Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity.
W. Thompson (1745).
4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration
important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also,
indeterminate.
Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote
any one of a common or general class. -- Indefinite inflorescence.
(Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence, under Indeterminate. --
Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common
term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man
is mortal. -- Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-
good.
Syn. -- Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose;
equivocal; inexact; approximate.
In*def"i*nite*ly, adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any
settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to
use a word indefinitely.
If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human
intellect can fancy any bound of it.
Ray.
In*def"i*nite*ness, n. The quality of being indefinite.
In`de*fin"i*tude (?), n. Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or
quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
In`de*his"cence (?), n. [Cf. F. indéhiscence.] (Bot.) The property or
state of being indehiscent.
In`de*his"cent (?), a. [Pref. in- not + dehiscent: cf. F.
indéhiscent.] (Bot.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along
regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.
In`de*lec"ta*ble (?), a. Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.]
Richardson.
In`de*lib"er*ate (?), a. [L. indeliberatus. See In- not, and
Deliberate.] Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] --
In`de*lib"er*ate*ly, adv. [Obs.]