Chapter 40

5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.

Compare In.

In*tol`er*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]

In*tol"er*a*ble (?), a. [F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]

1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.

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His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside.

Shak.

4. Enormous.

This intolerable deal of sack.

Shak.

-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.

In*tol"er*ance (n*tl"r*ans), n. [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]

1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.

These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism.

Burke.

In*tol"er*an*cy (?), n. Intolerance. Bailey.

In*tol"er*ant (?), a. [L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant. See In- not, and Tolerant.]

1. Not enduring; not able to endure.

The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.

Arbuthnot.

2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.

Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, Parent of manners like herself severe.

Cowper.

In*tol"er*ant, n. An intolerant person; a bigot.

In*tol"er*ant*ly, adv. In an intolerant manner.

In*tol"er*a`ted (?), a. Not tolerated.

In*tol"er*a`ting (?), a. Intolerant. [R.]

In*tol`er*a"tion (?), n. Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.

In*tomb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intombing.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.

In*tomb"ment (?), n. See Entombment.

In"to*nate (?), v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

In"to*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating (?).] [See Intone.]

1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.

2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

In"to*nate, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.

In`to*na"tion (?), n. [See 1st Intonate.] A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

In`to*na"tion, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See Intone.] (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.

In*tone" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.] To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.

In*tone", v. i. To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.

In*tor"sion (?), n. [L. intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion.]

1. A winding, bending, or twisting.

2. (Bot.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

In*tort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intorting.] [L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to twist; pref. in- in + torquere to twist.] To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring. Pope.

In*tor"tion (?), n. See Intorsion.

In*tox"i*cant (?), n. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.

In*tox"i*cate (?), a. [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; pertaining to a bow. See Toxic.]

1. Intoxicated.

2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough.

Chapman.

In*tox"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoxicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating.]

1. To poison; to drug. South.

2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.

With new wine inoxicated both.

Milton.

3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.

Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells.

G. Eliot.

They are not intoxicated by military success.

Jowett (Thuc. ).

In*tox"i*ca`ted*ness (?), n. The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [R.]

In*tox"i*ca`ting (?), a. Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.

In*tox`i*ca"tion (?), n. 1. (Med.) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.

2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

That secret intoxication of pleasure.

Spectator.

Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.

||In"tra- (?). [L. intra, prep., within, on the inside; akin to inter. ||See Inter-.] A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, ||intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal. || In`tra*ax"il*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.

In`tra*cel"lu*lar (?), a. (Biol.) Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells.

In`tra*col"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.

In`tra*cra"ni*al (?), a. Within the cranium or skull. Sir W. Hamilton.

In*tract`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.

In*tract"a*ble (?), a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and Tractable.] Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.

Syn. -- Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross; unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable; unteachable.

-- In*tract"a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tract"a*bly, adv.

In*tract"ile (?), a. Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. Bacon.

In*tra"dos (?), n. [F., fr. L. intra within + F. dos the back, L. dorsum. Cf. Extrados.] (Arch.) The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.

In`tra*fo`li*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as, intrafoliaceous stipules.

In`tra*fu"sion (?), n. [Pref. intra- + L. fundere, fusum, to pour.] The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.

In`tra*lob"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins.

In`tra*mar"gin*al (?), a. Situated within the margin. Loudon.

In`tra*mer*cu"ri*al (?), a. (Astron.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.

In`tra*mo*lec"u*lar (?), a. (Chem. & Physics) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.

In`tra*mun"dane (?), a. Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.

In`tra*mu"ral (?), a. 1. Being within the walls, as of a city.

2. (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.

In`tran*quil"li*ty (?), n. Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.

In`trans*ca"lent (?), a. Impervious to heat; adiathermic.

In`trans*gress"i*ble (?), a. [L. intragressibilis that can not be crossed. See In- not, and Transgress.] Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passed over or crossed. Holland.

In*tran"sient (?), a. Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck.

In*trans"i*gent (?), a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.] Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev.

||In`trans"i*gen*tes (?), n. pl. [Sp.] (Spanish Politics) The extreme ||radicals; the party of the irreconcilables. || In*tran"si*tive (?), a. [L. intransitivus: cf. F. intransitif. See In- not, and Transitive.] 1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [R.]

And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further.

Jer. Taylor.

2. (Gram.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.

Intransitive verbs have no passive form. Some verbs which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality, or were originally, transitive verbs with a reflexive or other object omitted; as, he keeps (i. e., himself) aloof from danger. Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred signification for a cognate object; as, he died the death of a hero; he dreamed a dream. Some intransitive verbs, by the addition of a preposition, become transitive, and so admit of a passive voice; as, the man laughed at; he was laughed at by the man.

In*tran"si*tive*ly, adv. (Gram.) Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.

||In` tran"si*tu (?). [L.] (Law) In transit; during passage; as, goods ||in transitu. || In`trans*mis"si*ble (?), a. Not capable of being transmitted.

In`trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being intransmutable.

In`trans*mut"a*ble (?), a. Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

In"trant (?), a. [L. intrans, p. pr. of intrare to enter. See Enter.] Entering; penetrating.

In"trant, n. One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station. Hume.

In`tra*nu"cle*ar (?), a. (Biol.) Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.

In*trap" (?), v. t. See Entrap. Spenser.

In"tra*pa*ri"e*tal (?), a. Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging.

Rolleston.

In`tra*pet"i*o*lar (?), a. (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.

In`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. Within the territory or a territory.

In`tra*tho*rac"ic (?), a. Within the thora&?; or chest.

In`tra*trop"ic*al (?), a. Within the tropics.

In`tra*u"ter*ine (?), a. Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.

In`tra*valv"u*lar (?), a. Between valves.

In`tra*ve"nous (?), a. Within the veins.

In`tra*ven*tric"u*lar (?), a. Within or between ventricles.

In*treas"ure (?; 135), v. t. To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [Obs.] Shak.

In*treat" (?), v. t. See Entreat. Spenser.

In*treat"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + treatable.] Not to be entreated; inexorable.

In*treat"ance (?), n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Holland.

In*treat"ful (?), a. Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*trench" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.]

1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

It was this very sword intrenched it.

Shak.

His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.

Milton.

2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched." Shak.

In*trench", v. i. To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.

We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children.

Locke.

In*trench"ant (?), a. [Pref. in- not + trenchant.] Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.]

As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.

Shak.

In*trench"ment (?), n. [From Intrench.]

1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

2. (Mil.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and Prospect Hills.

Washington.

3. Any defense or protection.

4. An encroachment or infringement.

The slight intrenchment upon individual freedom.

Southey.

In*trep"id (?), a. [L. intrepidus: cf. F. intrépide. See In- not, and Trepidation.] Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

Syn. -- Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.

In`tre*pid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. intrépidité.] The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.

Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity.

Addison.

Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See Courage, Heroism.

In*trep"id*ly (?), adv. In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.

In"tri*ca*ble (?), a. [See Intricate.] Entangling. [Obs.] Shelton.

In"tri*ca*cy (?), n.; pl. Intricacies (#). [From Intricate.] The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.

Freed from intricacies, taught to live The easiest way.

Milton.

In"tri*cate (?), a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness.

Addison.

The nature of man is intricate.

Burke.

Syn. -- Intricate, Complex, Complicated. A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.

In"tri*cate (?), v. t. To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.]

It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses.

Jer. Taylor.

In"tri*cate*ly (?), adv. In an intricate manner.

In"tri*cate*ness, n. The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.

In`tri*ca"tion (?), n. Entanglement. [Obs.]

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In*trigue" (n*trg"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued (- trgd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.] [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.] 1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

In*trigue", v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.]

How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives!

Dr. J. Scott.

In*trigue", n. [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]

1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

Busy meddlers with intrigues of state.

Pomfret.

3. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope.

4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.

The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues.

Swift.

Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.

In*trigu"er (n*trg"r), n. One who intrigues.

In*trigu"er*y (?), n. Arts or practice of intrigue.

In*trigu"ing*ly (?), adv. By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue.

In*trinse" (-trns"), a. [See Intrinsic, and Intense.] Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate. [Very rare]

Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, Which are too intrinse to unloose.

Shak.

In*trin"sic (n*trn"sk), a. [L. intrinsecus inward, on the inside; intra within + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. intrinsèque. See Inter-, Second, and cf. Extrinsic.]

1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.

He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.

I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.

Intrinsic energy of a body (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without. -- Intrinsic equation of a curve (Geom.), the equation which expresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line. -- Intrinsic value. See the Note under Value, n.

Syn. -- Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.

In*trin"sic, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] Warburton.

In*trin"sic*al (?), a. [Formerly written intrinsecal.]

1. Intrinsic.

2. Intimate; closely familiar. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

In*trin`si*cal"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.

In*trin"sic*al*ly (?), adv. Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.

A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil.

South.

In*trin"sic*al*ness, n. The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.

In*trin"si*cate (?), a. Intricate. [Obs.] Shak.

In"tro- (?). [L. intro, adv., inwardly, within. See Inter-.] A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.

In`tro*ces"sion (?), n. [L. introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within + cedere to go.] (Med.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts.

In`tro*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Introduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Introducing (?).] [L. introducere, introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See Intro-, and Duke.]

1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

2. To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.

3. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.

4. To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.

5. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. [Obs.]

Whosoever introduces habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors.

Locke.

6. To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Syn. -- To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface.

In`tro*duce"ment (?), n. Introduction. [Obs.]

In`tro*du"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, introduces.

In`tro*duct" (?), v. t. To introduce. [Obs.]

In`tro*duc"tion (?), n. [L. introductio: cf. F. introduction. See Introduce.]

1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.

4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

In`tro*duc"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. introductif.] Serving to introduce; introductory. - - In`tro*duc"tive*ly, adv.

In`tro*duc"tor (?), n. [L.] An introducer. [Obs.]

In`tro*duc"to*ri*ly (?), adv. By way of introduction.

In`tro*duc"to*ry (?), a. [L. itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire.] Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

In`tro*duc"tress (?), n. A female introducer.

In`tro*flexed" (?), a. Flexed or bent inward.

In`tro*gres"sion (?), n. [L. introgressus, p. p. of introgredi to go in; intro- within + gradi to step, go.] The act of going in; entrance. Blount.

In*tro"it (?), n. [L. introitus, fr. introire to go into, to enter; intro within + ire to go: cf. F. introit.]

1. A going in. Caxton.

2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. (b) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.

3. (R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

4. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.

In`tro*mis"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.]

1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.

2. The act of letting go in; admission.

3. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

In`tro*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting.] [L. intromittere, intromissum; intro- within + mittere to send.]

1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.

2. To allow to pass in; to admit.

Glass in the window intromits light, without cold.

Holder.

In`tro*mit", v. i. (Scots Law) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

In`tro*mit"tent (?), a. [L. intromittens, p. pr.]

1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

2. (Zoöl.) Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

In`tro*mit"ter (?), n. One who intromits.