Chapter 795

Indefectible <Xpage=750>

In`de*fect"i*ble (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + defectible : cf. F. ind\'82fectible .] Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay.

An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow.

A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.

Indefective <Xpage=750>

In`de*fect"ive (?) , a. Not defective; perfect; complete. "Absolute, indefective obedience."

South.

Indefeisible <Xpage=750>

In`de*fei"si*ble (?) , a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]

Indefensibility <Xpage=750>

In`de*fen`si*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of not being defensible.

Walsh.

Indefensible <Xpage=750>

In`de*fen"si*ble (?) , [Pref. in- not + defensible : cf. OF. indefensible , indefensable .] Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.

Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible . Burke.

Indefensibly <Xpage=750>

In`de*fen"si*bly , adv. In an indefensible manner.

Indefensive <Xpage=750>

In`de*fen"sive (?) , a. Defenseless. [Obs.]

The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.

Indeficiency <Xpage=750>

In`de*fi"cien*cy , n. The state or quality of not being deficient. [Obs.]

Strype.

Indeficient <Xpage=750>

In`de*fi"cient (?) , a. [L. indeficiens . See In- not, and Deficient .] Not deficient; full. [Obs.]

Brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven. Jer. Taylor.

Indefinable <Xpage=750>

In`de*fin"a*ble (?) , a. Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.

Bp. Reynolds.

Indefinably <Xpage=750>

In`de*fin"a*bly , adv. In an indefinable manner.

Indefinite <Xpage=750>

In*def"i*nite (?) , a. [L. indefinitus . See In- not, and Definite .]

1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.

It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle.

The time of this last is left indefinite . Dryden.

2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.

Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite ; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. Spectator.

3. Boundless; infinite. [R.]

Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. W. Thompson (1745).

4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.

Indefinite article (Gram.) , the word a or an , used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. -- Indefinite inflorescence . (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence , under Indeterminate . -- Indefinite proposition (Logic) , a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal . -- Indefinite term (Logic) , a negative term; as, the not-good .

Syn. -- Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.

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In*def"i*nite*ly , adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely .

If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human intellect can fancy any bound of it. Ray.

Indefiniteness <Xpage=750>

In*def"i*nite*ness , n. The quality of being indefinite.

Indefinitude <Xpage=750>

In`de*fin"i*tude (?) , n. Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.]

Sir M . Hale.

Indehiscence <Xpage=750>

In`de*his"cence (?) , n. [Cf. F. ind\'82hiscence .] (Bot.) The property or state of being indehiscent.

Indehiscent <Xpage=750>

In`de*his"cent (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + dehiscent : cf. F. ind\'82hiscent .] (Bot.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.

Indelectable <Xpage=750>

In`de*lec"ta*ble (?) , a. Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.]

Richardson.

Indeliberate <Xpage=750>

In`de*lib"er*ate (?) , a. [L. indeliberatus . See In- not, and Deliberate .] Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] -- In`de*lib"er*ate*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Indeliberated <Xpage=750>

In`de*lib"er*a`ted (?) , a. Indeliberate. [Obs.]

Indelibility <Xpage=750>

In*del`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. ind\'82l\'82bilit\'82 .] The quality of being indelible.

Bp. Horsley.

Indelible <Xpage=750>

In*del"i*ble (?) , a. [L. indelebilis ; pref. in- not + delebilis capable of being destroyed: cf. F. ind\'82l\'82bile . See In- not, and Deleble .] [Formerly written also indeleble , which accords with the etymology of the word.]

1. That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.

2. That can not be annulled; indestructible. [R.]

They are endued with indelible power from above. Sprat.

Indelible colors , fast colors which do not fade or tarnish by exposure. -- Indelible ink , an ink obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver nitrate.

Syn. -- Fixed; fast; permanent; ineffaceable.

-- In*del"i*ble*ness , n. -- In*del"i*bly , adv.

Indelibly stamped and impressed. J. Ellis.

Indelicacy <Xpage=750>

In*del"i*ca*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Indelicacies (#) . [From Indelicate .] The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.

The indelicacy of English comedy. Blair.

Your papers would be chargeable with worse than indelicacy ; they would be immoral. Addison.

Indelicate <Xpage=750>

In*del"i*cate (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + delicate : cf. F. ind\'82licat .] Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior . Macaulay . -- In*del"i*cate*ly , adv.

Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.

Indemnification <Xpage=750>

In*dem`ni*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. 1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.

Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. Burke.

2. That which indemnifies.

No reward with the name of an indemnification . De Quincey.

Indemnify <Xpage=750>

In*dem"ni*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indemnified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying (?) .] [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy . Cf. Damn , Damnify .]

1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. Sir W. Temple.

2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.

Beattie.

Indemnity <Xpage=750>

In*dem"ni*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Indemnities (#) . [L. indemnitas , fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnit\'82 . See Indemnify .]

1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott.

2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.

They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs. Ld. Mahon.

&hand; Insurance is a contract of indemnity . Arnould . The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity .

Kent.

Act of indemnity (Law) , an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure.

Indemonstrability <Xpage=750>

In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being indemonstrable.

Indemonstrable <Xpage=750>

In`de*mon"stra*ble (?) , a. [L. indemonstrabilis . See In- not, and Demonstrable .] Incapable of being demonstrated. -- In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness , n.

Indenization <Xpage=750>

In*den`i*za"tion (?) , n. The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.]

Evelyn.

Indenize <Xpage=750>

In*den"ize (?) , v. t. To naturalize. [R.]

Indenizen <Xpage=750>

In*den"i*zen (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indenizened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenizening .] To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.]

Words indenizened , and commonly used as English. B. Jonson.

Indent <Xpage=750>

In*dent" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting .] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter , LL. indentare , fr. L. in + dens , dentis , tooth. See Tooth , and cf. Indenture .]

1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper .

2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

3. [Cf. Indenture .] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

4. (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation , and Indention .

5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India]

Wilhelm.

Indent <Xpage=750>

In*dent" , v. i. 1. To be cut, notched, or dented.

2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

3. To contract; to bargain or covenant.

Shak.

To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. South.

Indent <Xpage=750>

In*dent" (?) , n. 1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

Shak.

2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]

3. A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.

D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.

4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India]

Wilhelm.

Indentation <Xpage=750>

In`den*ta"tion (?) , n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.

2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

4. (Print.) (a) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph. (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems .

Hanging , &or; Reverse , indentation , indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line.

Indented <Xpage=750>

In*dent"ed (?) , a. 1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

Milton. Shak.

3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary .

4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant .

5. (Zo\'94l.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.

Indented line (Fort.) , a line with alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the next.

Indentedly <Xpage=750>

In*dent"ed*ly , adv. With indentations.

Indenting <Xpage=750>

In*dent"ing (?) , n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Indention <Xpage=750>

In*den"tion (?) , n. (Print.) Same as Indentation , 4.

Indentment <Xpage=750>

In*dent"ment (?) , n. Indenture. [Obs.]

Indenture <Xpage=750>

In*den"ture (?; 135) , n. [OE. endenture , OF. endenture , LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See Indent .]

1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl. , a short form for indentures of apprenticeship , the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master. <-- obs? -->

The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures : they answer in every part. C. Leslie.

&hand; Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and intended by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures .

Indenture <Xpage=750>

In*den"ture , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indentured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing .]

1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty.

2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice .

Indenture <Xpage=750>

In*den"ture , v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

Heywood.

Independence <Xpage=750>

In`de*pend"ence (?) , n. [Cf. F. ind\'82pendance .]

1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence . Pope.

2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.) , the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.

Independency <Xpage=750>

In`de*pend"en*cy , n. 1. Independence.

"Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency !" Pope.

2. (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.

Independent <Xpage=750>

In`de*pend"ent (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + dependent : cf. F. ind\'82pendant .]

1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent .

A dry, but independent crust. Cowper.

2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property .

3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind .

4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner .

5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. R. P. Ward.

6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.

7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.

8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

Independent company (Mil.) , one not incorporated in any regiment. -- Independent seconds watch , a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second. -- Independent variable . (Math.) See Dependent variable , under Dependent .

Syn. -- Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.

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Independent <Xpage=751>

In`de*pend"ent (?) , n. 1. (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

&hand; In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl. ) to the Congregationalists.

2. (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Independentism <Xpage=751>