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<h1>Inferentially</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fer*en"tial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of inference.</def>

<h1>Inferi\'91</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fe"ri*\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>inferus</ets> underneath.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.</def>

<h1>Inferior</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fe"ri*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., compar. of <ets>inferus</ets> that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. <ets>under</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inf\'82rieur</ets>. See <er>Under</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.</def>

<blockquote>A thousand <b>inferior</b> and particular propositions. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The body, or, as some love to call it, our <b>inferior</b> nature. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whether they are equal or <b>inferior</b> to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Poor or mediocre; <as>as, an <ex>inferior</ex> quality of goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Nearer the sun than the earth is; <as>as, the <ex>inferior</ex> or interior planets; an <ex>inferior</ex> conjunction of Mercury or Venus.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Below the horizon; as, the <i>inferior</i> part of a meridian,</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Junior or subordinate in rank; <as>as, an <ex>inferior</ex> officer</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Inferior court</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the <i>superior<i>, or <i>higher<i>, <i>court<i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Inferior letter</col>, <col>Inferior figure</col></mcol> <fld>(Print.)</fld>, <cd>a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to <contr>superior letter</contr> or <i>figure<i>), <as>as in A<subs>2</subs>, B<subs>n</subs>, 2 and <it>n<it> are <ex>inferior<ex> characters</as>.</cd> -- <col>Inferior tide</col>, <cd>the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inferior</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fe"ri*or</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.</def>

<blockquote>A great person gets more by obliging his <b>inferior</b> than by disdaining him. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inferiority</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fe`ri*or"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inf\'82riorit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; <as>as, <ex>inferiority</ex> of rank, of talents, of age, of worth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A deep sense of our own great <b>inferiority</b>. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inferiorly</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fe"ri*or*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.</def>

<h1>Infernal</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>infernal</ets>, L. <ets>infernalis</ets>, fr. <ets>infernus</ets> that which lies beneath, the lower. See <er>Inferior</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.</def>

<blockquote>The Elysian fields, the <b>infernal</b> monarchy. <i>Garth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; <as>as, <ex>infernal</ex> spirits, or conduct</as>.</def>