Definition of "intrinsick" []

• Obsolete form of intrinsic. (adjective)

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• "The representative character, was common to the Congress of the provinces, of the states under the confederation of 1777, and of the states under the constitution of 1787; but neither this character, nor the intrinsick meaning of the word, were supposed to convey any powers until very lately."
• "As no word more explicitly comprises the idea of a sovereign independent community; as it is used in conjunction with a declared sovereignty and independence; as it is retained by the union of 1787, and in all the operations of our governments; and as sovereign powers only could be reserved by states; there seems to be no sound argument by which it can be deprived of its intrinsick meaning, contrary to these positive constructions."
• "The Penalties inflicted by human law, having their foundation in the intrinsick ill-desert of crime, are in their nature vindictive as well as corrective…."