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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. In'com-mōde', v. t.p. 675To give inconvenience to; to give trouble to; to disturb or molest; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room; visits of strangers, at unseasonable hours, incommode a family.…
  2. Ĭn'com-mōde'ment, n.p. 675The condition of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.] Cheyne.
  3. Ĭn'com-mō'di-ous, a.p. 675Tending to incommode; incommoding; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat, arrangement, and the like. Ray.
  4. Ĭn′/com-mō′/di-ous-ly, adv.p. 675In an incommodious manner; inconveniently; unsuitably.
  5. Ĭn′/kŏm-mō′di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incommodious; inconvenience; unsuitableness.
  6. Ĭn′/com-mŏd′i-ty, n.p. 675Inconvenience; trouble. [Obs.] “A great incommodity to the body.” Bp. Taylor.
  7. Ĭn·com-mū·ni·ca-bil'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted to another.
  8. Ĭn'com-mū'ni-ca-ble, a.p. 675Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, told, or imparted to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey.
  9. Ĭn′/eom-mū′ni·ea-ble-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incommunicable; incommunicability.
  10. Ĭn′/com-mū′ni-ca-bly, adv.p. 675In a manner not to be imparted or communicated. Hakewill.
  11. Ĭn’/com-mū’nĭ-cā’ted, a.p. 675Not imparted or communicated. [Obs.]
  12. In'com-mū'ni-cā'ting, a.p. 675Having no communion or intercourse with each other; as, an administration in incommunicating hands. [Obs.] Hale.
  13. In’com-mū/ni·ca-tive, a.p. 675Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation. 2. Not disposed to hold communion, fellowship, or intercourse with. “The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation.” Buchanan.
  14. Ĭn'com-mū'ni-ca-tĭve-ly, adv.p. 675Not communicatively.
  15. Ĭn'com-mū'ta-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incommutable.
  16. Ĭn′/kŏm-mūt′/a-ble, a.p. 675Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with another.
  17. Ĭn'com-mūt'a-ble-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incommutable; incommutability.
  18. Ĭn'com-mūt'a-bly, adv.p. 675Without reciprocal change.
  19. Ĭn'com-păct' or Ĭn'com-păct'ed, a.p. 675Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid. Boyle.
  20. In-cŏm'pa-ra-ble, a.p. 675Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. “A merchant of incomparable wealth.” Shak. A new hypothesis…
  21. In-côm'pa-ra-ble-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incomparable; excellence beyond comparison.
  22. In-cōm'pa-ra-bly, adv.p. 675In an incomparable manner; beyond comparison; without competition; as, Newton was incomparably the greatest philosopher the English nation had produced.
  23. Ĭn'com-pāred', a.p. 675Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] Spencer.
  24. In/com-păs'sion, n.p. 675Want of compassion. [Obs.]
  25. In/com-păs'sion-ate, a.p. 675Not compassionate; void of compassion or pity; destitute of tenderness; remorseless. Johnson.
  26. Ĭn/com-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv.p. 675Without pity or tenderness.
  27. Ĭn/com-păs′/sĭon-ate-ness, n.p. 675Want of pity; remorselessness. Granger.
  28. Ĭn′/com-păt′/i-bĭl′/i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
  29. Ĭn/com·păt'i·ble, a.p. 675[Prefix in, not, and compatible; Fr. & Sp. incompatible, It. incompatibile. It was formerly sometimes written incompatible. 1. Not compatible; so opposed as to be incapable of co-existence, or…
  30. Ĭn′com-păt′i-ble-ness, n.p. 675The state or quality of being incompatible; incompatibility.
  31. Ĭn′/com-păt′i-bles, n. pl.p. 675Things which can not co-exist; especially (Chem.), substances which can not be united in solution without decomposition or chemical change.
  32. Ĭn/com-păt'i-bly, adv.p. 675In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.
  33. Ĭn/com-pĕn'sa-ble, a.p. 675Not compensable; unable to be recompensed.
  34. In-cŏm′pe-tençe or In-cŏm′pe-ten-çy, n.p. 675The quality of being incompetent; want of competence; want of sufficient power, either physical, intellectual, or moral; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or…
  35. In-cŏm'pe-tent, a.p. 675Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate. “False and incompetent pretexts.” Bacon. “Incompetent to perform the…
  36. In-cōm'pe-tent-ly, adv.p. 675In an incompetent manner; inadequately; not suitably.
  37. Inʹcom-plēteʹ, a.p. 675Not complete; not filled up or finished; unfinished; imperfect; defective. 2. (Bot.) Lacking calyx or corolla, or both;—said of a flower.
  38. Incomplete equationp. 675an equation some of whose terms are wanting: or one in which the co-efficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0.
  39. Ĭn/com-plēte/ly, adv.p. 675In an incomplete manner; imperfectly.
  40. In′com-plēte′ness, n.p. 675An unfinished state; imperfectness; defectiveness.
  41. In′com-plē′tion, n.p. 675Incompleteness. Smart.
  42. In'com-plex', a.p. 675Not complex; uncompounded; simple. Barrow.
  43. In′com-plī'a-ble, a.p. 675Not compilable.
  44. In’com-pli’ance, n.p. 675The quality of being incompliant; want of compliance; unyielding temper or constitution. Self-conceit produces peevishness and incompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent. Tillotson. 2.…
  45. In′com-plī′ant, a.p. 675Not compliant; unyielding to request or solicitation; not disposed to comply.
  46. Ĭn′com-plī′ant-ly, adv.p. 675Not compliantly.
  47. In′com-pōsed′, a.p. 675Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton.
  48. In'com-pōs'ed-ly, adv.p. 675In a disturbed manner; with disquiet. [Obs.]
  49. In`com-pōs'ed-ness, n.p. 675Want of composure; disquietude.
  50. Ĭn'com-pōs'ite, a.p. 675Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers (Arith.), the same as prime numbers. See PRIME.
  51. Ĭn'com-pŏs'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incompossible; incapacity of joint existence; inconsistency with something. [Obs.] Hale.
  52. In’com-pōs’si-ble, a.p. 675Not possible to be or subsist with something else; incapable of joint existence; incompatible. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  53. In-cōm'pre-hēnse', a.p. 675Incomprehensible. [Obs.] “Incomprehense in virtue.” Marston.
  54. In-cŏm'pre-hĕn'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivableness. Campbell.
  55. In-cōm'pre-hēn'si-ble, a.p. 675Not capable of being contained within limits. [Obs.] Hooker. 2. Not comprehensible; incapable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her…
  56. In-côm'pre-hĕn'si-ble-ness, n.p. 675Incomprehensibility.
  57. In-cŏm/pre-hĕn'si-bly, adv.p. 675In an incomprehensible manner.
  58. In-cŏm'pre-hĕn'sion, n.p. 675Want of comprehension or understanding. Bacon.
  59. In-cŏm/pre-hĕn'sive, a.p. 675Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. Warton.
  60. In-cōm'pre-hĕn'sive-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incomprehensive.