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[Pref. in- (2), and Eng. discoverable (q. v.).] Not discoverable; that cannot be discovered. "Nothing can be to us a law, which is by us in discover able."-Cony be are, ser. 2, p. 166. *In-dis-cover-ỹ, s. [Pref. in- (2), and English discovery (q. v.).] A failure to discover; failure in a search or inquiry. "The magnifying esteem of the ancients, arising from the in discovery of its head."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. vi., ch. xii. In-dis-creēt', *in-dis-cret, *in-dys-crete, a. [Fr. in disc ret , from Lat. in disc ret us =that does not discern or distinguish.] [DISCREET.] Not discreet; wanting in discretion; injudicious; incautious; foolish; rash. "Indiscreet and unpopular measures followed." - Ma caulay: Hist. Eng., ch. vi. In-dis-creet-lý, adv . [English indiscreet ; -ly.] In an indiscreet manner or degree; not discreetly; injudiciously; inconsiderately. "A man so indiscreetly frank and so restle ly active." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xix. In-dis-creet-ne , s . [Eng. indiscreet; -ne .] The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion. *In-dis-crēte', a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. dis crete (q. v.).] 1. Not discrete or separated. 2. Not discreet; indiscreet. In-dis-crě-tion, s. [Fr., from in disc ret ; Sp. in disc rec i on ; Ital. in disc rez i one .] 1. The quality of being indiscreet; a want of discretion; imprudence; rashne ; want of judgment. "All's not offence, that indiscretion finds, And dotage terms so." Shakesp.: Lear , ii. 4. 2. An indiscreet, injudicious, or rash act; as, He has committed an indiscretion . indisputability B. As adv.: Indiscriminately. "Could ever wise man wish, in good estate, The use of all things indiscriminate ?" Hall: Satires, bk. v., sat. 3. In-dis-crim-in-ate-lý, adv . [Eng. indiscriminate; -ly.] In an indiscriminate manner; without distinction; promiscuously. In-dis-crim'-in-at-ing, a. [Eng. in disc rim in at(e); -ing.] Not discriminating; making no distinction. In-dis-crim-in-ā-tion, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. discrimination (q. v.).] The quality of being indiscriminate; want of discrimination. in-dis-crim-in-a-tive, a . [Eng, in disc rim in at (e); -ive.] Not discriminative; indiscriminating; making no distinction. *In-dis-cu ed', a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. dis cu ed (q. v.).] Not discu ed; not examined into. "Reasons light in themselves or in discu ed in me."Donne: Letters; To Sir H. G. In-dis-pens-a-bil-1-ty, s. [ Eng.indispensable ; -ity; Fr. in dis pen sab i lité.] 1. The quality or state of being indispensable; indispensablene . "Their notions about the eternity and indispensability of the natural law."- Skelton : Deism Revealed , dial. 3. 2. The state of being excluded from dispensation. In-dis-pěns-a-ble, a. [Fr. & Sp. indispensable ; Ital. in dis pens a bile .] 1. Not dispensable; that cannot be dispensed with or done without; not to be spared; that cannot be omitted, spared, or remitted; absolutely nece ary or requisite. 2. Unavoidable; inevitable; coming or happening of nece ity.. 3. Not admitting dispensation; not permitting release or exemption. "All other learned men thought the law was moral and indispensable."-Burnet: Hist. Reform. (1532.) In-dis-pěns-a-ble-ne , s . [Eng. in dis pens a ble; -ne ] The quality or state of being indispensable; indispensability. In-dis-pěns-a-bly, adv . [ Eng.indispensab ( le ); -ly.] 1. In an indispensable manner; of nece ity; nece arily. "Man being thus bound by the peremptory, irreversible decree of heaven, must by virtue thereof, in dis pens ably obey or suffer."- South : Works , vol. iv., ser. 6. *2. Unavoidably. *In-dis-persed', *In-dis-pērst', a . [Pref. in (2), and Eng. dispersed (q. v.).] Not dispersed, not scattered or di ipated. In-dis-põşe', v . t . [French in disposer , from in- = Lat. in -not, and disposer to dispose (q. v.).] 1. To make disinclined; to disincline. 2. To make unfavorable or not well disposed. 3. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. 4. To make slightly ill; to affect with indisposition or slight illne ; to disorder slightly with regard to health. In-dis-pöşed', pa . par . or a . [INDISPOSE.] 1. Not disposed, disinclined, averse, unwilling. "A mind unnerved, or indisposed to bear The weight of subjects worthiest of her care." Cowper: Retirement, 677. 2. Not well-disposed, unfavorable. "The king was sufficiently indisposed toward the persons or the principles of Calvin's disciples."-Clarendon: Civil War. 3. Slightly ill; suffering from indisposition. "To take the indisposed and sickly fit For the sound man." Shakesp.: Lear, ii. 4. *In-dis-pōş-ěd-ne , s . [Eng. indisposed; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being indisposed; disinclination; unwillingne ; aversene . "All my settled indisposedne to believe strange things."- Boyle . 2. Indisposition. In-dis-pöş-1-tion, s . [Fr., from in disposer .] 1. The quality or state of being indisposed; disinclination; unwillingne ; aversene ; dislike. 2. Unfitne ; unsuitablene . "And this is not from any failure, but from the indis position of the object."- South well , vol. iii., ser. 2. 3. Want of tendency or natural appetency or affinity; as, the indisposition of two substances to com cuous. "Treating friends and foes with indiscriminate insolence and asperity." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xiv. 4. A slight disorder of health; a slight disease; a tendency to sickne ; slight illne . In-dis-put-a-bil-i-ty, s. [Eng. indisputable ; -ity.] The quality or state of being indisputable. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, indisputable In-dis-püt-a-ble, a. [Fr. & Sp. indisputable ; Ital. in dis put a bile .] Not disputable; that cannot be disputed, controverted, or gainsaid; incontrovertible, incontestable, undeniable, indubitable; too evident or clear to admit of question or dispute. "Heir by right Indisputable of Arion's fame." Cowper: To His Father . (Trans.) In-dis-put-a ble-ne , s. [Eng. indisputable ; -ne . The quality or state of being indisputable, incontrovertible, or incontestable. In-dis-pu-ta-bly, adv. [Eng. indisputab (le); 1. Beyond question or controversy; in controvert i -ly.] bly, indubitably; incontestably. 2. Without question or opposition. In-dis-pût-ed, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. dis puted (q. v.).] Not disputed, questioned, or controverted; undisputed. "The most in disputed and universally allowed of any other."- Sir W. Temple: Popular Discontents. In-dis-sip-a-ble, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. di ipable (q.v.).] That cannot be di ipated. In-dis-sol-u-bil-1-ty, s. [Fr. indi olubilité , from indi oluble .] 1. The quality or state of being indi oluble; incapability of being di olved, melted, or liquefied. 2. Incapability of being di olved or terminated; perpetuity of obligation or binding force. "This not receiving its e ential quality of indi ol ubility."-War burton: Works, vol. ix., ser. 17. In-dis sol-u-ble, a. [Fr., from Lat. indi olu bilis, from in -not, and di olubilis di oluble (q. v.); Sp. ind i soluble ; Ital. indi olubile .] 1. Not di oluble; not di olvable; incapable of being di olved, melted, or liquefied, as by heat or water; indi olvable. 2. Incapable of being di olved, broken, or loosed; subsisting and binding for ever; not capable of being broken or abrogated; perpetual; stable; as, an indi oluble tie. "As with a chain indi oluble bound." Thomson: Summer, 98. In-dis-sol-u-ble-ne , s. [Eng. indi oluble ; -ne . The quality or state of being indi oluble; indi olubility. "Adam might have held a state of immortality and indi olublene of his composition."- Hale : Orig. of Man kind , p. 112. In-dis-sol-u-bly, adv . [Eng.indi olub (le); -ly.] 1. In a manner resisting or incapable of di olution or separation; in a manner that cannot be broken. "In War and Discord's adamantine chain, Indi olubly strong." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xiii. 453. 2. In a manner obligatory or binding forever. "Indi olubly united to the glorious person of the Son of God."-Bishop Hall: Christ Mystical, In-diş-şõlv-a-ble, *In-diş-şõlv-i-ble, a. & 8. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. di olvable (q. v.).] A. As adjective: 1. Indi oluble; that cannot be di olved, melted, or liquefied; incapable of di olution, separation, or liquefaction. 2. That cannot be di olved, loosed, or broken; binding or obligatory forever. "The union between these two natures is only by intimate indi olvable relation one to the other."- South . 3. Incapable of being solved or determined. B. As subst.: A question or point which cannot be solved. In-diş-şõlv-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. indi olvable ; ne .) The quality or state of being indi olvable; indi olublene . *In-dis-tan-çỹ, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng distancy (q. v.).] Want of distance or separation; closene . "By way of determination and indistancy ."-Pearson: On the Creed, Art. 5. In-dis-tinct, a. [Fr., from Lat. indistinct us , from in - not, and distinct us =distinct (q.v.); Ital. & Sp. in dist in to .] 1. Not distinct; not separate in such a manner as to be clearly perceptible by itself; not having the lines of separation distinct, clear, or plain; not readily distinguishable; confused. "Their minute parts become more indistinct."-Reid: Inquiry into the Human Mind, ch. vi., § 22. 2. Not presenting clear or well-defined images; faint, dim; as, indistinct vision. 3. Obscure to the mind; not clear; confused, vague. "Thy indistinct expre ions seem Like language uttered in a dream." Cowper: To Mary. 2307 4. Not clearly audible; faint. "The city swarms intense. The public haunt Hums indistinct." Thomson: Winter, 632. individuality In-dit-er, s. [English ind it (e); er.] One who indites. In-dite'-ment, s. [Eng. indite ; -went.] 1. The act of inditing. *2. An indictment (q. v.). In-di-um, s . [Lat. indicum=a blue pigment.] Chem.: A very rare metal (sym. In., at. wt. 1134), occurring in minute quantities in zinc ores. I was discovered by F. Reich and Th. Richter, in 1863, in the zinc-blende of Freiburg. The metal itself is a lead-gray color, soft, malleable, fusible, but not very volatile. It resists oxidation up to a temperature beyond its melting point, 176°, but when heated to redne takes fire in the air, burning with a blue flame, and giving off a brownish smoke. It is readily attacked by nitric acid, but di olves slowly in hydrochloric and sulphuric acids. From the solution of its salts, indium is precipitated by ammonia and potash as a hydrate, insoluble in exce of either reagent. It is also completely precipitated from neutral solutions of its salts by sulphuretted hydrogen. Indium oxide, In2O3, is a pale yellow powder, becoming darker when heated. The sulphide is an orange yellow powder, insoluble 2. Want of distinctne ; dimne , faintne , indisin acetic acid, but soluble in the mineral acids. tinctne . "Wild indistinction did their place supply." Harte: Charitable Mason. 3. Want of distinction or difference; equality of condition or rank. In-dis-tinct-lý, adv . [Eng. indistinct ; -ly.] 1. Confusedly, uncertainly; without distinction, separation, or discrimination; not definitely; not with precise or definite limits. "Southward, the landscape indistinctly glared." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i. 2. Without being distinguished. "The liquors soaked indistinctly through the bowl." Browne : Vulgar Errors , bk. ii., ch. vii. 3. Without exactne ; vaguely, loosely; not clearly. "Perfunctorily and indistinctly enough handled by the chemical writers."-Boyle : Works , ii. 239. In-dis-tinct-ne , s. [Eng. indistinct ; -ne .] The quality or state of being indistinct; want of distinctne ; confusion, uncertainty, faintne , dimne , vaguene , obscurity. "The degrees of indistinctne of the object may be come the signs of distances."- Reid : Inquiry into the Human Mind, ch. vi., § 22. In-dis-tin-guish-a-ble (u as w), a. [Pref. in(2), and Eng. distinguishable (q. v.).] Not distinguishable; incapable of being distinguished. "A sort of sand so indistinguishable from that we call Calais sand, that it has been sold for as much."-Boyle: Works , vi. 64. In-dis-tin-gulsh-a-bly (u as w), adv . [Eng. indistinguishab ( le ); ly .] In an indistinguishable manner; so as not to be distinguishable. *In-dis-tin-guished, *In-dis-tin-guisht (u as w), a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. distinguished (q. v.).] Not distinct, indistinct, confused. "In that indistinguisht ma , all things seemed one." Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. xiv. *In-dis-tin-guish-ing (u as w), a. [Pref. in(2), and English distinguishing .] Not distinguishing; not making any distinction or difference; not discriminating; impartial. In-dis-türb-ançe, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. disturbance (q. v.).] Freedom from disturbance, quiet, calmne . "What is called by the Stoicks apathy, and by the Scepticks in disturbance." -Temple: Of Gardening. In-ditch', v. t. [Pref. in . (1), and Eng. ditch (q. v.).] To bury or cover up in a ditch. "Wert thou in ditched in great secrecie." Hall: Satires , bk. iii., sat. 2. In-dite', *en-dit-en, *en-dyte, *in-dyte, v . t . & i. [O. Fr. endicter , enditer , from Low Lat. indicto =to accuse; frequent. of Lat. indico =to proclaim, to enjoin.] IMG:content-1611.png:[blocks in formation] *4. To invite, to ask. "She will indite him to some supper." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4 B. In trans.: To write, to compose. "Wounded I sing, tormented I indite." Herbert: Joseph's Coat. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; Indium chloride, InCl3, is volatilized at a red heat, but undergoes decomposition when heated in the air. All the salts of indium impart a violet tint to the flame of a Bunsen burner. The spectrum of the metal is very characteristic, consisting of two bright indigo-colored bands, and it was the produc tion of these bands which led to the discovery of the metal. Its specific gravity is 7.421 at 16.8°. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. *In-di-vid-a-ble, a. dividable (q. v.).] Not dividable; that cannot be divided; incapable of division. "Scene individable or poem unlimited."- Shakesp . Hamlet , ii. 2. *In-di-vid-ěd, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. divided (q. v.).] Not divided, undivided. "A representation of the ble ed in divided Trinity." Bp . Patrick : On Genesis xviii. 2. In-di-vid-u-al, a. & 8. [Lat. individuus , from in -not, and dividuus divisible, from divi do to divide; Eng. suff. -al ; Fr. in divi duel ; Sp. indiviu ual ; Ital. individuale .] IMG:content-1612.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Zool .: A being equal to the whole result of the development of a single ovum. In the case of the higher animals this is but a single existence; in the case of the lower ones it may be multitudes held together by a certain bond of union. In-di-vid-u-al-ism, s. [Eng. individual ; -ism.] 1. The quality of being individual or distinct; individuality. 2. An exce ive regard to one's own interests; self-interest, selfishne . 3. A system or condition in which each individual works for his own ends in social, political, or relig ious matters. [SOCIALISM.] scribed by the best writers as individualism ." Edinburgh 44 selfishne of the small proprietor has been deRe view, Jan., 1871, p. 22. In-di-vid-u-al-ist-Ic, a. [English individual ; -istic.] Pertaining to or promoting the good of the individual. "Production is socialistic, whereas distribution is ind i. vidual is tic, say the Socialists." -London Athenœum. In-di-vid-u-al-1-ty, s. [Eng. individual ; -ity.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The quality or state of being distinct or individual; separate or distinct nature or existence. "Individuality is left out of this scheme of government."-Burke: On a Regicide Peace , let. 2. 2. Idiocrasy, distinctive character, sharply marked temperament, distinctive personality. "He is always reaching out after perfect individuality , and always falling helple ly upon the other side."- Pall Mall Gazette. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. individualization II. Technically : 1. Phren.: One of the intellectual powers, and the first of the perceptive division. Its locality is just above the nose, with Comparison above it, and Calculation to the right and left. 2. Zool .: The state or quality of constituting an individual (q. v.). The separate individuality of every viable human being, which seems so clear to civilized races, is by no means universally recognized by peoples of low culture. Speaking of the Couvade (q. v.), Tylor ( Early Hist . Mankind , 1878, pp. 295, 296) says: "It shows us a number of distinct and distant tribes deliberately holding the opinion that the connection between father and child is not only, as we think, a mere relation of parentage, affection, and duty, but that their very bodies are joined by a physical bond, so that what is done to the one acts directly upon the other." In-di-vid-u-al-iz-a-tion, s. [Eng. individual iz(e); -ation.] The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation. In-di-vid-u-al-ize, v . t . [Eng. individual ; -ize .] To mark out or select as an individual, or to distinguish from other individuals by peculiar or distinctive characteristics; to connect with one particular individual; to individuate. "The individualizing principle."-Ueberweg: History Philos., i. 455. In-di-vid-u-al-iz-er, s. [Eng. individua liz ( e ); er.] One who individualizes. In-di-vid-u-al-ly, adv . [Eng. individual ; -ly.] 1. Separately; by itself; to the exclusion of others; singly. "The Revolution Society have not a single vote for a king among them, either individually or col. lectively."-Burke: French Revolution. *2. Not separately; incommunicably. *3. Indivisibly. "The present moment of time is individually one." larke: Answer to the Sixth Letter . *In-di-vid-u-ate, a. [Pref. in . (2), and English dividuate (q. v.).] Not divided; undivided. *In-di-vid-u-āte, v. t. & i. [Low Lat. individ uatus , pa. par. of individuo , from Lat. individuus #und i visible.] A. Transitive . 1. To give the character of individuality to; to endow with distinctive characteristics; to individualize. "The matter of which any individual object consists is limited and distinguished by individuating accidents."Ueberweg Hist . Philos ., i. 438. 2. To distribute to individuals. B. In trans.: To become or break up into individuals. In-di-vid-u-ā-tion, s. [ Eng . individu ( ate ); -ation.] The act of individuating; the state of being individuated; the act of endowing with individual ity; individualization; individuality. "Others deny the immortality of the soul in its individ uation." Hale: Orig. of Mankind , p. 108. Principle of Individuation : Philos.: The English translation of the term principium individuation is , introduced by the Schoolmen to denote that principle which individuates an ens from all other entia whatsoever. Albert us Magnus and Thomas of Aquin placed this principle in matter, "in so far as this is the bearer or substratum of forms;" Duns Scotus held that "not matter, but form, is the individualizing principle;" Leibnitz affirmed the nominalistic thesis: "Omne individuum sua tot a entitate individuatur;" while for Schopenhauer "time and space constitute the principle of individuation." (Ueberweg: Hist . Philos .) In-di-vid-u-at-or, s . [Eng. individuat (e); -or .] One who or that which individuates; an individualizer. In-di-vid-u-i-ty, s. [Lat. in divi duit as , from individuus indivisible.] The state of being an individual; individual existence. ( Fuller : Pisgah Sight , III., pt. ii., vi. 9.) *In-di-vid-u-um, s. [Lat., neut. sing. of individ . uus indivisible.) An individual. "It cannot mean that every individuum should give his suffrage."-Culver well: Light of Nature, ch. iv. *in-di-vine', a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. divine .] Unholy. "A Turkish providence most in divine ." Davies: Microcosmos, p. 57. *In-di-vin-1-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. div in ity (q. v.).] Want of divinity or of divine power. In-di-viş-1-bil-i-ty, s. [Eng. indivisible ; -ity.] The quality or state of being indivisible. 2308 In-di-viş-i-ble, a . & s. [Fr., from Latin ind i visibilis , from in- =not, and divisibilis divisible (q. v.).] A. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang.: Not divisible; that cannot be divided, separated, or broken up; not separable into parts. 2. Math .: That which cannot be exactly divided. One quantity is said to be indivisible by another when no commensurable expre ion can be found which, being multiplied by the latter, will give the former. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: That which cannot be divided or broken up into parts; a very minute part or division. 2. Geom. In ancient geometry the same as infinites-small or infinitely small quantities. Accord ing to the views of the first inventor of indivisibles, lines are made up of an infinite number of points, surfaces of an infinite number of lines, and volumes of an infinite number of surfaces. This corresponds with the idea of fluents and fluxions, as originally conceived. "Logical or mathematical demonstrations which seem to consist in indivisibles ."- Hale : Orig. of Mankind , p. 129. In-di-viş-i-ble-ne , s . [Eng. indivisible ; -ne .] The quality or state of being indivisible; indivisibility. "By the indivisiblene of his e ence from their pres ences."-Mountagu: Devout E ays , pt. i., tr. ii., § 2. In-di-viş-i-bly, adv . [Eng. indivisib (le); -ly.] In an indivisible manner; so as to be indivisible; undividedly. "They jointly and indivisibly carry on one and the same design." -South : Sermons , vol. iv., ser. 7. *In-di-vi-sion, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. divis ion (q. v.).] A state of not being divided; union, IMG:content-1613.png:[blocks in formation] "Indo-Mahomedan folk-lore."-Notes and Queries, Aug. 20, 1864, p. 142.