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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-ci'so-ry, a. p. 673Having the quality of cutting.In-cis'ure, n. p. 673A cut; a place opened by cutting; an incision. Derham.In·cit'ant, n. p. 673That which incites or causes; a stimulant. Darwin.Ĭn/ci-tā'tion, n. p. 673The act of inciting or moving to action; incitement. 2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.In·cīte′, v. t. p. 673To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur on. Antiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon. No blown ambition does our arms incite.…In-cīte'ment, n. p. 673The act of inciting. 2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope. Syn.—Motive…In-ci'ter, n. p. 673One who, or that which, incites or moves to action.In-cit'ing-ly, adv. p. 673So as to excite to action.In-civ'il, a. p. 673Not civil; rude; unpolite. [Obs.] Shak.Ĭnʹci-vĭlʹi-ty, n. p. 673The quality of being uncivil; want of civility or of courtesy; rudeness of manners toward others; impoliteness. Tillotson. 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding; — usually in the plural. Uncomely…In-civ'il-i-zā'tion, n. p. 673The state of being incivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.In-cĭv'il-ly, adv. p. 673Uncivily; rudely. [Obs.] Shak.In-cĭv'ism, n. p. 673Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to the state or government of which one is a citizen. [Rare.] Macaulay.Ĭn'cla-mā'tion, n. p. 673Exclamation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In·clasp’, v. t. p. 673To clasp within or into; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. Beaumont.Ĭn'cla-vā'ted, a. p. 673Set; fast fixed.In·clavé', a. p. 673(Her.) Having a form resembling that of the parts of a dovetail joint; — said of lines of division, or the borders of ordinaries.Ĭn'kle, n. p. 673See INKLE.In-clē'men-cy, n. p. 673The condition or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; harshness; severity. “The inclemency of the late pope.” Hall. 2. Physical severity or…In-clē'ment, a. p. 673Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh. 2. Physically severe or harsh; rough; stormy; boisterous; rainy; rigorously cold, &c.; as, inclement…In-clĕm'ent-ly, adv. p. 673In an inclement manner.In-clin'a-ble, a. p. 673Leaning; tending; as, a tower inclinable to fall. [Rare.] Bentley. 2. Having a propension of will; leaning in disposition; somewhat disposed; as, a mind inclinable to truth. The very constitution of…In-clin'a-ble-ness, n. p. 673The state of being inclinable; inclination.In'cli-nā'tion, n. p. 674The act of inclining; a leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, toward another body; as, the inclination of the head in bowing. 2. (Geom.) The…In-clin'a-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 674In an inclined manner; with inclination. [Obs.] Browne.In-clin'a-to-ry, a. p. 674Having the quality of leaning or inclining. Browne.In-clīne', v. i. p. 674To deviate from a line, direction, or course toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south. 2. To lean; in an intellectual…In-clīne', v. t. p. 674To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. 2. To give a tendency or propension to, as…In-clīne', n. p. 674An inclined plane; an ascent or descent, as in a road or railway; a grade.In-clīned', p. a. p. 674Having a leaning or tendency; disposed. 2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; — said of a line or plane. 3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex…In-clīn'er, n. p. 674One who, or that which, inclines. A D, inclined plane; D B, height; A B, base. 2. An inclined dial.In'cli-nôm'e-ter, n. p. 674(Magnetism.) An apparatus to determine the vertical element of the magnetic force.In-clip', v. t. p. 674To grasp; to inclose; to surround. “Whate’er the ocean pales or sky inclips.” Shak.In-clois'ter, v. t. p. 674To shut up or confine in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace.In-clōse', v. t. p. 674To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a field with a fence, or a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many…In-clōs'er, n. p. 674One who, or that which, incloses; one who separates land from common grounds by a fence.In-clōs'ūre, n. p. 674Act of inclosing; state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence. 2. That which is inclosed; a thing contained; a…In-cloud', v. t. p. 674To envelop in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Shak.In-clūde′, v. t. p. 674To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. 2. To comprehend, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument…In-clū'să, n. pl. p. 674(Zoöl.) A tribe of shell-bearing acephalous mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which surrounds and envelops the body, and remarkable for their power of burrowing in and…In-clū'sion, n. p. 674The act of including, or the state of being included.In-clū'sive, a. p. 674Inclosing; encircling. The inclusive verge Of golden metal which must round my brow. Shak. 2. Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in…In-clū'sive-ly, adv. p. 674In an inclusive manner; so as to include.In-cōach', v. t. p. 674To place or carry in a coach. [R.]Ĭn'co-ăct' or Ĭn'co-ăct'ed, a. p. 674Not coacted or compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] Coles.Ĭn'co-āg'ū-la-ble, a. p. 674Not coagulable; incapable of being coagulated or concreted.Ĭn'co-a-lĕs'çençe, n. p. 674State of not coalescing.In-cŏct', v. t. p. 674To make indigestible. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In'co-ër'çi-ble, a. p. 674Not to be coerced or compelled; incapable of being compelled or forced. 2. (Chem.) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; — said of certain gases.In-cō-ēx'ist'ence, n. p. 674A not existing together. [Obs.] Locke.In-cŏg′, adv. p. 674In concealment; in disguise; in a manner not to be known. Addison.In-cŏg'i-ta-ble, a. p. 674Not cogitable; incapable of being thought of.In-cŏg'i-tance or In-cŏg'i-tan-cy, n. p. 674Want of thought, or the power of thinking; thoughtlessness. 'Tis folly and incogitancy to argue any thing, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little…In-cŏg'i-tant, a. p. 674Not thinking; thoughtless. [Rare.] Milton.In-cŏg'i-tant-ly, adv. p. 674Without consideration; thoughtlessly. Boyle.In-cŏg'i-ta-tive, a. p. 674Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; unthinking; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being. Locke.In-cŏg'i-ta-tĭv'i-ty, n. p. 674The quality of being incogitative; absence or want of thought or the power of thinking. God may supersede a faculty of thinking to incogitativity. Wollaston.In-cŏg'nĭ-tă, n. p. 674A female who is unknown or in disguise; the state of being in disguise on the part of a female.In-cōg'ni-tant, a. p. 674Ignorant. [Obs.] Mather.In-cōg'ni-to, a. or adv. p. 674Unknown; in concealment; in a disguise; in an assumed character, and under an assumed title.