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21281 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEAVENLY-MINDEDNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
HEAVENLY-MINDEDNESS, n. The state of having the affections placed on heavenly things and spiritual objects.
21282 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIDE.12 (Noah Webster)
To hide the face, to withdraw spiritual presence, support and consolation.
21283 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HYDROMETER.1 (Noah Webster)
HYDROMETER, n. [See Hydrometry.] An instrument to measure the gravity, density, velocity, force, etc. of water and other fluids, and the strength of spirituous liquors.
21284 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ILLUMINATION.6 (Noah Webster)
4. Infusion of intellectual light; an enlightening of the understanding by knowledge, or the mind by spiritual light.
21285 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMMATERIALISM.1 (Noah Webster)
IMMATERIALISM, n. The doctrine of the existence or state of immaterial substances or spiritual beings.
21286 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMPROVEMENT.9 (Noah Webster)
5. Use or employment to beneficial purposes; a turning to good account; as the improvement of natural advantages or spiritual privileges.
21287 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCAPACITY.1 (Noah Webster)
… of spiritual beings. The defect of understanding proceeding from intoxication, or from an injury done to the brain, is a casual incapacity.
21288 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCEST.3 (Noah Webster)
Spiritual incest, is a like crime committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. It is also understood of a …
21289 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCOMPREHENSIBLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. That cannot be comprehended or understood; That is beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivable. The nature of spiritual being is incomprehensible to us, or by us.
21290 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFLUENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
INFLUENCE, n. [L. influens, influo, to flow in; in and fluo, to flow.] Literally, a flowing in, into or on, and referring to substances spiritual or too subtil to be visible, like inspiration. Hence the word was formerly followed by into.
21291 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFLUENCE.9 (Noah Webster)
6. Spiritual power, or the immediate power of God on the mind; as divine influence; the influences of the Holy Spirit.
21292 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INHABITANT.1 (Noah Webster)
… of spiritual beings, as inhabitants of heaven.
21293 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INSTITUTE.6 (Noah Webster)
5. To invest with the spiritual part of a benefice or the care of souls.
21294 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INSTITUTION.8 (Noah Webster)
6. The act or ceremony of investing a clerk with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.
21295 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTELLIGENCE.5 (Noah Webster)
4. A spiritual being; as a created intelligence. It is believed that the universe is peopled with innumerable superior intelligences.
21296 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTEMPERANCE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Habitual indulgence in drinking spirituous liquors, with or without intoxication.
21297 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTEMPERATE.2 (Noah Webster)
… of spirituous liquors. Hence,
21298 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTEMPERATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Addicted to an excessive or habitual use of spirituous liquors.
21299 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTERNALLY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Spiritually.
21300 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTOXICATE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To inebriate; to make drunk; as with spirituous liquor.