In*sen"sate (?), a. [L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.] Wanting
sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.
Wordsworth.
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen.
Buckle.
-- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.
In*sense" (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + sense.] To make to understand; to
instruct. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.