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In*volv"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being involved.

In*volve"ment (?), n. The act of involving, or the state of being involved. Lew Wallace.

In*vul"gar (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + vulgar.] To cause to become or appear vulgar. [Obs.] Daniel.

In*vul"gar, a. [Pref. in- not + vulgar.] Not vulgar; refined; elegant. [Obs.] Drayton.

In*vul"ner*a*bil`i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. invulnérabilité.] Quality or state of being invulnerable.

In*vul"ner*a*ble (?), a. [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invulnérable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]

1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms.

Milton.

2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.

In*vul"ner*a*ble*ness, n. Invulnerability.

In*vul"ner*ate (?), a. [L. invulneratus unwounded.] Invulnerable.

In*wall" (n*wl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inwalled (-wld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Inwalling.] To inclose or fortify as with a wall. Spenser.

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In"wall` (n"wl`), n. An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.

In"ward (n*wrd), a. [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]

1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; - - opposed to outward. Milton.

2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.

3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.]

All my inward friends abhorred me.

Job xix. 19.

He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.

Sir P. Sidney.

In"ward, n. 1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor.

Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.

Milton.

2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]

3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an inward of his." Shak.