intuition 
(Some writers hold that tin- (ifi-man AiM-tifiitiiitif should 
not be translated by intuition. I'.nt this trnn is a par t "t 
the K:irili:ui trl lllinoloKy, (In- wholr of which \v;lB fliinifil 
ill l..i'in Ulxl triiMHlatcit into Crtnian. ami this word ill 
particular was used by Kant in his Latin writing* itl tll(5 
form iutnitttH, and hr frequently lirackets this form after 
Alutcttauuit'f. to make his meanini,' clear. KeMiles, the 
CWJllitin inttlitil'tl of Scot US, who anticipated some ot' Kant S 
must important \ic\vs MM thin sutije, I. is almost identical 
with Kanis own dclinition of Aiutchauung. Intellectual 
intuition nsnl since Kanl for an immediate cognition of 
the existence of Uod, was by the (K-rman mystics fin- 
ployed for their .spiritual Illumination (the term intuMo 
ititellectuali* was borrowed by tltcm from Cardinal de 
i 'ii.,a i, or light of nature. | 
4. Any object or truth discerned by direct 
cogiiition; a first or primary truth; a truth 
that cannot be acquired by but is assumed 
in experience. 5. Pure, untaught knowledge. 
We denote this primary wisdom as intuition, whilst all 
later teachings are tuitions. Kinenun, Self- Reliance, p. 60. 
Intellectual Intuition. See intellectual. 
intuitional (in -tu-ish' on -ai), a. [< intuition 
+ -al.] Pertaining to or derived from intui- 
tion; based on intuition as a principle: as, 
the intniliiinii/ origin of knowledge; the intui- 
tional school of philosophy. 
intuitionalism (iu-tu-isVon-al-izm), n. [< in- 
tuitional + -ixni.] In mctaph., the doctrine that 
the absolute is known, in its existence, by an 
immediate cognition of the understanding. 
intuitionalist (in-tu-ish'on-al-ist), n. [< in- 
tuitional + -ist.] A believer in the doctrine of 
intuitionalism. 
The great opposing theories of the experientialisU and 
the iittuitiiinalislJt. J. Fiske, Cosmic Philos., L 73. 
intuitionism (in-tu-ish'pn-izm), . [(intuition 
+ -ism. ] The doctrine of Reid and other Scotch 
philosophers that external objects are imme- 
diately known in perception, without the in- 
tervention of a vicarious phenomenon. 
intuitionist (iu-tu-ish'on-ist), n. [< intuition 
+ -int.'] An adherent of the doctrine of Reid 
concerning immediate perception. 
intuitive (in-tu'i-tiv). a. [= F. intuitif = Sp. 
Pg. It. intititivo, < ML. intuitivus, < L. intueri, 
look at, consider: see intuit, intuition.'] 1. Per- 
ceiving directly, without a medium, vicarious 
representation, symbol, or phenomenon; per- 
ceiving the object immediately as it exists. 
Faith, beginning here with a weak apprehension of 
things not seen, cndeth with the intuitive vision of God in 
the world to come. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
2. Pertaining to a knowledge (especially, but 
not exclusively, an immediate knowledge) of 
a thing as existent. 3. Not determined by 
other cognitions ; not discursive ; of the nature 
of a first premise; immediate; self-evident; 
reached without reasoning by an inexplicable 
and unconscious process of thought. 
Whence the soul 
Reason receives, and reason is her being, 
Discursive or intuitive. Milton, P. L., r. 488. 
4. Presenting an object as an individual im- 
age; not general intuitive certainty, cognition, 
judgment, etc. See the nouns. 
intuitively (in-tu'i-tiv-li), adv. In an intui- 
tive manner; by instinctive apprehension : as, 
to perceive truth intuitively. 
Ood Almighty, who sees all things intuitively, does not 
want logical helps. Bolter, On Learning. 
We feel intuitively that there is something not only im- 
perfect, but absolutely repulsive, in the purely skeptical 
spirit. //. A'. Oxenaam, Short Studies, p. 263. 
intuitivism (iu-tu'i-tiv-izm), n. [< intuitive + 
-ism.] The doctrine that the fundamental prin- 
ciples of ethics are reached by intuition. 
The difference between the two phases of Intuitivism in 
which these notions [of the relations between right and 
good, and that the right is always in our power] are re- 
spectively prominent is purely formal ; their practical pre- 
scriptions are never found to conflict. 
//. Sidywick, Methods of Ethics, p. 99. 
intuitivist (in-tu'i-tiv-ist), . [< intuitive + 
-ist.] One who believes in intuition ; one who 
believes in the intuitive character of ethical 
ideas. 
The intuitinit, ... by teaching the latent existence in 
the soul of the regulative moral idea. leaves open a door 
to a sudden, accidental, and semi-miraculous discovery of 
the path of duty. 
J. Sully, Sensation and Intuition, p. 189. 
intumesce (in-tu-mes'), v. i. ; pret. and pp. in- 
tumrxffd, i>pr. iiitunK-scinn. [= Sp. iiiliinnni- 
= Pg. iittiiHH-i-er, < L. intumescere, swell up, < 
in. in, on. + tumescere, inceptive of tunii-ri: 
swell : sec tumid.'} To enlarge or expand, as 
with heat ; swell up; become tumid. 
A number of the vesicles being half tilled up with a 
white-, soft. earth) mcxotypic niin- nil, which iittumesctd 
under the blowpipe in a remarkable manner. 
Mirin/i.lii'ol. observations, i. 31. 
3167 
intumescence (in-tu-mes'ens), n. [= F. inin- 
ini'xrriirc = 1'g. intiimecencia = Sp. intumescencia 
= It. iiiliiHiixn-Hza, < NL. MWMMMlfa) < L. '"- 
/niiii.ti-i-ii(t-), swelling up: see intumescent.'] 1. 
The state or process of swelling or enlarging, as 
with heat; expansion; tumidity. 
Had navigation been at that time sufficiently advance.! 
to make so long a passage easily practicable, there is lit- 
tie reason for doubting but the intumescence of nations 
would have found its vent, like all other expansive vio- 
lunce, where there was least resistance. 
Johnton, Taxation no Tyranny. 
2. A swollen or tumid growth or mass; tume- 
faction. 
intumescency (in-tu-mes'en-si), n. [As i nl ii- 
nnsfi i-r.} Hume as intumescence. SirT.Ifrowne, 
Vulg. Err., vii. 13. 
intumescent (in-tu-mes'ent), a. [= Sp. intu- 
mescente, < L. intumescen(t-)s, ppr. of intitmes- 
cere, swell up, < in, in, T tumescere, begin to 
swell: see tumencent.] Swelling up; becoming 
tumid. 
The treatment consisted in reducing the size of the in- 
tujnejtcent membranes. Medical AVirs, LII. 605. 
intumulatet (in-tu'mu-lat), v. t. [< ML. in- 
tumulatus, pp. of intutnulare, bury, entomb, < L. 
in, in, + tumulatuS, pp. of tumulare, bury, < tu- 
mulus, & mound, tomb: see tumulus.] To place 
or deposit within a tomb or grave; inter or in- 
hume; bury. 
He also caused the corps of King Richard \ ' Second to 
be taken from the earth, whom King Henry the Fourth 
had intumulate in the friers Church of Langley. 
Stow, Hen. V., an. 1413. 
intumulatet (in-tu'mu-lat), a. [< ML. intit- 
mulatus,pp.: see the verb.] Interred; buried. 
Whose corps was ... on the right hand of the high 
aulter, princely enterred and intumulate. 
Hall, Edw. IV., an. 23. 
intumulatedt (in-tu'mu-la-ted), a. [< L. in- 
tumulatus, unburied, < in- priv. + tumulatua, 
pp. of tumulare, bury: see intumulate.'} Not 
buried. Cockeram. 
intunet, " t. Same as entune. 
inturbidate (in-ter'bi-dat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
inturbidated, ppr. inturbidating. [< L. in, in, + 
turbidatus, pp. of turbidare, trouble, < turbidus, 
troubled: see turbid.] To render turbid, dark, 
or confused. [Rare.] 
The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same 
term painfully inturbidates his theology. Coleridge. 
inturgescencet (in-ter-jes'ens), w. [< LL. i/i- 
turgexcere, swell up, < L. in, in, on, + turgescere, 
begin to swell, < turgere, swell: see turgid.] A 
swelling; the act of swelling, or the state of 
being swollen. 
inturgescencyt (in-ter-jes'en-si), n. Same as 
inturgcsceiice. 
fntergexenciei caused first at the bottom [of the seal, 
and carrying the upper part before them. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vil. 13. 
inturn (in'tern), . [< in 1 + turn, n.] The act 
of a wrestler when he puts his thigh between 
the thighs of his adversary, and lifts him up. 
Then with an inturtie following that, 
Upon his backe he threw him flat. 
Lucan, Pharsalla (trans.), 1014. 
inturned (in'ternd), a. Turned in. 
This is, I believe, only an optical effect due to the in- 
turned edges of the cuticle. Micros. Sci., XXIX. ill. 265. 
intuset, " |X LL. intusug, pp. of intundere, 
pound, bruise, < L. in. in, + tundere, pound, 
bruise : cf . contuse.] A bruise. 
And, after having aearcht the infuse deepe, 
She with her scarf did bind the wound from cold to keepe. 
Spenter, . Q., III. v. 33. 
intuspose (in-tus-poz'), v. t.; pret. and pp. in- 
tusj>osed, ppr. intusposing. [< L. intus, within, 
+ pose 2 .] To introduce ; cause to occupy an 
interior position; place within. J. W. Vale, 
Classic Baptism, p. xxi. 
intusposition(in'tus-po-zish'on),n. [<L.nhw, 
within, + positio(n-), a placing: see position. 
Cf. intuspose.] Situation within ; the state or 
condition of being within, or surrounded on all 
sides, as by an enveloping space or element. 
J. W. Dale, Classic Baptism, p. xvii. 
intussuscepted (in'tu-su-sep'ted), a. [< L. in- 
tiis, within, + Kusceptus, pp. of siiscipere, take 
up: see susceptible.] Taken up into itself or 
into something else ; invaginated; introverted: 
specifically applied to a part of a bowel which 
sutlers intussusception. 
intussusception (m'tu-su-sep'shon), n. [=F. 
intiixxHwi'tiitn = Sp. intitsuscfiH'ion = Pg. in- 
tiim-i'in-ao, < L. intus, within, + susceptio(n-), a 
taking up, < suscipere, pp. susceptus, take up: 
see MMMptfMf.] A receiving within ; recep- 
inunction 
tion of one part within another part of the same 
organ, or of one organ within another of the 
same kiml ; imagination ; introversion; intro- 
susccj)ti<m. Speciflcally (a) In pathol., the Introduc- 
tion of a part of the Intestine into an adjacent part. 
Having once commenced, the iiUwunucefition goes on in- 
creasing . . . aa the result of peristaltic action. 
Quoin, Med. Diet. 
(6) In phyriol., reception of foreign matter by a living or- 
ganism, and Its conversion into living tissue; indention, 
digestion, and assimilation of food, Including the whole 
process of nutrition and growth. It is the mode of inter 
stitial growth characteristic of organic life, as distin- 
guished from any process of accretion by which a mineral 
may increase in size, (c) In but., according to the theory 
proposed by Nageli, the growth of cell-walls by the inter- 
calation of new solid particles between those already In 
existence. The intussusception theory is opposed to the 
theory of growth by apposition, which supposes that the 
new particles are deposited in layers on the Inner side of 
the cell-wall. 
intussusceptive (in'tu-su-sep'tiv), a. [< L. 
intus, within, + suscipere, pp. susceptus, take 
up. Cf. intussusception.] In physiol., of the 
nature of or characterized by intussusception ; 
interstitial, as a mode of growth. See in tuxgux- 
ception (b). 
The consequence of this intniamceptite growth Is the 
' ' development " or " evolution " of the germ into the visi- 
ble bird. Huxley, Evol. in Biology. 
intwine, r. See entwine. 
intwist (in-twisf), . t. Same as entwist. 
inuendo, . An erroneous spelling of innu- 
endo, 2. 
Inula (in'u-la), n. [L., supposed to be a corrupt 
form of Or. ttwwv, a plant, supposed to be ele- 
campane : see helenium, elecampane.] A genus 
of plants of the natural order Composite, type 
of the tribe In uloidca;. They are usually inert, rather 
coarse herbs, with moderately large heads of yellow-rayed 
flowers, and radical or alternate entire or serrate leaves. 
About 60 species are known, natives of temperate Europe, 
Asia, Africa, and Australia. /. Uelenitttn, the elecam- 
pane, elf-dock, horseheal, horse-elder, or scabwort, is a 
native of central and southern Europe, Siberia, and the 
Himalayas, and has been extensively naturalized in Eng- 
land (where it may possibly also be native) and North 
America. The root & an aromatic tonic and gentle stim- 
ulant, and has been supposed to possess diaphoretic, diu- 
retic, expectorant, and emmenagogic properties. It was 
much employed by the ancients, but its use at present is 
confined to chronic diseases of the lungs. (See cut under 
elecampane.) I.Conyza, the rigid inuk'or plowman s spike- 
nard, is a native of central and southern Europe; /. dy- 
tenterica, the fleabane or fleabane-mullet, has about the 
same distribution ; /. crithmoides, the samphire-inule or 
golden samphire, is a native of western Europe and of all 
the region around the Mediterranean ; /. Puliearia, the 
fleabane or herb-christopher, ranges over Europe and Rus- 
sian Asia ; and /. salicina, the willow-leafed inule, is also 
widely distributed over Europe. 
Inulaceae (in-u-la'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Presl, 
1822), < I Hutu + -acete.] A tribe of composite 
plants, typified by the genus Inula: now in- 
cluded in the Inviuideae. Also Inulea. 
inule (in'ul), n. [< NL. Inula.] A plant of 
the genus Inula, particularly /. Helenium, the 
elecampane. 
inulin (m'u-lin), w. [< Inula + -in 2 .] A vege- 
table principle (CgHjoOs) which is spontane- 
ously deposited from a decoction of the roots 
of Inula Helenium and certain other plants. 
It Is a white powder soluble in hot water, Is colored yellow 
by iodine, and in its chemical properties appears to be In- 
termediate between those of sugar and starch. Also called 
dtililin and 
inulinoid (in'u-lin-oid), a. [< inul(in) + -oid.] 
Resembling or related to inulin. 
Inuloideae (in-u-loi'de-e), . pi. [NL., < Inula 
+ -oide<e.] A large and somewhat heteroge- 
neous tribe of composite plants, typified by me 
genus Inula. 
innmbratet (in-um'brat), r. t. [< L. inumbra- 
tus, pp. of inumbrare, cast a shadow upon, < I'M, 
on, + umbrare, shadow, shade, < umbra, a shad- 
ow: see umbra.] To cast a shadow upon. 
Bailey. 
inumbrationt (in-um-bra'shon), n. [< LL. in- 
umbratio(n-), an overshadowing, < L. inumbrare, 
overshadow: see inumbrate.] Shade; a shad- 
ow ; an overshadowing. 
The obstruction and inmnbration beginneth on that side. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 956. 
inuncatet (in-ung'kat), v. t. [< L. inniii-iitiix. 
pp. of inuncare, hook, < in, in, + uncus, a 
hook: see adunc.] To hook or entangle. Bai- 
ley, 1731. 
inunctedt (in-ungk'ted), a. [< L. inunrtux. 
anointed: see inunction, and cf. anointed.] 
Anointed. 
inunction (in-ungk'shon), n. [< L. inunctio(n-), 
an anointing, a spreading on, < inungere, 
anoint, spread on, < in, on, + ungere, smear: 
see unction. Cf. anoint, from the same verb 
(L. inungere).] The action of anointing; tine- 
