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incarcerate
vt.
3at#ed, 3at#ing 5< ML incarceratus, pp. of incarcerare, to imprison < L in, in + carcer, prison6
1 to imprison; jail
2 to shut up; confine
in[car#cer[a4tion
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in[car4cer[a#tor
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incendiary
adj.
5L incendiarius, setting on fire, an incendiary < incendium, a fire < incendere: see fol.6
1 having to do with the willful destruction of property by fire
2 causing or designed to cause fires, as certain substances, bombs, etc.
3 willfully stirring up strife, riot, rebellion, etc.
n.,
pl. 3ar#ies
1 a person who willfully destroys property by fire
2 a person who willfully stirs up strife, riot, rebellion, etc.
3 an incendiary bomb, substance, etc.
in[cen4di[a[rism# 73dc ! riz#!m8
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iincisive
adj.
5ML incisivus < L incisus: see INCISE6
1 cutting into
2 sharp; keen; penetrating; acute !an incisive mind"
3 of the incisors
in[ci4sive[ly
adv.
in[ci4sive[ness
n.
SYN.—incisive is applied to speech or writing that seems to penetrate directly to the heart of the matter, resulting in a clear and unambiguous statement [an incisive criticism]; trenchant implies clean-cut expression that results in sharply defined categories, differences, etc. [a trenchant analysis]; cutting implies incisive qualities but also connotes such harshness or sarcasm as to hurt the feelings [his cutting allusion to her inefficiency]; biting implies a caustic or stinging quality that makes a deep impression on the mind [his biting satire]
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incipient
adj.
5L incipiens, prp. of incipere, to begin, lit., take up < in3, in, on + capere, to take: see HAVE6 in the first stage of existence; just beginning to exist or to come to notice !an incipient illness"
in[cip$i[ence or in[cip$i[en[cy
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You makin' a mess a the Stales Index.
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Dear Faldage: to which of my many crimes do you refer?
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All this posting without increasing the number of views.
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Dear Faldage: Do you feel my posting in this long unused forum deprives anyone?
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I'm just saying you're making a mess of the stales index. That's all I'm saying.
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And what the badword is the "stales index" and why need I be conceerned about it?
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