Part 5876

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<blockquote>In Scotland a natural fool was called an <b>innocent</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Innocents' day</col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>Childermas day.</cd></cs>

<h1>Innocently</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"no*cent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an innocent manner.</def>

<h1>Innocuity</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"no*cu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Innocuousness.</def>

<h1>Innocuous</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*noc"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innocuus</ets>; <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>nocuus</ets> hurtful, fr. <ets>nocere</ets> to hurt. See <er>Innocent</er>.]</ety> <def>Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.</def>

<blockquote>A patient, <b>innocuous</b>, innocent man. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*noc"u*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In*noc"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Where the salt sea <b>innocuously</b> breaks. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Innodate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"no*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Innodated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Innodating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>innodatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>innodare</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>nodus</ets> knot.]</ety> <def>To bind up,as in a knot; to include.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Innominable</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nom"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innominabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>nominare</ets> to name: cf. F. <ets>innominable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not to be named.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Testament of Love.</i>

<h1>Innominate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nom"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innominatus</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>nominare</ets> to name.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having no name; unnamed; <as>as, an <ex>innominate</ex> person or place</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; <as>as, the <ex>innominate</ex> artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the <ex>innominate</ex> vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.</as></def>

<cs><col>Innominate bone</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians.</cd> -- <col>Innominate contracts</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.</cd></cs>

<h1>Innovate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"no*vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Innovated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Innovating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>innovatus</ets>,p.p. of <ets>innovare</ets> to revew; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>novare</ets> to make new,fr. <ets>novus</ets> new. See <er>New</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; <as>as, to <ex>innovate</ex> a word or an act</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>