Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-SIP'ID-LY, adv.

Without taste; without spirit or life; without enjoyment. Locke.

IN-SIST', v.t. [Fr. insister; L. insisto; in and sisto, to stand.]

1. Literally, to stand or rest on. [Rarely used.] Ray.
2. In geometry, an angle is said to insist upon the arc of the circle intercepted between the two lines which contain the angle.
3. To dwell on in discourse; as, to insist on a particular topic. To insist on, to press or urge for any thing with immovable firmness; to persist in demands; as, to insist on oppressive terms in a treaty; to insist on immediate payment of a debt.

IN-SIST'ED, pp.

Dwelt on; urged.

IN-SIST'ENT, a.

Standing or resting on; as, an insistent wall. [Little used.]

IN-SIST'ING, ppr.

Urging; pressing.

IN-SIST'URE, n.

A dwelling or standing on; fixedness. [Obs.] Shak.

IN-SIT'I-EN-CY, n. [L. in and sitio, to thirst.]

Freedom from thirst. Grew.

IN-SI'TION, n. [L. insitio, from insitus, insero, to plant.]

The insertion of a cion in a stock; ingraftment. Ray.

IN-SNARE, v.t. [in and snare.]

1. To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
2. To inveigle; to seduce by artifice; to take by wiles, stratagem or deceit. The flattering tongue is apt to insnare the artless youth.
3. To entangle; to involve in difficulties or perplexities. [This word is often written Ensnare, but Insnare is the true orthography.]

IN-SNAR'ED, pp.

Caught in a snare; entrapped; inveigled; involved in perplexities.

IN-SNAR'ER, n.

One that insnares.

IN-SNAR'ING, ppr.

Catching in a snare; entrapping; seducing; involving in difficulties.

IN-SO-BRI'E-TY, n. [in and sobriety.]

Want of sobriety; intemperance; drunkenness. Decay of Piety.

IN-SO'CIA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. insociabilis; in and sociabilis, socio, to unite.]

1. Not inclined to unite in social converse; not given to conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
2. That can not be joined or connected. Lime and wood are insociable. [Not in use.] Wotton.

IN-SO'CIA-BLY, adv.

Unsociably.

IN'SO-LATE, v.i. [L. insolo; in and sol, the sun.]

To dry in the sun's rays; to expose to the heat of the sun; to ripen or prepare by exposure to the sun.

IN'SO-LA-TED, pp.

Exposed to the sun; dried or matured in the sun's rays.

IN'SO-LA-TING, ppr.

Exposing to the action of sunbeams.

IN-SO-LA'TION, n.

1. The act of exposing to the rays of the sun for drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, &c. or for rendering acid, as vinegar, or for promoting some chimical action of one substance on another.
2. A stroke of the sun; the action of extreme heat on the living system.

IN'SO-LENCE, n. [Fr. from L. insolentia; in and soleo, to be accustomed.]

Pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; petulant contempt; impudence. Johnson. Blown with insolence and wine. Milton.

IN'SO-LENCE, v.t.

To treat with haughty contempt. [Not used.] K. Charles

IN'SO-LENT, a.

1. Proud and haughty, with contempt of others; overbearing; domineering in power; as, an insolent master. Atterbury.
2. Proceeding from insolence; haughty and contemptuous; as, insolent words or behavior.
3. Unaccustomed; the primary sense. [Not used.]

IN'SO-LENT-LY, adv.

With contemptuous pride; haughtily; rudely; saucily. Dryden.

IN-SO-LID'I-TY, n. [in and solidity.]

Want of solidity; weakness. More.

IN-SOL-U-BIL'I-TY, n. [from insoluble.]

The quality of not being soluble or dissolvable, particularly in a fluid.