incalculable 
It. incalcolabile ; as in- 3 + calculable.'] 1 . Not 
calculable; incapable of being calculated or 
reckoned ; indeterminable by calculation. 
They may even In one year of such false policy do mis- 
chiefs incalculable. Burke, Scarcity. 
2. Not to be reckoned upon ; that cannot be 
forecast. [Bare.] 
It is only the great poets who seem to have this unso- 
licited profusion of unexpected and incalculable phrase. 
Lowell, Democracy. 
incalculableness (iu-kal'ku-la-bl-nes), . The 
quality of lining incalculable. 
incalculably (in-kal'ku-la-bli), adv. In an in- 
calculable degree or manner ; immeasurably. 
incalescence (iu-ka-les'ens), n. [= It. inca- 
lesceii:a; as incalescen(t) + -ce.] The state of 
being incalescent; the state of growing warm; 
incipient or increasing heat. 
The two ingredients were easily mingled, and grew not 
only sensibly but considerably hot, and that so nimbly, 
that the incaleecrncc sometimes came to its hlghth in 
about a minute of an hour by a minute clock. 
. Boyle, Works, I. 104. 
incalescency (in-ka-les'en-si), n. Same as in- 
calescence. 
The oil preserves the ends of the bones from incalet- 
cency, which they, being solid bodies, would necessarily 
contract from a swift motion. Ray, Works of Creation. 
incalescent (in-ka-les'ent), a. [< L. incales- 
cen(t-)s, ppr. of incalescere, grow warm or hot, 
< in, in, to, + calescere, grow warm : see cales- 
cence.] Growing warm ; increasing in heat. 
incalzando (iu-kal-tsan'do). [It., ppr. of in- 
calzare, incalciare = OSp. encalzar = Pr. en- 
causar = OF. enchaucer, chase, pursue, follow 
on the heels of, < L. in, on, + calx (calo), heel : 
see calx 2 .'] In music, same as stringendo. 
incameration (in-kam-e-ra'shon), . [= F. 
incameration = Pg. incameraq&o = It. incame- 
rasione, confiscation ; < ML. *incameratio(n-), < 
"incamerare (in pp. incameratus, confined to a 
chamber), < L. in, in, + camera, chamber : see 
camera.'] The act or process of incorporating 
with the fiscal department of a government, as 
an estate or other source of revenue ; particu- 
larly, annexation to the Pope's exchequer or 
apostolic chamber. 
incampt, t> . An obsolete form of encamp. 
incampmentt, An obsolete form of encamp- 
ment. 
Incan (ing'kan), a. [< Inca + -an.'] Of or per- 
taining to ttie Incas of Peru. Also, rarely, In- 
carial. 
We have no accurate knowledge of the Incan history 
earlier than the century before the Invasion of the Span- 
iards under Pizarro. Stand. Nat. Hitt., VI. 216. 
incandesce (in-kan-des'), <-'; pret. and pp. in- 
candesced, ppr. incandescing. [< L. incandescere, 
become warm or hot, glow, kindle, < in, in, + 
candescere, kindle, glow: see candescent.'] I. 
intrans. To glow with heat ; be or become in- 
candescent. 
A wire which remained dull at ordinary atmospheric 
pressure incandesced when a moderate vacuum was ob- 
tained. .\,,nir-. XXXVII. 670. 
II. trans. To cause to glow or become in- 
candescent. 
A wire . . . incandesced by alternate or direct currents. 
Nature, XXXVII. 448. 
incandescence (in-kan-des'ens), n. [= F. in- 
candescence = Sp. Pg. incan'descencia = It. in- 
candescenza; as incandencen(t) + -ce.] The con- 
dition of being incandescent ; glowing heat. 
Rarely candescence. 
The main source of light is [ncanttcxcence. 
Tail, Light, 28. 
incandescency (in-kan-des'en-si), n. Same as 
incandescence. 
A platinum wire 18 B. W. G. and IB feet long wa raised 
to vivid incandescency. 
Dredge'i Electric Illumination, L 158. 
incandescent (in-kan-des'ent), a. [= F. incan- 
descent = Sp. Pg. It. incandescente, < L. incan- 
descen(t-)s, ppr. of incandescere, become warm 
prhot,glow: see incandesce, candescent.'] Glow- 
ing with heat; rendered luminous by heat. 
Rarely eainicm-mt. 
Holy Scripture becomes resplendent, or, aa one might 
say, incandescent throughout. It. Taylor. 
When bodies retain a solid or liquid form when tnran- 
dcscent, their constituent molecules give out rays of light. 
J. N. Lochyer, Spect. Anal., p. 120. 
Incandescent electric light See clactrie light, under 
electric. 
incanescent (in-ka-ues'ent), a. [< L. incanes- 
cen(t-)s, ppr. of iiifiimwri, become gray or 
hoary, v in, in, on, + canescerc, become gray: 
see eancscent.] Same as canescent. 
191 
3031 
incanous (in-ka'nus), a. [< L. iiitanus, quite 
gray, < in, in, on, + canus, gray.] Hoary; ca- 
nescent. 
incantation (in-kan-ta'shon), n. [< ME. incan- 
tation = F. incantation ="Sp. incantacion = It. 
incantazioiie, < LL. incantatio(n-), < L. incantarc, 
chant a magic formula over, enchant : see en- 
chant.] The art or act of enchanting by utter- 
ing magical words, with ceremonies supposed to 
have magical power ; also, the formula of words 
or the ceremony employed. 
My ancient incantation* are too weak, 
And hell too strong for me to buckle with. 
Shalt., 1 Hen. VI., v. :;. 
The incantation backward she repeats, 
Inverts her rod, and what she did defeats. Garth. 
Medicine was always joined with maglck ; no remedy 
was administered without mysterious ceremony and in- 
cantation. Burke, Abrldg. of Eng. Hist.. 1. 2. 
incantator (in'kan-ta-tor), n. [LL. (> ult. E. en- 
chanter), < L. incantare, enchant: see enchant, 
enchanter.'] An enchanter. [Rare.] 
This neophyte, moreover, was a wizard, an aspirant In 
more supernatural arts, an incantator, a spirit- seer ! 
/. D'ltraeli, Amen, of Lit, II. 295. 
incantatory (in-kan'ta-to-ri), a. [= It. incan- 
tatorio, < LL. as if "incantatorius, < incanta- 
tor, enchanter: see incantator.] Dealing by 
enchantment; practised in incantation ; magi- 
cal. 
Fortune-tellers, juglers, geomancers, and the like in- 
cantatory impostors. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., L 3. 
It Is related that the necromancers of Thessaly added 
the blood of infants to that of black lambs in their incan- 
taturti rites, that the evoked spirits would render them- 
selves objective from the exhalations of the blood. 
Gentleinan'i Mag., quoted in Pop. Set Mo., XXVI. 212. 
incantingt (in-kan'ting), a. [Ppr. of 'incant, < 
L. mean tore, enchant: see enchant.'] Enchant- 
ing; ravishing; delightful. 
Incanling voices, . . . poesy, mirth, and wine, raising 
the sport commonly to admiration. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 306. 
incanton (in-kan'ton), v. t. [< in- 2 + canton 1 .] 
To unite in or incorporate as a canton. 
When the cantons of Bern and Zurich proposed at a gen- 
eral diet the incorporating Geneva in the number of the 
cantons, the Roman Catholick party . . . proposed at the 
same time the incantoniny of Constance, as a counterpoise. 
Aililixiiii. Travels In Italy, Switzerland. 
incapability (in-ka-pa-bil'i-ti), n. [< incapa- 
ble: see -btlity.] The character or condition 
of being incapable; want of mental or physical 
capacity, or of legal competency; inability or 
disability. 
You have nothing to urge but a kind of incapability In 
yourself to the service. Suckliny. 
incapable (in-ka'pa-bl), a. and n. [< F. inca- 
pable, < LL. incapabilis, incapable, < L. in- priv. 
+ LL. capabilis, capable: see capable.] I. o. 
Not capable, (o) Lacking In capacity, ability, or fit- 
ness ; inefficient ; incompetent ; Inadequate. 
The wheelbarrow of this civilization is ... a ponder- 
ous, incapable body. Ilouxllt, Venetian Life, xx. 
(6) Lacking sufficient capacity or capaciousness; insuffi- 
cient, unfit, or unqualified : in this and the succeeding 
uses commonly followed by /. 
Is not your father grown incapable 
O} reasonable affairs ? Shot. , W. T. , IT. 3. 
(c) Not capable of receiving or admitting ; not suscepti 
Die : as, his lot is incapable of amelioration. 
We find this our empyreal form 
Incapable of mortal injury. Jftflon, P. L., vl. 434. 
(d) Not capable of understanding or comprehending; 
wanting appreciation ; unconscious. (Rare.] 
She chanted snatches of old tunes, 
As one incapable of her own distress. 
Shale., Hamlet, iv. 7. 
Incapable and shallow Innocents, 
Yon cannot guess who caus'd your father's death. 
Shale., Rich. III., 11 2. 
() Not capable legally; unqualified ; disqualified by law ; 
wanting legal warrant or capacity. 
Their lands are almost ent irely taken from them, and they 
are rendered incapable of purchasing any more. Swift. 
= 8vn. Incapable, Unable. Incapable properly denotes 
a want of passive power, the power of receiving, and Is 
applicable particularly to the mind, or said of something 
inanimate : as, a body once dead is incapaMe of restora- 
tion to life. The word often applies to moral Inability: 
as, he is quite incapable of doing a thing so base ; or other- 
wise It approaches essentially the more active meanings 
of unable. Unable denotes the want of active power or 
power of performing, being applicable to the body or to 
the mind : we could not say that Achilles was unable to 
be wounded, but we could say that Achilles was inrapabl? 
of a wound. In law capaUe and incapabl? refer more fre- 
quently to legal qualification, able and unable to physical 
facility or hindrance : as, a man may not be legally inca- 
pable of doing an act, yet from circumstances be practi- 
cally unable to do it. 
II. n. One who lacks mental or physical ca- 
pacity, either general or special. 
The preservation of incapable! is habitually secured by 
our social arrangements. //. Spencer, Prin. of Biol. , { 170. 
incapsulate 
"All prisoners who have certificates from the doctor, 
step out!" shouted Captain Uudeem, and twenty-live or 
thirty incapable* some old and infirm, some pale and 
emaciated from sickness separated themselves from the 
main body of convict*. The Century, XXXVII. 86. 
incapableness (in-ka'pa-bl-nes). n. Incapabil- 
ity. Bailey, 1727. 
incapably (in-ka'pa-bli), adv. In an incapable 
manner. 
incapacious (in-ka-pa'shus), a. [= Sp. Pg. in- 
canaz = It. incupacc, < LL. incapat, incapable, 
< L. in- priv. + capax, capable, capacious : see 
capacious.] 1. Not capacious; not spacious; 
of small content or compass ; contracted. 
Souls that are made little and incapaeiout cannot en- 
large their thoughts to take In any great compass of times 
or things. Burnet. 
2f. Incapable. 
Can art be so dim-sighted, learned sir? 
I did not think her so incavaciou*. 
Middieton and Rowley, Fair Quarrel, 11. 2. 
incapaciousness (in-ka-pa'shus-nes), n. The 
condition of being incapacious ; want of con- 
taining space ; contractedness. 
incapacitate (in-ka-pas'i-tat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. incapacitated, ppr. incapacitating. [< in- 3 
+ capacitate. Cf. equiv. Sp. Pg. incapacitar.] 
1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; 
render or make incapable : followed by from 
or for. 
Physical weakness incapacitated him from the public 
practice of his art. 
./. W. Hales, Int. to Milton's Areopagitica. 
Concentrated attention, unbroken by rest, so prostrates 
the brain as to incapacitate it/or thinking. 
U. Upencer, Prin. of Blol., | 62. 
2. To deprive of competent ability or qualifi- 
cation; render unfit; disqualify: as, insanity 
incapacitates one for marriage. 
The old law of Scotland declared that a butcher should 
not sit upon a jury; he was incapacitated by his profes- 
sion. W. Phillipt, Speeches, p. 196. 
Any one deliberate habit of sin incapacitates a man for 
receiving the gifts of the Gospel. 
./. //. XeiciiMH, Parochial Sermons, L 95. 
3. To deprive of legal or constitutional capa- 
city or privilege ; withhold or nullify the right of. 
The people cannot incapacitate the king, because he 
derives not his right from them, but from God only. 
Dryden, Vina, of Duke of Guise. 
It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, of- 
fice, function, or properly. 
Milman, Latin Christianity, xi. 7. 
incapacitation (in-ka-pas-i-ta'shon), n. [< in- 
capacitate + -ion.] The act of incapacitating, 
or the state of being incapacitated ; the act of 
disqualifying; disqualification. 
If they suffer this power of arbitrary incapacitation to 
stand, they have utterly perverted every other power of 
the House of Commons. Burke, Present Discontents. 
incapacity (in-ka-pas'i-ti), n. [= F. incapacite 
= Sp. incapacidad = Pg. incapacidade = It. in- 
capacita; as t- 3 + capacity.] 1. Lack of ca- 
ity; lack of ability or qualification; iua- 
lility; incapability; incompetency. 
Heaven, seeing the incapacity of ... [philosophy) to 
console him, has given him the aid of religion. 
Ooldtmith, Vicar, xxlz. 
The eldest son of a rich nobleman 
Is heir to all bis incapacities!. 
Shelley, The Cencl, U. 2. 
The chief cause of sectarian animosity Is the incapa- 
city of most men to conceive hostile systems in the light 
in which they appear to their adherents, and to enter into 
the enthusiasm they Inspire. 
Lccky, Europ. Morals, L 141. 
2. In law, the lack of legal qualification; that 
condition of a person which forbids a given 
act on his part, and makes the act legally in- 
efficacious even if he does it : as, infancy con- 
stitutes an incapacity to contract ; a trust cre- 
ates in the trustee an incapacity to buy the trust 
property for himself at his own sale. =Syn. Dis- 
ability, disqualification, unfltness. 
in capita (in kap'i-tft). [L. : in, in ; capita, ace. 
pi. of caput, head (person): see caput.] In or 
among the persons. 
in capite (in kap'i-te). [L. (ML.), in chief: L. 
i, in; capite, abl. of L. caput, .head, chief: see 
caput and chief.] In old lam, in chief. A tenant 
tn capite, or in chief, was anciently a tenant who held lands 
under the king without any intermediate feudal superior, 
more specifically one holding by virtue of a direct grant 
by the crown to him or his ancestor. Tenure in capite did 
not include cases where a tenant of a mesne lord became 
a tenant under the crown by escheat or forfeiture of the 
means lord's estate. It was abolished in England by 12 
Charles II., Hdv. (1672). 
incapsulate (in-kap'su-lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
incapsulated, ppr. incapstilating. [< L. in, in, 
+ capsula, a box, chest (see capsule), + -ate 2 .] 
1. Same as eticapsulate. 2. To put one inside 
of another, like a nest of boxes ; insert repeat- 
paci 
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