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<h1>Incoalescence</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`co*a*les"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of not coalescing.</def>

<h1>Incocted</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*coct"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Concoct</er>.]</ety> <def>Raw; indigestible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Incoercible</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`co*er"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>coercible</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incoercible</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its <i>critical</i> point; -- also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of liquefaction at any temperature or pressure.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.</def>

<h1>Incoexistence</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`co*ex*ist"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of not coexisting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Incog</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Incognito.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Depend upon it -- he'll remain <b>incog</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incogitable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"i*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incogitabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cogitabilis</ets> cogitable.]</ety> <def>Not cogitable; inconceivable.</def>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Incogitance, Incogitancy</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw><hw>In*cog"i*tance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*cog"i*tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incogitantia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of thought, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness.</def>

<blockquote>'T is folly and <b>incogitancy</b> to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little communicate. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incogitant</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"i*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incogitans</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cogitans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>cogitare</ets> to think. See <er>Cogitate</er>.]</ety> <def>Toughtless; inconsiderate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Men are careless and <b>incogitant</b>. <i>J. Goodman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incogitantly</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"i*tant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incogitant manner.</def>

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