Part 5684

<hw>In*cir`cum*scrip"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>circumscriptible</ets>: cf. LL. <ets>incircumscriptibilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being circumscribed or limited.</def>

<i>Cranmer.</i>

<h1>Incircumscription</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cir`cum*scrip"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Incircumspect</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cir"cum*spect</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>circumspect</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic.</def>

<i>Tyndale.</i>

<h1>Incircumspection</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cir`cum*spec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incirconspection</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of circumspection.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Incise</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incised</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incising</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>incisus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incidere</ets> to incise: cf. F. <ets>inciser</ets>. See <er>Incide</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.</def>

<blockquote>I on thy grave this epitaph <b>incise</b>. <i>T. Carew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.</def>

<h1>Incised</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cised"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cut in; carved; engraved.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.</def>

<h1>Incisely</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cise"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incised manner.</def>

<h1>Incision</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*ci"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incisio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incision</ets>. See <er>Incise</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Incisive</h1> <Xpage=744>