Ingredient
(In*gre"di*ent) n. [F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p.
ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.] That which enters into a
compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.
By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
Sir I. Newton.
Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Arbuthnot. Ingredient
(In*gre"di*ent), a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Acts where no sin is ingredient.
Jer. Taylor. Ingress
(In"gress) n. [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]
1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.
3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into
a sign, etc.
Ingress
(In"gress) v. i. To go in; to enter. [R.]
Ingression
(In*gres"sion) n. [L. ingressio: cf. F. ingression.] Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby.
Ingrieve
(In*grieve) v. t. To render more grievous; to aggravate. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Ingroove
(In*groove") v. t. To groove in; to join in or with a groove. Tennyson.
Ingross
(In*gross") v. t. See Engross.
Ingrowing
(In"grow`ing) a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.
Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
Ingrowth
(In"growth`) n. A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.
Inguen
(||In"guen) n. [L. inguen, inguinis.] (Anat.) The groin.
Inguilty
(In*guilt"y) a. Not guilty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Inguinal
(In"gui*nal) a. [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.)
Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal
hernia.
Inguinal ring. See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal.
Ingulf
(In*gulf") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.] [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also
engulf.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
A river large . . .
Passed underneath ingulfed.
Milton. Ingulfment
(In*gulf"ment) n. The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.
Ingurgitate
(In*gur"gi*tate) v. t. [L. ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref. in- in + gurges
whirlpool, gulf.]
