Incontinent In·con"ti·nent adjective [ Latin
incontinens : confer French
incontinent . See
In- not, and
Continent .]
1. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd. 2. (Medicine) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
Incontinent In·con"ti·nent noun One who is unchaste. B. Jonson.
Incontinent In·con"ti·nent adverb [ Confer French
incontinent .]
Incontinently; instantly; immediately. [ Obsolete]
He says he will return incontinent .
Shak.
Incontinently In·con"ti·nent·ly adverb 1. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites. 2. Immediately; at once; forthwith. [ Archaic]
Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men.
Golding.
Incontracted In`con·tract"ed adjective Uncontracted. [ Obsolete]
Blackwall.
Incontrollable In`con·trol"la·ble adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
controllable : confer French
incontrôlable .]
Not controllable; uncontrollable. --
In`con*trol"la*bly ,
adverb South.
Incontrovertibility In·con`tro·ver`ti·bil"i·ty noun The state or condition of being incontrovertible.
Incontrovertible In·con`tro·ver"ti·ble adjective Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. --
In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness ,
noun --
In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly ,
adverb
Inconvenience In`con·ven"ience noun [ Latin
inconvenientia inconsistency: confer Old French
inconvenience .]
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 In`con·ven"ience transitive verb To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.
Inconveniency In`con·ven"ien·cy noun Inconvenience.
Inconvenient In`con·ven"ient adjective [ Latin
inconveniens unbefitting: confer French
inconvénient . 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 In`con·ven"ient·ly adverb In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.
Inconversable In`con·vers"a·ble adjective Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [ Obsolete]
Inconversant In·con"ver·sant adjective Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
Inconverted In`con·vert"ed adjective Not turned or changed about. [ R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Inconvertibility In`con·vert`i·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin
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 In`con·vert"i·ble adjective [ Latin
inconvertibilis : confer French
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 In`con·vert"i·ble·ness noun Inconvertibility.
Inconvertibly In`con·vert"i·bly adverb In an inconvertible manner.
Inconvincible In`con·vin"ci·ble adjective [ Latin
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 In`con·vin"ci·bly adverb In a manner not admitting of being convinced.
Incony In·co"ny adjective [ Confer
Conny ,
Canny .]
Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [ Obsolete]
Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit!
Shak.
Incoronate In·cor"o·nate adjective [ Prefix
in- in +
coronate .]
Crowned. [ R.]
Longfellow.
Incorporal In·cor"po·ral adjective [ Latin
incorporalis . See
In- not, and
Corporal , and confer
Incorporeal .]
Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Incorporality In·cor`po·ral"i·ty noun [ Latin
incorporalitas : confer French
incorporalité .]
Incorporeality. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Incorporally In·cor"po·ral·ly adverb Incorporeally. [ Obsolete]
Incorporate In·cor"po·rate adjective [ Latin
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 In·cor"po·rate adjective [ Latin
incorporatus , past participle of
incorporare to incorporate; prefix
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 In·cor"po·rate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incorporated ;
present participle & verbal noun 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 gods, 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 In·cor"po·rate intransitive verb 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 In·cor"po·ra`ted adjective United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.
Incorporation In·cor`po·ra"tion noun [ Latin
incorporatio : confer French
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 In·cor"po·ra·tive adjective 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 In·cor"po·ra`tor noun One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.
Incorporeal In`cor·po"re·al adjective [ Prefix
in- not +
corporeal : confer Latin
incorporeus . Confer
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 In`cor·po"re·al·ism noun Existence without a body or material form; immateriality. Cudworth.
Incorporealist In`cor·po"re·al·ist noun One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth.
Incorporeality In`cor·po`re·al"i·ty noun The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism. G. Eliot.
Incorporeally In`cor·po"re·al·ly adverb In an incorporeal manner. Bacon.
Incorporeity In·cor`po·re"i·ty noun [ Prefix
in- not +
corporeity : confer French
incorporéite .]
The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality. Berkeley.
Incorpse In·corpse" transitive verb To incorporate. [ R.]
Shak.
Incorrect In`cor·rect" adjective [ Latin
incorrectus : confer French
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 In`cor·rec"tion noun [ Prefix
in- not +
correction : confer French
incorrection .]
Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. [ Obsolete]
Arnway.
Incorrectly In`cor·rect"ly adverb Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
Incorrectness In`cor·rect"ness noun The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as, incorrectness may consist in defect or in redundance.
Incorrespondence, Incorrespondency In·cor`re·spond"ence, In·cor`re·spond"en·cy noun Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [ R.]
Incorresponding In·cor`re·spond"ing adjective Not corresponding; disagreeing. [ R.]
Coleridge.
Incorrigibility In·cor`ri·gi·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French
incorrigibilité .]
The state or quality of being incorrigible. The ingratitude, the incorrigibility , the strange perverseness . . . of mankind.
Barrow.
Incorrigible In·cor"ri·gi·ble adjective [ Latin
incorrigibilis : confer French
incorrigible . See
In- not, and
Corrigible .]
Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error. "
Incorrigible fools."
Dryden.
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