Incapacitate
(In`ca*pac"i*tate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incapacitated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating ]
[Pref. in- not + capacitate.]
1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age
incapacitated him for war.
2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance
of certain civil acts; to disqualify.
It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property.
Milman. Incapacitation
(In`ca*pac`i*ta"tion) n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
Burke.
Incapacity
(In`ca*pac"i*ty) n.; pl. Incapacities [Cf. F. incapacité.]
1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as,
the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.
Syn. — Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability.
Incapsulate
(In*cap"su*late) v. t. (Physiol.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane.
Incapsulation
(In*cap`su*la"tion) n. (Physiol.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of
being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.
Incarcerate
(In*car"cer*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarcerated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating ] [Pref.
in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.]
1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
Incarcerate
(In*car"cer*ate) a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More.
Incarceration
(In*car`cer*a"tion) n. [Cf. F. incarcération.]
1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill.
2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it
irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Incarcerator
(In*car"cer*a`tor) n. One who incarcerates.
Incarn
(In*carn") v. t. [Cf. F. incarner. See Incarnate.] To cover or invest with flesh. [R.] Wiseman.
Incarn
(In*carn"), v. i. To develop flesh. [R.] Wiseman.
Incarnadine
(In*car"na*dine) a. [F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf.
Carnation, Incarnate.] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [Obs.] Lovelace.
