Emily Dickinson Lexicon

inhabit, v. [OFr < L. inhabitāre, dwell.]

Accompany; be present with.

inhabitant (-s), n. [OFr < L. inhabitāre.] (webplay: house, place, settlement, town).

1. One who has a legal settlement in a town.
2. dweller; one who feels a fixed residence.
3. human or animal dwelling in a place.

inhale (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. inhālāre, breathe out.]

[Lit.] Breathe; draw in air; [fig.] draw in; absorb. 87/App 13 what one waked for, / inhales the different dawn.

inhere (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. inhærēre, stick in or to.]

Exist or abide in something. [Word play with reading 'in here'?.]

inherently, adv. [see inhere, v.]

By existence in something; in inward nature, intrinsically.

inherit (-ed, -ing), v. [OFr < L. in + hērēditāre.] (webplay: ancestor, estate, everlasting, life, nature, receive).

Receive; possess by gift or divine appropriation.

inheritance, n. [see inherit, v.]

Something obtained by donation or divine grant.

inheritor (-s), n. [see inherit, v.]

Heir; one who inherits or may inherit.

iniquity, n. [OFr < L. inīquus, uneven, unequal, unjust, wrong, wicked.]

1. Sin; wickedness; original want of holiness.
2. Injustice, unfairness.

initial, adj. [Fr. < L. initium, beginning.]

Beginning; incipient; existing at the outset.