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In*road" (n*rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.] To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.]

The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine.

Fuller.

In*roll" (?), v. t. See Enroll.

In"run`ning (?), n. The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. Tennyson.

In"rush` (?), n. A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide. G. Eliot.

In*rush" (?), v. i. To rush in. [Obs.] Holland.

||In*sab`ba*ta"ti (?), n. pl. [LL. Insabatati. See 1st In-, and Sabot.] ||The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiarly cut or marked ||sabots, or shoes. || In*safe"ty (?), n. Insecurity; danger. [Obs.]

In*sal`i*va"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.

In`sa*lu"bri*ous (?), a. [Pref. in- not + salubrious: cf. L. insalubris, F. insalubre.] Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.

In`sa*lu"bri*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. insalubrite.] Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate. Boyle.

In*sal"u*ta*ry (?), a. [L. insaluteris : cf. F. insalutaire. See In- not, and Salutary.] 1. Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health.

2. Not tending to safety; productive of evil.

In*san`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.

In*san"a*ble (?), a. [L. insanabilis; cf. OF. insanable. See In- not, and Sanable.] Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.

In*san"a*ble*ness, n. The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness.

In*san"a*bly, adv. In an incurable manner.

In*sane" (?), a. [L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.] 1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.

3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.]

Or have we eaten on the insaneroot That takes the reason prisoner ?

Shak.

4. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.

I know not which was the insane measure.

Southey.

In*sane"ly, adv. Without reason; madly; foolishly.

In*sane"ness, n. Insanity; madness.

In*sa"ni*ate (?), v. t. To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] Feltham.

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