Chapter 786

Syn. -- Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent.

-- In`at*ten"tive*ly , adv. -- In`at*ten"tive*ness , n.

Inaudibility <Xpage=742>

In*au`di*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.

Inaudible <Xpage=742>

In*au"di*ble (?) , a. [L. inaudibilis ; pref. in- not + audire to hear: cf. F. unaudible . See In- not, and Audible .] Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent. -- In*au"di*ble*ness , n. -- In*au"di*bly , adv.

Inaugur <Xpage=742>

In*au"gur (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. inaugurer . See Inaugurate .] To inaugurate. [Obs.]

Latimer.

Inaugural <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*ral (?) , a. [Cf. F. inaugural .] Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.

Inaugural <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*ral , n. An inaugural address. [U.S.]

Inaugurate <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*rate (?) , a. [L. inauguratus , p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination; pref. in- in + augurare , augurari , to augur. See Augur .] Invested with office; inaugurated.

Drayton.

Inaugurate <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*rate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inaugurated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inaugurating (?) .]

1. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.

Milton.

2. To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.

As if kings did closes remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton.

3. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue. [Colloq.]

4. To begin with good omens. [Obs.]

Sir H. Wotton.

Inauguration <Xpage=742>

In*au`gu*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. inauguratio a beginning: cf. F. inauguration .]

1. The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

At his regal inauguration , his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne.

2. The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

Inaugurator <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*ra`tor (?) , n. One who inaugurates.

Inauguratory <Xpage=742>

In*au"gu*ra*to*ry (?) , a. Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration.

Johnson.

Inaurate <Xpage=742>

In*au"rate (?) , a. [L. inauratus , p. p. inaurare to gild; pref. in- in + aurum gold.] Covered with gold; gilded.

Inaurate <Xpage=742>

In*au"rate (?) , v. t. To cover with gold; to gild.

Inauration <Xpage=742>

In`au*ra"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. inauration .] The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

Inauspicate <Xpage=742>

In*aus"pi*cate (?) , a. [L. inauspicatus ; pref. in- not + auspicatus , p. p. auspicari . See Auspicate .] Inauspicious [Obs.]

Sir G. Buck.

Inauspicious <Xpage=742>

In`aus*pi"cious (?) , a. Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable. " Inauspicious stars." Shak . " Inauspicious love."

Dryden.

-- In`aus*pi"cious*ly , adv. -- In`aus*pi"cious*ness , n.

Inauthoritative <Xpage=742>

In`au*thor"i*ta*tive (?) , a. Without authority; not authoritative.

Inbarge <Xpage=742>

In"barge (?) , v. t. & i. To embark; to go or put into a barge. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Inbeaming <Xpage=742>

In"beam`ing (?) , n. Shining in.

South.

Inbeing <Xpage=742>

In"be`ing (?) , n. Inherence; inherent existence.

I. Watts.

Inbind <Xpage=742>

In*bind" (?) , v. t. To inclose. [Obs.]

Fairfax.

Inblown <Xpage=742>

In"blown` (?) , a. Blown in or into. [Obs.]

Inboard <Xpage=742>

In"board` (?) , a. & adv. 1. (Naut.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard ; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard .

2. (Mech.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke .

Inborn <Xpage=742>

In"born` (?) , a. Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions .

Cowper.

Syn. -- Innate; inherent; natural.

Inbreak, Inbreaking <Xpage=742>

In"break` (?) , In"break`ing , n. A breaking in; inroad; invasion.

Inbreathe <Xpage=742>

In*breathe" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inbreathed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreathing .] To infuse by breathing; to inspire.

Coleridge.

Inbred <Xpage=742>

In"bred` (?) , a. Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth . " Inbred sentiments."

Burke.

Inbreed <Xpage=742>

In*breed" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inbred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreeding .] [Cf. Imbreed .]

1. To produce or generate within.

Bp. Reynolds.

To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. Milton.

2. To breed in and in. See under Breed , v. i.

Inburning <Xpage=742>

In"burn`ing (?) , a. Burning within.

Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser.

Inburnt <Xpage=742>

In"burnt` (?) , a. Burnt in; ineffaceable.

Her inburnt , shamefaced thoughts. P. Fletcher.

Inburst <Xpage=742>

In"burst` (?) , n. A bursting in or into.

Inc <Xpage=742>

Inc (?) , n. A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards. [Written also ink .]

Inca <Xpage=742>

In"ca (?) , n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.

Inca dove (Zo\'94l.) , a small dove ( Scardafella inca ), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.

Incage <Xpage=742>

In*cage" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incaged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incaging (?) .] [Cf. Encage .] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also encage .] " Incaged birds."

Shak.

Incagement <Xpage=742>

In*cage"ment (?) , n. Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.]

Shelton.

Incalculability <Xpage=742>

In*cal`cu*la*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being incalculable.

Incalculable <Xpage=742>

In*cal"cu*la*ble (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + calculable : cf. F. incalculable .] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness , n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly , adv.

Incalescence <Xpage=742>

In`ca*les"cence (?) , n. The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm.

Sir T. Browne.

Incalescency <Xpage=742>

In`ca*les"cen*cy (?) , n. Incalescence.

Ray.

Incalescent <Xpage=742>

In`ca*les"cent (?) , a. [L. incalescens , -entis , p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st In- , and Calescence .] Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Incameration <Xpage=742>

In*cam`er*a"tion (?) , n. [Pref. in- in + L. camera chamber, LL., also, jurisdiction: cf. F. incam\'82ration , It. incamerazione .] (R. C. Ch.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i . e ., to the pope's domain.

Incan <Xpage=742>

In"can (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Incas.

Incandescence <Xpage=742>

In`can*des"cence (?) , n. [Cf. F. incandescence .] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Incandescent <Xpage=742>

In`can*des"cent (?) , a. [L. incandecens , -entis , p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent . See Candle .] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum ; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.

Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor.

Incandescent lamp &or; light (Elec.) , a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon<-- usually tungsten! -->, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp , and glowlamp . <-- incandescent bulb -- the light bulb used in an incandescent lamp; contrasted with fluorescent lamp and fluorescent bulb -->

Incanescent <Xpage=742>

In`ca*nes"cent (?) , a. [L. incanescens , p. pr. incanescere to become gray.] Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.

Incanous <Xpage=742>

In*ca"nous (?) , a. [L. incanus ; pref. in- in + canus hoary.] (Bot.) Hoary with white pubescence.

Incantation <Xpage=742>

In`can*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. incantatio , fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over one: cf. F. incantation . See Enchant .]

1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation ."

Burke.

2. A formula of words used as above.

Incantatory <Xpage=742>

In*cant"a*to*ry (?) , a. Dealing by enchantment; magical.

Sir T. Browne.

Incanting <Xpage=742>

In*cant"ing , a. Enchanting. [Obs.]

Sir T. Herbert.

Incanton <Xpage=742>

In*can"ton (?) , v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.

Addison.

Incapability <Xpage=742>

In*ca`pa*bil"i*ty (?) , n. 1. The quality of being incapable; incapacity.

Suckling.

2. (Law) Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office .

Incapable <Xpage=742>

In*ca"pa*ble (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + capable : cf. F. incapable , L. incapabilis incomprehensible.]

1. Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.

2. Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood .

3. Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.

4. (Law) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.

5. (Mil.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.

&hand; Incapable is often used elliptically.

Is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairs? Shak.

Syn. -- Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate; deficient; disqualified. See Incompetent .

Incapable <Xpage=742>

In*ca"pa*ble , n. One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Incapableness <Xpage=742>

In*ca"pa*ble*ness , n. The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.

Incapably <Xpage=742>

In*ca"pa*bly , adv. In an incapable manner.

Incapacious <Xpage=742>

In`ca*pa"cious (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + capacious : cf. L. incapax incapable.] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul . Bp. Burnet . -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness , n.

Incapacitate <Xpage=742>

In`ca*pac"i*tate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incapacitated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating (?) .] [Pref. in- not + capacitate .]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war .

2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.

It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman.

Incapacitation <Xpage=742>

In`ca*pac`i*ta"tion (?) , n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.

Burke.

Incapacity <Xpage=742>

In`ca*pac"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Incapacities (<?/) . [Cf. F. incapacit\'82 .]

1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.

Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability.

Incapsulate <Xpage=742>

In*cap"su*late (?) , v. t. (Physiol.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane.

Incapsulation <Xpage=742>

In*cap`su*la"tion (?) , n. (Physiol.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus .

Incarcerate <Xpage=742>

In*car"cer*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incarcerated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating (?) .] [Pref. in- in + L. carceratus , p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or priso<?/.

2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.

Incarcerated hernia (Med.) , hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.

Incarcerate <Xpage=742>

In*car"cer*ate (?) , a. Imprisoned.

Dr. H. More.

Incarceration <Xpage=742>

In*car`cer*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. incarc\'82ration .]

1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Glanvill.

2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Incarcerator <Xpage=742>

In*car"cer*a`tor (?) , n. One who incarcerates.

Incarn <Xpage=742>

In*carn" (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. incarner . See Incarnate .] To cover or invest with flesh. [R.]

Wiseman.

Incarn <Xpage=742>

In*carn" , v. i. To develop flesh. [R.]

Wiseman.

Incarnadine <Xpage=742>

In*car"na*dine (?) , a. [F. incarnadin , It. incarnatino ; L. pref. in- in + caro , carnis , flesh. Cf. Carnation , Incarnate .] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [Obs.]

Lovelace.

Incarnadine <Xpage=742>

In*car"na*dine , v. t. To dye red or crimson.

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine , Making the green one red. Shak.

Incarnate <Xpage=742>

In*car"nate (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + carnate .] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [Obs.]

I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson.

Incarnate <Xpage=742>

In*car"nate , a. [L. incarnatus , p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro , carnis , flesh. See Carnal .]

1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.

Here shalt thou sit incarnate . Milton.

He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate , sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin.

2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.]

Holland.

Incarnate <Xpage=742>

In*car"nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incarnated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarnating (?) .] To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.

This essence to incarnate and imbrute, That to the height of deity aspired. Milton.

Incarnate <Xpage=742>

In*car"nate , v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [R.]

My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate . Sterne.

Incarnation <Xpage=742>

In`car*na"tion (?) , n. [F. incarnation , LL. incarnatio .]

1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.

3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey.

The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.