INCESTUOUSLY
INCEST'UOUSLY, adverb In an incestuous manner; in a manner to involve the crime of incest.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INCESTUOUSNESS
INCEST'UOUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being incestuous.
INCH
INCH, noun [Latin uncia, the twelfth part.]1. A lineal measure in Great Britain and the United States, being the twelfth part of a foot, and equal to the length of three barley ...
INCHARITABLE
INCHAR'ITABLE, adjective Uncharitable. [The latter is the word used.]
INCHASTITY
INCHAS'TITY, noun [in and chastity.] Lewdness; impurity; unchastity.
INCHEST
INCHEST', verb transitive To put into a chest.INCH'-MEAL, noun [inch and meal.] A piece an inch long.
INCHOATE
IN'CHOATE, verb transitive [Latin inchoo.] To begin. [Little used.]IN'CHOATE, adjective Begun; commenced.It is neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate
INCHOATELY
IN'CHOATELY, adverb In an incipient degree.
INCHOATION
INCHOA'TION, noun The act of beginning; commencement; inception.The setting on foot some of those arts in those parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of them. [Littl...
INCHOATIVE
INCHO'ATIVE, adjective Noting beginning; inceptive; as an inchoative verb, otherwise called inceptive.
INCIDE
INCI'DE, verb transitive [Latin incido; in and coedo, to strike.]To cut; to separate; as medicines.
INCIDENCE
IN'CIDENCE, noun [Latin incidens; incido, to fall on; in and cado, to fall.]1. Literally, a falling on; whence, an accident or casualty.2. The manner of falling on, or the direc...
INCIDENT
IN'CIDENT, adjective Falling; casual; fortuitous; coming or happening occasionally, or not in the usual course of things, or not according to expectation or in connection with t...
INCIDENTAL
INCIDENT'AL, adjective Happening; coming without design; casual; accidental; as an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence.1. Not necessary to the chief purpose; occas...
INCIDENTALLY
INCIDENT'ALLY, adverb Casually; without intention; accidentally. I was incidentally present when the conversation took place.1. Beside the main design; occasionally.I treat eith...
INCIDENTLY
IN'CIDENTLY, adverb Occasionally; by the way. [Not used.]
INCINERATE
INCIN'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin in and cinis, cineris, ashes]To burn to ashes.
INCINERATED
INCIN'ERATED, participle passive Burnt to ashes.
INCINERATING
INCIN'ERATING, participle present tense Reducing to ashes by combustion.
INCINERATION
INCINERA'TION, noun The act of reducing to ashes by combustion.
INCIPIENCY
INCIP'IENCY, noun Beginning; commencement.
INCIPIENT
INCIP'IENT, adjective [Latin incipiens, incipio; in and capio, to take.]Beginning; commencing; as the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light or day.
INCIRCLET
INCIR'CLET, noun A small circle.
INCIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE
INCIRCUMSCRIP'TIBLE, adjective That cannot be circumscribed or limited.
INCIRCUMSPECTION
INCIRCUMSPEC'TION, noun [in and circumspection.] Want of circumspection; heedlessness.
INCISE
INCI'SE, verb transitive s as z. To cut in; to carve.
INCISED
INCI'SED, adjective [Latin incisus, from incido, to cut.]Cut; made by cutting; as an incised wound; incised lips.