Part 5937

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Rebel</er>.</syn>

<h1>Insurmountability</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*mount`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being insurmountable.</def>

<h1>Insurmountable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*mount"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>surmountable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insurmountable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; <as>as, <ex>insurmountable</ex> difficulty or obstacle</as>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<blockquote>Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is <b>insurmountable</b>. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Insuperable; impassable; invincible.</syn>

<h1>Insurmountableness</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*mount"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.</def>

<h1>Insurmountably</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*mount"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.</def>

<h1>Insurrection</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*rec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insurrectio</ets>, fr. <ets>insurgere</ets>, <ets>insurrectum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insurrection</ets>. See <er>Insurgent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.</def>

<blockquote>It is found that this city of old time hath made <b>insurrection</b> against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. <i>Ezra iv. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Insurrection</er>, <er>Sedition</er>, <er>Revolt</er>, <er>Rebellion</er>, <er>Mutiny</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Sedition</i> is the raising of commotion in a state, as by conspiracy, without aiming at open violence against the laws. <i>Insurrection</i> is a rising of individuals to prevent the execution of law by force of arms. <i>Revolt</i> is a casting off the authority of a government, with a view to put it down by force, or to substitute one ruler for another. <i>Rebellion</i> is an extended insurrection and revolt. <i>Mutiny</i> is an insurrection on a small scale, as a <i>mutiny</i> of a regiment, or of a ship's crew.</usage>

<blockquote>I say again, In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, <b>sedition</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Insurrections</b> of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily <b>revolts</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial, blotted out and razed By their <b>rebellion</b> from the books of life. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insurrectional</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>insurrectionnel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.</def>

<h1>Insurrectionary</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious.</def>

<blockquote>Their murderous <b>insurrectionary</b> system. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insurrectionist</h1> <Xpage=773>