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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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In-cau'tion, n. p. 672Want of caution. [Rare.] Pope.In-cau'tious, a. p. 672Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless. You ... incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.…In-cau'tiōus-ly, adv. p. 672In an incautious manner; unwarily; heedlessly.In-cau'tious-ness, n. p. 672The quality of being incautious; want of caution; unwariness.Ĭn'ea-vā'ted, a. p. 672Made hollow; bent round or in.In'ea-vā'tion, n. p. 672The act of making hollow. 2. A hollow; an excavation; a depression.In-cāved’, a. p. 672Inclosed in a cave.In-căv'erned, a. p. 672Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern. “And so incaverned goes.” Drayton.Ĭn’ce-lĕb’ri-ty, n. p. 672The being without, or the want of, celebrity; obscurity. Coleridge.In-cĕnd', v. t. p. 672To inflame; to excite. [Obs.] Marston.In-cĕn'di-a-rĭsm, n. p. 672The act or practice of maliciously setting fire to buildings.In-cĕn′di-a-ry, n. p. 672Any person who sets fire to a building; one who maliciously sets fire to another’s dwelling-house or other building. 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels; an agitator.…In-cĕn'di-a-ry, a. p. 672Pertaining to the malicious burning of a dwelling; as, an incendiary purpose. 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.In-cen'di-ous, a. p. 672Promoting faction or contention. [Obs.] Bacon.In-cĕn'di-ōus-ly, adv. p. 672In a manner tending to promote contention. [Obs.]In'cense, v. t. p. 672To perfume with incense. “To have her bound, incensed with wanton sweets.” Marston.In-cĕnse', v. t. p. 672To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. [Obs.] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense. Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman. 2. To enkindle or inflame to violent anger; to provoke…In'cense, n. p. 672Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums burned in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity. A thick cloud of incense went up. Ezek. viii. 11. 2. A mixture of fragrant gums…In'cense-breath'ing, a. p. 672Breathing or exhaling incense. Gray.In-cĕns'e'ment, n. p. 672Violent irritation of the passions; heat; exasperation. [Obs.] Shak.In-cen'sion, n. p. 672The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire. Bacon.In-cĕn'sive, a. p. 672Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. Barrow.In-cĕn'sor, n. p. 672A kindler of anger; an inflamer of the angry passions.In-cĕn’so-ry, n. p. 672[L. Lat. incensorium, incensorius, incensarium, It. incensorio, incensiere, Sp. incensario, Pr. encensier, Fr. encensoir. [See INCENSE.] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered;—usually…In·cēn’sur·a·ble, a. p. 672Not censurable. Deright.In-cēn'sur-a-bly, adv. p. 672In a manner not deserving of censure.In-cēn'tive, a. p. 672Inciting; encouraging or moving. Competency is the most incentive to industry. Decay of Piety.In-cen'tive, n. p. 672That which moves the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of…In-cēn’tive-ly, adv. p. 672Incitingly; encouragingly.In-cĕp'tion, n. p. 672Beginning; commencement. Bacon. I hope this society will not be marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. Cowle.In-cĕp'tive, a. p. 672Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action. 2. (Math.) Not possessing magnitude, or magnitude of a certain…In-cĕp'tive-ly, adv. p. 672In an inceptive manner.In-cēp'tor, n. p. 672A beginner; one in the rudiments. Walton. 2. One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university. Walton.Ĭn/sĕr-ā′tion, n. p. 672The act of covering with wax. B. Jonson.In-cĕr'a-tive, a. p. 672Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave.In-cĕr'tain, a. p. 672Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. [Obs.] Fairfax.In-cēr'tain-ly, adv. p. 672Doubtfully. [Obs.]In-cêr'tain-ty, n. p. 672Uncertainty. [Obs.] Davies.In-cĕr'ti-tūde, n. p. 672Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt. He fails and forfeits reputation from mere incertitude or irresolution. L. Taylor.In-cĕr'tum, n. p. 672(Anc. Arch.) A kind of mason-work employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared, and the courses were irregular; rubble-work.In-ces'sa-ble, a. p. 672Unceasing; continual. [Obs.] Shelton.In-cĕs'sa-bly, adv. p. 672Continually; unceasingly; without intermission. [Obs.]In-cĕs'san-cy, n. p. 672The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. Dwight.In-cĕs'sant, a. p. 672Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unintermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant rains; incessant clamors. Syn.—Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; ceaseless…In-cĕs'sant, n. p. 672The state or quality of being incessant. [Obs. or rare.] Scott.In-cĕs'sant-ly, adv. p. 672Without ceasing; continually.In-ces'sion, n. p. 672Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.] “The incession or local motion of animals.” Browne.Ĭn'cest, n. p. 672The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited. Spiritual incest. (a.) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who…In-cĕst’ū-oŭs, a. p. 672Guilty of incest; involving the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection.In-cĕst'ū-ous-ly, adv. p. 672In an incestuous manner; in a manner to involve the crime of incest.In-cĕst'ū-ous-ness, n. p. 673The state or quality of being incestuous.Inch, n. p. 673A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided either decimally, as for scientific purposes, or into eighths, sixteenths, &c., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided…Ĭnch, v. t. p. 673To drive by inches, or small degrees. [Rare.] 2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [Rare.] Ainsworth.Inch or Inched (Ĭncht), a. p. 673Measuring an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness;—used in composition; as, a two-inch or four-inch cable. Inch stuff, deal boards sawed one inch thick.Ĭnch, n. p. 673An island;—often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inch-colm, Inch-keith, &c. [Scot.]In-chām'ber, v. t. p. 673To lodge in a chamber. [Rare.] Sherwood.In-chānge-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 673Unchangeableness. [Obs.] Kenrick.In-chânt’, v. t. p. 673See ENCHANT.In-chăr'i-ta-ble, a. p. 673Uncharitable. [Obs.] Shak.In-chăr'i-ty, n. p. 673Want of charity. [Obs.] Warner.