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IDEALESS-IDES.

former, it signifies whatever belongs or relates to ideas generally. It is in this sense that the word is employed in the phrase 'ideal theory,' in the controversy between Reid and Priestley. The second sense of the word is more limited, being confined to a peculiar class of ideas created by and solely existing in the imagination. IDEALESS, i-de'a-les, a. Destitute of ideas. IDEALISM, i-de'al-izm, s. The system or theory that makes everything to consist in ideas, and denies the existence of material bodies; also, the designation of many and different systems of philosophy, which only agree in the common principle from which they originate. This principle is the opposite of the ideal and the real, that is, of ideas and things; the contrariety of mind and body, or of spirit and matter.

IDEALIST, i-deʼal-ist, s. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

IDEALIZE, i-deʼal-ize, v. n. To form ideas. IDEALLY, i-de'al-le, ad. Intellectually; mentally; in idea.

IDEATE, i-de'ate, v. a. To fancy; to form in idea.— Obsolete.

What good statesmen would they be, who should ideate or fancy such a commonwealth ?-Knott, IDEM, i'dem, a. (Latin.) The same. IDENTIC, i-den'tik, a. (identique, Fr.) The IDENTICAL, i-den'te-kal, saine; implying the same thing; comprising the same idea. IDENTICALLY, i-den'te-kal-le, ad.

ness.

With same

Sameness.

IDENTICALNESS, i-den'te-kal-nes, s. IDENTIFICATION, i-den-te-fe-ka'shun, s. The act of making or proving to be the same. IDENTIFY, i-den'te-fi, v. a. (idem, and fucio, I make, Lat.) To ascertain or prove to be the same; to make to be the same; to combine or unite in such a manner as to make one interest, purpose, or intention; to consider as the same in effect;-v. n. to become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, &c. IDENTITY, i-den'te-te, s. Sameness, as distinguished

it

from similitude and diversity. In philosophical language, the sameness of a substance under every possible variety of circumstances. In this sense it is employed in the phrase personal identity, where it signifies the invariable sameness of the thinking subject, or ego. In a secondary sense, denotes a merely relative identity, which may also be called logical or abstract. IDEOGRAPHIC, i-de-o-graf'ik, a. (idea, and grapho, I write, Gr.) Descriptive of ideas. Ideograhic characters, in Philology, characters which express figures or notions.

IDEOLOGICAL, i-de-o-loj'e-kal, a. Relating to ideology.

IDEOLOGIST, i-de-ol'o-jist, s. One who treats of ideas.

IDEOLOGY, i-de-ol'o-je, s. (idea, and logos, a discourse, Gr.) A treatise on ideas. The science of ideas or mind, is the term by which the later disciples of Condillac, under the Directory and the Empire, have designated the history and evolution of human ideas, considered as so many successive modes of certain original or transformed sensations.

IDES, idze, s. pl. (idus, Lat.) In the ancient Roman calendar, eight days in each month; the first day of which fell on the 13th of January, February,

IDIA-IDIOTICON.

April, June, August, September, November, and December, and on the 15th of March, May, July, and October.

IDIA, e-di'a, s. (idios, peculiar, Gr.) A genus of Dipterous insects: Family, Mucida. IDIOCRASY, id-e-ok'ra-se, s. (idios, peculiar, and krasis, a mingling, Gr.) Peculiarity of constitution.

IDIOCRATIC, id-e-o-krat'ik, ra. Peculiar in IDIOCRATICAL, id-e-o-krat'e-kal, constitution. IDIOCY, id'e-o-se, s. (idiotes, an unlearned man, Gr.) Want or defect of understanding; a natural defect. IDIOELECTRIC, id-e-o-e-lek'trik, a. (idios, Gr. and electric.) Electric per se, or containing electricity in its natural state.

IDIOM, id'e-um, s. (idiome, Fr.) A mode of speaking peculiar to a language or dialect; peculiarity of expression or phraseology.

Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech.-Prior. In Philology, a mode of speaking or writing, foreign from the usages of universal grammar, or the general laws of language, and restricted to the genius of some individual tongue. Thus, a sentence or phrase, consisting of words arranged in a particular manner, may be a Latin idiom, &c.; the same, arranged in a different manner, an English idiom, &c. The use of a particular inflexion of a word may also be an idiom. We have a number of subordinate words to express the idioms of particular tongues; thus, a Latin idiom is a Latinism; a French idiom a Gallicism, &c. IDIOMATIC, id-e-o-mat'ik, a. Peculiar to IDIOMATICAL, id-e-o-mat'e-kal, a language or tongue; relating to the peculiarities or modes of expression which belong to a language. IDIOMATICALLY, id-e-o-mat'e-kal-le, ad. According to the idiom of a language. IDIOPATHIC, id-e-o-path'ik, a. (idios, peculiar, and pathos, a disease, Gr.) Relating to idiopathy; indicating a disease peculiar to a particular part of the body, and not arising from any preceding distemper.

IDIOPATHICALLY, id-e-o-path'e-kal-le, ad. Resulting from its own disease or affections; not sympathetically.

IDIOPATHY, id-e-op'a-the, s. (idiopathia, Gr.) A primary disease, neither consequent on, nor complicated with, other morbid affections. IDIOREPULSIVE, id-e-o-re-pul'siv, a. Repulsive by itself.

IDIOSYNCRASY, id-e-o-sin'kra-se, s. (idios, peculiar, in, with, and krasis, a mingling, Gr.) A peculiarity of temperament or constitution, which predisposes persons to the attacks of certain disorders, from which others are exempt. IDIOSYNCRATICAL, id-e-o-sin-krat'e-kal, a. Of peculiar habit or disposition.

IDIOT, id'e-ut, s. (idiota, Lat.) A natural fool, or fool from his birth; a foolish person; one with an impaired intellect, or destitute of understanding. Inquirendo de idiota, in Law, a writ or commission to inquire into the state of a person's mind. IDIOTCY, id'e-ut-se, s. State of being an idiot. IDIOTIC, id-e-ot ́ik, IDIOTICAL, id-e-ot'e-kul, IDIOTISH, id-e-ot'ish, IDIOTICON, id-e-ot'e-kon, 8.

a.

Like an idiot; partaking of idiocy; sottish; foolish.

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IDIOTISM-IDOLATER.

IDIOTISM, id'e-ut-izm, s. Peculiarity of expression; a mode of expression peculiar to a language; a peculiarity in the structure of words and phrases; folly; natural imbecility of mind. IDIOTIZE, id'e-ut-ize, v. n. To become stupid.—

Seldom used.

It looks as if the heads of the greatest men were idiotized when they meet together.-Persian Letters. IDLE, i'd, a. (idel, ydel, Sax.)

Not employed;

averse to labour; not engaged; affording leisure; not employed; useless; vain; ineffectual; remaining unused; vacant; not occupied; unfruitful; barren; not productive of good; trifling; of no importance, as 'an idle story;' not tending to edification; lazy. This term is not synonymous with lazy, or a constitutional dislike or aversion to labour or action: idle, in its legitimate meaning, signifies unemployed, as an industrious man may be idle, but he cannot be lazy ;-v. n. to lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business;-v. a. to waste idly; to consume unprofitably.

If you have but an hour, will you improve that hour instead of idling it away?-Lord Chesterfield. IDLEHEADED, i'dl-hed-ed, a. Foolish; unreasonable; delirious; infatuated.-Seldom used in the last two senses.

IDLENESS, i'dl-nes, s. Absence of employment; the state of a person who is unemployed or doing nothing; aversion or reluctance to labour, or be employed either with mind or body; laziness; slothfulness; sluggishness; trivialness; inefficacy; uselessness; barrenness; worthlessness; unreasonableness; foolishness; madness.-Seldom used in the last eight senses.

There is no heat of affection but is joined with some idleness of brain.-Bacon.

IDLEPATED, i'dl-pay-ted, a. Idleheaded; stupid. IDLER, i'dl-ur, s. One who spends his time in inaction, or without being engaged in business; a lazy person; a sluggard.

IDLESBY, i'dlz-be, s. An inactive or lazy person. IDLY, i'dl-e, ad. Lazily; without employment; foolishly; in a trifling manner; carelessly; without attention; vainly; ineffectually. IDOCRASE, id'o-kras, s. (eido, I see, and krasis, mixture, Gr.) A volcanic mineral of various shades of brown, passing into various shades of green, with a vitreous lustre; streak white, massive, and crystalized. Its constituents are-silica, 37.35; alumina, 23.53; protoxide of iron, 3.99; lime, 29.68; magnesia, &c., 5.208: sp. gr. 3.34.

H=6.

IDOL, i'dol, s. (idole, Fr. idolo, Span.) In Pagan Mythology, an image or fancied representation of any of the heathen gods. This image, of whatsoever materials composed, was, by certain ceremonies called consecration, converted into a god-but whilst under the artificer's hand it was only a mere statue;-a person loved and honoured to adoration; anything on which we set our affections to excess; a representation.-Obsolete in the last sense.

Do her adore with sacred reverence,

As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence.Spenser, IDOLATER, i-dol'a-tur, s. One who pays divine honours to images; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; an adorer; a great admirer.

IDOLATRESS-IGASAURIC.

IDOLATRESS, i-dol'a-tres, s.

ships idols.

A female who wor

IDOLATRICAL, i-do-lat're-kal, a. Tending to idolatry. Obsolete.

We have in our church no publique worshipping of idols, no heathenish or idolatrical sacrifice.-By. Hoper. IDOLATRIZE, i-dol ́a-trize, v. a. To worship idols; to adore;-v. n. to offer idolatrous worship. IDOLATROUS, i-dol ́a-trus, a. Tending to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry, or of the worship of false gods; consisting in the worship of idols; consisting in or partaking of an excessive attachment or reverence.

IDOLATROUSLY, i-dol'a-trus-le, ad. In an idola

trous manner.

The

IDOLATRY, i-dol'a-tre, s. (idolatria, Lat.) worship of idols or images. In its most comprehensive sense, it denotes the worship of the works of God, as the sun, the moon, stars, and angels; restrictedly, it means the worship of the works of human hands, as statues, pictures, and such like; but to these may be added a third, that by which mankind have worshipped the true God under sensible figures and representations; excessive attachment or veneration for anything, or that which borders on adoration. IDOLISH.-See Idolatrous. IDOLISH, i'dol-izm, s.

Idolatrous worship; defence

of idolatrous worship. IDOLIST, i'dol-ist, s. A worshipper of images: a poetical word.

I to God have brought

Dishonour, obloquy, and op'd the mouths
Of idolists and atheists.-Milton.

IDOLIZE, i'dol-ize, v. a. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration.

IDOLIZER, i'dol-i- zur, s. One who idolizes, or loves
to reverence.
Idolatrous.
IDOLOUS, i'dol-us, a.
IDONEOUS, i-do'ne-us, a.

convenient; adequate.

Fit; suitable; proper;

IDOTEA, i-do-te'a, s. A genus of the Isopoda, in which all the feet are alike, and strongly unguiculated; the body oval, or simply oblong, and the lateral antennæ shorter than half the length of the body.

IDRIALINE, id're-a-line, s. A substance obtained by M. Dumas from a mineral found in the quicksilver mines of Idria, composed of 18 parts of carbon, and 1 of hydrogen. It imparts to sulphuric acid a beautiful blue tint, like sulphate of indigo.

IDYA, e-dia, s. (idyo, I divide, Gr.) A genus of Acalepha: Order, Simplicia.

IDYL, i'dil, s. (idyllium, Lat.) A short pastoral

poem. The necessary object or accompaniment of this species of poem has been said to consist in an animated and simple representation of ordinary objects in pastoral nature.

I. E.

A contraction for id est, Latin; that is. IF, if, conj. (gif, from gifan, I give, Sax.) Suppose it be so, or it were so, that; a hypothetical particle; whether or no; allowing that; suppose it be granted that.

I'FAITH, e'fayth, ad. (abbreviation of in faith.) Indeed; truly. A name

IGASAURIC ACID, ig-a-saw'rik as'sid, s.

given by Pelletier and Caventou to an acid which is found combined with strychnia in the Nax vomica.

IGNARO-IGNOMINIOUSLY.

IGNARO, ig-na'ro, s. (Latin.)

A contemptuous term, formerly used for blockhead.

No man can be such an ignaro as to imagine his sinews to be made of wire, or his body to be immured in brass.-Hewyt.

IGNEOUS, ig'ne-us, a. (igneus, Lat.) Consisting of fire; containing fire; having the nature of fire; resembling fire.

IGNESCENT, ig-nes'sent, a. (ignescens, Lat.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; s. a stone or mineral that gives out sparks when struck with steel or iron. IGNIFEROUS, ig-nif'er-us, a. (ignis, fire, and fero, I bear, Lat.) Producing fire. IGNIFLUOUS, ig-nif flu-us, a. (ignis, and fluo, I flow, Lat.) Flowing with fire. IGNIFY, ig'ne-fi, v. a. (ignis, and facio, Lat.) To form into fire.

IGNIGENOUS, ig-nij'e-nus, a. (ignis, and geno, I produce, Lat.) Produced by fire. IGNIPOTENCE, ig-nip'o-tens, s. (ignis, fire, and potentia, power, Lat.) Power over fire. IGNIPOTENT, ig-nip'o-tent, a. (ignis, and potens, powerful, Latin.) Presiding over fire; having power over fire.

Vulcan is call'd the power ignipotent.-Pope. IGNIS FATUUS, ig'nis fat'u-us, s. (Latin.) A kind of luminous meteor seen hovering over marshy places. There have been instances of people being decoyed by these lights into places where they perished, and hence the vulgar names 'Will-witha-wisp' and 'Jack-with-a-lantern.' The general opinion is, that this light is produced by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter, or by the revolution of gases which spontaneously inflame in the atmosphere. Ignis sacer, called also Erysipelas, or the Rose.

IGNITE, ig-nite', v. a. To kindle or set on fire; to communicate fire to, or to render luminous or red by heat;-v. n. to take fire; to become red with heat.

IGNITIBLE, ig-ni'te-bl, a. Capable of being ignited.

IGNITION, ig-nish'un, s. The act of setting fire to, or of taking fire in contradistinction to combustion or burning, which is a consequence of ignition. The sense is sometimes limited to that kind of burning which is unaccompanied with flame, as in the case of charcoal cinders, metals, stones, and other solid substances; the state of being heated to redness or luminousness; calcination. IGNIVOMOUS, ig-niv'o-mus, a. (ignivomus, Lat.) Vomiting fire.

IGNOBILITY, ig-no-bil'e-te, s. Ignobleness.-Ob

solete.

IGNOBLE, ig-no'bl, a. (French, from ignobilis, Lat.)

Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; mean; worthless; base; not honourable.

IGNOBLENESS, ig-no'bl-nes, s. Want of dignity;

meanness.

IGNOBLY, ig-no'ble, ad. Ignominionsly; meanly; dishonourably; reproachfully; disgracefully; basely; of low family or birth.

IGNOMINIOUS, ig-no-min'e-us, a. (ignominiosus, Lat.) Mean; shameful; reproachful; dishonourable; incurring disgrace; despicable; infamous; worthy of contempt.

IGNOMINIOUSLY, ig-no-min'e-us-le, ad. Meanly; disgracefully; shamefully.

IGNOMINY-ILEX.

IGNOMINY, ig'no-min-e, s.

Public disgrace; shame; reproach; dishonour; infamy. IGNOMY.-See Ignominy.

IGNORAMUS, ig-no-ra'mus, 8. (Latin.) In Law, a term, signifying 'We do not know,' and used by the grand jury as the term of indorsation when they ignore or throw out a bill of indictment for want of sufficient evidence; an ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge.

IGNORANCE, ig'no-rans, s. (ignorantia, Lat.) Absence or destitution of knowledge of any particular subject, or of things generally; the negative state of the mind which has been instructed; want of knowledge discovered by external effect. In the last sense the term has a plural, but is seldom used.

Forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances.Com. Prayer. Destitute of knowledge; IGNORANT, ig'no-rant, a. uninstructed or uninformed; unenlightened; unknown; undiscovered ;-(seldom used in the last two senses, except in poetry, as ignorant concealment;)-unacquainted with; unskilfully made or done; s. a person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled.

Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preach ?-Denham. IGNORANTLY, ig'no-rant-le, ad. Without knowledge, information, or instruction; unskilfully; inexpertly.

IGNORE, ig-nore', v. a. To be ignorant of; not to know. Obsolete.

IGNOSCIBLE, ig-nos'se-bl, a. (ignoscibilis, Lat.)

Pardonable.-Obsolete.

IGNOTE, ig-note', a. (ignotus, Lat.) Unknown.Obsolete.

A traveller passing through the confines of ignote countries.-Sir M. Sandys.

IGUANA, ig-u-an'a, s. A genus of Saurian reptiles, distinguished by a large gular pouch; dorsal and caudal crest spinous; palate with two rows of teeth; caudal scales equal, imbricated, and carinated: Type of the family Iguanida. IGUANIDA, ig-u-an'e-da, Į s. A family of Saurian IGUANIDE, ig-u-an'e-de, reptiles, of which Iguana is the type.

IGUANODON, ig-u-an'o-don, 8. (iguana, and odous, a tooth, Gr. from the similarity of the structure of the teeth to those of the iguana.) A genus of enormously large herbivorous Saurian reptiles, the remains of which were discovered in Tilgate forest, and described by Dr. Mantel; according to whom it measured 70 feet from the snout to the tip of the tail; the head was 4 feet in length; the tail, 13 feet; height of the body, 9 feet; its circumference, 14 feet; length of the hind foot, 64 feet; circumference of the thigh, 7 feet; length of the thigh and leg, 8 feet 2 inches. The Wealden formation, which contains the remains of these more than gigantic tenants of a former world, is overlaid by the chalk rocks of England, and is a fresh water deposit, indicating the former existence of an immense river in the south of this island.

ILE.-See Aisle.

ILEX, i'leks, s. (ac, a point, Gael. from the leaves of some of the species being prickly.) The Holly, a genus of plants, consisting of shrubs or small trees: Order, Aquifoliaces of Lindley, or Ilicineæ of other botanists.

ILIA-ILLACHRYMAPLE.

ILIA, l'e-a, s. pl. ILIUM. The small intestines; also, that part of the abdomen in which the intestines are situated. ILIAC, il'e-ak, a. (iliacus, Lat.) Relating to the lower bowels, or to the ilium. Iliac passion, a painful affection of the small intestines, of which | there are two varieties, the nervous and inflammatory. The former, a rare affection, dependent on, or connected with, cerebro-spinal irritation; the latter, ordinarily symptomatic of strangulation, or other obstruction of the Lowels. Hiacus internus, in Anatomy, a thick, broad, and radiated muscle, which is situated in the pelvis, upon the inner surface of the ilium. ILIAD, il'e-ad, s. (from ilium, ilion.) The name of an ancient epic poem on the subject of the taking of Troy, being the first and best of the epics composed by Homer. The Iliad is divided into twentyfour books, or rhapsodies, which are marked with the letters of the alphabet. ILICINEÆ. See Aquifoliaceæ.

ILIO, il ́e-o, 8. A term used in compounds to denote parts connected with the ilium. Ilio coccal valve, the valve situated at the junction of the ilium and coecum. Ilio-colic artery, a branch of the superior mesenteric artery, distributed to the ilium and commencement of the colon. Ilio-lumbur artery, a branch of the internal iliac artery. ILIUM, l'e-um, s. (cileo, I turn, Gr.) The last portion of the small intestines, so named from its convolutions. Ilium os, the haunch bone. ILK, ilk, a. An epithet still retained in Scotland and some parts of the north of England. It significs each, as ilk ane of you,' or 'each one of you;' it also denotes, as a substantive, the same name, Macleod of that ilk, meaning a gentleman whose surname and title of his estate are the same, as Macleod of Macleod.'

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ILL, il, a. (said to be contracted from cril, Sax. illa, Swed.) Bad in any respect; contrary to good, whether in a moral or physical sense; evil; producing evil or misfortune; unfortunate; unhealthy; insalubrious; cross; crabbed; peevish; diseased; sick or indisposed; impaired; discordant; harsh; disagreeable; homely; ugly; unfavourable; suspicious; rude; unpolished; not proper, regular, or legitimate;-s. wickedness; depravity; evil; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; misery ;-al. not well; not rightly in any respect; not easily; with pain or difficulty. I bears the sex a youthful lover's fate, When just approaching to the nuptial stateDryden

Ill, s. or ad., and denoting evil or wrong, is frequently used in composition with participles to express any bad quality or condition, as ill-formed, ill-meaning, &c. I, prefixed to words beginning with I, stands for in, as in Latin, and generally implies a negation of the sense of the simple word, as illegal, not legal; or it means to or on, and merely augments or enforces the same, as in illuminate.

ILLABILE, il-lab'ile, a. Not liable to fall or err; infallible.-Obsolete.

ILLABILITY, il-la-bil'e-te, 8. The quality of not being liable to fall, err, or apostatize.--Obsolete. ILLACERABLE, il-las'er-a-bl, a. That cannot be torn or lacerated.

ILLACHRYMABLE, il-lak're-ma-bl, a. (illachrymabilis, Lat.) Lacapable of weeping.

ILLAPSE ILLECEBRUM.

ILLAPSE, il-laps', s.

Gradual emission or entrance of one thing into another; sudden attack; casual coming. Passion's fierce ill- 7pse

Rouses the mind's whole fabric.-Akenside.

ILLAQUEATE, il-lak'we-nte, v. a. (illaqueo, Lt) To entangle; to entrap; to ensnare.- Seldom used.

I am illaqueated, but not truly captivated, into your conclusion.- More. The act of ILLAQUEATION, il-lak-we-a'shun, s. ensnaring, catching, or entrapping; a snare.Seldom used. Not placed in

ILL-ARRANGED, il-ar-raynjd', a proper or regular order. ILL-ASSORTED, il-as-sawrt'ed, a. distributed into classes or orders; particular kinds not classified by themselves.

Not properly

ILLATION, il-la'shun, s. (illatio, Lat.) Inference; conclusion drawn from premises.-Seldom used. ILLATIVE, il'la-tiv, a. Relating to illation or conclusion; that denotes an inference;-s. that which denotes illation or conclusion.-Seldom used. Illative conversion, in Logic, that in which the truth of the converse follows from the truth of the given proposition. ILLATIVELY, il'la-tiv-le, ad. By illation or con

clusion.

Most commonly taken illatively.—Bp. Richardson. ILLAUDABLE, il-law'da-bl, a. Unworthy of praise or commendation; not laudable; worthy of cen

sure.

Unworthily;

ILLAUDABLY, il-law'da -ble, ad. without deserving praise. ILL-BALANCED, il-bal ́anst, a. Not evenly poised; having an undue ascendancy in some particular part. ILL-BLOOD, il blud, s.

Resentment; discord; en

mity. ILL-BRED, il bred, a. Uncourteous; unpolite. ILL-BREEDING, il-breed'ing, s. Destitute of goodbreeding or courtesy; unpoliteness. ILL-CONCERTED, il-kon-sert'ed, a. Not skilfully ILL-CONTRIVED, il-kon-trivde', ( or ingeniously planned.

ILL-CONDITIONED, il-kon-dish'und, a.

Being in

Not well

Not meritoriou ly

Unskilfully schemed

bad order or state. ILL-CONDUCTED, il kon-duk'ted, a. managed; led astray. ILL-CONSIDERED, il-kon-sid'urd, a. Done without due deliberation; characterized by rashness. ILL-DEFINED, il-de-finde', a. Confused; not accurately defined. ILL-DESERVED, il-de-zervd', a. earned or obtained. ILL-DEVISED, il-de-vizde', a. or planned. ILL-DISPOSED, il-dis-pozde', a. liciously inclined. ILLECEBRACE.E, il-les-e-bra'se-e, s. Knotworts, a natural order of Exogenous herbaceous plants, consisting of herbs or subshrubs, with minute flowers and scarious bracts; the calyx and corolla symmetrical, but the latter rudimentary; the ovules amphitropal.

Wickedly or ma

ILLECEBROUS, il-le'se-brns, a. (illecebrosus, Lât.) Alluring; full of allurement.-Obsolete.

Not the eccbrous delectations of Venus, but the va

liant acts and noble affairs of princes.—Sir T. Elyst. ILLECEBRUM, il-les'e-brum, s. (illicio, I allure, Gr.)

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ILLEGAL-ILLIBERALLY.

A genus of plants: Type of the natural order
Illecebraceæ.

ILLEGAL, il-le'gal, a. Contrary to law; unlawful;
not legal; illicit.

ILLICIT-ILL-NATURE.

ILLICIT, il-lis'it, a. (illicitus, Lat.) Not permitted
or allowed; prohibited; unlawful.
ILLICITLY, il-lis'it-le, ad. Unlawfully.
ILLICITNESS, il-lis'it-nes, s. Unlawfulness.

ILLEGALITY, il-le-gal'e-te, s. Contrariety to law; ILLICITOUS, il-lis'it-us, a. Unlawful.
unlawfulness.

ILLEGALIZE, il-legal-ize, v. a.

ful.

To render unlaw

ILLEGALLY, il-le'gal-le, ad. In a manner contrary to law.

ILLEGALNESS, il-le'gal-nes, s. The state of being illegal.

ILLICIUM, il-lish'e-um, s. (illicio, I allure, Lat. on
account of the agreeable aromatic smell of the
species.) The Anise-seed-tree, a genus of plants:
Order, Magnoliaceæ.

ILLIGERA, il-lij'e-ra, s. (in honour of C. W. Illiger.)
A genus of plants: Order, Combretaceæ.
ILLIGHTEN. See Enlighten.

ILLEGIBILITY, il-lej-e-bil'e-te, s. The quality of ILL-IMAGINED, il-e-maj'ind, a.
being illegible.

ILLEGIBLE, il-lej'e-bl, a. That cannot be read.
ILLEGIBLY, il-lej'e-ble, ad. In a manner not to be
read.
ILLEGITIMACY, il-le-jit'e-ma-se, s. The state of
being born out of wedlock; the state of bastardy;
the state of being not genuine, or of legitimate
origin.
ILLEGITIMATE, il-le-jit'e-mate, a. Born out of
wedlock; unlawfully begotten; spurious; con-
trary to law; not genuine; not authorized by
good usage ;-v.a. to render illegitimate; to prove
to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize.
ILLEGITIMATELY, il-le-jit'e-mate-le, ad. Not in
wedlock; without authority.

ILLEGITIMATION, il-le-jit-e-ma'shun, s. The state
of one not born in wedlock; want of genuine-

ness.

ILL-EQUIPPED, il-e-kwipt', a. Badly furnished with arms; wanting many things.

ILLEVIABLE, il-lev'e-a-bl, a. That cannot be levied or exacted.

ILL-FACED, il'faste, a. Having an ugly or repulsive face.

ILL-FATED, il-fa'ted, a.

Unfortunate; destined to severe reverses, or bad fortune. ILL-FAVOURED, il-fa'vurd, a. Ill-looking; destitute of beauty; deformed.

ILL-FAVOUREDLY, il-fa'vurd-le, ad. With deformity; roughly; rudely.

ILL-FAVOUREDNESS, il-fa'vurd-nes, s. Deformity; ugliness.

ILL-FITTED, il-fit'ted, a. Inaccurately fitted; not
made to suit.

ILL-FORMED, il'fawrmd, a. Inelegantly formed;
having an unseemly appearance.
ILL-FRAMED, il'fraymd, a. Not having the parts
properly adjusted or arranged; framed without
due attention to proportion.

ILL-FURNISHED, il-fur'nisht, a. Insufficiently fur-
nished; not well supplied with furniture.
ILL-HABITED, il-hab'it-ed, a. Meanly habited;
not well dressed.

ILLIBERAL, il-lib ber-al, a. Not liberal, free, or
generous; of a contracted mind; not catholic;
not munificent or generous; uncharitable in judg-
ing; sparing of gifts; not becoming a well-bred
man; cold in charity.
ILLIBERALITY, il-lib-ber-al'e-te, s. Narrowness
of mind; meanness; want of expansive opinions;
contractedness; parsimony; want of munificence.
ILLIBERALIZE, il-lib'ber-al-ize, v. a. To imbue
with an illiberal disposition; to make illiberal;
to eradicate.

ILLIBERALLY, il-lib'ber-al-le, ad. Ungenerously;
uncandidly; uncharitably; disingenuously; par-
simoniously.

trived; badly conceived. ILLIMITABLE, il-lim'e-ta-bl, a. bounded or limited. ILLIMITABLY, il-lin'e-ta-ble, ad.

Imperfectly con

That cannot be

Without possibility of being bounded; without limits. ILLIMITATION, il-lim-e-ta'shun, s. The state of being illimitable.

ILLIMITED, il-lim'it ed, a. Unbounded; not li-
mited.

ILLIMITEDNESS, il-lim'it-ed-nes, s. The state of
being without limits or restriction.
ILL-INFORMED, il-in-fawrmd', ɑ. Supplied with
scanty information; furnished with objectionable
or erroneous information.

ILLINITION, il-le-nish'un, s. (illinitus, Lat.) A
thin crust of some extraneous substance formed
on minerals; an anointing; a rubbing in of oint-
ment.

ILLIQUATION, il-le-kwa'shun, s. (from illiquesio, I
am melted down, Lat.) The act of melting one
thing into another.-Not used.
ILLITERACY, il-lit'er-a-se, s. The state of being
untaught, or devoid of knowledge; ignorance of
letters.

ILLITERAL, il-lit'er-al, a. Not literal.
ILLITERATE, il-lit'er-ate, a. (illiteratus, Lat.) Un-
lettered; untaught; ignorant of letters or books;
unlearned; uninstructed in science.
ILLITERATENESS, il-lit'er-ate-nes, s. Want of
learning; ignorance of literature, books, or science.
ILLITERATURE, il-lit'er-a-ture, s. Want of learn-
ing. Seldom used.

If the historian intended hereby to arraign the abbots of illiterature.-H. Wharton,

ILLITHIA, il-lith ́e-a, s. A genus of Lepidopterous
insects: Family, Nocturna.

ILL-JUDGED, il-jujd', a. Rashly determined; in-
judiciously judged.
ILL-LIVED, il-livd', a.
Seldom used.

Leading a wicked life.-

How too like is this cracked bell to a scandalous and ill-lived teacher --Bp. Hall. ILL-LOOKING, il-look'ing, a. Having an unfavourable or bad look; of a repulsive appearance. ILL-MANNED, il-mand', a. Having, as a ship, an

insufficient supply of men.
ILL-MEANING, il-me'ning, a. Having wicked in-
tentions; meaning evil.

ILLMENITE, il'me-nite, s. (from Imen, near Minsk.)
A variety of titaniferous iron ore, of a brownish-
black colour. Its constituents are-titanic acid,
46.92; peroxide of iron, 10.74; protoxide of
iron, 37.86; protoxide of manganese, 2.73; mag-
nesia, 1.4: sp. gr. 4.76. H=5.75.
ILL-MODELLED, il-mod'eld, a. Inaccurately mo-
delled; designed after an improper model.
ILL-NATURE, il-na'ture, s. Habitual crabbedness

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