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INSECTA'TION, f [from in, Lat. in, and fcquor, to 
follow.] The ail of following with invectives; the ait 
of purfuing. Scott. 
INSECTA'TOR, f. [from inferior, Lat.] One that per- 
fecutes or harrafles with purfuit. 
INSEC'TILE, adj. [from infeft .] Having the nature of 
infefts. —Infettile animals, for want of blood, run out all 
into legs. Bacon. 
INSEC'TION, f. The act of cutting into any thing. 
Scott. 
INSECTIV'OROUS, adj. [from infeHa, Lat. an infeft, 
and voro, to devour.] Devouring infefts ; feeding on in¬ 
fefts. Scott. 
INSECTOL'OGER, /. [infeEl and hoy®*.] One who 
ftudies or defcribes infefts.—The infeft itfelf is, accord¬ 
ing to modern irf'edlologcrs, of the ichneumon-fly kind. 
Derham. 
INSECTOL'OGY, f. That department of natural hif- 
tory which treats of infefts; the lame with Entomolo¬ 
gy, vol. vi. p. 824-844. 
INSECU'RE, adj. Not fecure ; not confident of fafety. 
— He is liable to a great many inconveniences every mo¬ 
ment of his life, and is continually infecure, not only of the 
good things of this life, but even of life itfelf. Tillotfon .— 
Not fafe. 
INSECU'RELY, adv. [from infecure.'] Without cer¬ 
tainty. — When I lay fecured, I mean it in the fenfe in 
which the word fiiould always be underftood at courts, 
that is, infecurely. Chcjhrjidd. 
INSECU'RENESS, f. The ftate of being infecure; in- 
fecurity. 
INSECU'RITY, f. Uncertainty; want of confidence. 
— It may be eafily perceived with what infecurity of truth 
we afcribe effects, depending upon the natural period of 
time, unto arbitrary calculations, and fuch as vary at 
pleafure. Brown. —Want of fafety; danger; hazard. — The 
unreafonablenefs and prefumption, the danger and delpe- 
rate infecurity, of thole that have not fo much as a thought, 
all their lives long, to advance fo far as attrition and con¬ 
trition, forrow and refolution of amendment. Hammond. 
INSECU'TION,_/ [Fr. infecutio, Lat.] Purfuit. Not 
in ufe : 
Not the king’s own horfe got more before the wheel 
Of his rich chariot, that might Hill the infecution feel, 
With the extreme hairs of his tail. Chapman's Iliad. 
INSEMINA'TION, f. [Fr. infemino, Lat.] The aft of 
fcattering feed on ground. 
INSEN'SATE, adj. [jnfinfe , Fr. infcnfato, Ital.] Stupid; 
wanting thought; wanting lenfibility.—Ye be reprobates; 
obdurate injenfate creatures. Hammond. 
So fond are mortal men, 
As their own ruin on themfelves t’ invite, 
lnferfate left, or to fenfe reprobate, 
And with blindnefs internal ltruck. Milton. 
INSENSIBILITY, f. [infenfbilite, Fr. from infenfible.] 
Inability to perceive. —Infnifbility of flow motions may be 
thus accounted for: motion cannot be perceived without 
perception of the parts of fpace which it left, and thofe 
which it next acquires. Glanville. —Stupidity ; dulnefs of 
mental perception.—Torpor; dulnefs of corporal fenfe. 
INSEN'SIBLE, adj. [French.] Imperceptible; notdif- 
coverable by the fenfes.—What is that word honour? air; 
a trim reckoning. Who hath it? he that died a-Wednef- 
day. Doth he feel it ? no. Doth he hea,r it ? no. Is it 
injtnfible then ? yea, to the dead. But will it not live with 
the living ? no. Why ? detraction will not fuffer it. 
Shahefpeare .— Slowly gradual, foas that no progrefs is per¬ 
ceived : 
They fall away. 
And languilii with infenfible decay. Dryden. 
\?oid of feeling, either menial or corporal.—Accept an 
obligation without being a (lave to the giver, or infenfible 
ef his kindnefs. Wotton. 
I thought 
I then was palling to my former ftate 
Infenfible ; and forthwith to diflolve. Milton. 
Void of emotion or afteftion.—You grow infenfible to the 
conveniency of riches, the delights of honour and praife. 
Temple. 
INSEN'SIBLENESS, f. Abfence of perception; inabi¬ 
lity to perceive.—The infenfblenefs of the pain proceeds 
rather from the relaxation of the nerves than their erb- 
ftruftior,. Ray. 
INSEN'SIBLY, adv. [from infenfible.] Imperceptibly; 
in fuch a manner as is not difeovered by the fenfes.—The 
hills rife infenfibly, and leave the eye a valt uninterrupted 
progrefs. Addifon. 
The planet earth, fo ftedfaft though Ihe feem, 
Infenfibly three different motions moves. Milton. 
By flow degrees.'—Propofals agreeable to our paflions will 
infenfibly prevail upon our weaknefs. Rogers’s Sermons. 
Equal they were form’d, 
Save what fin hath impair’d, which yet hath wrought 
Infenfibly. Milton. 
Without mental or corporal fenfe. 
INSEN'TIENT, adj. [in and fentiens, Lat.] Not having 
perception.—The diflimilitude between the fenfations of 
our minds, and the qualities and attributes of an infenlient 
inert fubftance. Reid. 
INSEPARABILITY, / [from infeparable.] The qua¬ 
lity of being fuch as cannot be fevered or divided.—The 
parts of pure fpace are immoveable, which follows from 
their infeparability, motion being nothing but change of 
diftance between any two things; but this cannot be be¬ 
tween parts that are infeparable. Locke. 
INSEPARABLE, adj. [Fr. infeparabilis, Lat.] Not to 
be disjointed ; united fo as not to be parted.—The parts 
of pure fpace are infeparable one from the other, fo that 
the continuity cannot be feparated, neither really nor men¬ 
tally. Locke. 
Together out they fly, 
Infeparable now the truth and lie ; 
And this or that unmixt no mortal e’er fhall find. Pope. 
INSEPARABLENESS, /. Infeparability. 
INSEPARABLY, adv. With indifioluble union.—• 
Reftleflnefs of mind feems infeparably annexed to human- 
nature. Temple. 
Him thou flialt enjoy, 
Infeparably thine. Milton. 
To INSERT', v. a. [ irfercr , Fr. infero, infer turn, Lat.] To 
place in or amongll other things.—Poefy and oratory omit 
things not eflential, and infert little beautiful digreflions, 
in order to place every thing in the molt affefting light. 
Watts. 
INSERTING,/. The aft of putting in. 
INSER'TION,/ [Fr. infertio , Lat.] The aft of placing 
any thing in or among other matter.—The great difad- 
vantage our hiltorians labour under is too tedious an in¬ 
terruption, by the infertion of records in their narration. 
Felton on the Clajfics .—An ileus, commonly called the 
twilling of the guts, is eithera circumvolution or infertion 
of one part of the gut within the other. Arbuthnot. —The 
thing inierted.—He foftens the relation by fuch infertions, 
before lie defcribes the event. Broome. 
To INSER'VE, v. a. [ infervio , Lat.] To be of ufe to an- 
end. 
INSER'VICEABLE, adj. Unfit for fervice. Scott. 
INSER'VIENT, adj. Conducive; of ufe to au end.— 
The providence of God, which difpofeth of no part in 
vain, where there is no digeftion to be made,, makes, not 
a'ny parts infervient to that intention. Browne. 
INSES'SUS, f. [from in, Lat. into, and cedo, to go.]- A 
bath for the lower parts of the body. 
INSETE'NA, /. [Saxon.]. An inner ditch. Scott. 
INSHA'DEP, 
