Webster's Dictionary 1828

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INCAVATED

IN'CAVATED, adjective [Latin in and cavo, to make hollow.] Made hollow; bent round or in.

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INCAVATION

INCAVA'TION, noun The act of making hollow.1. A hollow made.

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INCEND

INCEND', verb transitive [Latin incendo.] To inflame; to excite. [Little used.]

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INCENDIARY

INCEND'IARY, noun [Latin incendiarius, from incendo, to burn; in and candeo, to shine, or be on fire.]1. A person who maliciously sets fire to another man's dwelling house, or t...

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INCENSE

IN'CENSE, noun in'cens. [Latin incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn.]1. Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to s...

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INCENSED

INCENS'ED, participle passive Inflamed to violent anger; exasperated.

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INCENSEMENT

INCENSEMENT, noun incens'ment. Violent irritation of the passions; heat; exasperation. It expresses less than rage and fury.

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INCENSING

INCENS'ING, participle present tense Inflaming to anger; irritating; exasperation.

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INCENSION

INCEN'SION, noun [Latin incensio, from incendo, to burn.]The act of kindling; the state of being on fire.

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INCENSIVE

INCENS'IVE, adjective Tending to excite or provoke.

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INCENSOR

INCENS'OR, noun [Latin] A kindler of anger; an inflamer of the angry passions.

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INCENSORY

INCENS'ORY, noun The vessel in which incense is burnt and offered. [We generally use censer.]

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INCENTIVE

INCEN'TIVE, adjective [Low Latin incentivus, from incendo, to burn.]Inciting; encouraging or moving.Competency is the most incentive to industry.INCEN'TIVE, noun [Low Latin ince...

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INCEPTION

INCEP'TION, noun [Latin inceptio, from incipio, to begin; in and capio, to take.] Beginning.I hope this society will not be marked with vivacity of inception apathy of progress,...

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INCEPTIVE

INCEP'TIVE, adjective [Latin inceptivus, from incipio, to begin.]Beginning; noting beginning; as an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of ac...

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INCEPTOR

INCEP'TOR, noun A beginner; one in the rudiments

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INCERATION

INCERA'TION, noun [Latin incero, from cera.] The act of covering with wax.

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INCERTAIN

INCER'TAIN, adjective [in and certain.] Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

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INCERTAINLY

INCER'TAINLY, adverb Doubtfully.

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INCERTAINTY

INCER'TAINTY, noun Uncertainty; doubt.

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INCERTITUDE

INCER'TITUDE, noun [Latin incertitudo, from incertus; in and certus, certain.] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

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INCESSABLE

INCES'SABLE, adjective Unceasing; continual. [little used.]

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INCESSANCY

INCES'SANCY, noun [from incessant.] Unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.

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INCESSANT

INCES'SANT, adjective [Latin in and cessans, from cesso, to cease.]Unceasing; unintermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as incessant rains; incessant clamors.

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INCESSANTLY

INCES'SANTLY, adverb Without ceasing; continually.

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INCEST

IN'CEST, noun [Latin incestum; in and castus, chaste.]The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by t...

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INCESTUOUS

INCEST'UOUS, adjective Guilty of incest; as an incestuous person.1. Involving the crime of incest; as an incestuous connection.