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our hatred of it may involve the perfon, which we fhould 
not hate at all. Spratt. 
One death involves 
Tyrants and Haves. Thomfon. 
To entangle.—As obfcure and imperfect ideas often in¬ 
volve our reafon, /o do dubious words puzzle men’s rea¬ 
fon. Locke.— To complicate; to make intricate.—Syllo- 
gifm is of necelTary ufe, even to the lovers of truth, to 
fhow them the fallacies that are often concealed in florid, 
witty, or involved, difcojirl’es. Locke. —To blend ; to mingle 
together confufedly.—Earth with hell mingle and involve. 
Milton. 
INVOL- VING, f. The adt of complicating; of bring¬ 
ing into difficulties. 
INVOL'UNTARILY, ctdv. [from involuntaryi] Not by 
choice; not fpontaneoufly. 
INVOL'UNTARINESS, f. The Hate or being unwil¬ 
ling. Scott. 
INVOL'UNTARY, adj. [in and voluntarius, Lat. ir.vo- 
lontaire, Fr.] Not having the power of choice : 
The gathering number, as it moves along, 
Involves a vad involuntary throng, 
Who gently draw, and, ltruggling lefs and lefs. 
Roll in her vortex, and her pow’r confefs. Pope. 
Not chofen ; not done willingly.—The forbearance of 
that aftion, confequent to fuch command of the mind, is 
called voluntary; and whatfover aCtion is performed with¬ 
out fuch a thought of the mind, is called involuntary. 
Locke. 
But why, ah tell me, ah too dear! 
Steals down my cheek th’ involuntary tear ? Pope. 
INVOL'UTE, f. [from in, Lat. and volvo, to turn.] A 
curve formed by involution ; a curve from which another 
curve is formed by involution. 
INVOL'UTE, adj. in botany, rolled inwards on both 
fides towards the upper furface; applied to the leaves of 
certain plants. » 
INVOLUTION, f. [involutio, Lat.] The act of in¬ 
volving or inwrapping. The Itate of being entangled ; 
complication.—All things are mixed, and caufes blended, 
by mutual involutions. Glanville. —That which is wrapped 
round any thing —Great conceits are raffed of the invo¬ 
lution or membranous covering called the filly-how, fome- 
times found about the heads of children. Brown. —.The 
method of defcribing a curve by wrapping a ftring round 
another curve. The method of railing any quantity or 
number, as a root, to a lquare, cube, or any higher power. 
See Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic. 
INUR'BANE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and ur- 
lanus, polite.] Uncivil; unpoliffied ; clowniffi. Scott. 
INURBA'NENESS, J. Incivility; clowniffinefs. Scott, 
TNURBAN'ITY, / Incivility; clowniffinefs. 
WINU'RE, v.a. [ffiand ure. ] To habituate ; to make 
ready or willing by practice and cultom ; to accuftom. 
It had anciently with before the thing praftifed, now to. — 
Becaufe they fo proudly infult, we mull a little inure their 
ears with hearing how others, whom they more regard, 
are accudomed to ufe the felf-fame language with us. 
Hooker. —If there might be added true art and learning, 
there would be as much difference, in maturity of judg¬ 
ment, between men therewith inured, and that which now 
men are, as between tnen that are now and innocents. 
Hooker. —They who had beer, molt inur'd to bufinels, bad 
not in their lives ever undergone lo great fatigue for 
twenty days together. Clarendon. —We may inure ourlelves 
by cultom to bear the extremities of weather without in¬ 
jury. Addifon. 
The forward hand, inur'd to wounds, makes way 
Upon the ffiarpelt fronts of the molt fierce. Daniel. 
Then cruel, by their fports to blood inur’d 
Of fighting bealts, and men to beafts expos’d. Milton, 
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INU'RE, J. A law term ; an edablifhed euftom ; full 
force or efficacy. 
INU'REMENT,/. Pradtice; habit; ufe; cultom; fre* 
quency.—If iron will acquire by mere continuance a fe- 
cret appetite, and habitual inclination, to the fite it held, 
then how much more may education, being nothing elfe 
but a conftant plight and inurement, induce by cuftom good 
habits into a reafonable creature. Wotton. 
inVres, one of the names of Pan. 
INU'RING,/. The act of habituating. 
1 To INUR'N, v. a. [in and urn.~\ To intomb; to bury ; 
The fepulchre, 
Wherein we law thee quietly inurn'd, 
H tfh op’d its ponderous and marble jaw's 
J.0 call thee up again. Shakcfpcare. 
INUR'NING, f. The act of putting into an urn ; the 
ait of burying. 
INU'SITATE, adj. Obfolete ; grown out of ufe. Scott.- 
INUS'TION, f. [inufiio, Lat.] The ait of burning. 
INU'TILE, adj. [Fr. inutilis, Lat.] Ufelefs ; unprofit¬ 
able.—To refer to heat and cold is a compendious and 
inutile fpeculation. Bacon. 
INUTIL'ITY, f. [inutilite, Fr. inutilitas, Lat.] Ufeleff- 
nefs; unprofitablenels. 
INVULNERABILITY, f. [from invulnerable .] The 
Itate of being invulnerable. 
INVUL'NERABLE, adj. [Fr. from invulnerabilis, Lat.] 
Not to be wounded ; fecure from wound : 
Our cannon’s malice vainly fiiall be fpent 
Againft th’ invulnerable clouds of heav’n. Skakefpeare, 
IN VUL'NER ABLENESS, /. The ftate or quality of 
being invulnerable. 
To INWA'LL, v. a. To inclofe or fortify with a wall. 
•—Three fuch towns in thole places with the garrifons 
would be fo augmented, as they would be able with little 
to inwall themfelves Itrongly. Spenfer'. 
INWALL'ING, f. The act of incloling with a wall. 
IN'WARD, or Inwards, adv. [lnfeapO, Sax.] To¬ 
wards the internal parts ; within.—The medicines which 
go to thefe magical ointments are fo Itrong, that if they 
were ufed inwards they would kill ; and therefore they 
work potently, though outwards. Bacon. —With inflec¬ 
tion or incurvity; concavely.—He Itretches out his arm 
in lign of peace, with his bread bending inward. Dryden. 
—Into the mind or thoughts.—Looking inward, we were 
ftricken dumb ; looking upward, we Ipeak and prevail. 
Hooker. 
Celeltial light 
Shine inward, and the foul irradiate. Milton. 
IN'WARD, adj. Internal; placed not on the outlide, 
but within.—Sicknefs, contributing no lefs than old age 
to the Ihaking down this fcaffolding of the body, may dis¬ 
cover the inward ftrufture more plainly. Pope. 
He could not red, but did his dout heart eat, 
And wade his inward gall with deep defpight. F. Queen, 
Reflecting ; deeply thinking : 
With outward fmiles their flatt’ry I receiv’d ! 
But, bent and inward to inyfelf again, 
Perplex’d, thele matters I revolv’d in vain. Prior. 
Intimate; domedic ; familiar.—All my inward friends 
abhorred me. Job xix. 19.—Seated in the mind : 
Princes have but their titles for their glories. 
An outward honour for an inward toil; 
And, for unfelt imaginations. 
They often feel a world of reltlefs cares. Skakefpeare. 
IN'WARD, f. Any thing within, generally the bowels. 
Seldom has this Jcnfe a fmgular .— They edeeni them mod 
profitable, becaufe of the great quantity of fat upon their 
inwards. Mortimer. 
Then. 
