 
tion of insolence. [Rare.] 
No laws will serve to repress the pride and in-iolmry of 
our days. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 476. 
insolent (in'so-lent).o. [< ME. insolent, < OF. 
(and F.)insoit-nf= Sp. Pg. It. insolentr, < L. in- 
x<ilen(t-)s, unaccustomed, unwonted, unusual, 
immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent, < in- 
priv. + solen(t-)s, ppr. otsolere, be accustomed, 
