A setting in.

To be of use to an end; to serve.

Conducive; instrumental.

One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.

An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.

Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.

That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.

Marked with different shades.

A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

To hide in a shell.

To embark.

Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.

See Enshrine.

The act or process of drying in.

The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations, especially information relating to profitability.

To lie in ambush for.

One who lies in ambush.

A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease.

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

having intellectual depth; having or showing an exceptional degree of insight{2}; -- of people or their comments.

keen insight{2}.

The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

Insignificance.

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.

Not expressing meaning; not significant.

A token, mark, or explanation.

To accuse.

Without sincerity.

The quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.

To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.

Insinuating; insinuative.

To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.

By insinuation.

One who, or that which, insinuates.

Insinuative.

In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.

The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.

Lack of intelligence; stupidity; folly.

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. An insipient person.

The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence.

In an insistent manner.

A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.

Freedom from thirst.

The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

One who insnares.

To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.

Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

The quality of being insociable; lack of sociability; unsociability.

Unsociably.

Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.

To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.

To insult.

Insolence.

Lack of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.

The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.

Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.

The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency. Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.

One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.

Lack of sleep; inability to sleep, especially when chronic; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

Restless; sleepless.

Sleeplessness.

So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.

Not clear or melodious.

In sooth; truly.

Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.

To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.

Inspection.

The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.

Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.

One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.

Inspectorship.

Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.

The office of an inspector.

A female inspector.

To sprinkle; to scatter.

The act of sprinkling.

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.

Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.

Pertaining to inspiration.

One who holds to inspiration.

A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.

Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.

Breathed in; inhaled.

One who, or that which, inspires.

Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.

To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

Thick or thickened; inspissated.

The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.

in or of the present month; same as instant{3}, a. or instant{2}, n.; as, your letter of the 10th inst..

Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.

Instability; unstableness.

the act of installing something (as equipment).

The act of installing; installation.

See Enstamp.

To give an example.

Instance; urgency.

Instantly.

Quality of being instantaneous.

Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.

Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod when in that stage of life.

To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.

To renew or renovate.

Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

One who renews or restores to a former condition.

To renew or renovate; to instaurate.

To steep or soak; to drench.

one who instigates; someone who deliberately provokes trouble; an instigator.

To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.

Incitingly; temptingly.