Syn. — Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.
INCESSANTLY
In*ces"sant*ly, adv.
Defn: Unceasingly; continually. Shak.
INCESSION
In*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. incedere, incessum, to walk.]
Defn: Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.]
The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne.
INCEST In"cest, n. Etym: [F. inceste, L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste.]
Defn: The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. Shak. Spiritual incest. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.
INCESTTUOUS
In*cest"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. incestuosus: cf. F. incestueux.]
Defn: Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of
incest; as, an incestuous person or connection. Shak.
Ere you reach to this incestuous love, You must divine and human
rights remove. Dryden.
— In*cest"tu*ous*ly, adv.
— In*cest"tu*ous*ness, n.
INCH
Inch, n. Etym: [Gael. inis.]