Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 42
Infortune (n.) Misfortune. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Infortuned (a.) Unfortunate. [Obs.]
I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. -- Chaucer.
Infotainment (n.) 新聞娛樂化；資訊娛樂化（由information和entertainment組合而成） Interactive services or software that provides some combination of information and entertainment.
Infotainment (n.) A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event [syn: {documentary}, {docudrama}, {documentary film}, {infotainment}].
Infotainment () Interactive services or software that provides some combination of information and entertainment. (2010-03-02)
Infotainment (n.) [ U ] (In television) （電視）資訊娛樂節目The reporting of news and facts in an entertaining and humorous way rather than providing real information.
// It wasn't a real documentary - it was more what you'd call infotainment.
Infound (v. t.) To pour in; to infuse. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Infra (adv.) Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
Infra (adv.) (In writing) See below; "vide infra" [syn: below, infra].
Infra () , Latin. Below, under, beneath, underneath. The opposite of supra, above. Thus we say primo gradu est supra, pater, mater; infra, filius, filia. In the first degree of kindred in the ascending line; above, is the father and the mother; below, in the descending line, the son and daughter. Inst. 3, 6, l.
Infra () In another, sense, this word signifies within; as, infra corpus comitatus, within the body of the county; infra proesidia, within the guards.
Infra () It also signifies during; as infra furorem during the madness.
Infra-axillary (a.) (Bot.) Situated below the axil, as a bud.
Infrabranchial (a.) (Zool.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.
Infraclavicular (a.) (Anat.) Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.
Infract (a.) Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Infracted (imp. & p. p.) of Infract.
Infracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infract.
Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe. [R.] -- Thomson.
Infract (v.) Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe].
Infractible (a.) Capable of being broken. [R.]
Infraction (n.) 違背；違法 The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law. -- I. Watts.
Infraction (n.) A crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement].
Infraction, () The breach of a law or agreement; the violation of a compact. In the French law this is the generic expression to designate all actions which are punishable by the code of France.
Infractor (n.) One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
Infragrant (a.) Not fragrant.
Infrahyoid (a.) (Anat.) Same as Hyosternal (a).
Infralabial (a.) (Zool.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
Infralapsarian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.
Infralapsarian (a.) (Theol.) Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.
Infralapsarianism (n.) (Theor.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.
Inframarginal (a.) Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.
Inframaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.
Inframaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
Inframaxillary (a.) Relating to the lower jaw [syn: mandibular, inframaxillary].
Inframedian (a.) (Zoological Geog.) Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. -- E. Forbes.
Inframundane (a.) Lying or situated beneath the world.
Infranchise (v. t.) See Enfranchise.
Compare: Enfranchise
Enfranchise (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising.] To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. -- Bacon.
Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote.
Enfranchise (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. -- I. Watts.
Enfranchise (v.) Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: affranchise, enfranchise].
Enfranchise (v.) Grant voting rights [ant: disenfranchise, disfranchise].
Infrangibility (n.) The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.
Infrangible
(a.) Not
capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.
[He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band infrangible. -- Pope.
Infrangible (a.) Not to be infringed or violated.
Infrangible (a.) Difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts; "an infrangible series".
Infrangible (a.) Not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights" [syn: absolute, infrangible, inviolable].
Infrangibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.
Infraocular (a.) (Zool.) Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.
Infraorbital (a.) (Anat.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.
Infrapose (v. t.) To place under or beneath. [R.]
Infraposition (n.) A situation or position beneath. -- Kane.
Infrared (a.) (Physics) 【物】紅外線的 Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays having a longer wavelength (and thus less refrangible) than the extreme red rays, specifically those electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.
Infrared (a.) Relating to, using, or producing infrared radiation.
Infrared (a.) Affected by infrared radiation; as, infrared detector; infrared film.
Infrared (a.) Having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography".
Infrared (n.) 【物】紅外線 The infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared" [syn: infrared, infrared frequency].
Infrared (n.) Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves [syn: infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission].
Infrared () (IR) Electromagnetic waves in the frequency range just below visible light corresponding to radiated heat. IR waves can be generated by a kind of LED and are often used for remote controls for televisions etc. and in some docking stations. (1997-01-30)
Infrared (a.) 【物】紅外線的 (Of electromagnetic radiation) Having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. Infrared radiation has a wavelength from about 800 nm to 1 mm, and is emitted particularly by heated objects.
Infrared (a.) (Of equipment or techniques) Using or concerned with this radiation.
‘Infrared cameras.’
Infrared (n.) 【物】紅外線 The infrared region of the spectrum; infrared radiation.
Infrascapular (a.) (Anat.) Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
Infraspinal (a.) (Anat.) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.
Infraspinal (a.) (Anat.) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.
Infraspinate (a.) Alt. of Infraspinous.
Infraspinous (a.) (Anat.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
Infrastapedial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.
Infrastapedial (n.) The infrastapedial part of the columella.
Infrasternal (a.) (Anat.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.
Infrastructure (n.) 公共建設（如鐵路、公路、下水道等）；基礎建設 The basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure, substructure].
Infrastructure (n.) The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base].
Infrastructure (n.) Basic support services for computing, particularly national networks.
See also information superhighway. (1995-06-27)
Infratemporal (a.) (Anat.) Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
Infraterritorial (a.) Within the territory of a state. -- Story.
Infratrochlear (a.) (Anat.) Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve. Infrequence
Infrequence (n.) Alt. of Infrequency.
Infrequency (n.) The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.
Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion. [R.]
The solitude and infrequency of the place. -- Bp. Hall.
Infrequent (a.) Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.
The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. -- Sir T. Elyot.
Infrequent (a.) Not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" [ant: frequent].
Infrequently (adv.) Not frequently; rarely.
Infrequently (adv.) Not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room" [ant: frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes].
Infrigidate (v. t.) To chill; to make cold; to cool. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Infrigidation (n.) The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Infrigidation (n.) The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes [syn: refrigeration, infrigidation].
Infringed (imp. & p. p.) of Infringe.
Infringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infringe.
Infringe (v. t.) 破壞，侵犯，違反 To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.
If the first that did the edict infringe, Had answered for his deed. -- Shak.
The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius. -- Golding.
Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Infringe (v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.
Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
Infringe (v.) Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: {conflict}, {run afoul}, {infringe}, {contravene}].
Infringe (v.) Advance beyond the usual limit [syn: {encroach}, {infringe}, {impinge}].
Infringement (n.) The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. -- Clarendon.
Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.
Infringement (n.) An act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" [syn: violation, infringement].
Infringement (n.) A crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement].
Infringer (n.) One who infringes or violates; a violator. -- Strype.
Infructuose (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] -- T. Adams.
Infrugal (a.) Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. -- J. Goodman.
Infrugiferous (a.) Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.
Infucate (v. t.) To stain; to paint; to daub.
Infucation (n.) The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.
Infule (n. pl. ) of Infula.
Infula (n.) [L.] A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
Infumated (imp. & p. p.) of Infumate.
Infumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infumate.
Infumate (v. t.) To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.
Infumated (a.) Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.
Infumation (n.) Act of drying in smoke.
Infumed (a.) Dried in smoke; smoked. Infundibular
Infundibular (a.) Alt. of Infundibulate
Infundibulate (a.) Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.
Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zool.), A group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.
Infundibuliform (a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
Infundibuliform (a.) (Bot.) Same as Funnelform.
Infundibula (n. pl. ) of Infundibulum.
Infundibulums (n. pl. ) of Infundibulum.
Infundibulum (n.) (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
Infundibulum (n.) (Zool.) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
Infundibulum (n.) (Zool.) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] -- G. Fletcher.
Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching. -- Craig.
Infuriate (a.) Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated. -- Milton.
Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. -- Thomson.
Infuriated (imp. & p. p.) of Infuriate.
Infuriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuriate.
Infuriate (v. t.) To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.
Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. -- Dr. H. More.
Infuriate (v.) Make furious [syn: infuriate, exasperate, incense].
Infuriated (a.) Enraged; furious.
Infuriated (a.) Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd" [syn: angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened].
Infuscate (v. t.) To darken; to make black; to obscure.
Infuscate (v.) Darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings.
Infuscated (a.) (Zool.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
Infuscation (n.) The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. -- Johnson.
Infused (imp. & p. p.) of Infuse.
Infusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuse.
Infuse (v. t.) 將……注入；（向……）灌輸 [（+into）]；使充滿；鼓舞 [（+with）]；泡（茶等）；浸漬；【廢】傾注（液體）[（+into）] To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. -- Denham.
Infuse (v. t.) To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. -- Shak.
Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessed? -- Swift.
Infuse (v. t.) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.
Infuse his breast with magnanimity. -- Shak.
Infusing him with self and vain conceit. -- Shak.
Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. -- Coxe.
Infuse (v. t.) To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] -- Bacon.