Part 5728

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Inculpate</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cul"pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inculpated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inculpating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>inculpatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inculpare</ets> to blame; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>culpa</ets> fault. See <er>Culpable</er>.]</ety> <note>[A word of recent introduction.]</note> <def>To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.</def>

<blockquote>That risk could only exculpate her and not <b>inculpate</b> them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inculpation</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`cul*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inculpation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Blame; censure; crimination.</def>

<i>Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Inculpatory</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cul"pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.</def>

<h1>Incult</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cult"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incultus</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>cultus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>colere</ets> to cultivate: cf. F. <ets>inculte</ets>.]</ety> <def>Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.</def>

<blockquote>Germany then, says Tacitus, was <b>incult</b> and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His style is diffuse and <b>incult</b>. <i>M. W. Shelley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incultivated</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cul"ti*va`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Uncultivated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Incultivation</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cul`ti*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of cultivation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Berington.</i>

<h1>Inculture</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cul"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>culture</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inculture</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Incumbency</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cum"ben*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Incumbencies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Incumbent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.</def> "The <i>incumbencies</i> of a family."