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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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  1. In-cōn'so-nant-ly, adv.p. 676Inconsistently; discordantly.
  2. Ĭn′con-spĭc′ū-oŭs, a.p. 676Not conspicuous; hardly discernible.
  3. Ĭn·con·spĭc'ū·ōŭs·ly, adv.p. 676In an inconspicuous manner.
  4. Ĭn·con·spĭc'ū·oŭs·ness, n.p. 676The state of being inconspicuous.
  5. In-cŏn'stan-cy, n.p. 676The quality of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness. 2. Want of uniformity; dissimilitude. Woodward.
  6. In-cōn'stant, a.p. 676Not constant; subject to change of opinion, inclination, or purpose; not firm in resolution; unsteady; fickle; capricious; — said of persons; as, inconstant in love or friendship. 2. Changeable…
  7. In-cōn'stant-ly, adv.p. 676In an inconstant manner; not steadily.
  8. Ĭn/con-sūm'a-ble, a.p. 676Not consumable; incapable of being wasted or spent.
  9. Ĭn′con-sūm′a-bly, adv.p. 676In an inconsumable manner.
  10. Ĭn/con-sŭm'mate, a.p. 677Not consummate; not finished; not complete.
  11. In`con-sŭm'mate-ness, n.p. 677State of being inconsummate, or not complete.
  12. Ĭn/con-sŭmp’ti-ble, a.p. 677Not consumptible; not to be spent, wasted, or destroyed by fire. [Obs.] Digby.
  13. Ĭn'con-tăm'i-nate, a.p. 677Not contaminated or defiled; pure. Moore.
  14. Ĭn'con-tăm'i-nate-ness, n.p. 677Uncorrupted state.
  15. In-cŏn'ten-tā'tion, n.p. 677State of being discontented; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] Goodwin.
  16. Ĭn'con-tĕst'a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 677The state or quality of being incontestable.
  17. Ĭn'con-tĕst'a-ble, a.p. 677Not contestable; not to be disputed; not admitting debate; too clear to be controverted; incontrovertible; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. Syn. — Incontrovertible; indisputable…
  18. In'con-tĕst'a-ble-ness, n.p. 677The quality of being incontestable; incontestability.
  19. Ĭn'con-tĕst'a-bly, adv.p. 677In a manner to preclude debate; indisputably; incontrovertibly; indubitably.
  20. Ĭn'con-tĕst'ed, a.p. 677Uncontested. Addison.
  21. Ĭn'con-tĭg'ū-oŭs, a.p. 677Not contiguous; not adjoining; not touching or in contact; separate. Boyle.
  22. Ĭn'con-tĭg'ū-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 677Not contiguously; separately.
  23. In-cŏn’ti-nençe or In-cŏn’ti-nen-çy, n.p. 677Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality of being incontinent; want of restraint of the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. “From the rash hand of…
  24. In-cŏn′ti-nent, a.p. 677Not continent; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging lust without restraint, or in violation of law; unchaste; lewd. 2. (Med.) Unable to restrain…
  25. In-cŏn′ti-nent, n.p. 677One who is unchaste. B. Jon.
  26. In-cŏn′ti-nent, adv.p. 677Incontinently; instantly; immediately. [Obs.] He says he will return incontinent. Shak.
  27. In-cŏn’ti-nent-ly, adv.p. 677Without due restraint of the passions or appetites; unchastely. 2. Immediately; at once; suddenly. [Antiquated.] Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host…
  28. In`con-trāct'ed, a.p. 677Not contracted; not shortened; uncontracted. Blackwall.
  29. Ĭn'con-trōl'la-ble, a.p. 677Not controllable; incapable of being controlled, restrained, or governed; uncontrollable. Walsh.
  30. Ĭn`con-trōl'la-bly, adv.p. 677In a manner that admits of no control.
  31. In-cŏn/trô-vĕrt/i-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 677The state or condition of being incontrovertible.
  32. In·còn/tro·vĕrt/i-ble, a.p. 677Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.
  33. In-cŏn/trō-vĕrt'i-bly, adv.p. 677In a manner or to a degree that precludes debate or controversy.
  34. Ĭn'con-vēn'ience or Ĭn'con-vēn'ien-cy, n.p. 677The quality of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpedience. They plead against the inconveniences, not the unlawfulness, of Popish apparel. Hooker. 2. That which…
  35. Ĭn/con-vĕn'ience, v. t.p. 677To bring to inconvenience; to occasion inconvenience to; to incommode; as, to inconvenience one's self or a neighbor.
  36. Ĭn’con-vēn’ient, a.p. 677Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient. 2. Serving to produce inconvenience; giving trouble or uneasiness; increasing the difficulty of progress or success; incommodious; disadvantageous…
  37. Ĭn/con-vēn'ient-ly, adv.p. 677In an inconvenient manner; unsuitably; incommodiously; unseasonably.
  38. In'con-vérs'a-ble, a.p. 677Not conversable; incommunicative; unsocial; reserved; unconversable.
  39. In-cŏn'ver-sant, a.p. 677Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
  40. Ĭn′/con-vĕrt/i-bĭl′i-ty, n.p. 677The quality of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of bank notes or other currency into gold or silver. Walsh.
  41. Ĭn'con-vẽrt'i-ble, a.p. 677Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted or changed into something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.
  42. Ĭn-con-vẽrt'i-ble-ness, n.p. 677Inconvertibility.
  43. Ĭn'con-vĭct'ed-ness, n.p. 677State of being not convicted. [Obs.] More.
  44. Ĭn'con-vĭn'çi-ble, a.p. 677Not convincible; incapable of being convinced; not capable of conviction.
  45. In`con-vin'ci-bly, adv.p. 677In a manner not admitting of conviction.
  46. In-cō'ny or In-cōn'y, a.p. 677Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.] Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak.
  47. In-côr'po-ral, a.p. 677Not consisting of matter or body; immaterial; incorporeal. [Obs.] Raleigh.
  48. In-côr'/po-râl'i-ty, n.p. 677The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality; incorporeality. [Obs.] Bailey.
  49. In-côr'po-ral-ly, adv.p. 677Without matter or a body; immaterially; incorporeally. [Obs.]
  50. In-côr′po-rate, a.p. 677Not consisting of matter; not having a material body. 2. United in one body; associated; mixed. As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate. Shak. 3. Not incorporated; not…
  51. In-côr'/po-rāte, v. t.p. 677To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one mass; to place or fix into a consistent mass; as, to incorporate drugs. 2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form…
  52. In-cōr′po-rāte, v. i.p. 677To unite so as to make a part of another body; to be mixed or blended; to grow into;—usually followed by with. Painters’ colors and ashes do better incorporate with oil. Bacon.
  53. In-côr/po-rā/tion, n.p. 677The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated. 2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination. 3. Combination into a structure or organization; association…
  54. Ĭn′cor-pō′re-al, a.p. 677Not corporeal; not consisting of matter; not having a material body; immaterial. Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense. Milton. 2. (Law.) Existing only in…
  55. Ĭn/cor-pō're-al-īzm, n.p. 677Immateriality; state of spiritual existence. Cudworth.
  56. In·cor·pō′re·al·ist, n.p. 677One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth.
  57. In′cor-pō′re-al-ly, adv.p. 677In an incorporeal manner; without body; immaterially.
  58. In-côr'/po-rē'i-ty, n.p. 677The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.
  59. In-córpse', v. t.p. 677To unite into a body; to incorporate. [Obs.] Shak.
  60. In·cor·rect′, a.p. 677Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as…