Incapable In·ca"pa·ble adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
capable : confer French
incapable , Latin
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. »
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 In·ca"pa·ble noun One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
Incapableness In·ca"pa·ble·ness noun The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.
Incapably In·ca"pa·bly adverb In an incapable manner.
Incapacious In`ca·pa"cious adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
capacious : confer Latin
incapax incapable.]
Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. --
In`ca*pa"cious*ness ,
noun
Incapacitate In`ca·pac"i·tate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incapacitated ;
present participle & verbal noun Incapacitating .] [ Prefix
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 In`ca·pac`i·ta"tion noun The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke.
Incapacity In`ca·pac"i·ty noun ;
plural Incapacities [ Confer French
incapacité .]
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 In·cap"su·late transitive verb (Physiol.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane.
Incapsulation In·cap`su·la"tion noun (Physiol.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.
Incarcerate In·car"cer·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incarcerated ;
present participle & verbal noun Incarcerating .] [ Prefix
in- in + Latin
carceratus , past participle of
carcerare to imprison, from
carcer prison.]
1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison. 2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. Incarcerated hernia (Medicine) ,
hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
Incarcerate In·car"cer·ate adjective Imprisoned. Dr. H. More.
Incarceration In·car`cer·a"tion noun [ Confer French
incarcération .]
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. 2. (Medicine) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Incarcerator In·car"cer·a`tor noun One who incarcerates.
Incarn In·carn" transitive verb [ Confer French
incarner . See
Incarnate .]
To cover or invest with flesh. [ R.]
Wiseman.
Incarn In·carn" intransitive verb To develop flesh. [ R.]
Wiseman.
Incarnadine In·car"na·dine adjective [ French
incarnadin , Italian
incarnatino ; Latin prefix
in- in +
caro ,
carnis , flesh. Confer
Carnation ,
Incarnate .]
Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [ Obsolete]
Lovelace.
Incarnadine In·car"na·dine transitive verb 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 In·car"nate adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
carnate .]
Not in the flesh; spiritual. [ Obsolete]
I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.
Richardson.
Incarnate In·car"nate adjective [ Latin
incarnatus , past participle of
incarnare to incarnate, prefix
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. [ Obsolete]
Holland.
Incarnate In·car"nate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incarnated ;
present participle & verbal noun 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 In·car"nate intransitive verb 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 In`car·na"tion noun [ French
incarnation , Late Latin
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. 4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [ Obsolete]
5. (Medicine) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Incarnative In·car"na·tive adjective [ Confer French
incarnatif .]
Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. --
noun An incarnative medicine.
Incarnification In·car`ni·fi·ca"tion noun [ See
Incarnation , and
-fy .]
The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.
Incase In·case" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incased ;
present participle & verbal noun Incasing .] [ French
encaisser ; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
caisse case. See
Case a box, and confer
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 In·case"ment noun [ Confer
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 In·cask" transitive verb To cover with a casque or as with a casque. Sherwood.
Incastellated In·cas"tel·la`ted adjective Confined or inclosed in a castle.
Incastelled In·cas"telled adjective (Far.) Hoofbound. Crabb.
Incatenation In·cat`e·na"tion noun [ Late Latin
incatenatio ; Latin prefix
in- in +
catena chain. See
Enchain .]
The act of linking together; enchaining. [ R.]
Goldsmith.
Incaution In·cau"tion noun Want of caution. Pope.
Incautious In·cau"tious adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
cautious : confer Latin
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. 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 ,
adverb --
In*cau"tious*ness ,
noun
Incavated In"ca·va`ted (ĭn"kȧ*vā`tĕd)
adjective [ Latin
incavatus , past participle of
incavare to make hollow: pref
in- in +
cavare to hollow out, from
cavus hollow.]
Made hollow; bent round or in.
Incavation In`ca·va"tion (ĭn`kȧ*vā"shŭn)
noun Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an excavation; a depression.
Incaved In·caved" (ĭn*kāvd)
adjective [ Prefix
in- in +
cave . Confer
Encave ,
Incavated .]
Inclosed in a cave.
Incaverned In·cav"erned (ĭn*kăv"ẽrnd)
adjective Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern. Drayton.
Incedingly In·ced"ing·ly (ĭn*sēd"ĭng*lȳ)
adverb [ Latin
incedere to walk majestically.]
Majestically. [ R.]
C. Bronté.
Incelebrity In`ce·leb"ri·ty noun Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. [ R.]
Coleridge.
Incend In·cend" transitive verb [ Latin
incendere ,
incensum , to kindle, burn. See
Incense to inflame.]
To inflame; to excite. [ Obsolete]
Marston.
Incendiarism In·cen"di·a·rism noun [ From
Incendiary .]
The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.
Incendiary In·cen"di·a·ry noun ;
plural Incendiaries . [ Latin
incendiarius : confer French
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 In·cen"di·a·ry adjective [ Latin
incendiarius , from
incendium a fire, conflagration: confer French
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 In·cen"di·ous adjective [ Latin
incendiosus burning, hot.]
Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [ Obsolete]
Bacon. --
In*cen"di*ous*ly ,
adverb [ Obsolete]
Incensant In·cen"sant adjective [ See
Incense to anger.]
(Her.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.
Incensation In`cen·sa"tion noun (R. C. Ch.) The offering of incense. [ R.]
Encyc. Brit.
Incense In·cense" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incensed ;
present participle & verbal noun Incensing .] [ Latin
incensus , past participle of
incendere ; prefix
in- in + root of
candere to glow. See
Candle .]
1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [ Obsolete]
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 In"cense transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incensed ;
present participle & verbal noun Incensing .] [ Late Latin
incensare : confer French
encenser . See
Incense ,
noun ]
1. To offer incense to. See Incense . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. "
Incensed with wanton sweets."
Marston.
Incense In"cense noun [ Middle English
encens , French
encens , Latin
incensum , from
incensus , past participle 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 cloud 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 .
Incense-breathing In"cense-breath`ing adjective Breathing or exhaling incense. "
Incense-breathing morn."
Gray.
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