invulnerable 
He exhorted his hearers to lay aside their prejudices, 
and unn tlit-rnsHvcs against the shafts of maliri- <>i mi.s- 
fortime by ineutunrttUe patience. Jnhiuon, Itaaselas, xvili. 
invnlnerableness (in-vurne-ra-bl-nes), n. In- 
vulnerability. 
invulnerably (in-vul'ne-ra-bli), uilv. In an in- 
vulnerable manner; so as to be proof against 
wounds, injury, or assault; of an argument, ir- 
refutubly. 
invulnefatet (in-vul'ne-rat), (i. [= Pg. iiinil- 
nerudo, < Li. inriiliicraliifi, unwounded, < in- priv. 
+ viilneratu,i, pp. of vulnerare, wound : see vul- 
ncrate.] Without wound; unhurt. 
Not at all on those [skulls] 
That are invulnerate and free from blows. 
S. Butler, Satire upon Marriage. 
invultuation (in-vul-tu-a'shon), . [< ML. in- 
vultuttti<>( H-), iin'iiltii(icio(n-), \ "invultuare, invul- 
tnrv (> OF. envouter, F. envouter), stab or pierce 
the face or body of (a person), that is (to medie- 
val superstition the same thing), of an image of 
him made of wax or clay (see def.), < L. in, in, 
into, + vultus, face.] The act of stabbing or 
piercing with a sharp instrument a wax or clay 
image of a person, under the belief that the 
person himself , though absent and unconscious 
of the act, will thereupon languish and die: 
a kind of spell or witchcraft believed in in 
ancient times and iii the middle ages. The 
practice was so common, and belief In its fatal effects so 
general, that laws were enacted against it. It was called 
in Anglo-Saxon stamny, ' staking. 
invyet, n. A Middle English form of envy. 
inwall (in-wal'), v. t. [Also emeatt; < in- 1 + 
wall 1 ; cf . immure.'] To wall in ; inclose or forti- 
fy with a wall. Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, iii. 31. 
A mountainous range . . . swept far to the north, and 
ultimately merged in those eternal hills that inwall every 
horizon. 5. Judd, .Margaret, 1. 8. 
inwall (in'wal), w. [< in 1 + wall 1 .'] If. An 
inner wall. 
The hinges piecemeal flew, and through the fervent little 
rock 
Thnnder'd a passage ; with his weight tli in mill his breast 
did knock. Chapman, Iliad, xil. 448. 
2. Specifically, the interior wall of a blast-fur- 
nace. 
inwandering (in' wonder-ing), . [< in 1 + 
wandering.] A wandering in. [Rare.] 
This {meandering of differentiated cells. A. Hyatt. 
inward, inwards (in'ward, -wardz), adv. [< 
ME. inward, < AS. inweard, adv., < in, in, + 
-weard, E. -ward. The form inwards (= D. in- 
waarts = Gr. einivarts = Dan. indrortes = Sw. in- 
vertes) is later, with adv. gen. suffix -s.] 1. To- 
ward the inside ; toward the interior or center. 
Sewed Furres with bones and sinewes for their clothing, 
which they ware inward In Winter, outward in Summer. 
Purctuts, Pilgrimage, p. 431. 
Primitively, however, in all animals, and permanently 
in some (e. g. Tortoises), both these joints [the elbow and 
the knee] are so conditioned as to open inwards. 
Mivart, Encyc. Brit., XXII 117. 
2. Into the mind or soul. 
Celestial Light, 
Shine inward. MUton, P. L, 111. 62. 
I would ask what else Is reflecting besides turning the 
mental eye inwards' A. Tucker, Light of Nature, 1. 1. 11. 
I The forms inward and inward* are used either Indiffer- 
ently or with some reference to euphony.] 
inward (in'ward), a. and n. [< ME. inward, 
in inward, < AS. inneiceard (also innanweard) 
(= OHG. inwart, inwarti, imcerti, MHG. inwart, 
inwerte), inward, < inne, in(< in, in), + -weard: 
see in 1 and -ward.] I. a. 1. Situated or being 
within; pertaining to the interior or internal 
parts : as, the inward parts of a person or of a 
country. 
So, stubborn Flints their immrd Heat conceal, 
'Till Art and Force th' unwilling Sparks reveal. 
Congreve, To Dryden. 
To gritty meal he grinds 
The bones of nsh, or inward bark of trees. 
J. Dyer, Fleece, 1. 
2. Pertaining to or connected with the inti- 
mate thoughts or feelings of the soul. 
So, bursting frequent from Atrldes' breast, 
Sighs following sighs his inward fears contest, 
Pope, Iliad, x. 13. 
Behold ! as day by day the spirit grows, 
Thou see'st by imranf light things hid before; 
Till what God is, thyself, his image shows. 
./..//..- Very, Poems, p. 64. 
3f. Intimate ; familiar ; confidential ; private. 
Sir, the king is a noble gentleman ; and my familiar, I 
do assure you, very good friend. For what is inward be- 
tween us, let it pass. Shale., L. L. L., v. 1, 102. 
Come, we must be inirard, thou and I all one. 
Marxian and Webster, Malcontent. 
[He was] so inward with my Lord Obrien that, after a 
few moneths of that gentleman s death, he married his 
widow. Evelyn, Diary, July 22, 1674. 
3177 
4. Deep; low; muffled; half-audible: as, he 
spoke in an inirnnl voice. 
As the dog [in dreams] 
With inward yelp and restless forefoot piles 
His function of tin- woodland. Tennyson, Lucretius. 
Inward euthanasia, light, etc. See the nouns. In- 
ward part (of a sacrament)^ that part of a sacrament 
which is not perceptible to the senses, as the body and 
blood of Christ in the lord's Slipper, or the gift of regen- 
eration in baptism. Also called res sacramenti. Inward 
place, in /'"/'V, a place which yields an argument apper- 
taining to the nature and substance of the matter in ques- 
tion. =Syn. 1 and 2. Internal, Interior, etc. See inner. 
II. H. 1. The inside; especially, in the plu- 
ral, the inner parts of an animal ; the bowels ; 
the viscera. 
The thought whereof 
Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards. 
Shak., Othello, 111,308. 
The little book which in your language you have called 
Saggi Morali. But I give it a weightier name, entitling 
it Faithful Discourses, or the Inwards of Things. 
Bacon, To Father Fulgent to, 1625. 
2f. /'/. Mental endowments; intellectual parts. 
To guide the Grecian darts, 
Juno and Pallas, with the god that doth the earth embrace, 
And most for man's use, Mercurie (whom good wise in- 
wards grace), 
Were partially, and all employ'd. Chapman, Iliad, xx. 
3t. An intimate. 
Sir, I was an inward of his : A shy fellow was the duke. 
Shak., M. forM., iii. 2,138. 
Salute him fairly ; he's a kind gentleman, a very inward 
of mine. Middleton, Michaelmas Term, ii. 3. 
inwardly (in' wSrd-li), adv. [< ME. inwardliche, 
inwardltke, inwardlie, inwardli, < AS. inweard- 
lice (= OHG. inwertlihho), < inweard, inward: 
see inward.'] 1. In an inward manner ; inter- 
nally; privately; secretly. 
Let Benedick, like cover'd fire. 
Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. 
Shak., Much Ado, Iii. 1,78. 
Thou art inwardly desirous of vain-glory in all that thou 
sayest or dost. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 127. 
2. Toward the center: as, to curve inwardly. 
3f. Intimately; thoroughly. 
I shall desire to know him more inwardly. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, II, 1. 
4. In a low tone ; not aloud ; to one's self. 
He shrunk and muttered inwardly. 
Wordsworth, White Doe of Rylstone, ii. 
Half inwardly, half audibly she spoke. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
inwardness (in'wSrd-nes), n. [< ME. iitward- 
nesse; < inward +" -ness.] 1. The state of be- 
ing inward or internal ; inclosure within. 
Such a name [antrum] could not have been given to any 
individual cave unless the idea of being within, or inward- 
ness, had been present in the mind. 
Max Midler, Scl. of Lang., p. 375. 
2. Internal state; indwelling character or qual- 
ity; the nature of a thing as it is in itself. 
Sense cannot arrive to the inwardness 
Of things, nor penetrate the crusty fence 
Of constipated matter. 
Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, i. 28. 
3. Inner meaning ; real significance or drift ; 
essential purpose. 
I should without any difficulty pronounce that his [Ho- 
mer's] fables had no such inwardness in his own meaning. 
Itiifun, Advancement of Learning, ii. 146. 
The true inwardness of the late Southern policy of the 
Republican party. New York Tribune, April, 1877. 
4+. Intimacy; familiarity; attachment. 
You know my inwardness and love 
Is very much unto the prince and Claudio. 
Shak., Much Ado, iv. 1, 247. 
And [the Duke of York] did, with much imcardne&n, tell 
me what was doing. Pepys, Diary, Aug. 23, 1668. 
5t. The inwards ; the heart ; the soul. 
glir ben not angwischid in us, but ;he ben angwischid 
in jhoure ynwardnessis. WycliJ, 2 Cor. vi. 12. 
inwards, adv. See inward. 
inweave (in-wev'), v. t. ; pret. inwove, pp. in- 
woven (sometimes inwove), ppr. inweaving. [< 
in 1 + weave.] 1. To weave together; inter- 
mingle by or as if by weaving. 
Down they <;i-t 
Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold. 
Milton, P. L., iii 852. 
The dusky strand of Death inwooen here 
With dear Love's tie. Tennyson, Maud, xviii. 7. 
2. To weave in ; introduce into a web in the 
process of manufacture, as a pattern, an in- 
scription, or the like. 
inwheelt, enwheelt (in-, en-hweT), v. t. [< i-i 
+ ichi'fl.] To encircle. 
Heaven's grace inwheel ye ! 
And :ill good thoughts and prayers dwell about ye ! 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, i. '2. 
inwreathe 
inwheel (in'hwel), n. [< in 1 + wheel.] The 
inner wheel of a mill, aalliwell. 
inwick (in'wik), n. [< in 1 + wick 3 .] In the 
game of curling, a stroke by which the stone 
comes very near the tee after passing through 
a wick. 
The stone, in a graceful parabola, curls gently Inwards, 
takes an inwick oil the Inner edge of another, and circles 
in to lie a pot-lid in the very tee. 
Montreal Daily Star, Carnival No., 1884. 
inwitt (in'wit), ii. [ME. inwit, inieyt, < AS. /- 
wit, consciousness, conscience, < in, in, + wit, 
knowledge: see wit, n.] Inward knowledge; 
understanding; conscience. This word is best 
known In the title of a Middle English work in the Kent- 
ish dialect, "The Ayenbite of Inwyt," that is, Remorse 
of Conscience, translated in the year 1340 by Dan Michel, 
a monk, from a French work entitled " Le somme des 
vices et des vertues." 
Inwit in the hed is and helpeth the soule, 
For thorw his connynge he kcpeth Caro et Anima 
In rule and in reson bote recheles hit make. 
Piers Plowman (AX x. 40. 
inwitht, prep. [ME. inwith, inewith, iwith; < in 1 
+ with 1 . Cf. within.] Within; in. 
Ills wyf and eek his doghter hath he left inwith his hous. 
Chaucer, Tale of Mellbeus. 
in-wonet, v. t. [ME. (= D. MLG. inwonen = G. 
einwohnen), < in, in, -r 1 iconen, dwell: see won 2 .] 
To dwell in ; inhabit ; hold. 
[She] enfourmet hym fully of the fre rewme, 
That the worthy in-wonet, as a wale kyng. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.X 1. 13864. 
inwoodt (in-wud'), r. t. [< in- 1 + icood 1 .] To 
hide in woods. 
He got out of the river, and . . . imrooded himself so 
as the ladies lost the farther marking his sportfulness. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, II. 
inwork (in-werk'), r. ; pret. and pp. inworked or 
inwronght,ppr.inworicing. [< il + work.] I. 
trims. To work in or into: as, to inwork gold 
or any color, as in embroidery : commonly used 
in the past participle. 
His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, 
Inwrought with figures dim. 
Milton, Lycldas, 1. 105. 
And from these dangers you will never be wholly free 
till you have utterly extinguished your vicious inclina- 
tions, and inwrought all the virtues of religion into your 
natures. J. Scott, Christian Life, I. iv. 5. 
II. intrans. To work or operate within. 
[Rare.] 
inworking (m'wer-king), n. [Verbal n. of in- 
work, V.] Operation within ; energy exerted in- 
wardly, as in the mind or soul: as, the inwork- 
ing of the Holy Spirit. 
inworn (in-worn'), a. [< in 1 + worn, pp. of 
wear.] Worn or worked into ; inwrought. 
I perswade me that whatever faultines was but super- 
ficial to Prelaty at the beginning, is now by the just judg- 
ment of God long since branded and inworn into the very 
essence thereof. Milton, Church-Government, 11. 1. 
inwrap 1 , enwrap 1 (in-, en-rap'), i'. t. ; pret. and 
pp. inwrapped, enwrapped, ppr. inwrapjring, en- 
wrapping. [< ME. inwruppen, cnwrappen, also 
inwlappen; <to-l, m-1, + wrap.] 1. To coyer 
by or as if by wrapping; infold; hence, to in- 
clude. 
David might well look to be inwrapped in the common 
destruction. Bp. Hall, Numbering of the People. 
So when thick clouds inwrap the mountain's head. 
O'er heav'n's expanse like one black ceiling spread. . 
Pope, Iliad, xvi. 354. 
Here comes to me Roland, with a delicacy of sentiment 
leading and inwrapping him like a divine cloud or holy 
ghost. Emerson, Behavior. 
2. Toinvolveindifficultyorperplexity; perplex. 
The case is no sooner made than resolved, if it be made 
not inwrapped, but plainly and perspicuously. Bacon. 
And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus. 
Yet 'tis not madness. Shak., T. N., iv. 3, 3. 
inwrap 2 t, enwrap'-'t (in-, en-rap'), ;. t. [Prob. 
for "inrap, "enrap; < in- 2 , en- 2 , + rap 2 . Cf . rapt.] 
To transport; enrapture. 
For, if such holy song 
Enwrap our fancy long. 
Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold. 
Miltm, Nativity, L 134. 
inwrapment, enwrapment (in-, en-rap'ment), 
n. [\ inwrap 1 , enwrap 1 , + -menl.] 1. The act 
of inwrapping, or the state of beingj inwrapped. 
2. That which in wraps; a covering; a wrap- 
per. 
They wreathed together a foliature of the fig-tree, and 
made themselves enwrapmentt. 
Shuckford, The Creation, p. 203. 
inwrapped, enwrapped (in-, en-rapt'), p. a. 
Sara* 1 as dtniodutid. 
inwreathe, enwreathe (in-, en-reTH'), r. t. ; 
pret. and pp. itncreatlicd, eincreathed, ppr. "- 
