n. [ Pref. circum- + L. incedere, incessum, to walk. ] (Theol.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Convinced p. pr. & vb. n. Convincing. ] [ L. convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere to conquer. See Victor, and cf. Convict. ] 1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To prove guilty; to convict. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which of you convinceth me of sin? John viii. 46. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek not to convince me of a crime
Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. Dryden.

Syn. -- To persuade; satisfy; convict. -- To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of a convincement. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make unlike a prince. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . .
And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evinced p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing ] [ L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict. ] 1. To conquer; to subdue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. franc free, pure + encens incense. ] A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L. incedere to walk majestically. ] Majestically. [ R. ] C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. incendere, incensum, to kindle, burn. See Incense to inflame. ] To inflame; to excite. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Incendiary. ] The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incendiaries [ L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on fire; a firebomb. --
Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incendiosus burning, hot. ] Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [ Obs. ] Bacon. -- In*cen"di*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ See Incense to anger. ] (Her.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) The offering of incense. [ R. ] Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incensed p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing. ] [ L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See Candle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense
Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people are incensed him. Shak.

Syn. -- To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incensed p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing. ] [ LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See Incense, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. “Incensed with wanton sweets.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thick cloud of incense went up. Ezek. viii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. Lev. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride,
With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incense tree, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the Chrysobalanus Icaco, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree. --
Incense wood, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree Bursera heptaphylla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Breathing or exhaling incense. “Incense-breathing morn.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Angered; enraged. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who instigates or incites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incensio. See Incense to inflame. ] The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incensories [ LL. incensorium: cf. F. encensoir. See 2d Incense, and cf. Censer. ] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + censurable: cf. F. incensurable. ] Not censurable. Dr. T. Dwight. -- In*cen"sur*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Geom.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant, Chant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Part incentive reed
Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incentivum. ] That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in it. South.

Syn. -- Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Incitingly; encouragingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. Rawle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reception; a taking in. [ R. ] Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative. -- In*cep"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. An inceptive word, phrase, or clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. A beginner; one in the rudiments. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incerare to smear with wax; pref. in- in + cerare to wax, fr. cera wax: cf. F. incération. ] The act of smearing or covering with wax. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + certain: cf. F. incertain, L. incertus. See Certain. ] Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

n. Uncertainty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incertitude, LL. incertitudo, fr. L. incertus. See Incertain. ] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incertitude and instability of this life. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. Doubtful; not of definite form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Opus incertum (Anc. Arch.), a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incessabilis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease. ] Unceasing; continual. [ Obs. ] Shelton. -- In*ces"sa*bly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Incessant. ] The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease. ] Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against the castle gate,
. . . Which with incessant force and endless hate,
They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. Spenser.

Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unceasingly; continually. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incedere, incessum, to walk. ] Motion on foot; progress in walking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. inceste, L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste. ] The crime of cohabitation or sexual intercourse between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law; broadly, sexual relations between closely related persons, usually taken as first cousins or closer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Spiritual incest. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incestuosus: cf. F. incestueux. ] 1. Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, incest; as, an incestuous person or connection. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere you reach to this incestuous love,
You must divine and human rights remove. Dryden.

2. resembling incest; between people or groups so closely related as to make such activity improper or unethical; as, an incestuous coziness between the management of the company and its union; an incestuous relationship between the salesman and the purchasing manager. [ PJC ]

-- In*cest"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- In*cest"tu*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]