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<hw>Il`le*git"i*ma*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render illegitimate; to bastardize.</def>

<h1>Illesive</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*le"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>il-</ets> not + L. <ets>laedere</ets>, <ets>laesum</ets>, to injure.]</ety> <def>Not injurious; harmless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Illeviable</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lev"i*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Ill-favored</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill`-fa"vored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ill-favored</b> and lean-fleshed. <i>Gen. xli. 3.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ill`-fa"vored*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ill`-fa"vored*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Illiberal</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illiberalis</ets>; pref. <ets>il-</ets> not + <ets>liberalis</ets> liberal: cf. F. <ets>illib\'82ral</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.</def> "A thrifty and <i>illiberal</i> hand."

<i>Mason.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not well authorized or elegant; <as>as, <ex>illiberal</ex> words in Latin</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chesterfield.</i>

<h1>Illiberalism</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Illiberality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Illiberality</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib`er*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illiberalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>illib\'82ralit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Illiberalize</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Illiberalized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Illiberalizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make illiberal.</def>

<h1>Illiberally</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.</def>

<h1>Illiberalness</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being illiberal; illiberality.</def>

<h1>Illicit</h1> <Xpage=728>

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