Part 5803

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; <as>as, <ex>infallible</ex> evidence; <ex>infallible</ex> success; an <ex>infallible</ex> remedy.</as></def>

<blockquote>To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many <b>infallible</b> proofs. <i>Acts i. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See <cref>Papal infallibility</cref>, under <er>Infallibility</er>.</def>

<h1>Infallibleness</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fal"li*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Infallibly</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fal"li*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.</def>

<i>Blair.</i>

<h1>Infame</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infamare</ets>, fr. <ets>infamis</ets> infamous: cf. F. <ets>infamer</ets>, It. <ets>infamare</ets>. See <er>Infamous</er>.]</ety> <def>To defame; to make infamous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Livia is <b>infamed</b> for the poisoning of her husband. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infamize</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fa*mize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Infamized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Infamizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make infamous; to defame.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Infamous</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In"fa*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>famous</ets>: cf. L. <ets>infamis</ets>. See <er>Infamy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; <as>as, an <ex>infamous</ex> traitor; an <ex>infamous</ex> perjurer.</as></def>

<blockquote>False errant knight, <b>infamous</b>, and forsworn. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; <as>as, an <ex>infamous</ex> act; <ex>infamous</ex> vices; <ex>infamous</ex> corruption.</as></def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; <as>as, at common law, an <ex>infamous</ex> person can not be a witness</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.</def> "<i>Infamous</i> woods."

<i>P. Fletcher.</i>

<blockquote><b>Infamous</b> hills, and sandy perilous wilds. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>