Inflatus (v. t.) A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
Inflected (imp. & p. p.) of Inflect
Inflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflect
Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Inflect (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
Inflect (v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.
Inflected (a.) Bent; turned; deflected.
Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.
Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.
Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.
Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.
Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
Inflesh (v. t.) To incarnate.
Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Inflexed (a.) Turned; bent.
Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.
Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
Inflexible (a.) Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Inflexible (a.) Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
Inflexible (a.) Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
Inflexibleness (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
Inflexibly (adv.) In an inflexible manner.
Inflexion (n.) Inflection.
Inflexive (a.) Inflective.
Inflexive (a.) Inflexible.
Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Inflicted (imp. & p. p.) of Inflict
Inflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflict
Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.
Inflicter (n.) One who inflicts.
Infliction (n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
Inflictive (a.) Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.
Inflorescence (n.) A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
Inflorescence (n.) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other.
Inflorescence (n.) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflow (v. i.) To flow in.
Influence (n.) A flowing in or upon; influx.
Influence (n.) Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.
Influence (n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
Influence (n.) Induction.
Influenced (imp. & p. p.) of Influence
Influencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Influence
Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.
Influencer (n.) One who, or that which, influences.
Influencive (a.) Tending toinfluence; influential.
Influent (a.) Flowing in.
Influent (a.) Exerting influence; influential.
Inflential (a.) Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
Influentially (adv.) In an influential manner.
Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.
Influx (n.) The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.
Influx (n.) A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver.
Influx (n.) Influence; power.
Influxion (n.) A flowing in; infusion.
Influxious (a.) Influential.
Influxive (a.) Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.
Influxively (adv.) By influxion.
Infolded (imp. & p. p.) of Infold
Infolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infold
Infold (v. t.) To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.
Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.
Infoliate (v. t.) To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.
Inform (a.) Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Informed (imp. & p. p.) of Inform
Informing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inform
Inform (v. t.) To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
Inform (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
Inform (v. t.) To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.
Inform (v. t.) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Inform (v. t.) To give intelligence or information; to tell.
Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.
Informal (a.) Deranged in mind; out of one's senses.
Informalities (pl. ) of Informality
Informality (n.) The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.
Informality (n.) An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule.
Informally (adv.) In an informal manner.
Informant (v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
Informant (v. t.) One who imparts information or instruction.
Informant (v. t.) One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
Information (v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
Information (v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.
Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.
Informative (a.) Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.
Informatory (a.) Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.
Informed (a.) Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.
Informer (v.) One who informs, animates, or inspires.
Informer (v.) One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
Informer (v.) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
Informidable (a.) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
Informity (a.) Want of regular form; shapelessness.
Informous (a.) Of irregular form; shapeless.
Infortunate (a.) Unlucky; unfortunate.