Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-CURV'ATE, v.t. [L. incurvo; in and curvus, bent.]

To bend; to crook; to turn from a right line or straight course.

IN-CURV'A-TED, pp.

Bent; turned from a rectilinear direction.

IN-CURV'A-TING, ppr.

Bending; turning from a right line.

IN-CUR-VA'TION, n.

1. The act of bending.
2. The state of being bent or turned from a rectilinear course; curvity; crookedness.
3. The act of bowing, or bending the body in respect or reverence. Stillingfleet.

IN-CURVE', v.t. [incurv'.]

To bend; to make crooked.

IN-CURV'I-TY, n. [from L. incurvus.]

A state of being bent or crooked; crookedness; a bending inward. Brown.

IN'DA-GATE, v.t. [L. indago.]

To seek or search out. [Not used.]

IN-DA-GA'TION, n.

The act of searching; search; inquiry; examination. [Little used.] Boyle. Brown.

IN'DA-GA-TOR, n.

A searcher; one who seeks or inquire with diligence. [Little used.] Boyle.

IN-DAM'AGE, v.t. [See ENDAMAGE.]

IN-DART', v.t. [in and dart.]

To dart in; to thrust or strike in. Shak.

IN-DART'ED, pp.

Darted in.

IN-DART'ING, ppr.

Darting or thrusting in.

INDEBITATUS-ASSUMPSIT, n. [Indebitatus assumpsit; See Assumpsit.]

IN-DEBT', v.

a verb, is never used.

IN-DEBT'ED, a. [indet'ted; It. indebitato.]

1. Being in debt; having incurred a debt; held or obliged to pay. A. is indebted to B.; he is indebted in a large sum, or to a large amount.
2. Obliged by something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due. We are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy and youth. We are indebted to God for life. We are indebted to the Christian religion for many of the advantages, and much of the refinement of modern times.

IN-DEBT'ED-NESS, a. [indet'tedness.]

The state of being indebted.

IN-DEBT'MENT, a. [indet'ment.]

The state of being indebted. [Little used.] Hall.

IN-DE'CEN-CY, n. [Fr. indecence; It. indecenza; L. indecens, indeceo; in and deceo, to become.]

That which is unbecoming in language or manners; any action or behavior which is deemed a violation of modesty, or an offense to delicacy, as rude or wanton actions, obscene language, and whatever tends to excite a blush in a spectator. Extreme assurance or impudence may also be deemed indecency of behavior toward superiors. [See Indecorum.]

IN-DE'CENT, a. [Fr. from L. indecens.]

Unbecoming; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language; indecent manners; an indecent posture or gesture. Dryden.

IN-DE'CENT-LY, adv.

In a manner to offend modesty or delicacy.

IN-DE-CID'U-OUS, a. [in and deciduous.]

Not falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen.

IN-DEC'IM-A-BLE, a.

Not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowel.

IN-DE-CI'PHER-A-BLE, a.

That can not be deciphered.

IN-DE-CI'SION, n. [s as z. in and decision.]

Want of decision; want of settled purpose or of firmness in the determination of the will; a wavering of mind; irresolution. Burke.