Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 70
Inviolableness (n.) The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.
Inviolably (adv.) 不可侵犯地 Without violation.
Inviolacy (n.) 未褻瀆；無汙點 The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath. Inviolate
Inviolate (a.) Alt. of Inviolated.
Inviolated (a.) 未褻瀆的；無汙點的；未被侵犯的；未被違反的 Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
His fortune of arms was still inviolate. -- Bacon.
Inviolated (a.) Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." -- Denham.
There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. -- Spenser.
Inviolate (a.) (Of a woman) Having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate].
Inviolate (a.) Must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct].
Inviolately (adv.) In an inviolate manner.
Inviolateness (n.) 未被褻瀆；神聖；未被侵犯 The state of being inviolate.
Invious (a.) Untrodden. [R.] -- Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]
Invirile (a.) Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. -- Lowell.
Invirility (n.) 陽萎；男性機能缺失 Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. -- Prynne.
Inviscated (imp. & p. p.) of Inviscate.
Inviscating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inviscate.
Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Inviscerated (imp. & p. p.) of Inviscerate.
Inviscerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inviscerate.
Inviscerate (v. t.) To breed; to nourish. [R.] -- W. Montagu.
Inviscerate (a.) Deep-seated; internal. [R.] -- W. Montagu.
Invisibilities (n. pl. ) of Invisibility.
Invisibility (n.) 不可見；看不見 The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. "Atoms and invisibilities." -- Landor.
Invisibility (n.) The quality of not being perceivable by the eye [syn: invisibility, invisibleness] [ant: visibility, visibleness].
Invisible (n.) 看不見的物（或人）[C]；【宗】靈界；上帝 [the S] An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
Invisible (n.) A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft. [Obs.]
Invisible (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. -- Shipley.
Invisible (a.) 看不見的；無形的；微小得覺察不出的；不顯眼的 [（+to）] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. Specifically:
Invisible (a.) Not visible due to an inherent property, such as lack of color; as, the invisible air; invisible ink.
Invisible (a.) Hidden from view; out of sight.
Invisible (a.) Not perceptible due to lack of light.
Invisible (a.) Too small or too distant to be perceived; as, people on the ground invisible at cruising altitude.
To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. -- Milton.
Invisible (a.) Hidden from the public; as, invisible transactions.
Invisible (a.) Imperceptible to the mind; as, differences invisible to most observers.
Invisible bird (Zool.), A small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons), of St. Vincent Islands.
Invisible green, A very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.
Invisible (a.) Impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending" [syn: invisible, unseeable] [ant: seeable, visible].
Invisible (a.) Not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man" [syn: inconspicuous, invisible] [ant: conspicuous].
Invisible (a.) (B2) Impossible to see.
// The aircraft is designed to be invisible to radar.
// These bacteria are invisible unless viewed with a microscope.
Invisible (a.) [ Before noun ] (Specialized) (Finance & economics) Used to refer to money that is added to a country's economy by activities such as the service and financial industries rather than the production of goods in factories.
// An increase in invisible exports.
// Tourism brings in 40 percent of the island's invisible earnings.
Invisibleness (n.) The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.
Invisibleness (n.) The quality of not being perceivable by the eye [syn: invisibility, invisibleness] [ant: visibility, visibleness].
Invisibly (adv.) In an invisible manner. -- Denham.
Invisibly (adv.) Without being seen; "these organisms enter the body invisibly" [ant: visibly].
Invision (n.) Lack of vision or of the power of seeing. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Invitation (n.) 邀請 [U] [C]；請帖 [C] ；引誘；招致 [C] [U] The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
Invitation (n.) A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
Invitation (n.) Allurement; enticement. [R.]
She gives the leer of invitation. -- Shak.
Invitation (n.) A request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away".
Invitation (n.) A tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble".
Invitatory (a.) Using or containing invitations.
The "Venite" [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm. -- Hook.
Invitatories (n. pl. ) of Invitatory.
Invitatory (n.) That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.
Invitatory (a.) Conveying an invitation; "a brief invitatory note" conveying an invitation; "a brief invitatory note".
Invited (imp. & p. p.) of Invite.
Inviting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invite.
Invite (v. t.) 邀請；招待 [（+to）] [O2]；請求；徵求 [O2]；引起，招致；吸引；誘惑 To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
So many guests invite as here are writ. -- Shak.
I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. -- Carlyle.
Invite (v. t.) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. -- Milton.
Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. -- Dryden.
There no delusive hope invites despair. -- Cowper.
Invite (v. t.) To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.
Invite (v. i.) To give invitation. -- Milton.
Invite (n.) 邀請 A colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party".
Invite (v.) Increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" [syn: invite, ask for].
Invite (v.) Invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" [syn: invite, ask over, ask round].
Invite (v.) Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" [syn: tempt, invite].
Invite (v.) Ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite, bid].
Invite (v.) Have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" [syn: invite, pay for].
Invite (v.) Ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" [syn: invite, ask in].
Invite (v.) Request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn: invite, call for].
Invite (v.) Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive, take in, invite].
Invitement (n.) Invitation. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Inviter (n.) 邀請者 One who, or that which, invites.
Invitiate (a.) Not vitiated. -- Lowell.
Inviting (a.) 吸引人的；誘人的；invite 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.
Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. -- W. Irving. -- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n. -- Jer. Taylor.
Inviting (a.) Attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" [ant: uninviting].
Invitrifiable (a.) Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. -- Kirwan.
Invocated (imp. & p. p.) of Invocate.
Invocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invocate.
Invocate (v. t.) 【罕】召喚 To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.
If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. -- Milton.
Invocation (n.) 祈求；祈禱；呼求 The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical! -- Shak.
The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities. -- Addison.
Invocation (n.) (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.
Invocation (n.) A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service [syn: {invocation}, {supplication}].
Invocation (n.) An incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil.
Invocation (n.) Calling up a spirit or devil [syn: {conjuring}, {conjuration}, {conjury}, {invocation}].
Invocation (n.) The act of appealing for help.
Invocatory (a.) 祈求的，祈願的 Making or containing invocation; invoking.
Invoice (n.) (Com.) 發票，發貨單 A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. -- Wharton.
Invoice (n.) The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
Invoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Invoice.
Invoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invoice.
Invoice (v. t.) 開……的發票；開發票給；將……列入清單 To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.
Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway. -- Madison.
Invoice (n.) An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" [syn: {bill}, {account}, {invoice}].
Invoice (v.) Send an bill to; "She invoiced the company for her expenses".
Invoice (), Commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. Marsh. Ins. 408; Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. An invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, quality, and price of the things sold, deposited, &c. 1 Pardess. Dr. Com. n. 248. Vide Bill of Lading; and 2 Wash. C. C. R. 113; Id. 155.
Invoked (imp. & p. p.) of Invoke.
Invoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invoke.
Invoke (v. t.) 祈求（神等）庇護，乞靈於；以法術咒語招（鬼怪等） To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. -- Shak.
Invoke (v.) Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward}, {call forth}].
Invoke (v.) Cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [syn: {invoke}, {appeal}].
Invoke (v.) Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" [syn: {appeal}, {invoke}].
Involucel (n.) (Bot.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre.
Involucellate (a.) (Bot.) Furnished with involucels.
Involucella (n. pl. ) of Involucellum
Involucellum (n.) [NL.] See Involucel.
Involucral (a.) Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
Involucrate (a.) Alt. of Involucrated.
Involucrated (a.) (Bot.) Having an involucre; involucred.
Involucrate (a.) Having an involucre.
Involucre (n.) (Bot.) 【植】總苞；【解】包皮，被膜 A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.
Involucre (n.) (Bot.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns.
Involucre (n.) (Bot.)_The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also {involucrum}.
Involucre (n.) A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
Involucred (a.) (Bot.) Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. -- Martyn.
Involucret (n.) (Bot.) An involucel.
Involucra (n. pl. ) of Involucrum.
Involucrums (n. pl. ) of Involucrum.
Involucrum (n.) (Bot.) See Involucre.
Involucrum (n.) (Zool.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
Involuntarily (adv.) 非自願地；非出於本意地；無意地；偶然地 In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.
Involuntarily (adv.) Against your will; "he was involuntarily held against his will" [ant: {voluntarily}].
Involuntariness (n.) 不願意；不感興趣；無意識，不由自主；偶然 The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
Involuntariness (n.) The trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" [syn: {unwillingness}, {involuntariness}] [ant: {willingness}].
Involuntary (a.) Not having will or the power of choice.
Involuntary (a.) Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission. Involute
Involuntary (a.) Not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy [syn: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary].
Involuntary (a.) Controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start" [ant: voluntary].
Involuntary. () An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint, (q. v.) or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then, which is performed under duress. Wolff, Sec. 5. Vide Duress.
Involute (a.) 紛亂的；【植】內捲的；【動】蝸旋的 Alt. of Involuted
Involuted (a.) (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation. -- Gray.
Involuted (a.) (Zool.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
Involuted (a.) (Zool.) Rolled inward spirally.
Involute (n.) (Geom.)【數】漸伸線 A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
Involute (a.) Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward [syn: {involute}, {rolled}].
Involute (a.) (Of some shells) Closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.
Involution (n.) 捲入；糾纏；錯綜複雜；錯綜複雜的事物 The act of involving or infolding.
Involution (n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.
All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual involutions. -- Glanvill.
Involution (n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. -- Sir T. Browne.
Involution (n.) (Gram.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.
Involution (n.) (Math.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.
Involution (n.) (Geom.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.
Involution (n.) (Med.) 子宮複舊 The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.
Involution (n.) Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth).
Involution (n.) A long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction.
Involution (n.) Marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution].
Involution (n.) The act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation].
Involution (n.) The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power [syn: exponentiation, involution].
Involution (n.) The action of enfolding something [syn: involution, enfolding].
Involved (imp. & p. p.) of Involve.
Involving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Involve.
Involve (v. t.) 使捲入，連累；牽涉 [（+in/ with）]；需要，包含，意味著 [（+in）] [+v-ing] To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. -- Milton.
Involve (v. t.) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
And leave a sing[`e]d bottom all involved With stench and smoke. -- Milton.
Involve (v. t.) To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. "Involved discourses." -- Locke.
Involve (v. t.) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
He knows His end with mine involved. -- Milton.
The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. -- Tillotson.
Involve (v. t.) To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.]
The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng. -- Pope.
Earth with hell To mingle and involve. -- Milton.
Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
"Involved in a deep study." -- Sir W. Scott.