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<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.</def>

<h1>Insusceptibility</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.</def>

<h1>Insusceptible</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sus*cep`ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>susceptible</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insusceptible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; <as>as, a limb <ex>insusceptible</ex> of pain; a heart <ex>insusceptible</ex> of pity; a mind <ex>insusceptible</ex> to flattery.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`sus*cep`ti*bly</wf> <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Insusceptive</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sus*cep"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not susceptive or susceptible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Rambler.</i>

<h1>Insusurration</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*su`sur*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insusurratio</ets>, fr. <ets>insusurrare</ets> to whisper into.]</ety> <def>The act of whispering into something.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Inswathe</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*swathe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inswathed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inswating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.</def>

<blockquote><b>Inswathed</b> sometimes in wandering mist. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intact</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*tact"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intactus</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>tactus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tangere</ets> to touch: cf. F. <ets>intact</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Tact</er>, <er>Tangent</er>.]</ety> <def>Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.</def>

<i>Buckle.</i>

<blockquote>When all external differences have passed away, one element remains <b>intact</b>, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intactible, Intactable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw><hw>In*tac"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*tac"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not perceptible to the touch.</def>

<h1>Intagliated</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*tagl"ia*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>intagliato</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intagliare</ets>. See <er>Intaglio</er>.]</ety> <def>Engraved in intaglio; <as>as, an <ex>intagliated</ex> stone</as>.</def>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Intaglio</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*tagl"io</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Intaglius</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, It. <plw>Intagli</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It., fr. <ets>intagliare</ets> to engrave, carve; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>tagliare</ets> to cut, carve. See <er>Detail</er>.]</ety> <def>A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to <i>cameo</i>. Also used adjectively.</def>

<h1>Intail</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*tail"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Entail</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Intake</h1> <Xpage=773>

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