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.]