Part 5782

<h1>Industrially</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*dus"tri*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With reference to industry.</def>

<h1>Industrious</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*dus"tri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>industrius</ets>, <ets>industriosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>industrieux</ets>. See <er>Industry</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.</def>

<blockquote>Frugal and <b>industrious</b> men are commonly friendly to the established government. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; <as>as, he was negligent in business, but <ex>industrious</ex> in pleasure; an <ex>industrious</ex> mischief maker.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Industrious</b> to seek out the truth of all things. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*dus"tri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In*dus"tri*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Industry</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In"dus*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Industries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>industria</ets>, cf. <ets>industrius</ets> diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. <ets>industrie</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to <i>sloth</i> and <i>idleness</i>; <as>as, <ex>industry</ex> pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them</as>.</def>

<blockquote>We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of <b>industry</b> are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago. <i>A. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; <as>as, the sugar <ex>industry</ex>; the iron <ex>industry</ex>; the cotton <ex>industry</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <def>Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See <er>Diligence</er>.</syn>

<h1>Indutive</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*du"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>induere</ets> to put on. See <er>Indue</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.</def>

<h1>Induvi\'91</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*du"vi*\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., clothes, fr. <ets>induere</ets> to put on. See <er>Indue</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.</def>

<h1>Induviate</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*du"vi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Covered with induvi\'91, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.</def>

<h1>Indwell</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In"dwell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indwelt</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indwelling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.</def>

<blockquote>The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly <b>indwelt</b> form. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indweller</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In"dwell`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>