1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow;
a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the deep valleys,
and o'erspreads the plains.
Wilkie.
2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance;
a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
To stop the inundation of her tears.
Shak.
In*un`der*stand"ing (?), a. Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
In`ur*bane" (?), a. [L. inurbanus. See In- not, and Urbane.] Uncivil;
unpolished; rude. M. Arnold. -- In`ur*bane"ly, adv. -- In`ur*bane"ness,
n.
In`ur*ban"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inurbanité.] Want of urbanity or
courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp.
Hall.
In*ure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inuring.]
[From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See Ure use, practice, Opera, and
cf. Manure.] To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or
accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden;
to habituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience."
Milton.
He . . . did inure them to speak little.
Sir T. North.
Inured and exercised in learning.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
The poor, inured to drudgery and distress.
Cowper.
In*ure", v. i. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied;
to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the
heirs. [Written also enure.]
In*ure"ment (?), n. Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.
In*urn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inurned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inurning.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury;
to intomb.
The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned.
Shak.
In*u"si*tate (?), a. [L. inusitatus unusual. See Use.] Unusual. [R.]
Bramhall.
In*u"si*ta"tion (?), n. Want of use; disuse. [R.] Paley.
In*ust" (?), a. [L. inurere, inustum, to burn in; pref. in- in + urere
to burn.] Burnt in. [Obs.]
In*us"tion (?), n. The act of burning or branding. [Obs.] T. Adams.
In*u"tile (?), a. [L. inutilis: cf. F. inutile. See In- not, Utile.]
Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Bacon.
In`u*til"i*ty (?), n. [L. inutilitas: cf. F. inutilité.] Uselessness;
the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility
of vain speculations and visionary projects.
In*ut"ter*a*ble (?), a. Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.
||In` vac"u*o (?). [L.] (Physics) In a vacuum; in empty space; as,
||experiments in vacuo.
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In*vade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Invading.]
[L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade:
cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See Wade.]
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; --
used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.]
Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out
of the grisly shade.
Spenser.
2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest
or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans
invaded Great Britain.
Such an enemy Is risen to invade us.
Milton.
3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king
invaded the rights of the people.
4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as,
gangrene invades healthy tissue.
Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack.
In*vade", v. i. To make an invasion. Brougham.
In*vad"er (?), n. One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an
intruder.
In*vag"i*nate (?), v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to produce
intussusception in.
{ In*vag"i*nate (?), In*vag"i*na`ted (?), } a. (Biol.) (a) Sheathed.
(b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another
portion.