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Job on juftice hath afperfions flung, 
And fpoken indfcrcetly with his tongue. Sattdys. 
INDISCREET'NESS, f. Indifcretion. Scott. 
INDISCRE'TION,/. [Fr. in and difcrction.'] Impru¬ 
dence; ralhnefs; inconfideration.—His offences did pro¬ 
ceed rather from negligence, ralhnefs, or other indifcretion , 
than from any malicious thought. Hayward. 
Indifcretion fometimes ferves us well, 
When our deep plots do fail. Shakefpcare. 
INDISCRIMINATE, adj. {jndifcriminatus , Lat.] Un- 
diftinguilhing'; not marked with any note of diftimftion. 
—A man may with decency have a diftinguiffiing palate; 
but indifcriminate voracioufnefs degrades him to a glutton. 
Chef erf eld. 
INDISCRIMINATELY, adv. [from indifcriminate. ] 
Without diitinffion.—Others ufe defamatory difcourte 
purely for love of talk ; whofe fpeech, like a flowing cur¬ 
rent, bears away indfcriminatdy whatever lies in its way. 
Government of the Tongue. 
INDISCRIMTNATING, adj. Making no diftinflions: 
That indifcriminating floods fhould fpare 
A chofen few, to flock the defect world! Bally. 
INDISPENSABLE, adj. [French.] Not to be remit¬ 
ted ; not to be [pared; necelfary.—Rocks, mountains, and 
caverns, again li-w-kich thefe exceptions are made, are of 
indfpenfable ufe and neceflity, as well to earth as to man. 
Woodward. 
INDISPENSABLENESS, f. State of not being to be 
[pared ; neceflity. 
INDISPENSABLY, adv. Without difpenfation ; with¬ 
out remiflion ; neceflarily.—Every one mnft-look upon 
himfelf as indfpenfably obliged to the practice of duty. Ad- 
difon. 
To INDISPOSE, v. a. \_indifpofer , Fr.] To make un¬ 
fit : with for. —Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to 
us in this life, any farther than it prepares or indifpofes us 
for the enjoyment of another. Atterbury. —To diiincline ; 
to make averfe ; with to .—It has a ftrange efficacy to in- 
dfpofe the heart to religion. South. —To diforder ; to dis¬ 
qualify for its proper functions.—The foul is not now' 
hindered in its actings by the diftemperature of indfpofed 
organs. Glanville. —To diforder lliglitly with regard to 
health.—Though it weakened, yet it made him rather in- 
difpofed than lick, and did no w'ays difable him from ftu- 
• dying. Walton.—To make unfavourable : with towards. — 
The king was fufficiently indfpofed towards the perfons or 
the principles of Calvin’s dilciples. Clarendon. 
INDISPOSEDNESS, f. State of unfitnefs or difincli- 
nation ; difordered ffate.—It is not any innate harfhnefs 
in piety that renders the firlt eflays of it unpleafant; that 
is owing only to the indifpofednefs of our own hearts. Decay 
of Piety. 
IMPOSI'TION, f. [Fr. from indifpofe.'] Diforder of 
health ; tendency to ficknefs ; flight difeafe.—The king 
did complain of a continual infirmity of body, yet rather 
as an indifpoftion in health, than any let ficknefs. Hayward. 
—Difinclination ; diliike; \yith to or towards. —The indif¬ 
poftion of the church of Rome to reform herfelf, muft be 
no flay unto us from performing our duty to God. Hooker. 
—The mind, by every degree of affefted unbelief, con¬ 
trails more and more of a general indifpofuion towards be¬ 
lieving. Atterbury. 
INDIS'PUTABLE, adj. Unconvertible; inconteflable; 
evident; certain.—There is no maxim in politics more 
indifputable, than that a nation Ihould have many honours 
to referve for thofe who do national fervices. Addifon. 
INDIS'PUTABLENESS, /. The ftate of being indif¬ 
putable ; certainty; evidence. 
INDIS'PUTABLY, adv. [from indifputable. ] Without 
controverfy ; certaiuly ; evidently.—The thing it(elf is 
queftionable, nor is it in.difputably certain what death file 
died. Brown.— Without oppofition.—They queftioned a 
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duty that had been indfputakly granted to fo. many pre¬ 
ceding kings. Howel.- 
INDISSOL'VABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, 
and diffolvo, to difiolve.] Incapable of being difiolved, in¬ 
capable of being broken. Indiffoluble ; not leparable as 
to its parts.—Metals, corroded with a little acid, turn 
into ruft, which is an earth taftelefs and indiffolvable in 
water; and this earth, imbibed with more acid, becomes 
a metallic fait. Newton. —Obligatory; not to be broken ; 
binding for ever.—Depofition and degradation are with¬ 
out hope of any remiflion, and therefore the law ffyles 
them an indiffolvable bond ; but a cenfure, a dilfolvable 
bond. Aylijfe. 
INDISSOL'VABLENESS,/ The ftate of being indif¬ 
foluble. 
INDISSOLUBILITY,/ findijolubiliu, Fr. from indif¬ 
foluble f Refiftance to a dillblving power ; firmnefs ; ftable- 
nefs.—What hoops hold this mafs of matter in fo clofe a 
preflure together, from whence Heel has its firmnefs, and 
the parts of a diamond their hardnefs and indiffolubility t 
Locke. —Perpetuity of obligation. 
INDISSOLUBLE, adj. [Fr. indiffolubilis , Lat.] Refill¬ 
ing all feparation of its parts; firm;, ftable.—When com¬ 
mon gold and lead are mingled, the lead may be fevered 
almolt unaltered ; yet if, inftead of the gold, a tantillum 
of the red elixir be mingled with the faturn, their union 
will be fo indiffoluble , that there is no poflihle way of fe- 
parating the diffufed elixir from the fixed lead. Boyle _. 
Binding for ever; fubfifting for ever; not to be loofed.—■ 
Far more comfort it were for us, to be join.ed with you 
in bands of indiffoluble love and amity, to live as if, our 
perfons being many, our fouls were but one. Hooker. 
INDISSOLUBLENESS, f. Indiffolubility ; refiftance 
to leparation of parts,—Adam, though confining of a com- 
polition intrinfically dilfolvable, might have held, by the 
Divine Will, a ftate of immortality and indijfolublencfs of 
his corftpofition. Hale. 
INDISSOLUBLY, adj. In a manner refilling all fepa¬ 
ration.—The remaining allies, by a further degree of fire, 
may b £indiffolubly united into glafs. Boyle. 
They willingly unite, 
Indiffolubly firm : from Dubris fouth 
To northern Orcades. Philips. 
For ever obligatorily. 
INDISTINCT', adj. [Fr. in and diflin&us,' Lat.] Not 
plainlyjnarked ; confufed.—When .we fpeak of the infi¬ 
nite diviiibility of matter, we keep a very clear and dif- 
tindl idea of diviiion and diviiibility : but, when we come 
to parts too fmall for our fenfes, our ideas of thefe little 
bodies become obfeure and indfiincl. Watts. 
She warbled in her throat, 
And tun’d her voice to many a merry note : 
But indifind, and neither fweet nor clear. Drydcrt, 
Not exaflly dilcerning : 
We throw out our eyes for brave Othello, 
Ev’n till we make the main and th’ aerial blue 
An indifind regard. Shakefpcare. 
INDISTINC'TION, f. Confufion ; uncertainty.—The 
indiflindion of many of the lame name, or the mifappli- 
cation of the acl of one unto another, hath made lome 
doubt. Brown. —Omifiion of diferimination ; indiferimina- 
tion.—An indifindion of all perfons, or equality of all 
orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of God. 
Spratt. 
INDISTINCT'LY, adv. Confufediy ; uncertainly; 
without definiter.efs or diferimination.—In its lides it was 
bouuded diltinclly, but on its ends confufediy and indf- 
tindly, the light there vanillin/ by degrees. Newton. _ 
Without being diftinguilhed.—Making trial thereof, both 
the liquors foaked indiflmflly through the bowl. Brown. 
INDISTINCT'NESS, f. Confufion ; uncertainty ; ob- 
feurity.—There is. an unevennefs or indiflindnfs in the 
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