2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.

In*er"u*dite (?), a. [L. ineruditus. See In- not, and Erudite.] Not

erudite; unlearned; ignorant.

In`es*cap"a*ble (?), a. Not escapable.

In*es"cate (?), v. t. [L. inescatus, p. p. of inescare; in- in + esca

bait.] To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.]

To inescate and beguile young women!

Burton.

In`es*ca"tion (?), n. [L. inescatio.] The act of baiting; allurement.

[Obs.] Hallywell.

In`es*cutch"eon (?), n. (Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a

shield.

||In` es"se (?). [L.] In being; actually existing; - - distinguished

||from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but

||may be.

||

In`es*sen"tial (?), a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F.

inessentiel.]

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