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verb (ignor, ing)
- To deliberately pay no attention to.
- (obsolete) Fail to notice.
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| illegal |
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noun
- (colloquial) An illegal immigrant.
adjective
- Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
- Not permitted by rules
- Moving a pawn backward is an move in chess.
- (context, stamp-collecting, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
- (context, of an immigrant) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
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| illegal alien |
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noun an
- (derogatory) A person who is within the boundary, boundaries of a political state without that government's authorization; a national of another country who has entered or stayed without permission.
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| illegality |
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noun (illegalities)
- : the state of being illegal
- The criminal was aware of the of his act.
- (uncountable): a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law
- When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.
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| illicit |
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adjective
- Lacking licitness, but not invalid.
- The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid.
- Breaking social norms.
- Unlawful.
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| immovable |
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noun
- That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.
adjective
- Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation.
- steadfast, Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
- Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
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| impeach |
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verb (impeach, es)
- To hinder.
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
- President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
- To discredit an individual or group with presumed expertise.
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| imperfect |
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noun
- Something having a minor flaw
- (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
adjective
- Not perfect
- (botany) A flower that is unisexual: either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil), but not with both (the latter condition is termed "perfect").
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| imperium |
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noun (imperia, -)
- Supreme power; dominion.
- The right to command the force of the state, sovereignty.
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| impleader |
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noun
- (law) procedural device before trial in which a party joins a third-party into a lawsuit because that third-party is liable to an original defendant
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| impound |
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verb - To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound;
- To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.
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| incapacitate |
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verb (incapacitat, ing)
- to make incapable (of doing something)
- The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head
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| incendiary |
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noun (incendiaries)
- Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
- The military used incendiaries to destroy the building, fortunately the fire didn't spread.
adjective
- Capable of causing fire.
- Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
- Politics is an topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.
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| incompetence |
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noun
- inability, Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
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| incompetent |
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adjective
- Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
- Having an lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
- Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
- The charged was judged to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
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| incorporeal |
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adjective
- having no material form or substance
- (legal) relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent
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| incriminate |
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verb (incriminates, incriminating, incriminated, incriminated)
- (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
- The newpapers are all incriminating me unjustly in this fiasco!
- (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.
- We have all sorts of evidence which you.
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abbreviation - Indiana
- India
- Indian
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| indemnity |
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noun (indemnities)
- an obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
- repayment
- the right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
- (insurance) a principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
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| indent |
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noun
- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
- A stamp; an impression.
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
verb
- To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
- To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
- To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
- To be cut, notched, or dented.
- To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
- To contract; to bargain or covenant.
See w:Indent, the Wikipedia article on indent
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| indict |
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verb
- To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- a book that indicts modern values
- To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
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| infamy |
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noun (infam, ies)
- That which is infamous.
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| infant |
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noun
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
- (legal) A minor.
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| infanticide |
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noun
- The murder of an infant, a newborn.
- The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
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| infectious |
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adjective
- (context, pathology, of an illness) transmit, Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
- (context, of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
- Her enthusiasm for work is really .
- (context, pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
- The patient is still .
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| in flagrante delicto |
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adverb
- in the act of committing a misdeed
- while performing sexual activity
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| infringe |
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verb (infring, ing)
- (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.
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| infringement |
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noun
- a violation or breach, as of a law
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| injunction |
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noun - The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
- A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
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| injury |
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noun (injuries)
- Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
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| insanity |
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noun
- The state of being insane; madness.
- 18C, Benjamin Franklin (attributed)
- :Trying to solve problems, expecting different results, using the exact same methods.
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| intellectual property |
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noun
- any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value, especially copyrighted material, patents, trademarks etc
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| intent |
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noun
- The purpose of something that is intended.
- The state of someone"s mind at the time of committing an offence.
adjective
- firmly, Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
- engrossed, Engrossed.
- unwavering, Unwavering from a course of action.
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| interdict |
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noun
- A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Exteme unction/Anointing of the sick are excepted.
verb
- (transitive) To forbid by church or legal sanction.
- (transitive) To damage, interrupt or destroy enemy lines of communication.
- (transitive) (Roman Catholic) to exclude a person or geographical area from participation in church symbolism and services.
- (transitive) To exclude from church sacraments including burial.
- To invoke a prohibition against contact with another.
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| interfere |
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verb (rfc-level, Verb at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(interfer, ing)
- (intransitive) to get involved or involve oneself causing disturbance
- I always try not to with other people"s personal affairs.
- (intransitive) (physics) (of waves) to be correlated with each other when overlap, overlapped or superpose, superposed
- Correlated waves to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
- Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations the listener hears nothing but noise.
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| interrogatory |
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noun (interrogatories)
- A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.
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| intervene |
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verb (intervenes, intervening, intervened)
- To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
- (rfd-redundant) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
- (rfd-redundant) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
- In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
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| intestacy |
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noun
- The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
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| intestate |
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adjective
- Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
- Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.
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