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<blockquote>A merchant of <b>incomparable</b> wealth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A new hypothesis . . . which hath the <b>incomparable</b> Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In*com"pa*ra*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Delights <b>incomparably</b> all those corporeal things. <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incompared</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*pared"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Peerless; incomparable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Incompass</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*com"pass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Encompass</er>.</def>

<h1>Incompassion</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*pas"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>compassion</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incompassion</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of compassion or pity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i>

<h1>Incompassionate</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*pas"sion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Incompatibility</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incompatibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.</def>

<h1>Incompatible</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>compatible</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incompatible</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[It was formerly sometimes written <asp>incompetible</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; <as>as, persons of <ex>incompatible</ex> tempers; <ex>incompatible</ex> colors, desires, ambition.</as></def>

<blockquote>A strength and obduracy of character <b>incompatible</b> with his meek and innocent nature. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.</def>

<cs><col>Incompatible terms</col> <fld>(Logic)</fld>, <cd>terms which can not be combined in thought.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See <er>Inconsistent</er>.</syn>

<h1>Incompatible</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med. & Chem.)</fld> <def>An incompatible substance; esp., in <pluf>pl.</pluf>, things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; <as>as, the <ex>incompatibles</ex> of iron</as>.</def>

<h1>Incompatibleness</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility.</def>