Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN'NATE, a. [L. innatus, from innascor; in and nascor, to be born.]

Inborn; native; natural. Innate ideas are such as are supposed to be stamped on the mind, at the moment when existence begins. Mr. Locke has taken great pains to prove that no such ideas exist. Encyc.

IN'NA-TED, a. [for Innate, is not used.]

IN'NATE-LY, adv.

Naturally.

IN'NATE-NESS, n.

The quality of being innate.

IN-NAV'I-GA-BLE, a. [L. innavigabilis; in and navigabilis. See Navigate.]

That can not be navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Dryden.

IN-NAV'I-GA-BLY, adv.

So as not to be navigable.

IN'NER, a. [from in.]

1. Interior; farther inward than something else; as, an inner chamber; the inner court of a temple or palace.
2. Interior; internal; not outward; as, the inner man. Eph. iii.

IN'NER-LY, adv.

More within. Barret.

IN'NER-MOST, a.

Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part. Prov. xviii.

IN-NERV-A'TION, n. [in, neg. and nerve.]

1. A state of weakness. Hall.
2. Act of strengthening.

IN-NERVE', v.t. [innerv'. in and nerve.]

To give nerve to; to invigorate; to strengthen. Dwight.

IN-NERV'ED, pp.

Invigorated.

IN-NERV'ING, ppr.

Strengthening.

INN'HOLD-ER, n. [inn and hold.]

1. A person who keeps an inn or house for the entertainment of travelers; also, a taverner.
2. An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.

IN'NING, n.

1. The ingathering of grain.
2. A term in cricket, a turn for using the bat.

INN'INGS, n.

Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.

INN'KEEP-ER, n. [inn and keep.]

An innholder. In America, the innkeeper is often a tavern keeper or taverner, as well as an innkeeper, the inn for furnishing lodgings and provisions being usually united with the tavern for the sale of liquors.

IN'NO-CENCE, or IN'NO-CEN-CY, n. [Fr. from L. innocentia; in and noceo, to hurt.]

1. Properly, freedom from any quality that can injure; innoxiousness; harmlessness; as, the innocence of a medicine which can do no harm. In this sense, the noun is not obsolete, though less used than the adjective.
2. In a moral sense, freedom from crime, sin or guilt; untainted purity of heart and life; unimpaired integrity. Enjoyment left nothing to ask – innocence left nothing to fear. Johnson.
3. Freedom from guilt or evil intentions; simplicity of heart; as, the innocence of a child.
4. Freedom from the guilt of a particular sin or crime. This is the sense in which the word is most generally used, for perfect innocence can not be predicated of man. A man charged with theft or murder may prove his innocence.
5. The state of being lawfully conveyed to a belligerent, or of not being contraband; as, the innocence of a cargo, or of any merchandise. Kent.

IN'NO-CENT, a. [Fr. from L. innocens.]

1. Properly, not noxious; not producing injury; free from qualities that can injure; harmless; innoxious; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
2. Free from guilt; not having done wrong or violated any law; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. In this general sense, no human being that is a moral agent, can be innocent. It is followed by of.
3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or evil action; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged in the indictment.
4. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
5. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation. Kent.

IN'NO-CENT, n.

1. One free from guilt or harm. Shak.
2. A natural; an idiot. [Unusual.] Hooker.

IN'NO-CENT-LY, adv.

1. Without harm; without incurring guilt.
2. With simplicity; without evil design.
3. Without incurring a forfeiture or penalty; as, goods innocently imported.

IN-NOC'U-OUS, a. [L. innocuus; in and noceo, to hurt.]

Harmless; safe; producing no ill effect; innocent. Certain poisons used as medicines in small quantities, prove not only innocuous, but beneficial. It is applied only to things; not to persons.

IN-NOC'U-OUS-LY, adv.

Without harm; without injurious effects.

IN-NOC'U-OUS-NESS, n.

Harmlessness; the quality of being destitute of mischievous qualities or effects. Digby.

IN-NOM'IN-A-BLE, a.

Not to be named. Chaucer.