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Inflecting
- verb - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
- vary the pitch of one's speech
Inflicting
- verb - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
Infracting
- verb - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
Infringing
- verb - advance beyond the usual limit
- go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
Ingrafting
- verb - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
Ingraining
- verb - : "firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief or attitude) in a person".
A second meaning refers to textiles: "composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven".
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
- teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
- thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
Inhabiting
- verb - be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house"
- exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind"
- inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
Inheriting
- verb - having the legal right to inherit
- obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
- receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
- receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
Inhibiting
- verb - control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
- limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
- limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Initialing
- verb - mark with one's initials