In esse
(||In` es"se) [L.] In being; actually existing; - - distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which
denote that a thing is not, but may be.
Inessential
(In`es*sen"tial) a. [Pref. in- not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.]
1. Having no essence or being. H. Brooke.
The womb of inessential Naught.
Shelley. 2. Not essential; unessential.
Inestimable
(In*es"ti*ma*ble) a. [L. inaestimabilis: cf. F. inestimable. See In- not, and Estimate.]
Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully
appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
But above all, for thine inestimable love.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard.
Lyon Playfair. Syn. — Incalculable; invaluable; priceless.
Inestimably
(In*es"ti*ma*bly), adv. In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably
excellent.
Inevasible
(In`e*va"si*ble) a. Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.
Inevidence
(In*ev"i*dence) n. [Cf. F. inévidence.] Want of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.] Barrow.
Inevident
(In*ev"i*dent) a. [Cf. F. inévident.] Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.
Inevitability
(In*ev`i*ta*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. inévitabilité.] Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
Shelford.
Inevitable
(In*ev"i*ta*ble) a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. inévitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. "The inevitable hour." Gray.
It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things.
Burke. 2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Dryden.
Inevitableness
(In*ev"i*ta*ble*ness) n. The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen. Prideaux.
Inevitably
(In*ev"i*ta*bly), adv. Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
Inevitably thou shalt die.
Milton.
How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh!
South. Inexact
(In`ex*act") a. [Pref. in- not + exact: cf. F. inexact.] Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
Inexactitude
(In`ex*act"i*tude) n. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.
Inexactly
(In`ex*act"ly), adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
Inexactness
(In`ex*act"ness), n. Incorrectness; want of exactness.
Inexcitability
(In`ex*cit`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.
