3. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an
order; to issue a writ.
Is"sue*less, a. Having no issue or progeny; childless. "The heavens . .
. have left me issueless." Shak.
Is"su*er (?), n. One who issues, emits, or publishes.
-ist (?). [Gr. &?;: cf. F. -iste.] A noun suffix denoting an agent, or
doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who
theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism; sensualist, one given
to sensuality.
Is't (?). A contraction of is it.
Isth"mi*an (?), a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. &?;. See Isthmus.] Of or
pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in
Greece.
Isthmian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals
of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every
alternate year. They consisted of all kinds of athletic sports,
wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in
music and poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.
Isth"mus (?; 277), n.; pl. Isthmuses (#). [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a
neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the
Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. eið
isthmus. See Issue.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two
continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the
mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
Is"tle (?), n. Same as Ixtle.
I*su"ret (?), n. [Iso- + urea.] (Chem.) An artificial nitrogenous base,
isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; --
called also isuretine.
It (t), pron. [OE. it, hit, AS. hit; cf. D. het. √181. See He.]
The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine
pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they,
their or theirs, them).
The possessive form its is modern, being rarely found in the writings
of Shakespeare and Milton, and not at all in the original King James's
version of the Bible. During the transition from the regular his to the
anomalous its, it was to some extent employed in the possessive without
the case ending. See His, and He. In Dryden's time its had become quite
established as the regular form.
The day present hath ever inough to do with it owne grief.
Genevan Test.
Do, child, go to it grandam, child.
Shak.
It knighthood shall do worse. It shall fright all it friends with
borrowing letters.
B. Jonson.
In the course of time, the nature of the neuter sign t in it, the form
being found in but a few words, became misunderstood. Instead of being
looked upon as an affix, it passed for part of the original word. Hence
was formed from it the anomalous genitive its, superseding the Saxon
his. Latham.
The fruit tree yielding fruit after his (its) kind.
Gen. i. 11.
It is used,
1. As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the
book, take it home.
2. As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence,
pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or
referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John.
It is I; be not afraid.
Matt. xiv. 27.
Peter heard that it was the Lord.
John xxi. 7.
Often, in such cases, as a substitute for a sentence or clause; as, it
is thought he will come; it is wrong to do this.
3. As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it
rains.
4. As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the
condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man?
Think on me when it shall be well with thee.
Gen. xl. 14.
5. As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a
substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
The Lacedemonians, at the Straits of Thermopylæ, when their arms
failed them, fought it out with nails and teeth.
Dryden.
Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grows
romantic, I must paint it.
Pope.
Its self. See Itself.
I"ta*cism (?), n. [Cf. F. itacisme. See Etacism, and cf. Iotacism.]
(Greek Gram.) Pronunciation of η (eta) as the modern Greeks
pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the
pronunciation advocated by Reuchlin and his followers, in opposition to
the etacism of Erasmus. See Etacism.
In all such questions between ε and αι the
confusing element of itacism comes in.
Alford.
I"ta*cist (?), n. [Cf. F. itaciste.] One who is in favor of itacism.
It`a*col"u*mite (?), n. [From Itacolumi, a mountain of Brazil.] (Min.)
A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions
where the diamond is found.
It`a*con"ic (?), a. [From aconitic, by transposition of the letters.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is
obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and
other organic acids.
It"a*la (?), n. [Fem. of L. Italus Italian.] An early Latin version of
the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint,
and was also called the Italic version).
I*tal"ian (?), a. [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.] Of or
pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
Italian cloth a light material of cotton and worsted; -- called also
farmer's satin. -- Italian iron, a heater for fluting frills. --
Italian juice, Calabrian liquorice.
I*tal"ian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Italy.