inunction 
tion ; in med., the act of rubbing in an ointment 
or a liniment. 
When the skin is cold and dry, or cold and moist, and 
insufficiently nourished, as well as in certain fevers and 
other morbid conditions, there can be no doubt ol the 
value of inunction. 
Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, IV. 646. 
invmctuosity (in-ungk-tu-os'i-ti), n. [<i- 3 
+ unctuositi/.] Lack of unctuosity ; absence 
of greasiness or oiliness perceptible to the 
touch: as, the inunctuosity of porcelain-clay. 
Kirwan. 
inundant (in-un'dant), a. [= Sp. Pg. inun- 
tlante, < L. inundan(t-)s, ppr. of inundare, over- 
flow: see inundate. Of. abundant, redundant.] 
Overflowing; inundating. [Poetical.] 
Days, and nights, and hours, 
Thy voice, hydropick Fancy, calls aloud 
For costly draughts, immdant bowls of Joy. 
Shenstone, Economy, 1. 
Inundatae (in-un-da'te), u.pl, [NL. (Linneeus, 
1751), fern. pi. of L. inundatug, overflowed: see 
inundate.] A division (order) of water-plants 
or water-loving plants, containing the genera 
Hippuris, CeratopJiyllum, Potamogeton, Ruppia, 
Typha, etc., which are now referred to the nat- 
ural orders Haloragece, Naiadaeece, Typhacece, 
etc. 
inundate (in-un'dat or in'un-dat), v. t.; pret. 
and pp. inundated, ppr. inundating. [< L. - 
undatus.pp. of inundare (> It. inondarc, innon- 
dare = Sp. Pg. inundar = F. inonder), overflow, 
< in, on, + undare, rise in waves: see ound, and 
cf. abound, redound, surround.] 1. To over- 
spread with or as if with a flood ; overflow ; 
flood; deluge. 
Noniius reports, in the history of his embassy, that dur- 
ing the period when the Nile inundates Egypt there are 
very violent storms in the different parts of ^Ethiopia. 
Beloe, tr. of Herodotus, ii. 38. 
Hence 2. To gorge with excessive circulation 
or abundance; fill inordinately; overspread; 
overwhelm. 
The calm and the magical moonlight 
Seemed to inundate her soul with indescribable longings. 
Longfellow, Evangeline, ii. 3. 
The whole system is inundated with the tides of joy. 
Emerson, Success. 
inundation (in-un-da'shpn), n. [= F. inonda- 
fi'OH=Pr. inondacion = Sp. inundation = Pg. in- 
iindacao = It. inundazione, inondazione, < L. in- 
undatio(n-), an overflowing, < inundare, pp. in- 
undatus, .overflow: see inundate.] The act of 
inundating, or the state of being inundated; an 
overflow of water or other fluid; a flood; a ris- 
ing and spreading of water over low grounds; 
hence, an overspreading of any kind ; an over- 
flow or superfluous abundance. 
Her father, ... in his wisdom, hastes our marriage, 
To stop the inundation of her tears. 
Shak., R. and J.,lv. 1, 12. 
Seuen or eight weekes we withstood the inundations of 
these disorderly humors. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 101. 
The greater portion of the cultivable soil is fertilized by 
the natural annual inundation. 
E. W. Lane, Modem Egyptians, II. 24. 
inunderstandingt (in-un-der-stan'ding), . [< 
jn-S + understanding, ppr. of understand.] Void 
of understanding; unintelligent. 
Can we think that such material and mortal, that such 
inunderstanding souls, should by God and nature be fur- 
nished with bodies of so long permansion? 
Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, x. 
inurbane (in-er-ban'), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. inur- 
bano, < L. inurbanus, not civil or polite, < in- 
priv. + itrbanus, civil, polite: see urbane.] Not 
urbane; uncivil; discourteous; unpolished. 
Just it would be, and by no means inurbane, but hard- 
ly, perhaps, Christian. 
M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, vi. 
inurbanely (in-er-ban'li), ado. Without ur- 
banity; uncivilly. 
inurbaneness (in-er-ban'nes), n. Lack of ur- 
banity ; incivility. Bailey, 1727. 
inurbanity (in-er-ban'i-ti), n. [= F. iiiurba- 
nite = Sp. inurbanidad = It. inurbanitd, < L. 
as if *inurbanita(t-)s, < inurbanus, inurbane: 
see inurbane, and cf. urbanity.] Lack of ur- 
banity or courtesy ; rude, unpolished manners 
or deportment ; incivility. 
Plautus abounds in pleasantries that were the delight 
of his own and of the following age, but which at the dis- 
tance of one hundred and fifty years Horace scruples not 
to censure for their inurbanity. 
Seattle, Laughter and Ludicrous Composition. 
inure (in-ur'), v.\ pret. aud pp. inured, ppr. 
inuring. [Also enure; < in are, in the phrase 
lint in lire, put in practice) : !, pre>>.; ure, 
work, operation, practice : see ure.] I. traits. 
3168 
It. To establish by use; put into exercise or 
act; insure. 
But us he sends upon his high behests 
For state, as Sovran King ; and to inure 
Our prompt obedience. Milton, F. L., viii. 239. 
2t. To use; adapt; qualify; practise; exercise; 
ply. 
Inwe the with them that byn wyse, 
Then to Eyches thow shalt Aryse. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 70. 
I also inure my pen sometimes in that kind. 
Spenser, To 6. Harvey. 
A prince may animate and inure some meaner persons 
to be scourges to ambitious men. 
Bacon, Ambition (ed. 1887). 
3. To toughen or harden by exercise ; deaden 
the sensibility of; accustom; habituate: fol- 
lowed by to. 
A nation warlike, and inured to practice 
Of policy and labour, cannot brook 
A feminate authority. Ford, Broken Heart, v. 3. 
Inur'd to hardships from his early youth, 
Much had he done, and suffer'd for his truth. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 910. 
The poor, inur'd to drudg'ry and distress, 
Act without aim, think little, and feel less. 
Cowper, Hope, 1. 7. 
II. intrans. 1 . To pass in use ; take or have 
effect; be applied; become available or ser- 
viceable : as, the land will inure to the heirs, or 
to the benefit of the heirs. 
Speaking before of the figure [Synecdoche] wee called 
him [QuickC conceit] because he inured in a single word 
onely by way of intendment or large meaning, but such 
as was speedily discouered by euery quicke wit. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 193. 
Almost every privilege conceded by neutrals would be 
apt to inure more to the benefit of one than of the other 
of two hostile nations. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 167. 
2. In law, to devolve as a right. It is commonly 
used of a devolution by law not intended by the parties : 
as, if the holder of a lease with covenant for renewal as- 
signs it, and afterward gets a renewal to himself, the re- 
newal inures to the benefit of the assignee. 
inurement (in-ur'mgnt), n. [< inure + -ment.] 
The act of inuring, or the state of being inured ; 
practice; habit. 
How much more may we hope, through the very same 
means (education being nothing else but a constant plight 
and inurement), to induce by custom good habits into a 
reasonable creature. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquia?, p. 79. 
inurn (in-ern'), v. t. [< in- 2 + urn.] To put 
into an urn, especially a funeral urn ; hence, to 
bury; inter; intomb. 
The sepulchre, 
Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd. 
Shak., Hamlet, 1. 4, 49. 
-iuus. [NL., L., a common adj. suffix : see -in 1 , 
-ine 1 .] A suffix forming Latin adjectives and 
nouns thence derived. It is frequent in New 
Latin generic and specific names, as in Acan- 
thinus, etc. 
inusitatet (in-u'zi-tat), a. [= F. inusM, < L. 
inusitatus, unused, unusual, < in- priv. + usita- 
tus, used, usual, pp. of usitari, use often, freq. 
of uti, pp. usus, use: see use, v.] Unused; un- 
usual. 
I find some inusitate expressions about some mysteries. 
Abp. Bramhall, Works, II. 61. 
inusitation (in-u-zi-ta'shon), n. [< L. inusita- 
tus, unused, unusual (see inusitate), + -ion.] 
The state of being unused; neglect of use ; dis- 
use. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
The mammee of the male have not vanished by inustta- 
tion. Paley, Nat. Theol., xxiii. 
inustt, a- [< L. inustus, pp. of inurere, burn in, 
brand, < in, in, on, -f were, burn.] Burnt in. 
That furious hot inust impression. 
Dr. H. More, Psychathanasia, III. iii. 69. 
inustiont (in-us'chon), n. [< L. as if "imis- 
tio(n-),< inurere, pp. inustus, burn in: see inust.] 
The act of burning, or of marking by burning; 
a branding; in med., cauterization. 
A kingdom brought him to tyranny, tyranny to ... 
inuetion of other countries, among which Israel felt the 
smart in the burning of her cities and massacring her 
inhabitants. Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 354. 
in Utero (in u'te-ro). [L. : in, in; utero, abl. of 
uterus, womb: see uterus,] In the womb; be- 
gotten, but yet to be born. See in ventre. 
inutilet (in-u'til), a. [= F. inutile = Pr. in- 
util = Sp. inutil = Pg. inutil = It. inutile, < L. 
inutilis, useless, < in- priv. + utilis, useful: see 
utility.] Unprofitable; useless. 
To refer to heat and cold is a compendious and imitile 
speculation. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
inutility (iu-u-til'i-ti), n.; pi. inutilities (-tiz). 
[= F. inutiliie = Sp. inutilidad = Pg. ini/tili- 
dade = It. inutilita, < L. ii/uti/itu(l-')s, useless- 
invaginate 
ness, < inittilix, useless: see inutile.] 1. The 
quality of being useless or unprofitable ; lack 
of utility; uselessness; unprofitableness. 
It is obvious that utility passes through inutility before 
changing into disutility, these notions being related as 
+, 0, and . Jevow, Pol. Econ., p. 63. 
Even on their own opinion of their inutility ... I shall 
propose to you to suppress the board of trade and planta- 
tions. Burke, Economical Reform. 
2. Something that is useless. 
"Pshaw!" replied Arminius, contemptuously; "that 
great rope [the Atlantic cable], with a Philistine at each 
end of it talking inutilities .'" 
M. Arnold, Friendship's Garland, vii. 
inutilized (iii-u'ti-Uzd), . [< -3 + utilised.] 
Not utilized. Also spelled inutilised. 
The application [of native ultramarine, which is worth, 
weight for weight, more than gold], remained inutilfeed 
for several years. 
W. Crookes, Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 80. 
in Utroque jure (in u-tro'kwe jo're). [L.: in, 
in; utroque, abl. of uterque, either; jure, abl. 
ofjs,law.] In each or either law; under both 
laws, 
inutterable (in-ut'er-a-bl), a. [< in- s + uttera- 
ble.] Incapable of being uttered ; unutterable. 
All monstrous, all prodigious things, 
Abominable, inutterable, and worse 
Than fables yet have feign'd. Milton, P. I.., ii. 626. 
There, 
If the wolf spare me, weep my life away, 
Kill'd with inutterable unkindliness. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
InUUS (in'u-us), n. [NL., < L. Inuus, a name of 
Pan.] A notable genus of old-world monkeys, 
of the family Cynopitliecidce and subfamily Cy- 
nopithecinai, related to the macaques. Inuus 
ecaudattts, the well-known Barbary ape, inhabiting the 
rock of Gibraltar, is the only species. This animal is 
called an ape, and has been placed with the higher simians 
in the family Simiidce; but its proper position is with the 
lower monkeys, near the baboons. See cut under ape. 
in vacuo (in vak'u-6). [L.: in, in; vacua, abl. 
of vacuum, vacuum : see vacuum.] In a vacu- 
um; in empty space. 
invade (in-vad'), v. t.; pret. and pp. invaded, 
ppr. invading. [= OF. inrader = Sp. Pg. in- 
vadir = It. invadere, < L. invadere, go, come, or 
get into, enter into, attack, invade, < in, in,+ 
vadere,go: see evade. Cf. inveigh.] If. Togo 
into or upon ; enter. 
Becomes a body, and doth then invade 
The state of life, out of the griesly shade. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. vi. 37. 
This contentious storm 
Invades us to the skin. Shak., Lear, iii. 4, 7. 
2. To enter or penetrate into as an enemy; 
go or pass into or over with hostile intent, as 
in a military incursion. 
By cordes let fal fast gan they slide adown : 
And streight inuade the town yburied then 
With wine and slepe. Surrey, r.ncid, ii. 
Flur, for whose love the Roman Csesar first 
Invaded Britain. Tennyson, Geraint. 
Hence 3. To come into or upon as if by a 
hostile incursion ; make an attack upon. 
Jove can endure no longer 
Your great ones should your less invade. 
B. Jonson, Golden Age Restored. 
Our Saviour himself, comming to reform his Church, was 
accus'd of an intent to invade Cresar's right. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xi. 
The fumes of it [authority] invade the brain, 
And make men giddy, proud, and vain. 
S. Butter, Miscellaneous Thoughts. 
4. To intrude upon; infringe; encroach on; 
violate: as, to invade the privacy of a family. 
When . . . the rights of a whole people are invaded, the 
common forms of municipal law are not to be regarded. 
A. Hamilton, Works, II. 96. 
invader (in-va'der), n. One who invades; an 
assailant ; an encroacher ; an intruder. 
Let Erin remember the days of old. 
Ere her faithless sons betray'd her, 
When Malachi wore the collar of gold 
Which he won from the proud invader. 
Moore, Let Erin Remember. 
Heroes and patriots have successfully resisted the in- 
voders of their country, or perished in its defence. 
Story, Misc. Writings, p. 341. 
invadiatet (in-va'di-at), v. i. [< ML. invadiatus, 
pp. of inradiare, engage: see engage.] To en- 
_ gage or mortgage lands. Bailey, 1731. 
invaginable (in-vaj'i-na-bl), a. [< invagina(te) 
+ -ble.] Capable of being invaginated; sus- 
ceptible of invagination. 
The great proboscis of Halanoglossns may well be com- 
pared to the in wrj/inaWe organ similarly placed in tilt' Nu- 
mertines. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 187. 
invaginate (in-vaj'i-nat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
iiivayinafed, ppr. iiiruijutatitiy. [< L. in, in, + 
