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Webster 1913 Edition
Incompatible
Inˊcom-pat′i-ble
,Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not + compatible
: cf. F. incompatible
.] [It was formerly sometimes written
incompetible
.] 1.
Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing;
as, persons of
incompatible
tempers; incompatible
colors, desires, ambition.A strength and obduracy of character
incompatible
with his meek and innocent nature. Southey.
2.
(Chem.)
Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Syn. – Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See
Inconsistent
. Inˊcom-pat′i-ble
,Noun.
(Med. & Chem.)
An incompatible substance; esp., in
pl.
, things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the
. incompatibles
of ironWebster 1828 Edition
Incompatible
INCOMPAT'IBLE
,Adj.
1.
Inconsistent; that cannot subsist with something else. Thus, truth and falsehood are essentially incompatible, as are virtue and vice. A degree of cold that congeals water is incompatible with vegetation. Dissipation is incompatible with health, reputation and virtue.2.
Irreconcilably different or disagreeing; incongruous; as incompatible tempers.3.
Legally or constitutionally inconsistent; that cannot be united in the same person, without violating the law or constitution. By our constitution, the offices of a legislator and of a judge are incompatible,as they cannot be held at the same time by the same person.