Part 5670

<hw>In`ca*pac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Incapacities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incapacit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; <as>as, the <ex>inacapacity</ex> of minors to make binding contracts, etc.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability.</syn>

<h1>Incapsulate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*cap"su*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To inclose completely, as in a membrane.</def>

<h1>Incapsulation</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*cap`su*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; <as>as, <ex>incapsulation</ex> of the ovum in the uterus</as>.</def>

<h1>Incarcerate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"cer*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incarcerated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incarcerating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>carceratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>carcerare</ets> to imprison, fr. <ets>carcer</ets> prison.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To imprison; to confine in a jail or priso<?/.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.</def>

<cs><col>Incarcerated hernia</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.</cd></cs>

<h1>Incarcerate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"cer*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imprisoned.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Incarceration</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car`cer*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incarc\'82ration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.</def>

<h1>Incarcerator</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"cer*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who incarcerates.</def>

<h1>Incarn</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*carn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incarner</ets>. See <er>Incarnate</er>.]</ety> <def>To cover or invest with flesh.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Incarn</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*carn"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To develop flesh.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>