intinction 
tice in the tenth anil two succeeding centuries. It fell 
into disuse with the denial of the chalice to communi- 
cants. Inunction is to be distinguished from the act of 
commixture, which is done with a particle of the host or 
oblate with which the priest communicates himself. 
intinctivityt (in-tingk-tiv'i-ti), . [< L. in- priv. 
+ tinctus, pp. of tingere, dye (see tinge, mat). 
+ -ive + -ity. Formally, < in-'* + "tiuctivity, < 
"tinctive + -ity.'] Lack of coloring quality: as, 
the intinctivity of fullers' earth. Kirwan. 
intine (iu'tin), . [< L. intus, within, + -ine 2 .] 
In hot., the inner coat of the shell of the pollen- 
grains in phenogamous plants, of the spores of 
fungi, etc. It is a transparent, extensible mem- 
brane of extreme tenuity. 
These become invested by a double envelope, a firm ex- 
tine, and a thin intine. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 386. 
intire, intirely, etc. Obsolete or dialectal forms 
of entire, entirely, etc. 
intiset, * An obsolete form of entice. 
intitlet, t. An obsolete form of entitle. B.Jon- 
son. 
intitulationt, [< ML. *intttulntio(n-), < in- 
titulare, intitule : see intitule.'] The act of en- 
titling, or conferring a title. Bailey. 
intitule (iu-tit'ul), v. t. ; pret. and pp. intituled, 
ppr. intituling. ' [Also entitule; < F. intituler = 
Pr. entitolar, intitular = Sp. Pg. intitular = It. 
intitulare, intitolare, < ML. intitulare, entitle, < 
L. in, on, + titulus, a title: see title. Cf. entitle, 
a doublet of intitule.'] To give a right or title 
to, or distinguish or call by, as a title or name ; 
entitle or entitule. [Obsolete, or exceptionally 
used only in the latter sense, as in acts of the 
British Parliament.] 
But beauty, in that white intituled, 
From Venus' doves doth challenge that fair field. 
Shah., Lucrece, 1. 57. 
I did converse this quondam day with a companion of 
the king's, who is intituled, nominated, or called Don Adri- 
ano de Arinado. Shak., L. L. L., v. 1, 8. 
That infamous rhapsody, intituled 
" The Maid of Orleans." Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. 
into (in'to), prep. [< ME. into, < AS. in to (two 
words), into: in, in; to, to. Cf. onto and unto.'] 
1. In and to; to and in: implying motion : used 
to express any relation, as of presence, situa- 
tion, inclusion, etc., that is expressed by in, ac- 
companied by the idea of motion or direction in- 
ward. Compare in 1 , (a) Of motion or direction in- 
ward : after such verbs as go, come, run, fly, flee, fall, bring, 
lead, throw, put, look, show, etc. 
Thenne entreth /rt to the Schyp azen, and by syde the 
Haveue of Tyre, and come nought to Lande. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 126. 
From God, the fountaine of all good, are deriued into the 
world all good things. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 79. 
The governour and Mr. Winthrop wrote their letters 
into England to mediate their peace. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 163. 
The Interpreter takes them apart again, and has them 
first into a room where was a man that could look no way 
but downward. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 250. 
(6) Of change of condition : after such verbs as pass, fall, 
grow, change, convert, transmute, etc. Into, as thus indi- 
cating change, may when used with an intransitive verb 
give it a transitive force : as, to talk a man into submis- 
sion ; to reason one's self into error. 
For many ban into mischiefe fall, 
And bene of ravenous Wolves yrent. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., September. 
Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into 
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Kom. vi. 3. 
Samoa is hilly, and, like all the other islands, is very 
rocky ; it runs naturally into wood, of which there are all 
sorts that grow in Asia. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. ii. 24. 
Those two blush-roses [on a girl's cheeks] . . . turned 
into a couple of damasks. 0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, p. 239. 
2. In: not implying motion : as, he fought in to 
the Revolution. [Prov. Eng., Scotch, and U. S.] 
Lord Ingram wooed the Lady Maiserey, 
Into her father's ha'. 
Childe Vyet (Child's Ballads, II. 73). 
They hadna stayed into that place 
A month but and a day. 
Sir Patrick Spens (Child's Ballads, III. 340). 
3f. Unto; until. Compare intil. 
Heil be thou, Marie, gloriouse moder hende ! 
Meeknes & honeste, with abstynence, me sende, 
With chastite & charite into my lyues ecnde. 
Hymns to Viryin, etc. (E. E. T. .), p. 7. 
Lete it stonde in a glas vpon a litil fler into the tyme 
that the vynegre be colourid reed. 
Booh of Quinte Essence (ed. Furnivall), p. 10. 
4. Within, implying deficiency: as, the pole was 
long enough into a foot. [Local, New Eng.] 
intolerability (in-tol"e-ra-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. 
intolerabilite = Sp. intoler'abilidad ; as intolera- 
ble + -ity: see -bility.] The state or character 
of being intolerable. 
The goodness { y 0ur true pun is in the direct ratio of 
itsintalcrabi/iti/. poe, Marginalia, Int. 
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intolerable (in-tol'e-ra-bl), a. [Formerly also 
intolerable; < ME. intollerable, < OF. intolerable, 
F. intolerable = Sp. intolerable = Pg. intoleravel 
= It. intollerabile, < L. intolerabilis, that cannot 
bear, or cannot be borne, < in- priv. + tolera- 
bilis, that can be borne : see tolerable.] Not 
tolerable ; not to be borne or endured ; insup- 
portable; insufferable; insufferably objection- 
able or offensive : as, intolerable pain, heat, or 
cold; an intolerable burden. 
For lenger to endure it is intollerable. 
Lamentation of 11. Magdalene, 1. 372. 
That huge amphitheatre wherein those constant ser- 
vants of lesus Christ willingly suffered many intollerable 
and bitter tortures for his sake. Coryat, Crudities, I. 63. 
monstrous ! but one halfpennyworth of bread to this 
intolerable deal of sack ! Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4, 592. 
And in matters of Religion there is not any thing more 
intollerable then a learned foole, or a learned Hypocrite. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
The hatred and contempt of the public are generally 
felt to be intolerable. llacaulay, Mill on Government. 
=Syn. Unbearable, unendurable, insupportable, 
intolerableness (in-tol'e-ra-bl-nes), n. The 
character of being intolerable or insufferable. 
intolerably (in-tol'e-ra-bli), adv. To an intol- 
erable degree ; beyond endurance : as, intolera- 
bly noisy. 
HewastnJoWeraWyangrie; and thenmostwhenhe should 
have bashed to be angrie. 
Holland, tr. of Ainmianus, p. 353. 
intolerance (in-tol'e-rans), n. [= F. intole- 
rance = Sp. Pg. intolerancia = It. intolleranza, 
< L. intolerantia, intolerance, < intoleran(t-)s, 
intolerant: see intolerant.'] 1. The quality of 
being intolerant ; incapacity or indisposition to 
bear or endure ; non-endurance : as, intolerance 
of heat or cold. 2. Lack of toleration; indis- 
position to tolerate contrary opinions or be- 
liefs; bigoted opposition or resistance to dis- 
sent. 
Intolerance has its firmest root in the passion for the 
exercise of power. A. Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 124. 
A boundless intolerance of all divergence of opinion was 
united with an equally boundless toleration of all false- 
hood and deliberate fraud that could favour received 
opinions. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 16. 
intolerancy (in-tol'e-ran-si), n. Same as in- 
tolerance. [Rare.] 
intolerant (in-tol'e-rant), a. anin. [= F. in- 
tolerant = Sp. Pg.'iniolerante = It. intollerante, 
< L. intoleran(t-)s, intolerant, < in- priv. + to- 
leran(t-)s, ppr. of tolerare, bear, tolerate: see 
tolerant.] I. a. 1. Unable or indisposed to 
tolerate, endure, or bear: followed by of. 
The powers of human bodies being limited and intoler- 
ant of excesses. Arbuthnot. 
2. Not tolerant ; indisposed to tolerate con- 
trary opinions or beliefs ; impatient of dissent 
or opposition ; denying or refusing the right of 
private opinion or choice in others; inclined 
to persecute or suppress dissent. 
Intolerant, as is the way of youth 
Unless itself be pleased. 
Wordsworth, Prelude, vii. 
Religion harsh, intolerant, austere, 
Parent of manners like herself severe. 
Cowper, Table-Talk, 1. 612. 
The gloomiest and most intolerant of a stern brother- 
hood. Hawthorne, Snow Image. 
II. n. One who does not favor toleration. 
You might as well have concluded that I was a Jew, or 
a Mahometan, as an intolerant and a persecutor. 
Bp. Lowth, Letters to Warburton, p. 62. 
intolerantly (in-tol'e-rant-li), adv. In an in- 
tolerant manner ; without toleration. 
intolerate (in-tol'e-rat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- 
tolerated, ppr. intolerating. [< i-3 + tolerate.'] 
Not to tolerate or endure. 
They who observed and had once experienced this in- 
toleratiny spirit could no longer tolerate on their part. 
Shaftesbury, Reflections, ii. 2. 
1 would have all intoleration intolerated in its turn. 
Chesterfield. 
intoleration (in-tol-e-ra'shon), n. [< tn-3 + 
toleration.'] Want of toleration ; intolerance. 
That narrow mob-spirit of intoleration. Chesterfield. 
intombt, *>. '. An obsolete form of entomb. 
intonaco, intonico (iu-to'na-ko, -ne-ko), . 
[It., rough-cast, plaster, < intonacare, intoni- 
care, plaster, cover, < in, on, + toniea, tunic: see 
tunic.] The last coat of plaster laid on a wall 
as a ground for fresco-painting. 
The intonaco being spread, the artist painted his subject 
in a slight manner with terra rossa, laying in the chiaro- 
scuro and details, after which the plaster was allowed to 
dry. Encijc. Brit., IX. 770. 
intonate 1 !, v. i. [< L. intonatus, pp. of into- 
nare, thunder, resound, cry out vehemently, < 
in, in, on, + tonare, thunder : see thunder. Cf. 
intort 
<lrhiate.] To thunder; make a rumbling noise. 
Bailey. 
intonate 2 (in'to-nat), i\; pret. and pp. into- 
nated, ppr. intonutiny, [< ML. intonatus, pp. of 
intonare (> It. intonare = Pg. entoar = Sp. Pr. 
cntonar = F. entimncr), sing according to tone, 
intonate, < L. in, in, on, + tonus, tone : see tone.] 
1. intrant. 1. To intone. 2. To sound tin- 
tones of the musical scale; practise solmiza- 
tion. 
II. trans. To pronounce with a tone ; intone ; 
utter with a sonant vibration of the vocal cords. 
The great TerfAearai (it is finished] shall be intonated by 
the general voice of the whole host of heaven. 
5. Harris, On Isa. iii. (1739), p. 262. 
The I sets the tip of the tongue against the roof of the 
mouth, but leaves the sides open for the free escape of the 
intonated breath. Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., p. 66. 
intonation 1 ! (in-to-na'shon), n. [< intonate 1 + 
-ion.] A thundering; thunder. 
intonation 2 (in-to-na'shon), n. [= F. intona- 
tion = It. intonaeione; as intonate^ + -ion. Cf. 
detonation.] 1. Utterance of tones; mode of 
enunciation ; modulation of the voice in speak- 
ing; also, expression of sentiment or emotion 
by variations of tone: as, his intonation was 
resonant or harsh. 
Erskine studied her [Mrs. Siddons's] cadences and into- 
nations, and avowed that he owed his best displays to the 
harmony of her periods and pronunciation. 
Doran, Annals of the Stage, II. 262. 
To us, whose intonations belong not to the individual 
word, but to the whole period, it is difficult to conceive 
of the tone with which a word is uttered as a constant, 
essential, characteristic and expressive ingredient of the 
word itself. 0. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang. , xiii. 
2. The act of intoning or speaking with the 
singing voice ; specifically, the use of musical 
tones in ecclesiastical delivery : as, the intona- 
tion of the litany. 3. In music : (a) The pro- 
cess or act of producing tones in general or a 
particular series of tones, like a scale, espe- 
cially with the voice. The term is often also used 
specifically to denote the relation in pitch of tones, how- 
ever produced, to the key or the harmony to which they 
properly belong ; and it is then applied both to vocal and to 
instrumental tones, and is characterized s&pure,just, true, 
or as impure, false intonation. (6) In plain-song, the 
two or more notes leading up to the dominant 
or reciting-tone of a chant or melody, and usu- 
ally sung by but one or a few voices. The 
proper intonation varies with the mode used, 
and also with the text to be sung Fixed into- 
nation, fixed pitch : applied to the organ, pianoforte, and 
other instruments in which the pitch of each note is fixed, 
and not, as in the violin, horn, etc., subject to the will of 
the performer. 
intonator (in'to-na-tor), n. [< intonate^ + -or.] 
A monochord mathematically subdivided for 
the precise study of musical intervals. 
intone (in-ton'), . ; pret. and pp. intoned, ppr. 
intoning. [< ML. intonare, intone, intonate: 
see intonate 2 . Cf. entune.] I. trans. 1. To 
give tone or variety of tone to ; vocalize. 
It is a trite observation that so simple a thing as a clear, 
appropriate, and properly intoned and emphasized pro- 
nunciation in reading aloud is one of the rarest as well 
as most desirable of social accomplishments. 
G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., xiii. 
2. To bring into tone or tune ; figuratively, to 
imbue with a particular tone of feeling. [Rare.] 
Everyone is penetrated and intoned, so to speak, by the 
social atmosphere of the particular medium in which he 
lives. Maudslcy, Body and Will, p. 156. 
3. To speak or recite with the singing voice: 
as, to intone the litany. 
II. intrans. 1. To utter a tone ; utter a pro- 
tracted sound. 
So swells each wind-pipe ; ass intones to ass, . . . 
Such [twang] as from lab'ring lungs the enthusiast blows, 
High sound, attemper'd to the vocal nose. 
Pope, Dunciad, ii. 253. 
Specifically 2. To use a monotone in pro- 
nouncing or repeating; speak or recite with 
the singing voice ; chant. 
I heard no longer 
The snowy-banded, dilettante, 
Delicate-handed priest intone. 
Tennyson, Mand, viii. 
People of this province [Toledo] intone rather than talk ; 
their sentences are set to distinct drawling tunes. 
Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 51. 
3. In music: (a) To produce a tone, or a par- 
ticular series of tones, like a scale, especially 
with the voice; sing or chant, (b) In plain- 
song, to sing the intonation of a chant or mel- 
ody. 
intorsion, n. See intortion. 
intortt (in-tort'), v. t. [< L. intortus, pp. of iu- 
torqiiere, curl, twist, < in, in, + torqitere, twist : 
see toraion. Cf, distortion.] To twist; wreathe; 
wind. 
