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<hw>In*hu"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhumatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inhumare</ets> to inhume; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>humare</ets> to cover with earth. See <er>Humation</er>, and cf. <er>Inhume</er>.]</ety> <def>To inhume; to bury; to inter.</def>

<i>Hedge.</i>

<h1>Inhumation</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In`hu*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inhumation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inhuming or burying; interment.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Arenation.</def>

<h1>Inhume</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inhumed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inhuming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inhumer</ets>. See <er>Inhumate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.</def>

<blockquote>Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, <b>Inhume</b> the natives in their native plain. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.</def>

<h1>Inia</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American freshwater dolphin (<spn>Inia Boliviensis</spn>). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.</def>

<h1>Inial</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the inion.</def>

<h1>Inimaginable</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In`im*ag"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unimaginable; inconceivable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<h1>Inimical</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*im"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inimicalis</ets>, fr. <ets>inimicus</ets> unfriendly, hostile; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>amicus</ets> friendly. See <er>Amity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to <i>private</i>, as <i>hostile</i> is to <i>public</i>, enmity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.</def>

<blockquote>We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is <b>inimical</b> to all other governments. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inimicality</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*im`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Inimically</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*im"i*cal*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inimical manner.</def>

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