Inviolacy noun The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.

Inviolate, Inviolated adjective [ Latin inviolatus . See In- not, and Violate .]

1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.

His fortune of arms was still inviolate .

Bacon.

2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. " Inviolate truth." Denham.

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate .

Spenser.

Inviolately adverb In an inviolate manner.

Inviolateness noun The state of being inviolate.

Invious adjective [ Latin invius ; prefix in- not + via way.] Untrodden. [ R.] Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness , noun [ R.]

Invirile adjective Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell.

Invirility noun Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. Prynne.

Inviscate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Inviscated ; present participle & verbal noun Inviscating .] [ Latin inviscatus , past participle of inviscare to birdlime; prefix in- in + viscum , viscus , the mistletoe, birdlime.] To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Inviscerate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Inviscerated ; present participle & verbal noun Inviscerating .] [ Latin invisceratus , past participle of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See Viscera .] To breed; to nourish. [ R.] W. Montagu.

Inviscerate adjective [ Latin invisceratus , past participle ] Deep-seated; internal. [ R.] W. Montagu.

Invisibility noun ; plural Invisibilities . [ Latin invisibilitas : confer French invisibilité .] The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. "Atoms and invisibilities ." Landor.

Invisible adjective [ French invisible , Latin invisibilis . See In- not, and Visible .] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.

To us invisible , or dimly seen
In these thy lowest works.

Milton.

Invisible bird (Zoology) , a small, shy singing bird ( Myadestes sibilons ), of St. Vincent Islands. -- Invisible green , a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

Invisible noun
1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.

2. A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft. [ Obsolete]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. Shipley.

Invisibleness noun The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.

Invisibly adverb In an invisible manner. Denham.

Invision noun Want of vision or of the power of seeing. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Invitation noun [ Latin invitatio : confer French invitation . See Invite .]

1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.

3. Allurement; enticement. [ R.]

She gives the leer of invitation .

Shak.

Invitatory adjective [ Latin invitatorius : confer French invitatoire .] Using or containing invitations.

The "Venite" [ Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm.

Hook.

Invitatory noun ; plural Invitatories . [ Late Latin invitatorium : confer French invitatoire .] That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.

Invite transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invited ; present participle & verbal noun Inviting .] [ Latin invitare : confer French inviter . See Vie .]

1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.

So many guests invite as here are writ.

Shak.

I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.

Carlyle.

2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.

Milton.

Shady groves, that easy sleep invite .

Dryden.

There no delusive hope invites despair.

Cowper.

3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

Syn. -- To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.

Invite intransitive verb To give invitation. Milton.

Invitement noun Invitation. [ Obsolete] Chapman.

Inviter noun One who, or that which, invites.

Invitiate adjective Not vitiated. Lowell.

Inviting adjective Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.

Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm.

W. Irving.

-- In*vit"ing*ly , adverb -- In*vit"ing*ness , noun Jer. Taylor.

Invitrifiable adjective Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.

Invocate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invocated ; present participle & verbal noun Invocating .] [ Latin invocatus , past participle of invocare . See Invoke .] To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.

If Dagon be thy god,
Go to his temple, invocate his aid.

Milton.

Invocation noun [ French invocation , Latin invocatio .]

1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.

Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical!

Shak.

The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities.

Addison.

2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.

Invocatory adjective Making or containing invocation; invoking.

Invoice noun [ French envois things sent, goods forwarded, plural of envoi a sending or things sent, from envoyer to send; confer F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy .]

1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.

2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

Invoice transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invoiced ; present participle & verbal noun Invoicing .] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.

Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway.

Madison.

Invoke transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invoked ; present participle & verbal noun Invoking .] [ French invoquer , Latin invocare ; prefix in- in, on + vocare to call, from vox voice. See Voice , and confer Invocate .] To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.

Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . .
Invoke his warlike spirit.

Shak.

Involucel noun [ Dim. of involucre , or involucrum : confer French involucelle .] (Botany) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre .

Involucellate adjective (Botany) Furnished with involucels.

Involucellum noun ; plural Involucella . [ New Latin ] See Involucel .

Involucral adjective [ Confer French involucral .] Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.

Involucrate, Involucrated adjective (Botany) Having an involucre; involucred.

Involucre noun [ Latin involucrum a covering, wrapper, from involvere to wrap up, envelop: confer French involucre . See Involve .] (Botany) (a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum .

Involucred adjective (Botany) Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. Martyn.

Involucret noun (Botany) An involucel.

Involucrum noun ; plural Latin Involucra , English Involucrums . [ Latin See Involucre .]

1. (Botany) See Involucre .

2. (Zoology) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Involuntarily adverb [ From Involuntary .] In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.

Involuntariness noun The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

Involuntary adjective [ Latin involuntarius . See In- not, and Voluntary .]

1. Not having will or the power of choice.

2. Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.

3. Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.

Involute noun (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent . See Evolute .

Involute, Involuted adjective [ Latin involutus , past participle of involvere . See Involve .]
1. (Botany) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. Gray.

2. (Zoology) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.

Involution noun [ Latin involutio : confer French involution . See Involve .]

1. The act of involving or infolding.

2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.

All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual involutions .

Glanvill.

3. That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope. Sir T. Browne.

4. (Gram.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.

5. (Math.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution .

6. (Geom.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, adjective a′ , b.b′ , c.c′ , so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa′ = Ob.Ob′ = Oc.Oc′ is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution .

7. (Medicine) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

Involve transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Involved ; present participle & verbal noun Involving .] [ Latin involvere , involutum , to roll about, wrap up; prefix in- in + volvere to roll: confer Old French involver . See Voluble , and confer Involute .]

1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

Some of serpent kind . . . involved
Their snaky folds.

Milton.

2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.

And leave a singèd bottom all involved
With stench and smoke.

Milton.

3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. " Involved discourses." Locke.

4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

He knows
His end with mine involved .

Milton.

The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction.

Tillotson.

5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [ R.]

The gathering number, as it moves along,
Involves a vast involuntary throng.

Pope.

Earth with hell
To mingle and involve .

Milton.

6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. " Involved in a deep study." Sir W. Scott.

8. (Math.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

Syn. -- To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm. -- To Involve , Imply . Imply is opposed to express , or set forth ; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion.

Involved adjective (Zoology) Same as Involute .

Involvedness noun The state of being involved.