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<h1>Indoctrination</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*doc`tri*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Indo-English</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`do-Eng"lish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Indo-</ets> + <ets>English</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.</def>

<h1>Indo-European</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; <as>as, the <ex>Indo-European</ex> or Aryan family</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The common origin of the <b>Indo-European</b> nations. <i>Tylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indogen</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"do*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ind</ets>igo + -<ets>gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A complex, nitrogenous radical, <chform>C8H5NO</chform>, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.</def>

<h1>Indogenide</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"do*gen*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus.</def>

<h1>Indo-Germanic</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`do-Ger*man"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Indo-</ets> + <ets>Germanic</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Same as <er>Aryan</er>, and <er>Indo-European</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language.</def>

<h1>Indoin</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"do*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.</def>

<h1>Indol</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"dol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ind</ets>igo + -<ets>ol</ets> of <ets>phenol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance, <chform>C8H7N</chform>, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.</def>

<h1>Indolence</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"do*lence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indolentia</ets> freedom from pain: cf. F. <ets>indolence</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I have ease, if it may not rather be called <b>indolence</b>. <i>Bp. Hough.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.</def>

<blockquote>Life spent in <b>indolence</b>, and therefore sad. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As there is a great truth wrapped up in "diligence," what a lie, on the other hand, lurks at the root of our present use of the word "<b>indolence</b>"! This is from "in" and "doleo," not to grieve; and <b>indolence</b> is thus a state in which we have no grief or pain; so that the word, as we now employ it, seems to affirm that indulgence in sloth and ease is that which would constitute for us the absence of all pain. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indolency</h1> <Xpage=754>

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