Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-GRA'TIA-TED – IN-HAB'ILE
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IN-GRA'TIA-TED, pp.
Commended one's self to another's favor.
IN-GRA'TIA-TING, n.
The act of commending one's self to another's favor.
IN-GRA'TIA-TING, ppr.
Commending one's self to the favor of another.
IN-GRAT'I-TUDE, n. [Fr.; in and gratitude.]
- Want of gratitude or sentiments of kindness for favors received; insensibility to favors, and want of a disposition to repay them; unthankfulness. No man will own himself guilty of ingratitude. Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man. – L'Estrange.
- Retribution of evil for good. Nor was it with ingratitude returned. – Dryden.
IN-GRAVE', v.t.
To bury. [Not used.]
IN-GRAV'I-DATE, v.t. [L. gravidus.]
To impregnate. – Fuller.
IN-GRAV'I-DA-TED, pp.
Impregnated.
IN-GRAV'I-DA-TING, ppr.
Impregnating.
The state of being pregnant.
IN-GREAT', v.t.
To make great. [Not in use.] – Fotherby.
IN-GRE'DI-ENT, n. [Fr. from L. ingrediens, entering into; ingredior; in and gradior. See Grade.]
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any compound or mixture. It is particularly applied to the simples in medicinal compositions, but admits of a very general application. We say, an ointment or a decoction is composed of certain ingredients; and Addison wondered that learning was not thought a proper ingredient in the education of a woman of quality or fortune.
IN'GRESS, n. [L. ingressus, ingredior, supra.]
- Entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. It is particularly applied to the entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, &c.
- Power of entrance; means of entering. All ingress was prohibited.
IN-GRES'SION, n. [Fr. from L. ingressio, ingredior.]
The act of entering; entrance. Digby.
IN-GU-A'NA, n.
A species of lizard.
IN'GUIN-AL, a. [from L. inguen, the groin.]
Pertaining to the groin; as, an inguinal tumor.
IN-GULF', v.t. [in and gulf.]
- To swallow up in a vast deep, gulf or whirlpool. Milton.
- To cast into a gulf. Hayward.
IN-GULF'ED, pp.
Swallowed up in a gulf or vast deep; cast into a gulf.
IN-GULF'ING, ppr.
Swallowing up in a gulf, whirlpool or vast deep.
IN-GULF'MENT, n.
A swallowing up in a gulf or abyss.
IN-GUR'GI-TATE, v.i.
To drink largely; to swill.
IN-GUR'GI-TATE, v.t. [L. ingurgito; in and gurges, a gulf.]
To swallow greedily or in great quantity. – Dict.
IN-GUR'GI-TA-TED, pp.
Swallowed greedily.
The act of swallowing greedily, or in great quantity. – Darwin.
IN-GUST'A-BLE, a. [L. in and gusto, to taste.]
That can not be tasted. [Little used.] – Brown.
IN-HAB'ILE, a. [Fr. from L. inhabilis; in and habilis, apt, fit.]
- Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; as, inhabile matter. – Encyc.
- Unskilled; unready; unqualified; used of persons. [Little used. See Unable.]