Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 66

Intransmissible (a.) Not capable of being transmitted ; as, an intransmissable illness. 

Intransmutability (n.) The quality of being intransmutable.

Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

Intrant (a.) Entering; penetrating.

Intrant (n.) One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station. -- Hume.

Intranuclear (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to, or located on the inside of a nucleus; taking place within a nucleus; referring especially to the nucleus of a cell; as, the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.

Intrap (v. t.) See Entrap. -- Spenser.

Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. -- Rolleston.

Intrapetiolar (a.) (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.

Intraterritorial (a.) Within the territory or a territory.

Intrathoracic (a.) Within the thorax or chest.

Intratropical (a.) Within the tropics.

Intrauterine (a.) Within the uterus or womb; as, Intrauterine hemorrhage; an intrauterine device.

Intrauterine (a.) Within the womb.

Intravalvular (a.) Between valves.

Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.

Intravenous (a.) Administered by injection into a vein; as, an intravenous antibiotic infusion.

Intravenous (a.) Within or by means of a vein; "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding" [syn: intravenous, endovenous].

Intraventricular (a.) Within or between ventricles.

Intreasure (v. t.) To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard.

Intreat (v. t.) See Entreat.

Intreatable (a.) Not to be entreated; inexorable.

Intreatance (n.) Entreaty.

Intreatful (a.) Full of entreaty.

Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrench.

Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrench.

Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself.

Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.

Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.

Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched. (Syn: Entrenchment)

Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Intrepid (a.) 勇敢的;大膽的;無畏的;堅韌不拔的 Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

Syn: Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.

Intrepid (a.) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing].

Intrepidity (n.) 大膽,剛勇;大膽的行為 The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.

Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. -- Addison.

Syn: Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See Courage, Heroism.

Intrepidity (n.) Resolute courageousness [syn: dauntlessness, intrepidity].

Intrepidly (adv.) In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.

Intrepidly (adv.) Without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat" [syn: fearlessly, dauntlessly, intrepidly] [ant: fearfully].

Intricable (a.) Entangling. [Obs.] -- Shelton.

Intricacies (n. pl. ) of Intricacy.

Intricacy (n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.

Intricate (a.) Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

Intricate (a.) Having many parts.

Intricate (v. t.) To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.

Intricately (adv.) In an intricate manner.

Intricateness (n.) The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.

Intrication (n.) Entanglement.

Intrigante (n.) A female intriguer.

Intrigued (imp. & p. p.) of Intrigue.

Intriguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrigue.

Intrigue (v. i.) 密謀,私通 To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

Intrigue (v. i.) To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

Intrigue (v. t.) 激起…的興趣,用詭計取得 To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.

Intrigue (n.) 陰謀,復雜的事 Intricacy; complication.

Intrigue (n.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

Intrigue (n.) The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.

Intrigue (n.) A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.

Intrigue (n.) A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends [syn: {intrigue}, {machination}].

Intrigue (n.) A clandestine love affair.

Intrigue (v.) Cause to be interested or curious [syn: {intrigue}, {fascinate}].

Intrigue (v.) Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: {scheme}, {intrigue}, {connive}].

Intriguer (n.) One who intrigues.

Intriguery (n.) Arts or practice of intrigue.

Intriguingly (adv.) By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue.

Intrinse (a.) Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate.

Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.

Intrinsic (a.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.

Intrinsic (n.) A genuine quality.

Intrinsical (a.) Intrinsic.

Intrinsical (a.) Intimate; closely familiar.

Intrinsicality (n.) The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.

Intrinsically (adv.) Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.

Intrinsicalness (n.) The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.

Intrinsicate (a.) Intricate.

Intro- () A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.

Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts.

Introduced (imp. & p. p.) of Introduce

Introducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Introduce

Introduce (v. t.) 帶領;輸入,傳入;介紹;作為的開頭 To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

Introduce (v. t.) To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.

Introduce (v. t.) To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.

Introduce (v. t.) To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.

Introduce (v. t.) To produce; to cause to exist; to induce.

Introduce (v. t.) To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Introduce (v.) Cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: {introduce}, {present}, {acquaint}].

Introduce (v.) Bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced" [syn: {introduce}, {innovate}].

Introduce (v.) Introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: {insert}, {enclose}, {inclose}, {stick in}, {put in}, {introduce}].

Introduce (v.) Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" [syn: {bring in}, {introduce}].

Introduce (v.) Bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits".

Introduce (v.) Put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: {insert}, {infix}, {enter}, {introduce}].

Introduce (v.) Bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. [syn: {introduce}, {bring out}].

Introduce (v.) Put before (a body); "introduce legislation".

Introduce (v.) Furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" [syn: {precede}, {preface}, {premise}, {introduce}].

Introduce (v.) Be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" [syn: {inaugurate}, {usher in}, {introduce}].

Introducement (n.) Introduction.

Introducer (n.) One who, or that which, introduces.

Introduct (v. t.) To introduce.

Introduction (n.) The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

Introduction (n.) The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

Introduction (n.) That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.

Introduction (n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

Introductive (a.) Serving to introduce; introductory.

Introductor (n.) An introducer.

Introductorily (adv.) By way of introduction.

Introductory (a.) Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

Introductory (a.) (First time) 首次的(存在,使用或經歷) Existing, used, or experienced for the first time.

// An introductory price/ offer.

// An introductory course in design (= a course for people who have not done it before).

Introductory (a.) (Beginning) 引導的;序言的 Written or said at the beginning.

// An introductory chapter.

// I'd like to make some introductory remarks before beginning the lecture.

Introductory Rites (n.) 進堂式 The Mass begins with the entrance chant/ song. The celebrant and other ministers enter in procession and reverence the altar with a bow and/ or a kiss. The altar is a symbol of Christ at the heart of the assembly and so deserves this special reverence.

All make the Sign of the Cross and the celebrant extends a greeting to the gathered people in words taken from Scripture.

The Penitential Act follows the greeting. At the very beginning of the Mass, the faithful recall their sins and place their trust in God's abiding mercy. The Penitential Act includes the Kyrie Eleison, a Greek phrase meaning, "Lord, have mercy." This litany recalls God's merciful actions throughout history. On Sundays, especially in Easter Time, in place of the customary Penitential Act, from time to time the blessing and sprinkling of water to recall Baptism may take place.

On Sundays, solemnities, and feasts, the Gloria follows the Penitential Act. The Gloria begins by echoing the proclamation of the angels at the birth of Christ: "Glory to God in the highest!" In this ancient hymn, the gathered assembly joins the heavenly choirs in offering praise and adoration to the Father and Jesus through the Holy Spirit.

The Introductory Rites conclude with an opening prayer, called the Collect. The celebrant invites the gathered assembly to pray and, after a brief silence, proclaims the prayer of the day. The Collect gathers the prayers of all into one and disposes all to hear the Word of God in the context of the celebration.

Introductress (n.) A female introducer.

Introflexed (a.) Flexed or bent inward.

Introgression (n.) The act of going in; entrance.

Introit (n.) A going in.

Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.

Introit (n.) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.

Introit (n.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

Introit (n.) Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.

Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

Intromission (n.) The act of letting go in; admission.

Intromission (n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

Intromitted (imp. & p. p.) of Intromit.

Intromitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intromit.

Intromit (v. t.) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. -- Greenhill.

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