Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-AU-SPI'CIOUS-NESS, a.

Unluckiness; unfavorableness.

IN'BE-ING, n. [in and being.]

Inherence; inherent existence; inseparableness. Watts.

IN-BOARD', a.

Carried or stowed within the hold of a ship or other vessel; as, an inboard cargo.

IN-BOARD', adv.

Within the hold of a vessel.

IN'BORN, a. [in and born.]

Innate; implanted by nature; as, inborn passions; inborn worth. Dryden. Addison.

IN-BREAK'ING, a.

Breaking into. Ed. Rev.

IN-BREATHE', v.t.

To infuse by breathing. Coleridge.

IN-BREATH'ED, a. [in and breathe.]

Infused by inspiration. Milton.

IN-BREATH'ING, ppr.

Infusing by breathing.

IN'BRED, a. [in and bred, breed.]

Bred within; innate; natural; as, inbred worth; inbred affection. Dryden.

IN-BREED', v.t.

To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds.

IN'CA, n.

The name or title given by the natives of Peru to their kings and to the princes of the blood, before the conquest of that country by the Spaniards.

IN-CAGE', v.t. [in and cage.]

To confine in a cage; to coop up; to confine to any narrow limits. Shak.

IN-CAG'ED, pp.

Cooped up; confined to a cage or to narrow limits.

IN-CAGE'MENT, n.

Confinement in a cage. Shelton.

IN-CAG'ING, ppr.

Confining to a cage or to narrow limits.

IN-CAL'CU-LA-BLE, a.

That can not be calculated; beyond calculation.

IN-CAL'CU-LA-BLE-NESS, n.

Quality of being beyond calculation.

IN-CAL'CU-LA-BLY, adv.

In a degree beyond calculation.

IN-CA-LES'CENCE, or IN-CA-LES'CEN-CY, n. [L. incalescens, incalesco; in and calesco, caleo, to be hot.]

A growing warm; incipient or increasing heat. Ray.

IN-CA-LES'CENT, a.

Growing warm; increasing in heat.

IN-CAM-ER-A'TION, n. [in and camera, a chamber or arched roof.]

The act or process of uniting lands, revenues or other rights to the pope's domain. Encyc.

IN-CAN-DES'CENCE, n. [L. incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.]

A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. We say, a metal is heated to incandescence.

IN-CAN-DES'CENT, a.

White or glowing with heat.

IN-CANT-A'TION, n. [L. incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.]

The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits. Encyc. Bacon.