INVISIBLE, in-viz'i-bl, _adj._ not visible or capable of being
seen--(_Shak._) INVISED'.--_ns._ INVISIBIL'ITY, INVIS'IBLENESS.--_adv._
INVIS'IBLY.--INVISIBLE CHURCH (see VISIBLE); INVISIBLE GREEN, a shade of
green so dark as to be almost black; INVISIBLE INK (see INK).
INVITE, in-v[=i]t', _v.t._ to ask: to summon: to allure: to
attract.--_v.i._ to ask in invitation.--_n._ INVIT[=A]'TION, the act of
inviting: an asking or solicitation, the written or verbal form with which
a person is invited: the brief exhortation introducing the confession in
the Anglican communion-office.--_adj._ INVIT'[=A]TORY, using or containing
invitation.--_n._ a form of invitation in worship, esp. the antiphon to the
Venite or 95th Psalm.--_ns._ INVITE'MENT (_Lamb_), allurement, temptation;
INVIT'ER.--_p.adj._ INVIT'ING, alluring: attractive.--_n._ (_Shak._)
invitation.--_adv._ INVIT'INGLY, in an inviting manner.--_n._
INVIT'INGNESS, attractiveness. [Fr.,--L. _invit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]
INVITRIFIABLE, in-vit'ri-f[=i]-a-bl, _adj._ not vitrifiable.
INVOCATE, in'vo-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to invoke or call on solemnly or with
prayer; to implore.--_n._ INVOC[=A]'TION, the act or the form of invocating
or addressing in prayer or supplication: a call or summons, especially a
judicial order: any formal invoking of the blessing of God, esp. an opening
prayer in a public religious service, and the petitions in the Litany
addressed to God in each person and in the Trinity.--_adj._ INVOC'ATORY,
that invokes: making invocation. [See INVOKE.]
INVOICE, in'vois, _n._ a letter of advice of the despatch of goods, with
particulars of their price and quantity.--_v.t._ to make an invoice of.
[Prob. a corr. of _envois_, pl. of Fr. _envoi_.]
INVOKE, in-v[=o]k', _v.t._ to call upon earnestly or solemnly: to implore
assistance: to address in prayer. [Fr.,--L. _invoc[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_in_, on, _voc[=a]re_, to call.]
INVOLUCRE, in-vol-[=u]'k[.e]r, _n._ (_bot._) a group of bracts in the form
of a whorl around an expanded flower or umbel--also INVOL[=U]'CRUM.--_ns._
INVOL'UCEL, INVOLUCEL'LUM, a secondary involucre.--_adjs._ IN'VOLUCRAL,
INVOL[=U]'CRATE, having an involucre.--_n._ INVOL[=U]'CRET. [L.
_involucrum_--_involv[)e]re_, to involve.]
INVOLUNTARY, in-vol'un-tar-i, _adj._ not voluntary: not having the power of
will or choice: not done willingly: not chosen.--_adv._
INVOL'UNTARILY.--_n._ INVOL'UNTARINESS.
INVOLUTE, in'vo-l[=u]t, _n._ that which is involved or rolled inward: a
curve traced by the end of a string unwinding itself from another
curve.--_adjs._ IN'VOLUTE, -D (_bot._), rolled spirally inward: turned
inward, of shells.--_n._ INVOL[=U]'TION, the action of involving: state of
being involved or entangled: complicated grammatical construction:
(_arith._) act or process of raising a quantity to any given power. [See
INVOLVE.]
INVOLVE, in-volv', _v.t._ to wrap up: to envelop: to implicate: to include:
to complicate: to overwhelm: to catch: (_arith._) to multiply a quantity
into itself any given number of times.--_n._ INVOLVE'MENT, act of
involving: state of being involved or entangled. [Fr.--L.
_involv[)e]re_--_in_, upon, _volv[)e]re_, _vol[=u]tum_, to roll.]
INVULNERABLE, in-vul'n[.e]r-a-bl, _adj._ that cannot be wounded.--_ns._
INVULNERABIL'ITY, INVUL'NERABLENESS.--_adv._ INVUL'NERABLY.
INVULTUATION, in-vul-t[=u]-[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of piercing a wax or
clay image of a person that he may suffer torture and die--one of the
commonest methods of witchcraft. [Low L. _invultuation-em_--_invultare_, to
stab the face of--L. _in_, in, _vultus_, the face.]
INWALL. See ENWALL.
INWARD, in'ward, _adj._ placed or being within: internal: seated in the
mind or soul, not perceptible to the senses, as the 'inward part' of a
sacrament: (_B._) intimate.--_n.pl._ (_B._) the intestines.--_adv._ toward
the inside: toward the interior: into the mind or thoughts.--_adv._
IN'WARDLY, in the parts within: in the heart: privately: toward the
centre.--_n._ IN'WARDNESS, internal state: inner meaning or significance:
(_Shak._) intimacy, familiarity.--_adv._ IN'WARDS, same as INWARD. [A.S.
_inneweard_ (adv.).]
INWEAVE, in-w[=e]v', _v.t._ to weave into: to complicate.
INWICK, in'wik, _n._ in curling, a stroke in which the stone rebounds from
the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.
INWIT, in'wit, _n._ inward knowledge, conscience.
INWORK, in-wurk', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to work in or into.--_n._ IN'WORKING,
energy exerted inwardly.--_p.adj._ IN'WROUGHT, wrought in or among other
things: adorned with figures.
INWORN, in-w[=o]rn', _adj._ worn or worked into, inwrought.