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<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Incautious</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*cau"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cautious</ets>: cf. L. <ets>incautus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; <as>as, an <ex>incautious</ex> step; an <ex>incautious</ex> remark.</as></def>

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<blockquote>You . . . <b>incautious</b> tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. <i>Francis.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any <b>incautious</b> reader. <i>Keill.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*cau"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In*cau"tious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Incavated</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In"ca*va`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incavatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incavare</ets> to make hollow: pref <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>cavare</ets> to hollow out, fr. <ets>cavus</ets> hollow.]</ety> <def>Made hollow; bent round or in.</def>

<h1>Incavation</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In`ca*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression.</def>

<h1>Incaved</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*caved"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>cave</ets>. Cf. <er>Encave</er>, <er>Incavated</er>.]</ety> <def>Inclosed in a cave.</def>

<h1>Incaverned</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cav"erned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.</def>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Incedingly</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ced"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incedere</ets> to walk majestically.]</ety> <def>Majestically.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Incelebrity</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In`ce*leb"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Incend</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incendere</ets>, <ets>incensum</ets>, to kindle, burn. See <er>Incense</er> to inflame.]</ety> <def>To inflame; to excite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Incendiarism</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cen"di*a*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Incendiary</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.</def>

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