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2661 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCOHERENCE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement, or dependence of one part on another; as the incoherence of arguments, facts or principles.
2662 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCONCLUSIVE.1 (Noah Webster)
… . An argument or evidence is inconclusive, when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate …
2663 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCONSEQUENT.1 (Noah Webster)
INCONSEQUENT, a. Not following from the premises; without regular inference; as an inconsequent deduction or argument.
2664 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCONSISTENCE.4 (Noah Webster)
2. Absurdity in argument or narration; argument or narrative where one part destroys the other; self-contradiction.
2665 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDECISIVE.1 (Noah Webster)
INDECISIVE, a. [in and decisive.] Not decisive; not bringing to a final close or ultimate issue; as an indecisive battle or engagement; an argument indecisive of the question.
2666 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDUCE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To lead, as by persuasion or argument; to prevail on; to incite; to influence by motives. The emperor could not be induced to take part in the contest.
2667 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDUCEMENT.1 (Noah Webster)
… ; any argument, reason or fact that tends to persuade or influence the mind. The love of ease is an inducement to idleness. The love of money is an inducement to …
2668 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDUCING.1 (Noah Webster)
INDUCING, ppr. Leading or moving by reason or arguments; persuading; producing; causing.
2669 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDUCTION.5 (Noah Webster)
4. The conclusion or inference drawn from premises or from propositions which are admitted to be true, either in fact, or for the sake of argument.
2670 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFLEXIBLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. That will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; not to be prevailed on; that cannot be turned; as a man of upright and inflexible temper.
2671 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFLUENCE.6 (Noah Webster)
… , of arguments, or of prayer. We say, arguments had no influence on the jury. The magistrate is not popular; he has no influence with the people; or he has great influence …
2672 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INJURY.4 (Noah Webster)
Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments.
2673 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INQUIRE.9 (Noah Webster)
2. To seek for truth by argument or the discussion of questions, or by investigation.
2674 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INSTEAD.5 (Noah Webster)
This consideration is instead of a thousand arguments. In this use, instead may be equivalent to equal to.
2675 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTERRUPT.2 (Noah Webster)
… his arguments or discourse.
2676 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTERRUPTION.6 (Noah Webster)
… the argument proceeds without interruption.
2677 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTERSPERSE.1 (Noah Webster)
INTERSPERSE, v.t. interspers’. [L. interspersus; inter, between, and spargo, to scatter.] To scatter or set here and there among other things; as an able argument interspersed with flowers of rhetoric. Intersperse shrubs among trees.
2678 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTRODUCTION.6 (Noah Webster)
5. The first part of an oration or discourse, in which the speaker gives some general account of his design and subject, and prepares the minds of his audience for a favorable reception of his remarks or arguments.
2679 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTUITIVE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Perceived by the mind immediately, without the intervention of argument or testimony; exhibiting truth to the mind on bare inspection; as intuitive evidence.
2680 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVALIDATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To overthrow; to prove to be of no force; as, to invalidate an argument.