Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-CA'PA-BLE, a. [Fr. in and capable.]

1. Wanting capacity sufficient; not having room sufficient to contain or hold; followed by of. We say, a vessel is incapable of containing or holding a certain quantity of liquor; but I believe we rarely or never say, a vessel is incapable of that quantity.
2. Wanting natural power or capacity to learn, know, understand or comprehend. Man is incapable of comprehending the essence of the Divine Being. An idiot is incapable of learning to read.
3. Not admitting; not in a state to receive; not susceptible of; as, a bridge is incapable of reparation.
4. Wanting power equal to any purpose. Is not your father growa incapable, Of reasonable affairs? Shak. [See No. 2.]
5. Wanting moral power or disposition. He is incapable of a dishonorable act.
6. Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; not having the legal or constitutional qualifications. A man not thirty years of age is unqualified, and therefore incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a man convicted on impeachment is disqualified, and therefore incapable of holding any office of honor or profit under the government. Incapable properly denotes a want of passive power, the power of receiving, and is applicable particularly to the mind; unable denotes the want of active power or power of performing, and is applicable to the body or mind. [See Incapacity.]

IN-CAPA-BLY, adv.

In an incapable manner.

IN-CA-PA'CIOUS, a. [in and clopacious.]

Not capacious; not large or spacious; narrow; of small content; as, an incapacious soul. Burnet.

IN-CA-PA'CIOUS-NESS, n.

Narrowness; want of containing space.

IN-CA-PAC'I-TATE, v.t. [in and capacitate.]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power of learning, knowing, understanding, or performing. Old age and infirmity often incapacitate men to exercise the office of a judge.
2. To render or make incapable; as, infancy incapacitates a child for learning algebra.
3. To disable; to weaken; to deprive of competent power or ability. This is an improper use of the word. The loss of an arm disables a soldier, but does not incapacitate him.
4. To render unfit; as, infancy incapacitates one for marriage.
5. To disqualify; to deprive of legal or constitutional sites; as, convaction of a crime incapacitates one to be a witness.

IN-CA-PAC'I-TA-TED, pp.

Rendered incapable; deprived of capacity.

IN-CA-PAC'I-TATING, ppr.

Depriving of capacity; rendering incapable.

IN-CA-PAC-I-TA'TION, n.

Want of capacity; disqualifcation. Burke.

IN-CA-PAC'I-TY, n. [in and capacity.]

1. Want of capacity, intellectual power, or the power of reeciving, containing or understanding; applied to the mind, and it may be natural or casual. There is a natural incapacity in children to comprehend difficult propositions in logic or metaphysics, and a natural incapacity of men to comprehend the nature of spiritual beings. The defect of understanding proceeding from intoxication, or from an injury done to the brain, is a casual incapacity.
2. Want of qualification or legal requisites; inability; as, the incapacity of minors to make binding contracts.
3. Disqualification; disability by deprivation of power; as, the incapacity of a convict to give testimony in a court of law.

IN-CAR'CER-ATE, a.

Imprisoned; confined. More.

IN-CAR'CER-ATE, v.t. [L. incarcero; in and carver, a prison, Sp. carcel, Sax. carcaern, Goth. karkara, G. and D. kerker, W. carcar. Carcer seems to bo allied to W. carc, Eng. cark, care; showing that the primary sense is to press or strain.]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose. Harvey.

IN-CAR'CER-A-TED, pp.

Imprisoned.

IN-CAR'CER-A-TING, ppr.

Imprisoning.

IN-CAR-CER-A'TION, n.

The act of imprisoning or confining; imprisonment.

IN-CARN', v.i.

To breed flesh. Wiseman.

IN-CARN', v.t. [L. incarno; in and taro, carnis, flesh.]

To cover with flesh; to invest with flesh. Wiseman.

IN-CARN'A-DINE, a. [Fr. iacarnadin; incarnatino; L. in and caro, flesh.]

Flesh-colored; of a carnation color; pale red. Shak.

IN-CARN-A-DINE, v.t.

To dye red or flesh-color. [Little used.]

IN-CARN'ATE, a.

1. Invested with flesh; embodied in flesh; as, the incarnate Son of God.
2. In Scotland, of a red color; flesh-colored.

IN-CARN-ATE, v.t. [Fr. incarrur; Sp. encarnar; It. incarmire; L. incarno; in and taro, flesh.]

To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh. Milton. Asiat. Res.

IN-CARN'A-TED, pp.

Clothed with flesh.

IN-CARN'A-TING, ppr.

Investing with flesh.

IN-CARN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of clothing with flesh.
2. The act of assuming flesh, or of taking a human body and the nature of man; as, the incarnation of the Son of God.
3. In surgery, the process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh. Encyc.

IN-CARN'A-TIVE, a. [Fr. incarnatif.]

Causing new flesh to grow; healing. Encyc.

IN-CARN'A-TIVE, n.

A medicine that tends to promote the growth of new flesh, and assist nature in the healing of wounds. Encyc.