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3. meager, paltry, puny; petty, trivial, trifling; little, small, minute, SI. dinky; Inf. small-time, SI. two-bit, SI. small potatoes.
-n. 4. incident, event, occurrence, occasion, circumstance; eventuality, contingency, juncture, conjuncture.

incidentally, adv. 1. casually, randomly, haphazardly; fortuitously, by chance, perchance, as it chanced, as luck would have it, by a piece of luck, by a fluke.
2. by the way, by the by, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis; in passing, en passant; speaking of, while on the subject, apropos or apropos of.

incinerate, v. burn, parch, bake, overbake, overcook, roast, scorch, scald, char; burn up, carbonize, reduce to ashes, cremate; torrefy, smelt, melt down, scorify.

incipient, adj. beginning, just begun, commencing, Archaic, inchoative; inceptive, inaugural, original, initial; nascent, newborn, a-borning, embryonic, em-bryonical, germinal, genetic, genetical; early, primitive, primal, prime, primordial, primigenial; inchoate, rudimentary, rudimental, elementary, basal, preparatory, fundamental, basic,

incise, v. 1. cut or cut into, make an incision, slit or slit open, gash; notch, nick, scratch, score, groove, furrow.
2. engrave, grave, Archaic, insculp, etch, carve, sculpt, sculpture.

incised, adj. 1. cut, slit, slashed, gashed; cut into, notched, nicked, grooved, furrowed; sulcated, cleft, cloven, split.
2. engraved, graven, Archaic, insculpt, etched, carved, Literary, carven, sculpted, sculptured,

incision, n. deep cut, slit, slash, gash; split, crack, cleft; furrow, groove, notch, nick, scratch,

incisive, adj. 1. penetrating, acid, caustic, tart, acrid, acrimonious, acerbic; cutting, sarcastic, satirical, sardonic, ironic, cynical; biting, trenchant, stinging, astringent; critical, disparaging, disapprobatory, censorious.
2. sharp, keen, alert, acute, piercing, right to the point; astute, astucious, perceptive, knowing, shrewd, canny, smart, perspicacious, judicious; clever, smart, sharp as a tack.

incisiveness, n. 1. trenchancy, acidity, acridity, acrimoniousness, acerbicity, pungency; sarcasm, satire, ridicule, irony, cynicism; criticism, disparagement, disapprobation, censorship.
2. sharpness, keenness, alertness, acuity, acumen, acuteness; discernment, astuteness, perception, knowledge, shrewdness, canniness, aptness, perspicacity, judiciousness.

incite, v. instigate, provoke, foment, actuate, urge, goad, spur, prompt, prod, prick, poke, thrust, push, drive, hound, egg on, put up to; excite, arouse, rouse, agitate, whip, whip up, work up, stir, stir up, wind up, inflame, fire, fire up, enkindle, kindle, touch off, Inf. psych up, Australian, sool; stimulate, animate, whet, invigorate, motivate, inspire, inspirit, rally, awaken, vivify, bestir, enliven, liven up, jolt, jog; encourage, abet, embolden, nerve, build up, buck up; induce, in-pel, constrain, press, move, force; persuade, exhort influence, prevail upon, sway, coax, wheedle; tempr lure, inveigle, beguile,

incitement, n. 1. instigation, provocation, fomentation, actuation, insistence, incitation; excitement, arousal, agitation, inflammation; stimulation, animation, invigoration, motivation, inspiration, vivifica-tion; encouragement, abetment, emboldenment; inducement, impulsion, obligation; persuasion, exhortation, influence, temptation, inveiglement, beguile-ment, enticement, blandishment.