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Inshave

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

Insheathe

To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Inshore

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

Inside

The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

insider

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

insidiousness

A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease.

Insight

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

insightful

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

Insignificance

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

Insignificant

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

Insincerity

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.

Insinew

To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.

Insinuate

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

Insinuating

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

Insipidly

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

Insipient

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. An insipient person.

Insistence

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

insistency

the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence.

Insisture

A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.

Insition

The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

Insnarl

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

Insobriety

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

Insociability

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

Insociate

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

Insolate

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

Insole

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.

Insolidity

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

Insolubleness

The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.

Insolvable

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

Insolvency

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.

Insolvent

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

Insomnia

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

Insomuch

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

Insouciance

Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Insouciant

Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.

Insoul

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

Inspan

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.

Inspective

Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.

Inspector

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.

Inspectorial

Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.

Inspeximus

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

Insphere

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

Inspirable

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

Inspirator

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

Inspiratory

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

Inspirer

One who, or that which, inspires.

Inspiring

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

Inspirit

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

Inspissation

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

inst.

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

Instable

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

installing

the act of installing something (as equipment).

Instanter

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

Instantly

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

Instar

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

Instate

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.

Instauration

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

Instaurator

One who renews or restores to a former condition.

Instaure

To renew or renovate; to instaurate.

Insteep

To steep or soak; to drench.

instigant

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

Instigate

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.

Instigation

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

Instill

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.

Instillation

The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

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