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Carlyle.

3. (Med.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

Center of inertia. (Mech.) See under Center.

In*er"tion (?), n. Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [R.]

These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever.

E. Darwin.

In*ert"i*tude (?), n. [See Inert.] Inertness; inertia. [R.] Good.

In*ert"ly, adv. Without activity; sluggishly. Pope.

In*ert"ness, n. 1. Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility. Glanvill.

Laziness and inertness of mind.

Burke.

2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.

In*er"u*dite (?), a. [L. ineruditus. See In- not, and Erudite.] Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.

In`es*cap"a*ble (?), a. Not escapable.

In*es"cate (?), v. t. [L. inescatus, p. p. of inescare; in- in + esca bait.] To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.]

To inescate and beguile young women!

Burton.

In`es*ca"tion (?), n. [L. inescatio.] The act of baiting; allurement. [Obs.] Hallywell.

In`es*cutch"eon (?), n. (Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.

||In` es"se (?). [L.] In being; actually existing; - - distinguished ||from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but ||may be. || In`es*sen"tial (?), a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.]

1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke.

The womb of inessential Naught.

Shelley.

2. Not essential; unessential.

In*es"ti*ma*ble (?), a. [L. inaestimabilis: cf. F. inestimable. See In- not, and Estimate.] Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.

But above all, for thine inestimable love.

Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard.