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Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

Not cogitable; inconceivable. Sir T. More.

ught, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness. 'T is folly and incogitancy to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little communicate. Glanvill.

Toughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] Milton. Men are careless and incogitant. J. Goodman.

In an incogitant manner.

Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being. Locke.

The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking. Wollaston.

h the finger; to indicate. [Obs.] The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand indigitate six hundred. Sir T. Browne.

The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle. Cleveland.

so swallowed. E. Darwin. He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine. Bacon.

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

To interweave. [R.]

The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Owen.

The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.

The bestowment of a largess or gift. [Obs.]