Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TRANS'I-TIVE-LY, adv.

Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb. Lowth.

IN-TRANSITU, adv. [In transitu; L.]

In passing, or on the way out.

IN-TRANS-MIS'SI-BLE, a.

That can not be transmitted. J. P. Smith.

IN-TRANS-MU-TA-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of not being transmutable. Ray.

IN-TRANS-MU'TA-BLE, a. [in and transmutable.]

That can not be transmuted or changed into another substance. Ray.

IN'TRANT, a. [L. intrans.]

Entering; penetrating.

IN-TREAS'URE, v.t. [intrezh'ur. in and treasure.]

To lay up as in a treasury. [Little used.] Shak.

IN-TREAT'FUL, a.

Full of entreaty.

IN-TRENCH', v.t. [in and Fr. trancher, to cut. See Trench.]

1. To dig or cut a trench around a place, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet. The army intrenched their camp, or they were intrenched.
2. To furrow; to make hollows in. His face / Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton. To intrench on, literally, to cut into; hence, to invade; to encroach; to enter on and take possession of that which belongs to another. In the contest for power, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogatives of the crown.

IN-TRENCH'ANT, a.

Not to be divided or wounded; indivisible. [Not used.] Shak.

IN-TRENCH'ED, pp.

Fortified with a ditch and parapet.

IN-TRENCH-ING, ppr.

Fortifying with a trench and parapet.

IN-TRENCH'MENT, n.

Properly, a trench or ditch only; but as the earth thrown out of a trench forms a part, and often the most necessary and useful part of a fortification, hence intrenchment is generally understood to signify a ditch and parapet, and sometimes it signifies fascines covered with earth, gabions, bags filled with earth or other materials collected to cover men from an enemy's fire. On our side we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and Prospect hills. Washington.

IN-TREP'ID, a. [L. intrepidus; in and trepidus, trepido, to tremble.]

Literally, not trembling or shaking with fear; hence, fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; as, an intrepid soldier.

IN-TRE-PID'I-TY, n. [Fr. intrepidité.]

Fearlessness; fearless bravery in danger; undaunted courage or boldness. The troops engaged with intrepidity.

IN-TREP'ID-LY, adv.

Without trembling or shrinking from danger; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely. Pope.

IN'TRI-CA-BLE, a.

Entangling. [Not in use.] Shelton.

IN'TRI-CA-CY, n. [from intricate.]

The state of being entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; as, the intricacy of a knot, and figuratively, the intricacy of accounts, the intricacy of a cause in controversy, the intricacy of a plot. Addison.

IN'TRI-CATE, a. [L. intricatus, from intrico, to fold; in and tricor; It. intrecciare. See Trick.]

Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; obscure. We passed through intricate windings. We found the accounts intricate. The case on trial is intricate. The plot of a tragedy may be too intricate to please.

IN'TRI-CATE, v.t.

To perplex; to make obscure. [Little used.] Camden.

IN'TRI-CATE-LY, adv.

With involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy. Wotton.

IN'TRI-CATE-NESS, n.

The state of being involved; involution; complication; perplexity. Sydney.

IN-TRI-CA'TION, n.

Entanglement. [Not used.]

IN-TRIGUE', n. [intree'g; Fr. id. It. intrigo; verbs. Fr. intriguer, to perplex, embroil, intrigue; It. intricare, intrigare, to perplex, to make intricate; Low L. intrico, intricor, to inwrap; tricor, to trifle, to show tricks; allied to Gr. θριξ, τριχος, hair or a lock of hair, as we should say, a plexus. In D. bedriegen, G. bitriegen, signify to cheat; D. driegen, to tack, to baste; G. triegen, to deceive; trug, deceit, fraud. The primary sense seems to be to fold, lay over, or to draw together.]

1. A plot or scheme of a complicated nature, intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. An intrigue may be formed and prosecuted by an individual, and we often hear of the intrigues of a minister or a courtier, but often several projectors are concerned in an intrigue. The word is usually applied to affairs of love or of government.
2. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions and events, intended to awaken interest in an audience or reader, and make them wait with eager curiosity for the solution or development.
3. Intricacy; complication. [Not in use.] Hale.

IN-TRIGUE', v.i. [intree'g.]

To form a plot or scheme, usually complicated, and intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. The courtier intrigues with the minister, and the lover with his mistress.