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n. the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
Syn. -- cranium, brainpan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Written also cainca root. ] [ See Cahincic. ] (Bot.) The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found as far north as Florida Keys, from which cahincic acid is obtained; also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga, a celebrated antidote for snake poison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Chinquapin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To liberate from prison. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inca dove (Zool.), a small dove (Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incaged p. pr. & vb. n. Incaging ] [ Cf. Encage. ] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [ Written also encage. ] “Incaged birds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Confinement in, or as in, cage. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being incalculable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable. ] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great; as, his action did incalculable harm. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incalescence. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st In-, and Calescence. ] Growing warm; increasing in heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Incas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incandescence. ] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 Candle. ] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incandescent lamp,
Incandescent light,
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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray. ] Becoming hoary or gray; canescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incanus; pref. in- in + canus hoary. ] (Bot.) Hoary with white pubescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incantatio, fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over one: cf. F. incantation. See Enchant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A formula of words used as above. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ PJC ]

a. Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enchanting. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being incapable; incapacity. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Lack of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + capable: cf. F. incapable, L. incapabilis incomprehensible. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Incapable is often used elliptically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairs? Shak.

Syn. -- Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate; deficient; disqualified. See Incompetent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being incapable; incapability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an incapable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable. ] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incapacitated p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating ] [ Pref. in- not + capacitate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. [ 1913 Webster ]

It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. causing disability.
Syn. -- crippling, disabling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incapacities [ Cf. F. incapacité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Physiol.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incarcération. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who incarcerates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To develop flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. incarner. See Incarnate. ] To cover or invest with flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation, Incarnate. ] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [ Obs. ] Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dye red or crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + carnate. ] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incarnatus, p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here shalt thou sit incarnate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This essence to incarnate and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. incarnatif. ] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]