Lexicon: incessantly – include

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incessantly, adj. [Fr. incessament < L.; NW says Latin cesso, cease.]

  1. Without ceasing; continually; forever.
  2. Immediately; instantly; without pausing.

inch, n. [OE ynce < L. 'twelfth part'.] (webplay: foot, measure).

  1. very small measure or distance.
  2. A linear measurement in Great Britain and the United States, being the twelfth part of a foot.
  3. A precise point of time.
  4. Close at hand; any instant; (at inches).
  5. A small piece or fragment.
  6. [Fig.] Measurement of pressure
  7. [Webplay] A small quantity or degree; Proverbially to die by inches.

incident (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'fall upon'.] (webplay: event).

  1. Something that occurs casually in the course of or in connection with something else.
  2. matter; affair.
  3. privilege; burden; custom; (commonly attached to an office, or estate).
  4. [Webplay] falling or striking upon or against; esp. of light: Falling or striking upon a surface.

incision (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'cut in'.] (webplay: knife, surgeon).

  1. A division produced by cutting; a cut; a gash.
  2. [Fig.] Incisiveness; keenness of action.

incisive, adj. [L. incīsīvus, 'cut into'.]

Acute; sharp or keen in effect.

incite, v. [Fr. inciter < L., put in motion.]

Stir up; aggravate; animate; urge on; stimulate; encourage.

incivility, n. [Fr. incivilité < L.]

Want of courtesy; rudeness; savageness; bad behavior.

inclement, adj. [L. inclēmentem.]

Not merciful or kind; harsh; severe; cruel.

incline (-ed), v. [L. inclīnāre, bend towards.] (webplay: south, stoop).

  1. bend or bow towards a person or thing, and hence forward or downward.
  2. stoop; bow: especially in token of respect or courtesy.
  3. have a mental leaning; bias or favorable inclination towards something.
  4. desire.
  5. turn in mind, feeling, or action in a given direction; show practical sympathy with a person, party, or cause.
  6. Having a physical tendency.
  7. [Word play] lean in a moral sense.

include (-ed, including), v. [L. inclūděre, shut in.] (webplay; God, hold, within).

  1. Shut or close in; confine; embrace; contain.
  2. Also; additionally; add to something else.
  3. comprehend.
  4. embrace as a subdivision or section of a larger whole.
  5. [Fig.] be aware of, or notice something or someone.