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Inattentive (?), a. [Cf. F. inattentif.] Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent.

-- Inattentively, adv. -- Inattentiveness, n.
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Inaudibility (?), n. The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.
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Inaudible (?), a. [L. inaudibilis; pref. in- not + audire to hear: cf. F. unaudible. See not, and .] Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent. -- Inaudibleness, n. -- Inaudibly, adv.
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Inaugur (?), v. t. [Cf. F. inaugurer. See .] To inaugurate. [Obs.] Latimer.
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Inaugural (?), a. [Cf. F. inaugural.] Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.
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Inaugural, n. An inaugural address. [U.S.]
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Inaugurate (?), a. [L. inauguratus, p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination; pref. in- in + augurare, augurari, to augur. See .] Invested with office; inaugurated. Drayton.
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Inaugurate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inaugurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inaugurating (?).]
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1. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king. Milton.
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2. To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.
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As if kings did choose remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton.
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3. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue. [Colloq.]
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4. To begin with good omens. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Inauguration (?), n. [L. inauguratio a beginning: cf. F. inauguration.]
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1. The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
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At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne.
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2. The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.
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Inauguration Day. The day on which the President of the United States is inaugurated, the 20th of January in every year next after a year divisible by four. Prior to the adoption of the twentieth amendment to the Constitution of the United States (ratified February 6, 1933) the date was the 4th of March.
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Inaugurator (?), n. One who inaugurates.
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Inauguratory (?), a. Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration. Johnson.
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Inaurate (?), a. [L. inauratus, p. p. inaurare to gild; pref. in- in + aurum gold.] Covered with gold; gilded.
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Inaurate (?), v. t. To cover with gold; to gild.
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Inauration (?), n. [Cf. F. inauration.] The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.
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Inauspicate (?), a. [L. inauspicatus; pref. in- not + auspicatus, p. p. auspicari. See .] Inauspicious. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.
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Inauspicious (?), a. Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable. “Inauspicious stars.” Shak. “Inauspicious love.” Dryden.

-- Inauspiciously, adv. -- Inauspiciousness, n.
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Inauthoritative (?), a. Without authority; not authoritative.
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Inbarge (?), v. t. & i. To embark; to go or put into a barge. [Obs.] Drayton.
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in-basket n. a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
Syn. -- in-tray, in-box.
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Inbeaming (?), n. Shining in. South.
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Inbeing (?), n. Inherence; inherent existence. I. Watts.
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in-between adj. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series or time sequence; as, adolescence is an awkward in-between age.
Syn. -- mediate, middle.
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Inbind (?), v. t. To inclose. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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Inblown (?), a. Blown in or into. [Obs.]
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Inboard (?), a. & adv. 1. (Naut.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard engine; an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
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2. (Mech.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.
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Inborn (?), a. Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; congenital; as, inborn passions. Cowper.

Syn. -- Innate; inherent; congenital; natural.

in-bounds adj. (Sports) within the demarcated playing area. Opposite of out of bounds. [Narrower terms: fair (vs. foul) ]
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in-box n. a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
Syn. -- in-tray, in-basket.
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{ Inbreak (?), Inbreaking, } n. A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
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Inbreathe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inbreathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreathing.] To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge.
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Inbred (?), a. Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. “Inbred sentiments.” Burke.
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Inbreed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inbred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreeding.] [Cf. .]
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1. To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds.
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To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. Milton.
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2. To breed in and in. See under , v. i.
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Inburning (?), a. Burning within.
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Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser.
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Inburnt (?), a. Burnt in; ineffaceable.
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Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts. P. Fletcher.
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Inburst (?), n. A bursting in or into.
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Inc (?), n. A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards. [Written also ink.]
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Inca (?), n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.
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Coloq. Inca dove (Zoöl.), a small dove (Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.
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Incage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incaging (?).] [Cf. .] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also encage.] “Incaged birds.” Shak.
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Incagement (?), n. Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.] Shelton.
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Incalculability (?), n. The quality or state of being incalculable.
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Incalculable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable.] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great; as, his action did incalculable harm. -- Incalculableness, n. -- Incalculably, adv.
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Incalescence (?), n. The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T. Browne.
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Incalescency (?), n. Incalescence. Ray.
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Incalescent (?), a. [L. incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st , and .] Growing warm; increasing in heat.
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Incameration (?), n. [Pref. in- in + L. camera chamber, LL., also, jurisdiction: cf. F. incamération, It. incamerazione.] (R. C. Ch.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.
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Incan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Incas.
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Incandescence (?), n. [Cf. F. incandescence.] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
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Incandescent (?), a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent. See .] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.
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Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor.
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Coloq. Incandescent lamp , Coloq. Incandescent light , Coloq. Incandescent light bulb (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb, and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of electric light, the other being the fluorescent light, fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb.
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Incanescent (?), a. [L. incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray.] Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.
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Incanous (?), a. [L. incanus; pref. in- in + canus hoary.] (Bot.) Hoary with white pubescence.
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Incantation (?), n. [L. incantatio, fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over one: cf. F. incantation. See .]
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1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. “Mysterious ceremony and incantation.” Burke.
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2. A formula of words used as above.
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3. The repetitive invoking of old sayings, or emitting a wordy discourse with little or no meaning, to avoid serious discussion; obfuscation; as, to defend one's views with empty incantations.
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Incantatory (?), a. Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.
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Incanting, a. Enchanting. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
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Incanton (?), v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. Addison.
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Incapability (?), n. 1. The quality of being incapable; incapacity. Suckling.
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2. (Law) Lack of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.
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Incapable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + capable: cf. F. incapable, L. incapabilis incomprehensible.]
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1. Lacking 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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☞ Incapable is often used elliptically.
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Is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairs? Shak.

Syn. -- Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate; deficient; disqualified. See .
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Incapable, n. One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
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Incapableness, n. The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.
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Incapably, adv. In an incapable manner.
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Incapacious (?), a. [Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable.] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- Incapaciousness, n.
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Incapacitate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incapacitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating (?).] [Pref. in- not + capacitate.]
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1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
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2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.
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It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman.
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incapacitating adj. causing disability.
Syn. -- crippling, disabling.
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Incapacitation (?), n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke.
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Incapacity (?), n.; pl. Incapacities (�). [Cf. F. incapacité.]
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1. Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
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2. (Law) Lack 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.
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Incapsulate (?), v. t. (Physiol.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane.
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Incapsulation (?), n. (Physiol.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.
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Incarcerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarcerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating (?).] [Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.]
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1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
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2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
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Coloq. Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
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incarcerate, incarcerated (?), a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More.
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Incarceration (?), n. [Cf. F. incarcération.]
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1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill.
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2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
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Incarcerator (?), n. One who incarcerates.
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Incarn (?), v. t. [Cf. F. incarner. See .] To cover or invest with flesh. [R.] Wiseman.
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Incarn, v. i. To develop flesh. [R.] Wiseman.
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Incarnadine (?), a. [F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. , .] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [Obs.] Lovelace.
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Incarnadine, v. t. To dye red or crimson.
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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.
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Incarnate (?), a. [Pref. in- not + carnate.] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [Obs.]
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I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson.
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Incarnate, a. [L. incarnatus, p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. See .]
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1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.
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Here shalt thou sit incarnate. Milton.
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He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin.
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2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.] Holland.
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Incarnate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarnated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incarnating (?).] To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.
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This essence to incarnate and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired. Milton.
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Incarnate, v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [R.]
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My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. Sterne.
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Incarnation (?), n. [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
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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.
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2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
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3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.
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She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey.
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The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
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4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]
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5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
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Incarnative (?), a. [Cf. F. incarnatif.] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine.
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Incarnification (?), n. [See , and .] The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.
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Incase (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incasing.] [F. encaisser; pref. en- (L. in) + caisse case. See a box, and cf. , .] To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.
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Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase. Pope.
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Incasement (?), n. [Cf. .]
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1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.
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2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.
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Incask (?), v. t. To cover with a casque or as with a casque. Sherwood.
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Incastellated (?), a. Confined or inclosed in a castle.
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Incastelled (?), a. (Far.) Hoofbound. Crabb.
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Incatenation (?), n. [LL. incatenatio; L. pref. in- in + catena chain. See .] The act of linking together; enchaining. [R.] Goldsmith.
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Incaution (?), n. Lack of caution. Pope.
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Incautious (?), 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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