Imageless
Im´age•less, a. Having no image. Shelley.

Imager
Im´a•ger, n. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]
"Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager." Holland.

Imagery
Im´age•ry (im"aj•ry; 277), n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak.
"In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery." Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
"What can thy imagery of sorrow mean?" Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
"The imagery of a melancholic fancy." Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
"I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery." Dryden.

Imaginability
Im•ag•i•na•bil´i•ty, n. Capacity for imagination. [R.] Coleridge.

Imaginable
Im•ag´i•na•ble, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable.
"Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable." Tillotson. — Im•ag´i•na•ble•ness, n. — Im•ag´i•na•bly, adv.

Imaginal
Im•ag´i•nal, a. [L. imaginalis.]
1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an imago. Imaginal disks (Zoöl.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvae of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed.

Imaginant
Im•ag´i•nant, a. [L. imaginans, p. pr. of imaginari: cf. F. imaginant.] Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] Bacon. — n. An imaginer. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Imaginarily
Im•ag´i•na•ri•ly, a. In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson.

Imaginariness
Im•ag´i•na•ri•ness, n. The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.

Imaginary
Im•ag´i•na•ry, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
"Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?" Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. — Imaginary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as rad.-9, a + b rad.- 1. — Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence.
Syn. — Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive.

Imaginary
Im•ag´i•na•ry, n. (Alg.) An imaginary expression or quantity.

Imaginate
Im•ag´i•nate, a. Imaginative. [Obs.] Holland.

Imagination
Im•ag•i•na´tion, n. [OE. imaginacionum, F. imagination, fr. L. imaginatio. See Imagine.]
1. The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.
"Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense; if absent, is imagination." Glanvill.
"Imagination is of three kinds: joined with belief of that which is to come; joined with memory of that which is past; and of things present, or as if they were present." Bacon.
2. The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
"The imagination of common language — the productive imagination of philosophers — is nothing but the representative process plus the process to which I would give the name of the "comparative."" Sir W. Hamilton.
"The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions, and to recombine the elements of them at its pleasure, is called its faculty of imagination." I. Taylor.
"The business of conception is to present us with an exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have moreover a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power." Stewart.
3. The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.
"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact … The poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name." Shak.
4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. Shak.
Syn. — Conception; idea; conceit; fancy; device; origination; invention; scheme; design; purpose; contrivance. — Imagination, Fancy. These words have, to a great extent, been interchanged by our best writers, and considered as strictly synonymous. A distinction, however, is now made between them which more fully exhibits their nature. Properly speaking, they are different exercises of the same general power — the plastic or creative faculty. Imagination consists in taking parts of our conceptions and combining them into new forms and images more select, more striking, more delightful, more terrible, etc., than those of ordinary nature. It is the higher exercise of the two. It creates by laws more closely connected with the reason; it has strong emotion as its actuating and formative cause; it aims at results of a definite and weighty character. Milton’s fiery lake, the debates of his Pandemonium, the exquisite scenes of his Paradise, are all products of the imagination. Fancy moves on a lighter wing; it is governed by laws of association which are more remote, and sometimes arbitrary or capricious. Hence the term fanciful, which exhibits fancy in its wilder flights. It has for its actuating spirit feelings of a lively, gay, and versatile character; it seeks to please by unexpected combinations of thought, startling contrasts, flashes of brilliant imagery, etc. Pope’s Rape of the Lock is an exhibition of fancy which has scarcely its equal in the literature of any country. — "This, for instance, Wordsworth did in respect of the words •imagination’ and •fancy.’ Before he wrote, it was I suppose, obscurely felt by most that in •imagination’ there was more of the earnest, in •fancy’ of the play of the spirit; that the first was a loftier faculty and gift than the second; yet for all this words were continually, and not without loss, confounded. He first, in the preface to his Lyrical Ballads, rendered it henceforth impossible that any one, who had read and mastered what he has written on the two words, should remain unconscious any longer of the important difference between them." Trench.
"The same power, which we should call fancy if employed on a production of a light nature, would be dignified with the title of imagination if shown on a grander scale." C. J. Smith.

Imaginationalism
Im•ag•i•na´tion•al•ism, n. Idealism. J. Grote.

Imaginative
Im•ag´i•na•tive, a. [F. imaginatif.]
1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
"In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element." Mure.
2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
"Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind." Coleridge.
3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Im•ag´i•na•tive•ly, adv. — Im•ag´i•na•tive•ness, n.

Imagine
Im•ag´ine, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imagined p. pr. & vb. n. Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.]
1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
"In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!" Shak.
2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
"How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?" Ps. lxii. 3.
3. To represent to one’s self; to think; to believe. Shak.
Syn. — To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.

Imagine
Im•ag´ine, v. i.
1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
2. To think; to suppose.
"My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine." Milton.

Imaginer
Im•ag´in•er, n. One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon.

Imaginous
Im•ag´in•ous, a. Imaginative. [R.] Chapman.

Imago
I•ma´go, n. ; pl. Imagoes (#). [L. See Image.]
1. An image.
2. (Zoöl.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant- lion, and Army worm. { I•mam´, I•man´, I•maum´ } n. [Ar. imam.]
1. Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.

Imbalm
Im•balm´, v. t. See Embalm.

Imband
Im•band´, v. t. To form into a band or bands. "Imbanded nations." J. Barlow.

Imbank
Im•bank´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbanked p. pr. & vb. n. Imbanking.] [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf. Embank.] To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.

Imbar
Im•bar´, v. t. To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]
"To imbar their crooked titles." Shak.

Imbargo
Im•bar´go, n. See Embargo.

Imbase
Im•base´, v. t. See Embase.

Imbase
Im•base´, v. i. To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.

Imbastardize
Im•bas´tard•ize, v. t. To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton.

Imbathe
Im•bathe´, v. t. [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.] To bathe; to wash freely; to immerse.
"And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel." Milton.

Imbecilitate
Im•be•cil´i•tate, v. t. To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] A. Wilson.

Imbecility
Im•be•cil´i•ty, n. ; pl. Imbecilities (#). [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imbecillite.] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
"Cruelty … argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind." Sir W. Temple. This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one’s power to act reasonably or intelligently.
Syn. — Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See Debility.

Imbenching
Im•bench´ing, n. [Pref. im- in + bench.] A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.

Imber-goose
Im´ber-goose, n. (Zoöl.) The loon. See Ember-goose.

Imbibition
Im•bi•bi´tion, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.

Imbitter
Im•bit´ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbittered p. pr. & vb. n. Imbittering.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter.] [Written also embitter.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
"Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame?" South.
"Imbittered against each other by former contests." Bancroft.

Imbitterment
Im•bit´ter•ment, n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.

Imblaze
Im•blaze´, v. t. See Emblaze.

Imborder
Im•bor´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbordered p. pr. & vb. n. Imbordering.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf. Emborder.] To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.

Imbosom
Im•bos´om, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbosomed p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosoming.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. Embosom.]
1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as a house imbosomed in a grove. "Villages imbosomed soft in trees." Thomson.
"The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son." Milton.

Imbow
Im•bow´, v. t. [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. Embow.] To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. "Imbowed windows." Bacon.

Imbox
Im•box´, v. t. To inclose in a box.

Imbracery
Im•bra´cer•y, n. Embracery. [Obs.]

Imbraid
Im•braid´, v. t. [Obs.] See Embraid.

Imbreed
Im•breed´, v. t. [Cf. Inbreed.] To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill. { Im´bri•cate, Im´bri•ca•ted } a. [L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.

Imbrication
Im•bri•ca´tion, n. [Cf. F. imbrication.] An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.

Imbricative
Im´bri•ca•tive, a. (Bot.) Imbricate.

Imbrocado
Im•bro•ca´do, n. ; pl. Imbrocadoes (#). [See Brocade.] Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.] { Im•bro•ca´ta, Im•broc•ca´ta }, n. [It. imbroccata.] A hit or thrust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Imbrute
Im•brute´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.] To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
"And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate and imbrute." Milton.

Imbrute
Im•brute´, v. i. To sink to the state of a brute.
"The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being." Milton.

Imbrutement
Im•brute´ment, n. The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.] Brydges.

Imbue
Im•bue´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbued p. pr. & vb. n. Imbuing.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. Imbibe.]
1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
"Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety." Milton.

Imburse
Im•burse´, v. t. [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one’s purse. See Burse, and Purse.] To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]

Imbution
Im•bu´tion, n. An imbuing. [Obs.]

Imesatin
I•mes´a•tin, n. [ Imid e + i satin.] (Chem.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.

Imide
Im´ide, n. (Chem.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; — frequently used as a combining form; as succin imide.

Imido
Im´i•do, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group. Imido acid, an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid; as uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.

Imitability
Im•it•a•bil´i•ty, n. [See Imitable.] The quality of being imitable. Norris.

Imitancy
Im´i•tan•cy, n. [From L. imitans, p. pr. of imitare.] Tendency to imitation. [R.] Carlyle.

Imitate
Im´i•tate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imitated p. pr. & vb. n. Imitating ] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. Image.]
1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
"Despise wealth and imitate a dog." Cowlay.
2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
"A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature’s work by art can imitate." Spenser.
"This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield." Dryden.
3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.

Imitative
Im´i•ta•tive, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
"This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace." Dryden.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance to something else; as imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. — Im´i•ta•tive•ly, adv. — Im´i•ta•tive•ness, n.

Imitative
Im´i•ta•tive, n. (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

Imitator
Im´i•ta´tor, n. [L.] One who imitates.

Imitatorship
Im´i•ta•tor•ship, n. The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." Marston.

Imitatress
Im´i•ta•tress, n. A woman who is an imitator.

Imitatrix
Im´i•ta•trix, n. An imitatress.

Immaculate
Im•mac´u•late, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See Mail armor.] Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
"Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate." Denham.
"Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain." Shak. Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. — Im•mac´u•late•ly, adv. — Im•mac´u•late•ness, n.

Immalleable
Im•mal´le•a•ble, a. Not maleable.

Immanacle
Im•man´a•cle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immanacled p. pr. & vb. n. Immanacling ] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.
"Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled." Milton.

Immane
Im•mane´, a. [L. immanis.] Very great; huge; vast; also monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." Chapman. — Im•mane´ly, adv. [Obs.] { Im´ma•nence, Im´ma•nen•cy } n. The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.
"[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the world." A. V. G. Allen.

Immanent
Im´ma•nent, a. [L. immanens, p. pr. of immanere to remain in or near; pref. im- in + manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.] Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; — opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.
"A cognition is an immanent act of mind." Sir W. Hamilton.
"An immanent power in the life of the world." Hare.

Immanifest
Im•man´i•fest, a. Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Immanity
Im•man´i•ty, n. [L. immanitas.] The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.

Immantle
Im•man´tle, v. t. See Emmantle. [R.]

Immarcescible
Im•mar•ces´ci•ble, a. [L. immarcescibilis; pref. im- not + marcescere to fade: cf. F. immarcescible.] Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Immarcescibly
Im•mar•ces´ci•bly, adv. Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Immarginate
Im•mar´gin•ate, a. (Bot.) Not having a distinctive margin or border. Grey.

Immartial
Im•mar´tial, a. Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]

Immask
Im•mask´, v. t. To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] Shak.

Immatchable
Im•match´a•ble, a. Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.

Immaterial
Im•ma•te´ri•al (im•ma•te"ri• al), a. [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immateriel.]
1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
"Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual." Hooker.
2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.
Syn. — Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling.

Immaterialism
Im•ma•te´ri•al•ism, n. [Cf. F. immaterialisme.]
1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley’s theory of idealism.

Immaterialist
Im•ma•te´ri•al•ist, n. [Cf. F. immaterialiste.] (Philos.) One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.

Immateriality
Im•ma•te•ri•al´i•ty, n. ; pl. Immaterialities (#). [Cf. F. immaterialite.] The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as the immateriality of the soul.

Immaterialize
Im•ma•te´ri•al•ize, v. t. [Cf. F. immaterialiser.] To render immaterial or incorporeal.
"Immateralized spirits." Glanvill.

Immaterially
Im•ma•te´ri•al•ly, adv.
1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.
2. In an unimportant manner or degree.

Immaterialness
Im•ma•te´ri•al•ness, n. The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.

Immateriate
Im•ma•te´ri•ate, a. Immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon.

Immature
Im•ma•ture´, a. [L. immaturus; pref. im- not + maturus mature, ripe. See Mature.]
1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." Bacon.
2. Premature; untimely; too early; as an immature death. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Immaturely
Im•ma•ture´ly, adv. In an immature manner. Warburion.

Immatureness
Im•ma•ture´ness, n. The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.

Immaturity
Im•ma•tu´ri•ty, n. [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturite.] The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.
"When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity." Caird.

Immeability
Im•me•a•bil´i•ty, n. [Pref. im- not + L. meabilis passable, fr. meare to pass.] Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.
"Immeability of the juices." Arbuthnot.

Immeasurability
Im•meas•ur•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.

Immeasurable
Im•meas´ur•a•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + measurable: cf. F. measurable. Cf. Immensurable, Unmeasurable.] Incapable of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
"Of depth immeasurable." Milton.

Immeasurably
Im•meas´ur•a•bly, adv. In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.

Immeasured
Im•meas´ured, a. Immeasurable. [R.] Spenser.

Immechanical
Im•me•chan´ic•al, a. Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne. — Im´me•chan´ic•al•ly, adv. [Obs.]

Immediacy
Im•me´di•a•cy, n. The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak.

Immediate
Im•me´di•ate, a. [F. immediat. See In- not, and Mediate.]
1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as immediate contact.
"You are the most immediate to our throne." Shak.
2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak.
"Death … not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke." Milton.
3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as an immediate cause.
"The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible." Sir. W. Hamilton.Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.
Syn. — Proximate; close; direct; next.

Immediatism
Im•me´di•a•tism, n. Immediateness.

Immedicable
Im•med´i•ca•ble, a. [L. Immedicabilis. See In- not, and Medicable.] Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.

Immemorable
Im•mem´o•ra•ble, a. [L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immemorable. See Memorable.] Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.

Immemorially
Im•me•mo´ri•al•ly, adv. Beyond memory. Bentley.

Immense
Im•mense´, a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.] Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. "Immense the power" Pope. "Immense and boundless ocean." Daniel.
"O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense!" Milton.
Syn. — Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous.

Immenseness
Im•mense´ness, n. The state of being immense.

Immensible
Im•men´si•ble, a. [ Immense + -ible.] Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies.

Immensity
Im•men´si•ty, n. ; pl. Immensities (#). [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensite.] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.
"Lost in the wilds of vast immensity." Blackmore.
"The immensity of the material system." I. Taylor.

Immensive
Im•men´sive, a. Huge. [Obs.] Herrick.

Immensurability
Im•men•su•ra•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being immensurable.

Immensurable
Im•men´su•ra•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.] Immeasurable.
"What an immensurable space is the firmament." Derham.

Immerge
Im•merge´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immerged p. pr. & vb. n. Immerging ] [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F. immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.] To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.
"We took … lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna." Boyle.
"Their souls are immerged in matter." Jer. Taylor.

Immerge
Im•merge´, v. i. To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. [R.]

Immerit
Im•mer´it, n. Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.

Immerited
Im•mer´it•ed, a. Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I.

Immeritous
Im•mer´it•ous, a. [L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of merere, mereri, to deserve.] Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.

Immersable
Im•mers´a•ble, a. See Immersible.

Immersible
Im•mers´i•ble, a. [From Immerse.] Capable of being immersed.

Immersible
Im•mers´i•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to plunge.] Not capable of being immersed.

Immersion
Im•mer´sion, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.]
1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.
2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as practiced by the Baptists.
3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.
"Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life." Atterbury.
4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; — opposed to emersion. Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.

Immersionist
Im•mer´sion•ist, n. (Eccl.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.

Immesh
Im•mesh´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immeshed p. pr. & vb. n. Immeshing.] [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.] To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.

Immethodically
Im•me•thod´ic•al•ly, adv. Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

Immethodicalness
Im•me•thod´ic•al•ness, n. Want of method.

Immethodize
Im•meth´od•ize, v. t. To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse. [R.]

Immetrical
Im•met´ric•al, a. Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.

Immew
Im•mew´, v. t. See Emmew.

Imminence
Im´mi•nence, n. [Cf. F. imminence, L. imminentia, See Imminent.]
1. The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress. Fuller.
2. That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. "But dare all imminence." Shak.

Immingle
Im•min´gle, v. t. To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] Thomson.

Imminution
Im•mi•nu´tion, n. [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.] A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] Ray.

Immiscibility
Im•mis´ci•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. immiscibilite.] Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.

Immiscible
Im•mis´ci•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.] Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
"A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles." Cudworth.

Immission
Im•mis´sion, n. [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.] The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; — the correlative of emission.

Immitigably
Im•mit´i•ga•bly, adv. In an immitigable manner.

Immix
Im•mix´, v. t. [Pref. in- in + mix.] To mix; to mingle. [R.]
"Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek." Spenser.

Immixable
Im•mix´a•ble, a. Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins.

Immixed
Im•mixed´, a. [Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix.] Unmixed. [Obs.]
"How pure and immixed the design is." Boyle.

Immixture
Im•mix´ture, n. Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.

Immobile
Im•mo´bile, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.] Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof. Shedd.

Immoble
Im•mo´ble, a. [Obs.] See Immobile.

Immoderate
Im•mod´er•ate, a. [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate.] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
"So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint." Shak.
Syn. — Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate; inordinate.

Immoderateness
Im•mod´er•ate•ness, n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.

Immoderation
Im•mod•er•a´tion, n. [L. immoderatio: cf. F. imoderation.] Want of moderation. Hallywell.

Immodest
Im•mod´est, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.]
1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
"Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought." Dryden.
Syn. — Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.

Immodesty
Im•mod´es•ty, n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.] Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. "A piece of immodesty." Pope.

Immolate
Im´mo•late, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immolated p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.] To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.
"Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but … the virtue and honor of women." Boyle.

Immolator
Im´mo•la•tor, n. [L.] One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice. { Im•mold´, Im•mould´ }, v. t. To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

Immoment
Im•mo´ment, a. [See Immomentous.] Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys." Shak.

Immoral
Im•mor´al, a. [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Syn. — Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.

Immorality
Im•mo•ral´i•ty, n. ; pl. Immoralities (#). [Cf. F. immoralite.]
1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
"The root of all immorality." Sir W. Temple.
2. An immoral act or practice.
"Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them." Milton.

Immorally
Im•mor´al•ly, adv. In an immoral manner; wickedly.

Immorigerous
Im•mo•rig´er•ous, a. [Pref. im- not + morigerous.] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [Obs.] — Im•mo•rig´er•ous•ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Immortal
Im•mor´tal, a. [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]
1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.
"Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible." 1 Tim. i. 17.
"For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?" Shak.
2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortality.
"I have immortal longings in me." Shak.
3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as immortal fame.
"One of the few, immortal names, That were not born to die." Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, immortelles; everlastings.
Syn. — Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.

Immortal
Im•mor´tal, n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.

Immortalist
Im•mor´tal•ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Immortality
Im•mor•tal´i•ty, n. ; pl. Immortalities (#). [L. immortalitas: cf. F. immortalite.]
1. The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as the immortality of the soul.
"This mortal must put on immortality." 1 Cor. xv. 53.
2. Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as the immortality of fame.

Immortalization
Im•mor•tal•i•za´tion, n. The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.

Immortalize
Im•mor´tal•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immortalized p. pr. & vb. n. Immortalizing ] [Cf. F. immortaliser.]
1. To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.
2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
"Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name." T. Dawes.

Immortalize
Im•mor´tal•ize, v. i. To become immortal. [R.]

Immortally
Im•mor´tal•ly, adv. In an immortal manner.

Immortelle
Im•mor•telle´, n. ; pl. Immortelles (#). [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

Immovability
Im•mov´a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.

Immovable
Im•mov´a•ble, a.
1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; — used of material things; as an immovable foundation.
"Immovable, infixed, and frozen round." Milton.
2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; — used of the mind or will; as an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable.
3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden.
4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. — Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as Christmas the Epiphany, etc.

Immovable
Im•mov´a•ble, n.
1. That which can not be moved.
2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier.

Immovableness
Im•mov´a•ble•ness, n. Quality of being immovable.

Immovably
Im•mov´a•bly, adv. In an immovable manner.

Immund
Im•mund´, a. [L. immundus; pref. im- not + mundus clean.] Unclean. [R.] Burton.

Immundicity
Im•mun•dic´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. immondicite, L. immunditia, immundities.] Uncleanness; filthiness. [R.] W. Montagu.

Immune
Im•mune´, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.] Exempt; protected by inoculation. — Im•mu´nize (#), v. t.

Immune
Im•mune´, n. One who is immune; esp., a person who is immune from a disease by reason of previous affection with the disease or inoculation.

Immunity
Im•mu´ni•ty, n. ; pl. Immunities (#). [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunite. See Common, and cf. Mean, a. ]
1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
2. Freedom; exemption; as immunity from error.

Immunity
Im•mun´i•ty, n. The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.

Immure
Im•mure´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immured p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.
2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
"Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls." Shak.
"This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round." Milton.

Immure
Im•mure´, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.

Immurement
Im•mure´ment, n. The act of immuring, or the state of being immured; imprisonment.

Immusical
Im•mu´sic•al, a. Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.

Immutability
Im•mu•ta•bil´i•ty, n. [L. immutabilitas: cf. F. immutabilite.] The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Heb. vi. 17.

Immutable
Im•mu´ta•ble, a. [L. immutabilis; pref. im- not + mutabilis mutable. See Mutable.] Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.
"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation." Heb. vi. 18.
"Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King." Milton. — Im•mu´ta•ble•ness, n. — Im•mu´ta•bly, adv.

Immutation
Im´mu•ta´tion, n. [L. immutatio, from immutare, immutatum, to change. See Immute.] Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Imp (imp), n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. engrafted, innate, fr. to implant; in + to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st In-, Be.]
1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
"The tender imp was weaned." Fairfax.
3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
"To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps." Beattie.
4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, — as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Imp, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imped p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impfon, impiton, G. impfen. See Imp, n. ]
1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip. [Archaic]
"Imp out our drooping country’s broken wing." Shak.
"Who lazily imp their wings with other men’s plumes." Fuller.
"Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing." Holmes.
"Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age." Cleveland.

Impact
Im•pact´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.

Impact
Im´pact, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
"The quarrel, by that impact driven." Southey.
2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

Impacted
Im•pact´ed, a. Driven together or close. Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable.

Impaction
Im•pac´tion, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.]
1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as impaction of the skull or of the hip.
2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.

Impaint
Im•paint´, v. t. To paint; to adorn with colors. [R.] "To impaint his cause." Shak.

Impair
Im•pair´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impaired p. pr. & vb. n. Impairing.] [Written also empair.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. Appair.] To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as to impair health, character, the mind, value.
"Time sensibly all things impairs." Roscommon.
"In years he seemed, but not impaired by years." Pope.
Syn. — To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.

Impair
Im•pair´, v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.

Impair
Im´pair, a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.] Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.]

Impair
Im•pair´, n. Diminution; injury. [Obs.]

Impairer
Im•pair´er, n. One who, or that which, impairs.

Impairment
Im•pair´ment, n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.] The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.

Impalatable
Im•pal´a•ta•ble, a. Unpalatable. [R.]

Impale
Im•pale´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impaled p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
"Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake." Addison.
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
"Impale him with your weapons round about." Shak.
"Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire." Milton.
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
"Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof." Fuller.

Impallid
Im•pal´lid, v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.

Impalm
Im•palm´, v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow.

Impalpability
Im•pal•pa•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. impalpabilite.] The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.

Impalpable
Im•pal´pa•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.]
1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "Impalpable powder." Boyle.
2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and bodiless." Holland.
3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as impalpable distinctions.

Impalpably
Im•pal´pa•bly, adv. In an impalpable manner.

Impalsy
Im•pal´sy, v. t. To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]

Impanate
Im•pa´nate, a. [LL. impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate; L. pref. im- in + panis bread.] Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.] Cranmer.

Impanate
Im•pa´nate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impanated p. pr. & vb. n. Impanating.] To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.]

Impanel
Im•pan´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impaneled or Impanelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] [Pref. im- in + panel. Cf. Empanel.] [Written also empanel.] To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. Blackstone.

Imparadise
Im•par´a•dise, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imparadised p. pr. & vb. n. Imparadising ] [Pref. im- + paradise: cf. F. emparadiser.] To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. "Imparadised in one another’s arms." Milton.

Impardonable
Im•par´don•a•ble, a. [Cf. F. impardonnable.] Unpardonable. [Obs.] South.

Imparidigitate
Im•par•i•dig´i•tate, a. [L. impar unequal + digitus finger.] (Anat.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

Imparipinnate
Im•par´i•pin´nate, a. [L. impar unequal + E. pinnate.] (Bot.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Imparisyllabic
Im•par´i•syl•lab´ic, a. [L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

Imparity
Im•par´i•ty, n. [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F. imparite.]
1. Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. Milton.
2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
"In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it." I. Taylor.
3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]

Impark
Im•park´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imparked, p. pr. & vb. n. Imparking.] [Cf. Empark.] To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.
"They … impark them [the sheep] within hurdles." Holland.

Impartance
Im•part´ance, n. Impartation.

Impartation
Im•par•ta´tion, n. The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.
"The necessity of this impartation." I. Taylor.

Imparter
Im•part´er, n. One who imparts.

Impartial
Im•par´tial, a. [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F. impartial.] Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak.
"Jove is impartial, and to both the same." Dryden.
"A comprehensive and impartial view." Macaulay.

Impartialist
Im•par´tial•ist, n. One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.

Impartiality
Im•par•ti•al´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. impartialite.] The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
"Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion." South.

Impartially
Im•par´tial•ly, a. In an impartial manner.

Impartialness
Im•par´tial•ness, n. Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

Impartibility
Im•part•i•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone.

Impartibility
Im•part•i•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. impartibilite.] The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.

Impartible
Im•part´i•ble, a. [From Impart.] Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Impartible
Im•part´i•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + partible: cf. F. impartible.] Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as an impartible estate. Blackstone.

Impartment
Im•part´ment, n. The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed. [R.]
"It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did desire To you alone." Shak.

Impassable
Im•pass´a•ble, a. [Cf. Unpassable.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. — Im•pass´a•ble•ness, n. - - Im•pass´a•bly, adv.

Impassibility
Im•pas•si•bil´i•ty, a. [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilite.] The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassible
Im•pas´si•ble, a. [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.] Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. "Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott.
"Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart." Dryden.

Impassion
Im•pas´sion, v. t. [Pref. im- in + passion. Cf. Empassion, Impassionate, v. ] To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] Chapman.

Impassionate
Im•pas´sion•ate, a. Strongly affected. Smart.

Impassionate
Im•pas´sion•ate, v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. Dr. H. More.

Impassionate
Im•pas´sion•ate, a. [Pref. im- not + passionate.] Without passion or feeling. Burton.

Impassioned
Im•pas´sioned, p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as an impassioned orator or discourse.

Impassive
Im•pas´sive, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.
"Impassive as the marble in the quarry." De Quincey.
"On the impassive ice the lightings play." Pope. — Im•pas´sive•ly, adv. — Im•pas´sive•ness, n.

Impassivity
Im•pas•siv´i•ty, n. The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

Impastation
Im•pas•ta´tion, n. [F. See Impaste.] The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

Impasto
Im•pas´to, n. [It. See Impaste.] (Paint.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.

Impatible
Im•pat´i•ble, a. [L. impatibilis; pref. im- not + patibilis supportable. See Patible.]
1. Not capable of being borne; impassible.
"A spirit, and so impatible of material fire." Fuller.

Impatiency
Im•pa´tien•cy (im•p&amc;"sh en•sy), n. Impatience. [Obs.]

Impatiens
Im•pa´ti•ens (-shi•enz), n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; — so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady’s slipper) is the common garden balsam.

Impatient
Im•pa´tient, a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.]
1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; — often followed by a. , for, of, and under.
"A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity." Jer. Taylor.
"Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise." Pope.
"The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him." Addison.
"Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty." Macaulay.
2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as impatient speeches or replies. Shak.
Syn. — Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.

Impatient
Im•pa´tient, n. One who is impatient. [R.]

Impatiently
Im•pa´tient•ly, adv. In an impatient manner.

Impatronization
Im•pat•ron•i•za´tion, n. Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. [R.] Cotgrave.

Impatronize
Im•pat´ron•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impatronized p. pr. & vb. n. Impatronizing ] To make lord or master; as to impatronize one’s self of a seigniory. [R.] Bacon.

Impavid
Im•pav´id, a. [L. impavidus. See In- not, and Pavid.] Fearless. — Im•pav´id•ly, adv.

Impeachable
Im•peach´a•ble, a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.
"Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste." Z. Swift.

Impeacher
Im•peach´er, n. One who impeaches.

Impeachment
Im•peach´ment, n. [Cf. F. empêchement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
"Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment." Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.
"The consequence of Coriolanus’ impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state." Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as an impeachment of motives. Shak. In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. Articles of impeachment. See under Article. — Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also a suit for damages for injury. Abbott.

Impeccable
Im•pec´ca•ble, a. [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.] Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. — n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.
"God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect." P. Skelton.

Impeccancy
Im•pec´can•cy, n. Sinlessness. Bp. Hall.

Impeccant
Im•pec´cant, a. Sinless; impeccable. Byron.

Impecuniosity
Im•pe•cu•ni•os´i•ty, n. The state of being impecunious. Thackeray. Sir W. Scott.

Impecunious
Im´pe•cu´ni•ous, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. impecunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
"An impecunious creature." B. Jonson.

Impedance
Im•ped´ance, n. [ Impede + -ance.] (Elec.) The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistance to a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to the current. It is equal to R² + X², where R = ohmic resistance, X = reactance. For an inductive circuit, X = 2πfL, where f = frequency and L = self-inductance; for a circuit with capacity X = 1 ÷ 2πfC, where C = capacity.

Impede
Im•pede´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as to impede the advance of troops.
"Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will." Logfellow.

Impediment
Im•ped´i•ment, n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
"Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment." Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.
Syn. — Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. — Impediment, Obstacle, Difficulty, Hindrance. An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it.
"The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best resources, an obstacle to his own ambition, and an impediment in his political career." C. J. Smith.

Impediment
Im•ped´i•ment, v. t. To impede. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.

Impedimenta
Im•ped•i•men´ta, n. pl. [L. See Impediment, Impede.] Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must accompany an army.
"On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta." Julian Ralph.

Impedite
Im´pe•dite, a. [L. impeditus, p. p. See Impede.] Hindered; obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Impedite
Im´pe•dite, v. t. To impede. [Obs.] Boyle.

Impedition
Im´pe•di´tion, n. [L. impeditio.] A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier.

Impeditive
Im•ped´i•tive, a. [Cf. F. impeditif.] Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

Impel
Im•pel´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impelled p. pr. & vb. n. Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
"The surge impelled me on a craggy coast." Pope.
Syn. — To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move.

Impeller
Im•pel´ler, n. One who, or that which, impels.

Impen
Im•pen´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impenned and Impent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impenning.] To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.

Impending
Im•pend´ing, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
"An impending brow." Hawthorne.
"And nodding Ilion waits th’ impending fall." Pope.
Syn. — Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.

Impenetrable
Im•pen´e•tra•ble, a. [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impenetrable.]
1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as an impenetrable shield.
"Highest woods impenetrable To star or sunlight." Milton.
2. (Physics) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as an impenetrable mind, or heart.
"They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel." Jer. Taylor.

Impenetrableness
Im•pen´e•tra•ble•ness, n. The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

Impenetrably
Im•pen´e•tra•bly, adv. In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. "Impenetrably armed." Milton. "Impenetrably dull." Pope.

Impenitence
Im•pen´i•tence, n. [L. impenitentia: cf. F. impenitence.] The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
"He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to another." Rogers.

Impenitency
Im•pen´i•ten•cy, n. Impenitence. Milton.

Impenitent
Im•pen´i•tent, a. [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens: cf. F. impenitent. See Penitent.] Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. "They … died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.

Impenitent
Im•pen´i•tent, n. One who is not penitent. [R.]

Impenitently
Im•pen´i•tent•ly, adv. Without repentance.

Impennate
Im•pen´nate, a. (Zoöl.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. — n. One of the Impennes.

Impennes
Im•pen´nes, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.

Impennous
Im•pen´nous a. [L. pref. im- not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.) Having no wings, as some insects.

Impeople
Im•peo´ple, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impeopled p. pr. & vb. n. Impeopling ] [See Empeople.] To people; to give a population to. [Obs.]
"Thou hast helped to impeople hell." Beaumont.

Imperate
Im´pe•rate, a. [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.] Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]
"Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul." Sir M. Hale.

Imperatival
Im•per•a•ti´val, a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

Imperative
Im•per´a•tive, a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. imperatif. See Perade, and cf. Empire.]
1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as imperative orders.
"The suit of kings are imperative." Bp. Hall.
2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as an imperative duty or order.
3. (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as the imperative mood.

Imperative
Im•per´a•tive, n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also a verb in the imperative mood.

Imperatively
Im•per´a•tive•ly, adv. In an imperative manner.

Imperator
Im•pe•ra´tor, n. [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; — originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Imperatorian
Im•per•a•to´ri•an, a. Imperial. [R.] Gauden.

Imperatory
Im•per´a•to•ry, a. Imperative. [R.]

Imperceivable
Im•per•ceiv´a•ble, a. Imperceptible. [R.] South. — Im•per•ceiv´a•ble•ness, n. Sharp.

Imperceived
Im•per•ceived´, a. Not perceived. [Obs.]

Imperceptibility
Im•per•cep•ti•bil´i•ty, n. The state or quality of being imperceptible.

Imperceptible
Im•per•cep´ti•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.] Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the senses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
"Almost imperceptible to the touch." Dryden.
"Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible." Burke. — Im•per•cep´ti•ble•ness, n. — Im•per•cep´ti•bly, adv.
"Their … subtilty and imperceptibleness." Sir M. Hale.

Imperception
Im•per•cep´tion, n. Want of perception.

Imperceptive
Im•per•cep´tive, a. Unable to perceive.
"The imperceptive part of the soul." Dr. H. More.

Impercipient
Im•per•cip´i•ent, a. Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. A. Baxter.

Imperdibility
Im•per•di•bil´i•ty, n. The state or quality of being imperdible. [Obs.] Derham.

Imperdible
Im•per´di•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + L. perdere to destroy.] Not destructible. [Obs.] — Im•per´di•bly, adv. [Obs.]

Imperfect
Im•per´fect, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
"Something he left imperfect in the state." Shak.
"Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect." Shak.
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
"He … stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person." Jer. Taylor.
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
"Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created." Milton.
"Then say not man’s imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man’s as perfect as he ought." Pope. Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. — Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. — Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. — Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray. — Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as an imperfect fifth. — Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant number. — Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. — Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. — Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

Imperfect
Im•per´fect, n. (Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

Imperfect
Im•per´fect, v. t. To make imperfect. [Obs.]

Imperfectibility
Im•per•fec•ti•bil´i•ty, n. The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]

Imperfectible
Im•per•fec´ti•ble, a. Incapable of being made perfect. [R.]

Imperfection
Im•per•fec´tion, n. [L. imperfectio: cf. F. imperfection. See Imperfect, a. ] The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
"Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head." Shak.
Syn. — Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing; weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.

Imperforable
Im•per´fo•ra•ble, a. [See Imperforate.] Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

Imperial
Im•pe´ri•al, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. imperial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See Empire.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
"The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome." Shak.
2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial democracy of Athens." Mitford.
"Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice." Shak.
"To tame the proud, the fetter’d slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." Dryden.
"He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle." E. Everett.
3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as imperial paper; imperial tea, etc. Imperial bushel, gallon, etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc. — Imperial chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old German empire. — Imperial city, under the first German empire, a city having no head but the emperor. — Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German empire. — Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill. — Imperial eagle. (Zoöl.) See Eagle. — Imperial green. See Paris green, under Green. — Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I. - - Imperial weights and measures, the standards legalized by the British Parliament.

Imperial
Im•pe´ri•al, n. [F. imperiale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man’s lower lip and chin; — so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2. An outside seat on a diligence. T. Hughes.
3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. Simmonds.
4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drawing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars. McElrath.
6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

Imperial
Im•pe´ri•al, n. A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

Imperialism
Im•pe´ri•al•ism, n. The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.
"Roman imperialism had divided the world." C. H. Pearson.

Imperialism
Im•pe´ri•al•ism, n. The policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking, or acquiescing in, the extension of the control, dominion, or empire of a nation, as by the acquirement of new, esp. distant, territory or dependencies, or by the closer union of parts more or less independent of each other for operations of war, copyright, internal commerce, etc.
"The tide of English opinion began to turn about 1870, and since then it has run with increasing force in the direction of what is called imperialism." James Bryce.

Imperialist
Im•pe´ri•al•ist, n. [Cf. F. imperialiste.] One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperiality
Im•pe•ri•al´i•ty, n. ; pl. Imperialities .
1. Imperial power.
2. An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
"The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold." W. Tooke.

Imperil
Im•per´il, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imperiled or Imperilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Imperiling or Imperilling.] To bring into peril; to endanger.

Imperious
Im•pe´ri•ous, a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F. imperieux. See Imperial.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast and imperious mind." Tilloison.
"Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious." Shak.
2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
"This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages." Shak.
"His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous." Macaulay.
3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
"Imperious need, which can not be withstood." Dryden.
Syn. — Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing. — Imperious, Lordly, Domineering. One who is imperious exercises his authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is lordly assumes a lofty air in order to display his importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a way to make others feel their inferiority.

Imperiousness
Im•pe´ri•ous•ness, n. The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.
"Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them." Locke.

Imperishability
Im•per•ish•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.

Imperishable
Im•per´ish•a•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + perishable: cf. F. imperissable.] Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. — Im•per´ish•a•ble•ness, n. — Im•per´ish•a•bly, adv.

Imperium
Im•pe´ri•um, n. ; pl. Imperia (#). [L. See Empire.]
1. Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.
2. (Law) The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws. It is one of the principal attributes of the executive power.

Impermanent
Im•per´ma•nent, a. Not permanent.

Impermeability
Im•per•me•a•bil´i•ty, n. [Pref. im- not + permeability: cf. F. impermeabilite.] The quality of being impermeable.

Impermeable
Im•per´me•a•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable: cf. F. impermeable, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. — Im•per´me•a•ble•ness, n. — Im•per´me•a•bly, adv.

Impermissible
Im•per•mis´si•ble, a. Not permissible.

Imperscrutable
Im•per•scru´ta•ble, a. [L. imperscrutabilis.] Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] — Im•per•scru´ta•ble•ness, n. [Obs.]

Imperseverant
Im•per•sev´er•ant, a. Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]

Impersonal
Im•per´son•al, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
"An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate." Sir J. Stephen.Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as it goes well with him.

Impersonal
Im•per´son•al, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

Impersonality
Im•per•son•al´i•ty, n. The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

Impersonally
Im•per´son•al•ly, adv. In an impersonal manner.

Impersonate
Im•per´son•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impersonated p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as he impersonated Macbeth.
"Benedict impersonated his age." Milman. { Im•per•son•a´tion, Im•per•son•i•fi•ca´tion } n. The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

Imperspicuity
Im•per•spi•cu´i•ty, n. Want of perspicuity or clearness; vagueness; ambiguity.

Imperspicuous
Im•per•spic´u•ous, a. Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambiguous.

Impersuadable
Im•per•suad´a•ble, a. [Cf. Impersuasible.] Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. — Im•per•suad´a•ble•ness, n.

Impertinence
Im•per´ti•nence, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]
1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
"We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood." Swift.
3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.
"There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools." Watts.

Impertinent
Im•per´ti•nent, a. [F., fr. L. impertinens, -entis; pref. im- not + pertinens. See Pertinent.]
1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
"Things that are impertinent to us." Tillotson.
"How impertinent that grief was which served no end!" Jer. Taylor.
2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.
3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
Syn. — Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent. — Impertinent, Officious, Rude. A person is officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where they are not needed; he is impertinent when he intermeddles in things with which he has no concern. The former shows a want of tact, the latter a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence. A person is rude when he violates the proprieties of social life either from ignorance or wantonness. "An impertinent man will ask questions for the mere gratification of curiosity; a rude man will burst into the room of another, or push against his person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is officious is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy." Crabb. See Impudence, and Insolent.

Impertinent
Im•per´ti•nent, n. An impertinent person. [R.]

Impertinently
Im•per´ti•nent•ly, adv. In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself impertinently." B. Jonson.

Impertransibility
Im•per•tran•si•bil´i•ty, n. The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]

Impertransible
Im•per•tran´si•ble, a. [L. pref. im- not + pertransire to go through. See Per- and Transient.] Incapable of being passed through. [R.]

Imperturbable
Im•per•turb´a•ble, a. [L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture.] Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as imperturbable gravity.

Imperturbation
Im•per•tur•ba´tion, n. [L. imperturbatio.] Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu.

Imperturbed
Im•per•turbed´, a. Not perturbed.

Imperviability
Im•per•vi•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being imperviable.

Imperviable
Im•per´vi•a•ble, a. Not pervious; impervious. [R.] — Im•per´vi•a•ble•ness, n. [R.]

Impervious
Im•per´vi•ous, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not + per through + via way. See Voyage.] Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as a substance impervious to water or air.
"This gulf impassable, impervious." Milton.
"The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious." Macaulay.
Syn. — Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable; impermeable. — Im•per´vi•ous•ly, adv. — Im•per´vi•ous•ness, n.

Impest
Im•pest´, v. t. To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.]

Impester
Im•pes´ter, v. t. See Pester. [Obs.]

Impetigo
Im•pe•ti´go, n. [L., fr. impetere to attack.] (Med.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Impetrable
Im´pe•tra•ble a. [L. impetrabilis: cf. F. impetrable. See Impetrate.] Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. [Obs.] Bailey.

Impetrative
Im´pe•tra•tive, a. [L. impetrativus obtained by entreaty.] Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Impetratory
Im´pe•tra•to•ry, a. Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Impetuosity
Im•pet•u•os´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. impetuosite.]
1. The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
2. Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. Shak.

Impetuous
Im•pet´u•ous, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
"Went pouring forward with impetuous speed." Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as a man of impetuous temper.
"The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable." Milton.
Syn. — Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. — Im•pet´u•ous•ly, adv. — Im•pet´u•ous•ness, n.

Imphee
Im´phee (im"fe), n. (Bot.) The African sugar cane ( Holcus saccharatus), — resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

Impi
Im´pi (im"pi), n. [Zulu.] A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [South Africa]
"As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated a Matabili impi (war band)." James Bryce.

Impictured
Im•pic´tured (im•pik"turd; 135), a. Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.

Impierce
Im•pierce´ (im•pers"), v. t. [Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf. Empierce.] To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] Drayton.

Impiety
Im•pi´e•ty (im•pi"e•ty), n. ; pl. Impieties (- tiz). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiete. See Impious, Piety.]
1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of wickedness.
"Those impieties for the which they are now visited." Shak.
Syn. — Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.

Imping
Imp´ing (imp"ing), n. [See Imp to graft.]
1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]
2. (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

Impingent
Im•pin´gent, a. [L. impingens, p. pr.] Striking against or upon.

Impinguate
Im•pin´guate, v. t. [L. impinguatus, p. p. of impinguare to fatten; pref. im- in + pinguis fat.] To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon.

Impinguation
Im•pin•gua´tion, n. The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [Obs.]

Impious
Im´pi•ous, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as an impious deed; impious language.
"When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station." Addison.
Syn. — Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. C. J. Smith. — Im´pi•ous•ly, adv. — Im´pi•ous•ness, n.

Impishly
Imp´ish•ly, adv. In the manner of an imp.

Impiteous
Im•pit´e•ous, a. Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]

Implacability
Im•pla•ca•bil´i•ty, n. [L. implacabilitas: cf. F. implacabilite.] The quality or state of being implacable.

Implacable
Im•pla´ca•ble, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as an implacable prince.
"I see thou art implacable." Milton.
"An object of implacable enmity." Macaulay.
2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.]
"O! how I burn with implacable fire." Spenser.
"Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan." Milton.
Syn. — Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.

Implacably
Im•pla´ca•bly, adv. In an implacable manner.

Implacental
Im•pla•cen´tal, a. (Zoöl.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes. — n. A mammal having no placenta.

Implacentalia
Im•pla•cen•ta´li•a, n. pl. [NL. See In- not, and Placental.] (Zoöl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.

Implate
Im•plate´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implating.] To cover with plates; to sheathe; as to implate a ship with iron.

Implausible
Im•plau´si•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. "Implausible harangues." Swift. — Im•plau´si•ble•ness, n. — Im•plau´si•bly, adv.

Impleach
Im•pleach´, v. t. To pleach; to interweave. [Obs.] Shak.

Implead
Im•plead´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impleaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impleading.] [Cf. Emplead.] (Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.

Implead
Im•plead´, v. i. To sue at law.

Impleadable
Im•plead´a•ble, a. Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T. Adams.

Impleader
Im•plead´er, n. (Law) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Impleasing
Im•pleas´ing, a. Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] Overbury.

Impledge
Im•pledge´, v. t. To pledge. Sir W. Scott.

Implement
Im´ple•ment (im"ple•m ent), n. [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See Plenty.] That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
"Genius must have talent as its complement and implement." Coleridge.

Implement
Im´ple•ment, v. t.
1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.]
"Revenge … executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown." Sir W. Scott.
2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
"The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following." Nichol.
3. (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Implemental
Im•ple•men´tal, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

Impletion
Im•ple´tion, n. [L. impletio. See Implement.]
1. The act of filling, or the state of being full. Sir T. Browne.
2. That which fills up; filling. Coleridge.

Implexion
Im•plex´ion, n. [L. implexio.] Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.

Impliable
Im•pli´a•ble, a. Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.

Implicate
Im´pli•cate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implicated p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicit.]
1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
"The meeting boughs and implicated leaves." Shelley.
2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; — applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

Implicative
Im´pli•ca•tive, a. Tending to implicate.

Implicatively
Im´pli•ca•tive•ly, adv. By implication. Sir G. Buck.

Implicit
Im•plic´it, a. [L. implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See Implicate.]
1. Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] Milton.
"In his woolly fleece I cling implicit." Pope.
2. Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as an implicit contract or agreement. South.
3. Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
"Back again to implicit faith I fall." Donne. Implicit function. (Math.) See under Function.

Implicitness
Im•plic´it•ness, n. State or quality of being implicit.

Implicity
Im•plic´i•ty, n. Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Implied
Im•plied´, a. Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; — the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

Imploded
Im•plod´ed, a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. Ellis.

Implodent
Im•plod´ent, n. (Phon.) An implosive sound. Ellis.

Imploration
Im•plo•ra´tion, n. [L. imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See Implore.] The act of imploring; earnest supplication. Bp. Hall.

Imploratory
Im•plor´a•to•ry, a. Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] Carlyle.

Implore
Im•plore´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implored p. pr. & vb. n. Imploring.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See Deplore.] To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; to beg; — followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
"Imploring all the gods that reign above." Pope.
"I kneel, and then implore her blessing." Shak.
Syn. — To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.

Implore
Im•plore´, v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Implore
Im•plore´, n. Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.

Implorer
Im•plor´er, n. One who implores.

Imploring
Im•plor´ing, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. — Im•plor´ing•ly, adv.

Implosion
Im•plo´sion, n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.]
1. A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; — contrasted with explosion.
2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§159, 189); also a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet.

Implosive
Im•plo´sive, a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. — n. An implosive sound, an implodent. — Im•plo´sive•ly, adv. H. Sweet.

Implumed
Im•plumed´, a. Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.] Drayton.

Implunge
Im•plunge´, v. t. To plunge. Fuller.

Impluvium
Im•plu´vi•um, n. [L., fr. impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain.] (Arch.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.

Imply
Im•ply´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implied p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." Chapman.
2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as war implies fighting.
"Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied." Bp. Sherlock.
"When a man employs a laborer to work for him, … the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services." Blackstone.
3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
"Whence might this distaste arise?"
"If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it." J. Webster.
Syn. — To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.

Impoisonment
Im•poi´son•ment, n. [Cf. Empoisonment.] The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.] Pope. { Im•po´lar•i•ly, Im•po´lar•ly } adv. Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Impolite
Im•po•lite´, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. — Im•po•lite´ly, adv. — Im•po•lite´ness, n.

Impolitical
Im•po•lit´i•cal, a. Impolitic. [Obs.] — Im•po•lit´i•cal•ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.

Impoliticly
Im•pol´i•tic•ly, adv. In an impolitic manner.

Impoliticness
Im•pol´i•tic•ness, n. The quality of being impolitic.

Imponderability
Im•pon•der•a•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. imponderabilite.] The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.

Imponderable
Im•pon´der•a•ble, a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F. imponderable.] Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Imponderable
Im•pon´der•a•ble, n. (Physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Imponderableness
Im•pon´der•a•ble•ness, n. The quality or state of being imponderable.

Imponderous
Im•pon´der•ous, a. Imponderable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. — Im•pon´der•ous•ness, n. [Obs.]

Impone
Im•pone´, v. t. [L. imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im- in + ponere to place. See Position.] To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.]
"Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards." Shak.

Impoon
Im•poon´, n. (Zoöl.) The duykerbok.

Impoor
Im•poor´, v. t. To impoverish. [Obs.]

Imporosity
Im•po•ros´i•ty, n. [Perf. im- not + porosity: cf. F. imporosite.] The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness. "The … imporosity betwixt the tangible parts." Bacon.

Imporous
Im•por´ous, a. Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid. Sir T. Browne.

Import
Im•port´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. See Port demeanor.]
1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; — opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
"Every petition … doth … always import a multitude of speakers together." Hooker.
3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
"I have a motion much imports your good." Shak.
"If I endure it, what imports it you?" Dryden.
Syn. — To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

Import
Im•port´, v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that … importeth to the work." Bacon.

Import
Im´port, n.
1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; — generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
"I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them." Burke.
2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
3. Importance; weight; consequence.
"Most serious design, and the great import." Shak.