1. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance. Milton.
2. That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or
pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.
3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]
Incisive
(In*ci"sive) a. [Cf. F. incisif.]
1. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
"An incisive, high voice." G. Eliot.
And her incisive smile accrediting
That treason of false witness in my blush.
Mrs. Browning. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
Incisor
(In*ci"sor) n. [NL.] (Anat.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth.
See Tooth.
Incisor
(In*ci"sor), a. Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an
incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.
Incisory
(In*ci"so*ry) a. Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.
Incisure
(In*cis"ure) n. [L. incisura: cf. F. incisure.] A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham.
Incitant
(In*cit"ant) a. [L. incitans, -antis, p. pr. of incitare. See Incite.] Inciting; stimulating.
Incitant
(In*cit"ant), n. That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant. E. Darwin.
Incitation
(In`ci*ta"tion) n. [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]
1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
The noblest incitation to honest attempts.
Tatler. Incitative
(In*cit"a*tive) n. A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant. [R.] Jervas.
Incite
(In*cite") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inciting.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare
to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See Cite.] To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.
Bacon.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite.
Shak. Syn. — Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate.
See Excite.
Incitement
(In*cite"ment) n. [Cf. F. incitement.]
1. The act of inciting.
2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke.
From the long records of a distant age,
Derive incitements to renew thy rage.
Pope.
