Increst In·crest" transitive verb To adorn with a crest. [ R.]
Drummond.
Incriminate In·crim"i·nate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incriminated ;
present participle & verbal noun Incriminating .] [ Late Latin
incriminatus , past participle of
incriminare ;
in- in +
criminare ,
criminari , to accuse one of a crime. See
Criminate .]
To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
Incrimination In·crim`i·na"tion noun The act of incriminating; crimination.
Incriminatory In·crim"i·na·to·ry adjective Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.
Incroyable In`croy`a"ble noun [ French, lit., incredible.]
A French fop or dandy of the time of the Directory; hence, any fop. » The name is said to have been given in allusion not only to the extravagant dress, but also to the frequent use of the phrase "
C'est vraiment incroyable " (That is really incredible.).
Incruental In`cru·en"tal adjective [ Latin
incruentus . See
In- not, and
Cruentous .]
Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice. [ Obsolete]
Brevint.
Incrust In·crust" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incrusted ;
present participle & verbal noun Incrusting .] [ Latin
incrustare ; prefix
in- in +
crustare to cover with a crust: confer French
incruster . See
Crust .] [ Written also
encrust .]
1. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar. And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow,
Incrusted hard.
Thomson. 2. (Fine Arts) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
Incrustate In·crus"tate adjective [ Latin
incrustatus , past participle See
Incrust .]
Incrusted. Bacon.
Incrustate In·crus"tate transitive verb To incrust. [ R.]
Cheyne.
Incrustation In`crus·ta"tion noun [ Latin
incrustatio : confer French
incrustation . See
Incrust .]
1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler. 3. (Architecture) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. 4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
Incrustment In·crust"ment noun Incrustation. [ R.]
Incrystallizable In·crys"tal·li`za·ble adjective Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.
Incubate In"cu·bate intransitive verb & t. [
imperfect & past participle Incubated ;
present participle & verbal noun Incubating .] [ Latin
incubatus , past participle
incubare to lie on; prefix
in- in, on +
cubare to lie down. Confer
Cubit ,
Incumbent .]
To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
Incubation In`cu·ba"tion noun [ Latin
incubatio : confer French
incubation .]
1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. 2. (Medicine) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.) 3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Tylor. Period of incubation , or
Stage of incubation (Medicine) ,
the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.
Incubative In"cu·ba·tive adjective Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.
Incubator In"cu·ba`tor noun That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
Incubator In"cu·ba`tor noun 1. A contrivance for the cultivation of microörganisms by maintaining a suitable temperature. 2. (Medicine) An apparatus for rearing prematurely born babies.
Incubatory In·cu"ba·to·ry adjective Serving for incubation.
Incube In·cube" transitive verb To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Incubiture In·cu"bi·ture noun [ Confer Latin
incubitus .]
Incubation. [ Obsolete]
J. Ellis.
Incubous In"cu·bous adjective [ From Latin
incubare to lie on.]
(Botany) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania . See Succubous .
Incubus In"cu·bus noun ;
plural English
Incubuses , Latin
Incubi . [ Latin , the nightmare. Confer
Incubate .]
1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi , though this distinction was not always preserved.
Lecky. 2. (Medicine) The nightmare. See Nightmare . Such as are troubled with incubus , or witch- ridden, as we call it.
Burton. 3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.
J. Latin Farley.
Inculcate In·cul"cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Inculcated ;
present participle & verbal noun Inculcating .] [ Latin
inculcatus , past participle of
inculcare to tread on; prefix
in- in, on +
calcare to tread, from
calx the heel; perhaps akin to English
heel . Confer 2d
Calk ,
Heel .]
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds.
S. Clarke. Syn. -- To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.
Inculcation In`cul·ca"tion noun [ Latin
inculcatio : confer French
inculcation .]
A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions. Bp. Hall.
Inculcator In·cul"ca·tor noun [ Latin ]
One who inculcates. Boyle.
Inculk In·culk" transitive verb [ Confer French
inculquer . See
Inculcate .]
To inculcate. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. More.
Inculp In·culp" transitive verb [ Confer
inculper . See
Inculpate .]
To inculpate. [ Obsolete]
Shelton.
Inculpable In·cul"pa·ble adjective [ Latin
inculpabilis : confer French
incupable .]
Faultless; blameless; innocent. South. An innocent and incupable piece of ignorance.
Killingbeck.
Inculpableness In·cul"pa·ble·ness noun Blamelessness; faultlessness.
Inculpably In·cul"pa·bly adverb Blamelessly. South.
Inculpate In·cul"pate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Inculpated ;
present participle & verbal noun Inculpating .] [ Late Latin
inculpatus , past participle of
inculpare to blame; prefix
in- in +
culpa fault. See
Culpable .] [ A word of recent introduction.]
To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly.
H. James.
Inculpation In`cul·pa"tion noun [ Confer French
inculpation .]
Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson.
Inculpatory In·cul"pa·to·ry adjective Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.
Incult In·cult" adjective [ Latin
incultus ; prefix
in- not +
cultus , past participle of
colere to cultivate: confer French
inculte .]
Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized. Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities.
Burton. His style is diffuse and incult .
M. W. Shelley.
Incultivated In·cul"ti·va`ted adjective Uncultivated. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Herbert.
Incultivation In·cul`ti·va"tion noun Want of cultivation. [ Obsolete]
Berington.
Inculture In·cul"ture noun [ Prefix
in- not +
culture : confer French
inculture .]
Want or neglect of cultivation or culture. [ Obsolete]
Feltham.
Incumbency In·cum"ben·cy noun ;
plural Incumbencies . [ From
Incumbent .]
1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. 2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. Evelyn. 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The
incumbencies of a family."
Donne. 4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency .
Swift.
Incumbent In·cum"bent adjective [ Latin
incumbens ,
-entis , present participle of
incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; prefix
in- in, on +
cumbere (in comp.); akin to
cubare to lie down. See
Incubate .]
1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it.
Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try.
Addison. 2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon . All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians.
Sprat. 3. (Botany) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. Gray. 4. (Zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
Incumbent In·cum"bent noun A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron.
Swift.
Incumbently In·cum"bent·ly adverb In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.
Incumber In·cum"ber transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incumbered ;
present participle & verbal noun Incumbering .]
See Encumber .
Incumbition In`cum·bi"tion noun Incubation. [ R.]
Sterne.
Incumbrance In·cum"brance noun [ See
Encumbrance .] [ Written also
encumbrance .]
1. A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. Cowper. 2. (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
Incumbrancer In·cum"bran·cer noun (Law) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. Kent.
Incumbrous In·cum"brous adjective [ Confer Old French
encombros .]
Cumbersome; troublesome. [ Written also
encombrous .] [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Incunabulum In`cu·nab"u·lum noun ;
plural Incunabula . [ Latin
incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st
In- , and
Cunabula .]
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a.d. 1500.
Incur In·cur" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Incurred ;
present participle & verbal noun Incurring .] [ Latin
incurrere to run into or toward; prefix
in- in +
currere to run. See
Current .]
1. To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc. I know not what I shall incur to pass it,
Having no warrant.
Shak. 2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [ Obsolete]
Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
Chapman.
Incur In·cur" intransitive verb To pass; to enter. [ Obsolete]
Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye.
South.
Incurability In·cur`a·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French
incurabilité incurability, Late Latin
incurabilitas negligence.]
The state of being incurable; irremediableness. Harvey.
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