<hw>In*tur"bid*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inturbidated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inturbidating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>turbid</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<blockquote>The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfully <b>inturbidates</b> his theology. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>In`tur*ges"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inturgescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>inturgescere</ets> to swell up. See 1st <er>In-</er>, and <er>Turgescent</er>.]</ety> <def>A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>
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<h1>Intuse</h1> <Xpage=784>
<hw>In"tuse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intundere</ets> to bruise; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>tundere</ets>, <ets>tusum</ets>, to beat, bruise.]</ety> <def>A bruise; a contusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
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<hw>In`tus*sus*cep"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Intussusception</er>.]</ety> <def>Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.</def>
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<hw>In`tus*sus*cep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intus</ets> within + <ets>susception</ets>. Cf. <er>Introsusception</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The reception of one part within another.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs.</def>
<blockquote>Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by <b>intrussusception</b>. <i>McKendrick.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Intwine</h1> <Xpage=784>
<hw>In*twine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Entwine</er>.]</ety> <def>To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; <as>as, a wreath of flowers <ex>intwined</ex></as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>entwine</asp>.]</altsp>
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<hw>In*twine"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be or to become intwined.</def>
<h1>Intwinement</h1> <Xpage=784>
<hw>In*twine"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.</def>
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<hw>In*twist"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Entwist</er>.]</ety> <def>To twist into or together; to interweave.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>entwist</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Inuendo</h1> <Xpage=784>
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