In"ward (&ibreve;n*w&etilde;rd), a.
[AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr.
innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) +
the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]
1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -
- opposed to outward. Milton.
2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or
soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.
3. Intimate; domestic; private.
[Obs.]
All my inward friends abhorred me.
Job xix. 19.
He had had occasion, by one very inward with
him, to know in part the discourse of his life.
Sir
P. Sidney.
In"ward, n. 1.
That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the
inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer.
Taylor.
Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their
fat.
Milton.
2. The mental faculties; -- usually
pl. [Obs.]
3. An intimate or familiar friend or
acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an inward of his."
Shak.
{ In"ward (?), In"wards (?), }
adv. [AS. inweard. The ending -s is
prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a.,
-wards.]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or
interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts;
inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.
So much the rather, thou Celestial Light,
Shine inward.
Milton.
