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to make drunk.—Wine fiugared hwriatelh lefs than wine 
pare'.} fops in wine, quantity for quantity, inebriate more 
than wine of itfelf. Bacon, . 
To INE'BRIATE, v. n. Tagrow drunk ; to be intoxi¬ 
cated.—At Conftantinople, fiih, that come from the 
teuxine fea into the fre'ffi water, do inebriate and turn up 
their bellies, fo as you may take them with your hand. 
Bacon. 
INE'BRIATING, f. The a£t of intoxicating. 
• INEBRIATION, f Drunkennefs ; intoxication.— 
That cornelians.and bloodftones may be of virtue, expe¬ 
rience will make us grant} but not that an amethyft pre r 
vent i inebriation. Brown. 
INET)IA, f. [Latin.] In medicine ; abltinence, the 
-want of food. 
JNED'ITED, adj. [from in, Lat, contrary to, and edo, 
'to publilli. ] Unpubliflied. Swindon. 
INEFFABIL'ITY,/ [from ineffable.] Unfpeakable- 
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INEF'FABLE, adj. [Fr. inffab'tlis, Lat.] Unfpeakable} 
•unutterable; not to be exprelfed. It is ufed almoft al¬ 
ways in a good fenfe.—Reflect upon a clear, unblotted, 
acquitted, confidence, and feed upon the ineffable comforts 
of the memorial of a conquered temptation. South. 
To whom the Son, with calm afpefl, and clear, 
Light’ning divine, ineffable, ferene ! 
Made anfwer. Milton. 
INEFTABLENESS, /. Unfpeakablenefs. Scott. 
INEF'FABLY, adv. In a manner not to be exprelfed: 
He all his Father full exprefs’d 
Ineffably into his face receiv’d. Milton. 
INEFFECTIVE, adj. [ineffcdlif, Fr. in and effeHived] 
That which can produce no effect; unaftive; inefficient; 
ufelefs,—As the body, without blood, is a dead and life- 
lefs trunk ; fo is the word of God, without the fpirit, a 
dead and ineffefiivc letter. Taylor. 
INEFFECTUAL, adj. Unable to produce its proper 
.effect; weak; wanting power.—The public reading of the 
Apocrypha they condemn as a thing effectual unto evil; 
the bare reading even of Scriptures themfelves they mif- 
like, as a thing ineffedlual to do good. Hook. 
INEFFECTUALLY, adv. Without efFeft. 
INEFFECTUALNESS, f. Inefficacy ; want of power 
'to perform the proper effeff.—St. James fpeaks of the in- 
ffedlualnefs of Lome men’s devotion ; Ye afk, and receive 
not, becaufe ye afk amifs. Wake. 
INEFFICACIOUS, adj. [ ineffcace , Fr. inefficax, Lat.] 
Unable to produce effefts ; weak ; feeble. Ineffedlual ra¬ 
ther denotes an affual failure ; and inefficacious, an habi¬ 
tual impotence, to any effeft.—Is not that better than al¬ 
ways to have the rod in hand, and, by frequent life, mil- 
apply and render inefficacious this ufeful remedy? Locke. 
INEFFICA'CIOUSLY, ■ adv. Without effeft. 
INEFFICA'CIOUSNESS, f. Inefficacy. Scott. 
INEFFICACTTY, f. Inefficacy. Scott. 
■ INEF'FICACY, f. [in and effjcacia, Lat.] Want of 
power ; want of effeft. 
INEFFICIENT, adj. Ineffe£tive.—He is as infipid in 
his pleafures as inefficient in every thing elfe. Chefterfield. 
INEFTUGIBLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, ex, 
out of, and fugo, to fly.] Inevitable, unavoidable. Not ufed. 
INELAB'ORATE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, ex, 
out of, and laboro, to labour.] Negligent, done without 
much care or labour. Scott. 
INEL'EGANCE, or Inei/fgancy, / [from inelegant.] 
Abfence of beauty ; want of elegance. 
INEL'EGANT, adj. [inelegans, Lat.] Not becoming ; 
mot beautiful.—This very variety of fea and land, hill and 
dale, which is here reputed fo inelegant and unbecoming, 
is indeed extremely charming and agreeable. Woodward. 
What order, .fo contriv’d as not to mix 
Taftes not well join’d inelegant, but bring 
; Taffie after tarte, ..upheld with kindlieft change. Milton. 
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Wanting ornament of language.—Modern critics, having 
never read Homer, but in fow and inelegant tranfhtions, 
impute the meannefs of the translation to the poet. 
Broome. 
INEL'EGANTLY, adv. [from inelegant .] Without 
elegance.—Nor will he, if he has the lealt talfe or appli¬ 
cation, talk inelegantly. Ckcfferfield. 
INEL'EGANTNESS, j. The want of elegance ; th'§ 
want of neatnefs. 
INEL'OQUENT, adj. [in and cloquens, Lat.] Not per- 
fuaflve ; not Oratorical: 
Nor are thy lips ungraceful, fire of men. 
Nor tongue inefonuent. ' Milton.' 
INEPT', adj. [ineptus, Lat.] Trifling ; foolifh.—The 
works of Nature, being neither ufelefs nor inept, mult be 
guided by fome principle of knowledge. More. 
After their various unfuccefsful ways, 
Their fruitlefs labour, and inept eflay.s, 
No caufe of thefe appearances they’ll find, 
But power exerted by th’ Eternal Mind. Blaclinore. 
Unfit for any purpofe; ufelefs.—When the upper arid ve¬ 
getative ftratum was once waffied off by rains, the’hills 
would have become barren, the ftrata below yielding only 
mere fterile matter, fuch as was wholly inept and impro¬ 
per for the formation of vegetables. Woodward. 
INEPTITUDE, f. Unfitnefs,—The grating and rub¬ 
bing of the axes againft the fockets, wherein they are 
placed, will caufe fome ineptitude or refiftency to the rota¬ 
tion of the cylinder. Wilkins. 
INEPT'LY, adv. [mepVe, Lat.] Triflingly; fooliflily ; 
unfitly.^—All things were at firft difpoied by an omnilci- 
ent intellect, that cannot contrive ineptly. Glanville. 
INEQ'UABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
erquus, equal.] Unequal, uneven. 
INEQUALITY,/ [ inegalite, Fr. from vuequalitas, Lat.] 
Difference of comparative quantity.—There is fo gre^t 
an inequality in the length of our legs and arms, as makes it 
impoflible fob us to walk on all four. Ray —Unevennefs; 
interchange of higher and lower parts.—The glafs teemed 
Well wrought; yet, when it was quickfilvered, the reflex¬ 
ion dilcovered innumerable inequalities all over the glafs. 
Newton .— If there were no inequalities in the furface of the 
earth, nor in the feafons of the year, we fhould loie a 
confiderable fhare of the vegetable kingdom. Bentley.- r— 
Difproportion to any office or purpole j ftste of not being 
adequate ; inadequatenefs. — The great inequality of all 
things to the appetites of a rational foul appears from th[s, 
that in all worldly things a man finds not half the plea- 
fure jn the actual pofleilion that he propofed in the ex¬ 
pectation. South. —Change of ftate; unlikenefs of a thing 
to itfelf 5 difference of temper or quality.—In fome places, 
by the nature of the earth, and by the fituation of woods 
and hills, the air is more unequal than in others ; aqd 
inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. Bacon. —Dif¬ 
ference of rank or Ration,—If fo (mall inequality between 
man and man make in them modefty a commendable vir¬ 
tue, who, refpefting fuperiors as fuperiors, can neither 
fpeak nor ltand before them without fear. Hooker. 
INERRABIL'ITY, J. [from inerrable .] Exemption 
from error; infallibility.—I cannot allow their wifdom" 
fuch a completenefs and inerrability as to exclude myfelf 
from judging. King Charles. 
INER RABLE, adj. [in. and err.] Exempt from error. 
—Infallibility and inerrablenefs is .aflumed by the Romijfh 
church, without any inerrable ground to build it on. 
Hammond. 
INER'RABLENESS, f. [from inerrable .] Exemption 
from error.—Infallibility and inerrablenefs is aflumed and 
incloled by the Romifli church, without any inerrable 
ground to build it on. Hammond. 
INER'R.ABLY, adv. With fecurity from error; in¬ 
fallibly. 
INER'RINGLY, adv. Without error 5 without mif- 
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