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`-— ORIGIN ME: from L. infus, infundere ‘pour 111'...
`infusibie 0 adj. not able to be melted or fused.
`—~ DERIVATIVES intusibility II.
`infusion on. 1 a drink. remedy. or extract prepared by
`infusing. 2 the action or process of infusing.
`-ing‘l 0 with 1 denoting a verbal action, activity, or result:
`building. 2 denoting material used for or associated with
`a process: piping. 3 forming the gerund of verbs (such as
`paiming as in I love pointing).
`— ORIGIN 0E ding. -ing, of Gmc origin.
`ing’ .suflix 1 forming the present participle of verbs:
`calling. 2 forming adjectives from nouns: hulking.
`~ ORIGIN ME: alt. of earlier ends, later -inde.
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`«ings o suffix a thing belonging to or having the quality of:
`fanning.
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`—— ORIGIN ME: from Fr. ingénieux or L.
`ingeniosus, from
`ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; cf. ENGINE.
`ingenue I"a3an(j)u:/ 0 II. an innocent or unSOphisticated
`young woman.
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`._ ORIGIN ME: from Ell-1, III-2 + GRAIN; the
`in grain ‘fast-dyed’, from the old use 0
`‘kermes, cochineal’.
`ingrained oadj. (also engrained) 1 (of
`tude) firmly established. 2 (of dirt) (199131
`ingrate /‘Ingre1t, In'greIt/ formal or poetic/m
`grateful person. 0 adj. ungrateful.
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`ingratitude o n. a discreditable lack Of gratitude
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`combined to make a partlcular diSh. 2 a componen? are
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`arrival of the sun, moon, or a planet in a specified con-
`stellation or part Of the sky,
`-— DERIVATIVES ingression n.
`- ORIGIN ME: from L. ingressus, from ingredi ‘enter’.
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`in-g roup o R. an exclusive group Of people with a Shared
`interest or identity.
`ingrown 0 adj. 1 growing or having grown within; in
`nate: ingrown habit. 2 inward—looking. 3 (of a toenail)
`having grown into the flesh.
`- DERIVATIVES ingroWing adj. ingrowth n.
`inguinal /‘Ingw1n(a)l/ 0 adj. Anatomy Of the groin.
`— DERIVATIVES inguinally adv.
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`inguinalis. from inguen,
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`ingulf o v. archaic spelling of ENGULF.
`ingurgitate [In'geudgltelt/
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`poetic/literary
`greedily.
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`— DERIVATIVES ingurgitation n.
`ingurgitore ‘pour 111'-
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`ingurgitot-,
`from in— ‘into’ + gurges. gurgit- ‘whirlpool, gulf-
`lngush ['mguf/ O n. (pl. same or .Ingushes) 1 a member of
`a people living mainly in the Ingush republic in the cen
`tral Caucasus region. 2 the North Caucasian language Of
`this people.
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`inhabit o v. (inhabited, inhabiting) live in or ‘3pr? 1
`— DERIVATIVES inhabitability /-ta'bIlIti/ n. inhabltable d01-
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`a substance which starts a chain reaction. 3 an explosive
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`“that Or. 1 introduce (a liquid. especially a drug or vac-
`cine) into the body with a syringe. radminister a drug
`or medicine to (a person or animal) in this way 2 intro-
`duce or feed (something) under pressure into another
`substance. 3 introduce (a new or different element): she
`m to infect scorn into her tone.
`— DERIVATIVES when”. ad]. a n. Injector n.
`*- ORIGIN C16: from L. We“; inicerc ‘throw in'.
`Injection 0 n. 1 an act of injecting or being injected. 2 a
`substance that is injected. 3 short for mu Imam
`injection moulding o n. the shaping of rubber or plas-
`tic articles by injecting heated material into a mould.
`- DERIVATIVES Injection-moulded adj.
`III-joke On. a joke that is shared exclusively by a small
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