inerra bil1ty

[English inerrable; -ity.] The quality or state of being inerrable; freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. "The inerrability of a General Council, truly so called, and qualified." - Hammond : Works, i. 557. In-er-ra-ble, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. errable (q.v..) Exempt from error; incapable of erring; infallible. IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation] "Infallibility and inerrablene is a umed and inclosed by the Romish church."- Hammond : Works , i. 479. In-er-ra bly, adv . [English inerrab ( le ); -ly .] Without error; with exemption from error; infallibly. *in-er-ran-çỹ, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Lat. err an tia a wandering; errans , pr. par. of erro =to wander, to err.] Freedom from error. In-er-rat-ic, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. erratic (q. v.).] Not erratic; not wandering; fixed. *In-er-ring, a. [Pref, in- (2), and Eng. erring (q. v.).] Not erring, free from error. In-er-ring-ly, adv . [Eng. in erring: -ly.] In an in erring manner; without error, mistake, or deviation. "That matter should frame itself so in erringly according to the idea of its kind."- Glanvill : Scepsis Scientific a , ch. v. In-ert', a . [Lat. iners (gen it. inert is ), from in- = not, and ars (gen it. artis )=art; Fr., Ital. & Sp. inerte.] 1. Destitute of the power of motion, or of active resistance to motive power applied; motionle . "But that it is inert and stupid of itself-then it must be moved from some other." -More: Antidote against Atheism, bk. ii., ch. 1. 2. Inactive, dull, slothful, sluggish, indisposed to move or act. ( Cowper : Task , i. 623.) in-er-ti-a (ti as shi), s. [Lat. want of art, unskillfulne ; iners (gen it. inert is ) =without art or skill, lazy.] Physics: The incapability of matter to change its state, whether that be one of motion or rest. If in motion, it will continue so forever unle some counteractive force, like that of gravity, act upon it. If at rest, it will ever remain so unle a counteractive impulse set it in motion. The resistance which, especially at first, it gives to such a force operating to move it is called vis inert iæ =the power of inertia. *In-er-tion, s. [Eng. inert ; ion .] Want of activity or exertion, inertne , inertia. (Mad. D'Arblay: Camilla , bk. i., ch. v.)