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In`so*no"rous (?), a. Not clear or melodious.

In*sooth" (?), adv. In sooth; truly. [Archaic]

||In`sou`ciance" (?), n. [F.] Carelessness; heedlessness; ||thoughtlessness; unconcern. || ||In`sou`ciant" (?), a. [F.] Careless; heedless; indifferent; ||unconcerned. J. S. Mill. || In*soul" (?), v. t. To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

could not but insoul himself in her.

Feltham.

In*span" (?), v. t. & i. [D. inspannen.] To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle. [South Africa]

In*spect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspecting.] [L. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere to inspect; pref. in- in + specere to look at, to view: cf. F. inspecter, fr. L. inspectare, freq. fr. inspicere. See Spy.]

1. To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.

2. To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend. Sir W. Temple.

In*spect", n. [L. inspectus. See Inspect, v. t.] Inspection. [Obs.] Thomson.

In*spec"tion (?), n. [L. inspectio: cf. F. inspection.] 1. The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation. Spenser.

With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature.

Milton.

2. The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.

Trial by inspection (O. Eng. Law), a mode of trial in which the case was settled by the individual observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury. Abbott.

In*spect"ive (?), a. [L. inspectivus.] Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.

In*spect"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. inspecteur.] One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.

Inspector general (Mil.), a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline.

In*spect"or*ate (?), n. Inspectorship. [R.]

In`spec*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection. [R.]

In*spect"or*ship (?), n. 1. The office of an inspector.

2. The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.

In*spect"ress, n. A female inspector.

In*sperse" (?), v. t. [L. inspersus, p. p. of inspergere to sprinkle upon; pref. in- in, on + spargere to sprinkle.] To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey.

In*sper"sion (?), n. [L. inspersio.] The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman.

||In*spex"i*mus (?), n. [L., we have inspected.] The first word of ||ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former ||king; hence, a royal grant. || In*sphere" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insphering.] [Cf. Ensphere.] To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.

Bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air.

Milton.