<h1>Its</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>Its</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Possessive form of the pronoun <i>it</i>. See <er>It</er>.</def>
<h1>Itself</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It*self"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>The neuter reciprocal pronoun of <er>It</er>; <as>as, the thing is good in <ex>itself</ex>; it stands by <ex>itself</ex>.</as></def>
<blockquote>Borrowing of foreigners, in <b>itself</b>, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Ittria</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"tri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Yttria</er>.</def>
<h1>Ittrium</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"tri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Yttrium</er>.</def>
<h1>Itzibu</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>It"zi*bu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Jap. <ets>ichibu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Numis.)</fld> <def>A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>itzebu</asp>, <asp>ichebu</asp>, <asp>itcheboo</asp>, etc.]</altsp>
<h1>Iulidan</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I*u"li*dan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Iulus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the <spn>Iulid\'91</spn>, a family of myriapods, of which the genus <spn>Iulus</spn> is the type. See <er>Iulus</er>.</def>
<h1>Iulus</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I*u"lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., down, Gr. <?/ down, centipede.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See <er>Chilognatha</er>.</def>
<h1>Ivan Ivanovitch</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I*van" I*van"o*vitch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.</def>
<h1>I've</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I've</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Colloquial contraction of <i>I have</i>.</def>
<h1>-ive</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>-ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. -<ets>ivus</ets>.]</ety> <def>An adjective suffix signifying <i>relating</i> or <i>belonging to</i>, <i>of the nature of</i>, <i>tending to</i>; as affirmat<i>ive</i>, act<i>ive</i>, conclus<i>ive</i>, correct<i>ive</i>, diminut<i>ive</i>.</def>
<h1>Ivied</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"vied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ivy</er>.]</ety> <def>Overgrown with ivy.</def>
<h1>Ivoride</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"vo*ride</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.</def>
<h1>Ivory</h1> <Xpage=793>
<hw>I"vo*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ivories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>ivori</ets>, F. <ets>ivoire</ets>, fr. L. <ets>eboreus</ets> made of ivory, fr. <ets>ebur</ets>, <ets>eboris</ets>, ivory, cf. Skr. <ets>ibha</ets> elephant. Cf. <er>Eburnean</er>.]</ety>
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