Il*lib`er*al"i*ty (?), n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F. illibéralité.] The
state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness;
niggardliness. Bacon.
Il*lib"er*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illiberalized (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Illiberalizing (?).] To make illiberal.
Il*lib"er*al*ly, adv. In a illiberal manner, ungenerously;
uncharitably; parsimoniously.
Il*lib"er*al*ness, n. The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
Il*lic"it (?), a. [L. illicitus; pref. il- not + licitus, p. p. of
licere to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite. See In- not, and
License.] Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit
trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another.
Burke.
-- Il*lic"it*ly, adv. -- Il*lic"it*ness, n.
Il*lic"it*ous (?), a. Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave.
||Il*li"ci*um (?), n. [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L.
||illicium an allurement.] (Bot.) A genus of Asiatic and American
||magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit
||of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is
||largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical
||with true oil of anise.
||
Il*light"en (?), v. t. To enlighten. [Obs.]
Il*lim"it*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F.
illimitable.] Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable;
limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.
The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have
their appropriate force of beauty.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable;
infinite; immense; vast.
-- Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Il*lim"it*a*bly, adv.
Il*lim`it*a"tion (?), n. [Pref. il- not + limitation: cf. F.
illimitation.] State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from,
limitation. Bp. Hall.
Il*lim"it*ed (?), a. Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall. --
Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n.
The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally
much spoken of.
Clarendon.
Il`li*ni"tion (?), n. [L. illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in,
on + linire, linere, to smear.] 1. A smearing or rubbing in or on;
also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.