‖n. [ L. ] (Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Culpabilities [ Cf. F. culpabilité. ] The state of being culpable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413). [ 1913 Webster ]

If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

-- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatory sense. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coulpe, fr.L.culpa. ] Blameworthiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Banished out of the realme . . . without culpe. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Coupon. ] A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable. ] 1. One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating. ] [ LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault. ] To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. disculpation. ] Exculpation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to exculpate; exculpatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exculpated p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating (&unr_;). ] [ L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable. ] To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. [ 1913 Webster ]

He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.

Syn. -- To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. freed from any question of guilt; having suspicion of guilt eliminated.
Syn. -- absolved, cleared, exonerated, vindicated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. LL. exculpatio. ] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. “An exculpatory letter.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. inculper. See Inculpate. ] To inculpate. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inculpabilis: cf. F. incupable. ] Faultless; blameless; innocent. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

An innocent and incupable piece of ignorance. Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Blamelessness; faultlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Blamelessly. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inculpated p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating ] [ LL. inculpatus, p. p. of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable. ] [ A word of recent introduction. ] To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. Contrasted with exculpate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inculpation. ] Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Inculpatory. [ Narrower terms: accusatorial, accusatory, accusing; comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory; condemnatory, condemning ; criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory ; damnatory, damning ; recriminative, recriminatory ] Also See: guilty.
Syn. -- inculpatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Imputing blame; causing blame to be imputed to; criminatory; compromising; implicating. Opposite of exculpatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. insculpere: cf. F. insculper. See 1st In-, and Sculptor. ] To engrave; to carve; to sculpture. [ Obs. & R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which he insculped in two likely stones. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inscription. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An engraving, carving, or inscription. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Engraved. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + sculpture. ] A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Sculptor. ] To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. [ Obs. or Humorous. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also skulpin. ] (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lyra). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other related California species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sculptilis. See Sculptor. ] Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. &unr_; to carve: cf. F. sculpteur. ] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female sculptor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to sculpture. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture. ] 1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen
The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sculptured p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing. ] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inculpable; not blameworthy. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]