Inveterate
(In*vet"er*ate) v. t. To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] Bacon.
Inveterately
(In*vet"er*ate*ly) adv. In an inveterate manner or degree. "Inveterately tough." Hawthorne.
Inveterateness
(In*vet"er*ate*ness), n. Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne.
Inveteration
(In*vet`er*a"tion) n. [L. inveteratio.] The act of making inveterate. [R.] Bailey.
Invict
(In*vict") a. [L. invictus. See In- not, and Victor.] Invincible. [Obs.] Joye.
Invidious
(In*vid"i*ous) a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.
Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
Broome. — In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. — In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.
Invigilance
(In*vig"i*lance In*vig"i*lan*cy) n. [in- not + vigilance: cf. OF. invigilance.] Want of vigilance; neglect
of watching; carelessness.
Invigor
(In*vig"or) v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.]
Invigorate
(In*vig"or*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invigorated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Invigorating.] [Pref. in- in
+ vigor.] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity.
Atterbury. Syn. — To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.
Invigoration
(In*vig`or*a"tion) n. The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
Invile
(In*vile") v. t. To render vile. [Obs.] Daniel.
Invillaged
(In*vil"laged) p. a. Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] W. Browne.
Invincibility
(In*vin`ci*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. invincibilité.] The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.
Invincible
(In*vin"ci*ble) a. [L. invincibilis: cf. F. invincible. See In- not, and Vincible.] Incapable of
being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.
Lead forth to battle these my sons
Invincible.
Milton. — In*vin"ci*ble*ness, n. — In*vin"ci*bly, adv.
Inviolability
(In*vi`o*la*bil"i*ty) n. [L. inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilité.] The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
Inviolable
(In*vi"o*la*ble) a. [L. inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See Inviolate, a.]
