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Incubus [with Physicians]
Incubus [with Physicians] a Disease called the Night-Mare, proceeding from raw Humours ascending into the brain,
and stopping the Course of the animal Spirits, which opresses People in their Sleep,
and seems as if a great Weight were lying upon them.
L.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Incubus *
Indoˊcibleness, or Indo’cilness, or Indoci’lity