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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If it make the indictment be <b>insensible</b> or uncertain, it shall be quashed. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid; numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent; unsusceptible; hard; callous.</syn>

<h1>Insensibleness</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sen"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Insensibility.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Insensibly</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sen"si*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.</def>

<blockquote>The hills rise <b>insensibly</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insensitive</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sen"si*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.</def>

<i>Tillotson. Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Insensuous</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sen"su*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>sensuous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses.</def>

<blockquote>That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form <b>insensuous</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insentiment</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sen"ti*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . attributes of an <b>insentient</b>, inert substance. <i>Reid.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is <b>insentient</b>. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inseparability</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sep`a*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inseparabilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ins\'82parabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Inseparable</h1> <Xpage=769>

<hw>In*sep"a*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inseparabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ins\'82parable</ets>. See <er>In-</er>, and <er>Separable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.</def>

<blockquote>The history of every language is <b>inseparable</b> from that of the people by whom it is spoken. <i>Mure.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Liberty and union, now and forever, one and <b>inseparable</b>. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; <as>as, the <ex>inseparable</ex> particle <ex>un</ex>-</as>.</def>