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Not .the vain vifions of inablive fchools ; 
Not fancy’s maxims, not opinion’s rules, 
E’er form’d the man, vvhofe gen’rous warmth extends 
T' enrich his country. Shenjlone . 
INACTIVELY, adv. Idly ; without labour; without 
motion; fluggifhly.—In feafons of perfect freedom, mark 
how your fon fpends his time ; whether he iva (lively loi¬ 
ters it away, when left to his own inclination. Locke. 
INAC'TIVENESS, f The Hate ofinaftion. 
INACTIVITY,/. Idlenefs; reft ; fluggilhnefs.—A 
doftrine which mamfeftly tends to difcourage the endea¬ 
vours of men to introduce a lazy inadlivity, and neglect 
of the ordinary means of grace. Rogers. 
Virtue, conceal’d within our bread, 
Is inadlivity at bell. Swift. 
INAD'EQUATE, adj. Not equal to the purpofe ; de¬ 
fective; falling below the due proportion.— Inadequate 
ideas are fach, which are but a partial or incomplete repre- 
fentation of thole archetypes to which they are referred. 
Locke . 
Remorfe for vice 
"Not paid, or paid inadequate in price, 
What farther means can reafon now direft ? Dryden. 
INADEQUATELY, adv. Defectively; not complete¬ 
ly.'—Tilers' pores they may either exaCtly fill, or but in¬ 
adequately. Boyle. 
INAD'EQUATENESS, f. The Hate of being inade¬ 
quate. 
INADVER'TENCE, or Inadver/tency, f. [inadver¬ 
tence, Fr. from inadvertent. Carelellnefs; negligence; in¬ 
attention.—There is a difference between them, as be¬ 
tween inadvertency and deliberation, between lurprife and 
let purpofe. South. —Aft or effeft of negligence.—The 
productions of a great genius, with many laples and inad¬ 
vertencies, are infinitely preferable to the works of an in¬ 
ferior kind of author, which are fcrupuloully exaft. Ad- 
difon. 
INADVER'TENT, adj. [f« and Lat.] Negli¬ 
gent ; carelefs. 
INADVER'TENTLY, adv. Carelefsly ; negligently.— 
Worthy perfons, if inadvertently drawn into a deviation, 
will endeavour inftantly to recover their loft ground. 
Clarijfa. 
INADVER'TENTNESS,/ The ftate or quality of be¬ 
ing inadvertent. Scott. 
INAD'ULABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
adulor, to flatter.] Incapable of being flattered. Not ujed. 
Cole. 
INAFFABIL'ITY, f. Refervednefs in converfation. 
Cole. 
INAFF'ABLE, adj. Referved; four; unpleafant in 
converfation. Scott. 
INAFFECTA'TION,/. The ftate of being void of af¬ 
fectation. Scott. 
INAGU'A, Great and Little, two fmall illands in 
the Windward Palfage, north-weft of the illandof St. Do¬ 
mingo, and north-eall of the illand of Cuba. 
INAID'ABLE, adj. Not to be afiifted: 
Labouring art can never anfwer nature 
From her inaidable eltate. Shakefpeare. 
INA'LIENABLE, adj. That cannot be alienated or 
granted to another. 
INA'LIENABLENESS, f. The ftate of being inaliena¬ 
ble. Scott. 
IN ALIMEN'TAL, adj. Affording no nourilhment.— 
Dulcoration importeth a degree to nourilhment; and the 
making of things inalimental to become alimental, may be 
an experiment of great profit for making new victual. 
Bacon. 
INAM'AMES, a river in the eaft of Alia, as far as 
which Semiramis extended her empire. Poly anus. 
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INAM'RULATE, v. a. [from in, Lat. on, and ambulo, 
to walk.] To walk up and down. Not ufed. Cole. 
INA'MIABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
amiabilis, lovely ] Unlovely ; unworthy of love. Scott. ! 
INA'MIABLENESS, /. Unlovelinefs; the want of 
amiable qualities. Scott. 
INAMISSIBTL'ITY, /. [from inamjffible.-] The ftate of 
being inamiftible. Scott. 
INAMIS'SIBLE, adj. [inamijfible, Fr. in and amijfum , 
Lat.] Not to be loft.—Thefe advantages are inamjfible. 
Hammond. 
INAMIS'SIBLENESS, f. The ftate of being inamiffi- 
ble. Scott. 
INAMORA'TO, f. [from in, Lat. and amor, love.] A 
lover; one who is enamoured. 
INA'NE, adj. [inanis, Lat. ] Empty ; void. It is ufed li- 
centioully for a fubftantive.—We fometimes fpeak of place 
in the great inane, beyond the confines of the world. Locke. 
INANIL'OQUENT, adj. [from inanis, Lat. vain, aiid 
loquor, to fpeak.] Speaking to no purpole. Not ufed. Baihy. 
INANIL'OQUOUS, adj. Speaking to no purpofe ; bab¬ 
bling. Bailey. 
To INANIMATE, v. a. [i« and animo, Lat.] To ani¬ 
mate; to quicken: 
There is a kind of world remaining ftill. 
Though Hie which did inanimate and fill 
The world be gone; yet in this lad long night 
Her ghoft doth walk, that is, a glimmering light. Donne. 
INANIMATE, or Inanimated, adj. [inunimatvs, 
Lat. inanime, Fr.] Void of life; without animation.— The 
fpirits of animate bodies are all in lonie degree kindled ; 
but inanimate bodies have fpirits no whit inflamed. Bacon. 
The golden goddefs, prefent at the pray’r. 
Well knew he meant the animated fair, 
And gave the fign of granting. Dryden. 
INANI'TION, /. [Fr. from inanis, Lat.] Emptinefs 
of body ; want of fullnefs in the velfels of the animal._. 
Weaknefs which attends fevers proceeds from too great 
fullnefs in the beginning, and too great inanition in the 
latter end, of the difeafe. Arbuthnot. 
_ INAN'ITY,/. Emptinefs; void fpace.—This opinion 
excludes all fitch inanity, and admits no vacuities but lb 
little ones as no body whatever can come to, but will be 
bigger than they, and mull touch the corporal parts which 
thole vacuities divide. Digby. 
INAP'PETENCY,/. [in and appetentia, Lat.] Want 
of Itomach or appetite. 
INAPPLICABLE, adj. Nottobe put toa particularule, 
INAPPLICABILITY, f. Unfitnels for the particular 
pui poles. 
INAP'PLICABLENESS, f. The ftate or quality of be¬ 
ing inapplicable. Scott. 
INAPPLICA'TION, f. Indolence; negligence. 
INAPPRE'CIABLE, adj. Incapable of being com¬ 
pared ; not reducible to a ftandard. 
INAP'TITUDE, f, Unfitnels—The evil of a moral 
and almoll phyfical inaptitude of the man to the fund ion, 
mult be the greateft we can conceive to happen in thep 
management of human affairs. Burke. 
INAR'ABLE, adj. [i« and arc, Lat.] Mot capable of 
tillage. 
To INA'RCH, and Inarching. See the article Hor¬ 
ticulture, in this Volume. 
INARGENTA'TION,/. [from in, Lat. and argentum, 
filver.] The aft or procefs of gilding with filver. 
INAR'IME, an illand near Campania, with a moun¬ 
tain, under which Jupiter confined the giant Typhceus. 
It is now called Ifchia, and is remarkable for its fertility 
and population. There was formerly a volcano in the 
middle of the illand. Virgil. 
INARTICULATE, adj. Not uttered with diftincl- 
nefs, like that of the l’yllables of human fpeech.—By the 
harmony of words we elevate the mind to a ienie of de¬ 
votion ; 
