<p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.</def> "<i>Insnare</i> a gudgeon."
<i>Fenton.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle.</def>
<blockquote>The <b>insnaring</b> charms Of love's soft queen. <i>Glover.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Insnarer</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*snar"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who insnares.</def>
<h1>Insnarl</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*snarl"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Cotgrave.</i>
<h1>Insobriety</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In`so*bri"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets><?/obriety</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insobri\'82t\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.</def>
<h1>Insociability</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*so`cia*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>insociabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>
<h1>Insociable</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*so"cia*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insociabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insociable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Sociable</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Lime and wood are <b>insociable</b>. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.</def>
<blockquote>This austere <b>insociable</b> life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Insociably</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*so"cia*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Unsociably.</def>
<h1>Insociate</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In*so"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>insociate</i> virgin life."
<i>B. Jonson.</i>
<h1>Insolate</h1> <Xpage=770>
<hw>In"so*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Insolated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Insolating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>insolatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>insolare</ets> to expose to the sun; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>sol</ets> the sun.]</ety> <def>To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i>
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