inviolability 
inviolability (in-vFo-la-biri-ti), w. [= F. in- 
riolnbiliti = Sp. inviolabilidad = Pg. inviola- 
hilidade,<. LL. inviolabilita(t-)s, inviolability, < 
L. inviolabilis, inviolable : see inviolable."] The 
character or quality of being inviolable. 
The declamations respecting the inviolability of church 
property are indebted for the greater part of their appa- 
rent force to this ambiguity. J. S. Mill, Logic, V. vii. 1. 
When we speak of the inviolability of an ambassador, 
we mean that neither public authority nor private persons 
can use any force or do violence to him without offending 
against the law of nations. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 92d. 
inviolable (in-vl'o-la-bl), a. [= F. inviolable 
= Sp. inviolable = Pg. inviolavel = It. inviola- 
bile, < L. inviolabilis, invulnerable, imperisha- 
ble, inviolable, < in- priv. + violabilis, violable : 
see violable.] 1. Not to be violated; having a 
right to or a guaranty of immunity ; that is to 
be kept free from violence or violation of any 
kind, as infraction, assault, arrest, invasion, 
profanation, etc.: as, an inviolable peace or oath; 
inviolable territory ; inviolable sanctity. 
But honest men's words are Stygian oaths, and promises 
inviolable. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 19. 
For thou, be sure, shalt give account 
To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep 
This place inviolable. Milton, f. L., iv. 843. 
It is, that you preserve the most 
Inviolable secrecy. HuUtck. The Recorder. 
2. That cannot be violated ; not subject to vio- 
lence ; incapable of being injured. 
The inviolable saints, 
In cubic phalanx firm, advanced entire, 
Milton, P. L., vi. 898. 
Th' inviolable body stood sincere, 
Though Cygnus then did no defence provide. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xii. 
Two lambs, devoted by your country's rite, 
To earth a sable, to the sun a white. 
Prepare, ye Trojans ! while a third we bring 
Select to Jove, th' inviolable king. 
Pope, Iliad, iii. 144. 
inviolableness (in-vTo-la-bl-nes), n. Inviola- 
bility. 
inviolably (in-vl'o-la-bli), adv. So as to be in- 
violable ; without violation or violence of any 
kind: as, a sanctuary inviolably sacred; to keep 
a promise inviolably. 
The path prescrib'd, inviolably kept, 
Upbraids the lawless sallies of mankind. 
Young, Night Thoughts, ix. 
inviolacy (in-vi'o-la-si), n. [< inviola(te) + -c//.] 
The state of being inviolate : as, the inviolacy 
of an oath. [Rare.] 
inviolate (in-vTo-lat), a. [< ME. inviolate = 
Sp. Pg. inviolado = It. inviolate, < L. inviolatvs, 
unhurt, < -priv.+ violatus, hurt: see violate.] 
Not violated ; free from violation or hurt of any 
kind ; secure against violation or impairment. 
But let inviolate truth be always dear 
To thee. Sir J. Denham, Prudence. 
In all the changes of his doubtful state, 
His truth, like heaven's, was kept inviolate. 
Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis, 1. 486. 
By shaping some august decree, 
Which kept her throne unshaken still 
Broad-based upon her people's will, 
And compass'd by the inviolate sea. 
Tennyson, To the Queen. 
inviolatedt (in-vl'o-la-ted), a. Inviolate ; un- 
violated. 
That faculty alone fortune and nature have left invio- 
lated. Shirley, Love Tricks, iv. 5. 
inviolately (in-vi'o-lat-li), adv. In an invio- 
late manner ; so as not to be violated ; without 
violation. 
Theire libertye (whiche they had kept inuiolatelye by so 
manye ages). J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, fol. 273. 
inyiolateness (in-vl'o-lat-nes), n. The quality 
of being inviolate. 
invious (in'vi-us), a. [< L. inning, without a 
road, impassable, < in- priv. + via, road, way: 
see via: cf. devious, obvious.'] Impassable; un- 
trodden. [Rare.] 
If nothing can pppugne love, 
And virtue invioug ways can prove, 
What may not he confide to do 
That brings both love and virtue too? 
S. Butter, Hudibras, I. iii. 386. 
inviqusness (in'vi-us-nes), n. The state of be- 
ing invious or impassable. [Rare.] 
Inviousness and emptiness . . . where all is dark and 
unpassable, as perviousness is the contrary. 
Dr. Ward, tr. of More's Pref. to his Philos. Works (1710). 
invirilityt (in-vi-ril'i-ti), . [< j-3 + virility.} 
Lack of manhood ; unmanliness ; effeminacy. 
Was ever the invirility of Nero, Heliogabalus, or Sarda- 
napalus, those monsters if not shames of men and nature, 
comparable up to that which our artiflciall stageplayers 
continually practise on the stage? 
Prynne, Histrio Mustix, I., v. a 
3174 
inviront, '' t. An obsolete spelling of rnviron. 
Boyle. 
invirtuedt, a. [< in- 2 + virtue + -frf 2 .] En- 
dowed with virtue. 
Apolloes sonne by certaine proofe now finds 
Th' invertued hearbes have gainst such poyson power. 
Heywood, Troia Britannica (1609). 
inviscate (in-vis'kat), v. t.; pret. and pp. t- 
viscated, ppr. inviscating. [< LL. inviscatus, 
pp. of inviscare (> It. inviscare = Sp. Pg. envis- 
car = Pr. inviscar, enviscar = F. invisquer), 
smear with bird-lime, < L. in, in, on, + viscttm, 
viscus, bird-lime : see viscus.] To daub or smear 
with glutinous matter. [Rare.] 
Its [the chameleon's] food being flyes, ... It hath in 
the tongue a mucous and slimy extremity, whereby, upon 
a sudden emission, it inviscates and entaugleth those in- 
sects. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 22. 
invisceratet (in-vis'e-rat), v. t. [< LL. invis- 
ceratus, pp. of inviscerare, put into the entrails, 
< L. in, in, + viscera, entrails: see viscera.'] To 
root or implant deeply, as in the inward parts. 
Our Saviour seemeth to have affected so much the in- 
viscerating this disposition in our hearts, as he claimeth 
the first introduction of this precept [to love one another]. 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xv. 1. 
invisceratet (in-vis'e-rat), a. [< LL. inviscera- 
tus, pp. : see the verb.] Rooted in the inward 
parts. 
Man sigheth (as the Apostle saith) as burthened with 
inviscerate interests, longing to put on this pure spiritual! 
vesture of filiall love. 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xiv. 3. 
inyiscid (in-vis'id), a. [< in-3 + viscid.} Not 
viscid or viscous ; without viscosity. 
inyisedt, a. [< L. invisus, unseen (<. in- priv. + 
yisus, seen), + -ed 2 .] Invisible; unseen; un- 
inspected. [Rare; known only in the folio wing 
passage.] 
The diamond why, 'twas beautiful and hard, 
Whereto his invised properties did tend. 
Shale., Lover's Complaint, 1. 212. 
[The meaning ' inspected, tried, investigated ' is also sug- 
gested by some commentators.] 
invisibility (in-viz-i-bil'i-ti), n. ; pi. invisibili- 
ties (-tiz). [= F. invisibilite = Pr. invisibilitat 
= Sp. invisibilidad = Pg. invisibilidade = It. in- 
visibilita, < LL. invisibilita(t-)s, < L. invisibilis, 
not visible, unseen : see invisible.'] 1 . The state 
of being invisible ; incapacity of being seen. 
And he that challenged the boldest hand unto the pic- 
ture of an echo must laugh at this attempt, not onely in 
the description of invisibility, but circumscription of ubi- 
quity, and fetching under lines incomprehensible circu- 
larity. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 21. 
2. That which is invisible. 
Atoms and invisibilities. Landor. 
invisible (in-viz'i-bl), a. and n. [< ME. invisi- 
ble, < OF. invisible, F. invisible = Pr. invisible, 
envesible = Sp. invisible = Pg. invisivel = It. in- 
visibile, < L. invisibilis, not visible, unseen, < in- 
priv. + (LL.) visibilis, visible : see visible.'] I. 
a. 1. Not visible; incapable of being seen ; im- 
perceptible by the sight. 
To us invisible, or dimly seen 
In these thy lowest works. 
Milton, P. L., T. 157. 
In vain we admire the lustre of anything seen: that 
which is truly glorious is invisible. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 11. 
The atom, then, is invisible; it never directly comes 
within the range of our perception. 
W. Wallace, Epicureanism, p. 175. 
We say therefore a line has always two points in com- 
mon with a conic, but these are either distinct, or coin- 
cident, or invisible. The word imaginary is generally 
used instead of invisible; but, as the points have nothing 
to do with imagination, we prefer the word invisible, rec- 
ommended originally by Clifford. 
0. Henrici, Encyc. Brit, XIX. 799. 
2. Out of sight ; concealed or withdrawn from 
view: as, he keeps himself invisible. 
I'll come in midst of all thy pride and mirth, 
Invisible to all men but thyself. 
Beau, and Ft, Knight of Burning Pestle, v. 1. 
Invisible church, the church in heaven and in the in- 
termediate state ; the church triumphant and the church 
expectant, as distinguished from the church militant. 
Of the Church of God there be two parts, one triumphant 
and one militant, one invisible and the other visible. In 
the invisible Church are all they who, having finished their 
course in faith, do now rest from their labours. 
Bp. Forbes, Explanation of the Nicene Creed 
l(ed. 1888), p. 269. 
Invisible green, a shade of green so dark as scarcely to 
be distinguishable from black. Invisible 1"fr, See inlet . 
II. re. 1. A Rosicrucian : so called because 
of the secret character of the organization. 
2. One who rejects or denies the visible char- 
acter or external organization of the church; 
specifically [cap.'], a name given to certain 
German Protestants because they maintained 
that the church of Christ might be, and some- 
invite 
times had been, invisible The Invisible, God; 
the Supreme Being. 
Th' Invisible, in things scarce seen reveal'd, 
To whom an atom is an ample field. 
Cowper, Retirement, 1. 61. 
invisibleness (in-vix.'i-bl-nes), . The state of 
being invisible ; invisibility. 
invisibly (in-viz'i-bli), adv. In a manner to 
escape the sight ; so as not to be seen. 
Dear madam, think not me to blame ; 
Invisibly the fairy came. Gay, Fables, iii. 
invisiont (in-yizh'on), n. [< in- 3 + vision.'] Lack 
of vision ; blindness. 
This is agreeable unto the determination of Aristotle, 
who computeth the time of their anopsy or incision by that 
of their gestation. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., p. 174. 
invita Minerva (in-vi'ta mi-ner'va). [L.: in- 
vitd, abl. fem. of invttus, unwilling; Minerva, 
abl. (absolute) of Minerva, Minerva, the goddess 
of wisdom and genius : see Minerva.'] Minerva 
being unwilling or unpropitious that is, when 
without inspiration ; when not in the vein or 
mood: used with reference to literary or artis- 
tic creation. 
invitation (in-vi-ta'shon), n. [< F. invitation 
= Sp. invitation = lt."invitazione, < L. invita- 
tio(n-),<. invitare, invite : see invite.'] 1. The 
act of inviting; solicitation to come, attend, or 
take part ; an intimation of desire for the pres- 
ence, company, or action of the person invited : 
as, an invitation to a wedding; an invitation to 
sing. 
The tempter now 
His invitation earnestly renew'd : 
What doubts the Son of God to sit and eat ? 
MUton, P. R., ii. 367. 
I was by invitation from Monsieur Cassini at the Obser- 
vatoire Royal. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 52. 
2. The written or spoken form with which a 
person is invited. 
He received a list, and invitations were sent to all whose 
names were in it. Daily Telegraph (London), Sept. 11, 1884. 
3. A drawing on by allurement or enticement ; 
inducement; attraction; incitement. 
The leer of invitation. ShaJc., M. W. of W., L 3, BO. 
There is no work that a man can apply himself to, no 
action that he can perform, to which there are greater in- 
vitations, greater motives nay, I was going to say, great- 
er temptations of all sorts, than to this of prayer. 
Abp. Sharp, Works, I. xv. 
How temptingly the landscape shines ! the air 
Breathes invitation. Wordsworth, Excursion, ix. 
4. In the Anglican communion office, the brief 
exhortation beginning "Ye that (or who) do 
truly and earnestly repent you," and introdu- 
cing the confession. It is first found in the "Order 
of the Communion " (1548), and in the Prayer-book of 1549, 
and has been continued, with gradual modifications, in 
the various revisions of the Prayer-book. Also called, 
less properly, the invitory. 
invitatorium (in-vl-ta-to'ri-um), .; pi. inyita- 
toria (-a). [ML., neut. of LL. invitatorins, invi- 
tatory: see invi tatory.~\ Same as invitatory, n. 
invitatory (in-vl'ta-to-ri), a. and n. [= F. in- 
vitatoire = Sp. Pg. It. invitatorio, < LL. invita- 
torius, inviting, < L. invitator, one who invites, 
< invitare, invite: see invite.] I. a. Using or 
containing invitation Invitatory psalm, the Ve- 
nite or 95th Psalm ("O come, let us sing unto the Lord"), 
said at matins or morning prayer before the psalms of the 
office : so called as inviting to praise. In the breviary of- 
fices it is immediately followed by a hymn. Its antiphon 
is called the invitatory. 
II. n. ; pi. invitatories (-riz). A form of in- 
vitation tised in religious worship ; something 
consisting of or containing invitation in church 
service. 
The invitatnry, "Let us pray for the whole state of 
Christ's Church," was new. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xv. 
Specifically (o) A form of exhortation to praise; espe- 
cially, in the daily office of the Western Church, the vari- 
able antiphon to the Venite at matins. In the Anglican 
matins or morning prayer the versicle "Praise ye the 
Lord " (founded on the former "Alleluia " or " Laus tibi"), 
with its response, "The Lord's name be praised," serves 
as unvarying invitatory. In the Greek Cnurch the inva- 
riable invitatory is the triple "O come, let us worship . . . 
(AeuTe, TrpovKwritTuiufi' . . .)" before the psalms at each 
of the canonical hours. 
Then was sung that quickening call of the royal pro- 
phet " Venite, exultemus Domino Come, let us praise the 
Lord with joy, &c.," known in those times as now by the 
name of the invitatory. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 4. 
(6) An early name of the Roman introit. (c) Any text of 
Scripture chosen for the day, and used before the Venite 
or 9_5th Psalm. 
invite (in-vlf), v. ; pret. and pp. invited, ppr. 
inviting. [< F. inriter (OF. envier, ult. E. vie, 
q. v.) = Pr. Sp. Pg. invitar = It. invitnrc, < L. 
iuritare, ask, bid, invite, entertain; origin un- 
certain.] I. trans. 1. To solicit to come, at- 
tend, or do something; request the presence, 
