1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.

His fortune of arms was still inviolate.

Bacon.

2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate

truth." Denham.

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.

Spenser.

In*vi"o*late*ly (?), adv. In an inviolate manner.

In*vi"o*late*ness, n. The state of being inviolate.

In"vi*ous (?), a. [L. invius; pref. in- not + via way.] Untrodden. [R.]

Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]

In*vi"rile (?), a. Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell.

In`vi*ril"i*ty (?), n. Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy.

Prynne.

In*vis"cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inviscated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Inviscating (?).] [L. inviscatus, p. p. of inviscare to birdlime; pref.

in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.] To daub or catch

with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] Sir T.

Browne.

In*vis"cer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inviscerated (?); p. pr. & vb.

n. Inviscerating.] [L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into

the entrails. See Viscera.] To breed; to nourish. [R.] W. Montagu.

In*vis"cer*ate (?), a. [L. invisceratus, p. p.] Deep-seated; internal.

[R.] W. Montagu.

In*vis`i*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Invisibilities (#). [L. invisibilitas:

cf. F. invisibilité.] The state or quality of being invisible; also,

that which is invisible. "Atoms and invisibilities." Landor.

In*vis"i*ble (?), a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See In- not, and

Visible.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not

visible.

To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works.

Milton.

Invisible bird (Zoöl.), a small, shy singing bird (Myadestes sibilons),

of St. Vincent Islands. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green,

approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

In*vis"i*ble, n. 1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God,

the Supreme Being.

2. A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his

craft. [Obs.]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the

visibility of the church. Shipley.

In*vis"i*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being invisible;

invisibility.

In*vis"i*bly, adv. In an invisible manner. Denham.

In*vi"sion (?), n. Want of vision or of the power of seeing. [Obs.] Sir

T. Browne.

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