*rins*

a. Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*lyadv.

{ } n. The state or quality of being extrinsic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. forinsecus from without. ] Foreign; alien. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Intrinsic, and Intense. ] Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate. [ Very rare ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain,
Which are too intrinse to unloose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intrinsecus inward, on the inside; intra within + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. intrinsèque. See Inter-, Second, and cf. Extrinsic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intrinsic energy of a body (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without. --
Intrinsic equation of a curve (Geom.), the equation which expresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line. --
Intrinsic value. See the Note under Value, n.

Syn. -- Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genuine quality. [ Obs. ] Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Formerly written intrinsecal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Intrinsic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intimate; closely familiar. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intricate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of rinsing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rinsed p. pr. & vb. n. Rinsing. ] [ OE., fr. OF. rincer, rimser, reinser, raïncier, F. rincer; of uncertain origin. ] 1. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle. “Like a glass did break i' the rinsing.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, rinses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. super- + inspect: cf. L. superinspicere, superinspectum. ] To over see; to superintend by inspection. [ R. ] Maydman. [ 1913 Webster ]