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† inˈcautelous, a. Obs. [f. in-3 + cautelous: cf. L. incautēla incaution.] Incautious, unwary, heedless.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Tri. i. xix, The bold Physitian too incautelous, By those he cures himselfe is murdered. 1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xxviii. 485 The wiles and stratagems it makes use of to ensnare the incautelous soul. a1734North Exam. ii. iv. §110 (1740) 288 All Advantage of Cavil at the Expressions of the Judges, if any had been incautelous, was lost. Hence † inˈcautelously adv.; also † inˈcautelousness.
1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xv. 144 This by incautelousnesse and Credulity. a1656Hales Rem., Serm. Rom. xiv. 1 (R.) We grow sick many times by incautelously conversing with the diseas'd. 1693Bampfield Repl. Dr. Wallis 32 If it were not written incautelously. |