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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. Ĭn′/com-mū′ni-ca-bly, adv.p. 675In a manner not to be imparted or communicated. Hakewill.
  2. Ĭn’/com-mū’nĭ-cā’ted, a.p. 675Not imparted or communicated. [Obs.]
  3. In'com-mū'ni-cā'ting, a.p. 675Having no communion or intercourse with each other; as, an administration in incommunicating hands. [Obs.] Hale.
  4. 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.
  5. Ĭn'com-mū'ni-ca-tĭve-ly, adv.p. 675Not communicatively.
  6. Ĭn'com-mū'ta-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incommutable.
  7. Ĭn′/kŏm-mūt′/a-ble, a.p. 675Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with another.
  8. Ĭn'com-mūt'a-ble-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incommutable; incommutability.
  9. Ĭn'com-mūt'a-bly, adv.p. 675Without reciprocal change.
  10. Ĭn'com-păct' or Ĭn'com-păct'ed, a.p. 675Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid. Boyle.
  11. 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…
  12. In-côm'pa-ra-ble-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incomparable; excellence beyond comparison.
  13. 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.
  14. Ĭn'com-pāred', a.p. 675Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] Spencer.
  15. In/com-păs'sion, n.p. 675Want of compassion. [Obs.]
  16. In/com-păs'sion-ate, a.p. 675Not compassionate; void of compassion or pity; destitute of tenderness; remorseless. Johnson.
  17. Ĭn/com-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv.p. 675Without pity or tenderness.
  18. Ĭn/com-păs′/sĭon-ate-ness, n.p. 675Want of pity; remorselessness. Granger.
  19. Ĭn′/com-păt′/i-bĭl′/i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
  20. 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…
  21. Ĭn′com-păt′i-ble-ness, n.p. 675The state or quality of being incompatible; incompatibility.
  22. 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.
  23. Ĭn/com-păt'i-bly, adv.p. 675In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.
  24. Ĭn/com-pĕn'sa-ble, a.p. 675Not compensable; unable to be recompensed.
  25. 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…
  26. 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…
  27. In-cōm'pe-tent-ly, adv.p. 675In an incompetent manner; inadequately; not suitably.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. Ĭn/com-plēte/ly, adv.p. 675In an incomplete manner; imperfectly.
  31. In′com-plēte′ness, n.p. 675An unfinished state; imperfectness; defectiveness.
  32. In′com-plē′tion, n.p. 675Incompleteness. Smart.
  33. In'com-plex', a.p. 675Not complex; uncompounded; simple. Barrow.
  34. In′com-plī'a-ble, a.p. 675Not compilable.
  35. 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.…
  36. In′com-plī′ant, a.p. 675Not compliant; unyielding to request or solicitation; not disposed to comply.
  37. Ĭn′com-plī′ant-ly, adv.p. 675Not compliantly.
  38. In′com-pōsed′, a.p. 675Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton.
  39. In'com-pōs'ed-ly, adv.p. 675In a disturbed manner; with disquiet. [Obs.]
  40. In`com-pōs'ed-ness, n.p. 675Want of composure; disquietude.
  41. Ĭn'com-pōs'ite, a.p. 675Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers (Arith.), the same as prime numbers. See PRIME.
  42. Ĭn'com-pŏs'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incompossible; incapacity of joint existence; inconsistency with something. [Obs.] Hale.
  43. In’com-pōs’si-ble, a.p. 675Not possible to be or subsist with something else; incapable of joint existence; incompatible. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  44. In-cōm'pre-hēnse', a.p. 675Incomprehensible. [Obs.] “Incomprehense in virtue.” Marston.
  45. In-cŏm'pre-hĕn'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivableness. Campbell.
  46. 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…
  47. In-côm'pre-hĕn'si-ble-ness, n.p. 675Incomprehensibility.
  48. In-cŏm/pre-hĕn'si-bly, adv.p. 675In an incomprehensible manner.
  49. In-cŏm'pre-hĕn'sion, n.p. 675Want of comprehension or understanding. Bacon.
  50. In-cŏm/pre-hĕn'sive, a.p. 675Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. Warton.
  51. In-cōm'pre-hĕn'sive-ness, n.p. 675The quality of being incomprehensive.
  52. Ĭn'com-prĕss'i-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 675The quality of being incompressible, or of being incapable of reduction by force into a smaller compass; the quality of resisting pressure, or of not being capable of reduction of volume by…
  53. Ĭn'com-prĕss'i-ble, a.p. 675Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force into a smaller compass; resisting compression.
  54. In′com-prĕss′i-ble-ness, n.p. 675The state or quality of being incompressible.
  55. In′com-pū′ta-ble, a.p. 676Not computable; incapable of being computed or reckoned.
  56. ĭn′/con-cēal′a-ble, a.p. 676Not concealable; not to be hid or kept secret. Browne.
  57. In·con·çēiv/a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 676The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness. “The inconceivability of the Infinite.” Mansel.
  58. Ĭn′/eon-cēiv′a-ble, a.p. 676Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will…
  59. Ĭn′con-cēiv′a-ble-ness, n.p. 676The quality of being inconceivable; incomprehensibility.
  60. In'con-cēiv'a-bly, adv.p. 676In a manner beyond comprehension, or beyond the reach of human intellect.