Defn: Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers. See
Prime numbers, under Prime.
INCOMPOSSIBLE In`com*pos"si*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.]
Defn: Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.
[Obs.]
Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor.
— In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]
INCOMPREHENSE
In*com`pre*hense", a. Etym: [L. incomprehensus.]
Defn: Incomprehensible. [Obs.] "Incomprehense in virtue." Marston.
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY
In*com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incompréhensibilité.]
Defn: The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability. The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christian faith. South.
INCOMPREHENSIBLE In*com`pre*hen"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See In- not, and Comprehensible.]
1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker.
2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. Milton. — In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. — In*com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.