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Irreconcilement

IRRECONCI'LEMENT, noun Want of reconciliation; disagreement.

Irreconciliation

IRRECONCILIA'TION, noun Want of reconciliation.

Irrecoverable

IRRECOV'ERABLE, adjective [in and recoverable.]

1. Not to be recovered or repaired; as an irrecoverable loss.

2. That cannot be regained. Time past is irrecoverable

3. That cannot be obtained by demand or suit; as a debt.

4. Not be remedied; as irrecoverable misery.

Irrecoverableness

IRRECOV'ERABLENESS, noun The state of being irrecoverable.

Irrecoverably

IRRECOV'ERABLY, adverb Beyond recovery; beyond the possibility of being regained, repaired or remedied. Happiness may be irrecoverably lost.

1. Beyond the possibility of being reclaimed. A profligate may be irrecoverably abandoned to vice.

A profligate may be irrecoverably abandoned to vice.

Irrecuperable

IRRECU'PERABLE, adjective [Latin in and recupero, to recover.]

Irrecoverable. [Not used.]

Irrecuperably

IRRECU'PERABLY, adverb Irrecoverably. [Not used.]

Irredeemability

IRREDEEMABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being not redeemable.

Irredeemable

IRREDEE'MABLE, adjective [in and redeemable.]

1. That cannot be redeemed.

2. Not subject to be paid at the pleasure of government; as irredeemable debts; irredeemable certificates or stock.

Irredeemableness

IRREDEE'MABLENESS

IRREDU'CIBLE, adjective [in and reducible.] Not to be reduced; that cannot be brought back to a former state.

1. That cannot be reduced or changed to a different state; as corpuscles of air irreducible into water.

Irreducible

IRREDU'CIBLE, a. [in and reducible.] Not to be reduced; that cannot be brought back to a former state. 1. That cannot be reduced or changed to a different state; as corpuscles of air irreducible into water.

Irreducibleness

IRREDU'CIBLENESS, noun The quality of being irreducible.

Irrefragability

IRREFRAGABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being irrefragable or incapable of refutation.

Irrefragable

IRREFRA'GABLE, adjective [in and refragable, Latin refragor; re and the root of frango, to break.]

That cannot be refuted or overthrown; incontestable; undeniable; as an irrefragable argument; irrefragable reason or evidence.

Irrefragableness

IRREFRA'GABLENESS

IRREFRA'GABLY, adverb With force or strength that cannot be overthrown; with certainty beyond refutation. We say, the point in debate was irrefragably proved.

Irrefragably

IRREFRA'GABLY, adv. With force or strength that cannot be overthrown; with certainty beyond refutation. We say, the point in debate was irrefragably proved.

Irrefutable

IRREFU'TABLE, adjective [Low Latin irrefutabilis. See Refute.]

That cannot be refuted or disproved.

Irrefutably

IRREFU'TABLY, adverb Beyond the possibility of refutation.

Irregeneracy

IRREGEN'ERACY, noun Unregeneracy.

Irregular

IRREG'ULAR, adjective [Latin irregularis; in and regularis, regula. See Regular.]

1. Not regular; not according to common form or rules; as an irregular building or fortification.

2. Not according to established principles or customs; deviating from usage; as the irregular proceedings of a legislative body.

3. Not conformable to nature or the usual operation of natural laws; as an irregular action of the heart and arteries.

4. Not according to the rules of art; immethodical; as irregular verse; an irregular discourse.

5. Not in conformity to laws, human or divine; deviating from the rules of moral rectitude; vicious; as irregular conduct or propensities.

6. Not straight; as an irregular line or course.

7. Not uniform; as irregular motion.

8. In grammar, an irregular noun or verb is one which deviates from the common rules in its inflections.

IRREG'ULAR, noun A soldier not in regular service.

Irregularity

IRREGULAR'ITY, noun

1. Deviation from a straight line or from any common or established rule; deviation from method or order; as the irregularity of proceedings.

2. Deviation from law, human, or divine, or from moral rectitude; inordinate practice; vice. It is a favorable symptom when a profligate man becomes ashamed of his irregularities.

Irregularly

IRREG'ULARLY, adverb Without rule, method or order.

Irregulate

IRREG'ULATE, verb transitive To make irregular; to disorder. [Not in use.]

Irrelative

IRREL'ATIVE, adjective [in and relative.] Not relative; unconnected.

Irrelative chords, in music, have no common sound.

Irrelatively

IRREL'ATIVELY, adverb Unconnectedly.

Irrelevancy

IRREL'EVANCY, noun [from irrelevant.] Inapplicability; the quality of not being applicable, or of not serving to aid and support; as the irrelevancy of an argument or of testimony to a case in question.

Irrelevant

IRREL'EVANT, adjective [Latin elevo, levo, to raise.] Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not serving to support. We call evidence, testimony and arguments irrelevant to a cause, when they are inapplicable to it, or do not serve so support it.

Irrelevantly

IRREL'EVANTLY, adverb Without being to the purpose.

Irrelievable

IRRELIE'VABLE, adjective Not admitting relief.

Irreligion

IRRELIG'ION, noun Want of religion, or contempt of it; impiety.

Irreligionist

IRRELIG'IONIST, noun One who is destitute of religious principles; a despiser of religion.

Irreligious

IRRELIG'IOUS, adjective Destitute of religious principles; condemning religion; impious; ungodly.

Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious

1. Contrary to religion; profane; impious; wicked; as an irreligious speech; irreligious conduct.

Irreligiously

IRRELIG'IOUSLY, adverb With impiety; wickedly.

Irreligiousness

IRRELIG'IOUSNESS, noun Want of religious principles or practices; ungodliness.

Irremeable

IRRE'MEABLE, adjective [Latin irremeabilis; in and remeo, to return; re and meo, to pass.] Admitting no return; as an irremeable way.

Irremediable

IRREME'DIABLE, adjective

1. Not to be remedied; that cannot be cured; as an irremediable disease or evil.

2. Not to be corrected or redressed; as irremediable error or mischief.

Irremediableness

IRREME'DIABLENESS, noun State of being irremediable.

Irremediably

IRREME'DIABLY, adverb In a manner or degree that precludes remedy, cure or correction.

Irremissible

IRREMIS'SIBLE, adjective [Latin remitto. See Remit.]

Not to be pardoned; that cannot be forgiven or remitted.

Irremissibleness

IRREMIS'SIBLENESS, noun The quality of being unpardonable.

Irremissibly

IRREMIS'SIBLY, adverb So as not to be pardoned.

Irremovability

IRREMOVABIL'ITY, noun [See Irremovable.] The quality or state of being irremovable, or not removable from office.

Irremovable

IRREMOV'ABLE, adjective [in and removable.]

1. That cannot be moved or changed.

2. That cannot be legally or constitutionally removed from office.

Irremunerable

IRREMU'NERABLE, adjective [in and remunerable.] That cannot be rewarded.

Irrenowned

IRRENOWN'ED, adjective Not renowned; not celebrated.

Irreparability

IRREPARABIL'ITY, noun [See Irreparable.] The quality or state of being irreparable, or beyond repair or recovery.

Irreparable

IRREP'ARABLE, adjective [Latin irreparabilis. See Repair.]

1. That cannot be repaired or mended; as an irreparable breach.

2. That cannot be recovered or regained; as an irreparable loss.

Irreparably

IRREP'ARABLY, adverb In a manner or degree that precludes recovery or repair.

Irrepealability

IRREPEALABIL'ITY, noun [from irrepealable.]

The quality of being irrepealable.

Irrepealable

IRREPE'ALABLE, adjective [in and repealable. See Repeal.]

That cannot be legally repealed or annulled.

Irrepealableness

IRREPE'ALABLENESS, noun Irrepealability.

Irrepealably

IRREPE'ALABLY, adverb Beyond the power of repeal.

Irrepentance

IRREPENT'ANCE, noun Want of repentance; impenitence.

Irrepleviable

IRREPLEV'IABLE, adjective [in and repleviable.] That cannot be replevied.

Irreplevisable

IRREPLEV'ISABLE, adjective [in and replevisable.]

That cannot be replevied.

Irreprehensible

IRREPREHENS'IBLE, adjective [in and reprehensible.]

Not reprehensible; not to be blamed or censured; free from fault.

Irreprehensiblenes

IRREPREHENS'IBLENESS, noun The quality of being irreprehensible.

Irreprehensibly

IRREPREHENS'IBLY, adverb In a manner not to incur blame; without blame.

Irrepresentable

IRREPRESENT'ABLE, adjective [in and represent.] Not to be represented; that cannot be figured or represented by any image.

Irrepressible

IRREPRESS'IBLE, adjective [in and repressible.] That cannot be repressed.

Irreproachable

IRREPROACHABLE, adjective [in and reproachable.] That cannot be justly reproached; free from blame; upright; innocent. An irreproachable life is the highest honor of a rational being.

Irreproachableness

IRREPROACHABLENESS, noun The quality or state of being not reproachable.

Irreproachably

IRREPROACHABLY, adverb In a manner not to deserve reproach; blamelessly; as deportment irreproachably upright.

Irreprovably

IRREPROV'ABLY, adverb So as not to be liable to reproof or blame.

Irreprovalbe

IRREPROV'ALBE, adjective [in and reprovably.] That cannot be justly reproved; blameless; upright.

Irresistance

IRRESIST'ANCE, noun s as z. [in and resistance.]

Forbearance to resist; non-resistance; passive submission.

Irresistibility

IRRESISTIBIL'ITY

IRRESIST'IBLE, adjective That cannot be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition.

An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness.

Irresistible

IRRESIST'IBLE, a. That cannot be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness.

Irresistibleness

IRRESIST'IBLENESS, noun [from irresistible.] The quality of being irresistible; power or force beyond resistance or opposition.

Irresistibly

IRRESIST'IBLY, adverb With a power that cannot be successfully resisted or opposed.

Irresoluble

IRRES'OLUBLE, adjective s as z. [Latin in and resolvo.]

Not to be dissolved; incapable of dissolution.

Irresolubleness

IRRES'OLUBLENESS, noun The quality of being indissoluble; resistance to separation of parts by heat.

Irresolute

IRRES'OLUTE, adjective s as z. [in and resolute.] Not firm or constant in purpose; not decided; not determined; wavering; given to doubt. irresolute men either resolve not at all, or resolve and re-resolve.

Irresolutely

IRRES'OLUTELY, adverb Without firmness of mind; without decision.

Irresoluteness

IRRES'OLUTENESS, noun Want of firm determination or purpose; vacillation of mind.

Irresolution

IRRESOLU'TION, noun Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear.

Irresolvedly

IRRESOLV'EDLY, adverb s as z. [in and resolved.]

Without settled determination. [Little used.]

Irrespective

IRRESPECT'IVE, adjective [in and respective.]

Not regarding circumstances.

According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God.

Irrespectively

IRRESPECT'IVELY, adverb Without regard to circumstances, or not taking them into consideration.

Irrespirable

IRRES'PIRABLE, adjective [in and respirable.] Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as irrespirable air.

Irresponsibility

IRRESPONSIBIL'ITY, noun Want of responsibility.

Irresponsible

IRRESPONS'IBLE, adjective [in and responsible.] Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not answerable.

Irretentive

IRRETEN'TIVE, adjective Not retentive or apt to retain.

Irretrievable

IRRETRIE'VABLE, adjective [in and retrievable, from retrieve.]

Not to be recovered or repaired; irrecoverable; irreparable; as an irretrievable loss.

Irretrievableness

IRRETRIE'VABLENESS, noun The state of being irretrievable.

Irretrievably

IRRETRIE'VABLY, adverb Irreparably; irrecoverably; in a manner not to be regained.

Irreturnable

IRRETURN'ABLE, adjective Not to be returned.

Irreverence

IRREV'ERENCE, noun [Latin irreverentia; in and reverentia. See Reverence.]

1. Want of reverence, or want of veneration; want of due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being. irreverence toward God is analogous to disrespect toward man.

2. The state of being disregarded; applied to men. But this word is appropriately applicable to the Supreme Being and to his laws and institutions.

Irreverent

IRREV'ERENT, adjective

1. Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.

2. Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as an irreverent thought, word or phrase.

3. Wanting in respect to superiors.

Irreverently

IRREV'ERENTLY, adverb Without due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme being; in an irreverent manner.

1. Without due respect to superiors.

Irreversible

IRREVERS'IBLE, adjective [in and reversible.] That cannot be reversed; that cannot be recalled, repealed or annulled; as an irreversible decree or sentence.

Irreversibleness

IRREVERS'IBLENESS, noun State of being irreversible.

Irreversibly

IRREVERS'IBLY, adverb In a manner which precludes a reversal or repeal.

Irrevocability

IRREVOCABIL'ITY

IRREV'OCABLE, adjective [Latin irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.] Not to be recalled or revoked; that cannot be reversed, repealed or annulled; as an irrevocable decree, sentence, edict or doom; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise.

Irrevocable

IRREV'OCABLE, a. [L. irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.] Not to be recalled or revoked; that cannot be reversed, repealed or annulled; as an irrevocable decree, sentence, edict or doom; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise.

Irrevocableness

IRREV'OCABLENESS, noun State of being irrevocable.

Irrevocably

IRREV'OCABLY, adverb Beyond recall; in a manner precluding repeal.

Irrevokable

IRREVO'KABLE, adjective [in and revokable.]

Not to be recalled; irrevocable.

Irrevoluble

IRREV'OLUBLE, adjective That has no revolution. [Not used.]

Irrigate

IR'RIGATE, verb transitive [Latin irrigo; in and rigo, to water.]

1. To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew.

2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.

Irrigated

IR'RIGATED, participle passive Watered; moistened.

Irrigating

IR'RIGATING, participle present tense Watering; wetting; moistening.

Irrigation

IRRIGA'TION, noun The act of watering or moistening.

1. In agriculture, the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants.

Irriguous

IRRIG'UOUS, adjective [Latin irriguus. See Irrigate.]

1. Watered; watery; moist.

The flowery lap

Of some irriguous valley spreads her store.

2. Dewy; moist.

Irrision

IRRIS'ION, noun s as z. [Latin irrisio, irrideo; in and ridio, to laugh.] The act of laughing at another.

Irritability

IRRITABIL'ITY, noun [from irritable.] Susceptibility of excitement; the quality of being easily irritated or exasperated; as irritability of temper.

1. In physiology, one of the four faculties of the sensorium, by which fibrous contractions are caused in consequence of the irritations excited by external bodies.

Irritability differs from sensibility; the most irritable parts of the body not being at all sensible, and vice versa. The heart is endued with the greatest irritability

Irritable

IR'RITABLE, adjective [from irritate.] Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies.

1. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as an irritable temper.

2. In physiology, susceptible of contraction, in consequence of the appulse of an external body.

In general, there is nothing irritable in the animal body, but the muscular fibers.

Irritant

IR'RITANT, adjective Irritating.

IR'RITANT, noun That which excites or irritates.

Irritate

IR'RITATE, verb transitive [Latin irrito; in and ira, wrath.]

1. To excite heat and redness in the skin or flesh of living animal bodies, as by friction; to inflame; to fret; as, to irritate a wounded part by a coarse bandage.

2. To excite anger; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate. Never irritate a child for trifling faults. The insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.

3. To increase action or violence; to highten excitement in.

Air, if very cold, irritateth the flame.

4. To cause fibrous contractions in an extreme part of the sensorium, as by the appulse of an external body.

Irritated

IR'RITATED, participle passive Excited; provoked; caused to contract.

Irritating

IR'RITATING, participle present tense Exciting; angering; provoking; causing to contract.

Irritation

IRRITA'TION, noun The operation of exciting heat, action, and redness in the skin or flesh of living animals, by friction or other means.

1. The excitement of action in the animal system by the application of food, medicines and the like.

2. Excitement of anger or passion; provocation; exasperation; anger.

3. In physiology, an exertion or change of some extreme part of the sensorium residing in the muscles or organs of sense, in consequence of the appulses of external bodies.

Irritation is the effect of a stimulus applied to an irritable part.

Irritative

IR'RITATIVE, adjective Serving to excite or irritate.

1. Accompanied with or produced by increased action or irritation; as an irritative fever.

Irritatory

IR'RITATORY, adjective Exciting; stimulating.

Irroration

IRRORA'TION, noun [Latin irroratio.] The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.

Irruption

IRRUP'TION, noun [Latin irruption; in and rumpo, to break or burst.]

1. A bursting in; a breaking or sudden violent rushing into a place. Holland has been often inundated by irruptions of the sea.

2. A sudden invasion or incursion; a sudden, violent inroad, or entrance of invaders into a place or country; as the irruption of the northern nations into France and Italy.

Irruptive

IRRUP'TIVE, adjective Rushing in or upon.

Is

IS, verb intransitive iz. [Latin est.] The third person singular of the substantive verb, which is composed of three or four distinct roots, which appear in the words am, be, are, and is is and was coincide with the Latin esse, and Goth.wesan. In the indicative, present tense, it is thus varied; I am, thou art, he, she, or it, is; we, ye or you, they, are. In writing and speaking, the vowel is often dropped; as, he's gone; there's none left.

Isabel

IS'ABEL, noun isabel yellow is a brownish yellow, with a shade of brownish red.

Isagogicical

ISAGOG'IC'ICAL, adjective Introductory.

Isagon

IS'AGON, noun [Gr. equal, and an angle.] A figure whose angles are equal.

Isatis

IS'ATIS, noun In zoology, the arctic fox or Canis lagopus.

Ischiadic

ISCHIAD'IC, adjective [Latin ischiadicus, from ischias, the sciatica, from ischium, the hip.] Pertaining to the hip. The ischiadic passion or disease is ranked by Cullen with rheumatism. It is a rheumatic affection of the hip joint. It is called also sciatica. It is sometimes seated in the tendinous expansion which covers the muscles of the thigh, but its most common seat is in the muscles, or in the capsular ligament, and it is then either rheumatic or gouty.

Ischuretic

ISCHURET'IC, adjective [See Ischury.]

Having the quality of relieving ischury.

ISCHURET'IC, noun A medicine adapted to relieve ischury.

Ischury

IS'CHURY, noun [Gr. to stop, and urine.]

A stoppage or suppression of urine.

Iserin

IS'ERIN

IS'ERINE, noun A mineral of an iron black color, and of a splendent metallic luster, occurring in small obtuse angular grains. It is harder than feldspar, and consists of the oxyds of iron and titanium, with a small portion of uranium.

Iserine

IS'ERINE, n. A mineral of an iron black color, and of a splendent metallic luster, occurring in small obtuse angular grains. It is harder than feldspar, and consists of the oxyds of iron and titanium, with a small portion of uranium.

Ish

ISH, a termination of English words, is, in Sax. isc. Dan.isk, G. isch; and not improbably, it is the termination esque, in French, as in grotesque, It.esco, in grotesco, and the Latin termination of the inceptive verb, as in fervesco. Annexed to English adjectives, ish denotes diminutive, or a small degree of the quality; as whitish, from white; yellowish, from yellow.

ISH annexed to names forms a possessive adjective; as in Swedish, Danish, English.

ISH annexed to common nouns forms an adjective denoting a participation of the qualities expressed by the noun; as foolish, from fool; roguish, from rogue; brutish, from brute. This is the more common use of this termination.

Isicle

I'SICLE, a pendant shoot of ice, is more generally written icicle. [See Ice and Icicle.]

Isinglass

I'SINGLASS, noun i'zinglass. [that is, ise or ice-glass.]

A substance consisting chiefly of gelatin, of a firm texture and whitish color, prepared from the sounds or air-bladders of certain fresh water fishes, particularly of the huso, a fish of the sturgeon kind, found in the rivers of Russia. It is used as an agglutinant and in fining wines.

Isinglass-Stone

ISINGLASS-STONE. [See Mica.]

Islamism

IS'LAMISM, noun The true faith, according to the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism.

Island

ISLAND, noun i'land. [This is an absurd compound of isle and land, that is, land-in-water land, or ieland-land. There is no such legitimate word in English, and it is found only in books. The genuine word always used in discourse is our native word, Sax.ealong, D.G. eiland.]

1. A tract of land surrounded by water.

2. A large mass of floating ice, is called an island of ice.

Islander

I'SLANDER, noun i'lander. An inhabitant of an ieland.

Isle

ISLE

ILE, noun ile. [Latin insula.]

1. A tract of land surrounded by water, or a detached portion of land embosomed in the ocean, in a lake or river.

The isles shall wait for his law. Isaiah 42:4.

2. A passage in a church. [See Aisle.]

Islet

ISLET, noun i'let. A little ieland.

Isochronal

ISOCH'RONAL

ISOCH'RONOUS, adjective [Gr. equal, and time.] Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times.

An isochronal line, is that in which a heavy body is supposed to descend without acceleration.

Isochronal vibrations of a pendulum are such as are performed in the same space of time.

Isochronous

ISOCH'RONOUS, a. [Gr. equal, and time.] Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times.

An isochronal line, is that in which a heavy body is supposed to descend without acceleration.

Isochronal vibrations of a pendulum are such as are performed in the same space of time.

Isolate

IS'OLATE, verb transitive To place in a detached situation; to place by itself; to insulate.

Isolated

IS'OLATED, participle passive or adjective Standing detached from others of a like kind; placed by itself or alone.

Isolating

IS'OLATING, participle present tense Placing by itself or detached like an isle.

Isomorphism

ISOMORPH'ISM, noun [Gr. like, and form.] The quality of a substance by which it is capable of replacing another in a compound, without an alteration of its primitive form.

Isomorphous

ISOMORPH'OUS, adjective Capable of retaining its primitive form in a compound.

Isonomy

IS'ONOMY, noun [Gr. equal, and law.]

Equal law; equal distribution of rights and privileges.

Isoperimetrical

ISOPERIMET'RICAL, adjective [See Isoperimetry.]

Having equal boundaries; as isoperimetrical figures or bodies.

Isoperimetry

ISOPERIM'ETRY, noun [Gr. equal, around, and measure.]

In geometry, the science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.

Isosceles

ISOS'CELES, adjective [Gr. equal, and leg.] Having two legs only that are equal; as an isosceles triangle.

Isothermal

ISOTHERM'AL, adjective [Gr. equal, proper, and heat.] Having an equal degree of heat, or a like temperature.

Isotonic

ISOTON'IC, adjective [Gr. equal, and tone.] Having equal tones. The isotonic system, in music, consists of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones.

Israelite

IS'RAELITE, noun A descendant of Israel or Jacob; a Jew.

Israelitic

ISRAELIT'IC

ISRAELI'TISH, adjective Pertaining to Israel.

Israelitish

ISRAELI'TISH, a. Pertaining to Israel.

Issuable

IS'SUABLE, adjective [from issue.] That may be issued. In law, an issuable term, is one in which issues are made up.

Issue

ISSUE, noun ish'u.

1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out of any inclosed place; egress; applied to water or other fluid, to smoke, to a body of men, etc. We say, an issue of water from a pipe, from a spring, or from a river; an issue of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows; an issue of people from a door or house.

2. A sending out; as the issue of an order from a commanding officer or from a court; the issue of money from a treasury.

3. Event; consequence; end or ultimate result. Our present condition will be best for us in the issue

4. Passage out; outlet.

To God the Lord belong the issues from death. Psalms 68:20.

5. Progeny; a child or children; offspring; as, he had issue a son; and we speak of issue of the whole blood or half blood. A man dies without issue

6. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements or other property. A conveyed to B all his right to a term for years, with all the issues, rents and profits.

7. In surgery, a fontanel; a little ulcer made in some part of an animal body, to promote discharges.

8. Evacuation; discharge; a flux or running. Leviticus 12:7. Matthew 9:20.

9. In law, the close or result of pleadings; the point of matter depending in suit, on which the parties join, and put the case to trial by a jury.

10. A giving out from a repository; delivery; as an issue of rations or provisions from a store, or of powder from a magazine.

IS'SUE, verb intransitive

1. To pass or flow out; to run out of any inclosed place; to proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; blood issues from wounds; sap or gum issues from trees; light issues from the sun.

2. To go out; to rush out. Troops issued from the town and attacked the besiegers.

3. To proceed, as progeny; to spring.

Of thy sons that shall issue from thee--2 Kings 20:18.

4. To proceed; to be produced; to arise; to grow or accrue; as rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.

5. In legal pleadings, to come to a point in fact of law, on which the parties join and rest the decision of the cause. Our lawyers say, a cause issues to the court or to the jury; it issues in demurrer.

6. To close; to end. We know not how the cause will issue

IS'SUE, verb transitive To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue money from a treasury, or notes from a bank.

1. To send out; to deliver from authority; as, to issue an order from the department of war; to issue a writ or precept.

2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions from a store.

Issued

IS'SUED, participle passive Descended; sent out.

Issueless

IS'SUELESS, adjective Having no issue or progeny; wanting children.

Issuing

IS'SUING, participle present tense Flowing or passing out; proceeding from, sending out.

IS'SUING, noun A flowing or passing out.

1. Emission; a sending out, as of bills or notes.

Isthmus

ISTHMUS, noun ist'mus. [Latin] A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland. Such is the Neck, so called, which connects Boston with the main land at Roxbury. But the word is applied to land of considerable extent, between seas; as the isthmus of Darien, which connects North and South America, and the isthmus between the Euxine and Caspian seas.

It

IT, pronoun [Latin id.]

1. A substitute or pronoun of the neuter gender, sometimes called demonstrative, and standing for any thing except males and females, 'Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.' Proverbs 9:12. Here it is the substitute for heart.

2. it is much used as the nominative case or word to verbs called impersonal; as it rains; it snows. In this case, there is no determinate thing to which it can be referred.

In other cases, it may be referred to matter, affair, or some other word. Is it come to this?

3. Very often, it is used to introduce a sentence, preceding a verb as a nominative, but referring to a clause or distinct member of the sentence. 'It is well ascertained, that the figure of the earth is an oblate spheroid.' What is well ascertained?

The answer will show:the figure of the earth is an oblate spheroid; it [that] is well ascertained. Here it represents the clause of the sentence, 'the figure of the earth, ' etc. If the order of the sentence is inverted, the use of it is superseded. The figure of the earth is an oblate spheroid; that is well ascertained.

IT, like that, is often a substitute for a sentence or clause of a sentence.

4. it often begins a sentence, when a personal pronoun, or the name of a person, or a masculine noun follows. it is I:be not afraid. it was Judas who betrayed Christ. When a question is asked, it follows the verb; as, who was it that betrayed Christ?

5. it is used also for the state of a person or affair.

How is it with our general?

6. it is used after intransitive verbs very indefinitely and sometimes ludicrously, but rarely in an elevated style.

If Abraham brought all with him, it is not probable he meant to walk it back for his pleasure.

The Lacedemonians, at the straits of Thermopylae, when their arms failed them, fought it out with nails and teeth.

Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it

Italian

ITAL'IAN, adjective Pertaining to Italy.

ITAL'IAN, noun A native of Italy.

1. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.

Italianate

ITAL'IANATE, verb transitive To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs.

Italianize

ITAL'IANIZE, verb intransitive To play the Italian; to speak Italian.

Italic

ITAL'IC, adjective Relating to Italy or its characters.

Italicize

ITAL'ICIZE, verb transitive To write or print in Italic characters.

Italics

ITAL'ICS, noun plural Italic letters or characters; characters first used in Italy, and which stand inclining; the letters in which this clause is printed. They are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc.

Itch

ITCH, noun

1. A cutaneous disease of the human race, appearing in small watery pustules on the skin, accompanied with an uneasiness or irritation that inclines the patient to use friction. This disease is supposed by some authors to be occasioned by a small insect, a species of Acarus, as the microscope detects these insects in the vesicles. Others suppose the pustules only form a nidus for the insects. This disease is taken only by contact or contagion.

2. The sensation in the skin occasioned by the disease.

3. A constant teasing desire; as an itch for praise; an itch for scribbling.

ITCH, verb intransitive

1. To feel a particular uneasiness in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part.

2. To have a constant desire or teasing inclination; as itching ears. 2 Timothy 4:1.

Itching

ITCH'ING, participle present tense Having a sensation that calls for scratching.

1. Having a constant desire.

Itchy

ITCH'Y, adjective Infected with the itch.

Item

I'TEM, adverb [Latin item also.] Also; a word used when something is to be added.

I'TEM, noun An article; a separate particular in an account. The account consists of many items.

1. A hint; an innuendo.

I'TEM, verb transitive To make a note or memorandum of.

Iterable

IT'ERABLE, adjective That may be repeated. [Not used.]

Iterant

IT'ERANT, adjective [See Iterate.] Repeating; as an iterant echo.

Iterate

IT'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin itero, to repeat, from iter, a going.]

To repeat; to utter or do a second time; as, to iterate advice or admonition; to iterate a trepass.

Iterated

IT'ERATED, participle passive Repeated.

Iterating

IT'ERATING, participle present tense Repeating; uttering or doing over again.

Iteration

ITERA'TION, noun [Latin iteratio.] Repetition; recital or performance a second time.

Iterative

IT'ERATIVE, adjective Repeating.

Itinerant

ITIN'ERANT, adjective [Latin iter, a way or journey.] Passing or traveling about a country; wandering; not settled; as an itinerant preacher.

ITIN'ERANT, noun One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.

Itinerary

ITIN'ERARY, noun [Low Latin itinerarium, from iter, a going.]

An account of travels or of the distances of places; as the itinerary of Antoninus.

ITIN'ERARY, adjective Traveling; passing from place to place, or done on a journey.

Itinerate

ITIN'ERATE, verb intransitive [Latin iter, a going; Low Latin itinero.]

To travel from place to place, particularly for the purpose of preaching; to wander without a settled habitation.

Itself

ITSELF', pronoun [it and self.] The neutral reciprocal pronoun, or substitute applied to things. The thing is good in itself; it stands by itself

Borrowing of foreigners, in itself makes not the kingdom rich or poor.

Ittrium

IT'TRIUM, noun The undecomposable base of yttria; but better written yttrium, unless yttria should be written ittria.

Ivory

I'VORY, noun [Latin ebur.] The tusk of an elephant, a hard, solid substance, of a fine white color. This tooth is sometimes six or seven feet in length, hollow from the base to a certain highth, and filled with a compact medullary substance, seeming to contain a great number of glands. The ivory of Ceylon and Achem does not become yellow in wearing, and hence is preferred to that of Guinea.

I'VORY, adjective Consisting of ivory; as an ivory comb.

Ivory-Black

I'VORY-BLACK, noun A fine kind of soft blacking.

Ivy

I'VY, noun A parasitic plant of the genus Hedera, which creeps along the ground, or if it finds support, rises on trees or buildings, climbing to a great highth.

Ivyed

I'VYED, adjective Overgrown with ivy.