1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] Fuller.
INGENY
In"ge*ny, n. Etym: [L. ingenium. See Ingenious.]
Defn: Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.]
[Written also ingenie.] Becon.
INGERMINATE
In*ger"mi*nate, v. t.
Defn: To cause to germinate.
INGEST In*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
Defn: To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Sir
T. Browne.
INGESTA
In*ges"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ingest.] (Physiol.)
Defn: That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; — opposed to egesta.