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2. increase, enlargement, expansion, extension; widening, thickening, broadening; lengthening, prolongation, protraction; inflation, dilatation, dilation, waxing, swelling.
3. profit, benefits, bonus, interest, perquisite, rake-off, SI. cleanup, SI. velvet; earnings, winnings, returns; yield, gain, outcome, result, product, produce.
4. magnification, amplification, enhancement, deepening, heightening; escalation, acceleration, intensification; strengthening, reinforcement, concentration; exaggeration, overestimation, maximization, overstatement.
5. growth, development, upgrowth, maturation; upsurge, upturn, upswing, step-up; burgeoning, shooting up, springing up, sprouting; germination, pullulation, vegetation.
incriminate, v. 1. charge, accuse, indict, Law. arraign, Law. impute, criminate, recriminate, impeach, Rare, implead; blame, SI. pin or stick [s.t.] on [s.o.], hold [s.o.] accountable or responsible, lay at [s.o.'sj door, point the finger at [s.o.]; (all in reference to culpability) allege, ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, lay. 2. implicate, inculpate, (of an innocent person) Inf. frame; involve, entangle, ensnare, enmesh, SI. drag or suck [s.o.] into [s.t.]; inform against, SI. rat on, SI. fink, squeal.
incrust, v. 1. overlay, face, veneer; tile, pave, tar, cement; cover, line, coat, paint, wallpaper, whitewash, stucco, plaster; plate, enamel, lacquer, japan, varnish, glaze.
2. inlay, set; ornament, embellish, decorate, adorn, gild, emboss.
incrustation, n. 1. crust, hard coating, incrustant, scab, covering; casing, shell, hull, husk, rind, skin, bark, Bot. cortex.
2. inlay, inlaying, setting; ornament, ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment, gilding, embossing.
incubate, v. 1. (all of eggs) sit on or upon, brood, hatch; put or keep in an incubator.
2. give form to, raise, bring up, nurture, nurse, take care of, help develop or grow.
3. develop, grow, take form, mature.
incubus, n. 1. demon, fiend, evil spirit, devil, ca-codemon; ghoul, vampire, werewolf, lycanthrope, Fr. loup garou; goblin, hobgoblin, gremlin; banshee.
2. nightmare, succubus; night horror, bad dream, haunting fear, dread; chimera, phantasmagoria.
3. burden, load, care, anxiety, pressure, stress; oppression, weight, strain, tax, affliction, cross, trouble, trial, sorrow; encumbrance, dead weight, drag, impediment, handicap, millstone around one's neck, hindrance, Archaic, fardel.
inculcate, v. instill, infix, implant, ingrain, infuse, impregnate, imbue; teach, train, instruct, enlighten, guide; indoctrinate, beat or hammer into, drill, prime, ground; preach, propagandize, insinuate; influence, affect, bias, incline, initiate, inspire,
inculpable, adj. blameless, guiltless, moral, virtuous; upright, uncensurable, irreproachable, unimpeachable, above suspicion, like Caesar's wife; innocent, innocent as a newborn babe, stainless, spotless,
inculpate, v. charge, accuse, indict, Law. arraign, Law. impute, incriminate, criminate, recriminate, impeach, Rare, implead. See - incriminate (defs. 1, 2). inculpatory, adj. recriminatory, imputing blame, accusative, accusatory, denunciatory; implicating, exposing, revealing, incriminating, incriminatory, damning.