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To inftruct; to tinflure with any fcience,- or opinion.'— 
Under a mafter that difcourfed excellently, and took much 
delight in indoctrinating his young unexperienced fa¬ 
vourite, Buckingham had obtained a quick conception of 
fpeaking very gracefully and pertinently. Clarendon. 
INBOCTRINA/TION, f. Initru&ion ; information.— 
Although populates are very accommodable unto junior 
indoctrinations , yet are thefe authorities not to be embraced 
b,eyond the minority of our intellectuals. Brown. 
IN'DOLENCE, or In'dolency, f. [in and doleo, Lat. 
indolence, Fr.] Freedom from pain.—As there muft be in- 
dolency where there is happinefs, fo there mult not be indi¬ 
gency. Burnet. —I have eafe, if it may not rather be called 
indolence. Hough. —Lazinefs; inattention; liftlefl'nefs.—Let 
Epicurus give indolency as an attribute to his gods, and 
place in it the happinefs of the bleft; the Divinity which 
we worlhip has given us not only a precept againft it, 
but his own example to the contrary. Dryden. —The Spa¬ 
nish nation, roufed from their ancient indolence and igno¬ 
rance, feem now to improve trade. Bolingbrohe. 
IN'DOLENT, adj. [French.] Free from pain. So the 
furgeons fpeak of an indolent tumour. Carelefs; lazy; in¬ 
attentive ; liftlefs j 
Ill fits a chief 
To wafte long nights in indolent repofe. Pope. 
IN'DOLENTLY, adv. With freedom from pain. 
•Carelefsly; 'lazily ; inattentively ; liftlefsly : 
While lull’d by found, and undifturb’d by wit, 
Calm and ferene you indolently fit. Addifon. 
IN'DOLENTNESS,/. Indolence. Scott. 
INDO'MABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
domo, to tame.] Incapable of being tamed. 
INDO'MABLENESS, f. Untameablenefs. Scott. 
INDO'RE, a town of Hindooftan, in the Malwa coun¬ 
try, and refidence of a Mahratta chief of the family of 
Ilolkar: ago miles fouth-fouth-weft of Agra, and 351 
fouth-fouth-weft: of Delhi. Lat. 22. 56. N. Ion. 76.11. E. 
To INDOR'SE, v. a. [from in, Lat. on, and dorfjm, the 
back.] To endorfe, to write on the back. 
INDOR'SED, adj. In heraldry, having the backs turned 
towards each other. 
INDORSE'E, f. The perfon who indorfes a bill or note. 
INDORSEMENT, or Endorsement, f. Any thing 
written on the back fide of a deed. Thus, receipts for con- 
fideration-money, and the fealingand delivery, &c. on the 
back of deeds, are called indorfements. Wcjl Symb. par. 2. § 
157. On fealing of a bond, any thing may be tndorfed or 
iubferibed upon the back thereof, as part of the condi¬ 
tion, and the indorfementand that ftand together. Moor big. 
See Bond and Condition. There is alfoan indorfement 
of bills or notes, of what part thereof is paid, and when, 
&c. And in another fenfe it is a writing a man’s name 
only on the back of bills cf exchange, dec. See Bill 
of Exchange, vol.iii. p. 32. 
INDORSING, f. The aft of writing on the back of 
any thing. 
IN'DOS, a town of Hindooftan, in Bengal : ftxteen 
miles eaft-north-eaft of Biftunpour. Lat. 23. 10. N. Ion. 
87. 53. E. 
INDOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Tellingana : fif¬ 
teen miles north-we ft of Indelavoy. 
To INDOW', v. a. [indotare, Lat.] T® portion; to en¬ 
rich with gifts, whether of fortune or nature. See En¬ 
dow. 
INDOW'ING, f. The aft of making an indowment. 
INDOW'MENT,/! A portion, a gift. 
INDRAMA'IA, or Indermaia, a river of the ifland 
of Java, which runs into the lea about 100 miles eaft of 
Batavia. 
INDRAPOU'R, a town on the weft coaft of the ifland 
of Sumatra, capital of a country which has feveral other 
towns, where the Dutch have a faftory for the purchafe 
of pepper: 100 miles north-weft of Bencoolen. Lat. 
2. o. S. Ion. 100.4.0. E. 
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INDRAPOU'R POINT, a cape on the weft coaft of 
the ifland of Sumatra. Lat. 2. io. S. Ion. 100. 34.. E. 
INDRA'T, a town of Hindooftan, in Dowlatabad: 
twenty-three miles north-weft of Beder. 
INDRAUGHT, f. [in and draught .] An opening in 
the land into which the lea flows.—Ebbs and floods there 
could be none, when there was no indraughts, bays, or 
gulphs, to receive a flood. Raleigh. —Inlet; paflage in¬ 
wards.—Navigable rivers are indraughts to attain wealth. 
Bacon. 
IN'DRE, a river of France, which rifes about four 
miles north-north-weft from Bouflac, in the department 
of the Creule ; palles by St. Sever, La Chatre, Chateauroux, 
Chatillon, (where it becomes navigable,) Loches, Cor- 
mery, Azay le Rideau, See. and joins the Loire at Rigny, 
between Saumur and Tours. 
IN'DRE, a department of France, fo called from the 
river which erodes it from fouth-eaft to north-weft; 
bounded on the north by the department of the Loire and 
Cher, on the eaft by that of the Cher, on the fouth by the 
departments of the Creufe and Upper Vienne, and on the 
weft by the departments of the Vienne and Indre and 
Loire ; about fifty-four miles from north to fouth, and 
forty-five from eaft to weft. Chateauroux is the capital. 
IN'DRE and LOIRE, a department of France, fo called 
from the union of the two rivers; bounded on the north 
by the department of the Sarte, on the eaft by the depart¬ 
ments of the Loire and Cher and the Indre, on the fouth 
and fouth-weft by the department of the Vienne, and on 
the weft and north-weft by the department of the Mayne 
and Loire-; about fifty miles from north to fouth, and 
forty-five from eaft to weft. Tours is the capital. 
To INDREN'CH, y. a. [from drench. ] To loak ; to 
drowm: 
My hopes lie drowm’d; in many fathoms deep 
They lie indrench'd. Shalefpeare. 
INDUBIOUS, adj. Not doubtful; not fufpefting ; cer¬ 
tain.—Hence appears the vulgar vanity of repoling an in¬ 
dubious confidence in thofe antipeftilential fpirits. Harvey. 
INDUBITABLE, adj. [ indubitabilis, Lat. indubitable ,, 
Fr.] Undoubted; unqueitionable; evident; certain in ap¬ 
pearance ; clear; plain.—When general obfervations are 
drawn from fo many particulars as to become certain and 
indubitable, thefe are jewels of knowledge. Watts. 
INDU'BITABLENESS, /. The ltate of being indubi¬ 
table. 
INDUBITABLY, adj. Undoubtedly; unqueftionably. 
—If we tranfport thele proportions from audible to viii- 
ble objects, there will indubitably refult from either a grace¬ 
ful.and harmonious contentment. Wotton. 
INDUBITATE, adj. [ indubhatus, Lat.] Unqueft-i- 
oned ; certain; apparent; evident.—If he flood upon his 
own title of the houfe of Lancafter, he knew it was con¬ 
demned by parliament, and tended diredtly to the difin- 
htrilon of the line of York, held then the indubitate heirs 
of the crown. Bacon. 
To INDUCE, v. a. [induire, Fr. induco, Lat.] To in¬ 
fluence to any thing; toperluade: of-perfons.—This lad)', 
albeit fine was furnilhed with many excellent endowments 
both of nature and education, yet would Ihe never be in¬ 
duced to entertain marriage with any. Hayward. 
Defire with thee ftill longer to converfe 
Induc'd me. Bacon. 
To produce by perfuafion or influence: of things.—Let 
the vanity of the times be reftrained, which the neigh¬ 
bourhood of other nations have induced: weltrive apace to 
exceed our pattern. Bacon. —To offer by way of induftipn, 
or. confequential reafoning.—They play much upon the 
fiinile, or illuftrative argumentation, to induce their enthy- 
memes unto the people, and take up popular conceits. 
Brown. —To inculcate; to enforce.—This induces a gene¬ 
ral change of opinion, concerning the perfon or party like 
to be obeyed by the greateft or ftrongei’c part of the peo¬ 
ple. Temple.-^- To caufe extrinfic’ally ; to produce ; to ef- 
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