<h1>Inescapable</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In`es*cap"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not escapable.</def>
<h1>Inescate</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In*es"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inescatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inescare</ets>; <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>esca</ets> bait.]</ety> <def>To allure; to lay a bait for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>To <b>inescate</b> and beguile young women!
<i>Burton.</i>
<h1>Inescation</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In`es*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inescatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of baiting; allurement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Hallywell.</i>
<h1>Inescutcheon</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In`es*cutch"eon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A small escutcheon borne within a shield.</def>
<h1>In esse</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In` es"se</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from <i>in posse</i>, or <i>in potentia</i>, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.</def>
<h1>Inessential</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In`es*sen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>essential</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inessentiel</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having no essence or being.</def>
<i>H. Brooke.</i>
<blockquote>The womb of <b>inessential</b> Naught. <i>Shelley.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not essential; unessential.</def>
<h1>Inestimable</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In*es"ti*ma*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inaestimabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inestimable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Estimate</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; <as>as, <ex>inestimable</ex> rights or privileges</as>.</def>
<blockquote>But above all, for thine <b>inestimable</b> love. <i>Bk. of Com. Prayer.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Science is too <b>inestimable</b> for expression by a money standard. <i>Lyon Playfair.</i></blockquote>
<syn>Syn. -- Incalculable; invaluable; priceless.</syn>
<h1>Inestimably</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In*es"ti*ma*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; <as>as, things <ex>inestimably</ex> excellent</as>.</def>
<h1>Inevasible</h1> <Xpage=757>
<hw>In`e*va"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being <?/vaded; inevitable; unavoidable.</def>
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