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Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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  1. a. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
  2. a. Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
  3. n. One who is unchaste.
  4. adv. Incontinently; instantly immediately.
  5. adj. not having control over urination and defecation
  6. 1. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd. 2. (Med.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations. One who is unchaste. B. Jonson. Incontinently; instantly immediately. [Obs.] He says he will return incontinent. Shak.
  7. j:100 a. not having control over urination and defecation