Dictionary: IN-NOM'IN-ATE – IN-OB-SERV-A'TION

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IN-NOM'IN-ATE, a.

Having no name; anonymous. Ray.

IN'NO-VATE, v.i.

To introduce novelties; to make changes in any thing established; with on. It is often dangerous to innovate on the customs of a nation.

IN'NO-VATE, v.t. [Fr. innover; L. innovo; in and novo, to make new, novus, new.]

  1. To change or alter by introducing something new. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. South.
  2. To bring in something new. Bacon.

IN'NO-VA-TED, pp.

Changed by the introduction of something new.

IN'NO-VA-TING, ppr.

Introducing novelties.

IN-NO-VA'TION, n. [from innovate.]

Change made by the introduction of something new; change in established laws, customs, rites or practices. Innovation is expedient, when it remedies an evil, and safe, when men are prepared to receive it. Innovation is often used in an ill sense, for a change that disturbs settled opinions and practices without an equivalent advantage.

IN'NO-VA-TOR, n.

  1. An introducer of changes. Time is the greatest innovator. Bacon.
  2. One who introduces novelties, or who makes changes by introducing something new. South.

IN-NOX'IOUS, a. [L. innoxius; in and noxius, noceo, to hurt.]

  1. Free from mischievous qualities; innocent; harmless; as, an innoxious drug.
  2. Not producing evil; harmless in effects. Innoxious flames are often seen on the hair of mens' heads, and on horses' manes. Digby.
  3. Free from crime; pure; innocent. Pope.

IN-NOX'IOUS-LY, adv.

  1. Harmlessly; without mischief.
  2. Without harm suffered. Brown.

IN-NOX'IOUS-NESS, n.

Harmlessness. The innoxiousness, of the small pox. Tooke.

IN-NU-END'O, n. [L. from innuo, to nod; in and nuo.]

  1. An oblique hint; a remote intimation or reference to a person or thing not named. Mercury – owns it a marriage by innuendo. Dryden.
  2. In law, a word used to point out the precise person.

IN'NU-ENT, a. [L. innuens.]

Significant. Burton.

IN-NU-MER-A-BIL'I-TY, n. [or IN-NU'MER-A-BLE-NESS.]

State of being innumerable. Fotherby. Sherwood.

IN-NU'MER-A-BLE, a. [L. innumerabilis. See Number.]

  1. Not to be counted; that can not be enumerated or numbered for multitude.
  2. In a loose sense, very numerous.

IN-NU'MER-A-BLY, adv.

Without number.

IN-NU'MER-OUS, a. [L. innumerus; in and numerus, number.]

Too many to be counted or numbered; innumerable. Milton. Pope.

IN-NU-TRI'TION, n. [in and nutrition.]

Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. Darwin.

IN-NU-TRI'TIOUS, a. [in and nutritious.]

Not nutritious; not supplying nourishment; not nourishing. Darwin.

IN-NU'TRI-TIVE, a.

Not nourishing. Good.

IN-O-BE'DI-ENCE, n.

Disobedience; neglect of obedience. Bp. Bedell.

IN-O-BE'DI-ENT, a.

Not yielding obedience; neglecting to obey.

IN-OB-SERV'A-BLE, a. [in and observable.]

That can not be seen, perceived or observed.

IN-OB-SERV'ANCE, n.

Want of observance; neglect of observing; disobedience. Bacon.

IN-OB-SERVANT, a. [in and observant.]

Not taking notice. Beddoes.

IN-OB-SERV-A'TION, n.

Neglect or want of observation. Shuckford.