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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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Ĭn′cor-rōd′i-ble, a. p. 677Incapable of being corroded.Ĭn′cor-rŭpt′, a. p. 677Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled. 2. Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes. Milton.Ĭn′cor-rŭpt′ed, a. p. 677Uncorrupted. [Obs.] Whitehead.Ĭn′cor-rŭpt′i-bĭl′i-ty, n. p. 677The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.Ĭn’cor-rŭpt’i-ble, a. p. 677Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible; spirits are supposed to be incorruptible. Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal…Ĭn’cor-rŭpt’ĭ-ble, n. p. 677(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, the most prominent article of whose belief was, that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and…In'cor-rŭpt'i-ble-ness, n. p. 677The quality of being incorruptible, or not liable to decay. Boyle.In'cor-rūpt'i-bly, adv. p. 677In an incorruptible manner.In·cor-rŭp'tion, n. p. 677The condition of being incorrupt; absence of corruption; exemption from corruption. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. † Cor. xv. 42.Ĭn′cor-rŭpt′ive, a. p. 678Not liable to corruption or decay. Akenside.In’cor-rŭpt’ly, adv. p. 678Without corruption. “To demean themselves incorruptly.” Milton.In·cor-rŭpt'ness, n. p. 678The quality of exemption from decay or corruption. 2. Purity of mind or manners; probity; integrity; honesty. Woodward.In·cras'sāte, v. t. p. 678To make thick or thicker: to thicken. 2. (Pharmacy.) To make thicker by the mixture of other substances less fluid, or by evaporating the thinner parts;—said of fluids. Acids dissolve or attenuate…In-crās'sāte, v. i. p. 678To become thick or thicker.In-crās'sate or In-crās'sā-ted, a. p. 678Made thick or fat; thickened; inspissated. 2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.In·cras·sā·tion, n. p. 678The act of thickening, or becoming thick or thicker. 2. The state of being incrassated, or made thick; inspissation. Browne.In·crā's·sa·tive, a. p. 678Having the quality of thickening. Harvey.In·cras'sa-tive, n. p. 678That which has the power to thicken. Harvey.In-crēas'a-ble, a. p. 678Capable of being increased or augmented. Sherwood.In-crēas'a-ble-ness, n. p. 678The quality of being increasable.In·crease', v. i. p. 678To become greater in bulk, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, authority, reputation, &c.; to grow; to augment; to advance. The waters increased and bore up the ark. Gen. vii. 17. He must…In-crēase', v. t. p. 678To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, or amount; to improve in quality; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to aggravate. I will increase the famine. Eccl. v. 16. Make denials Increase your…In-crēase' or Ĭn'crēase, n. p. 678Augmentation; a growing larger in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, &c. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. Is. ix. 7. As if increase of appetite had…In-crēase'ful, a. p. 678Full of increase; abundant in produce. Shak.In-crēas'er, n. p. 678One who, or that which, increases.In-crēas'ing-ly, adv. p. 678In the way of growing; growingly.Ĭn'cre-āte', v. t. p. 678To create within. [Rare.] Howe.Ĭn'cre-ate or Ĭn'cre-ā'ted, a. p. 678Uncreated. [Rare.] “Bright effluence of bright essence increate.” Milton.In-crĕd'i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 678The quality of being incredible, or of being too extraordinary to admit of belief. Dryden.In-crĕd'i-ble, a. p. 678Not credible; impossible to be believed; not to be credited; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?…In-crĕd'i-ble-ness, n. p. 678Incredibility.In-crĕd'i-bly, adv. p. 678In a manner to preclude belief.Ĭn'cre-dū'li-ty, n. p. 678The quality of being incredulous; indisposition to believe; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief. Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is infinitely the…In-crĕd'ū-loŭs, a. p. 678Not credulous; indisposed to admit the truth of what is related; skeptical. Bacon.In-crĕd'ū-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 678In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.In-crĕd'ū-loŭs-ness, n. p. 678Incredulity.In-crĕm'a-ble, a. p. 678Incapable of being burnt. [Obs.] Browne.Ĭn'cre-mā'tion, n. p. 678The act of burning a dead body. T. Campbell.Ĭn'cre-ment, n. p. 678Increase; a growing in bulk, quantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation. A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself. Coleridge. 2.…Ĭn'cre-pāte, v. t. p. 678To chide; to rebuke. [Obs.]Ĭn'cre-pā'tion, n. p. 678A chiding; rebuke; reprehension. [Obs.] Hammond.In-crĕs'çent, a. p. 678Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling. 2. (Her.) Increasing; on the increase; hence, crescent-shaped; said of the moon.In-crĕst', v. t. p. 678To adorn with a crest. [Rare.] Drummond.In-crĭm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 678To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.Ĭn'cru-ĕn'tal, a. p. 678Unbloody; not attended with blood. [Obs.] Brevint.In-crŭst', v. t. p. 678To cover with a crust, or with a hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt. [Written also encrust.]In-crŭst'āte, v. t. p. 678To incrust. [Rare.] Bacon.Ĭn'crus-tā'tion, n. p. 678The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or coat of any thing on the surface of a body; a covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, or other substance, attached by…In·crüst’ment, n. p. 678Incrustation. [Rare.]In·crys'tal-liz'a-ble, a. p. 678Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals; uncrystallizable.Ĭn'cu-bāte, v. i. p. 678To sit, as on eggs for hatching.Ĭn'cu-bā'tion, n. p. 678The act of sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; the hatching of young from eggs by any process. Ray. 2. (Med.) The maturation of a contagious poison. Period of incubation, the period…Ĭn'cu-bā'tor, n. p. 678A machine by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.In-cū'ba-to-ry, a. p. 678Serving for incubation.In-cūbe', v. t. p. 678To fix as in a cube; to secure firmly. [Obs.] Milton.In·cū'bi·tūre, n. p. 678Incubation. [Obs.]In'cu-būs, n. p. 678A demon or fiend; an imaginary being or fairy. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. 2. (Med.) The nightmare; a sensation of a distressing weight at the chest or stomach during sleep, and of an impossibility of motion…In·cūl'cāte, v. t. p. 678To impress by frequent admonitions; to teach and enforce by frequent repetitions; to urge on the mind; as, the Savior inculcates on his followers humility and forgiveness of injuries.In′/cul-cā′tion, n. p. 678The action of impressing by repeated admonitions.In-cŭl'ca-tor or In'cul-cā'tor, n. p. 678One who inculcates or enforces. “The example and inculcator.” Boyle.