||In"i*a (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia
||Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
||
In"i*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the inion.
In`im*ag"i*na*ble (?), a. Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] Bp.
Pearson.
In*im"i*cal (?; 277), a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly,
hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See Amity.]
1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly;
unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public,
enmity.
2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic;
inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to
all other governments.
Burke.
In*im`i*cal"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being inimical or
hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. [R.]
In*im"i*cal*ly (?), adv. In an inimical manner.
In*im`i*ci"tious (?), a. [L. inimicitia enmity. See Inimical.]
Inimical; unfriendly. [R.] Sterne.
In*im"i*cous (?), a. [L. inimicus.] Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] Evelyn.
In*im`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being inimitable;
inimitableness. Norris.
In*im"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. inimitabilis: cf. F. inimitable. See In-
not, and Imitable.] Not capable of being imitated, copied, or
counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless;
unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable
eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden.
Performing such inimitable feats.
Cowper.
-- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.
||In"i*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.] (Anat.)
||The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
||
In*iq"ui*tous (?), a. [From Iniquity.] Characterized by iniquity;
unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.
Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service.
Burke.
Syn. -- Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. --
Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous
is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by
fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach
of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the
intrinsic badness of the deed.
In*iq"ui*tous*ly, adv. In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
In*iq"ui*ty (?), n.; pl. Iniquities (#). [OE. iniquitee, F. iniquité,
L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See Iniquous.]
1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or
uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the
iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
Till the world from his perfection fell Into all filth and foul
iniquity.
Spenser.
2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness;
a sin; a crime. Milton.
Your iniquities have separated between you and your God.
Is. lix. 2.
3. A character or personification in the old English moralities, or
moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of
another. See Vice.
Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit Of miming gets the opinion of a
wit.
B. Jonson.
In*i"quous (?), a. [L. iniquus; pref. in- not + aequus. See Equal.]
Iniquitous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
In*ir"ri*ta*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + irritable: cf. F.
inirritable.] Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being
stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty (#), n.
In*ir"ri*ta*tive (?), a. Not accompanied with excitement; as, an
inirritative fever. E. Darwin.
In*isle" (?), v. t. [Cf. Enisled.] To form into an island; to surround.
[Obs.] Drayton.
In*i"tial (?), a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance,
beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to
go: cf. F. initial. See Issue, and cf. Commence.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement;
incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or
series; as, the initial letters of a name.
In*i"tial, n. The first letter of a word or a name.
In*i"tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Initialing.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
[R.]
In*i"tial*ly, adv. In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the
beginning. Barrow.
In*i"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Initiating (?).] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to begin, fr. initium
beginning. See Initial.]
1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot;
to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
How are changes of this sort to be initiated?