n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + intoxication. ] (Med.) Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England. ] 1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. William Jefferson Clinton, b. 1946. The 42d president of the United States, from 1993-. Also known as Bill Clinton. [ Prop. ] [ PJC ]

2. Hillary Rodham Clinton, b. 1947. Attorney and wife of Bill Clinton, the 42d president of the United States. [ Prop. ] [ PJC ]

n. any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.
Syn. -- Clinton's lily. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the economic policies of president Bill Clinton. [ PJC ]

adv. Into this. Hooker.

prep. [ In + to. ] To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compare In. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden. [ 1913 Webster ]

His insolence is more intolerable
Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enormous. [ 1913 Webster ]

This intolerable deal of sack. Shak.

-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. [ 1913 Webster ]

These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intolerance. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant. See In- not, and Tolerant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not enduring; not able to endure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere,
Parent of manners like herself severe. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An intolerant person; a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intolerant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not tolerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intolerant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intolerance; lack of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intombed p. pr. & vb. n. Intombing. ] To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Entombment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound. ] To thunder. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Intonated p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating ] [ See Intone. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Intonate. ] A thundering; thunder. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. intonation. See Intone. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner of speaking, especially the placement of emphasis, the cadence, and the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice while speaking. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intoned p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning. ] [ LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate. ] 1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice, or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures as though by rote. [ PJC ]

v. i. To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A winding, bending, or twisting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intorting. ] [ L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to twist; pref. in- in + torquere to twist. ] To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Intorsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; pertaining to a bow. See Toxic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Intoxicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me;
I am well enough. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intoxicated p. pr. & vb. n. Intoxicating. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To poison; to drug. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

With new wine inoxicated both. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) A poisoning, as by a alcoholic or a narcotic substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. [ 1913 Webster ]

That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.

Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attack vigorously; -- used of physical or verbal attacks; as, the boss laced into him for coming to the meeting late. [ PJC ]

n. A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream. The symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Same as Mackintosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Trademark. ] (Computers) A brand of personal computer featuring an integrated system in which the hardware and system-operating software were designed by or under the control of a single company, the Apple Computer Corporation; among personal computers, distinguished from the IBM-compatible or Intel-based series of computers. [ PJC ]

n. A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. mezzo half + tinto tinted, p. p. of tingere to dye, color, tinge, L. tingere. See Mezzo. ] Mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing ] To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sp., painted. ] Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or “painted” horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl.; sing. Pinto [ Sp., painted, mottled. ] (Eyhnol.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. quinto fifth. ] (Mus.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Saint + -logy + -ist. ] (Theol.) One who writes the lives of saints. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine. ] One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [ Written also Sintu, and Sintuism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent of Shintoism. [ 1913 Webster ]