Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-CANT'A-TO-RY – IN-CARN'A-TED
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IN-CANT'A-TO-RY, a.
Dealing by enchantment; magical. Brown.
IN-CANT'ING, a.
Enchanting. [Not used.]
IN-CAN'TON, v.t. [in and canton.]
To unite to a canton or separate community. Addison.
IN-CA-PA-BIL'I-TY, or IN-CA'PA-BLE-NESS, n. [from incapable.]
- The quality of being incapable; natural incapacity or want of power; as, the incapableness of a child to comprehend logical syllogisms.
- Want of legal qualifications or of legal power; as, the incapability of holding an office.
IN-CA'PA-BLE, a. [Fr. in and capable.]
- 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.
- 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.
- Not admitting; not in a state to receive; not susceptible of; as, a bridge is incapable of reparation.
- Wanting power equal to any purpose. Is not your father grown incapable, / Of reasonable affairs? Shak. [See No. 2.]
- Wanting moral power or disposition. He is incapable of a dishonorable act.
- 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-CA'PA-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.
Narrowness; want of containing space.
IN-CA-PAC'I-TATE, v.t. [in and capacitate.]
- 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.
- To render or make incapable; as, infancy incapacitates a child for learning algebra.
- 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.
- To render unfit; as, infancy incapacitates one for marriage.
- To disqualify; to deprive of legal or constitutional requisites; as, conviction 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.
Want of capacity; disqualification. Burke.
IN-CA-PAC'I-TY, n. [in and capacity.]
- 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.
- Want of qualification or legal requisites; inability; as, the incapacity of minors to make binding contracts.
- 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 carcer, a prison, Sp. carcel, Sax. carcærn, Goth. karkara, G. and D. kerker, W. carcar. Carcer seems to be allied to W. carc, Eng. cark, care; showing that the primary sense is to press or strain.]
- To imprison; to confine in a jail.
- To confine; to shut up or inclose. Harvey.
IN-CAR'CER-A-TED, pp.
Imprisoned.
IN-CAR'CER-A-TING, ppr.
Imprisoning.
The act of imprisoning or confining; imprisonment.
IN-CARN', v.i.
To breed flesh. Wiseman.
IN-CARN', v.t. [L. incarno; in and caro, carnis, flesh.]
To cover with flesh; to invest with flesh. Wiseman.
IN-CARN'A-DINE, a. [Fr. incarnadin; It. 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.
- Invested with flesh; embodied in flesh; as, the incarnate Son of God.
- In Scotland, of a red color; flesh-colored.
IN-CARN'ATE, v.t. [Fr. incarner; Sp. encarnar; It. incarnare; L. incarno; in and caro, flesh.]
To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh. Milton. Asiat. Res.
IN-CARN'A-TED, pp.
Clothed with flesh.