insubordination 
quality of beinn insubordinate; want of subor- 
dination; rcl'nirtiii-inrs*; disobedience; resis- 
tance to lawful authority. 
The insubordination of the demoralized army was be- 
yond the Influence of even the most popular of the gen- 
erals. Arnold, Hist. Koine. 
Military intnibordination Is so grave and, at the same 
time, so contagious a disease, that 11 requires the prompt- 
est and most drriMvr rimedles to prevent it from leading 
to anarchy. Lecktj, Eng. in 18th Cent., lit. 
insubstantial (in-sub-stan'snal), a. [= P. in- 
Kiibxlt'iiliel = Sp. insiiliKtitni-iiil, < ML. innubstun- 
tialis, not substantial, < L. in- priv. + LL. sub- 
stantialis, substantial : see substantial.] Unsub- 
stantial. 
The great globe Itself, 
Yea, all which it Inherit, shall dissolve ; 
And, like this (fUvMomW pageant faded, 
Leave not a rack behind. 
,s/i<(<-., Tempest, Iv. 1, 155. 
We elders . . . are apt to smile at the first sorrow of 
lad or lasa, as though it were some insubstantial creature 
of the element, which has no touch of our afflictions. 
H. Vomten, Shelley, I. 98. 
insubstantiality (in-sub-stan-shi-al'i-ti), n. [< 
iiiHiilistiiHliiil + -ity.] The quality of" being in- 
substantial; unsubstantiality. 
insubstantiated (in-sub-stau'shi-a-ted), a. [< 
ii/-~ + substantiate + -erf 2 .] Embodied in sub- 
stance or matter ; substantially manifested. 
A mind or reason . . . inmibitantiated or embodied. 
Grate. 
insuccationt (in-su-ka'shgn), n. [< L. insucu- 
tux, pp. of insucare, iraprop. insuccare, soak in, 
< in, in, + sucus, improp. succus, juice : see suc- 
culent.] The act of soaking or moistening; 
maceration. 
As concerning the medicating and iruutxation of seeds, 
... I am no great favourer of it. Evelyn, Sylva, 1. 1. 5. 
insuccess (in-suk-ses'), n. Same as unsuccess. 
insuccessfulnesst (in-suk-ses'ful-nes), n. Un- 
successfuluess. Davcnant, Gondibert, Pref. 
insucken (iu'suk-u), a. [< il + sucken.] In 
Scots lair, in the servitude of thirlage, pertain- 
ing to a district astricted to a certain mill : as, 
an insucken multure or toll. See multure, ont- 
sucken, sucken, and thirlage. 
insudatet, a. [< L. insudatus, pp. of insudare, 
sweat in or at a thing, < in, in, + sitdare, sweat: 
see svdation.] Accompanied with sweating. 
ffares. 
And such great victories attain'd but selld, 
Though with more labours, and itunidate toyles. 
Htywood, Troia Britannica (1609). 
insuet, r. An obsolete form of ensue. 
insuetude (in'swe-tud), . [= It. insuetudine, < 
L. iiiKitttudo (-din-), < insuetus, unaccustomed, < 
in- priv. + suetus, accustomed, pp. of suescere, 
be accustomed ; cf. consuetude, desuetude.] The 
state of being unaccustomed or unused; un- 
usualness. [Rare.] 
Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom 
or insuftude. Landor. 
insufferable (in-suf'er-a-bl), a. [< n- + #/- 
lini/iir.\ Not sufferab'le; nut to lie rmlmvil ; 
intolerable ; unbearable : as, insufferable cold 
or heat ; insufferable wrongs. 
Then turn'd to Thracia from the Held of fight 
Those eyes that shed insufferable light. 
Pope, Iliad, siii. 6. 
Though I say nothing to your own conduct, that of your 
servant* la insufferable. 
Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, Iv. 
The fine sayings and exploits of their heroes remind us 
of the inm/erable perfections of Sir Charles Orandison. 
Macaulay, History. 
insufferably (in-suf 'er-a-bli), adv. In an insuf- 
ferable manner ; to an 'intolerable degree : as, 
insufferably bright ; insufferably proud. 
His [Pereius's] figures are generally too bold and dar- 
ing; and his tropes, particularly his metaphors, itiuffer- 
ably strained. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal, Ded. 
insufficience (in-su-fish'ens), . [< ME. */- 
flciens (in older form iiisujttsanee, q. v., < OP. 
(also F.) iiHtiijH.-niHi-i-); < OF. insufficience = Pr. 
Pg. iiisujjicioifia == Sp. insuflcieneia = It. insuf- 
Jiricnzit, < LL. insufficientia, insufflcience, < in- 
Kiifficien(t-)s, insuflicient: see insufficient.] In- 
sufficiency. [Rare.] 
And I confess my simple inxuffifiens : 
I.itil haf I sene, and reportit vi! less, 
Of this materis to haf experience. 
Sooke of Preci-dence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), 1. 102. 
We will give you sleepy drinks, that your senses, unin- 
telligent of our insufficience, may, though ttu-y cannot 
praise us, as little accuse us. Shak., W. T., 1. 1, Id. 
insufficiency (in-su-lish' en-si), n. [As I/J.VH/- 
tii'irnci' : stv -ci/.J Llflk of sutlioiriicy ; defi- 
ciency in amount, force, or fitness ; inadequate- 
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ness ; incompetency : as, insufficiency of sup- 
plies ; insufficiency of motive. 
If they shall percelue any insufeiencit In yon, they will 
not omitte any occasion to harm yon. 
lliikluyt'i Voyages, IL 172. 
At the time when our Lord came, the insufficiency of the 
Jewish religion, of natural religion, of anuent tradition, 
and of philosophy, fully appeared. 
./in tin. Christian Religion, Iv. 
Active insufficiency of a muscle, tin- inability of the 
muscle to act, owing to too close approximation of the 
points of origin and insertion, as in the case of the gas- 
t form-mills when the knee Is bent. 
Pg. It. insufficiente, < LL. insufficien(t-)s, not 
sufficient, < L. in- priv. + sufficien(t-)s, suffi- 
cient: see sufficient.] Not sufficient; lacking 
in what is necessary or required ; deficient in 
amount, force, or fitness ; inadequate ; incom- 
petent: as, insufficient provision or protection; 
insufficient motives. 
All other inmfflciant |to play In the pageantsl per- 
sonnes, either in connyng, voice, or personne, to discharge, 
animove, and avolde. 
Quoted In York Plays, Int., p. xxxvli. 
The bishop to whom they shall be presented may justly 
reject them as incapable and insufficient. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
It may come one day to be recognized that the number 
of legs, the villoslty of the skin, or the termination of the 
os sacrum, are reasons insufficient for abandoning a sensi- 
tive being to the caprice of a tormentor. 
F. P. Cobbe, Peak In Darlen, p. 145. 
insufficiently (in-su-fish'ent-li), adv. In an in- 
sufficient manner; inadequately; with lack of 
ability, skill, or fitness. 
insuffisancet, [ME. , < OF. insuffisance, insuffi- 
cience: see insufficience.] Insufficiency. Hal- 
liicell. 
Alle be It that I dide none my self for myiie unable in- 
tijt>it"iii'i', now I am comen horn. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 315. 
insuffisantt, a. [ME., < OF. insuffisant, insuffi- 
cient : see insufficient.'] Insufficient. 
What may ben ynow to that man, to whom alle the world 
is iniufflsant > Mmute nil f, Travels, p. 293. 
insufflate (iu-suf'lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. insuf- 
Jlated, ppr. insufflating. [< LL. insumatus, pp. 
of insufflare, blow or breathe into, C L. in, in, 
into, upon. + siifflare, blow from below, < sub, 
below, under, + flare = E. blow 1 : see flatus.] 
1. To blow into; specifically, in med., to treat 
by insufflation. See insufflation, 3. 2. Eccles., 
to breathe upon, especially upon catechumens 
or the water of baptism. See insufflation, 2. 
insufflation (in-su-fla'shon), . [= F. insuf- 
flation = Pg. insufflacSo = It. insufflazione, < 
LL. insufflatio(n-), a blowing into, < insufflare, 
pp. insufflatus, blow or breathe into : see insuf- 
flate.] 1. The act of blowing or breathing on 
or into. 
The Journal of the Franklin Institute observes the meth- 
od of insufflation and evaporation referred to is simply the 
blowing of streams of air, not necessarily heated, into a 
liquid warmed by some usual meant to some desired tem- 
perature, which may or may not be the boiling point of 
the liquid. Ure, Diet, IV. 860. 
2. Eccles., the act or ceremony of breathing 
upon (a person or thing), symbolizing the influ- 
ence of the Holy Ghost and the expulsion of an 
evil spirit. This ceremony is used in some ancient and 
Oriental rites, in exorcism of the water of baptism, and in 
the Greek and Koman Catholic churches and elsewhere In 
exorcism of catechumens. See exfujjtation. 
Thus St. Basil, expressly comparing the divine imntjfla- 
tion upon Adam with that of Christ, John \v 22, upon the 
apostles, tells us it was the same Son of God, "by whom 
God gave the inmtJUatian, then Indeed together with the 
soul, but now into thesonL" 
Bp. Bull, State of Man before the Fall. 
They would speak less slightingly of the insufflation and 
extreme unction used in the Romish Church. Coleridge. 
3. In med., the act of blowing air into the mouth 
of a new-born child to induce respiration, or of 
blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into some open- 
ing of the Dody. 
insufflator (in su-fla-tor), n. [NL., < LL. insuf- 
flatus, pp. of insufflare, blow into: see insuf- 
flate.] 1. A form of injector for impelling air 
into a furnace. It is practically an Injector blower. 
!'> a slight change in the apparatus it becomes a hydro- 
carbon burner or blower, for delivering a stream of oil 
mingled with air and steam under pressure to a furnace. 
2. A medical instrument for blowing air, or a 
gas, vapor, or powder, into some opening of the 
body. See insufflation, 3. 
insuitt (in'siit), . A word found only in the 
plarr citnl. and undoubtedly a printer's error. 
Most modern editions have "infinite cunning" 
in place of the old " infuite comming." 
Insulate 
And, In fine, 
Her inmit coming with her modern grace, 
Subdued me to her rate. 
Shot., Alii Well, T. S, 216. 
insuitability (in-su-ta-birj-ti), n. [< inauitaMe: 
sec -bility.] Uusuitableuess; incongruity. 
The inequality and the insuitability of his arms, and his 
grave manner of proceeding. 
Slulton, tr. of Uon Quixote, Iv. 10. 
insuitablet (in-su'ta-bl), a. [< n-3 + suitable.] 
Unsuitable. 
Many other rites of the Jewish worship seemed to him 
insuitable to the divine nature. 
Up. Burnet, Life of Rochester. 
insula (in'su-la), n. ; pi. intake (-le). [L., an 
island : see /.'< I .] In anat., a portion of the cer- 
ebral cortex concealed in the Sylvian fissure, 
consisting of five or six radiating convolutions, 
the gyrioperti. It lies Just out from the lenticular nu- 
cleus. Also called island of Kril, lobule oj the Sylvian 
fttsure, lobule of the corput ttrialum, tn& central lobe. See 
cut under ffi/ru*. Insula Eellt Same as inrata. 
insular (in'su-lar), a. and w. [= F. iumilaire 
= Sp. Pg. insular, < L. itisularis, of or belong- 
ing to an island, < insula, an island, perhaps < 
in, in, + salum, the main sea, = Gr. <rd/oc, surge, 
swell of the sea. Hence ult. (< L. insula) E. 
isle 1 , isolate, etc.] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to 
an island; surrounded by water: opposed to 
continental. 
Their insular situation defended the people from Inva- 
sions by land. .'. Adatnt, Works, IV. 60S. 
2. Hemmed in like an island ; standing alone ; 
surrounded by what is different or incongru- 
ous: as, an insular eminence in a plain. 
But how inxular and pathetically solitary are all the 
people we know ! Emerson. Society and Solitude. 
3. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of an 
island; characteristic of insulated or isolated 
persons; hence, narrow; contracted: as, insu- 
lar prejudices. 
England had long been growing more truly insular in 
language and political ideas when the Reformation came 
to precipitate nor national consciousness. 
LoweU, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 149. 
4. In i n In m., situated alone: applied to galls 
which occur singly on a leaf. o. In anat., of 
or pertaining to the insula of the brain, or is- 
land of Reil Insular sclerosis. See clerotit. 
H. . One who dwells in an island; an is- 
lander. 
It is much to be lamented that our insular* . . . should 
yet, from grossness of air and diet, grow stupid or doat 
sooner than other people. Bp. Berkeley, Siris, $ 109. 
insularism (in'su-lar-izra), . [< insular + 
-isw.] The quality of being insular in personal 
character; narrowness of opinion or concep- 
tion ; mental insularity. 
His [Alfred's] freedom from a narrow intularism. 
J. li. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 96. 
insularity (in-su-lar'i-ti), . [= F. insularit^; 
as insular +.-iiy.] The state of being an island, 
or of being insular in situation or character ; 
restriction within or as within an island ; that 
which is characteristic of an island or of the 
inhabitants of an island ; insularism. 
In his first voyage to the South Seas, he discovered the 
Society Islands, determined the ins\tlarit;t of New Zea- 
land, . . . and made a complete survey of both. 
Cook, Third Voyage, T. 3. 
We may rejoice in and be grateful for the insularity 
of our position, but we cannot escape from the inherent 
solidarity of all civilised races. 
W. 11. Greg, Misc. Essays, 1st ser., p. 35. 
Cosmopolitanism is greater than selfish insularity. 
Westminster Rev., CXXV. 815. 
insularly (in'gu-lar-li), adi: In an insular 
manner, 
insulary (in'gu-la-ri), a. and n. [< L. inxularix, 
insular: see insular.] I. it. Same as insular. 
[Rare.] 
Druina, being surrounded with the sea, is hardly to be 
invaded, having many other inxularif advantages. HoveU. 
H. n. Same as insular. [Rare.] 
Clearly, therefore, It Is not for us, poor inmlarirt that 
we are, to judge of the moral aspect of the " Naturalist " 
movement. Contemporary Rev., LI. 61. 
insulate (in'gu-lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. insu- 
lated, ppr. insulating. [< LL. tendMU. made 
like an island, pp. of insulare (> It. isolare (> 
ult. E. isolate) = F. insider), make like an island, 
< insitla, island : see insular. ] 1 . To make an 
island of (a place) by surrounding it with water. 
An Impetuous torrent boiled through the depth of the 
chasm, and, after eddying round the base of the castle- 
rock, which it almost insulated, disappeared in the ob- 
scurity of a woody glen. Peaeoclt, Melincourt, i. 
2. To place in an isolated situation or con- 
dition; set apart from immediate contact or 
association with others; detach; segregate. 
