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2. That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
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No person, no incident, in a play but must be of use to carry on the main design. Dryden.
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3. (Law) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal. Tomlins.

Syn. -- Circumstance; event; fact; adventure; contingency; chance; accident; casualty. See .
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Incidental (?), a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.
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By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rogers.

Syn. -- Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See .

-- Incidentally, adv. -- Incidentalness, n.
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I treat either or incidentally of colors. Boyle.
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Incidental, n. An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals. Pope.
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Incidently (?), adv. Incidentally. [Obs.]
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Incinerable (?), a. Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes. Sir T. Browne.
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Incinerate (?), [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.] Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Incinerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incinerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incinerating (?).] To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn. Bacon.
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It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. Boyle.
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Incineration (?), n. [LL. incineratio: cf. F. incinération.] The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
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The phenix kind,
Of whose incineration,
There riseth a new creation. Skelton.

{ Incipience (?), Incipiency (?), } n. [L. incipientia.] Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
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Incipient (?), a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See .] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. -- Incipiently, adv.
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Incircle (?), v. t. See .
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Incirclet (?), n. [Cf. .] A small circle. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Incircumscriptible (?), a. [Pref. in- not + circumscriptible: cf. LL. incircumscriptibilis.] Incapable of being circumscribed or limited. Cranmer.
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Incircumscription (?), n. Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless. Jer. Taylor.
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Incircumspect (?), a. [Pref. in- not + circumspect.] Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic. Tyndale.
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Incircumspection (?), n. [Cf. F. incirconspection.] Lack of circumspection. Sir T. Browne.
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Incise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Incising.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See .]
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1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
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I on thy grave this epitaph incise. T. Carew.
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2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
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Incised (?), a. 1. Cut in; carved; engraved.
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2. (Bot.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.
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Incisely (?), adv. In an incised manner.
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Incision (?), n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See .]
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1. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance; specifically: (Med.) the cutting action made during surgery to gain access to the body parts under the skin. Milton.
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2. That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash; specifically (Med.) the cut in the skin made during surgery to gain access to the interior of the body.
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3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]
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Incisive (?), a. [Cf. F. incisif.]
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1. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting; trenchant. “An incisive, high voice.” G. Eliot.
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And her incisive smile accrediting
That treason of false witness in my blush. Mrs. Browning.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
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3. Clearly and succinctly stated, with penetrating insight into the issue at hand; as, an incisive comment.
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incisiveness n. keenness and forcefulnelss of thought or expression or intellect.
Syn. -- trenchancy.
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Incisor (?; 277), n. [NL.] (Anat.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See .
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Incisor, a. Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.
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Incisory (?), a. Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.
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Incisure (?; 277), n. [L. incisura: cf. F. incisure.] A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham.
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Incitant (?), a. [L. incitans, -antis, p. pr. of incitare. See .] Inciting; stimulating.
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Incitant, n. That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant. E. Darwin.
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Incitation (?), n. [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]
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1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
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2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
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The noblest incitation to honest attempts. Tatler.
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Incitative (?), n. A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant. [R.] Jervas.
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Incite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incited (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inciting.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See .] To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon.
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No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak.

Syn. -- Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See .
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Incitement (?), n. [Cf. F. incitement.]
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1. The act of inciting.
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2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke.
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From the long records of a distant age,
Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.

Syn. -- Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.
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Inciter (?), n. One who, or that which, incites.
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Incitingly, adv. So as to incite or stimulate.
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Incito-motor (?), a. [L. incitus incited + E. motor.] (Physiol.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.
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Incito-motory (?), a. (Physiol.) Incitomotor.
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Incivil (?), a. [L. incivilis; pref. in- not + civilis civil: cf. F. incivil.] Uncivil; rude. [Obs.] Shak.
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Incivility (?), n.; pl. Incivilities (#). [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.]
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1. The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.
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2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
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Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor.
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3. Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
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Incivilization (?), n. [Pref. in- not + civilization.] The state of being uncivilized; lack of civilization; barbarism.
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Incivilly (?), adv. Uncivilly. [Obs.] Shak.
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Incivism (?), n. [Pref. in- not + civism: cf. F. incivisme.] Lack of civism; lack of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] Macaulay.
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Inclamation (?), n. [L. inclamatio. See 1st , and .] Exclamation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Inclasp (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + clasp. Cf. .] To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.]
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The flattering ivy who did ever see
Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F. Beaumont.
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Inclaudent (?), a. Not closing or shutting.
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Inclavated (?), a. [LL. inclavatus; L. pref. in- in + clavare to fasten with nails, fr. clavus nail.] Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith.
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Inclave (?), a. [See .] (Her.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.
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Incle (?), n. Same as .
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Inclemency (?), n.; pl. Inclemencies (#). [L. inclementia: cf. F. inclémence.]
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1. The state or quality of being inclement; lack of clemency; lack of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
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The inclemency of the late pope. Bp. Hall.
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2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.
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The inclemencies of morning air. Pope.
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The rude inclemency of wintry skies. Cowper.

Syn. -- Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.
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Inclement (?), a. [L. inclemens; pref. in- not + clemens mild: cf. F. inclément. See .]
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1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
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2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper.
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The guard the wretched from the inclement sky. Pope.
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Teach us further by what means to shun
The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! Milton.
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Inclemently, adv. In an inclement manner.
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Inclinable (?), a. [L. inclinabilis. See .]
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1. Leaning; tending.
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Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley.
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2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.
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Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to. South.
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The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. Fuller.
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Inclinableness, n. The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.
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Inclination (?), n. [L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination.]
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1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
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2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.
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3. A tendency towards another body or point.
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4. (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28'; the inclination of two rays of light.
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5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love.
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A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South.
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How dost thou find the inclination of the people? Shak.
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6. A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple.
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7. (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring.
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Coloq. Inclination compass , an inclinometer. -- Coloq. Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic. -- Coloq. Inclination of the needle . See Dip of the needle, under .

Syn. -- Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See , and cf. .
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Inclinatory (?; 277), a. Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- Inclinatorily (#), adv. Sir T. Browne.
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Incline (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inclined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inclining.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in- in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See to incline.]
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1. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
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2. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
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Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Judges ix. 3.
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Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease
In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell.
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3. To bow; to incline the head. Chaucer.

Syn. -- To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
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Incline, v. t. 1. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
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Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17.
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2. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
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Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 36.
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Incline our hearts to keep this law. Book of Com. Prayer.
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3. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
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With due respect my body I inclined. Dryden.
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Incline, n. An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
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Inclined (?), p. p. & a. 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. “Each pensively inclined.” Cowper.
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2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
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3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
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Coloq. Inclined plane . (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.
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Incliner (?), n. One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.
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Inclining, a. (Bot.) Same as , 3.
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Inclining, n. 1. Inclination; disposition.
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On the first inclining towards sleep. Burke.
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2. Party or side chosen; a following.
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Both you of my inclining, and the rest. Shak.
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Inclinnometer (?), n. [Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle.
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Inclip (?), v. t. To clasp; to inclose.
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Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips. Shak.
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Incloister (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer. Cf. .] To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace.
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Inclose (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] [See , and cf. .] [Written also enclose.]
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1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
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How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton.
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2. To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.
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The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple.
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3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. Blackstone.
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4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
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They went to coach and their horse inclose. Chapman.
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Incloser (?), n. One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
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Inclosure (?; 135), n. [See , .] [Written also enclosure.]
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1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.
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2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
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Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses. Hakluyt.
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3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
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Breaking our inclosures every morn. W. Browne.
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Incloud (?), v. t. To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton.
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