Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-OP-PRESS'IVE, a. [in and oppressive.]

Not oppressive; not burdensome. O. Wolcott.

IN-OP'U-LENT, a. [in and opulent.]

Not opulent; not wealthy; not affluent or rich.

IN-OR'DIN-A-CY, n. [from inordinate.]

Deviation from order or rule prescribed; irregularity; disorder; excess, or want of moderation; as, the inordinacy of desire or other passion. Bp. Taylor.

IN-OR'DIN-ATE, a. [L. inordinatus; in and ordo, order.]

Irregular; disorderly; excessive; immoderate; not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; as, an inordinate love of the world; inordinate desire of fame.

IN-OR'DIN-ATE-LY, adv.

Irregularly; excessively; immoderately. Skelton.

IN-OR'DIN-ATE-NESS, n.

Deviation from order; excess; want of moderation; inordinacy; intemperance in desire or other passion. Bp. Hall.

IN-OR-DIN-A'TION, a.

Irregularity; deviation from rule or right. South.

IN-OR-GAN'IC, or IN-OR-GAN'IC-AL, a. [in and organic.]

Devoid of organs; not formed with the organs or instruments of life; as, the inorganic matter that forms the earth's surface. Kirwan. Inorganic bodies, are such as have no organs, as minerals.

IN-OR-GAN'IC-AL-LY, adv.

Without organs.

IN-OR'GAN-IZ-ED, a.

Not having organic structure; void of organs; as earths, metals or other minerals.

IN-OS'CU-LATE, v.i.

To unite, as two vessels in an animal body.

IN-OS'CU-LATE, v.t. [L. in and osculatus, from osculor, to kiss.]

In anatomy, to unite by apposition or contact; to unite, as two vessels at their extremities; as, one vein or artery inosculates with another; a vein inosculates with an artery.

IN-OS'CU-LA-TING, ppr.

Uniting, as the extremities of two vessels.

IN-OS-CU-LA'TION, n.

The union of two vessels of an animal body at their extremities, or by contact and perforation of their sides, by means of which a communication is maintained, and the circulation of fluids is carried on; anastomosy. Ray.

IN-OVO, adv. [In ovo; L.]

In the egg; in infancy.

IN-PERPETUAM-REI-MEMORIAM, adv. [In perpetuam rei memoriam; L.]

For a perpetual memorial of the affair.

IN-PERPETUUM, adv. [In perpetuum; L.]

To perpetuity; forever.

IN-PETTO, adv. [In petto; It. in the breast, L. in pectore.]

In secret.

IN-POSSE, adv. [In posse; L.]

In possibility of being.

IN-PROPRIA-PERSONA, adv. [In propria persona; L.]

In one's own person.

IN'QUEST, n. [Fr. enquête; inquisitio, inquiro; in and quæro, to seek.]

1. Inquisition; judicial inquiry; official examination. An inquest of office, is an inquiry made by the king's officer, his sherif, coroner or escheator, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels. It is made by a jury of no determinate number. Blackstone. In the United States, a similar inquiry, made by the proper officer, under the authority of a state.
2. A jury.
3. Inquiry; search. South.

IN-QUI'ET, v.t.

To disturb; to trouble. [Not used.]

IN-QUI-ET-A'TION, n.

Disturbance. [Not used.]

IN-QUI'ET-UDE, n. [Fr. from L. inquietudo; in and quies, rest.]

Disturbed state; want of quiet; restlessness; uneasiness, either of body or mind; disquietude. Pope.

IN'QUI-NATE, v.i. [L. inquino, to defile; in and Gr. κοινοω, from κοινος, common.]

To defile; to pollute; to contaminate. [Little used.] Brown.