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<blockquote>To stop the <b>inundation</b> of her tears. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inunderstanding</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*un`der*stand"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Void of understanding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<h1>Inurbane</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In`ur*bane"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inurbanus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Urbane</er>.]</ety> <def>Uncivil; unpolished; rude.</def> <i>M. Arnold</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In`ur*bane"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In`ur*bane"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inurbanity</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In`ur*ban"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inurbanit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Inure</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*ure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inuring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>ure</ets> use, work. See <er>Ure</er> use, practice, <er>Opera</er>, and cf. <er>Manure</er>.]</ety> <def>To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.</def> "To <i>inure</i> our prompt obedience."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>He . . . did <b>inure</b> them to speak little. <i>Sir T. North.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Inured</b> and exercised in learning. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The poor, <b>inured</b> to drudgery and distress. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inure</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*ure"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; <as>as, a gift of lands <ex>inures</ex> to the heirs</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>enure</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Inurement</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*ure"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.</def>

<h1>Inurn</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*urn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inurned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inurning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.</def>

<blockquote>The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly <b>inurned</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inusitate</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*u"si*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inunsitatus</ets> unusual. See <er>Use</er>.]</ety> <def>Unusual.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bramhall.</i>

<h1>Inusitation</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*u"si*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of use; disuse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Paley.</i>

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