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<i>Prov. xviii. 8.</i>

<h1>Innermostly</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"ner*most`ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the innermost place.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>His ebon cross worn <b>innermostly</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Innervate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*ner"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Innerve</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>To supply with nerves; <as>as, the heart is <ex>innervated</ex> by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches</as>.</def>

<h1>Innervation</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In`ner*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>innervation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of innerving or stimulating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.</def>

<h1>Innerve</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nerve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Innerved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Innerving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>nerve</ets>.]</ety> <def>To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.</def>

<h1>Innholder</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>Inn"hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who keeps an inn.</def>

<h1>Inning</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"ning</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>innung</ets>, fr. <ets>in</ets> in, prep. & adv.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ingathering; harvesting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the <pluf>pl.</pluf> Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; <as>as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their <ex>innings</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Lands recovered from the sea.</def>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<h1>Innitency</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*ni"ten*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inniti</ets>, p.p. <ets>innixus</ets>, to lean upon; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in, on + <ets>niti</ets> to lean.]</ety> <def>A leaning; pressure; weight.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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

<h1>Innixion</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nix"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Innitency</er>.]</ety> <def>Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Innkeeper</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>Inn"keep`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An innholder.</def>

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