im putrescible

[Prefix im- = in- =not, and Eng. putrescible.] Not putrescible; not liable or subject to putrefaction. Im-rich, im-righ (ch, gh guttural), s . [Gael.] A kind of strong soup made of a particular part of the inside of oxen. *Im-unc-tion, s. [Pref. im - in- =in, on, and Eng. unction.] The act of wiping or rubbing. in, prep ., adv., s. & interj . [A. S. in ; cogn. with Dut. in ; Icel. i; Sw. & Dan. i ; Goth. in ; Ger. in ; Welsh yn; Lat. in ; Gr. en, eni.] A. As prep.: Within, inside of, contained or existing in. Used 1. Of place, situation, or position: 2. Of time: 3. Of existence or residence within: Denoting existence as a constituent part, quality, attribute, or power. 4. Noting proportion: Out of; as, one in three. 5. Noting the ground, reason, or object : Because of, for. 6. Noting change from one state to another ; as, to put a law in force. 7. With the force of into , expre ing motion. "Let me not cast in endle shade What is so wonderfully made." 8. With the force of on . Tennyson: Two Voices. "Cannot compare with kingly joys in earth." Marlowe: 1 Tamburlaine, iii. 1. 9. Noting design, tendency, or purpose. "Aught that I can speak in his dispraise." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona , iii. 2. IMG:content-1539.png:[blocks in formation] with four dice, each person having a separate box. A. As subst .: A game played by three persons In meant a doublet, or two dice alike out of four; alike. in-and - in denoted two doublets, or all four dice B. As adr.: Among members of the same family; as, to breed in - and - in. in, v. t. [IN, prep.] [INN, V.] 1. To take in; to inclose. 2. To get in, to harvest, to house, to store. "[Fitchis] inned and threshed and husband lie dight, Keepes laboring cattle in verie good plight." Tu er: Husbandrie, xxiii. 19.. In- (1), pref. [IN, pref .] The English preposition in used as a prefix, with the simple force of in or within; as, insight, income, inbred, inland, . In-(2), pref . [Lat.] An adverbial or prepositional prefix, used in words derived from the Latin, or from the Latin through the French. It has three forces: (1) That of the preposition or adverb in, as in in vade, innate, inclose, . (2) An intensifying or augmenting force, as in impoverish. (3) A negative force. This is the most common use, as the prefix can be added to almost all adjec 10. Noting the relation, state, condition, or point tives and adverbs. In- becomes i before an, as in of view under which a thing is to be considered. B. As adverb: I. Ordinary Language: ignoble; il- before 1, as in illegal ; im- before m , b , or p , as in immense, imbibe, impure ; ir before r, as in irrational . In many cases the words have reached us from the Latin through the French, as 1. Within or inside some place; spec if., indoors, incapable , incarnation , . In is used to form a at home; as, Is he in ? IMG:content-1540.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Law : In po e ion; with privilege; a term used to denote the nature or the mode of acquiring an estate, or the ground upon which a seizin is founded; thus, a leaseholder is said to be in by a lease. 2. Naut .: Applied to the sails of a ship when furled or stowed. 3. Cricket : At the wickets. C. As subst.: A person in, or holding, an office: spec if., in politics, a member of the party in office. "The pledges which the Ins have to contend with in their strife with the Outs."- Pall Mall Gazette. D. As an interj.: Goin, get in. " In , and ask thy daughter's ble ing." Shakesp.: Lear, iii. 2. large number of words correlative to others beginning with eor ex-, as inhale, exhale. In-a-bil-i-tỹ, *in-a-bil-i-tie, *in-a-byl-i-te, 8. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. ability (q. v.).] The quality or state of being unable; lack or want of ability, capacity, or power, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; want or lack of resources; incompetence, powerle ne , disability. "His own utter inability to stand before the power of the Almighty." -Stilling fleet : Works, vol. ii., ser. 9. Inability denotes the absence of ability in the most general and abstract sense. Disability implies the absence of ability only in particular cases: the inability lies in the nature of the thing, and is irremediable; the disability lies in the circumstances, and may sometimes be removed. (Crabb: Eng. Synon .) in-a-ble, v. t. [ENABLE.] *In-ab-sti-nençe, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. abstinence (q. v.).] Want of abstinence; indulgence of the appetites or desires.