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<hw>In*cred"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incredible manner.</def>

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<hw>In*cred"it*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Uncredited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>In`cre*du"li*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incredu<?/itas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incr\'82dulit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being i<?/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.</def>

<blockquote>Of every species of <b>incredulity</b>, religious unbelief is the most irrational. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In*cred"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incredulus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Credulous</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>A fantastical <b>incredulous</b> fool. <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.</def> "An <i>incredulous</i> smile."

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Incredible; not easy to be believed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Incredulously</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cred"u*lous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.</def>

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<hw>In*cred"u*lous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Incredulity.</def>

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<hw>In*crem"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + L. <ets>cremabilis</ets> combustible, fr. <ets>cremare</ets> to burn.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>In"cre*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>cremate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate.</def>

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<hw>In`cre*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation.</def>

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<hw>In"cre*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incrementum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incr\'82ment</ets>. See <er>Increase</er>.]</ety>

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