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[Pref. in- (2), and Eng. acquaintance (q. v.).] A want of acquaintance. In-ăc-qui-es-çent, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. cing. acquiescent (q. v.).] Not acquiescent or acquies *In-act', v . t . [Pref. in- (intens.), and Eng. act (q. v.).] To actuate; to put into a state of action or activity. "The soul in this condition was united with the most subtile and ethereal matter that it was capable of inact inj ."-Glanvill: Pre - existence of Souls , ch. xiv. In-ac-tion, s. [Fr.] Ce ation from action or labor; inactivity, idlene , rest. "She was condemned to inaction and to va alage."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iv. In-ac-tive, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. active (q.v.).] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Not active or acting; having no power to move of itself. "Lying thus, inactive ."-Tennyson: Enoch Arden , 113. 2. Not producing any effect; having no power to act. 3. Not disposed to action or activity; sluggish, indolent. horses were."- Swinburne: Spain, let. 40. "I never saw anything so weak and inactive as the poor II. Technically : 1. Chem.: Not producing the usual action. 2. Med .: Inoperative; not effecting anything. 3. Optics : Not affecting polarized light. inactive; want of action or energy; idlene ; slug- 1. Ord. Lang.: The quality or state of being gishne . "Virtue concealed within our breast Is inactivity at best." 2. Chem., Med., Optics, .: Inoperativene ; inability to produce the desired effects or perceptible in actuate effects at all. In ac-tu-āte, v. t . [Pref. in- (intens.), and actuate (q. v.).] To actuate; to move or excite to action. "An infallible sign they are in actuated by the Spirit of God."-H. More: Enthusiasm, § 25. *In-ặc tu-ā-tion, s. [IN ACTUATE.] Operation, action. "That they should be inconsistent in the supremest exercise and in actuation , is to me as probable."- Glanvill : Pre - existence of souls , ch. xiii. in-ad-ap-ta-tion, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. adaptation (q. v.).] The quality or state of not being adapted or fitted. in-ăd -ẽ qua çỹ, s . [Pref. in- (2), and English adequacy (q. v.).] The quality or state of being inadequate; insufficiency, incompletene , defect ivene . In ăde quate, a. [Pref. in- (2), and English adequate (q. v.).] Not adequate; not equal to the purpose; falling below due proportion of what is required; insufficient, disproportionate, unequal. "The means which had been furnished to him were altogether inadequate ." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xiv. In-ad-e-quate-ly, adv . [Eng. inadequate ; -ly .] In an inadequate manner or degree; not sufficiently, not fully; defectively, imperfectly. "Though in some particulars that sense be inadequately conveyed to us." -Hurd: Letter to Dr. Leland. In-adě quate ně , s. [English inadequate , ne .] The quality or state of being inadequate; inadequacy. "That may bo collected generally from the inadequate . ne of the visible means to most notable productions."Goodman: Winter Evening Conferences, p. 11. *In-ad-ě-qua-tion, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. adequation (q.v.). Want or absence of exact correspondence. In-ad-her-ent, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. adherent (q. v.).] *1. Ord. Lang : Not adherent or adhering. 2. Bord of petals, statue ring to any other organ, as the calyx; free. In-ad-he-şion, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. adhe sion (q. v.).] Want of adhesion; the state of being in adherent. In-ad-mis-si-bil-1-ty, s. [Prefix in- (2), and Eng. admi ibility (q. v.).] The quality or state of being inadmi ible, or not fit or proper to be received; as, the inadmi ibility of an argument. In-ad-mis si ble, a . [Fr.] Not admi ible; that cannot or should not be admitted, allowed, or received. "The demand which was made upon himself was altogether inadmi ible ." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxiii. In-ad-mis-si-bly, adv . [Eng. inadmi ib (le); Ay.] In an inadmi ible manner. In ad-vert-ençe, s. [Fr.] 1. The quality or state of being inadvertent (q.v.); want of care, heedfulne , or circumspection; negligence, inattention, heedle ne . "Charge him with the least pa ion or inadvertence."_ Evelyn: Memoirs , vol. i. 2. An act or effect of negligence or heedle ne ; an oversight; a mistake or fault arising from inad vertence.