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<hw>In*dul"ger</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who indulges.</def>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Indulgiate</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*dul"gi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To indulge.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<h1>Induline</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. fr. <ets>ind</ets>igo.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also <altname>aniline black</altname>.</def>

<h1>Indult, Indulto</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw><hw>In*dult"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*dul"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indultum</ets> indulgence, favor, fr. <ets>indultus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>indulgere</ets>: cf. It. <ets>indulto</ets>, F. <ets>indult</ets>. See <er>Indulge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Spain)</fld> <def>A duty levied on all importations.</def>

<h1>Indument</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indumentum</ets> a covering. See <er>Indue</er>, and cf. <er>Induement</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Plumage; feathers.</def>

<h1>Induplicate</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*du"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in \'91stivation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.</def>

<h1>Induplicative</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*du"pli*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having induplicate sepals or petals in \'91stivation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having induplicate leaves in vernation.</def>

<h1>Indurance</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*dur"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Endurance</er>.</def>

<h1>Indurate</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>induratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>indurare</ets> to harden. See <er>Endure</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Hardened; not soft; indurated.</def>

<i>Tyndale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.</def>

<h1>Indurate</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indurated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indurating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make hard; <as>as, extreme heat <ex>indurates</ex> clay; some fossils are <ex>indurated</ex> by exposure to the air.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.</def>

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