Part 6021

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An encroachment or infringement.</def>

<blockquote>The slight <b>intrenchment</b> upon individual freedom. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intrepid</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*trep"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intrepidus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intr\'82pide</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Trepidation</er>.]</ety> <def>Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; <as>as, an <ex>intrepid</ex> soldier; <ex>intrepid</ex> spirit.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.</syn>

<h1>Intrepidity</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tre*pid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>intr\'82pidit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.</def>

<blockquote>Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great <b>intrepidity</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See <er>Courage</er>, <er>Heroism</er>.</syn>

<h1>Intrepidly</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In*trep"id*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.</def>

<h1>Intricable</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tri*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Intricate</er>.]</ety> <def>Entangling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Intricacy</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tri*ca*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Intricacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Intricate</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; <as>as, the <ex>intricacy</ex> of a knot; the <ex>intricacy</ex> of accounts; the <ex>intricacy</ex> of a cause in controversy; the <ex>intricacy</ex> of a plot.</as></def>

<blockquote>Freed from <b>intricacies</b>, taught to live The easiest way. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intricate</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tri*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intricare</ets> to entangle, perplex. Cf. <er>Intrigue</er>, <er>Extricate</er>.]</ety> <def>Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; <as>as, <ex>intricate</ex> machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>His style was fit to convey the most <b>intricate</b> business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The nature of man is <b>intricate</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Intricate</er>, <er>Complex</er>, <er>Complicated</er>.</syn> <usage> A thing is <i>complex</i> when it is made up of parts; it is <i>complicated</i> when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is <i>intricate</i> when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is <i>complex</i> must be resolved into its parts; what is <i>complicated</i> must be drawn out and developed; what is <i>intricate</i> must be unraveled.</usage>

<h1>Intricate</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tri*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It makes men troublesome, and <b>intricates</b> all wise discourses. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intricately</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In"tri*cate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an intricate manner.</def>

<h1>Intricateness</h1> <Xpage=782>