infraposition

[Pref. infra-, and Eng. position (q. v.).] Position or situation beneath or under. In-frē'-quençe, in-frē-quen-çỹ, s. [Lat. in frequent i a , from infrequens =in small number, rare: in- = not, and frequens in numbers, frequent; Fr. infréquence.] 1. The quality or state of being infrequent; rare ne ; rarity; uncommonne . "We must have regard to the frequency or infrequency of them."-Sharp: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 8. 2. The state of not being frequented; solitude. In-fre-quent, *in-fre-quente, a. [Lat. infre quens; Fr. infréquent ; Ital. infrequente .] Not frequent; not occurring frequently; rare; uncommon; unusual. "Cooling his infrequent pleasures with sighs."-Вр. Hall : Deceit of Appearance . In-frě-quěnt', v . t. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. fre quent , v. (q. v.)] Not to frequent; to desert; to forsake. In-fre'-quent-ly, adv . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. frequently (q. v.).] Not frequently; rarely. -frig-i-date, v . t . [Lat. in frigid at us , pa. par. of in frig i do , from in- (intens.), and frigido =to make cool; frigid us =cool.] To make cool or cold; to chill; to cool. In-frig-i-da-tion, s. [Lat. infrigidatio , from in frigid at us , pa. par. of in frig i do .] The act of making cool or cold; a chilling or cooling. "Because of the in frigid at i on of that air by the snow." -Boyle: Works , ii. 513. In-fringe', v. t. & i. [Lat. infringo =to break into: in- = in, into, and frango -to break; Sp. in fringir; Ital. infringere .] IMG:content-1660.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To violate, break, or transgre some rule or law; to do evil or injury. 2. To encroach, to trespa , to intrude; as, to in fringe upon one's rights. (1) The civil and moral laws are infringed by those who act in opposition to them; treaties and engagements are violated by those who do not hold them sacred; the bounds which are prescribed by the moral law are transgre ed by those who are guilty of any exce . (2) For the difference between to infringe and to encroach, see ENCROACH. 2322 in-fringe'-ment, s . [Eng. infringe; -ment.] The act of infringing, breaking, violating, or transgre ing; the state of being infringed; a breach, a violation, an encroachment. "We scarce ever had a prince, who by fraud, or violence, had not made some infringement on the constitution."Burke: Vindic. of Natural Society.