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What's The Definition Of Inward?

\In"ward\, 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\, Inwards \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.