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<hw>In*flex"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inflexiblis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inflexible</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Flexible</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.</def>

<blockquote>"<b>Inflexible</b>as steel." <i>Miltom.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Amanof upright and <b>inflexible</b>temper . . . can overcome all private fear. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.</def>

<blockquote>The nature of things is <b>inflexible</b>. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.</syn>

<h1>Inflexibleness</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.</def>

<h1>Inflexibly</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inflexible manner.</def>

<h1>Inflexion</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inflection.</def>

<h1>Inflexive</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inflective.</def>

<blockquote>"<b>Inflexive</b> endings." <i>W. E. Jelf.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inflexible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "Foes <i>inflexive</i>."

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Inflexure</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inflection; a bend or fold.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Inflict</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flict"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inflicted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inflicting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inflictus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>infligere</ets> to strike on, to inflict; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in, on + <ets>fligere</ets> to strike. Cf. <er>Flail</er>.]</ety> <def>To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; <as>as, to <ex>inflict</ex> blows; to <ex>inflict</ex> a wound with a dagger; to <ex>inflict</ex> severe pain by ingratitude; to <ex>inflict</ex> punishment on an offender; to <ex>inflict</ex> the penalty of death on a criminal.</as></def>

<blockquote>What heart could wish, what hand <b>inflict</b>, this dire disgrace? <i>Drygen.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The persecution and the pain That man <b>inflicts</b> on infero-ior kinds. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inflicter</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flict"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who inflicts.</def>

<blockquote> Godis the sole and immadiate <b>inflicter</b> of such strokes. <i>South.</i></blockquote>