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INCONSCIONABLE. a. [in and confcio nable. Void of the fenfe of good and evil. Spenfer. JNCO'NSEQUENCE. f. [inconfequence, Fr. inconfequentia, Latin.] Inconclufivenefs; want of just inference." Stilling fleet. IN COʻNSÉQUENT. a. [in and confequent, Latin.] Without just conclufion, without regular inference. Brown. INCONSIDERABLE. a. [in and confiderable. Unworthy of notice; unimportant.

Rogers. INCONSIDERABLENESS. f. [from incon fiderable.] Small importance. Tillerfon. INCONSIDERATE. a. inconfideratus, Latin.]

1. Not firm in refolution; not fleady in affection.

2. Changeable; mutable; variable.

Sidney.

Shakespeare.

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INCONSUMABLE. a. [in and confume. ] Not to be wafted. INCONSU'MPTIBLE, a. Not to be spent; not to be brought to an end. Digby. INCONTEʼSTABLE. a. [inconteftable, Fr.] Not to be difputed; not admitting debate ; uncontrovertible. Locke. INCONTE'STABLY. ad. [from inconseftable.] Indifputably; uncontrovertibly. INCONTIGUOUS. a. [in and contiguous.] Not touching each other; not joined together. Boyle. INCONTINENCE. 7. incontinentia, Donne, INCONTINENCY S Latin.] Inability to refrain the appetites; unchafity. Milten. INCONTINENT. a. [ incontinens, Latin. ] 1. Unchafte; indulging unlawful pleature. 2 Timothy, 2. Shunning delay; immediate. Shakeip. INCONTINENTLY. ad. [from inconti nent.]

1. Careless; thoughtless; negligent; inattentive; inadvertent, 2. Wanting due regard, Decay of Piety. INCONSIDERATELY. ad. [from incomfiderate.] Negligently; thoughtlessly.

Addifon. INCONSIDERATENESS. f [from inconfiderate.] Careleffnefs; thoughtlessness ; negligence. Tillotfon. INCONSIDERATION. f. [inconfideration, French.] Want of thought; inattention; inadvertence. Taylor. INCONSISTING. 4. [in and confift.] Not confiftent; incompatible with. Dryden. INCONSISTENCE. 2 f. [from inconfift.

INCONSISTENCY. ent.]

1. Such oppofition as that one propofition
infers the negation of the other; fuch con-
trariety that both cannot be together.
2. Abfurdity in argument or narration;
argument or narrative where one part de.
ftroys the other.
3. Incongruity.

Swift,

4. Unfteadiness; changeablenefs. INCONSISTENT. a. [in and confiftent.]

1. Unchaftely; without reftraint of the appetites.

2. Immediately; at once. An obfolete fenfe. Spenfer INCONTROVERTIBLE. a. [in and controvertible.] Indifputable; not to be dif puted.

INCONTROVERTIBLY. ad. [ from is-
controvertible.] To a degree beyond con-
troverfy or difpute.
INCONVENIENCE,
INCONVENIENCE.

Brown

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1. Incompatible; not fuitable; incongru- INCONVENIENT. a. [inconvenient, Fr.]

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2. Formation of a body politick. 3. Adoption; union; affociation. Hooker. INCORPO'REAL. a. [incorporalis, Latin; incorporel, Fr. in and corporeal.] Immaterial; unbodied. Bacon. Bentley. INCORPO'REALLY. ad. [from incorporeal.] Immaterially. INCORPORE/ITY. f. [in and corporcity.] Immateriality.

Bacon.

To INCORPSE. v. a. [in and corpfe.] To incorporate. Shakespeare. INCORRECT. a. [in and correc.] Not nicely finished; not exact. Pope. INCORRECTLY, ad. [from incorrect.] Inaccurately; not exactly. INCORRECTNESS. f. [in and correctness.] Inaccuracy; want of exactnefs. INCO'RRIGIBLE. a. [incorrigible, French.] Bad beyond correction; depraved beyond amendment by any means. Mare. INCORRIGIBLENESS. f. [from incorrigible.] Hopeless depravity; badnefs beyond all means of amendment. Locke. INCORRIGIBLY. ad. [from incorrigible.] To a degree of depravity beyond all means of amendment. Rofcommon. INCORRUPT.

2 a. [in and corruptus, INCORRUPTED. S Latin; incorrompu, French.]

1. Free from foulnefs or depravation.

Milton,

2. Pure of manners; honeft; good. INCORRUPTIBILITY. J. [ incorruptibilité, French.] Infufceptibility of corrup tion; incapacity of decay. Hakewill. INCORRUPTIBLE. a. (incorruptible, Fr.] Not capable of corruption; not admitting decay. Wake. INCORRUPTION. S. [incorruption, Fr.] Incapacity of corruption. VOL. I,

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Denbam. Shakespeare.

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Bacon.

6. The ftate of waxing. INCREASER. f. [from increafe.]

increases.

Not created.

He who

INCREATED. a. Cheyne INCREDIBILITY. f. [ incredibilité, Fr. ] The quality of furpaffing belief. Dryden INCREDIBLE. a. [incredibilis, Lat.] Surpafling belief; not to be credited. Raleigh. INCREDIBLENESS. f. [from incredible.] Quality of being not credible. INCRE'DIBLY. ad. [ from incredible.] In a manner not to be believed. INCREDULITY. f [incredulite, French.] Quality of not believing; hardness of be lief. Raleigh. INCREDULOUS. a. [incredule, Fr. incredu lus, Latin.]. Hard of belief; refufing creBacon INCREDULOUSNESS. f. [from incredu❤ lous.] Hardness of belief; incredulity. INCRE'MABLE. a. [in and cremo, Latin.] Not confumable by fire. I'NCREMENT. f. [incrementum, Latin.] 1. Act of growing greater. 2. Increase; caufe of growing more.

dit,

3. Produce.

Brown,

Brown.

Woodward,

Phillips.

To I'NCREPATE. v. a. [ increpo, Laun.]
To chide; to reprehend.
INCREPA'TION. f. [ increpatio, Latin.]
Reprehenfion; chiding.

To INCRUST.
TO INCRU'STATE.}

additional coat.

Hammond.

a. [inerufto, Lat. } To cover with an Pope

INCRUSTA'TION. f. [incruftation, Fr. An adherent covering; fomething fuperinJuced. Addifon. To I'NCUBATE. v, n. [incubo, Lat.] To fit upon eggs.

INCU.

INCUBATION. J. [incubation, Fr. incaba
tis, Latin.] The aft of firing upon eggs
to hatch them.
Raleigh, Arbuthnot.
INCULUS. f. [Latia; incube, French. ]
The night mare.
Flyer.
To INCULCATE. v. a. [inculco, Latin.] To
imprefs by frequent admonitions. Broome.
INCULCATION. f. [from inculcate.] The
aft of impreffing by frequent admonition.
INCULT. a. [inculte, Fr. incultus, Lat.]
Uncultivated; untilled.
Themfen.
INCULPABLE. a. [in and culpabilis, Lat.]
Unblameable.
South.
INCULPABLY. ad. [in and culpabilis, Lat.]

Soutb.

Swift.

Unblameably. INCUMBENCY. f. [from incumbent.] 1. The aft of lying upon another. 2. The fate of keeping a benefice. INCUMBENT. a. [incumbens, Latio.] 1. Refling upon; lying upon. Boyle. Addifon. 2. Impofed as a duty. Spratt. INCUMBENT. f. [ incumbens, Latin.] He who is in prefent poffeffion of a benefice. Swift. Dryden,

To INCUMBER. v. a. [encombrer, Fr.] To

embarrass.

To INCUR. v. a. [incurro, Latin.] 1. To become liable to a punishment or reprehenfion. Hayward. 2. To occur; to prefs on the fenfes. South. INCURABILITY. f. [incurabilité, Fr. from incurable.] Impoffibility of cure.

Harvey. INCU'RABLE. a. [incurable, French.] Not admitting remedy; not to be removed by medicine; irremediable; hopeless. Swift. INCURABLENESS. . [from incurable. ] State of not admitting any cure. INCU'RABLY, ad. [from incurable.] Without remedy. Locke. INCURIOUS. a. [in and curious.] Negli gent; inattentive. Derbam. INCURSION. J. [from incurro, Latin.] 1. Attack; mifchievous occurrence. South. 2. [Incurfion, Fr.] Invafion without conquef. Bacon. INCURVATION. f. [from incurvo, Lat.] 3. The act of bending or making crooked. Glanville.

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2. Flexion of the body in token of reveStilling fleet. TO INCURVATE. v. a. [incurvo, Latin.] To bend, to crook, Cheyne INCURVITY. f. [ from incurvus, Latin.] Crookedness; the ftate of bending inward. · Brown. To INDAGATE. v. a. [indago, Latin.] To farch; to beat out. INDAGATION. f. [from indagate.] Search; enquiry; examination. Boyle. INDAGATOR. f. [ indagator, Latin. ] A fearcher; an enquirer; an examiner, Boyte,

To INDART. v. e. [is and dart.] To dart in; to ftrike in. Shakespeare. To INDEBT. v. 4.

1. To put into debt.

2. To oblige; to put under obligations INDEBTED. participial a. [ in and debt.] Obliged by fomething received; bound to reftitution; having incurred a debt. Hooker. INDECENCY. f. [indecence, French.] Any thing unbecoming; any thing contrary to good manners, Locke. INDE/CENT. 4. [ indecent, French.] Unbecoming; unfit for the eyes or ears. South. INDE'CENTLY. ad. [from indecent.] Without decency; in a manner contrary to decency.

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2. Above common rate. 3. This is to be granted that. 4. It is ufed fometimes as a flight affertion or recapitulation in a fenfe hardly perceptible or explicable. Dryden

5. It is used to note conceffion in comparifons. Вассп.

INDEFA'TIGABLE. a. [indefatigabilis, Latin.] Unwearied; not tired; not exhaufted by labour. South. INDEFA'TIGABLY, ad. [from indefatigable.] Without weariness. Dryden. INDEFECTIBILITY. f. [from indefectible.} The quality of fuffering no decay; of being fubject to no defect.

INDEFE/CTIBLE. a. [in and defectus, Lat.] Unfailing; not liable to defect or de

cay.

INDEFE'SIBLE. a. [ indefaifible, French.]
Not to be cut off; not to be vacated; irre-
vocable.
Decay of Piety.
INDEFE'NSIBLE. a. [in and defenfum, Lat.]
What cannot be defended or maintained,
Sanderfen.

INDEFINITE. a. [indefinitus, Latin.]
1. Not determined; not limited; not fet-
tled.
Bacon
2. Large beyond the comprehenfion of man,
though not abfolutely without limits.
Spectator.
INDEFINITELY. a. [from indefinite.]
1. Without any fettled or determinate li-
mitation.

2. To a degree indefinite,

Hooker.

Rar.

Boyle.

INDEFINITUDE. f. [ from indefinite. ] INDESTRUCTIBLE. a. [in and defruct-
Quantity not limited by our understanding, ible.] Not to be deftroyed.
though yet finite.
Hale, INDETERMINABLE. a. [in and determin-
INDELI'BERATE. ? a. [in and delibe- able.] Not to be fixed; not to be defined
INDELI'BERATED. S rate. ] Unpreme--
or fettled.
ditated; done without confideration.
INDETERMINATE.

Bramball.

INDE'LIBLE. a. [indelibilis, Latin.]
1. Not to be blotted out or effaced. Gay.
2. Not to be annulled.
Sprait.
INDE'LICACY. f. [in and delicacy.] Want
of delicacy; want of elegant decency.

Addifon.
INDE'LICATE. a. [in and delicate.] Want
ing decency; void of a quick fenfe of de-
cency.

INDEMNIFICA'TION. f. [from indemnify.]
1. Security againft lofs or penalty.
2. Reimbursement of lofs or penalty.
TO INDEMNIFY. v. a. [in and damnify.]
1. To fecure against lofs or penalty.
2. To maintain unhurt.
Watts.
INDEMNITY. f. [indemnité, French.] Se-
curity from punishment; exemption from
punishment,
King Charles.
To INDE'NT. v. a. [in and dens, a tooth,
Latin.] To mark any thing with inequa-
lities like a row of teeth. Woodward.
To INDE'NT. v. n. [from the method of
cutting counterparts of a contract toge-
ther.] To contract; to bargain; to make
a compact.
Decay of Piety.
INDE'NT. J. [from the verb.] Inequality;
incifure; indentation. Shakespeare.
INDENTA'TION. f. [in and dens, Latin.]
An indenture; waving in any figure.

Woodward.
INDE'NTURE. f. [from indent.] A cove-
nant, fo named because the counterparts
are indented or cut one by the other.

Afcham.
INDEPENDENCE. 2 f. [ independance,
INDEPENDENCY. French.] Freedom;
exemption from reliance or control; ftate
over which none has power.

Addifon. Pope.
INDEPENDENT. a. [independant, French.]
1. Not depending; not fupported by any
other; not relying on another; not con-
South.

trolled.

Brown.
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2. The hand that points to any thing.

Bentley.
Shakespeare.
INDEXTERITY. f. [in and dexterity. ]
Want of dexterity; want of readinefs.

3. The table of contents to a book.

Harvey.
INDIAN Arrow-root. . A root; a medi-
cinal plant; it being a fovereign remedy
for curing the bite of wafps, and expelling
the poison of the manchineel tree. This
root the Indians apply to extract the venom
of their arrows.
Miller.
I'NDIAN Crefs. f. [acriviola, Latin.] A
plant.
Miller.
I'NDIAN Fig. f. [opuntia, Latin.] A plant.

Miller

INDIAN Reed. f. A kind of mineral earth.
Hill.
I'NDICANT. a. [indicans, Latin.] Show-
ing; pointing out; that which directs
what is to be done in any disease.
To I'NDICATE. v. a. [indico, Latin.] .
1. To fhow; to point out.

2. [In phyfick.] To point out a remedy.
INDICATION. f. [indication, French.]
1. Mark; token; fign; note; symptom.
Addifan.

2. [In phyfick.] Indication is of four kinds;
vital, prefervative, curative, and palliative,
as it directs what is to be done to continue
life, cutting off the cause of an approaching
diffemper, curing it whilft it is actually pre-
fent, or leffening its effects.
Quincy.

2. Not relating to any thing else, as to a
fuperiour.
Bentley.
INDEPENDENT. J. One who in religious
affairs holds that every congregation is a
complete church.
Sanderfon.
INDEPENDENTLY. ad. [from indepen-
dent.] Without reference to other things.
Dryden.
INDESERT. S. [in and defert.] Want of
Addifon. INDICATIVE. a. [indicativus, Latin.]
INDE'SINENTLY. ad, [indefinenter, Fr.] 1. Showing; informing; pointing out.
Without ceffation,
Ray. 2. [In grammar.] A certain modificatio

merit,

3. Discovery made; intelligence given.

Bentley

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INDICATIVELY. ad. [from indicative.]

In fuch a manner as fhows or betokens.

Grew. To INDICT. See INDITE, and its derivatives.

INDICTION. S. [ indiction, Fr. indico, Latin.]

1. Declaration; proclamation. Bacon. 2. [In chronology. The indiction, inftituted by Conftantine the great, is properly a cycle of tributes, orderly difpofed, for fifteen years, and by it accounts of that kind were kept. Afterward, in memory of the great victory obtained by Conftantine over Mezentius, 8 Cal. Oft. 312, by which an intire freedom was given to Chriflianity, the council of Nice, for the honour of Conftantine, ordained that the accounts of years fhould be no longer kept by the Olympiads; but that the indiction should be made ufe of, which hath its epocha A. D. 313, Jan. 1. INDIFFERENCE. ? INDIFFERENCY.

S. [indifference, Fr.]

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INDIGE'S г. 2a. [indigefte, Fr. indigef INDIGE'STED. tus, Latin.]

1. Not separated into diftinct orders.

Raleigh.

2. Not formed, or shaped. Shakespeare. 3. Not well confidered and methodifed. Hooker

4. Not concocted in the ftomach. Dryden. 5. Not brought to fuppuration. Wiseman. INDIGESTIBLE. a. [from in and digeftible.] Not conquerable in the ftomach.

Arbuthnet. INDIGESTION. S. [indigeftion, French.] The fate of meats unconcocted. Temple. To INDIGITATE, v. a. [indigito, Latin.] To point out; to fhow. Brosur INDIGITA'TION. S. [ from indigitate. ] The act of pointing out or fhowing. More. INDIGN. a. [indigne. Fr. indignus, L.at.] 1. Unworthy; undeferving. Bringing indignity. Shakespeare. INDIGNANT. a. [indignans, Latin.] Angry; raging; inflamed at once with anger and difdain. Arbuthnot.

2.

Bacon.

INDIGNA'TION. f. [indignation, French; indignatio, Latin.]

1. Anger mingled with contempt or dif guft. Clarendon. 2. The anger of a fuperiour. 2 Kingsa 3. The effect of anger. Shakespeare. INDIGNITY.. [ind gnitas, from indignus, Latin,] Contumely; contemptuous injury; violation of right accompanied with infult. Hooker. INDIGO. f. [indicum, Latin.] A plant, by the Americans called anil, ufed in dying for a blue colour. Miller.

INDIRE/CT. a. [indire&tus, Latin.] 1. Not ftraight; not rectilinear, 2. Not tending otherwise than collaterally or confequentially to a point. Shakespeare. 3. Not fair; not honest. Daniel. INDIRECTION. S. [in and direction.] 1. Oblique means; tendency not in a fraight line.

Shakespeare. Shakespeare.

2. Dishonest practice. INDIRECTLY. ad. [from indire&.] I. Not in a right line; obliquely. 2. Not in exprefs terms. 3. Unfairly; not rightly. INDIRECTNESS. f. [in and directnejs. ] 1. Obliquity.

Broome. Tayler.

2. Unfairness. INDISCERNIBLE. a. [in and difcernible.] Not perceptible; not difcoverable. Denb. INDISCERNIBLY. ad. [from indifcernible.] In a manner not to be perceived. INDISCE'RPTIBLE. a. [in and difcerptible.] Not to be feparated; incapable of being broken or deftroyed by diffolution of parts. INDISCERPTIBILITY. f. [from indifcerpe tible.] Incapability of diffolution.

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