6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods
carried to a belligerent nation.
Innocent party (Law), a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a
litigated transaction with illegality.
Syn. -- Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless;
immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright.
In"no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted
with, guilt or sin. Shak.
2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B.
Jonson.
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
Sir W. Scott.
Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.
In"no*cent*ly, adv. In an innocent manner.
In"no*cu"i*ty (?), n. Innocuousness.
In*noc"u*ous (?), a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere
to hurt. See Innocent.] Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.
A patient, innocuous, innocent man.
Burton.
-- In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In*noc"u*ous*ness, n.
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks.
Wordsworth.
In"no*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innodated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Innodating (?).] [L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref. in- in + nodus
knot.] To bind up, as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] Fuller.
In*nom"i*na*ble (?), a. [L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to
name: cf. F. innominable.] Not to be named. [R.] Testament of Love.
In*nom"i*nate (?), a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to
name.] 1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.
[R.] Ray.
2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as,
the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the
innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of
the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is
composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into
one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
reptiles and amphibians. -- Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman
law, contracts without a specific name.
In"no*vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innovated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Innovating (?).] [L. innovatus, p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in-
in + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New.] 1. To bring in as
new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.
[Archaic]
2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to
revolutionize. [Archaic] Burton.
From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate
God's worship.
South.
In"no*vate, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with
in or on. Bacon.
Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
Dryden.
In`no*va"tion (?), n. [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.] 1. The act of
innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
Dryden.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new,
and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. Bacon.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and
want of experience maketh apt unto innovations.
Hooker.
3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to
the stems of many mosses.
In`no*va"tion*ist, n. One who favors innovation.
In"no*va*tive (?), a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.
Fitzed. Hall.
In"no*va`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. innovateur.] One who innovates. Shak.
In*nox"ious (?), a. [L. innoxius. See In- not, and Noxious.] 1. Free
from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless. "Innoxious flames." Sir K.
Digby.