Part 5820

<blockquote>'T is the <b>infirmity</b> of his age. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.</def>

<blockquote>Will you be cured of your <b>infirmity</b> ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A friend should bear his friend's <b>infirmities</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The house has also its <b>infirmities</b>. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See <er>Debility</er>.</syn>

<h1>Infirmly</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*firm"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an infirm manner.</def>

<h1>Infirmness</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*firm"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Infirmity; feebleness.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Infix</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*fix"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Infixed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Infixing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>infixus</ets>, p.p of <ets>infigere</ets> to infix; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>figere</ets> to fix: cf. F. <ets>infixer</ets>. See <er>Fix</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; <as>as, to <ex>infix</ex> a sting, spear, or dart</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart <b>infixed</b> the wound. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; <as>as, to <ex>infix</ex> good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory</as>.</def>

<h1>Infix</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In"fix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something infixed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Welsford.</i>

<h1>Inflame</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inflamed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inflaming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>enflamen</ets>, OF. <ets>enflamer</ets>, F. <ets>enflammer</ets>, L. <ets>inflammare</ets>,<ets>inflammatum</ets>; pref.<ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>flammare</ets> to flame, fr.<ets>flamma</ets> flame. See <er>Flame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.</def>

<blockquote>We should have made retreat By light of the <b>inflamed</b> fleet. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; <as>as, to <ex>inflame</ex> desire</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Though more,it seems, <b>Inflamed</b> with lust than rage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But, O <b>inflame</b> and fire our hearts. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.</def>

<blockquote>It will <b>inflame</b> you; it will make you mad. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; <as>as, to <ex>inflame</ex> the eyes by overwork</as>.</def>