Part 5935

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Insume</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insumere</ets>; pre. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>sumere</ets> to take.]</ety> <def>To take in; to absorb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Insuperability</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*su`per*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.</def>

<h1>Insuperable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*su"per*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insuperabilis</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>insuperable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Superable</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; <as>as, <ex>insuperable</ex> difficulties</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And middle natures, how they long to join, Yet never pass the <b>insuperable</b> line? <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . <b>insuperable</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*su"per*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In*su"per*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Insupportable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sup*port"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insupportabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insupportable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Support</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; <as>as, <ex>insupportable</ex> burdens; <ex>insupportable</ex> pain.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`sup*port"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`sup*port"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Insupposable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sup*pos"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.</def>

<h1>Insuppressible</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sup*press"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.</def> <i>Young</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In`sup*press"i*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Insuppressive</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sup*press"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Insuppressible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>insuppressive</i> mettle of our spirits."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Insurable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sur"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Insure</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.</def>

<blockquote>The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed the <b>insurable</b> interest which remained in the insured at the time of the subscription thereof. <i>Walsh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insurance</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sur"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Insure</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called <i>premium</i>, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. <er>Assurance</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</def>

<note>&hand; The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the <i>insurer</i>; the danger against which he undertakes, the <i>risk</i>; the person protected, the <i>insured</i>; the sum which he pays for the protection, the <i>premium</i>; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the <i>policy</i>.</note>

<i>Johnson's Cyc.</i>