Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 25

Inclosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inclose.

Inclose (v. t.) 圍起來,附上 To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.

How many evils have inclosed me round! -- Milton.

Inclose (v. t.) To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.

The inclosed copies of the treaty. -- Sir W. Temple.

Inclose (v. t.) To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. -- Blackstone.

Inclose (v. t.) To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]

They went to coach and their horse inclose. -- Chapman.

Inclose (v.) Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in].

Inclose (v.) Introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce].

Incloser (n.) One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

Inclosure (n.) 圍籠,附件 The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

Inclosure (n.) That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.

Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses. -- Hakluyt.

Inclosure (n.) That which incloses; a barrier or fence.

Breaking our inclosures every morn. -- W. Browne.

Inclosure (n.) Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter [syn: enclosure, inclosure].

Inclosure (n.) The act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure].

Incloud (v. t.) To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. -- Milton.

Included (imp. & p. p.) of Include.

Including (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Include.

Include (v. t.) 包括,包含 [W] [+v-ing];算入,包含於……裡面 To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.

The whole included race, his purposed prey. -- Milton.

The loss of such a lord includes all harm. -- Shak.

Include (v. t.) To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]

Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. -- Shak.

Syn: To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.

Include (v.) Have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" [ant: exclude].

Include (v.) Consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" [ant: except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out].

Include (v.) Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group".

Include (v.) Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [syn: admit, let in, include] [ant: exclude, keep out, shut, shut out].

Include (v. t.) [Usenet] To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under Hacker Writing Style.

Include (v. t.) [From C] #include  has appeared in sig blocks to refer to a notional standard disclaimer file.

Include () [{Usenet] To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under "Hacker Writing Style".

Include () [{C] "#include " has appeared in sig blocks to refer to a notional "standard disclaimer file". [{Jargon File]

Included (a.) Inclosed; confined.

Included stamens (Bot.), Such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.

Included (a.) Enclosed in the same envelope or package; "the included check".

Includible (a.) Capable of being included.

Inclusa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer ({Teredo navalis) is an example.

Inclusion (n.) 包括;包含;內含物 The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. -- Sir W. Temple.

Inclusion (n.) Something that is included.

Inclusion (n.) (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.

Inclusion (n.) (Biol., Cytology) A small body suspended within the cytoplasm of a cell.

Inclusion (n.) (Logic, Math.) The relationship existing between two sets if one is a subset of the other.

Inclusion (n.) The state of being included [ant: exclusion].

Inclusion (n.) The relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: inclusion, comprehension].

Inclusion (n.) Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" [syn: inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion].

Inclusion (n.) The act of including.

Inclusive (a.) 包含的,包括的 [+of];包括一切費用在內的 Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.

The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. -- Shak.

Inclusive (a.) Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to exclusive.

Inclusive (a.) Including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive" [ant: exclusive].

Inclusive (a.) In domain theory, a predicate P : D -> Bool is inclusive iff.

For any chain C, a subset of D, and for all c in C, P(c) => P(lub C)

In other words, if the predicate holds for all elements of an increasing sequence then it holds for their least upper bound. ("lub is written in LaTeX as \sqcup). (1995-02-03)

Inclusive (a.). Comprehended in computation. In computing time, as ten days from a particular time, one day is generally to be included and one excluded.

Vide article Exclusive, and the authorities there cited.

Inclusively (adv.) 包含地;在內地 In an inclusive manner.

Incoach (v. t.) To put a coach. Incoact

Incoact (a.) Alt. of Incoacted.

Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] -- Coles.

Incoagulable (a.) Not coagulable.

Incoalescence (n.) The state of not coalescing.

Incocted (a.) Raw; indigestible. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

Incoercible (a.) (Physics) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its critical temperature.

Incoercible (a.) (Physics) That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.

Incoexistence (n.) The state of not coexisting. [Obs.] -- Locke.

Incog (adv.) Incognito.

Incogitable (a.) Not cogitable; inconceivable.

Incogitance (n.) Alt. of Incogitancy.

Incogitancy (n.) Want of thought, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness.

Incogitant (a.) 【罕】無思想的;不體諒的 Toughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] -- Milton.

Men are careless and incogitant. -- J. Goodman.

Compare: Thoughtless

Thoughtless (a.) 欠考慮的;不為他人著想的;粗心的 Not considering how your actions or words may upset someone.

// It was thoughtless not to call and say  you'd be late.

// She's not intentionally unkind - She's just a little thoughtless sometimes.

Compare: Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate (a.) (Disapproving) 不體諒別人的;不為他人著想的,自私的 [C1] Not thinking or worrying about other people or their feelings.

// Our neighbours are very inconsiderate - they're always playing loud music late at night. (Syn: selfish)

Incogitantly (adv.) In an incogitant manner.

Incogitative (a.) Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being.

Incogitativity (n.) The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking.

Incognita (n.) A woman who is unknown or in disguise.

Incognita (n.) The state of being in disguise; -- said of a woman.

Incognitant (a.) (obsolete) Ignorant.

Compare: Ignorant

Ignorant (a.) 無知的,不學無術的;沒有受教育的;不知道的 [F] [+of/ about] [+that] Lacking knowledge or information.   

// He is an  ignorant  old racist.

// She was  ignorant  about the dangers of the drug. -- often + of

// They were  ignorant  [=unaware]  of  the facts.

// He remains  ignorant of  the changes.

// We were  blissfully ignorant  of  the problems that had occurred.

Ignorant (a.)  Resulting from or showing a lack of knowledge

// It was an  ignorant  mistake.

// Ignorant  opinions.

Incognito (a. & adv.) Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

Incognitos (n. pl. ) of Incognito.

Incognito (a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.

Incognito (a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

Incognizable (a.) Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished.

Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.

Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.

Incognizant (a.) Lacking knowledge or awareness. Syn: unaware.

Incognoscible (a.) Incognizable. -- In`cog*nos"ci*bil"i*ty, n. Incoherence

Incognoscible (a.) Incapable of being perceived or known [syn: incognizable, incognoscible].

Incoherence (n.) 不連貫;不著邊際;無條理 Alt. of Incoherency.

Incoherency (n.) The quality or state of being incoherent; lack of coherence; lack of cohesion or adherence. -- Boyle.

Incoherency (n.) Lack of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; Lack of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc.

Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason. -- Locke.

Incoherency (n.) That which is incoherent.

Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous tautologies. -- South.

Incoherence (n.) Lack of cohesion or clarity or organization [syn: incoherence, incoherency] [ant: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness].

Incoherence (n.) Nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible [syn: incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility].

Incoherent (a.) 無條理的;不一貫的 Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. -- Woodward.

Incoherent (a.) Lacking logical coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected; rambling; -- of speech or discourse. "The same rambling, incoherent manner." -- Bp. Warburton.

Incoherent (a.) Exhibiting incoherent [2] speech or thought; -- of people; as, a confused and incoherent accident victim.

Incoherent (a.) Lacking harmony or congruity of parts.

Incoherent (a.) Without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation" [ant: coherent, consistent, logical, ordered].

Incoherent (a.) (Physics) Of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation [ant: coherent].

Incoherent (a.) Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue- tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief" [syn: incoherent, tongue-tied].

Incoherentific (a.) Causing incoherence. [R.]

Incoherently (adv.) 無條理地;鬆散地 In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherently (adv.) In an incoherent manner; "he talked incoherently when he drank too much" [ant: coherently].

Incoherentness (n.) 不相干性 Incoherence.

Incoincidence (n.) The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence. [R.]

Incoincident (a.) Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle.

Incolumity (n.) Safety; security. [Obs.] -- Howell.

Incomber (v. t.) See Encumber.

Compare: Encumber

Encumber (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.] [Written also incumber.] 妨礙;拖累;塞滿;阻塞 To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.

Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. -- Hooker.

Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.

Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.

Encumber (v.) Hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain].

Incombine (v. i.) To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Incombustibility (n.) 不燃性 The quality of being incombustible.

Incombustible (a.) 不燃性的 Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas.

Incombustible cloth, A tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*bus"ti*bly, adv.

Incombustible (a.) Not capable of igniting and burning [syn: noncombustible, incombustible] [ant: combustible].

Income (n.) 收入;收益;所得 [C] [U] A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] -- Shak.

More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. -- Bp. Rust.

At mine income I louted low. -- Drant.

Income (n.) That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.]

I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. -- Chapman.

Income (n.) That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income.

No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. -- Dryden.

Income (n.) (Physiol.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output.

Income bond, A bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies.

Income tax, A tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount.

Syn: Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts; interest; emolument; produce.

Income (n.) The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time [ant: expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending].

Income (n.) The gain which proceeds from property, labor, or business; it is applied particularly to individuals; the income of the government is usually called revenue.

Income (n.) It has been holden that a devise of the income of land, is in effect the same as a devise of the land itself. 9 Mass. 372; 1 Ashm. 136.

Income (n.)  The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the commonly accepted standards being artificial, arbitrary and fallacious; for, as "Sir Sycophas Chrysolater" in the play has justly remarked, "the true use and function of property (in whatsoever it consisteth -- coins, or land, or houses, or merchant-stuff, or anything which may be named as holden of right to one's own subservience) as also of honors, titles, preferments and place, and all favor and acquaintance of persons of quality or ableness, are but to get money.  Hence it followeth that all things are truly to be rated as of worth in measure of their serviceableness to that end; and their possessors should take rank in agreement thereto, neither the lord of an unproducing manor, howsoever broad and ancient, nor he who bears an unremunerate dignity, nor yet the pauper favorite of a king, being esteemed of level excellency with him whose riches are of daily accretion; and hardly should they whose wealth is barren claim and rightly take more honor than the poor and unworthy."

Income (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 收入;收益 Money that is earned from doing work or received from investments.

// Average incomes have risen by 4.5 percent over the past year.

// More help is needed for people on low incomes.

// I haven't had much income from my stocks and shares this year.

Incomer (n.) 進來者;新來者;移民 One who comes in.

Outgoers and incomers. -- Lew Wallace.

Incomer (n.) One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc. [Eng.]

Incoming (a.) 進來的;接踵而來的 Coming in; accruing.

A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. -- Burke.

Incoming (a.) Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.

Incoming (n.) 進來;收入 The act of coming in; arrival.

The incomings and outgoings of the trains. -- Dickens.

Incoming (n.) Income; gain. [R.]

Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations. -- Tooke.

Incoming (a.) Arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" [ant: outgoing].

Incoming (a.) Entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president" [ant: outgoing].

Incoming (n.) The act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming].

Incomity (n.) Lack of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.]

In commendam () (Law) See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership.

In commendam. () The state or condition of a church living, which is void or vacant, and it is commended to the care of some one. In, Louisiana, there is a species of partnership called a partnership in commendam. Vide Commendam.

Incommensurability (n.) The quality or state of being incommensurable. -- Reid.

Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.

They are quantities incommensurable. -- Burke. -- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly, adv.

Incommensurable (n.) One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

Incommensurable (a.) Impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence.

Incommensurable (a.) Not having a common factor.

Incommensurate (a.) Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

Incommensurate (a.) Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

Syn: Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate. -- In`com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. -- In`com*men"su*rate*ness, n.

Incommiscible (a.) Not commiscible; not mixable.

Incommixture (n.) A state of being unmixed; separateness. -- Sir T. Browne.

Incommodated (imp. & p. p.) of Incommodate.

Incommodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incommodate.

Incommodate (v. t.) To incommode. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Incommodation (n.) The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.]

Incommoded (imp. & p. p.) of Incommode.

Incommoding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incommode.

Incommode (v. t.) To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by lack of room.

Syn: To annoy; disturb; trouble; molest; disaccomodate; inconvenience; disquiet; vex; plague.

Incommode (n.) An inconvenience. [R.] -- Strype.

Incommode (v.) To cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother].

Incommodement (n.) The act of incommoded. [Obs.] -- Cheyne.

Incommodious (a.) Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.

Incommodious (a.) Uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations" [ant: commodious, convenient].

Incommodities (n. pl. ) of Incommodity.

Incommodity (n.) Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] --Bunyan.

A great incommodity to the body. -- Jer. Taylor.

Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. -- Hawthorne.

Incommunicability (n.) The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.

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