A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.
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An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.
a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series or time sequence; as, adolescence is an awkward in-between age.
within the demarcated playing area. Opposite of out of bounds.
a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
a suffix signifying the head of a staff; as, editor-in-chief.
Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.
A person who is related by marriage, as distinguished from a blood relative; esp. mother-in-law (the mother of one's spouse), father-in-law (the father of one's spouse), brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, or husband of one's spouse's sister), sister-in-law (the sister of one's spouse, or wife of one's spouse's brother).
migration into a place.
undertaken by an individual in person; as, an in-person appearance.
being in the original position; not having been moved or transferred to another location; as, an in-situ investigator.
a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; lack of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.
See Enable.
See Enablement.
Lack of abstinence; indulgence.
Not abstracted.
Without abuse.
The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc.
Not accordant; discordant.
Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.
In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
Lack of acquaintance.
Not acquiescent or acquiescing.
Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.
The act or process of inactivating.
In an inactive manner.
A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.
To put in action.
Operation.
Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness.
The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
Lack of exact correspondence.
Not adhering.
Lack of adhesion.
The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to be received.
Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation.
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.
Not advisable.
Lack of affability or sociability; reticence.
Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
Freedom from affectation; naturalness.
Unaffected.
Incapable of being assisted; helpless.
The quality or state of being inalienable.
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
Affording no aliment or nourishment.
The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.
Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.
Unamiable.
Incapable of being lost.
A woman in love; a mistress.
Enamored.
A male lover.
Not amovable or removable.
That which is void or empty.
Not angular.
Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.
The quality or state of being inanimate.
Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.
To produce inanition in; to exhaust for lack of nourishment.
Inanition.
The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.
Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.
Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy.
Not admitting of appeal; not appealable.
Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.
The quality of being inappellable; finality.
Inappealable; final.
Lack of appetency; lack of desire.
The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.
Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.
Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.
Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.
Lack of appreciation.
Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable.
Lack of apprehension.
Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.
Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.
Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
Lack of aptitude.
Embodied in, or changed into, water.
The state of being inaquate.
Not arable.
To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach.
A method of ingrafting. See Inarch.
Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.
In an inarticulate manner.
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
Inarticulateness.
Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.
In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.
Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.
The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.
Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.
To inaugurate.
An inaugural address.
Invested with office; inaugurated.
One who inaugurates.
Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration.
To cover with gold; to gild.
The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.
Inauspicious.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Without authority; not authoritative.
To embark; to go or put into a barge.
Shining in.
Inherence; inherent existence.
To inclose.
Blown in or into.
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