Inhume

t. [Fr. inhumer, from Lat. inhumo.] 1. Ord. Lang.: To bury; to inter; to deposit in ing by descent. "Lest the ladies privily should counterfeit the inherit able sex."-Selden: Illust . to Drayton's Polyolbion , § 17. In-her-It-a-bly, adv . [English in her i tab ( le ); ly.] By way of inheritance; so as to be inheritable or transmi ible as an inheritance. In-her-It-ançe, *in-hear-it-ance, *in-her-itaunce, s. [Eng. inherit ; -ance.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act or state of inheriting or receiving an estate as heir to another. 2. That which is inheritable; that which may be inherited or transmitted by succe ion from an ancestor to his heir. 3. A po e ion received or acquired by gift or of grace or favor; a permanent or valuable po e ion, received or enjoyed by divine favor or appropriation. "When the son dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter." Shakesp.: Henry V., 1. 2. 4. Po e ion, acquisition, ownership. II. Technically: 1. Biol.: Darwin considers the inheritance of every character to be the rule, and non-inheritance the anomaly. Peculiarities tend to appear in the offspring at a corresponding age to that at which they arose in the parent, if not earlier. One appearing in a particular sex is often transmitted to that sex only. Sometimes there is a reversion to the characteristics of a remote ancestor. 2. Eng . Law : A perpetual or continuing right to an estate invested in a person and his heirs. There are nine "canons of inheritance:" three may be quoted: (1) That inheritance shall, in the first place, descend to the i ue of the last purchaser in bition; Sp. inhibicion ; Ital. in i biz i one .] The act of inhibiting or prohibiting; embargo; prohibition, the state of being inhibited. "Lay a negative bar and inhibition upon that which is agreed to by a whole parliament." - Milton : Eikonoclastes . In-hib-it-or-ý, a . [Low Lat. inhibitor i us , from Lat. inhibit us , pa. par. of inhibio ; Fr. inhibitoire; Sp. in hi bito rio ; Ital. in i bito rio .] Of or pertaining to inhibition; prohibitory. *in-hilde, v. t. [Pref. in- (1), and A. S. hyldan = to pour.] To pour in or into. in-hive', v. t. [Pref. in- (1), and Eng. hive (q. v.).] To put in or into a hive; to hive. *In-hold', v . t . [Pref. in- (1), and Eng. hold (q. v.).] To hold in or within; to contain, to have inherent. "It is disputed, whether this light first created be the same which the sun in hold eth and casteth forth, or whether it had continuance any longer than till the sun's creation."- Raleigh : History of the World , bk. i., ch. i., § 7. itant. *In-hold-er, s. [Eng. inhold; -er.] An inhab"And every part's inholders to convert." Spenser: F. Q., VII. vii. 17. *In-hoôp', v . t . [Pref. in- , and Eng. hoop (q. v.).] To inclose in a hoop; to confine in any place. "His quails ever Beat mine inhoop'd at odds." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 3. in-hos-pit-a-ble, a. [Fr., Span. in hos ped able ; Ital. inospitale .] 1. Not hospitable; not willing or inclined to show hospitality to strangers; unwilling to entertain guests, or entertaining them reluctantly. "He found the inhabitants of a little village so inhos pitable ."-Bp. Taylor: Great Exemplar , pt. iii., § 14. "Buried he lay, where you sands before For you sands of years were inhumed on the shore." Byron : Siege of Corinth, xxv. 2. Chem.: To bury a ve el in warm earth, so as to heat its contents moderately and equally. [INHUMATION.] *In-hürl', v . t. [Pref. in- (1), and Eng. hurl , v.] To drive or cast in. ( Stanyhurst : Virgil; Æneid i. 559.] In'-I-a, s . [The native Bolivian name.] Zool .: A genus of Delphin ide (Dolphins). Inia boliviensis inhabits the rivers of Bolivia, ., in some cases two you sand miles from the sea. The male is fourteen feet long, the female but seven.