a. (Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dwells with another, or with others. “Coinhabitants of the same element.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coheir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uninhabited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disinherit, v. t., and cf. Disherison. ] Same as Disherison. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting. ] [ Cf. Disherit, Disheir. ] 1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. [ 1913 Webster ]

And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disinter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an abundant source.
Syn. -- well, wellspring. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the source of water from which a stream arises.
Syn. -- headspring, head. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A building where cotton is ginned. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhabilis: cf. F. inhabile. See In- not, and Habile, and cf. Unable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of persons. [ Obs. ] See Unable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inhabileté, inhabilité. See Inability. ] Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting. ] [ OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit. ] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone? Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [ Archaic or Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhabitabilis. See Inhabit. ] Capable of being inhabited; habitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Systems of inhabitable planets. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not, and Habitable. ] Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The frozen ridges of the Alps
Or other ground inhabitable. Shak.

{ } n. 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state. “Frail inhabitants of earth.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inhabitatio a dwelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Population; inhabitants. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phrenol.) A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uninhabited. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant. [ R. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phrenol.) See Inhabitativeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female inhabitant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inhalant. ] Inhaling; used for inhaling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. inhalation. ] The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhaled p. pr. & vb. n. Inhaling. ] [ L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler. Cf. Exhale. ] To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. drawn into the lungs; breathed in; as, inhaled smoke can damage the lungs. Inverse of exhaled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who inhales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, such as ether or chloroform, or an aerosol mist of a solution, for medicinal purposes; as, he alway carried his inhaler around in his pocket in case he had asthmatic attack. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Enhance.

{ } a. Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + harmonious: cf. F. inharmonieux. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being inharmonious; lack of harmony; discord. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inharmoniousness of a verse. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of harmony.

{ , n. (Naut.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhearsed p. pr. & vb. n. Inhearsing. ] To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Inhered p. pr. & vb. n. Inhering. ] [ L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate. ] To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed in or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. Digby.

{ } n. [ Cf. F. inhérence. ] The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F. inhérent. See Inhere. ] Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. “A most inherent baseness.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Southey.

Syn. -- Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought; inseparable; essential; indispensable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By inherence; inseparably. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inheriting. ] [ OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L. inhereditare; pref. in- in + hereditare to inherit, fr. heres heir. See Heir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities, genes, or genetic traits; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.; to inherit hemophilia [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . . with good store of fertile sherris. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the meek shall inherit the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bury so much gold under a tree,
And never after to inherit it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put in possession of. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt not inherit our father's house. Judg. xi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]