Improvident – Incidence

Improvident

IMPROV'IDENT, adjective [Latin in and providens; pro and video, supra.]

Wanting forecast; not foreseeing what will be necessary or convenient, or neglecting the measures which foresight would dictate; wanting care to make provision for future exigences. Seamen are proverbially improvident It is sometimes followed by of; as improvident of harm.

Improvidently

IMPROV'IDENTLY, adverb Without foresight or forecast; without care to provide against future wants.

Improving

IMPROV'ING, participle present tense Making better; growing better; using to advantage.

Improvision

IMPROVIS'ION, noun s as z. [in and provision.] Want of forecast; improvidence. [Little used.]

Imprudence

IMPRU'DENCE, noun [Latin imprudentia; in and prudentia, prudence.]

Want of prudence; indiscretion; want of caution, circumspection, or a due regard to the consequences of words to be uttered or actions to be performed, or their probable effects on the interest, safety, reputation or happiness of one's self or others; heedlessness; inconsiderateness; rashness. Let a man of sixty attempt to enumerate the evils which his imprudence has brought on himself, his family, or his neighbors.

Imprudent

IMPRU'DENT, adjective [Latin imprudens; in and prudens, prudent.]

Wanting prudence or discretion; indiscrete; injudicious; not attentive to the consequences of words or actions; rash; heedless. The imprudent man often laments his mistakes, and then repeats them.

Imprudently

IMPRU'DENTLY, adverb Without the exercise of prudence; indiscreetly.

Impudence

IM'PUDENCE, noun [Latin impudens; in and pudens, from pudeo, to be ashamed.] Shamelessness; want of modesty; effrontery; assurance accompanied with a disregard of the opinions of others.

Those clear truths, that either their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny.

Impudent

IM'PUDENT, adjective [Latin impudens.] Shameless; wanting modesty; bold with contempt of others; saucy.

When we behold an angel, not to fear

Is to be impudent

Impudently

IM'PUDENTLY, adverb Shamelessly; with indecent assurance.

At once assail

With open mouths, and impudently rail.

Impudicity

IMPUDIC'ITY, noun [Latin impudicitia.] Immodesty.

Impugn

IMPU'GN, verb transitive impu'ne. [Latin impugno; in and pugno, to fight or resist.] To oppose; to attack by words or arguments; to contradict. The lawfulness of lots is impugned by some, and defended by others.

The truth hereof I will not rashly impugn or over-boldly affirm.

Impugnation

IMPUGNA'TION, noun Opposition. [Little used.]

Impugned

IMPU'GNED, participle passive Opposed; contradicted; disputed.

Impugner

IMPU'GNER, noun One who opposes or contradicts.

Impugning

IMPU'GNING, participle present tense Opposing; attacking; contradicting.

Impuissance

IMPUIS'SANCE, noun Impotence; weakness.

Impulse

IM'PULSE, noun im'puls. [Latin impulsus, from impello. See Impel.]

1. Force communicated; the effect of one body acting on another. impulse is the effect of motion, and is in proportion to the quantity of matter and velocity of the impelling body.

2. Influence acting on the mind; motive.

These were my natural impulses for the undertaking.

3. Impression; supposed supernatural influence on the mind.

Meantime, by Jove's impulse Mezentius armed,

Succeeded Turnus--

Impulsion

IMPUL'SION, noun [Latin impulsio. See Impel.]

1. The act of driving against or impelling; the agency of a body in motion on another body.

2. Influence on the mind; impulse.

Impulsive

IMPULS'IVE, adjective Having the power of driving or impelling; moving; impellent.

Poor men! poor papers! We and they

Do some impulsive force obey.

Impulsively

IMPULS'IVELY, adverb With force; by impulse.

Impunity

IMPU'NITY, noun [Latin impunitas; in and punio, to punish.]

1. Exemption from punishment or penalty. No person should be permitted to violate the laws with impunity impunity encourages men in crimes.

2. Freedom or exemption from injury. Some ferocious animals are not be encountered with impunity

Impure

IMPU'RE, adjective [Latin impurus; in and purus, pure.]

1. Not pure; foul; feculent; tinctured; mixed or impregnated with extraneous substance; as impure water or air; impure salt or magnesia.

2. Obscene; as impure language or ideas.

3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; as impure actions.

4. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; as persons.

5. Unhallowed; unholy; as things.

6. Unclean; in a legal sense; not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses.

IMPU'RE, verb transitive To render foul; to defile. [Not used.]

Impurely

IMPU'RELY, adverb In an impure manner; with impurity.

Impureness

IMPU'RENESS

IMPU'RITY, noun [Latin impuritas, supra.]

1. Want of purity; foulness; feculence; the admixture of a foreign substance in any thing; as the impurity of water, of air, of spirits, or of any species of earth or metal.

2. Any foul matter.

3. Unchastity; lewdness.

The foul impurities that reigned among the monkish clergy.

4. Want of sanctity or holiness; defilement by guilt.

5. Want of ceremonial purity; legal pollution or uncleanness. By the Mosaic law, a person contracted impurity by touching a dead body or a leper.

6. Foul language; obscenity.

Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.

Impurity

IMPU'RITY, n. [L. impuritas, supra.] 1. Want of purity; foulness; feculence; the admixture of a foreign substance in any thing; as the impurity of water, of air, of spirits, or of any species of earth or metal.2. Any foul matter.3. Unchastity; lewdness. The foul impurities that reigned among the monkish clergy.4. Want of sanctity or holiness; defilement by guilt.5. Want of ceremonial purity; legal pollution or uncleanness. By the Mosaic law, a person contracted impurity by touching a dead body or a leper.6. Foul language; obscenity. Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.

Impurple

IMPUR'PLE, verb transitive [in and purple; ] To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; as a field impurpled with blood.

The bright

Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone,

Impurpled; with celestial roses, smil'd.

Impurpling

IMPUR'PLING, participle present tense Tinging or coloring with purple.

Imputable

IMPU'TABLE, adjective [See Impute.] That may be imputed or charged to a person; chargeable. Thus we say, crimes, sins, errors, trespasses are imputable to those who commit them.

1. That may be ascribed to; in a good sense.

This favor is imputable to your goodness, or to a good motive.

2. Accusable; chargeable with a fault. [Not proper.]

3. That may be set to the account of another. It has been a question much agitated, whether Adam's sin is imputable to his posterity.

Imputableness

IMPU'TABLENESS, noun The quality of being imputable.

Imputation

IMPUTA'TION, noun The act of imputing or charging; attribution; generally in an ill sense; as the imputation of crimes of faults to the true authors of them. We are liable to the imputation or numerous sins and errors, to the imputation of pride, vanity and self-confidence; to the imputation of weakness and irresolution, or of rashness.

1. Sometimes in a good sense.

If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master.

2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach.

Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputations of our enemies, and to rise above them.

3. Hint; slight notice.

Imputative

IMPU'TATIVE, adjective That may be imputed.

Imputatively

IMPU'TATIVELY, adverb By imputation.

Impute

IMPU'TE, verb transitive [Latin imputo; in and puto, to think, to reckon; properly, to set, to put, to throw to or on.]

1. To charge; to attribute; to set to the account of; generally ill, sometimes good. We impute crimes, sins, trespasses, faults, blame, etc., to the guilty persons. We impute wrong actions to bad motives, or to ignorance, or to folly and rashness. We impute misfortunes and miscarriages to imprudence.

And therefore it was imputed to him for

righteousness. Romans 4:8.

2. To attribute; to ascribe.

I have read a book imputed to lord Bathurst.

3. To reckon to one what does not belong to him.

It has been held that Adam's sin is imputed to all his

posterity.

Thy merit

Imputed shall absolve them who renounce

Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds.

Imputed

IMPU'TED, participle passive Charged to the account of; attributed; ascribed.

Imputer

IMPU'TER, noun One that imputes or attributes.

Imputing

IMPU'TING, participle present tense Charging to the account of; attributing; ascribing.

Imputrescible

IMPUTRES'CIBLE, adjective [in and Latin putresco, to putrefy.]

Not subject to putrefaction or corruption.

In

IN, a prefix, Latin in is used in composition as a particle of negation, like the English un, of which it seems to be a dialectical orthography; or it denotes within, into, or among, as in inbred, incase; or it serves only to augment or render emphatical the sense of the word to which it is prefixed, as in inclose, increase.

IN, before l, is changed into il, as in illusion; and before r, into ir, as in irregular; and into im, before a labial, as in imbitter, immaterial, impatient.

IN, preposition [Latin in ] in denotes present or inclosed, surrounded by limits; as in a house; in a fort; in a city. It denotes a state of being mixed, as sugar in tea; or combined, as carbonic acid in coal, or latent heat in air. It denotes present in any state; as in sickness or health. It denotes present in time; as in that hour or day. The uses of in however, cannot, in all cases, be defined by equivalent words, except by explaining the phrase in which it is used; as in deed; in fact; in essence; in quality; in reason; in courage; in spirits, etc. A man in spirits or good courage, denotes one who possesses at the time spirits or courage; in reason is equivalent to with reason; one in ten denotes one of that number, and we say also one of ten, and one out of ten.

IN the name, is used in phrases of invoking, swearing, declaring, praying, etc. in prayer, it denotes by virtue of, or for the sake of. in the name of the people, denotes on their behalf or part; in their stead, or for their sake.

IN, in many cases, is equivalent to on. This use of the word is frequent in the Scriptures; as, let fowls multiply in the earth. This use is more frequent in England than in America. We generally use on, in all similar phrases.

IN signifies by or through. in thee shall all nations be blessed. I am glorified in them.

IN that, is sometimes equivalent to because.

Some things they do in that they are men; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.

IN these and similar phrases, that is an antecedent, substitute, or pronoun relating to the subsequent part of the sentence, or the subsequent clause. God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. That is, in the fact stated in the latter clause, for which that is the substitute. Romans 5:2.

IN as much, seeing; seeing that; this being the fact. I will ride for health, inasmuch as I am infirm.

IN is often used without the noun to which it properly belongs. I care not who is in or who is out, that is, in office, or out of office. Come in that is, into the house or other place. Who has or will come in that is, into office. A vessel has come in that is, into port, or has arrived.

To be or keep in with, to be close or near.

Keep the ship in with the land.

Inability

INABIL'ITY, noun [Latin inhabilis; in and habilis.]

1. Want of sufficient physical power or strength; as the inability of a man to raise an arm or a leg.

2. Want of adequate means; as an inability to purchase a farm, or to fit out a ship.

3. Want of moral power. Moral inability is considered to be want of inclination, disposition or will, or a deep-rooted aversion to act, and therefore improperly so called.

Moral inability aggravates our guilt.

4. Want of intellectual strength or force; as an inability to comprehend a mathematical demonstration.

5. Want of knowledge or skill; as an inability to read or write.

Inablement

INA'BLEMENT, noun [See Enable.] Ability. [Not in use.]

Inabstinence

INAB'STINENCE, noun [in and abstinence.] A not abstaining; a partaking; indulgence of appetite; as the inabstinence of Eve.

Inabusively

INABU'SIVELY, adverb Without abuse.

Inaccessibility

INACCESSIBIL'ITY

INACCESS'IBLE, adjective [in and accessible.]

1. Not to be reached; as an inaccessible highth or rock. The depths of the sea are inaccessible.

2. Not to be obtained. The necessary vouchers are inaccessible.

3. Not to be approached; forbidding access; as an inaccessible prince.

Inaccessible

INACCESS'IBLE, a. [in and accessible.] 1. Not to be reached; as an inaccessible highth or rock. The depths of the sea are inaccessible.2. Not to be obtained. The necessary vouchers are inaccessible.3. Not to be approached; forbidding access; as an inaccessible prince.

Inaccessibleness

INACCESS'IBLENESS, noun [from inaccessible.]

The quality or state of being inaccessible, or not to be reached.

Inaccessibly

INACCESS'IBLY, adverb So as not to be approached.

Inaccuracy

INAC'CURACY, noun [from inaccurate.] Want of accuracy or exactness; mistake; fault; defect; error; as an inaccuracy in writing, in a transcript, or in a calculation.

Inaccurate

INAC'CURATE, adjective [in and accurate.] Not accurate; not exact or correct; not according to truth; erroneous; as an inaccurate man; he is inaccurate in narration; the transcript or copy is inaccurate; the instrument is inaccurate

Inaccurately

INAC'CURATELY, adverb Not according to truth; incorrectly; erroneously. The accounts are inaccurately stated.

Inaction

INAC'TION, noun Want of action; forbearance of labor; idleness; rest.

Inactive

INAC'TIVE, adjective [in and active.] Not active; inert; having no power to move. Matter is, per se, inactive

1. Not active; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle. Also, habitually idle; indolent; sluggish; as an inactive officer.

Inactively

INAC'TIVELY, adverb Idly; sluggishly; without motion, labor or employment.

Inactivity

INACTIV'ITY, noun [in and activity.] Inertness; as the inactivity of matter.

1. Idleness, or habitual idleness; want of action or exertion; sluggishness.

Inactuate

INAC'TUATE, verb transitive To put in action. [Not used.]

Inactuation

INACTUA'TION, noun Operation. [Not used.]

Inadequacy

INAD'EQUACY, noun [from inadequate.] The quality of being unequal or insufficient for a purpose.

The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy

of the alleged causes--

1. Inequality.

Dr. Price considers this inadequacy of representation as our fundamental grievance.

2. Incompleteness; defectiveness; as the inadequacy of ideas.

Inadequate

INAD'EQUATE, adjective [in and adequate. Latin adoequatus, from adoequo, to equal.]

1. Not equal to the purpose; insufficient to effect the object; unequal; as inadequate power, strength, resources.

2. Not equal to the real state or condition of a thing; not just or in due proportion; partial; incomplete; as inadequate ideas of God, of his perfections, or moral government; an inadequate compensation for services.

3. Incomplete; defective; not just; as inadequate representation or description.

Inadequately

INAD'EQUATELY, adverb Not fully or sufficiently; not completely.

Inadequateness

INAD'EQUATENESS, noun The quality of being inadequate; inadequacy; inequality; incompleteness.

Inadequation

INADEQUA'TION, noun Want of exact correspondence.

Inadhesion

INADHE'SION, noun s as z. [in and adhesion.] Want of adhesion; a not adhering.

Porcelain clay is distinguished from colorific earths by inadhesion to the fingers.

Inadmissibility

INADMISSIBIL'ITY, noun [from inadmissible.] The quality of being inadmissible, or not proper to be received; as the inadmissibility of an argument, or of evidence in court, or of a proposal in a negotiation.

Inadmissible

INADMIS'SIBLE, adjective Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed or received; as inadmissible testimony; as inadmissible proposition.

Inadvertence

INADVERT'ENCE

INADVERT'ENCY, noun [Latin in and advertens, adverto. See Advert.]

1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence

2. The effect of inattention; any oversight, mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought.

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author.

Inadvertency

INADVERT'ENCY, n. [L. in and advertens, adverto. See Advert.] 1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence.2. The effect of inattention; any oversight, mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author.

Inadvertent

INADVERT'ENT, adjective [Latin in and advertens.] Not turning the mind to; heedless; careless; negligent.

Inadvertently

INADVERT'ENTLY, adverb Heedlessly; carelessly; from want of attention; inconsiderately.

Inaffability

INAFFABIL'ITY, noun Reservedness in conversation.

Inaffable

INAF'FABLE, adjective Not affable; reserved.

Inaffectation

INAFFECTA'TION, noun Destitution of affected manner.

Inaffected

INAFFECT'ED, adjective Unaffected. [Not used.]

Inaidabale

INA'IDABALE, adjective That cannot be assisted.

Inalienable

INA'LIENABLE, adjective [Latin alieno, alienus.]

Unalienable; that cannot be legally or justly alienated or transferred to another. The dominions of a king are inalienable All men have certain natural rights which are inalienable The estate of a minor is inalienable without a reservation of the right of redemption, or the authority of the legislature.

Inalienableness

INA'LIENABLENESS, noun The state of being inalienable.

Inalienably

INA'LIENABLY, adverb In a manner that forbids alienation; as rights inalienably vested.

Inalimental

INALIMENT'AL, adjective [in and aliment.] Affording no nourishment.

Inalterability

INALTERABIL'ITY, noun [from inalterable.] The quality of not being alterable or changeable.

Inalterable

INAL'TERABLE, adjective [in and alterable.] That cannot or may not be altered or changed; unalterable.

Inamiable

INA'MIABLE, adjective Unamiable. [Not in use.]

Inamiableness

INA'MIABLENESS, noun Unamiableness. [Not in use.]

Inamissible

INAMIS'SIBLE, adjective [Latin in and amitto, to lose.] Not to be lost.

[Little used.]

Inamissibleness

INAMIS'SIBLENESS, noun The state of not being liable to be lost.

Inamorato

INAMORA'TO, noun [Latin in and amor, love.] A lover.

Inane

INA'NE, adjective [Latin inanis, empty.] Empty; void; sometimes used as a noun, to express a void space.

Inangular

INAN'GULAR, adjective Not angular. [Little used.]

Inanimate

INAN'IMATE, verb transitive [infra.] To animate. [Little used.]

INAN'IMATE, adjective [Latin inanimatus; in and animo, animatus.]

1. Destitute of animal life. Plants, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body.

2. Destitute of animation or life.

Inanimated

INAN'IMATED, adjective Destitute of animal life.

1. Not animated; not sprightly. [See Unanimated.]

Inanition

INANI'TION, noun [ Latin inanis, empty.]

Emptiness; want of fullness; as inanition of body or of the vessels.

Inanity

INAN'ITY, noun [Latin inanitas, from inanis, void.]

Emptiness; void space; vacuity.

Inappetence

INAP'PETENCE

INAP'PETENCY, noun [in and appetence, Latin appetentia.]

Want of appetence, or of a disposition to seek, select or imbibe nutriment. [See Appetence.]

1. Want of desire or inclination.

Inappetency

INAP'PETENCY, n. [in and appetence, L. appetentia.]

Want of appetence, or of a disposition to seek, select or imbibe nutriment. [See Appetence.] 1. Want of desire or inclination.

Inapplicability

INAPPLICABIL'ITY, noun [from inapplicable.]

The quality of not being applicable; unfitness.

Inapplicable

INAP'PLICABLE, adjective [in and applicable.] Not applicable; that cannot be applied; not suited or suitable to the purpose. The argument or the testimony is inapplicable to the case.

Inapplication

INAPPLICA'TION, noun Want of application; want of attention or assiduity; negligence; indolence; neglect of study or industry.

Inapposite

INAP'POSITE, adjective s as z. [in and apposite.] Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent; as an inapposite argument.

Inappreciable

INAPPRE'CIABLE, adjective [in and appreciable, from appreciate.]

1. Not to be appreciated; that cannot be duly valued.

2. That cannot be estimated.

Inapprehensible

INAPPREHENS'IBLE, adjective Not intelligible.

Inapprehensive

INAPPREHENS'IVE, adjective Not apprehensive; regardless.

Inapproachable

INAPPROACHABLE, adjective [in and approachable.]

Not to be approached; inaccessible.

Inappropriate

INAPPRO'PRIATE, adjective [in and appropriate.]

Not appropriate; unsuited; not proper.

1. Not appropriate; not belonging to.

Inaptitude

INAPT'ITUDE, noun [in and aptitude.] Want of aptitude; unfitness; unsuitableness.

Inaquate

INA'QUATE, adjective [Latin in and aquatus.] Embodied in water.

Inaquation

INAQUA'TION, noun The state of being inaquate.

Inarable

INAR'ABLE, v. [in and arable.]

Not arable; not capable of being plowed or tilled.

Inaraching

IN'ARACHING, participle present tense Grafting by approach.

Inarch

IN'ARCH, verb transitive [in and arch.] To graft by approach; to graft by uniting a cion to a stock without separating it from its parent tree.

Inarched

IN'ARCHED, participle passive Grafted by approach.

Inarching

IN'ARCHING, noun A method of ingrafting, by which a cion, without being separated from its parent tree, is joined to a stock standing near.

Inarticulate

INARTIC'ULATE, adjective [in and articulate.] Not uttered with articulation or junction of the organs of speech; not articulate; not distinct, or with distinction of syllables. The sounds of brutes and fowls are, for the most part, inarticulate

Inarticulately

INARTIC'ULATELY, adverb Not with distinct syllables; indistinctly.

Inarticulateness

INARTIC'ULATENESS, noun Indistinctness of utterance by animal voices; want of distinct articulation.

Inarticulation

INARTICULA'TION, noun Indistinctness of sounds in speaking.

Inartificial

INARTIFI'CIAL, adjective [In and artificial.]

1. Not done by art; not made or performed by the rules of art; formed without art; as an inartificial style of composition.

2. Simple; artless.

Inartificially

INARTIFI'CIALLY, adverb Without art; in an artless manner; contrary to the rules of art.

Inattention

INATTEN'TION, noun [in and attention.] The want of attention, or of fixing the mind steadily on an object; heedlessness; neglect.

Novel lays attract our ravished ears,

But old, the mind with inattention hears.

Inattentive

INATTENT'IVE, adjective [in and attentive.] Not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as an inattentive spectator or hearer, an inattentive habit.

Inattentively

INATTENT'IVELY, adverb Without attention; carelessly; heedlessly.

Inaudible

INAUD'IBLE, adjective [in and audible.] That cannot be heard; as an inaudible voice or sound.

1. Making no sound; as the inaudible foot of time.

Inaudibly

INAUD'IBLY, adverb In a manner not to be heard.

Inaugural

INAUG'URAL, adjective [Latin inauguro; in and augur.]

1. Pertaining to inauguration; as inaugural ceremonies.

2. Made or pronounced at an inauguration; as an inaugural address.

Inaugurate

INAUG'URATE, verb transitive [supra.] To introduce or induct into an office with solemnity or suitable ceremonies; to invest with an office in a formal manner; a word borrowed from the ceremonies used by the Romans when they were received into the college of augurs. Kings and emperors are inaugurated by coronation; a prelate, by consecration; and the president of a college by such ceremonies and forms as give weight and authority to the transaction.

1. To begin with good omens. [Not used.]

INAUG'URATE, adjective Invested with office.

Inaugurated

INAUG'URATED, participle passive Inducted into office with appropriate ceremonies.

Inaugurating

INAUG'URATING, participle present tense Inducting into office with solemnities.

Inauguration

INAUGURA'TION, noun The act of inducting into office with solemnity; investiture with office by appropriate ceremonies.

Inauguratory

INAUG'URATORY, adjective Suited to induction into office; pertaining to inauguration; as inauguratory gratulations.

Inauration

INAURA'TION, noun [Latin inauro, inauratus; in and aurum, gold.]

The act or process of gilding, or covering with gold.

Inauspicate

INAUS'PICATE, adjective Ill omened.

Inauspicious

INAUSPI'CIOUS, adjective [in and auspicious.] Ill omened; unfortunate; unlucky; evil; unfavorable. The war commenced at an inauspicious time, and its issue was inauspicious The counsels of a bad man have an inauspicious influence on society.

Inauspiciously

INAUSPI'CIOUSLY, adverb With ill omens; unfortunately; unfavorably.

Inauspiciousness

INAUSPI'CIOUSNESS, noun Unluckiness; unfavorableness.

Inbeing

IN'BEING, noun [in and being.] Inherence; inherent existence; inseparableness.

Inborn

IN'BORN, adjective [in and born.] Innate; implanted by nature; as inborn passions; inborn worth.

Inbreathed

IN'BREATHED, adjective [in and breathe.] Infused by inspiration.

Inbred

IN'BRED, adjective [in and bred, breed.] Bred within; innate; natural; as inbred worth; inbred affection.

Inbreed

INBREE'D, verb transitive To produce or generate within.

Inca

IN'CA, noun The name or title given by the natives of Peru to their kings and to the princes of the blood, before the conquest of that country by the Spaniards.

Incage

INCA'GE, verb transitive [in and cage.] To confine in a cage; to coop us; to confine to any narrow limits.

Incaged

INCA'GED, participle passive Cooped up; confined to a cage or to narrow limits.

Incagement

INCA'GEMENT, noun Confinement in a cage.

Incaging

INCA'GING, participle present tense Confining to a cage or to narrow limits.

Incalculable

INCAL'CULABLE, adjective That cannot be calculated; beyond calculation.

Incalculably

INCAL'CULABLY, adverb In a degree beyond calculation.

Incalescence

INCALES'CENCE

INCALES'CENCY, noun [Latin incalescens, incalesco; in and calesco, caleo, to be hot.]

A growing warm; incipient or increasing heat.

Incalescency

INCALES'CENCY, n. [L. incalescens, incalesco; in and calesco, caleo, to be hot.]

A growing warm; incipient or increasing heat.

Incalescent

INCALES'CENT, adjective Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Incameration

INCAMERA'TION, noun [in and camera, a chamber, or arched roof.]

The act or process of uniting lands, revenues or other rights to the pope's domain.

Incandescence

INCANDES'CENCE, noun [Latin incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.]

A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. We say, a metal is heated to incandescence

Incandescent

INCANDES'CENT, adjective White or glowing with heat.

Incantation

INCANTA'TION, noun [Latin incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.]

The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits.

Incantatory

INCANT'ATORY, adjective Dealing by enchantment; magical.

Incanting

INCANT'ING, adjective Enchanting. [Not used.]

Incanton

INCAN'TON, verb transitive [in and canton.] To unite to a canton or separate community.

Incapability

INCAPABIL'ITY

INCA'PABLE, adjective

1. Wanting capacity sufficient; not having room sufficient to contain or hold; followed by of. We say, a vessel is incapable of containing or holding a certain quantity of liquor; but I believe we rarely or never say, a vessel is incapable of that quantity.

2. Wanting natural power or capacity to learn, know, understand or comprehend. Man is incapable of comprehending the essence of the Divine Being. An idiot is incapable of learning to read.

3. Not admitting; not in a state to receive; not susceptible of; as, a bridge is incapable of reparation.

Is not your father grown incapable

Of reasonable affairs?

4. Wanting moral power or disposition. He is incapable of a dishonorable act.

5. Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; not having the legal or constitutional qualifications. A man not thirty years of age is unqualified, and therefore incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a man convicted on impeachment is disqualified, and therefore incapable of holding any office of honor or profit under the government.

Incapable properly denotes a want of passive power, the power of receiving, and is applicable particularly to the mind; unable denotes the want of active power or power of performing, and is applicable to the body or the mind. [See Incapacity.]

Incapable

INCA'PABLE, a. 1. Wanting capacity sufficient; not having room sufficient to contain or hold; followed by of. We say, a vessel is incapable of containing or holding a certain quantity of liquor; but I believe we rarely or never say, a vessel is incapable of that quantity.2. Wanting natural power or capacity to learn, know, understand or comprehend. Man is incapable of comprehending the essence of the Divine Being. An idiot is incapable of learning to read.3. Not admitting; not in a state to receive; not susceptible of; as, a bridge is incapable of reparation. Is not your father grown incapable Of reasonable affairs?4. Wanting moral power or disposition. He is incapable of a dishonorable act.5. Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; not having the legal or constitutional qualifications. A man not thirty years of age is unqualified, and therefore incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a man convicted on impeachment is disqualified, and therefore incapable of holding any office of honor or profit under the government.Incapable properly denotes a want of passive power, the power of receiving, and is applicable particularly to the mind; unable denotes the want of active power or power of performing, and is applicable to the body or the mind. [See Incapacity.]

Incapableness

INCA'PABLENESS, noun [from incapable.] The quality of being incapable; natural incapacity or want of power; as the incapableness of a child to comprehend logical syllogisms.

1. Want of legal qualifications or of legal power; as the incapability of holding an office.

Incapacious

INCAPA'CIOUS, adjective [in and capacious.] Not capacious; not large or spacious; narrow; of small content; as an incapacious soul.

Incapaciousness

INCAPA'CIOUSNESS, noun Narrowness; want of containing space.

Incapacitate

INCAPAC'ITATE, verb transitive [in and capacitate.]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power of learning, knowing, understanding or performing. Old age and infirmity often incapacitate men to exercise the office of a judge.

2. To render or make incapable; as, infancy incapacitates a child for learning algebra.

3. To disable; to weaken; to deprive of competent power or ability. This is an improper use of the word. The loss of an arm disables a soldier, but does not incapacitate him.

4. To render unfit; as, infancy incapacitates one for marriage.

5. To disqualify; to deprive of legal or constitutional requisites; as, conviction of a crime incapacitates one to be a witness.

Incapacitation

INCAPACITA'TION, noun Want of capacity; disqualification.

Incapacity

INCAPAC'ITY, noun [in and capacity.] Want of capacity, intellectual power, or the power of receiving, containing or understanding; applied to the mind, and it may be natural or casual. There is a natural incapacity in children to comprehend difficult propositions in logic or metaphysics, and a natural incapacity in men to comprehend the nature of spiritual beings. The defect of understanding proceeding from intoxication, or from an injury done to the brain, is a casual incapacity

1. Want of qualification or legal requisites; inability; as the incapacity of minors to make binding contracts.

2. Disqualification; disability by deprivation of power; as the incapacity of a convict to give testimony in a court of law.

Incarcerate

INC'ARCERATE, verb transitive [Latin incarcero; in and carcer, a prison; Eng. cark, care; showing the primary sense is to press or strain.]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail.

2. To confine; to shut up or inclose.

INC'ARCERATE, adjective Imprisoned; confined.

Incarceration

INCARCERA'TION, noun The act of imprisoning or confining; imprisonment.

Incarn

INC'ARN, verb transitive [Latin incarno; in and caro, carnis, flesh.]

To cover with flesh; to invest with flesh.

INC'ARN, verb intransitive To breed flesh.

Incarnadine

INC'ARNADINE, adjective [Latin in and caro, flesh.]

Flesh-colored; of a carnation color; pale red.

INC'ARNADINE, verb transitive To dye red or flesh-color. [Little used.]

Incarnate

INC'ARNATE, verb transitive [Latin incarno; in and caro, flesh.]

To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh.

INC'ARNATE, adjective Invested with flesh; embodied in flesh; a the incarnate Son of God.

1. In Scotland, of a red color; flesh-colored.

Incarnation

INCARNA'TION, noun The act of clothing with flesh.

1. The act of assuming flesh, or of taking a human body and the nature of man; as the incarnation of the Son of God.

2. In surgery, the process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh.

Incarnative

INC'ARNATIVE, v. Causing new flesh to grow; healing.

INC'ARNATIVE, noun A medicine that tends to promote the growth of new flesh, and assist nature in the healing of wounds.

Incase

INCA'SE, verb transitive [in and case.] To inclose in a case.

1. To inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase

Incased

INCA'SED, participle passive Inclosed as in a case, sheath or box.

Incasing

INCA'SING, participle present tense Inclosing as in a case.

Incask

INC'ASK, verb transitive To put into a cask.

Incastellated

INCAS'TELLATED, adjective Confined or inclosed in a castle.

Incatenation

INCATENA'TION, noun [Latin catena, a chain.]

The act of linking together.

Incautious

INCAU'TIOUS, adjective [in and cautious.] Not cautious; unwary; not circumspect; heedless; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; as incautious youth.

Incautiously

INCAU'TIOUSLY, adverb Unwarily; heedlessly; without due circumspection.

Incautiousness

INCAU'TIOUSNESS, noun Want of caution; unwariness; want of foresight.

Incavated

IN'CAVATED, adjective [Latin in and cavo, to make hollow.] Made hollow; bent round or in.

Incavation

INCAVA'TION, noun The act of making hollow.

1. A hollow made.

Incend

INCEND', verb transitive [Latin incendo.] To inflame; to excite. [Little used.]

Incendiary

INCEND'IARY, noun [Latin incendiarius, from incendo, to burn; in and candeo, to shine, or be on fire.]

1. A person who maliciously sets fire to another man's dwelling house, or to any outhouse, being parcel of the same, as a barn or stable; one who is guilty of arson.

2. Any person who sets fire to a building.

3. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels.

Several cities of Greece drove them out as incendiaries.

Incendiaries of figure and distinction, who are the inventors and publishers of gross falsehoods, cannot be regarded but with the utmost detestation.

4. He or that which excites.

INCEND'IARY, adjective Pertaining to the malicious burning of a dwelling; as an incendiary purpose.

1. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition or quarrels.

Incense

IN'CENSE, noun in'cens. [Latin incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn.]

1. Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity.

A thick cloud of incense went up. Ezekiel 8:11.

2. The materials burnt for making perfumes. The incense used in the Jewish offerings was a mixture of sweet spices, stacte, onycha, galbanum, and the gum of the frankincense tree.

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein and put incense thereon. Lex.10.

3. Acceptable prayers and praises. Mal. Latin

4. In the Materia Medica, a dry resinous substance known by the name of thus and olibanum.

IN'CENSE, verb transitive in'cens. To perfume with incense In the Romish church, it is the deacon's office to incense the officiating priest or prelate, and the choir.

INCENSE, verb transitive incens.' To enkindle or inflame to violent anger; to excite angry passions; to provoke; to irritate; to exasperate; to heat; to fire. It expresses less than enrage.

How could my pious son thy power incense?

Incensed

INCENS'ED, participle passive Inflamed to violent anger; exasperated.

Incensement

INCENSEMENT, noun incens'ment. Violent irritation of the passions; heat; exasperation. It expresses less than rage and fury.

Incensing

INCENS'ING, participle present tense Inflaming to anger; irritating; exasperation.

Incension

INCEN'SION, noun [Latin incensio, from incendo, to burn.]

The act of kindling; the state of being on fire.

Incensive

INCENS'IVE, adjective Tending to excite or provoke.

Incensor

INCENS'OR, noun [Latin] A kindler of anger; an inflamer of the angry passions.

Incensory

INCENS'ORY, noun The vessel in which incense is burnt and offered. [We generally use censer.]

Incentive

INCEN'TIVE, adjective [Low Latin incentivus, from incendo, to burn.]

Inciting; encouraging or moving.

Competency is the most incentive to industry.

INCEN'TIVE, noun [Low Latin incentivum.]

1. That which kindles or inflames; used now in a figurative sense only.

2. That which moves the mind or operates on the passions; that which incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur. The love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two most powerful incentives to action.

Inception

INCEP'TION, noun [Latin inceptio, from incipio, to begin; in and capio, to take.] Beginning.

I hope this society will not be marked with vivacity of inception apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay.

Inceptive

INCEP'TIVE, adjective [Latin inceptivus, from incipio, to begin.]

Beginning; noting beginning; as an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action.

A point is inceptive of a line, and a line is inceptive of a surface.

Inceptor

INCEP'TOR, noun A beginner; one in the rudiments

Inceration

INCERA'TION, noun [Latin incero, from cera.] The act of covering with wax.

Incertain

INCER'TAIN, adjective [in and certain.] Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

Incertainly

INCER'TAINLY, adverb Doubtfully.

Incertainty

INCER'TAINTY, noun Uncertainty; doubt.

Incertitude

INCER'TITUDE, noun [Latin incertitudo, from incertus; in and certus, certain.] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

Incessable

INCES'SABLE, adjective Unceasing; continual. [little used.]

Incessancy

INCES'SANCY, noun [from incessant.] Unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.

Incessant

INCES'SANT, adjective [Latin in and cessans, from cesso, to cease.]

Unceasing; unintermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as incessant rains; incessant clamors.

Incessantly

INCES'SANTLY, adverb Without ceasing; continually.

Incest

IN'CEST, noun [Latin incestum; in and castus, chaste.]

The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by the law of a country.

Spiritual incest is a like crime committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. It is also understood of a vicar or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.

Incestuous

INCEST'UOUS, adjective Guilty of incest; as an incestuous person.

1. Involving the crime of incest; as an incestuous connection.

Incestuously

INCEST'UOUSLY, adverb In an incestuous manner; in a manner to involve the crime of incest.

Incestuousness

INCEST'UOUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being incestuous.

Inch

INCH, noun [Latin uncia, the twelfth part.]

1. A lineal measure in Great Britain and the United States, being the twelfth part of a foot, and equal to the length of three barley corns.

2. Proverbially, a small quantity or degree; as, to die by inches, to gain ground by inches.

3. A precise point of time.

Beldame, I think, we watch'd you at an inch [Unusual.]

INCH, verb transitive To drive by inches or small degrees. [Little used.]

1. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [Little used.]

INCH, verb intransitive To advance or retire by small degrees. [Little used.]

INCHed, is added to words of number; as four-inched. But in American the common practice is to add only inch; as a seven-inch cable.

Incharitable

INCHAR'ITABLE, adjective Uncharitable. [The latter is the word used.]

Inchastity

INCHAS'TITY, noun [in and chastity.] Lewdness; impurity; unchastity.

Inchest

INCHEST', verb transitive To put into a chest.

INCH'-MEAL, noun [inch and meal.] A piece an inch long.

Inchoate

IN'CHOATE, verb transitive [Latin inchoo.] To begin. [Little used.]

IN'CHOATE, adjective Begun; commenced.

It is neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate

Inchoately

IN'CHOATELY, adverb In an incipient degree.

Inchoation

INCHOA'TION, noun The act of beginning; commencement; inception.

The setting on foot some of those arts in those parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of them. [Little used.]

Inchoative

INCHO'ATIVE, adjective Noting beginning; inceptive; as an inchoative verb, otherwise called inceptive.

Incide

INCI'DE, verb transitive [Latin incido; in and coedo, to strike.]

To cut; to separate; as medicines.

Incidence

IN'CIDENCE, noun [Latin incidens; incido, to fall on; in and cado, to fall.]

1. Literally, a falling on; whence, an accident or casualty.

2. The manner of falling on, or the direction in which one body falls on or strikes another. The angle which the line of falling, or the direction of a moving body striking another, makes with the place struck, is called the angle of incidence When rays of light striking a body are reflected, the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are equal.

In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions.