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1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement .

They plead against the inconvenience , not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker.

2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty .

A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience . Sir W. Raleigh.

Man is liable to a great many inconveniences . Tillotson.

Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.

Inconvenience <Xpage=747>

In`con*ven"ience , v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor .

Inconveniency <Xpage=747>

In`con*ven"ien*cy (?) , n. Inconvenience.

Inconvenient <Xpage=747>

In`con*ven"ient (?) , a. [L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconv\'82nient . See In- not, and Convenient .]

1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

2. Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time .

Syn. -- Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.

Inconveniently <Xpage=747>

In`con*ven"ient*ly , adv. In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

Inconversable <Xpage=747>

In`con*vers"a*ble (?) , a. Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]

Inconversant <Xpage=747>

In*con"ver*sant (?) , a. Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

Inconverted <Xpage=747>

In`con*vert"ed (?) , a. Not turned or changed about. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Inconvertibility <Xpage=747>

In`con*vert`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [L. inconvertibilitas .] The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold .

Inconvertible <Xpage=747>

In`con*vert"i*ble (?) , a. [L. inconvertibilis : cf. F. inconvertible . See In- not, and Convertible .] Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie.

Walsh.

Inconvertibleness <Xpage=747>

In`con*vert"i*ble*ness , n. Inconvertibility.

Inconvertibly <Xpage=747>

In`con*vert"i*bly , adv. In an inconvertible manner.

Inconvincible <Xpage=747>

In`con*vin"ci*ble (?) , a. [L. inconvincibilis . See In- not, and Convince .] Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.

None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people. Gov. of the Tongue.

Inconvincibly <Xpage=747>

In`con*vin"ci*bly , adv. In a manner not admitting of being convinced.

Incony <Xpage=747>

In*co"ny (?) , a. [Cf. Conny , Canny .] Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.]

Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak.

Inco\'94rdinate <Xpage=747>

In`co*\'94r"di*nate (?) , a. Not co\'94rdinate.

Inco\'94rdination <Xpage=747>

In`co*\'94r`di*na"tion (?) , n. Want of co\'94rdination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.

Inco\'94rdination of muscular movement (Physiol.) , irregularity in movements resulting from inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of voluntary control over them.

Incoronate <Xpage=747>

In*cor"o*nate (?) , a. [Pref. in- in + coronate .] Crowned. [R.]

Longfellow.

Incorporal <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*ral (?) , a. [L. incorporalis . See In- not, and Corporal , and cf. Incorporeal .] Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. [Obs.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Incorporality <Xpage=747>

In*cor`po*ral"i*ty (?) , n. [L. incorporalitas : cf. F. incorporalit\'82 .] Incorporeality. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Incorporally <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*ral*ly (?) , adv. Incorporeally. [Obs.]

Incorporate <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*rate (?) , a. [L. incorporatus . See In- not, and Corporate .]

1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, and incorporate . Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association .

Incorporate <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*rate , a. [L. incorporatus , p. p. of incorporare to incorporate; pref. in- in + corporare to make into a body. See Corporate .] Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate . Shak.

A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold. Bacon.

Incorporate <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*rate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incorporated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating (?) .]

1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.

By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church incorporate two in one. Shak.

2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein. Bp. Stillingfleet.

3. To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver ; -- used with with and into .

4. To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work.

The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. Addison.

5. To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

Incorporate <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*rate (?) , v. i. To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with .

Painters' colors and ashes do better incorporate will oil. Bacon.

He never suffers wrong so long to grow, And to incorporate with right so far As it might come to seem the same in show. Daniel.

Incorporated <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*ra`ted (?) , a. United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.

Incorporation <Xpage=747>

In*cor`po*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. incorporatio : cf. F. incorporation .]

1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.

3. The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic .

4. (Law) (a) The act of creating a corporation. (b) A body incorporated; a corporation.

Incorporative <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*ra*tive (?) , a. Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.

History demonstrates that incorporative unions are solid and permanent; but that a federal union is weak. W. Belsham.

Incorporator <Xpage=747>

In*cor"po*ra`tor (?) , n. One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.

Incorporeal <Xpage=747>

In`cor*po"re*al (?) , a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal : cf. L. incorporeus . Cf. Incorporal .]

1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.

Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense. Milton.

Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. Bentley.

2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal .

Incorporeal hereditament . See under Hereditament .

Syn. -- Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.

Incorporealism <Xpage=747>

In`cor*po"re*al*ism (?) , n. Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.

Cudworth.

Incorporealist <Xpage=747>

In`cor*po"re*al*ist , n. One who believes in incorporealism.

Cudworth.

Incorporeality <Xpage=747>

In`cor*po`re*al"i*ty (?) , n. The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism.

G. Eliot.

Incorporeally <Xpage=747>

In`cor*po"re*al*ly (?) , adv. In an incorporeal manner.

Bacon.

Incorporeity <Xpage=747>

In*cor`po*re"i*ty (?) , n. [Pref. in- not + corporeity : cf. F. incorpor\'82ite .] The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.

Berkeley.

Incorpse <Xpage=747>

In*corpse" (?) , v. t. To incorporate. [R.]

Shak.

Incorrect <Xpage=747>

In`cor*rect" (?) , a. [L. incorrectus : cf. F. incorrect . See In- not, and Correct .]

1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

The piece, you think, is incorrect . Pope.

2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation .

3. Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct .

It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. Shak.

The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than their language. Dryden.

Syn. -- Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.

Incorrection <Xpage=747>

In`cor*rec"tion (?) , n. [Pref. in- not + correction : cf. F. incorrection .] Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. [Obs.]

Arnway.

Incorrectly <Xpage=747>

In`cor*rect"ly (?) , adv. Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.

Incorrectness <Xpage=747>

In`cor*rect"ness , n. The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.

Incorrespondence, Incorrespondency <Xpage=747>

In*cor`re*spond"ence (?) , In*cor`re*spond"en*cy (?) , n. Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [R.]

Incorresponding <Xpage=747>

In*cor`re*spond"ing , a. Not corresponding; disagreeing. [R.]

Coleridge.

Incorrigibility <Xpage=747>

In*cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. incorrigibilit\'82 .] The state or quality of being incorrigible.

The ingratitude, the incorrigibility , the strange perverseness . . . of mankind. Barrow.

Incorrigible <Xpage=747>

In*cor"ri*gi*ble (?) , a. [L. incorrigibilis : cf. F. incorrigible . See In- not, and Corrigible .] Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error . " Incorrigible fools."

Dryden.

Incorrigible <Xpage=747>

In*cor"ri*gi*ble (?) , n. One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles .

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Incorrigibleness <Xpage=748>

In*cor"ri*gi*ble*ness (?) , n. Incorrigibility.

Dr. H. More.

Incorrigibly <Xpage=748>

In*cor"ri*gi*bly , adv. In an incorrigible manner.

Incorrodible <Xpage=748>

In`cor*rod"i*ble (?) , a. Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.

Incorrupt <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt" (?) , a. [L. incorruptus . See In- not, and Corrupt .]

1. Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

2. Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.

Milton.

Your Christian principles . . . which will preserve you incorrupt as individuals. Bp. Hurd.

Incorrupted <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt"ed (?) , a. Uncorrupted. [Obs.]

Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies.

Incorruptibility <Xpage=748>

In`cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [L. incorruptibilitas : cf. F. incorruptibilit\'82 .] The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.

Holland.

Incorruptible <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt"i*ble (?) , a. [L. incorruptibilis : cf. F. incorruptible . See In- not, and Corrupt .]

1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible .

Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances. Wake.

2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

Incorruptible <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt"i*ble , n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.

Incorruptible <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt"i*ble , n. The quality or state of being incorruptible.

Boyle.

Incorruptibly <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rupt"i*bly , adv. In an incorruptible manner.

Incorruption <Xpage=748>

In"cor*rup"tion (?) , n. [L. incorruptio : cf. F. incorruption . See In- not, and Corruption .] The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.

It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption . 1 Cor. xv. 42.

The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption , we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne.

Incorruptive <Xpage=748>

In`cor*rupt"ive (?) , a. [L. incorruptivus .] Incorruptible; not liable to decay.

Akenside.

Incorruptly <Xpage=748>

In`cor*rupt"ly (?) , adv. Without corruption.

To demean themselves incorruptly . Milton.

Incorruptness <Xpage=748>

In`cor*rupt"ness , n. 1. Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.

2. Probity; integrity; honesty.

Woodward.

Incrassate <Xpage=748>

In*cras"sate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incrassated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating .] [L. incrassatus , p. p. of incrassare ; pref. in- in + crassus thick.] To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts.

Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate . Sir I. Newton.

Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.

Incrassate <Xpage=748>

In*cras"sate , v. i. To become thick or thicker.

Incrassate, Incrassated <Xpage=748>

In*cras"sate (?) , In*cras"sa*ted (?) , a. [L. incrassatus , p. p.]

1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker.

Martyn.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antenn\'91 of certain insects.

Incrassation <Xpage=748>

In`cras*sa"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. incrassation .]

1. The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.

2. The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.

Sir T. Browne.

Incrassative <Xpage=748>

In*cras"sa*tive (?) , a. Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.

Harvey.

Incrassative <Xpage=748>

In*cras"sa*tive , n. A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors.

Harvey.

Increasable <Xpage=748>

In*creas"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being increased. Sherwood . -- In*creas"a*ble*ness , n.

An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas. Bp. Law.

Increase <Xpage=748>

In*crease" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Increased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Increasing .] [OE. incresen , encresen , enrescen , OF. encreistre , fr. L. increscere ; pref. in- in + crescere to grow. See Crescent , and cf. Decrease .]

1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease .

The waters increased and bare up the ark. Gen. vii. 17.

He must increase , but I must decrease. John iii. 30.

The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase , Even as our days do grow! Shak.

2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

Fishes are more numerous of increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. Sir M. Hale.

3. (Astron.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases .

Increasing function (Math.) , a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished.