Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-CLIN'ER – IN-CO-ER'CI-BLE
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IN-CLIN'ER, n.
An inclined dial.
IN-CLIN'ING, a.
Leaning.
IN-CLIN'ING, ppr.
Leaning; causing to lean.
IN-CLI-NOM'E-TER, n. [L. inclino, and μετρον.]
An instrument for measuring the inclinations of objects.
IN-CLIP', v.t. [in and clip.]
To grasp; to inclose; to surround. Shak.
IN-CLIP'PED, pp.
Grasped; inclosed.
IN-CLIP'PING, ppr.
Grasping; sorrounding.
IN-CLOIS'TER, v.t. [in and cloister.]
To shut up or confine in a cloister. [But cloister is generally used.]
IN-CLOSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. enclos; Sp. It. incluso; L. inclusus, includo; in and claudo, or cludo.]
- To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; as, to inclose a field with a fence; to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
- To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.
- To include; to shut or confine; as, to inclose trinkets in a box.
- To environ; to encompass.
- To cover with a wrapper or envelop; to cover under seal; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.
IN-CLOS'ED, pp.
Surrounded; encompassed; confined on all sides; covered and sealed; fenced.
IN-CLOS'ER, n.
He or that which incloses; one who separates land from common grounds by a fence.
IN-CLOS'ING, ppr.
Surrounding; encompassing; shutting in; covering and confining.
IN-CLO'SURE, n.
- The act of inclosing.
- The separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence.
- The appropriation of things common. Taylor.
- State of being inclosed, shut up or encompassed. Ray.
- A space inclosed or fenced; a space comprehended within certain limits.
- Ground inclosed or separated from common land.
- That which is inclosed or contained in an envelop, as a paper. Washington.
IN-CLOUD', v.t. [in and cloud.]
To darken; to obscure. Shak.
IN-CLOUD'ED, pp.
Involved in obscurity.
IN-CLOUD'ING, ppr.
Darkening; obscuring.
IN-CLUDE', v.t. [L. includo; in and cludo, to shut up; Fr. enclorre.]
- To confine within; to hold; to contain; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. [But in these senses we more commonly use inclose.]
- To comprise; to comprehend; to contain. The history of England necessarily includes a portion of that of France. The word duty, includes what we owe to God, to our fellow men, and to ourselves; it includes also a tax payable to the government.
IN-CLUD'ED, pp.
Contained; comprehended.
IN-CLUD'ING, ppr.
Containing; comprising.
IN-CLU'SION, n. [s as z. L. inclusio.]
The act of including.
IN-CLU'SIVE, a. [Fr. inclusif.]
- Inclosing; encircling. Shak.
- Comprehended in the number or sum; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday.
IN-CLU'SIVE-LY, adv.
Comprehending the thing mentioned; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusively.
IN-CO-ACT', or IN-CO-ACT'ED, a.
Unconstrained.
IN-CO-AG'U-LA-BLE, a. [in and coagulable.]
That can not be coagulated or concreted.
IN-CO-ER'CI-BLE, a. [in and coercible, from coerce.]
Not to be coerced or compelled; that can not be forced. Black.