The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation.
Paley.
In*tim"i*da*to*ry (?), a. Tending or serving to intimidate.
In*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.]
1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.
2. (Eccl.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
In`tinc*tiv"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. in- not + L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge] The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies. Kirwan.
In"tine (?), n. [L. intus within. Cf. Extine.] (Bot.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
In*tire" (?), a., In*tire"ly, adv. See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.
In*ti"tle (?), v. t. See Entitle.
In*tit"ule (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intituled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intituling.] [Cf. F. intituler. See Entitle.] To entitle; to give a title to. Selden.
In"to (?), prep. [In + to.] To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
3. Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.
Compare In.
In*tol`er*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]
In*tol"er*a*ble (?), a. [F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]
1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
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His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside.
Shak.
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack.
Shak.
-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.
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