Part 160

A state of indefectible virtue and happiness.

S. Clarke.

In`de*fect"ive (?), a. Not defective; perfect; complete. "Absolute, indefective obedience." South.

In`de*fei"si*ble (?), a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]

In`de*fen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of not being defensible. Walsh.

In`de*fen"si*ble (?), [Pref. in- not + defensible: cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.] Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.

Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible.

Burke.

In`de*fen"si*bly, adv. In an indefensible manner.

In`de*fen"sive (?), a. Defenseless. [Obs.]

The sword awes the indefensive villager.

Sir T. Herbert.

In`de*fi"cien*cy, n. The state or quality of not being deficient. [Obs.] Strype.

In`de*fi"cient (?), a. [L. indeficiens. See In- not, and Deficient.] Not deficient; full. [Obs.]

Brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven.

Jer. Taylor.

In`de*fin"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds.

In`de*fin"a*bly, adv. In an indefinable manner.

In*def"i*nite (?), a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]

1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.

It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that."

Boyle.

The time of this last is left indefinite.

Dryden.

2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as, indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.

Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension.

Spectator.

3. Boundless; infinite. [R.]