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<hw>Il*lic"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illicitus</ets>; pref. <ets>il-</ets> not + <ets>licitus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>licere</ets> to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. <ets>illicite</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>License</er>.]</ety> <def>Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; <as>as, <ex>illicit</ex> trade; <ex>illicit</ex> intercourse; <ex>illicit</ex> pleasure.</as></def>

<blockquote>One <b>illicit</b> . . . transaction always leads to another. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Il*lic"it*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Il*lic"it*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Illicitous</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lic"it*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Illicit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Illicium</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*li"ci*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L. <ets>illicium</ets> an allurement.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of <i>Illicium anisatum</i> is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.</def>

<h1>Illighten</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*light"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To enlighten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Illimitable</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lim"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>il-</ets> not + <ets>limitable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>illimitable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; <as>as, <ex>illimitable</ex> space</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The wild, the irregular, the <b>illimitable</b>, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable; infinite; immense; vast.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Il*lim"it*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Illimitation</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lim`it*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>il-</ets> not + <ets>limitation</ets>: cf. F. <ets>illimitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Illimited</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lim"it*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not limited; interminable.</def> <i>Bp. Hall</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Il*lim"it*ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>The absoluteness and <b>illimitedness</b> of his commission was generally much spoken of. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illinition</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`li*ni"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illinire</ets>, <ets>illinere</ets>, to besmear; pref. <ets>il-</ets> in, on + <ets>linire</ets>, <ets>linere</ets>, to smear.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A thin crust or <b>illinition</b> of black manganese. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illinois</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`li*nois"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.sing. & pl.</tt> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.</def>

<h1>Illiquation</h1> <Xpage=728>