Part 5678

<blockquote>The <b>incertitude</b> and instability of this life. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He fails . . . from mere <b>incertitude</b> or irresolution. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incertum</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cer"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Doubtful; not of definite form.</def>

<cs><col>Opus incertum</col> <fld>(Anc. Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.</cd></cs>

<h1>Incessable</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ces"sa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incessabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cessare</ets> to cease.]</ety> <def>Unceasing; continual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shelton</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In*ces"sa*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Incessancy</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ces"san*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Incessant</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.</def>

<i>Dr. T. Dwight.</i>

<h1>Incessant</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ces"sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incessans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cessare</ets> to cease: cf. F. <ets>incessant</ets>. See <er>Cease</er>.]</ety> <def>Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; <as>as, <ex>incessant</ex> clamors; <ex>incessant</ex> pain, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Against the castle gate, . . . Which with <b>incessant</b> force and endless hate, They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.</syn>

<h1>Incessantly</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ces"sant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Unceasingly; continually.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Incession</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*ces"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incedere</ets>, <ets>incessum</ets>, to walk.]</ety> <def>Motion on foot; progress in walking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>incession</b> or local motion of animals. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incest</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In"cest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>inceste</ets>, L. <ets>incestum</ets> unchastity, incest, fr. <ets>incestus</ets> unchaste; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>castus</ets> chaste. See <er>Chaste</er>.]</ety> <def>The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Spiritual incest</col>. <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.</cd></cs>

<h1>Incesttuous</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cest"tu*ous</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incestuosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incestueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; <as>as, an <ex>incestuous</ex> person or connection</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Ere you reach to this <b>incestuous</b> love, You must divine and human rights remove. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>