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[Lat. intortio, from intort us, pa. par. of intorqueo =to twist.] [INTORT.] A winding, twining, or twisting. in tōtō, phr. (Lat.) Wholly, entirely. *In tox-i-ca-ble, a. [Eng. in toxic ( ate ); -able .] Capable of being intoxicated. ( Lit. & fig .) IMG:content-1810.png:[blocks in formation] in-tox-i-cāte, v. t. [O. Fr. intoxiquer; Sp. in toxicar; Ital. in to i care.] [INTOXICATE, a.] I. Literally: 1. To poison; to produce fatal effects. 2. To make drunk; to inebriate with, or as with alcoholic liquors. II. Fig .: To excite the spirits of to the highest pitch; to excite to enthusiasm; to make delirious as with joy. "Through an aerial universe of endle Expansion-at which my soul aches to think- Intoxicated with eternity." -Byron: Cain , ii. 1. In-tox-1-cate, a . [Low Lat. in toxic at us , pa. par. of intoxico =to poison; Lat. in- =into, and toxicum Gr.torikon =poison in which arrows were dipped; toxon =a bow; toxa =arrows.] Intoxicated, delirious. *In-tox-i-cat-ed-ne , s. [Eng. intoxicated; ne . The quality or state of being intoxicated; intoxication. In-tox-i-cat-ing, pr . par . or a . [INTOXICATE, v.] Tending to make drunk; exciting the spirits to the highest pitch; making delirious or enthusiastic. *intoxicating-gas, s. in-trăct-a-bly, adv. [Eng. intractab ( le ); -ly.] In an intractable, unmanageable, or perverse man IMG:content-1811.png:[blocks in formation] of a leaf. *In'-trail, s . [ENTRAIL.] In-tra-margin-al, a . [Pref. intra- , and Eng. marginal (q. v.).] Situated or being within the margin. In-tra-mun-dane, a. [Pref. intra- , and Eng. mundane (q. v.).] Situated or being within the world; belonging to the material world, In-tra-mür-al, a. [Pref.intra-, and Eng. mural (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: Situated or being within the walls or boundaries, as of a city, town, .; as, an intra mural cemetery. 2. Anat. & Pathol .: Within the walls of a tube or ve el; as, intramural obstruction of the intestines. ( Tanner : Practice of Medicine , ii. 148.) [INTERMURAL.] *in-trançe, s . [ENTRANCE, 8. ] *In-trănçe', v . t. [ENTRANCE, v.] In-trăn-quil-11-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. tranquillity (q. v.).] Want or absence of tranquillity or rest; inquietude, restle ne . In-trăns-ca-lent, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. transcalent (q. v.).) Impervious to heat. In-trăns-grès-si-ble, a . [Pref. in. (2), and Eng. transgre ible (q. v.).] That cannot be pa ed; incapable of being pa ed. "Fatal destiny is a divine reason or sentence in trans . gre ible and inevitable."- P . Holland : Plutarch , p. 859. In-trăn-si-ent (s as sh), a. [Pref. in- (2), and quickly away; lasting. Chem .: An old name for nitrogen monoxide, N2O. Eng. transient (q. v.).] Not transient; not pa ing Called also laughing-gas (q. v.). intravenous =to come to a In-trăn-si-gent, a. & s. [Fr. intransigéant, from Lat. in- =not, and trans i go = settlement.] [IN TRANS I GENTES.] A. As adj .: Refusing to agree to come to an understanding; uncompromising: irreconcilable. Used especially of the Extreme Left, or Radical party, on the European Continent. B. As subst.: An irreconcilable person; one who refuses to agree to some political settlement. In-tran-si-gen-têş (gas h), s . pl . [Sp.=the irreconcilables.] The name given to the Extreme Left in the Spanish Cortes, and afterward to the extreme Republican party in Spain, corresponding with the Communists in France. In the latter sense, it was first used in the Spanish troubles which arose when A made us resigned the throne (A. D. 1873). In-trăn-si-tive, a . [Latin intransitivus , from in- =not, and transitivus =pa ing over; transeo = to pa over: trans =over, acro , and eo =to go.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Not pa ing on or over. "And then it is for the image sake, and so far is intran sitive ; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive, and pa es further." -Bp. Taylor: Di . from Popery, pt. ii., bk. ii., § 6. 2. Gram .: A term applied to verbs which expre an action or state limited to the subject; that is, not pa ing over to an object; as, I live , I walk , 1 talk , . Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred meaning or object, called the cognate object; as, to die a death , to live a life , . Many verbs which appear to be intransitive are in reality transitive, without the object expre ed; as, They are building , where the object, a house, wall, ., is omitted. Some intransitive verbs, by means of a preposition or completing adverb, become transitive, and may be used pa ively; as, The man laughs at the boy; He is laughed at . Some intransitive verbs have a causative meaning, and take an object; as, Heran a thorn into his finger. "Active verbs are subdivided into transitive and in transitive." Beattie: Moral Science, pt. i., ch. i., § 3. In-trăn-si-tive-ly, adv . [English intransitive ; -ly .] In an intransitive manner or sense; in man ner of an intransitive verb. in trăn-si-tū, phr. [Lat.] In the act or state of pa ing from one place to another; in transit; as, The goods were lost in transitu. In-trăns-mis-si-ble, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. transmi ible (q.v.).] Not transmi ible; incapable of being transmitted. in-trans-mut-a-bil-i-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. transmutability (q. v.).] The quality or state of being intransmutable. In-trăns-müt-a-ble, a. [Prefix in- (2), and English transmutable (q. v.).] Not transmutable; incapable of being transmuted or changed into another substance. "Some of the most experienced chemists do afirm quicksilver to be intransmutable, and therefore call it liquor ætern us." -Ray: On the Creation. In-trant, a . & s. [Lat. in trans , pr. par. of in tro to go in.] A. As adj .: Entering, pa ing in, penetrating. B. As subst.: One who enters; spec if., one who enters upon some public duty or office. In-trăp', v . t . [ENTRAP.] †in-tra-păr-i-e-tal, a. [Pref. intra- , and Eng. parietal .] Situated or happening within walls, or within an inclosure; as, an intraparietal execution. In-tra-pet-i-o-lar, a. [Pref. intra- , and Eng. petiolar.] Bot .: Situated between the petiole and the stem. (Used when the two stipules at the base of a petiole so unite at their adjacent margins as to seem like one stipule between the petiole and the stem.) Not the same as INTERPETIOLAR (q. v.), with which it is often confounded. (Good rich & Porter .)