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Ill-natured Ill`-na"tured adjective 1. Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The ill-natured task refuse." Addison.

3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [ R.] " Ill-natured land." J. Philips.

-- Ill`-na"tured*ly , adverb -- Ill`- na"tured*ness , noun

Ill-nurtured Ill"-nur`tured adjective Ill- bred. Shak.

Ill-omened Ill`-o"mened adjective Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill , adverb

Ill-starred Ill"-starred` adjective Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

Ill-tempered Ill`-tem"pered adjective 1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [ Obsolete]

So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away.

Pepys.

Ill-timed Ill"-timed` adjective Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.

Ill-used Ill`-used" adjective Misapplied; treated badly.

Ill-will Ill`-will" See under Ill , adjective

Ill-wisher Ill`-wish"er noun One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

Illabile Il·lab"ile adjective Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. [ Obsolete] -- Il`la*bil"i*ty noun [ Obsolete]

Illacerable Il·lac"er·a·ble adjective [ Latin illacerabilis : confer French illacérable . See In- not, and Lacerable .] Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. [ Obsolete]

Illacrymable Il·lac"ry·ma·ble adjective [ Latin illacrimabilis ; prefix il- not + lacrimabilis worthy of tears.] Incapable of weeping. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Illapsable Il·laps"a·ble adjective [ Prefix il- not + lapsable .] Incapable of slipping, or of error. [ R.]

Morally immutable and illapsable .

Glanvill.

Illapse Il·lapse" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Illapsed ; present participle & verbal noun Illapsing .] [ Latin illapsus , past participle of illabi ; prefix il- in + labi to fall, slide.] To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into . Cheyne.

Illapse Il·lapse" noun [ Latin illapsus . See Illapse , intransitive verb ] A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack. Akenside.

They sit silent . . . waiting for an illapse of the spirit.

Jeffrey.

Illaqueable Il·la"que·a·ble adjective Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [ R.] Cudworth.

Illaqueate Il·la"que·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Illaqueated ; present participle & verbal noun Illaqueating .] [ Latin illaqueatus , past participle of illaqueare ; prefix il- in + laqueare to insnare, from laqueus , noose, snare.] To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.

Coleridge.

Illaqueation Il·la`que·a"tion noun 1. The act of catching or insnaring. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.

Illation Il·la"tion noun [ Latin illatio , from illatus , used as past participle of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different root: confer French illation . See 1st In- , and Tolerate , and confer Infer .] The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.

Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things.

Sir T. Browne.

Illative Il"la·tive adjective [ Latin illativus : confer French illatif .] Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then , therefore , etc.

Illative conversion (Logic) , a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true. -- Illative sense (Metaph.) , the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences.

Illative Il"la·tive noun An illative particle, as for , because .

Illatively Il"la·tive·ly adverb By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.

Illaudable Il·laud"a·ble adjective [ Latin illaudabilis . See In- not, and Laudable .] Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. Milton.

-- Il*laud"a*bly , adverb [ Obsolete] Broome.

Illecebration Il·lec`e·bra"tion noun [ See Illecebrous .] Allurement. [ R.] T. Brown.

Illecebrous Il·lec"e·brous adjective [ Latin illecebrosus , from illecebra allurement, from illicere to allure.] Alluring; attractive; enticing. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Elyot.

Illegal Il·le"gal adjective [ Prefix il- not + legal : confer French illégal .] Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.

Illegality Il`le·gal"i·ty noun ; plural Illegalities . [ Confer French illégalité .] The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

Illegalize Il·le"gal·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Illegalized ; present participle & verbal noun Illegalizing .] To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

Illegally Il·le"gal·ly adverb In a illegal manner; unlawfully.

Illegalness Il·le"gal·ness noun Illegality, unlawfulness.

Illegibility Il·leg`i·bil"i·ty noun The state or quality of being illegible.

Illegible Il·leg"i·ble adjective Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. -- Il*leg"i*ble*ness , noun -- Il*leg"i*bly , adverb

Illegitimacy Il`le·git"i·ma·cy noun The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

Illegitimate Il`le·git"i·mate adjective 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

Illegitimate fertilization , or Illegitimate union (Botany) , the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.

Illegitimate Il`le·git"i·mate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Illegitimated ; present participle & verbal noun Illegitimating .] To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue.

Bp. Burnet.

Illegitimately Il`le·git"i·mate·ly adverb In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Illegitimation Il`le·git`i·ma"tion noun 1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [ Obsolete]

Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off.

Bp. Burnet.

Illegitimatize Il`le·git"i·ma·tize transitive verb To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Illesive Il·le"sive adjective [ Prefix il- not + Latin laedere , laesum , to injure.] Not injurious; harmless. [ R.]

Illeviable Il·lev"i·a·ble adjective Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. [ R.] Sir M. Hale.

Illiberal Il·lib"er·al adjective [ Latin illiberalis ; prefix il- not + liberalis liberal: confer French illibéral .] 1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.

2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [ R.] Chesterfield.

Illiberalism Il·lib"er·al·ism noun Illiberality. [ R.]

Illiberality Il·lib`er·al"i·ty noun [ Latin illiberalitas : confer French illibéralité .] The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.

Illiberalize Il·lib"er·al·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Illiberalized ; present participle & verbal noun Illiberalizing .] To make illiberal.

Illiberally Il·lib"er·al·ly adverb In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

Illiberalness Il·lib"er·al·ness noun The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

Illicit Il·lic"it adjective [ Latin illicitus ; prefix il- not + licitus , past participle of licere to be allowed or permitted: confer French illicite . See In- not, and License .] Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.

One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another.

Burke.

-- Il*lic"it*ly , adverb -- Il*lic"it*ness , noun

Illicitous Il·lic"it·ous adjective Illicit. [ R.] Cotgrave.

Illicium Il·li"ci·um noun [ So called, in allusion to its aroma, from Latin illicium an allurement.] (Botany) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.

Illighten Il·light"en transitive verb To enlighten. [ Obsolete]

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