Part 5694

<h1>Incogitative</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"i*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; <as>as, a vegetable is an <ex>incogitative</ex> being</as>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Incogitativity</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog`i*ta*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking.</def>

<i>Wollaston.</i>

<h1>Incognita</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Incognito</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman who is unknown or in disguise.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being in disguise; -- said of a woman.</def>

<h1>Incognitant</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ignorant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Incognito</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. &or; adv.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>incognito</ets>, masc., <ets>incognita</ets>, fem., L. <ets>incognitus</ets> unknown; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cognitus</ets> known, p. p. of <ets>cognoscere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incognito</ets>, fr. <er>It</er>. See <er>Cognition</er>.]</ety> <def>Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.</def>

<blockquote>'T was long ago Since gods come down <b>incognito</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The prince royal of Persia came thither <b>incognito</b>. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incognito</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*to</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Incognitos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Incognito</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>incognito</b> was endangered. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incognizable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*za*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished.</def>

<i>H. Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi, but a distinct branch, now become <b>incognizable</b>. <i>Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incognizance</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*cog"ni*zance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>incognizance</b> may be explained. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>