Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 32

Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India.

Indian (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.

Indiana (n.) 印第安納州(英語:State of Indiana)是美國的一個州,它的首府是印第安納波利斯。印第安納原意是印第安人的土地的意思。它的縮寫是IN。在美國,一個來自印第安納州的人不被稱為印第安納州人(Indianer),而被稱為胡希爾人(Hoosier),在中文裡,這個詞一般被譯為印第安納州人。美國海軍有多艘戰艦以印第安納州命名。印第安納州是美國50個州中按面積第38大,按人口第15大的州。印第安納州也是美國本土阿巴拉契亞山脈以西面積最小的州。印第安納州的州府和最大城市是印第安納波利斯,它是美國第二大州府和密西西比河以東最大的州府。

Indiana (n.)  ( Listen) Is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.

Before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Since its founding as a territory, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee. [5]

Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $341.9 billion in 2016.[6] Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns. Indiana is home to professional sports teams, including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and the NBA's Indiana Pacers, and hosts several notable athletic events, such as the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 motorsports races.

Indian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris."

Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" [syn: Indian, Amerind, Amerindic, Native American].

Indian (n.) A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived [syn: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian].

Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India.

Indian (n.) Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [syn: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian].

Indians. () The aborigines of this country are so called.

Indians. () In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. In New York they are considered as citizens and not as aliens, owing allegiance to the government and entitled to its protection. 20 John. 188, 633. But it was ruled that the Cherokee nation in Georgia was a distinct community. 6 Pet. 515. See 8 Cowen, 189; 9 Wheat. 673; 14 John. 181, 332 18 John. 506.

Indianeer (n.) (Naut.) An Indiaman.

India rubber () See Caoutchouc.

Compare: Ule

Ule (n.) [Sp.] (Bot.) A Mexican and Central American tree ({Castilloa elastica and Castilloa Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.

Compare: Caoutchouc

Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.

Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral.

Caoutchouc (n.) An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products [syn: rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc].

Indical (a.) Indexical. [R.] -- Fuller.

Indican (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside ({C14H17NO6) obtained from woad (indigo plant, Isatis Tinctoria) and other plants (see indigo), as a yellow or light brown sirup. When purified it is obtained as spear-shaped crystals. It has a nauseous bitter taste. By the action of acids, enzymes, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. Chemically it is the 3-glucoside of indole, H-indol-3-yl-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside.

Indican (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.

Indicant (a.) Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

Indicant (n.) That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.

Indicant (n.) Something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: indication, indicant].

Indicant (n.) A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time [syn: index, index number, indicant, indicator].

Indicated (imp. & p. p.) of Indicate.

Indicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indicate.

Indicate (v. t.) [+that] [+wh-] 指示;指出;[+that] [+wh-] 表明;象徵;暗示 (v. i.)(人,車)亮起指示燈表示轉向 To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

That turns and turns to indicate    From what point blows the weather.    -- Cowper.

Indicate (v. t.) (Med.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants. Opposite of contraindicate.

Indicate (v. t.) (Mach.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

Syn: To show; mark; signify; denote; discover; evidence; evince; manifest; declare; specify; explain; exhibit; present; reveal; disclose; display.

Indicate (v.) Be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" [syn: {bespeak}, {betoken}, {indicate}, {point}, {signal}].

Indicate (v.) Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" [syn: {indicate}, {point}, {designate}, {show}].

Indicate (v.) To state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter" [ant: {contraindicate}].

Indicate (v.) Give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" [syn: {argue}, {indicate}].

Indicate (v.) Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [syn: {indicate}, {suggest}] [ant: {contraindicate}].

Indicate (v.) (Show) (B2) [ T ] 標示;表明;顯示 To show, point, or make clear in another way.

// Exploratory investigations have indicated large amounts of oil below the sea bed.

// [ + question word ] Please indicate which free gift you would like to receive.

// [ + (that) ] She indicated to me (that) she didn't want me to say anything.

Indicate (v.) (Signal) [ I or T ] (UK) 打方向燈指示(車行方向) To show other road users that you intend to turn left or right when you are driving a vehicle.

Indicate (v.) (Signal) [ T ] 標示,顯示 When a device indicates a value or change, it signals it.

// The gauge indicates a temperature below freezing.

Indicate (v.) (Suggest) (Specialized) (Medical) [ T ] 建議;顯示;暗示 To suggest something as being suitable.

// Antihistamine is indicated for this patient as a treatment for her allergies.

// (Humorous) I'm so hot and tired - I think a long cool drink is indicated!

Indicated (a.) Shown; denoted; registered; measured.

Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.

Indication (n.) 指示,象徵,象徵物 Act of pointing out or indicating.

Indication (n.) That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. -- Addison.

Indication (n.) Discovery made; information. -- Bentley.

Indication (n.) Explanation; display. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Indication (n.) (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Opposite of contraindication.

Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.

Indication (n.) Something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: indication, indicant].

Indication (n.) The act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: indication, denotation].

Indication (n.) (Medicine) A reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: contraindication].

Indication (n.) Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave."

Indication (n.) A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication].

Indicative (a.) Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.

That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved. -- Bp. Warburton.

Indicative (a.) (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.

Indicative mood (Gram.), That mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?

Indicative (n.) (Gram.) The indicative mood.

Indicative (a.) Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: indicative, declarative].

Indicative (a.) (Usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive].

Indicative (n.) A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood].

Indicatively (adv.) In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

Indicator (n.) 指示器,指示劑 One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

Indicator (n.) (Mach.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part; as:

Indicator (n.) (Steam Engine) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).

Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc.

Indicator (n.) (Mech.) The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.

Indicator (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.

Indicator (n.) (Chem.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.

Note: The common indicators are litmus, trop[ae]olin, phenol phthalein, potassic permanganate, etc.

Indicator card, The figure drawn by an engine indicator, by means of which the working of the engine can be investigated and its power calculated. The Illustration shows one form of indicator card, from a steam engine, together with scales by which the pressure of the steam above or below that of the atmosphere, corresponding to any position of the engine piston in its stroke, can be measured. Called also indicator diagram.

Indicator telegraph, A telegraph in which the signals are the deflections of a magnetic needle, as in the trans-Atlantic system.

Indicator (n.) A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time [syn: index, index number, indicant, indicator].

Indicator (n.) A signal for attracting attention.

Indicator (n.) A device for showing the operating condition of some system.

Indicator (n.) (Chemistry) A substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction.

Indicatory (a.) 指示的,表示的 Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

Indicatory (a.) (Usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive].

Indicatrix (n.) [NL.] (Geom. of Three Dimensions) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.

Indicatrix (n.) (pl. - es) 光率體 (Optical indicatrix),又稱光性指示體 An ellipsoid whose axes are proportional to the principal refractive indices of a crystal and from which various optical properties of the crystal may be deduced.

Indicavit (n.) (Eng. Law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. -- Wharton (Law Dict.).

Indice (n.) Index; indication. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Indices (n. pl.) See Index.

Indicia (n. pl.) (Law) Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances. -- Burrill.

Indicia, () civil law. Signs, marks. Example: in replevin, the chattel must possess indicia, or earmarks, by which it can be distinguished from all others of the same description. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3556. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself; as, for example, the possession of goods recently stolen, vicinity to the scene of the crime, sudden change in circumstances or conduct, &c. Mascardus, de Prob. lib. 1, quaest. 15; Dall. Dict. Competence Criminelle, 92, 415; Morin, Dict. du Droit Criminal, mots Accusation, Chambre du Conseil.

Indicia, () Indicia may be defined to be conjectures, which result from circumstances not absolutely necessary and certain, but merely probable, and which may turn out not to be true, though they have the appearance of truth. Denisart, mot Indices. See Best on Pres. 13, note f.

Indicia, () However numerous indicia may be, they only show that a thing may be, not that it has been. An indicium, can have effect only when a connexion is essentially necessary with the principal. Effects are known by their causes, but only when the effects can arise only from the causes to which they. are attributed. When several causes may have produced one and the same effect, it is, therefore, unreasonable to attribute it to any one of such causes. A combination of circumstances sometimes conspire against an innocent person,  and, like mute witnesses, depose against him. There is danger in such cases, that a jury may be misled; their minds prejudiced, their indignation unduly excited, or their zeal seduced. Under impressions thus produced, they may forget their true relation to the accused, and condemn a man whom they would have acquitted had they required that proof and certainty which the law demands. See D'Aguesseau, Oeuvres, vol. xiii. p. 243. See Circumstances.

Indicible (a.) [F.] Unspeakable. [Obs.]

Indicolite (n.) (Min.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.

Indicted (imp. & p. p.) of Indict.

Indicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indict.

Indict (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.]

I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year.

Indict (v. t.) (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.

Indict (v.) Accuse formally of a crime.

Indictable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

Indictable (a.) Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability; "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense" [syn: chargeable, indictable].

Indictee (n.) (Law) A person indicted.

Indicter (n.) One who indicts.

Indiction (n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [Obs.] "Indiction of a war." -- Bacon.

Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops. -- Jer. Taylor.

Indiction (n.) A cycle of fifteen years.

Note: This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute. It was adopted at various times by the Greek emperors of Constantinople, the popes, and the parliaments of France. Through the influence of the popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions was reckoned at first from 312 a. d., but since the twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given year a. d., and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to the given year a. d., and the divide by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the remainder the year of the indiction. See Cycle of indiction, under Cycle.

Indiction (n.) A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms.

Indiction, () Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.

Indiction, () It was used in dating at Rome and in England. It began at the dismission of the Nicene council, A. D. 312. The first year was reckoned the first of the first indiction, the second, the third, &c., till fifteen years afterwards. The sixteenth year was the first year of the second indiction, the thirty-first year was the first year of the third indiction, &c.

Indictive (a.) Proclaimed; declared; public. -- Kennet.

Indictment (n.) 控告,告發;起訴 [C] [U];起訴書 [C] The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.

Indictment (n.) (Law) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.

Note: To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand jury is essential, while an information rests only on presentation by the prosecuting authority.

Indictment (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.

{Bill of indictment}. See under {Bill}.

Indictment (n.) A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense [syn: {indictment}, {bill of indictment}].

Indictment (n.) An accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy."

Indictment (n.) Crim. law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked. 4 Bl. Com. 299; Co. Litt. 126; 2 Hale, 152; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t. A; 1 Chit. Cr. L. 168.

Indictment (n.) This word, indictment, is said to be derived from the old French word inditer, which signifies to indicate; to show, or point out. Its object is to indicate the offence charged against the accused. Rey, des Inst. l'Angl. tome 2, p. 347.

Indictment (n.) To render an indictment valid, there are certain essential and formal requisites. The essential requisites are, 1st. That the indictment be presented to some court having jurisdiction. of the offence stated therein. 2d. That it appear to have been found by the grand jury of the proper county or district. 3d. That the indictment be found a true bill, and signed by the foreman of the grand jury. 4th. That it be framed with sufficient certainty; for this purpose the charge must contain a certain description of the crime or misdemeanor, of which the defendant is accused, and a statement of the facts by which it is constituted, so as to identify the accusation. Cowp. 682, 3; 2 Hale, 167; 1 Binn. R. 201; 3 Binn. R; 533; 1 P. A. Bro. R. 360; 6 S. & R. 398 4 Serg. & Rawle, 194; 4 Bl. Com. 301; Yeates, R. 407; 4 Cranch, R. 167. 5th. The indictment must be in the English language. But if any document in a foreign language, as a libel, be necessarily introduced, it should be set out in the original tongue, and then translated, showing its application. 6 T. R. 162.

Indictment (n.) Secondly, formal requisites are, 1st. The venue, which, at common law should always be laid in the county where the offence has been committed, although the charge is in its nature transitory, as a battery. Hawk. B. 2, c. 25, s. 35. The venue is stated in the margin thus, "City and county of _____ to wit." 2d. The presentment, which must be in the present tense, and is usually expressed by the following formula, "the grand inquest of the commonwealth of inquiring for the city and county aforesaid, upon their oaths and affirmations present." See, as to the venue, 1 Pike, R. 171; 9 Yerg. 357. 3d. The name and addition of the defendant; but in case an error has been made in this respect, it is cured by the plea of the defendant. Bac. Ab. Misnomer, B; Indictment, G 2; 2 Hale, 175; 1 Chit. Pr. 202. 4th. The names of third persons, when they must be necessarily mentioned in the indictment, should be stated with certainty to a common intent, so as sufficiently to inform the defendant who are his accusers. When, however, the names of third persons cannot be ascertained, it is sufficient, in some cases, to state "a certain person or persons to the jurors aforesaid unknown." Hawk. B. 2, c. 25, s. 71; 2 East, P. C. 651, 781; 2 Hale, 181; Plowd. 85; Dyer, 97, 286; 8 C. & P. 773. See Unknown. 5th. The time when the offence was committed, should in general be stated to be on a specific year and day. In some offences, as in perjury, the day must be precisely stated; 2 Wash. C. C. Rep. 328; but although it is necessary that a day certain should be laid in the indictment, yet, in general, the prosecutor may give evidence of an offence committed on any other day previous to the finding of the, indictment. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 316. Vide 11 Serg. & Rawle, 177; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 217, 224; 1 Ch. Pl. Index, tit. Time. See 17 Wend. 475; 2 Dev. 567; 5 How. Mis. 14; 4 Dana. 496; C. & N. 369; 1 Hawks, 460. 6th. The offence should be properly described. This is done by stating the substantial circumstances necessary to show the nature of the crime and, next, the formal allegations and terms of art required by law. 1. As to the substantial circumstances. The whole of the facts of the case necessary to make it appear judicially to the court that the indictors have gone upon sufficient premises, should be set forth; but there should be no unnecessary matter or any thing which on its face makes the indictment repugnant, inconsistent, or absurd. Hale, 183; Hawk. B. 2, c. 25, s. 57; Ab. h.t. G 1; Com. Dig. h.t. G 3; 2 Leach, 660; 2 Str. 1226. All indictments ought to charge a man with a particular offence, and not with being an offender in general: to this rule there are some exceptions, as indictments against a common barrator, a common scold, and the keeper of a common bawdy house; such persons may be indicted by these general words. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 230, and the authorities there cited. The offence must not be stated in the disjunctive, so as to leave it uncertain on what it is intended to rely as an accusation; as, that the defendant erected or caused to be. erected a nuisance. 2 Str. 900; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 236.

Indictment (n.) There are certain terms of art used, so appropriated by the law to express the precise idea which it entertains of the offence, that no other terms, however synonymous they may seem, are capable of filling the same office: such, for example, as traitorously, (q.v.) in treason; feloniously, (q.v.) in felony; burglariously, (q.v.) in burglary; maim, (q.v.) in mayhem, &c. 7th. The conclusion of the indictment should conform to the provision of the constitution of the state on the subject, where there is such provision; as in Pennsylvania, Const. art. V., s. 11, which provides, that "all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude against the peace and dignity of the same." As to the necessity and propriety of having several counts in an indictment, vide 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 248; as to. joinder of several offences in the same indictment, vide 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 253; Arch. Cr. Pl. 60; several defendants may in some cases be joined in the same indictment. Id. 255; Arch. Cr. Pl. 59. When an indictment may be amended, see Id. 297. Stark. Cr. Pl. 286; or quashed, Id. 298 Stark. Cr. Pl. 831; Arch. Cr. 66. Vide; generally, Arch. Cr. Pl. B. 1, part 1, c. 1; p. 1 to 68; Stark. Cr. Pl. 1 to 336; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 168 to 304; Com. Dig. h.t.: Vin. Ab. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Dane's Ab. h.t.; Nels. Ab. h.t.; Burn's Just. h.t.; Russ. on Cr. Index, h.t.,

Indictment (n.) By the Constitution of the United States, Amend. art. 5, no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war, or public danger.

Indictor (n.) One who indicts.

Indies (n. pl.) A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

Indifference (n.) [U] 漠不關心;冷淡;不感興趣 [+to/ towards];不重要,無關緊要 [+to] The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.

Indifference (n.) Passableness; mediocrity.

Indifference (n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.

He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as and must be in judges which he saith I assign. -- Sir T. More.

Indifference (n.) Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.

Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance. -- Addison.

Syn: Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy; insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness.

Indifference (n.) Unbiased impartial unconcern.

Indifference (n.) Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality].

Indifference (n.) The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness].

Indifference (n.) The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference].

Indifferency (n.) 不關心 Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. -- Gladstone.

To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. -- Fuller.

Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. -- Hazlitt.

Indifferent (a.) 不感興趣的;不關心的;冷淡的 [+to/ toward];不偏不倚的;中立的 Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.

Dangers are to me indifferent. -- Shak.

Everything in the world is indifferent but sin. -- Jer. Taylor.

His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight. -- Hawthorne.

Indifferent (a.) Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.

The staterooms are in indifferent order. -- Sir W. Scott.

Indifferent (a.) Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.

Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die. -- Addison.

Indifferent (a.) Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.

It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment. -- Addison.

Indifferent (a.) (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.

In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. -- Bacon.

Indifferent tissue (Anat.), The primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.

Indifferent (adv.) To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] "News indifferent good." -- Shak.

Indifferent (a.) Marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent" [syn: apathetic, indifferent].

Indifferent (a.) Showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea."

Indifferent (a.) (Usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)].

Indifferent (a.) (Often followed by `to') Lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" [syn: immaterial, indifferent].

Indifferent (a.) Fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job".

Indifferent (a.) Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" [syn: inert, indifferent, neutral].

Indifferent (a.) Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation."

Indifferent (a.) Characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems" [syn: indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed].

Indifferent (a.) Being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" [syn: indifferent, so-so(p)].

Indifferent (a.) Neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb."

Indifferent, () To have no bias nor partiality. 7 Conn. 229. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged. See 9 Conn. 42.

Indifferent, (a.)  Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

"You tiresome man!" cried Indolentio's wife, "You've grown indifferent to all in life."

"Indifferent?" he drawled with a slow smile; "I would be, dear, but it is not worth while." Apuleius M. Gokul

Indifferentism (n.) 冷淡主義;不關心論;信仰無差別論 State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.

The indifferentism which equalizes all religions and gives equal rights to truth and error. -- Cardinal Manning.

Indifferentism (n.) (Metaph.) Same as Identism.

Indifferentism (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good. -- Gregory XVI.

Indifferentist (n.) One governed by indifferentism.

Indifferently (adv.) In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably.

That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. -- Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed.]

Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently. -- Shak.

I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. -- Rowe.

Indifferently (adv.) With indifference; in an indifferent manner; "she shrugged indifferently."

Indifulvin (n.) (Chem.) A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican.

Indifuscin (n.) (Chem.) A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican.

Indigeen (n.) Same as Indigene. -- Darwin.

Indigence (n.) 貧乏;窮困 The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence. -- Cowper.

Syn: Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation; lack. See {Poverty}.

Indigence (n.) [ U ] A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {pauperism}, {pauperization}].

Indigency (n.) Indigence.

New indigencies founded upon new desires. -- South.

Indigene (n.) One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. -- Evelyn. Tylor.

Indigene (n.) An indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" [syn: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal].

Indigenous (a.) [(+to)] 土產的;土著的;本地的;生而俱有的,固有的,內在的 Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.

Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. -- Sir T. Browne.

In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. -- Lion Playas.

Indigenous (a.) Native; inherent; innate.

Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. -- I. Taylor.

Indigenous (a.) Originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocksand people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" [syn: {autochthonal}, {autochthonic}, {autochthonous}, {endemic}, {indigenous}].

Indigenous (a.) Produced, living, or existing naturally in a particular region or environment.

Indigenous (a.) Produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or  environment.

// Indigenous  plants.

// The  indigenous  culture.

Indigenous (a.) Indigenous  or less commonly  indigenous :  Of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was  colonized  by a now-dominant group.

// Indigenous  peoples.

Indigenous (a.) Innate, inborn - Indigenously (adv.) - Indigenousness (n.)

Indigenousness (n.) Nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) [syn: indigenousness, autochthony, endemism].

Indigent (a.) 貧乏的,窮困的 Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.

Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. -- Shak.

Charity consists in relieving the indigent. -- Addison.

Indigent (a.) Poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished}, {indigent}, {necessitous}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}].

Indigent (a.) (Formal) 十分貧困的,十分貧窮的 Very poor.

Indigently (adv.) In an indigent manner.

Indigest (a.) Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. [Obs.] "A chaos rude and indigest." -- W. Browne. "Monsters and things indigest." -- Shak.

Indigest (n.) Something indigested. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Indigested (a.) Not digested; undigested. "Indigested food." -- Dryden.

Indigested (a.) Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts.

In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested. -- Burke.

This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. -- South.

Indigested (a.) (Med.) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.

Indigested (a.) (Med.) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.

Indigested (a.) Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.

Indigestedness (n.) The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. -- Bp. Burnet.

Indigestibility (n.) The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.

Indigestibility (n.) The property of being difficult to digest [syn: indigestibility, indigestibleness] [ant: digestibility, digestibleness].

Indigestible (a.) Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

Indigestible (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. -- T. Warton. -- In`di*gest"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`di*gest"i*bly, adv.

Indigestible (a.) Digested with difficulty [ant: digestible].

Indigestion (n.) Discomfort due to a lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.

Indigestion (n.) A disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: indigestion, dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach].

Indigitate (v. i.) To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]

Indigitated (imp. & p. p.) of Indigitate.

Indigitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indigitate.

Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]

The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand indigitates six hundred. -- Sir T. Browne.

Indigitation (n.) The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.  [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.

Indiglucin (n.) (Chem.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.

[previous page] [Index] [next page]