Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-DIS-CRIM'IN-A-TING, ppr. [or a.]

Not making any distinction; as, the victims of an indiscriminating spirit of rapine. Marshall.

IN-DIS-CRIM-IN-A'TION, n.

Want of discrimination or distinction. Jefferson.

IN-DIS-CRIM'IN-A-TIVE, a.

Making no distinction.

IN-DIS-CUS'SED, a.

Not discussed. Donne.

IN-DIS-PEN-SA-BIL'I-TY, n.

Indispensableness. [Little used.] Skelton.

IN-DIS-PENS'A-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and dispensable.]

Not to be dispensed with; that can not be omitted, remitted or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. Air and water are indispensable to the life of man. Our duties to God and to our fellow men are of indispensable obligation.

IN-DIS-PENS'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state, or quality of being absolutely necessary.

IN-DIS-PENS'A-BLY, adv.

Necessarily; in a manner or degree that forbids dispensation, omission or want.

IN-DIS-PERS'ED, a.

Not dispersed. More.

IN-DIS-POSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. indisposer; in and disposer, to dispose or fit. See Dispose.]

1. To disincline; to alienate the mind and render it averse or unfavorable to any thing. A love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study and steady attention to business. The pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
2. To render unfit; to disqualify for its proper functions; to disorder; as, the distemperature of indisposed organs. Glanville.
3. To disorder slightly, as the healthy functions of the body. It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton.
4. To make unfavorable or disinclined; with toward. The king was sufficiently indisposed toward the persons, or the principles of Calvin's disciples. Clarendon.

IN-DIS-POS'ED, pp. [or a.]

1. Disinclined; averse; unwilling; unfavorable.
2. Disordered; disqualified for its functions, unfit.
3. Slightly disordered; not in perfect health.

IN-DIS-POS'ED-NESS, n.

1. Disinclination; slight aversion; unwillingness; unfavorableness.
2. Unfitness; disordered state.

IN-DIS-POS'ING, ppr.

1. Disinclining; rendering somewhat averse, unwilling or unfavorable.
2. Disordering; rendering unfit.

IN-DIS-PO-SI'TION, n. [Fr.; in and disposition.]

1. Disinclination; aversion; unwillingness; dislike; as, the indisposition of men to submit to severe discipline; an indisposition to abandon vicious practices. A general indisposition toward believing. Atterbury.
2. Slight disorder of the healthy functions of the body; tendency to disease. Indisposition is a slight defect of healthy action in bodily functions, rather than settled or marked disease.
3. Want of tendency or natural appetency or affinity; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.

IN-DIS'PU-TA-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and disputable.]

Not to be disputed; incontrovertible; incontestable; too evident to admit of dispute. Addison.

IN-DIS'PU-TA-BLE-NESS, n.

The state or quality of being indisputable, or too clear to admit of controversy.

IN-DIS'PU-TA-BLY, adv.

Without dispute; in a manner or degree not admitting of controversy; unquestionably; without opposition.

IN-DIS-PUT'ED, a.

Not disputed or controverted; undisputed. Encyc.

IN-DIS-SO-LU-BIL'I-TY, n. [Fr. indissolubilité. See Indissoluble.]

1. The quality of being indissoluble, or not capable of being dissolved, melted or liquefied. Locke.
2. The quality of being incapable of a breach; perpetuity of union, obligation or binding force. Warburton.

IN-DIS'SO-LU-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. indissolubilis; in and dissolubilis from dissolvo; dis and solvo, to loosen.]

1. Not capable of being dissolved, melted or liquefied, as by heat or water. Few substances are absolutely indissoluble by heat; many are indissoluble in water.
2. That can not be broken or rightfully violated; perpetually binding or obligatory; as, an indissoluble league or covenant. The marriage covenant is indissoluble, except in certain specified cases.
3. Not to be broken; firm; stable; as, indissoluble friendship; indissoluble bands of love.

IN-DIS'SO-LU-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being incapable of dissolution, separation or breach; indissolubility. Hale.

IN-DIS'SO-LU-BLY, adv.

In a manner resisting separation; firmly united beyond the power of separation; in a manner not to be dissolved or broken. On they move / Indissolubly firm. Milton.

IN-DIS-SOLV'A-BLE, a. [in and dissolvable.]

1. That can not he dissolved; not capable of being melted or liquefied.
2. Indissoluble; that can not he broken; perpetually firm and binding; as, an indissolvable bond of union.
3. Not capable of separation into parts by natural process.

IN-DIS-SOLV'A-BLE-NESS, n.

Indissolubleness.

IN-DIS'TAN-CY, n.

Want of distance or separation. [A bad word and not used.] Pearson.