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4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]

5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

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In*car"na*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. incarnatif .] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine.

Incarnification <Xpage=742>

In*car`ni*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [See Incarnation , and -fy .] The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.

Incase <Xpage=742>

In*case" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incasing .] [F. encaisser ; pref. en- (L. in ) + caisse case. See Case a box, and cf. Encase , Enchase .] To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase . Pope.

Incasement <Xpage=742>

In*case"ment (?) , n. [Cf. Casement .]

1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.

2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.

Incask <Xpage=742>

In*cask" (?) , v. t. To cover with a casque or as with a casque.

Sherwood.

Incastellated <Xpage=742>

In*cas"tel*la`ted (?) , a. Confined or inclosed in a castle.

Incastelled <Xpage=742>

In*cas"telled (?) , a. (Far.) Hoofbound.

Crabb.

Incatenation <Xpage=742>

In*cat`e*na"tion (?) , n. [LL. incatenatio ; L. pref. in- in + catena chain. See Enchain .] The act of linking together; enchaining. [R.]

Goldsmith.

Incaution <Xpage=742>

In*cau"tion (?) , n. Want of caution.

Pope.

Incautious <Xpage=742>

In*cau"tious (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + cautious : cf. L. incautus .] Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

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You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.

His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any incautious reader. Keill.

Syn. -- Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless.

-- In*cau"tious*ly , adv. -- In*cau"tious*ness , n.

Incavated <Xpage=743>

In"ca*va`ted (?) , a. [L. incavatus , p. p. of incavare to make hollow: pref in- in + cavare to hollow out, fr. cavus hollow.] Made hollow; bent round or in.

Incavation <Xpage=743>

In`ca*va"tion (?) , n. Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression.

Incaved <Xpage=743>

In*caved" (?) , a. [Pref. in- in + cave . Cf. Encave , Incavated .] Inclosed in a cave.

Incaverned <Xpage=743>

In*cav"erned (?) , a. Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.

Drayton.

Incedingly <Xpage=743>

In*ced"ing*ly (?) , adv. [L. incedere to walk majestically.] Majestically. [R.]

C. Bront\'82.

Incelebrity <Xpage=743>

In`ce*leb"ri*ty (?) , n. Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. [R.]

Coleridge.

Incend <Xpage=743>

In*cend" (?) , v. t. [L. incendere , incensum , to kindle, burn. See Incense to inflame.] To inflame; to excite. [Obs.]

Marston.

Incendiarism <Xpage=743>

In*cen"di*a*rism (?) , n. [From Incendiary .] The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

Incendiary <Xpage=743>

In*cen"di*a*ry (?; 277) , n. ; pl. Incendiaries (#) . [L. incendiarius : cf. F. incendiaire . See Incense to inflame.]

1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.

2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.

Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries . Bentley.

Incendiary <Xpage=743>

In*cen"di*a*ry , a. [L. incendiarius , fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire . See Incense to inflame.]

1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.

2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.

Paley.

Incendiary shell , a bombshell. See Carcass , 4.

Incendious <Xpage=743>

In*cen"di*ous (?) , a. [L. incendiosus burning, hot.] Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [Obs.] Bacon . -- In*cen"di*ous*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Incensant <Xpage=743>

In*cen"sant (?) , a. [See Incense to anger.] (Her.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.

Incensation <Xpage=743>

In`cen*sa"tion (?) , n. (R. C. Ch.) The offering of incense. [R.]

Encyc. Brit.

Incense <Xpage=743>

In*cense" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incensed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing .] [L. incensus , p. p. of incendere ; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See Candle .]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.]

Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman.

2. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

The people are incensed him. Shak.

Syn. -- To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate.

Incense <Xpage=743>

In"cense (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incensed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing .] [LL. incensare : cf. F. encenser . See Incense , n. ]

1. To offer incense to. See Incense . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. " Incensed with wanton sweets."

Marston.

Incense <Xpage=743>

In"cense (?) , n. [OE. encens , F. encens , L. incensum , fr. incensus , p. p. of incendere to burn. See Incense to inflame.]

1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

A thick of incense went up. Ezek. viii. 11.

2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. Lev. x. 1.

3. Also used figuratively.

Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride,

With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.

Gray.

Incense tree , the name of several balsamic trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica ) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the Chrysobalanus Icaco , a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree . -- Incense wood , the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree Bursera heptaphylla .

Incensebreathing <Xpage=743>

In"cense*breath`ing (?) , a. Breathing or exhaling incense. " Incense-breathing morn."

Gray.

Incensed <Xpage=743>

In*censed" (?) , a. 1. Angered; enraged.

2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.

Incensement <Xpage=743>

In*cense"ment (?) , n. Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement .

Shak.

Incenser <Xpage=743>

In*cen"ser (?) , n. One who instigates or incites.

Incension <Xpage=743>

In*cen"sion (?) , n. [L. incensio . See Incense to inflame.] The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.

Bacon.

Incensive <Xpage=743>

In*cen"sive (?) , a. Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.

Barrow.

Incensor <Xpage=743>

In*cen"sor (?) , n. [L.] A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter.

Incensory <Xpage=743>

In*cen"so*ry (?; 277) , n. ; pl. Incensories (#) . [LL. incensorium : cf. F. encensoir . See 2d Incense , and cf. Censer .] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [R.]

Evelyn.

Incensurable <Xpage=743>

In*cen"sur*a*ble (?; 135) , a. [Pref. in- not + censurable : cf. F. incensurable .] Not censurable. Dr. T. Dwight . -- In*cen"sur*a*bly , adv.

Incenter <Xpage=743>

In*cen"ter (?) , n. (Geom.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.

Incentive <Xpage=743>

In*cen"tive (?) , a. [L. incentivus , from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant , Chant .]

1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More.

2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.]

Part incentive reed

Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.

Milton.

Incentive <Xpage=743>

In*cen"tive , n. [L. incentivum .] That which moves or influences 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; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action .

The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in it. South.

Syn. -- Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence.

Incentively <Xpage=743>

In*cen"tive*ly , adv. Incitingly; encouragingly.

Inception <Xpage=743>

In*cep"tion (?) , n. [L. inceptio , fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable .]

1. Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Bacon.

Marked with vivacity of inception , apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. Rawle.

2. Reception; a taking in. [R.]

Poe.

Inceptive <Xpage=743>

In*cep"tive (?) , a. Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action ; -- called also inchoative . -- In*cep"tive*ly , adv.

Inceptive <Xpage=743>

In*cep"tive , n. An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.

Inceptor <Xpage=743>

In*cep"tor (?) , n. [L.] 1. A beginner; one in the rudiments.

Johnson.

2. One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.

Walton.

Inceration <Xpage=743>

In`cer*a"tion (?) , n. [L. incerare to smear with wax; pref. in- in + cerare to wax, fr. cera wax: cf. F. inc\'82ration .] The act of smearing or covering with wax.

B. Jonson.

Incerative <Xpage=743>

In*cer"a*tive (?) , a. Cleaving or sticking like wax.

Cotgrave.

Incertain <Xpage=743>

In*cer"tain (?) , n. [Pref. in- not + certain : cf. F. incertain , L. incertus . See Certain .] Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly , adv.

Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne.

Incertainty <Xpage=743>

In*cer"tain*ty (?) , n. Uncertainty. [Obs.]

Shak.

Incertitude <Xpage=743>

In*cer"ti*tude (?) , n. [Cf. F. incertitude , LL. incertitudo , fr. L. incertus . See Incertain .] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

The incertitude and instability of this life. Holland.

He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution. I. Taylor.

Incertum <Xpage=743>

In*cer"tum (?) , a. Doubtful; not of definite form.

Opus incertum (Anc. Arch.) , a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.

Incessable <Xpage=743>

In*ces"sa*ble (?) , a. [L. incessabilis ; pref. in- not + cessare to cease.] Unceasing; continual. [Obs.] Shelton . -- In*ces"sa*bly , adv. [Obs.]

Incessancy <Xpage=743>

In*ces"san*cy (?) , n. [From Incessant .] The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.

Dr. T. Dwight.

Incessant <Xpage=743>

In*ces"sant (?) , a. [L. incessans , -antis ; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant . See Cease .] Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.

Against the castle gate, . . . Which with incessant force and endless hate, They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. Spenser.

Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.

Incessantly <Xpage=743>

In*ces"sant*ly , adv. Unceasingly; continually.

Shak.

Incession <Xpage=743>

In*ces"sion (?) , n. [L. incedere , incessum , to walk.] Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.]

The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne.

Incest <Xpage=743>

In"cest (?) , n. [F. inceste , L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste .] The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Shak.

Spiritual incest . (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.

Incesttuous <Xpage=743>

In*cest"tu*ous (?; 135) , a. [L. incestuosus : cf. F. incestueux .] Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection .

Shak.

Ere you reach to this incestuous love, You must divine and human rights remove. Dryden.

-- In*cest"tu*ous*ly , adv. -- In*cest"tu*ous*ness , n.

Inch <Xpage=743>

Inch (?) , n. [Gael. inis .] An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inch colm, Inch keith, etc. [Scot.]

Inch <Xpage=743>

Inch , n. [OE. inche , unche , AS. ynce , L. uncia the twelfth part, inch, ounce. See Ounce a weight.]

1. A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines , and originally into three parts, called barleycorns , its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime (\'b7), composed of twelve seconds (\'b7\'b7), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic. <-- \'b7 is the same symbol as the light accent, or the "minutes" of an arc. The "seconds" synbol should actually have the two strokes closer than in repeated "minutes". Here, \'b7\'b7 will be interpreted as "seconds" -->

12 seconds (\'b7\'b7) make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes (\'b7) make 1 foot. B. Greenleaf.

&hand; The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length, equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. See Metric system , and Meter .

2. A small distance or degree, whether or time <?/<?/ space; hence, a critical moment.

Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch . Shak.

By inches , by slow degrees, gradually. -- Inch of candle . See under Candle . -- Inches of pressure , usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge. -- Inch of water . See under Water . -- Miner's inch , (Hydraulic Mining) , a unit for the measurement of water. See Inch of water , under Water .

Inch <Xpage=743>

Inch (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inching .]

1. To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.]

He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches out my master. Dryden.

2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [R.]

Inch <Xpage=743>

Inch , v. i. To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.

With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to the walls. Dryden.

Inch <Xpage=743>

Inch , a. Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two- inch cable; a four- inch plank.

Inch stuff , boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.

Inchamber <Xpage=743>

In*cham"ber (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inchambered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inchambering .] [Pref. in- in + chamber : cf. OF. enchambrer .] To lodge in a chamber. [R.]

Sherwood.

Inchangeability <Xpage=743>

In*change`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Unchangeableness. [Obs.]

Kenrick.

Inchant <Xpage=743>

In*chant" (?) , v. t. See Enchant .

Incharitable <Xpage=743>

In*char"i*ta*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. incharitable .] Uncharitable; unfeeling. [Obs.]

Shak.

Incharity <Xpage=743>

In*char"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. incharit\'82 .] Want of charity. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Inchase <Xpage=743>

In*chase" (?) , v. t. See Enchase .

Inchastity <Xpage=743>