Lamb.
Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or
suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.
In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor (?), a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain
nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which
motor impressions issue. McKendrick.
In*hive" (?), v. t. To place in a hive; to hive.
In*hold" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inheld (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inholding.] To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
In*hold"er, n. An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.
In*hoop" (?), v. t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak.
In*hos"pi*ta*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L.
inhospitalis.]
1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or
guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your
inhospitable door?
Cowper.
2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." Blair.
-- In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.
In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty (?), n. [L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité.
See In- not, and Hospitality.] The quality or state of being
inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall.
In*hu"man (?), a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See In- not, and
Human.]
1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human
being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or
people.
2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or
punishment.
Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous;
brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
In`hu*man"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Inhumanities (#). [L. inhumanitas: cf. F.
inhumanité.] The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.
Burns.
In*hu"man*ly (?), adv. In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
In*hu"mate (?), v. t. [L. inhumatus, p. p. of inhumare to inhume; pref.
in- in + humare to cover with earth. See Humation, and cf. Inhume.] To
inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge.