Part 5699

<h1>Incommunicability</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incommunicabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.</def>

<h1>Incommunicable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incommunicabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incommunicable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Communicable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others.</def>

<blockquote>Health and understanding are <b>incommunicable</b>. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those <b>incommunicable</b> relations of the divine love. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Incommunicated</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not communicated or imparted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Incommunicating</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca`ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no communion or intercourse with each other.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Incommunicative</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; <as>as, the messenger was <ex>incommunicative</ex></as>; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive.</def>

<blockquote>The Chinese . . . an <b>incommunicative</b> nation. <i>C. Buchanan.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<blockquote>His usual <b>incommunicativeness</b>. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incommutability</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incommutabilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incommutabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being incommutable.</def>

<h1>Incommutable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*mut"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incommutabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incommutable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Commutable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another.</def> <i>Cudworth</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In`com*mut"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`com*mut"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Incompact, Incompacted</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw><hw>In`com*pact"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In`com*pact"ed</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Incomparable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*com"pa*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incomparabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incomparable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Comparable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.</def>