Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-DI-VID'U-AL-LY – IN-DORS'A-BLE
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IN-DI-VID'U-AL-LY, adv.
- Separately; by itself; to the exclusion of others. Thirty men will unitedly accomplish what each of them individually can not perform.
- With separate or distinct existence. How should that subsist solitary by itself, which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby others subsist with it? Hooker.
- Inseparably; incommunicably. Omniscience – an attribute individually proper to the Godhead. Hakewill.
IN-DI-VID'U-ATE, a.
Undivided.
IN-DI-VID'U-ATE, v.t.
To make single; to distinguish from others of the species. Life is individuated into infinite numbers, that have their distinct sense and pleasure. More.
- The act of making single or the same, to the exclusion of others. Watts.
- The act of separating into individuals by analysis. Etymol. Vocabulary.
IN-DI-VID-U'I-TY, n.
Separate existence. [Not used.]
IN-DI-VIN'I-TY, n.
Want of divine power. Brown.
IN-DI-VIS-I-BIL'I-TY, n. [See Indivisible.]
The state or property of being indivisible. Locke.
IN-DI-VIS'I-BLE, a. [s as z. in and divisible. See Divide.]
That can not be divided, separated or broken; not separable into parts. Perhaps the particles of matter, however small, can not be considered as indivisible. The mind or soul must be indivisible. A mathematical point is indivisible. IN-DI-VIS'I-BLE n. In geometry, indivisibles are the elements or principles into which a body or figure may be resolved; elements infinitely small. Encyc.
Indivisibility, – which see.
IN-DI-VIS'I-BLY, adv.
So as not to be capable of division.
IN-DI-VIS'ION, n.
A state of being not divided. More.
IN-DO'CI-BLE, a. [in and docible; L. doceo, to teach.]
- Unteachable; not capable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect. Bp. Hall.
- Intractable, as a beast.
Indocility. Taylor.
IN-DO'CILE, a. [Fr.; L. indocilis; in and docilis; doceo, to teach.]
- Not teachable; not easily instructed; dull. Bentley.
- Intractable, as a beast.
IN-DO-CIL'I-TY, n. [Fr. indocilité.]
- Unteachableness; dullness of intellect. Bp. Hall.
- Intractableness, as of a beast.
IN-DOC'TRIN-ATE, v.t. [Fr. endoctriner; L. in and doctrina, learning.]
To teach; to instruct in rudiments or principles. He took much delight in indoctrinating his young unexperienced favorite. Clarendon.
IN-DOC'TRINA-TED, pp.
Taught; instructed in the principles of any science.
IN-DOC'TRIN-A-TING, ppr.
Teaching; instructing in principles or rudiments.
Instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science; information. Brown.
IN'DO-LENCE, n. [Fr. from L. indolentia; in and doleo, to be pained.]
- Literally, freedom from pain. Burnet.
- Habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; inaction or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil. Indolence, like laziness, implies a constitutional or habitual love of ease; idleness does not.
IN'DO-LENT, a. [Fr.]
- Habitually idle or indisposed to labor; lazy; listless; sluggish; indulging in ease; applied to persons.
- Inactive; idle; as, an indolent life.
- Free from pain; as, an indolent tumor.
IN'DO-LENT-LY, adv.
In habitual idleness and ease; without action, activity or exertion; lazily. Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison.
IN-DOM'I-TA-BLE, a.
Untamable. Herbert.
IN-DOMPT'A-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and dompter, L. domo, to tame.]
Not to be subdued. [Unusual.] Tooke.
IN-DORS'A-BLE, a.
That may be indorsed, assigned and made payable to order.