Insensible, a

[Fr., from Lat. insensibilis, from in- =not, and sensibilis =that can be perceived, sensible; sentio =to perceive; Sp. insensible; Ital. in sensi bile.] 1. Without feeling; wanting or destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; destitute of corporeal sensibility. "Insensible as steel." Cowper : Olney Hymns, ix. 2. Imperceptible; that cannot be perceived or felt; progre ing or moving by slow degrees; so slow or gradual that the motion or stages cannot be felt or perceived. 3. Not taking regard or notice; indifferent; heedle ; carele . "To make him insensible of the danger of the course." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. 4. Without feeling; incapable of feeling; not susceptible of feeling, emotion, or pa ion; indifferent; unfeeling; hard; callous. "A man whom a craven fear had made insensible to shame." Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. v. *5. Void of meaning or sense; sensele , meaningle , nonsensical. "It makes the indictment insensible or uncertain."Hale: Hist . Pleas Crown , ii., ch. xxiv.