Syn. — Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.

Inciter
(In*cit"er) n. One who, or that which, incites.

Incitingly
(In*cit"ing*ly), adv. So as to incite or stimulate.

Incito-motor
(In*ci`to-mo"tor) a. [L. incitus incited + E. motor.] (Physiol.) Inciting to motion; — applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.

Incito-motory
(In*ci`to-mo"to*ry) a. (Physiol.) Incitomotor.

Incivil
(In*civ"il) a. [L. incivilis; pref. in- not + civilis civil: cf. F. incivil.] Uncivil; rude. [Obs.] Shak.

Incivility
(In`ci*vil"i*ty) n.; pl. Incivilities [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.]

1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.

2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.

Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities.
Jer. Taylor.

3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Syn. — Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.

Incivilization
(In*civ`i*li*za"tion) n. [Pref. in- not + civilization.] The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.

Incivilly
(In*civ"il*ly) adv. Uncivilly. [Obs.] Shak.

Incivism
(In*civ"ism) n. [Pref. in- not + civism: cf. F. incivisme.] Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] Macaulay.

Inclamation
(In`cla*ma"tion) n. [L. inclamatio. See 1st In-, and Claim.] Exclamation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Inclasp
(In*clasp") v. t. [Pref. in- in + clasp. Cf. Enclasp.] To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.]

The flattering ivy who did ever see
Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree.
F. Beaumont.

Inclaudent
(In*clau"dent) a. Not closing or shutting.

Inclavated
(In"cla*va`ted) a. [LL. inclavatus; L. pref. in- in + clavare to fasten with nails, fr. clavus nail.] Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith.

Inclave
(In*clave") a. [See Inclavated.] (Her.) Resembling a series of dovetails; — said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

Incle
(In"cle) n. Same as Inkle.

Inclemency
(In*clem"en*cy) n.; pl. Inclemencies [L. inclementia: cf. F. inclémence.]


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