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Show I'N' Instexi'Frcance, | u. /. [infignificance, Fr Instont'ricancy. [ "from infignificant. 1. Want of meaning unmeanin At the ifle of Rhee he infinuated himfelf inte th very good grace of the duke of Buckingham Clarendon terms 3. To hint; to impart indirectly To give an account of all the izfignificancies an And all the fikions bards purfu verbal nothings of this philofophy, would be to tran D Glanville feribe it 2, Unimportance vidence but infinuate what' Swift true 4. To inftil; to infufe gently All the art of rhetorick As I was ruminating on that I had feen, I coul not forbear refleting on the infignificancy of huma art, when fet in comparifon with the defigns of Pro nefs, are for nothin ideas mov th judgment Addifon's Guardian befides order an elfe but t paflions, an 1. T wheedle clear infinuate wron thereby miflead th Locke to gain on the affettion I love no colours; and without all colou Of bafe infinuating flattery *Till you can weight and gravity explain Thofe words are infignificant and vain Blackmore I pluck this white rofe with Plantagenet 2 wanting weight ; ineffec 'l'o fteal int Shake/p imperceptibly; to be con veyed infenfibly tual. This fenfe, though fupported b authority, is not very proper Peitilential miafms infinuate into the-humoral an confiftent parts of the body Harvey That T might not be vapoured down by. izfignificant teftimonies, 1 prefumed to ufe the great nam of your fociety to annihilate all fuch arguments Glanv. Scepfs Preface Calumny robs the publick of all that benefit tha it may juftly claim from the worth and virtue o particular perfons, by rendering their virtue utterl 3. I know not whether Milton does not uf this word, according to its etymology for, to enfold; to wreath; to wind South infignificant All the arguments to a good life will be very inJSfignificant to a man that hath a mind to be wicked INsiNUA'TION. 7. [. [infinnatio, Lat nuation, French, from infinuate. infiTh power of pleafing or ftealing upo affections th Clofe the ferpent fl Infinuating Tillotfon and iz/igni Nothing can be more contemptibl Jean tha Addifon a king In a hemorrhage from the lungs, no remedy f proper as bleeding, often repeated: ftypticks are ofte Arbuthnot infignificant [fro adv Insieni'FicaNTLY He had a natural infinuation and addrefs, whic made him acceptable in the beft company infiguifi Insy'NUATIVE. ad). [from infinnate. ing on the affe¢tions 1. Without meaning an i Lat Jincere. 1. Not what he appears; not hearty fembling; unfaithful; of perfons 2. Not found; corrupted dif Some earths yield, by diftillation, a liquor ver far from being inodorous or izfipid Boyle of things Ah why, Penelope, this caufelefs fear To render fleep's foft bleflings infincere Alike devote to forrow' dire extreme The day refleCtion, and the midnight dream Qur fathers much admir'd their fauces {weet And often call'd for fugar with their meat Infipid tafte, old friend, to them that Paris knew W here rocambole, fhallot, and the rank gailick grew King Pope IxsincerrTY. 2. /. [from infincere. Dif This chyle is the natural and alimentary pituita which the ancients defcribed as iz/ipid Floyer on the Humonrs She lays fome ufeful bile afide Prior To tinge the chyle's /nfipid tide fimulation ; want of truth or fidelity If me fhoul alway a under a mafk and i difguife, that indeed betrays. defign and infincerity Broome on the Odyjfey To InstNEW. w. a. [in and finew. ftrengthen ; to confirm A wor ufed All member of our caufe Inst'Nuant. adj. [French. power to gain favour Men not fo quic paflions, and commonl howfoever prove ver tunate men T no 2. Wantin dull {pirit; wantin heavy And he i7/ipi fou for Prolemy A heavy lump of earth without defire A heap ofafhes that o'erlays your fire. Dryd. Cleom Some fhort excurfions of a broken vo Dryd He made indeed, but flat iz/ipid ftuff Having th perhaps of conceit as flow t n. fo [infipidice, Fr, fro INsiPI'DITY nfipid. INSI'PIDN};SS. 1. Want of taite 2. Want of life or fpirit lefs inventive than judicious plaufible, infinuant, and forWhotton 90 INSUNUATE. @, a. [infinuer, Fr. in dity of Tate's Ins1'pIDLY. adv. [from infipid. The water eafily infinzates itfelf into and placidl Woodward diftends the veflels of vegetables Pope Ox great reafon wh tha the angles on one fid 77fif2 upon the centers of the bottom of the cells o the other fide Ray 2. No to recede fro terms or aflertions Upon fuch large terms and fo abfolute As our conditions fhall jz/i/# upon Our peace fhall ftand firm as rocky mountains. Shake(p 3. To dwell upon in difcourfe Were there no other act of hoftility but that whick we have hitherto 7z2/iffed on, the intercepting of he {upplies were irreparably injurious to her Decay of Piety Insy'sTENT. adj. [infiflens, Latin. upon any thing The breadth of the fubftruGio double to the 7ufijfert wall 7 f [i Exemption from thirft Reftin muft be at leaf Witton, and fitio, Latin. What is more admirable than the fitnefs of ever creature for the ufe we make of him The docilit of an elephant, and the izfiiiency of a camel for tra velling in defarts Grew, Inst'rioN. 2. fi [infitio, Latin. 'The infertion or ingraffment of one branch iat another Without the ufe of thefe we could liave nothing of culture or civility : no tillage,.grafting, or izfition Ray Inst'sTure. 7 /. [from inff.], 'This wor feems in Shake/peare to fignify conftanc or regularity, but is now not ufed Th heav'ns themfelves the planets center Obferve degree, priority, and place many children abando Locke th Infifture, courfe, proportion, feafon, form Office and cuftom, in all line of order. Shakefpears, Zo Inswa'RE. v, a. [in and fuare. 1. To intrap; to catch in @ trap fnare; to inveigle gin o Why firew't thou fugar on that bottled fpider Whofe deadly web infrareth thee about> Shakefpeares She infnar'' Mankind with her fair Iooks. By long experience Durfey may no doub Milton Infnare a gudgeon, or perhaps a trout Though Dryden once exclaim'd in partial fpites He fith ! -becaufe the man attempts to write Feutorn, z. To intangle in difficulties or perplexities. That which in a great part, in the weighitieft caufes belonging to this prefent controverfy,, hath iz- Jnared the judgments both of fundry good and o fom well learned men tain. general principles is the manifeft truth of: cer- whereupo the ordinances that ferve for ufual pra@ice in the church of God are grounded Hookers That the hypocrite reign not, left the people be infnared 3. Enfuare is more frequent Fob, x3x1%. 30. Insxa'rRER. 7 /o [from infrare. He tha infnares Insolcravr . adj. [infeciable, Freneh ;. info ciabilis, Lat. = Change not your offer made in Heatof bioods Th their time infipidly, is becaufe they have found thei cuziofity baulied an . 2. Incapable of connexion-or union themfelves wholly to filly fports, and trifle away al | infifis Shakefpesre; 1. Without tafte 2. Dully; without {pirit 2. To puth gently into favour or regard commonly with the reciprocal pronoun Haoker are fo ordered 1. Averfe from converfation Dryden's lines thine firongly through the /zfipi- If this.auftere infociable life finuo, Latin. 1. To introduce any thing gently There is no particular evil which hath not fom appearance of goodnefs, whereby to izfizuate itfeif pathos; flat The gods have made your noble mind for me Shakefp ‘That are infinewed te this attion Steal InsiNvuA/TOR. 7 fi [infinuator, Lat. H that infinuates Ainfavorth INSI'PID. adj. [infipide, French; infipidus Latin. 1. Wanting tafte; wanting power of affe@ting the organs of guft 2, Without importance or effect [infincerus Clarendon It is a fvange infinuative power which exampl and cuftom have upon us, Government of the Tongue Birds are taught to ufe articulate words, yet the underftand not their import, but ufe them /izfignificantly, as the organ or pipe renders the tune, whic Hale it underitands not adj Milton Bacon m;zi. INsiNCE'RE of his fatal guil When the induftry of one man hath fettled th wotk, a new man, by 7nzfinuatior or mifinformation, may not fupplant him without a juft caufe inftigated againf the fcum of a people partitio Inst/Tiency Gave proof unheeded when remiffion of fins may be had upon cheap terms want of underftanding To INSUST. w.n. [infifter, French Latin. 1. To fland or reft upon to perfift in by gentle degrees InstoNU'FICANT. adj. [in and fignificant. 1. Wanting meaning; void of fignification Inst'PLENCE. 2. /. [infipicntia, Latin.] Folly The combs being double, the cells on each fide th ToINsIUNUATE. v, 2 My annals are in mouldy mildews wrought With ealy infignificance of thought Garth 2. Unimportant IN IN loweft ledge or.row muft be merel of flone, clofely laid, without mortar, which is a general cau- tion forall parts Tn-building that are contiguou board or timber, becaufe lime and. wood. arg i%fo ciable Hatton's AvehitsGure, InsoBrI'ETY |