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    2. Narrow, bigoted, proscriptive.

Intonation, n. Tone, cadence, modulation of voice.

In toto. [L.] Entirely, wholly.

Intoxicate, v. a. Inebriate, fuddle, muddle, make drunk, make tipsy.

Intoxicated, a. Inebriated, drunk, tipsy, drunken, fuddled, muddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, in liquor, in one’s cups, half-seas-over, three sheets in the wind.

Intoxication, n.

    1. Inebriation, ebriety, inebriety, drunkenness.
    2. Infatuation, great excitement, great exhilaration.

Intractability, n. Stubbornness, obstinacy, perverseness, intractableness. See following adjective.

Intractable, a. Stubborn, obstinate, perverse, refractory, dogged, headstrong, unmanageable, ungovernable, indocile, obdurate, cross-grained, wilful, inflexible, unyielding, contumacious, cantankerous, froward, unruly, pig-headed, mulish.

Intractableness, n. Intractability.

In transitu. [L.] While passing (as merchandise from one place to another), during conveyance.

Intrench, v. a.

    1. Furrow, make furrows in.
    2. Fortify with intrenchments.

Intrenchment, n.

    1. Intrenching.
    2. Fortification (by trenches and parapet), earthwork.
    3. Defence, protection, shelter.
    4. Encroachment, inroad, invasion (of rights).

Intrench on. Invade, trespass upon, encroach upon, trench upon, intrench upon.

Intrench upon. See Intrench on.