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Show IN Ivri'cTioUsLy IN adv [from infeftions. Contagioufly rieur, French. _ The will dotes, that is inclinabl To what infetionfly itfelf affes Shakefpeare InrecriouswEss. . /. [from infectious. 'The quality of being infeCtous; contagioufnefs INFEcTIVE. adj. [from infet.] Havin the quality of atting by contagion Tru power Inrecu'sp 7 f Unfruitful Ho infe&iv Sidney a hat well confidered love (infecundus Latin. infertile fafe and agreeable a confervatory the eart is to vegetables i manifef drying, or being rendere fro thei rotting /nfecund in the waters o the air; but in the earth their vigour islong preferved y Derbam's Phylico-Theolo dxrecuxnprry. #. [ [infecunditas, Lat. Want of fertility; barrennefs InreLt'ciry 2 / Uinfeliciré, French Jélicitas, Lat.] - Unhappinefs calamity Whatever is th ignoranc 77 mifery and infeficity of th prefent ftate, we were made wife and happy Glanville Here is our great infelicity, that, when fingl words figeify complex ideas, one word can neve diftin&ly manifeft all the parts of a complex idea Walts 70 INFE'R w. a. [inferer, Fr. infero, Lat. 1. To bring on to induce Vomits infer fome {mall detriment to the lungs II.'/.)"'U(:y 2. To infer is nothing but, by virtue o cne propofition laid down as true, t draw in-another as true 7 ¢ to fee o fuppofe fuch a connettion of the tw Lacke ideas of the inferred propofition. Yet what thou can'ft attain which beft may ferv "To glorify the Maker, and infe Thee &lfo happier, fhall not be with-hel Thy hearin Milton Great Or bright, infers not excellence: the eart "Though in comparifon of heav'n fo fmall Milion One would wonder how, from fo differing premifles, they (hould all infer the fame conclufion Decay of Piety They have more opportunities than other me have of purchafing public efteem, by deferving wel of mankind; and fuch opportunitics always izfe obligations Atterbury 3. To offer; to produce Not in ufe Full well hath Clifford play'd the orator Inferring arguments of mighty force Shakefp YNFERENCE 2 f [inference, Fr. fro Conclufion drawn from previou arguments Though it may chanc clufion to be righ in the con it is yet unjuft and miftaken in the metho of ijference Glanville Thefe inferences or conclufions are the effets o reafoning, and the three propofitions, taken all together, are called fyllogifm or argument Warts Inre'RIBLE. adj. [from infer. from premifed grounds As fimpl miftakes commonl Deducibl beget fallacies, f me fro fallacious foundations, and mifapprehended mediums, eret conclufions no way inferibl from their premiffes Brown Inrer10'RITY. 2, fo [inferiorité, French from inferionr.] Lower ftate of dignit or value Th as nea language, thoug not of equal dignity, ye approaching to it as ou will allow an therefor w ar with that only infericrity whic be remedied moder 1. Lower in place 2. Lower in ftation or rank of life: corRender me more equal, or perhap Milton Superior, for inferior who is free 3. Lower in value or excellency Th And life itfelf th' inferionr gif I have added fome origina which, whether they are equa other poems, an author is th of of heav'n. Dryden papers of my own or inferiour to m moft improper judg Dryden 4. Subordinate On ther Watts 7. /. [from the adjeive. in a lower rank or ftation than ano A great perforr gets more by obliging his inferiour than by difdaining him South INFE'RNAL. adj. [infernal, Fr. infernus Lat.] Hellifh; tartarean; deteftable His gigantick limbs with large embrace Infolds nine acres of /z1fernal fpace INFE'RNA Dryden's Zn Store. 2. / Infernal flone, o the luna cauftick is prepare from an evaporated folution of filver, or from cryfial of filver It is a very powerful cauftick, eatin away the fleth and even the bones to which i is applied Hill's Mat. Medica Inre'RTILE Sfertile. wantin adj [infertile Fr i an Unfruitful not produétive fecundity; infecund Ignorance being of itfelf like ftiff clay, an in fertile foil, when pride comes to {corch and harde it, it grows perfetly impenetrable Government of the Tongue INFERTYLITY. 7. [. [infertilite, Fr. fro Unfruitfulnefs; want of ferinfertile, tility barbarif to reft contente is not poffibly t Dryden oufnefs of the foil, whereby the fruits of the eart became either very fmall, or very unwholefome Hale's Origin of Mankind To INFEST. w. a. [infefler, ¥rench; infifto 'To harafs; to difturb; to plague Iat. Unto my feeble breaf Come gently; but not with that mighty rag Wherewith the martial troops thou do'it 72/¢/Z And hearts of greateft heroes do'ft enrage. Spen/er They ceafed not, in the mean while, to ftrengthe that part which in heart they favoured, and t infeft by all means, under colour of other quarrels their greatett adverfarie in this caufe Hooker Although they were a people infeffed, an mightily hated of all others, yet was there nothin of force to work the ruin of their ftate, till th Hooker time beforementioned was expired They wer n mean diftrefled calamitou per fonsjthat fled to him for refuge; but of fo great quality, as it' was apparent that they came not thithe to prote¢t their own fortune, but to.infef an Bacon's Henry V11 invade his Envy avarice fuperftition love, wit the lik Addifon cares and paiflions 7xf¢/f human life No difeafe /zf¢//s mankind more terrible in it Arbuthnot on Diet fymptoms and effeéts [iz and feffiviry. # f InresTi'vity Mournfulnefs ; want of cheerfulnefs INFE'sTRED. a@dj. [in and fifler. ling; inveterate. Obfolete This curfed creature Rank mindful of that ol Infeftred grudge, the which his mother felt So foon as Clarion he did behold His heart with vengeful malice inly fwelt. Spenfer [iz and Sfeudum 7. INFEUDA'TION Latin. 'The act of putting one in pof feflion Qfa fee or eftate UNFIDEL 2 f [infidelle Fr infidelis Latin. An unbeliever; a mifcreant a pagan; one who rejefts Chriftianity Exhorting her if fhe di moarry yet not t Join herfelf to an infidel, as in thofe times fom chrittia had done fo of their eftate in this world Invine'viry, n f litas, Latin. 1. 'Want of faith th advancemen Hooler [infdelité, Fr. infide "The confideration of the divine omnipotence an infinite wifdom General and fundamental truths in philofophy religion, and human life, conduct our thought into a thoufand 7zferionr and particular propofi INFE'R10UR by tenuie, upon the infeudation of the tenant, an was ufually called knight's fervice ol widow love of liberty with life is giv'n tions Anothet military provifion was conventional an relative to fuperiour The fame diftemperature of the air that occafioned the plague, occafioned lthe infertility or noxi Nor gliftering, may of folid good contai More plenty than the fun, that barren fhines infer. infe ad;. [inferior, Latin INFERIOUR and our own ignorance are grea - inftruments of filencing the murmers of infidelity Taylor's Rule of /i‘ving holy 2. Difbelief of Chriftianity One would fancy that infidels would be exemp from that fingle fault, which feems to g;ow out o the imprudent fervours of religion; but fo it is tha infidelity is propagate nefs and contention with as much fierce as if the fafety of mankind de pended upon it Addifon's Spectator 3. Treachery; deceit or truft breac of contra The infidelities on the one part between the tw fexes, and the caprices on the other, the vanitie and yexations attending even the moft refined delights that make up this bufinefls of life, rende it filly and uncomfortable Speclator UNFINITE. adj. [infini, Fr. infinitus, Lat. 1. Unbounded; boundlefs ; unlimited; im menfe; having no boundaries or limits t its nature Impoffibl prefenc it is, tha Go fhoul withdraw his from any thing, becaufe the very fubftance of God is infinite Hooker. What's time, when on eternity we think A thoufand ages in that fea muft fink Time's nothing but a word; a millio Is full as far from izfinite as one Denban Thou fov'reign pow'r, whofe fecret will controul The inward bent and motion of our fouls Why haft thou plac'd fuch infinite degree Between the caufe and cure of my difeaf Whe tion, w haps o multipl Eve Prior we would think of izfnite fpace or duraat firft make fome very large idea; as permillions of ages or miles, "which poflibly w feveral times Locke an angel's comprehenfive though Cannot extend as far as thou haft wrought Our vaft conceptions are by fwelling brought Dennis Swallow'd and loft in 7zfnite, to nought 2. It is hyperbolically ufed for large; great I'NFINITELY. adw. [from iufizite. 1. Withou menfely withou limits bounds im Nothing may be infinitely defired, but that goo Hookers which indeed is infinite 2. In a great degree This is Antonio To whom I am fo infinitely bound. The king faw that contrariwif Shakefpear it woul follow that England, though much lefs in territory, ye fhould have infinitely more foldiers of their nativ Bacon forces than thofe other nations have Infinitely the greater part of mankind have profeffed to act under a full perfuafion of this grea Rogers article [fro / 7 INFINITENESS infinite. Immenfity ; boundleflnefs ; infinity The cunning df hi tears, the infnitenc/ the weakeft thread Let us always bea reverence ourfelve an flattery, the readinefs of hi of his vows, were but amon Sidney of his net about us fuch impreffions o fear o God tha before his Almightinefs infinite diftanc weakneffes w an may humbl exprefs tha his infinitenefs and ou Taylor betwee INFINITE'SIMAL. adj. [from infinite.] Infinitely divided INrUNITLIVE. adf. [infinitif, Fr. infinitivus Latin. In grammar, the infinitive affirm o |