<B>inhale, </B>verb, <B>-haled,</B> <B>-haling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to draw into the lungs; breathe in (air, gas, fragrance, or smoke). <BR> <I>Ex. When he inhaled the strong fumes, he began to cough.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to draw air, gas, fragrance, or smoke, into the lungs. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. People inhale deeply of the past by ... looking at chairs inscribed with such names as Kit Carson, Zebulon Pike, Horace Tabor, and Horace Greeley (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an inhalation. <BR> <I>Ex. On colder mornings ... it was swell and invigorating taking inhales (James T. Farrell).</I> </DL>
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<B>inhalement, </B>noun. <B>=inhalation.</B></DL>
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<B>inhaler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>an apparatus for inhaling medicine, gas, or an anesthetic. <DD><B> b. </B>an apparatus for filtering dust, pollen, gases, or smoke from air. <DD><B> c. </B>a respirator to help a person breathe. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who inhales. </DL>
<A NAME="inharmonic">
<B>inharmonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not harmonic; not in harmony; dissonant. </DL>
<B>inharmony, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of harmony; discord. </DL>
<A NAME="inhaul">
<B>inhaul, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rope used to haul in a sail or spar. </DL>
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<B>inhauler, </B>noun. <B>=inhaul.</B></DL>
<A NAME="inhere">
<B>inhere, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-hered,</B> <B>-hering.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to belong as a quality or attribute; be inherent (in); exist. <BR> <I>Ex. The need to be loved inheres in human nature. Power to legislate laws for the United States inheres in Congress.</I> </DL>
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<B>inherence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact of being inherent. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Philosophy.) the relation of a quality or attribute to its subject. </DL>
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<B>inherency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=inherence.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>something that is inherent. <BR> <I>Ex. an inherency of kindness.</I> </DL>
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<B>inherent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a person or thing as a quality or attribute; essential. <BR> <I>Ex. inherent honesty. In spite of flattery, the pretty girl kept her inherent modesty. There is an inherent tendency in opinion to feed upon rumors excited by our own wishes and fears (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) innate, inborn, inbred, intrinsic. adv. <B>inherently.</B> </DL>
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<B>inherit, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>to get or have after someone dies; receive as an heir. <BR> <I>Ex. After the farmer's death his wife and children will inherit the farm.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to be heir to (a person). <BR> <I>Ex. Our sons inherit us (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to get (characteristics) from one's parents or ancestors. <BR> <I>Ex. She inherits her blue eyes from her father.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to receive (anything) from one who came before. <BR> <I>Ex. I inherited this old pen from the person who used to have my desk. (Figurative.) The new government inherited a financial crisis.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to come into possession of; receive as one's portion. <BR> <I>Ex. Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to make heir; put in possession; cause to inherit. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to succeed as an heir to property, a right, title, privilege, or office. <DD><B> 2. </B>to receive qualities, powers, duties, or position, as by inheritance (from). </DL>
<B>inheritable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be inherited. <DD><B> 2. </B>capable of inheriting; qualified to inherit. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) entitled to possess or enjoy something as one's birthright. noun <B>inheritableness.</B> adv. <B>inheritably.</B> </DL>
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<B>inheritance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of inheriting. <BR> <I>Ex. He received his house by inheritance from an aunt.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the right of inheriting. <DD><B> 3. </B>anything inherited. <BR> <I>Ex. The house was his inheritance. Good health is a fine inheritance from one's parents. Her frailness was a fact, a mixture of chance and inheritance (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) heritage, legacy. </DL>
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<B>inheritance tax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a tax on inherited property. </DL>
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<B>inherited, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> received by or as an inheritance. <BR> <I>Ex. inherited property, inherited characters.</I> adv. <B>inheritedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inheritor">
<B>inheritor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who inherits; heir. </DL>
<A NAME="inheritress">
<B>inheritress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female inheritor; heiress. </DL>
<A NAME="inheritrix">
<B>inheritrix, </B>noun, pl. <B>inheritrixes,</B> <B>inheritrices.</B> <B>=inheritress.</B></DL>
<A NAME="inhesion">
<B>inhesion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of inhering, especially as a quality or attribute; inherence. </DL>
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<B>inhibit, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to hold back; hinder or restrain; check. <BR> <I>Ex. The girl's honesty inhibited her impulse to keep the ring she found. Insistence on pontificating about national questions ... merely serves to inhibit discussion of the fundamentally important state questions (James D. Griffin).</I> (SYN) prevent, stop, repress. <DD><B> 2. </B>to forbid; prohibit. <BR> <I>Ex. A clause was ... inserted which inhibited the Bank from advancing money to the Crown without authority from Parliament (Macaulay).</I> (SYN) interdict. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to act or serve as an inhibitor. <BR> <I>Ex. Two more wires, one to "sense" and one to "inhibit," are separately threaded through all cores in each plane (Scientific American).</I> adj. <B>inhibitable.</B> noun <B>inhibiter.</B> </DL>
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<B>inhibition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of holding back; restraint; checking. <BR> <I>Ex. Some drugs can cause the inhibition of normal bodily activity.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an idea, emotion, attitude, habit, or other inner force holding back or checking one's impulses, desires, or the like. (SYN) block. <DD><B> 3. </B>prohibition; forbidding. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Physiology.) a restraining or hindering of the function of a structure or organ by the action upon it of a chemical substance elaborated by another structure or organ. </DL>
<B>inhibitor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that inhibits. <BR> <I>Ex. Many seeds have water-soluble germination inhibitors in their covering (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Physical Chemistry.) <DD><B> a. </B>any substance which slows down or hinders a chemical reaction. <DD><B> b. </B>a negative catalyst. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Biochemistry.) a substance which inhibits the activity of an enzyme. </DL>
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<B>inhibitory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> inhibiting; tending to inhibit. </DL>
<A NAME="inhocsignovinces">
<B>in hoc signo vinces,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) by this sign thou shalt conquer (the motto of Constantine the Great, said to have been inspired by a vision of the Cross). </DL>
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<B>in-home, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position nearest the opponent's goal in lacrosse. <DD><B> 2. </B>the player occupying this position. </DL>
<A NAME="inhomogeneity">
<B>inhomogeneity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a difference or variation occurring in spatial matter, magnetic fields, and optical mediums. <BR> <I>Ex. The theory is that high-frequency radio waves are scattered by pockets of inhomogeneity produced by turbulence in the atmosphere (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>inhomogeneous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the characteristic of inhomogeneity. <BR> <I>Ex. an inhomogeneous electric field.</I> </DL>
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<B>inhospitable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not hospitable; not making visitors comfortable. <BR> <I>Ex. That inhospitable man never offers visitors any refreshments.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>providing no shelter or entertainment; barren. <BR> <I>Ex. The Pilgrims landed on a rocky, inhospitable shore.</I> (SYN) cheerless, uninviting. noun <B>inhospitableness.</B> adv. <B>inhospitably.</B> </DL>
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<B>inhospitality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of hospitality; inhospitable behavior. </DL>
<A NAME="inhouse">
<B>in-house, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> being within or done within a business firm, organization, or other group. <BR> <I>Ex. While a few companies ... employ their own in-house anthropometric specialists, most rely on outside consultants (Time).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> within a business firm, organization, or other group. <BR> <I>Ex. C4 [an explosive] is produced in-house by the Army and is not available commercially (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>inhuman, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without kindness, mercy, or tenderness; brutal; cruel; hard-hearted. <BR> <I>Ex. Only an inhuman mother would desert her child.</I> (SYN) unfeeling, pitiless, merciless. <DD><B> 2. </B>not having the qualities natural to a human being; not human. <BR> <I>Ex. The daring explorer seemed to have inhuman powers of endurance.</I> adv. <B>inhumanly.</B> noun <B>inhumanness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inhumane">
<B>inhumane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not humane; lacking in kindness, mercy, or tenderness. (SYN) brutal, cruel. adv. <B>inhumanely.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="inhumanity">
<B>inhumanity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being inhuman; lack of kindness, mercy, or tenderness; cruelty; brutality. <BR> <I>Ex. The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity (George Bernard Shaw).</I> (SYN) savagery. <DD><B> 2. </B>an inhuman, cruel, or brutal act. (SYN) outrage. </DL>
<B>inhume, </B>transitive verb, <B>-humed,</B> <B>-huming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to bury or inter (a corpse). <BR> <I>Ex. No hand his bones shall gather, or inhume (Alexander Pope).</I> </DL>
