In*cant"a*to*ry (?), a. Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.
In*cant"ing, a. Enchanting. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
In*can"ton (?), v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate
community. Addison.
In*ca`pa*bil"i*ty (?), n. 1. The quality of being incapable;
incapacity. Suckling.
2. (Law) Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as,
incapability of holding an office.
In*ca"pa*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + capable: cf. F. incapable, L.
incapabilis incomprehensible.]
1. Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view;
not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength,
mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a
certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension,
of perseverance, of reform, etc.
2. Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally
strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as,
incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
3. Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able
to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or
injury.
4. (Law) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under
thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of
president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is
thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under
the government.
5. (Mil.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when
an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his
country.
Incapable is often used elliptically.
Is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairs?
Shak.
Syn. -- Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate;
deficient; disqualified. See Incompetent.
In*ca"pa*ble, n. One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an
imbecile; a simpleton.
In*ca"pa*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being incapable;
incapability.
In*ca"pa*bly, adv. In an incapable manner.
In`ca*pa"cious (?), a. [Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax
incapable.] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an
incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness, n.
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.
In`ca*pac`i*ta"tion (?), n. The act of incapacitating or state of being
incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke.