Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 39
Infatuated (a.) Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.
Infatuated (a.) Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)].
Infatuation (n.) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. -- I. Taylor.
Such is the infatuation of self-love. -- Blair.
Infatuation (n.) A foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration.
Infatuation (n.) Temporary love of an adolescent [syn: puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation].
Infatuation (n.) An object of extravagant short-lived passion.
Infaust (a.) Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] -- Ld. Lytton.
Infausting (n.) The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Infeasibility (n.) The state of being infeasible; impracticability.
Infeasibility (n.) The quality of not being doable [syn: infeasibility, unfeasibility] [ant: feasibility, feasibleness].
Infeasible (a.) Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. -- Glanvill.
Infeasible (a.) Not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances" [syn: impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable].
Infeasibleness (n.) The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. -- W. Montagu.
Infect (a.) Infected. Cf. Enfect. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Infected (imp. & p. p.) of Infect
Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infect
Infect (v. t.) 【醫】傳染；侵染；感染；使受影響；感染 To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.
Infect (v. t.) To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. -- Sir T. North.
Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. -- Cowper.
Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. -- Milton.
Infect (v. t.) (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
Infect (v.) Communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold".
Infect (v.) Contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: infect, taint] [ant: disinfect].
Infect (v.) Corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism".
Infect (v.) Affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room".
Infecter (n.) One who, or that which, infects.
Infectible (a.) Capable of being infected.
Infection (n.) 傳染；侵染 [U]；傳染病 [C]；影響；感染 [U] The act or process of infecting.
There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. -- De Foe.
Infection (n.) That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them. -- De Foe.
Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London. -- De Foe.
Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
It was her chance to light Amidst the gross infections of those times. -- Daniel.
Infection (n.) (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
Infection (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
Through all her train the soft infection ran. -- Pope.
Mankind are gay or serious by infection. -- Rambler.
Infection (n.) A localized area of tissue which is inflamed by growth of microorganisms; as, he has an infection in his finger.
Syn: Infection, Contagion.
Usage: Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in contradistinction to contagion, which then implies transmission by direct contact. -- Quain. See Contagious.
Infection (n.) The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.
Infection (n.) (Phonetics) The alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound.
Infection (n.) (Medicine) The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease.
Infection (n.) An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: infection, contagion, transmission].
Infection (n.) The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: contagion, infection].
Infection (n.) Moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable".
Infection (n.) (International law) Illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure.
Infection (n.) [ C or U ] (Disease) (B2) （由細菌或病毒造成的身體部位的）感染 A disease in a part of your body that is caused by bacteria or a virus.
// A serious infection.
// A throat infection.
// Bandage the wound to reduce the risk of infection.
Infectious (a.) 傳染的；傳染性的；有感染力的，易傳播的；【廢】感染疾病的 Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.
Where the infectious pestilence. -- Shak.
Infectious (a.) Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.
It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to live always in it. -- Dryden.
Infectious (a.) (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. -- Kent.
Infectious (a.) Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.
The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious. -- W. Black.
Syn: See Contagious.
Infectious (a.) Caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" [syn: infectious, infective].
Infectious (a.) Easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell [ant: noninfectious].
Infectious (a.) Of or relating to infection; "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease".
Infectiously (adv.) In an infectious manner. -- Shak.
Infectiously (adv.) In a contagious manner; "she was contagiously bubbly" [syn: contagiously, infectiously].
Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.
Infective (a.) Infectious. -- Beau. & Fl.
True love . . . hath an infective power. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Infective (a.) Able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" [syn: infective, morbific, pathogenic].
Infective (a.) Caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" [syn: infectious, infective].
Infecund (a.) Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Infecundity (n.) Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
Infecundous (a.) Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Infeeble (v. t.) See Enfeeble.
Infelicitous (a.) Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
Infelicitous (a.) Not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" [ant: felicitous].
Infelicitous (a.) Marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn: infelicitous, unhappy].
Infelicities (n. pl. ) of Infelicity
Infelicity (n.) The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. -- I. Watts.
Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. -- Glanvill.
Infelicity (n.) That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
Infelicity (n.) Inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) [ant: felicitousness, felicity].
Infelonious (a.) Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. -- G. Eliot.
Infelt (a.) Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.]
The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. -- Milman.
Infeodation (n.) (Law) See Infeudation.
Infeoff (v. t.) (Law) See Enfeoff.
Infeoffment (n.) (Law) See Enfeoffment.
Infeoffment, () estates. The act or instrument of feoffment. (q.v.) In Scotland it is synonymous with saisine, meaning the instrument of possession; formerly it was synonymous with investiture, Bell's Sc. L. Dict. h.t.
Inferred (imp. & p. p.) of Infer
Inferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infer
Infer (v. t.) To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Infer (v. t.) To offer, as violence. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Infer (v. t.) To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.]
Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. -- Shak.
Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.
To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. -- Locke.
Such opportunities always infer obligations. -- Atterbury.
Infer (v. t.) To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]
The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first. -- Sir T. More.
This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. -- Shak.
Infer (v.) Reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive].
Infer (v.) Draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer].
Infer (v.) Conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer].
Infer (v.) Guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess, infer].
Infer (v.) Believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" [syn: understand, infer].
Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible.] -- H. Spencer.
A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. -- Burke.
Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of inference. -- Glanvill.
Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. -- Milton.
These inferences, or conclusions, are the effects of reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all together, are called syllogism, or argument. -- I. Watts.
Syn: Conclusion; deduction; consequence.
Usage: Inference, Conclusion. An inference is literally that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or induction from premises, -- something which follows as certainly or probably true. A conclusion is stronger than an inference; it shuts us up to the result, and terminates inquiry. We infer what is particular or probable; we conclude what is certain. In a chain of reasoning we have many inferences, which lead to the ultimate conclusion. "An inference is a proposition which is perceived to be true, because of its connection with some known fact." "When something is simply affirmed to be true, it is called a proposition; after it has been found to be true by several reasons or arguments, it is called a conclusion." -- I. Taylor.
Inference (n.) The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation [syn: inference, illation].
Inference, () The logical process by which new facts are derived from known facts by the application of inference rules.
See also symbolic inference, type inference. (1995-03-20)
Inferential (a.) Deduced or deducible by inference. "Inferential proofs." -- J. S. Mill.
Inferential (a.) Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: inferential, illative].
Inferential (a.) Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion.
Inferential (a.) Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: illative, inferential].
Inferential (a.) Derived or capable of being derived by inference
Inferential (a.) Based on interpretation; not directly expressed
Inferentially (adv.) By way of inference ; using inference.
Inferiae (n. pl.) (Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Inferiae (n.) [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitiation of the _Dii Manes_, or souls of the dead heroes; for the pious ancients could not invent enough gods to satisfy their spiritual needs, and had to have a number of makeshift deities, or, as a sailor might say, jury-gods, which they made out of the most unpromising materials. It was while sacrificing a bullock to the spirit of Agamemnon that Laiaides, a priest of Aulis, was favored with an audience of that illustrious warrior's shade, who prophetically recounted to him the birth of Christ and the triumph of Christianity, giving him also a rapid but tolerably complete review of events down to the reign of Saint Louis. The narrative ended abruptly at the point, owing to the inconsiderate crowing of a cock, which compelled the ghosted King of Men to scamper back to Hades. There is a fine mediaeval flavor to this story, and as it has not been traced back further than Pere Brateille, a pious but obscure writer at the court of Saint Louis, we shall probably not err on the side of presumption in considering it apocryphal, though Monsignor Capel's judgment of the matter might be different; and to that I bow -- wow.
Inferior (a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
A thousand inferior and particular propositions. -- I. Watts.
The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. -- Burke.
Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. -- Dryden.
Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
Inferior (a.) (Astron.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
Inferior (a.) (Astron.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
Inferior (a.) (Bot.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
Inferior (a.) (Bot.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
Inferior (a.) (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
Inferior court (Law), A court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior court, or higher court.
Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), A small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters.
Inferior tide, The tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.
Inferior (n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. -- South.
Coarsened (a.) Made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean inferior.
Inferior (a.) Of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior].
Inferior (a.) Of low or inferior quality [ant: superior].
Inferior (a.) Written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript].
Inferior (a.) Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior].
Inferior (a.) Lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery".
Inferior (a.) Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard].
Inferior (n.) One of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up, superior, superordinate].
Inferior (n.) A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript].
Inferior. () One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 8.
Inferiority () The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.
A deep sense of our own great inferiority. --Boyle.
Inferiority (n.) The state of being inferior [syn: inferiority, lower status, lower rank].
Inferiority (n.) An inferior quality [syn: inferiority, low quality] [ant: high quality, superiority].
Inferiority (n.) The quality of being a competitive disadvantage [syn: inferiority, unfavorable position].
Inferiorly (adv.) In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
Infernal (n.) An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Infernal (a.) 陰間的；地獄的；地獄般的，惡魔般的；無人性的；【口】可憎的；壞透的 [B] Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. -- Garth.
Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct.
The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. -- Addison.
{Infernal machine}, A machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
{Infernal stone} ({lapis infernalis}), Lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.
Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.
Infernal (a.) Characteristic of or resembling Hell; "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment".
Infernal (a.) Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: {demonic}, {diabolic}, {diabolical}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal}, {satanic}, {unholy}].
Infernal (a.) Expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blamed}, {blessed}, {damn}, {damned}, {darned}, {deuced}, {goddam}, {goddamn}, {goddamned}, {infernal}].
Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; "infernal heat".
Infernal (a.) Being of the underworld; "infernal regions" [ant: {supernal}].
Infernal (n.) An inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake".
Infernally (adv.) In an infernal manner; diabolically. "Infernally false." -- Bp. Hacket.
Infernally (adv.) 1: extremely; "infernally clever"; "hellishly dangerous" [syn: infernally, hellishly].
Inferno (n.) 【義】陰間；地獄；煉獄 The infernal regions; hell.
Inferno (n.) Hence: A raging fire.
At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater]. -- D. C. Worcester.
Inferno (n.) Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: {hell}, {hell on earth}, {hellhole}, {snake pit}, {the pits}, {inferno}].
Inferno (n.) A very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {conflagration}, {inferno}].
Inferno (n.) (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong ... To bottomless perdition, There to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions" -- Dr. Johnson [syn: {Hell}, {perdition}, {Inferno}, {infernal region}, {nether region}, {pit}] [ant: {Heaven}].
Inferobranchian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Inferobranchiata.
Inferobranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.
Inferobranchiate (a.) (Zool.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.
Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible.] -- H. Spencer.
A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. -- Burke.
Inferrible (a.) Inferable.
Infertile (a.) Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; unable to propagate its kind; as, an infertile soil; an infertile hybrid; -- of living things and of soil or land.
Infertile (a.) Incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile].
Infertilely (adv.) In an infertile manner.
Infertility (n.) 不肥沃，貧瘠 The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.
The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. -- Sir M. Hale.
Infertility (n.) The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate [syn: {sterility}, {infertility}] [ant: {fecundity}, {fertility}].
Infest (v. t.) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Infested (imp. & p. p.) of Infest
Infesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infest
Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
To poison vermin that infest his plants. -- Cowper.
These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. -- Addison.
And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. -- Longfellow.
Infest (v.) Invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [syn: infest, overrun].
Infest (v.) Occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest].
Infest (v.) Live on or in a host, as of parasites.
Infestation (n.) The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. -- Bacon.
Free from the infestation of enemies. -- Donne.
Infester (n.) One who, or that which, infests.
Infestive (a.) Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.]
Infestivity (n.) Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [R.]
Infestuous (a.) Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] "Infestuous as serpents." -- Bacon.
Infeudation (n.) (Law) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. -- Sir M. Hale.
Infeudation (n.) The granting of tithes to laymen. -- Blackstone.
Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
Infibulation (n.) The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.
Infidel (a.) Not holding the faith; -- applied by Christians to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity; used by Mohammedans to refer to those who do not believe in Islam.
The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. -- V. Knox.
Infidel (n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; a heathen; a freethinker; -- used especially by Christians and Mohammedans.
Note: Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Mohammedanism.
Syn: Infidel, Unbeliever, Freethinker, Deist, Atheist, Sceptic, Agnostic.
Usage: An infidel, in common usage, is one who denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more commonly used in the extreme sense. A deist believes in one God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed, so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment, neither affirming nor
denying the existence of a personal Deity.
Infidelities (n. pl. ) of Infidelity
Infidelity (n.) Lack of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.
There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes of infidelity. -- V. Knox.
Infidelity (n.) Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.
Infidelity (n.) Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. "The infidelity of friends." -- Sir W. Temple.
Infield (v. t.) To inclose, as a field. [R.]
Infield (n.) 農宅周圍的田園；耕地；（總稱）【棒】內野手；【棒】內野，內場 Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from {outfield}. [Scotland] -- Jamieson.
Infield (n.) (Baseball) The diamond; -- opposed to {outfield}. See {Diamond}, n., 5.
Infield (n.) The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate [syn: {baseball diamond}, {diamond}, {infield}] [ant: {outfield}].
Infile (v. t.) To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror. [R.]