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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·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…
  2. In-crās'sāte, v. i.p. 678To become thick or thicker.
  3. In-crās'sate or In-crās'sā-ted, a.p. 678Made thick or fat; thickened; inspissated. 2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.
  4. 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.
  5. In·crā's·sa·tive, a.p. 678Having the quality of thickening. Harvey.
  6. In·cras'sa-tive, n.p. 678That which has the power to thicken. Harvey.
  7. In-crēas'a-ble, a.p. 678Capable of being increased or augmented. Sherwood.
  8. In-crēas'a-ble-ness, n.p. 678The quality of being increasable.
  9. 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…
  10. 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…
  11. 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…
  12. In-crēase'ful, a.p. 678Full of increase; abundant in produce. Shak.
  13. In-crēas'er, n.p. 678One who, or that which, increases.
  14. In-crēas'ing-ly, adv.p. 678In the way of growing; growingly.
  15. Ĭn'cre-āte', v. t.p. 678To create within. [Rare.] Howe.
  16. Ĭn'cre-ate or Ĭn'cre-ā'ted, a.p. 678Uncreated. [Rare.] “Bright effluence of bright essence increate.” Milton.
  17. In-crĕd'i-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 678The quality of being incredible, or of being too extraordinary to admit of belief. Dryden.
  18. 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?…
  19. In-crĕd'i-ble-ness, n.p. 678Incredibility.
  20. In-crĕd'i-bly, adv.p. 678In a manner to preclude belief.
  21. 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…
  22. In-crĕd'ū-loŭs, a.p. 678Not credulous; indisposed to admit the truth of what is related; skeptical. Bacon.
  23. In-crĕd'ū-loŭs-ly, adv.p. 678In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
  24. In-crĕd'ū-loŭs-ness, n.p. 678Incredulity.
  25. In-crĕm'a-ble, a.p. 678Incapable of being burnt. [Obs.] Browne.
  26. Ĭn'cre-mā'tion, n.p. 678The act of burning a dead body. T. Campbell.
  27. 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.…
  28. Ĭn'cre-pāte, v. t.p. 678To chide; to rebuke. [Obs.]
  29. Ĭn'cre-pā'tion, n.p. 678A chiding; rebuke; reprehension. [Obs.] Hammond.
  30. In-crĕs'çent, a.p. 678Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling. 2. (Her.) Increasing; on the increase; hence, crescent-shaped; said of the moon.
  31. In-crĕst', v. t.p. 678To adorn with a crest. [Rare.] Drummond.
  32. In-crĭm'i-nāte, v. t.p. 678To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
  33. Ĭn'cru-ĕn'tal, a.p. 678Unbloody; not attended with blood. [Obs.] Brevint.
  34. 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.]
  35. In-crŭst'āte, v. t.p. 678To incrust. [Rare.] Bacon.
  36. 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…
  37. In·crüst’ment, n.p. 678Incrustation. [Rare.]
  38. In·crys'tal-liz'a-ble, a.p. 678Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals; uncrystallizable.
  39. Ĭn'cu-bāte, v. i.p. 678To sit, as on eggs for hatching.
  40. 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…
  41. Ĭn'cu-bā'tor, n.p. 678A machine by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
  42. In-cū'ba-to-ry, a.p. 678Serving for incubation.
  43. In-cūbe', v. t.p. 678To fix as in a cube; to secure firmly. [Obs.] Milton.
  44. In·cū'bi·tūre, n.p. 678Incubation. [Obs.]
  45. 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…
  46. 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.
  47. In′/cul-cā′tion, n.p. 678The action of impressing by repeated admonitions.
  48. In-cŭl'ca-tor or In'cul-cā'tor, n.p. 678One who inculcates or enforces. “The example and inculcator.” Boyle.
  49. In-cūlk′, v. t.p. 678To inculcate. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
  50. In-cūl'pa-ble, a.p. 678Without fault; unblamable; blameless; not to be accused. South.
  51. In-cūl'pa-ble-ness, n.p. 678Unblamableness; blamelessness. Mountagu.
  52. In·cūl'pa·bly, adv.p. 678Unblamably. South.
  53. In-cŭl'pāte, v. t.p. 678To bring or expose to blame; to blame; to censure; — opposed to exculpate. 2. (Law.) To accuse of crime; to impute guilt to.
  54. Ĭnʹcul-pāʹtion, n.p. 678Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson.
  55. In-cūl'pa-to-ry, a.p. 678Imputing blame. 2. (Law.) Tending to establish guilt; accusatory; criminatory.
  56. In-cŭlt', a.p. 678Untilled; uncultivated. [Obs.] Thomson.
  57. In-cŭl'ti-vā'ted, a.p. 678Not cultivated; uncultivated. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
  58. In·cūl·ti·vā'tion, n.p. 678Neglect or want of cultivation. [Obs.] Berington.
  59. In-cŭlt'ūre, n.p. 678Want or neglect of cultivation. [Obs.] Feltham.
  60. In-cūm'ben-cy, n.p. 678The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. 2. That which is incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. 3. That which is imposed, as a rule, a duty, or an obligation. 4.…