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<blockquote>By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to <b>ingredients</b>. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Water is the chief <b>ingredient</b> in all the animal fluids and solids. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ingredient</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*gre"di*ent</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.</def>

<blockquote>Acts where no sin is <b>ingredient</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ingress</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In"gress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ingressus</ets>, fr. <ets>ingredi</ets>. See <er>Ingredient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of entering; entrance; <as>as, the <ex>ingress</ex> of air into the lungs</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; <as>as, all <ex>ingress</ex> was prohibited</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.</def>

<h1>Ingress</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In"gress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go in; to enter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ingression</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*gres"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ingressio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ingression</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of entering; entrance.</def>

<i>Sir K. Digby.</i>

<h1>Ingrieve</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*grieve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render more grievous; to aggravate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Ingroove</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*groove"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To groove in; to join in or with a groove.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Ingross</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*gross"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Engross</er>.</def>

<h1>Ingrowing</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In"grow`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.</def>

<cs><col>Ingrowing nail</col>, <cd>one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ingrowth</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In"growth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A growth or development inward.</def>

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