INCISELY
INCI'SELY, adverb In the manner of incisions or notches.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INCISION
INCIS'ION, noun s as z. [Latin incisio, from incido, to cut.]1. A cutting; the act of cutting into a substance.2. A cut; a gash; the separation of the surface of any substance m...
INCISIVE
INCI'SIVE, adjective Having the quality of cutting or separating the superficial part of any thing.Incisive teeth, in animals, are the fore teeth, the cutters.
INCISOR
INCI'SOR, noun [Latin] A cutter; a fore tooth, which cuts, bites or separates.
INCISORY
INCI'SORY, adjective Having the quality of cutting.
INCISURE
INCIS'URE, noun [Latin incisura.] A cut; a place opened by cutting; an incision.
INCITANT
INCI'TANT, noun [from incite.] That which excites action in an animal body.
INCITATION
INCITA'TION, noun [Latin incitatio. See Incite.]1. The act of inciting or moving to action; incitement.2. Incitement; incentive; motive; that which excites to action; that which...
INCITE
INCI'TE, verb transitive [Latin incito; in and cito, to call, to stir up.]1. To move the mind to action by persuasion or motives presented; to stir up; to rouse; to spur on.Anti...
INCITED
INCI'TED, participle passive Moved to action; stirred up; spurred on.
INCITEMENT
INCI'TEMENT, noun That which incites the mind or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.From the long records of a distant age,Derive incitement to renew thy rage.
INCITER
INCI'TER, noun He or that which incites or moves to action.
INCITING
INCI'TING, participle present tense Exciting to action; stirring up.In general, incite denotes to operate on the mind or will; excite has the same sense, but it extends also to ...
INCIVIL
INCIV'IL, adjective [in and civil.] Uncivil; rude; unpolite. [But uncivil is generally used.]
INCIVILITY
INCIVIL'ITY, noun Want of courtesy; rudeness of manners towards others; impoliteness.1. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding; with a plural. Loud laughter and uncomely jests in r...
INCIVILLY
INCIV'ILLY, adverb Uncivilly; rudely.
INCIVISM
INCIV'ISM, noun [in and civism.] Want of civism; want of love to one's country or of patriotism; unfriendliness to the state or government of which one is a citizen.
INCLASP
INCL'ASP, verb transitive To clasp; to hold fast.
INCLAVATED
IN'CLAVATED, adjective Set; fast fixed.
INCLE
IN'CLE, noun A kind of tape made of linen yarn.
INCLEMENCY
INCLEM'ENCY, noun [Latin inclementia. See Clemency.]1. Want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; harshness; severity; applied to persons.2. Roughness, boiste...
INCLEMENT
INCLEM'ENT, adjective Destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.1. Rough; stormy; boisterous; rainy; rigorously cold, etc.; as inclement...
INCLINABLE
INCLI'NABLE, adjective [Latin inclinabilis. See Incline.]1. Leaning; tending; as a tower inclinable to fall.2. Having a propension of will; leaning in disposition; somewhat disp...
INCLINATION
INCLINA'TION, noun [Latin inclinatio. See Incline.]1. A leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, towards another body; as the ...
INCLINATORILY
INCLI'NATORILY, adverb Obliquely; with inclination.
INCLINATORY
INCLI'NATORY, adjective Having the quality of leaning or inclining.
INCLINE
INCLI'NE, verb transitive [Latin inclino; in and clino; Eng. to lean.]1. To lean; to deviate from an erect or parallel line toward any object; to tend. Converging lines incline ...