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<h1>Incorporeally</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`cor*po"re*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incorporeal manner.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Incorporeity</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*cor`po*re"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>corporeity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorpor\'82ite</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.</def>

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<h1>Incorpse</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*corpse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To incorporate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Incorrect</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`cor*rect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorrectus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorrect</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Correct</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.</def>

<blockquote>The piece, you think, is <b>incorrect</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; <as>as, an <ex>incorrect</ex> statement or calculation</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; <as>as, <ex>incorrect</ex> conduct</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It shows a will most <b>incorrect</b> to heaven. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The wit of the last age was yet more <b>incorrect</b> than their language. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.</syn>

<h1>Incorrection</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`cor*rec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>correction</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incorrection</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of correction, restraint, or discipline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Arnway.</i>

<h1>Incorrectly</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`cor*rect"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; <as>as, a writing <ex>incorrectly</ex> copied; testimony <ex>incorrectly</ex> stated.</as></def>

<h1>Incorrectness</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`cor*rect"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as <i>incorrectness</i> may in defect or in redundance.</def>

<h1>Incorrespondence, Incorrespondency</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw><hw>In*cor`re*spond"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*cor`re*spond"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Incorresponding</h1> <Xpage=747>

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