I (part 1)

1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pine, ice; and the short sound, as in pîn. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin.

See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 98-106.

Note: The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together.

2. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.

I-
I-, prefix.

Defn: See Y-.

I I, pron. [poss. My or Mine (; object. Me. pl. nom. We (; poss. Our or Ours (; object. Us.] Etym: [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. aham. sq. root179. Cf. Egoism.]

Defn: The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

IAMATOLOGY
I*am`a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Med.)

Defn: Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

IAMB
I"amb, n. Etym: [Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus.]

Defn: An iambus or iambic. [R.]

IAMBIC
I*am"bic, a. Etym: [L. iambicus, Gr. iambique.]

1. (Pros.)

Defn: Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

IAMBIC
I*am"bic, n.

1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet.

Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. Dryden.

2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

IAMBICAL
I*am"bic*al, a.

Defn: Iambic. [Obs. or R.]

IAMBICALLY
I*am"bic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

IAMBIZE
I*am"bize, v. t. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [R.]

IAMBUS I*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Iambi, E. Iambuses. Etym: [L. iambus, Gr. jacere to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.)

Defn: A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in âmans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

IANTHINA I*an"thi*na, n.; pl. L. Ianthinæ, E. Ianthinas. Etym: [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; — called also purple shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]

Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.

IATRALIPTIC
I*a`tra*lip"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. iatraliptique.]

Defn: Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]

IATRIC; IATRICAL
I*at"ric, I*at"ric*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

IATROCHEMICAL
I*a`tro*chem"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

IATROCHEMIST
I*a`tro*chem"ist, n. Etym: [Gr. chemist.]

Defn: A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

IATROCHEMISTRY
I*a`tro*chem"is*try, n.

Defn: Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; — used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

IATROMATHEMATICAL
I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.

IATROMATHEMATICIAN
I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian, n. Etym: [Gr. mathematician.] (Hist. Med.)

Defn: One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; — opposed to the iatrochemists.

IBERIAN
I*be"ri*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Iberia.

IBEX I"bex, n.; pl. E. Ibexes, L. Ibices. Etym: [L., a kind of goat, the chamois.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; — called also steinbok.

Note: The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) is the best known. The Spanish, or
Pyrenean, ibex (C. Hispanica) has smoother and more spreading horns.

IBIDEM
I*bi"dem, adv. Etym: [L.]

Defn: In the same place; — abbreviated ibid. or ib.

IBIS
I"bis, n. Etym: [L. ibis, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidæ, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.

Note: The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians (Ibis Æthiopica) has the head and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis (Plegadis autumnalis), which is widely distributed both in the Old World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis (Guara rubra) and the white ibis (G. alba) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found in the United States. The wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) of America belongs to the Stork family (Ciconidæ). See Wood ibis.

-IBLE -i*ble

Defn: . See -able.

IBSENISM
Ib"sen*ism, n.

Defn: The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.

-IC -ic. Etym: [L. -icus, Gr. ique.]

1. A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.

ICARIAN
I*ca"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. Icarius, Gr.

Defn: Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

ICE
Ice, n. Etym: [OE. is, iis, AS. is; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. is,
Icel. iss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.]

1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

Note: Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it.

2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.

3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.

4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects
at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or
anchored to the ground.
— Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive
fields which drift out to sea.
— Ground ice, anchor ice.
— Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial.
— Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of
ice. Kane.
— Ice blink Etym: [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight.
— Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled
on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a
channel through ice.
— Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which things
are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.
— Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] Shak.
— Ice cream Etym: [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
— Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
— Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice
field, but smaller.
— Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. Kane.
— Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
— Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as
by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion
of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
— Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
— Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
— Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glacé.
— Ice petrel (Zoöl.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of the
Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
— Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces.
— Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is
obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; — called also ice master.
— Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
— Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice. ice
sculpture = a sculpture carved from a block of ice, often used for
decorating restaurants. ice show an entertainment consisting of ice
skaters performing figure-skating on a sheet of ice, usually in an
arena, often accompanied by music.
— Ice sludge, bay ice broken small by the wind or waves; sludge.
— Ice spar (Min.), a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are
very clear like ice; rhyacolite.
— Ice tongs, large iron nippers for handling ice.
— Ice water. (a) Water cooled by ice. (b) Water formed by the
melting of ice.
— Ice yacht. See Ice boat (above).
— To break the ice. See under Break.
— Water ice, a confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored,
and frozen.

ICE
Ice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iced; p. pr. & vb. n. Icing.]

1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.

3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

ICEBERG Ice"berg`, n. Etym: [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg.]

Defn: A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.

ICEBIRD
Ice"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

ICEBOUND
Ice"bound`, a.

Defn: Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.

ICE-BUILT
Ice"-built`, a.

1. Composed of ice.

2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.

ICED
Iced, a.

1. Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.

2. Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake. Iced cream. Same as Ice cream, under Ice.

ICEFALL
Ice"fall`, n.

Defn: A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge.

ICELANDER
Ice"land*er, n.

Defn: A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.

ICELANDIC
Ice*lan"dic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the
Icelanders.

ICELANDIC
Ice*lan"dic, n.

Defn: The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.

ICELAND MOSS
Ice"land moss`. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.

ICELAND SPAR
Ice"land spar`. (Min.)

Defn: A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.

ICEMAN
Ice"man, n.; pl. Icemen (.

1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.

2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

ICE PLANT
Ice" plant`. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater

ICEQUAKE
Ice"quake`, n.

Defn: The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, — often due to contraction from extreme cold.

ICH
Ich, pron.

Defn: I. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Note: In the Southern dialect of Early English this is the regular form. Cf. Ik.

ICHNEUMON
Ich*neu"mon, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridæ. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidæ, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.

Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by destroying noxious insects. Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.

ICHNEUMONIDAN
Ich`neu*mon"i*dan, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies.
— n.

Defn: One of the Ichneumonidæ.

ICHNEUMONIDES
Ich`neu*mon"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ichneumon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The ichneumon flies.

ICHNITE
Ich"nite, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.
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ICHNOGRAPHIC; ICHNOGRAPHICAL Ich`no*graph"ic, Ich`no*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ichonographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.

ICHNOGRAPHY
Ich*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. ichonographie.] (Drawing)

Defn: A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

ICHNOLITE
Ich"no*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.]

Defn: A fossil footprint; an ichnite.

ICHNOLITHOLOGY
Ich`no*li*thol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -lith + -logy.]

Defn: Same as Ichnology. Hitchcock.

ICHNOLOGICAL
Ich`no*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to ichnology.

ICHNOLOGY
Ich*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Geol.)

Defn: The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

ICHNOSCOPY
Ich*nos"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. -scopy.]

Defn: The search for the traces of anything. [R.]

ICHOR
I"chor, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ichor.]

1. (Class. Myth.)

Defn: An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.

ICHORHAEMIA
I`chor*hæ"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.

ICHOROUS
I"chor*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ichoreux.]

Defn: Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.

ICHTHIDIN
Ich"thi*din, n. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

ICHTHIN
Ich"thin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.

ICHTHULIN
Ich"thu*lin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.

ICHTHUS
Ich"thus, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words

ICHTHYIC
Ich"thy*ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like, or pertaining to, fishes.

ICHTHYOCOL; ICHTHYOCOLLA Ich"thy*o*col, Ich`thy*o*col"la, n. Etym: [L. ichthyocolla, Gr. ichthyocolle.]

Defn: Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.

ICHTHYOCOPROLITE
Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. coprolite.] (Geol.)

Defn: Fossil dung of fishes.

ICHTHYODORULITE
Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.

ICHTHYOGRAPHY
Ich`thy*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. graphy: cf. F. ichthyographie.]

Defn: A treatise on fishes.

ICHTHYOID; ICHTHYOIDAL
Ich"thy*oid, Ich`thy*oid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; — said of some amphibians.

ICHTHYOL
Ich"thy*ol, n. [Gr. , , a fish + (prob.) L. oleum oil; but cf.
Ichthyolite.] (Chem.)

Defn: An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases.

ICHTHYOLATRY
Ich`thy*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard.

ICHTHYOLITE
Ich"thy*o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Paleon.)

Defn: A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.

ICHTHYOLOGIC; ICHTHYOLOGICAL Ich`thy*o*log"ic, Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ichthyologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to ichthyology.

ICHTHYOLOGIST
Ich`thy*ol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ichthyologiste.]

Defn: One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.

ICHTHYOLOGY
Ich`thy*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. ichthyologie.]

Defn: The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoölogy which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

ICHTHYOMANCY
Ich"thy*o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. ichthyomancie.]

Defn: Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.

ICHTHYOMORPHA
Ich`thy*o*mor"pha, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Urodela.

ICHTHYOMORPHIC; ICHTHYOMORPHOUS
Ich`thy*o*mor"phic, Ich`thy*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [See
Ichthyomorpha.]

Defn: Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.

ICHTHYOPHAGIST
Ich`thy*oph"a*gist, n. Etym: [See Ichthyophagous.]

Defn: One who eats, or subsists on, fish.

ICHTHYOPHAGOUS
Ich`thy*oph"a*gous, a. Etym: [L. ichthyophagus, Gr.

Defn: Eating, or subsisting on, fish.

ICHTHYOPHAGY
Ich`thy*oph"a*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. ichthyophagie.]

Defn: The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.

ICHTHYOPHTHALMITE
Ich`thy*oph*thal"mite, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: See Apophyllite. [R.]

ICHTHYOPHTHIRA
Ich`thy*oph*thi"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.

ICHTHYOPSIDA
Ich`thy*op"si*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and
Fishes.

ICHTHYOPTERYGIA
Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ichthyopterygium.]
(Paleon.)

Defn: See Ichthyosauria.

ICHTHYOPTERYGIUM
Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.

ICHTHYORNIS
Ich`thy*or"nis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebræ, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormæ.

ICHTHYOSAUR
Ich"thy*o*saur, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ichthyosaure.] (Paleon.)

Defn: One of the Ichthyosaura.

ICHTHYOSAURIA
Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; — called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.

ICHTHYOSAURIAN
Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*an, a. (Paleon.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.
— n.

Defn: One of the Ichthyosauria.

ICHTHYOSAURUS Ich`thy*o*sau"rus, n.; pl. Ichthyosauri. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct genus of marine reptiles; — so named from their short, biconcave vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic, and Cretaceous formations.

ICHTHYOSIS
Ich`thy*o"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; —
called also fishskin.
— Ich`thy*ot"ic, a.

ICHTHYOTOMIST
Ich`thy*ot"o*mist, n.

Defn: One skilled in ichthyotomy.

ICHTHYOTOMY
Ich`thy*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]

ICHTHYS
Ich"thys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: Same as Ichthus.

ICICLE I"ci*cle, n. Etym: [OE. isikel, AS. isgicel; is ice + gicel icicle; akin to Icel. jökull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir. aigh.]

Defn: A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.

ICICLED
I"ci*cled, a.

Defn: Having icicles attached.

ICILY
I"ci*ly, adv.

Defn: In an icy manner; coldly. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more. Tennyson.

ICINESS
I"ci*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.

ICING
I"cing, n.

Defn: A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.

ICKLE
Ic"kle, n. Etym: [OE. ikil. See Icicle.]

Defn: An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]

ICON
I"con, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Defn: An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Netherlands whose names and icons are published. Hakewill.

ICONICAL
I*con"ic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

ICONISM
I"con*ism, n. Etym: [L. iconismus, Gr. iconisme.]

Defn: The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description. Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms. Cudworth.

ICONIZE
I"con*ize, v. t. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: To form an image or likeness of. [R.] Cudworth.

ICONOCLASM
I*con"o*clasm, n. Etym: [Cf. F. iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.]

Defn: The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

ICONOCLAST
I*con"o*clast, n. Etym: [Gr. iconoclaste.]

1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.

ICONOCLASTIC
I*con`o*clas"tic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
Milman.

ICONODULE; ICONODULIST
I*con"o*dule, I*con"o*du`list, n. Etym: [Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One who serves images; — opposed to an iconoclast. Schaff-
Herzog Encyc.

ICONOGRAPH
I*con"o*graph, n. [See Iconography.]

Defn: An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

ICONOGRAPHER
I`co*nog"ra*pher, n.

Defn: A maker of images. Fairholt.

ICONOGRAPHIC
I*con`o*graph"ic, a.

1. Of or pertaining to iconography.

2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopædia.

ICONOGRAPHY
I`co*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. iconographie.]

1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

2. The study of representative art in general. Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.

ICONOLATER
I`co*nol"a*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. iconolâtre.]

Defn: One who worships images.

ICONOLATRY
I`co*nol"a*try, n. Etym: [See Iconolater.]

Defn: The worship of images as symbols; — distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

ICONOLOGY
I`co*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. iconologie.]

Defn: The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

ICONOMACHY
I`co*nom"a*chy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]

ICONOMANIA
I`co*no*ma"ni*a, n. [NL. See Icon, and Mania.]

Defn: A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

ICONOMICAL
I`co*nom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. [R.] Sir
T. Browne.

ICONOPHILIST
I`co*noph"i*list, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.

ICOSAHEDRAL
I`co*sa*he"dral, a. Etym: [See Icosahedron.] (Geom.)

Defn: Having twenty equal sides or faces.

ICOSAHEDRON
I`co*sa*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geom.)

Defn: A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces. Regular icosahedron, one of the five regular polyhedrons, bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangules meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron.

ICOSANDRIA
I`co*san"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. icosandrie.] (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

ICOSANDRIAN; ICOSANDROUS
I`co*san"dri*an, I`co*san"drous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

ICOSITETRAHEDRON
I`co*si*tet`ra*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.

-ICS -ics

Defn: . A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athletics.

Note: The names sciences ending in ics, as mathematics, mechanics, metaphysics, optics, etc., are, with respect to their form, nouns in the plural number. The plural form was probably introduced to mark the complex nature of such sciences; and it may have been in imitation of the use of the Greek plurals ics were construed with a verb or a pronoun in the plural; but it is now generally considered preferable to treat them as singular. In Greman we have die Mathematik, die Mechanik, etc., and in French la metaphysique, la optique, etc., corresponding to our mathematics, mechanics, metaphysics, optics, etc. Mathematics have for their object the consideration of whatever is capable of being numbered or measured. John Davidson. The citations subjoined will serve as examples of the best present usage. Ethics is the sciences of the laws which govern our actions as moral agents. Sir W. Hamilton. All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into it. De Quincey. Mechanics, like pure mathematics, may be geometrical, or may be analytical; that is, it may treat space either by a direct consideration of its properties, or by a symbolical representation. Whewell.

ICTERIC
Ic*ter"ic, n.

Defn: A remedy for the jaundice.

ICTERIC; ICTERICAL
Ic*ter"ic, Ic*ter"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. ictericus, Gr. ictérique.]

1. Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.

2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.

ICTERITIOUS; ICTERITOUS
Ic`ter*i"tious, Ic*ter"i*tous, a.

Defn: Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.

ICTEROID
Ic"ter*oid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]

Defn: Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.

ICTERUS
Ic"te*rus, n. Etym: [NL. See Icteric, a.] (Med.)

Defn: The jaundice.

ICTIC
Ic"tic, a. Etym: [L. ictus blow.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt. [R.] H.
Bushnell.

ICTUS
Ic"tus, n. Etym: [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.]

1. (Pros.)

Defn: The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf.
Arsis.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

ICY
I"cy, a. [Compar. Icier; superl. Iciest.] Etym: [AS. isig. See Ice.]

1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. "Icy chains." Shak. "Icy region." Boyle. "Icy seas." Pope.

2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.

ICY-PEARLED
I"cy-pearl`ed, a.

Defn: Spangled with ice.
Mounting up in icy-pearled car. Milton.

I'D
I'd

Defn: . A contraction from I would or I had.

ID
Id, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.

IDALIAN
I*da"li*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to
Venus, to whom it was sacred. "Idalian Aphrodité." Tennyson.

IDE
Ide, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Id.

-IDE -ide. (Chem.)

Defn: A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.

IDEA
I*de"a, n.; pl. Ideas. Etym: [L. idea, Gr. wit: cf. F. idée. See
Wit.]

1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual. Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts. Fairfax. Being the right idea of your father Both in your form and nobleness of mind. Shak. This representation or likeness of the object being transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and properly called its idea. P. Browne.

2. A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization. Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was. L. Caroll.

3. Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of. Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call idea. Locke.

4. A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development. That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. Johnson. What is now "idea" for us How infinite the fall of this word, since the time where Milton sang of the Creator contemplating his newly- created world, -"how it showed . . . Answering his great idea," -to its present use, when this person "has an idea that the train has started," and the other "had no idea that the dinner would be so bad!" Trench.

5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design. I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with an idea of undertaking while there the translation of the work. W. Irving.

6. A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.

7. A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity. Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Milton.

Note: "In England, Locke may be said to have been the first who naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality. When, in common language, employed by Milton and Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is Platonic." Sir W. Hamilton. Abstract idea, Association of ideas, etc. See under Abstract, Association, etc.

Syn. — Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy; image; perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation; judgment; consideration; view; design; intention; purpose; plan; model; pattern. There is scarcely any other word which is subjected to such abusive treatment as is the word idea, in the very general and indiscriminative way in which it is employed, as it is used variously to signify almost any act, state, or content of thought.

IDEAL
I*de"al, a. Etym: [L. idealis: cf. F. idéal.]

1. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

2. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty. Byron. There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. Rambler.

3. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal. "Planning ideal common wealth." Southey.

4. Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.

5. (Math.)

Defn: Imaginary.

Syn. — Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful; imaginary; unreal; impracticable; utopian.

IDEAL
I*de"al, n.

Defn: A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc. The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame. Fleming. Beau ideal. See Beau ideal.

IDEALESS
I*de"a*less, a.

Defn: Destitute of an idea.

IDEALISM
I*de"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. idéalisme.]

1. The quality or state of being ideal.

2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.

3. (Philos.)

Defn: The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.

IDEALIST
I*de"al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. idéaliste.]

1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

IDEALISTIC
I*de`al*is"tic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

IDEALITY
I`de*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Idealities (.

1. The quality or state of being ideal.

2. The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.

3. (Phren.)

Defn: The conceptive faculty.

IDEALIZATION
I*de`al*i*za"tion, n.

1. The act or process of idealizing.

2. (Fine Arts)

Defn: The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

IDEALIZE
I*de"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idealized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Idealizing.]

1. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.

2. (Fine Arts)

Defn: To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.

IDEALIZE
I*de"al*ize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. idéaliser.]

Defn: To form ideals.

IDEALIZER
I*de"al*i`zer, n.

Defn: An idealist.

IDEALLY
I*de"al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.

IDEALOGIC
I*de`a*log"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.

IDEALOGUE I*de"a*logue, n. Etym: [Idea + -logue, as in theologue: cf. F. idéologue.]

Defn: One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

IDEAT; IDEATE
I*de"at, I*de"ate, n. Etym: [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.)

Defn: The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

IDEATE
I*de"ate, v. t.

1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.] The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. Sir T. Browne.

2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]

IDEATION
I`de*a"tion, n.

Defn: The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought. The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enter now into the process of ideation. J. D. Morell.

IDEATIONAL
I`de*a"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
Certain sensational or ideational stimuli. Blackw. Mag.

IDEM
I"dem, pron. or adj. Etym: [L.]

Defn: The same; the same as above; — often abbreviated id.

IDENTIC
I*den"tic, a.

Defn: Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras.

IDENTICAL
I*den"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. identique. See Identity.]

1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. Reid.

2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. Fleming. Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it.

IDENTICALLY
I*den"tic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an identical manner; with respect to identity. "Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.

IDENTICALNESS
I*den"tic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being identical; sameness.

IDENTIFIABLE
I*den"ti*fi`a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being identified.

IDENTIFICATION
I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. identification.]

Defn: The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

IDENTIFY
I*den"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Identified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Identifying.] Etym: [Cf. F. identifier. See Identity, and -fy.]

1. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. D. Ramsay. Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. Burke.

2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.

IDENTIFY
I*den"ti*fy, v. i.

Defn: To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use,
effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]
An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell
us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke.

IDENTISM
I*den"tism, n. Etym: [See Identity.] (Metaph.)

Defn: The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; — called also the system or doctrine of identity.

IDENTITY I*den"ti*ty, n.; pl. Identities. Etym: [F. identité, LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. Item.]

1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

3. (Math.)

Defn: An identical equation.

IDEO-
I"de*o-

Defn: . A combining form from the Gr. idea.

IDEOGENICAL
I`de*o*gen"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or relating to ideology.

IDEOGENY I`de*og"e*ny, n. Etym: [Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. idéogénie.]

Defn: The science which treats of the origin of ideas.

IDEOGRAM
I*de"o*gram, n. Etym: [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme.]

1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile.

2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -,

3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.

IDEOGRAPH
I*de"o*graph, n.

Defn: Same as Ideogram.

IDEOGRAPHIC; IDEOGRAPHICAL
I`de*o*graph"ic, I`de*o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. idéographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself. — I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

IDEOGRAPHICS
I`de*o*graph"ics, n.

Defn: The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.

IDEOGRAPHY
I`de*og"ra*phy, n.

Defn: The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.

IDEOLOGICAL
I`de*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. idéologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to ideology.

IDEOLOGIST
I`de*ol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

IDEOLOGY
I`de*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. idéologie.]

1. The science of ideas. Stewart.

2. (Metaph.)

Defn: A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.

Note: By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, idéologie . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W. Hamilton.

IDEO-MOTION
I`de*o-mo"tion, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: An ideo-motor movement.

IDEO-MOTOR
I`de*o-mo"tor, a. Etym: [Ideo- + motor.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter.

IDES
Ides, n. pl. Etym: [L. idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar)

Defn: The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months. The ides of March remember. Shak.

Note: Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eightth from the ides.

IDIO-
Id"i*o-

Defn: . A combining form from the Greek private, personal, peculiar, distinct.

IDIOBLAST
Id"i*o*blast, n. Etym: [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.)

Defn: An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.

IDIOCRASIS
Id`i*o*cra"sis, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Idiocracy.

IDIOCRASY
Id`i*oc"ra*sy, n.; pl. Idiocrasies. Etym: [Idio- + Gr. idiocrasie.]

Defn: Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

IDIOCRATIC; IDIOCRATICAL
Id`i*o*crat"ic, Id`i*o*crat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

IDIOCY
Id"i*o*cy, n. Etym: [From idiot; cf. Gr. Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson.

IDIOCYCLOPHANOUS
Id`i*o*cy*cloph"a*nous, a. Etym: [Idio- + Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Same as Idiophanous.

IDIOELECTRIC Id`i*o*e*lec"tric, a. Etym: [Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique.] (Physics)

Defn: Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to anelectric. — n.

Defn: An idioelectric substance.

IDIOGRAPH
Id"i*o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.

IDIOGRAPHIC; IDIOGRAPHICAL
Id`i*o*graph"ic, Id`i*o*graph"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

IDIOLATRY
Id`i*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Idio- + Gr.

Defn: Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.

IDIOM
Id"i*om, n. Etym: [F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr. suus, and to E. so.]

1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language. Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues. G. P. Marsh. By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language. J. H. Newman. He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with the idiom of ours. Dryden.

2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author. Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. Prior. Sometimes we identify the words with the object — though be courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language. Coleridge. Every good writer has much idiom. Landor. It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are made current: "I can make nothing of it." "He treats his subject home." Dryden. "It is that within us that makes for righteousness." M.Arnold. Gostwick (Eng. Gram. )

3. Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Syn. — Dialect. — Idiom, Dialect. The idioms of a language belong to its very structure; its dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted upon it in different localities or by different professions. Each county of England has some peculiarities of dialect, and so have most of the professions, while the great idioms of the language are everywhere the same. See Language.

IDIOMATIC; IDIOMATICAL
Id`i*o*mat"ic, Id`i*o*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression
peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic
phrase.
— Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

IDIOMORPHIC
Id`i*o*morph"ic, a.

Defn: Idiomorphous.

IDIOMORPHOUS
Id`i*o*morph"ous, a. Etym: [Gr.

1. Having a form of its own.

2. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Apperaing in distinct crystals; — said of the mineral constituents of a rock.

IDIOMUSCULAR
Id`i*o*mus"cu*lar, a. Etym: [Idio- + muscular.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

IDIOPATHETIC
Id`i*o*pa*thet"ic, a.

Defn: Idiopathic. [R.]

IDIOPATHIC; IDIOPATHICAL
Id`i*o*path"ic, Id`i*o*path"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. idiopathique.]
(Med.)

Defn: Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; — opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic. — Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.

IDIOPATHY
Id`i*op"a*thy, n.; pl. Idiopathies. Etym: [Gr. idiopathie.]

1. A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection. All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger. Dr. H. More.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.

IDIOPHANOUS
Id`i*oph"a*nous, a. Etym: [Idio- + (Crystallog.)

Defn: Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.

IDIOPLASM
Id"i*o*plasm, n. (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Idioplasma.

IDIOPLASMA
Id`i*o*plas"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; — distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.

IDIOREPULSIVE
Id`i*o*re*pul"sive, a. Etym: [Idio- + repulsive.]

Defn: Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.

IDIOSYNCRASY
Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy, n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies. Etym: [Gr. idiosyncrasie.
See Idiom, and Crasis.]

Defn: A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity. The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of the body. I. Taylor.

IDIOSYNCRATIC; IDIOSYNCRATICAL
Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic, Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.

IDIOT Id"i*ot, n. Etym: [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill- informed person, Gr. Idiom.]

1. A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. [Obs.] St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons. Jer. Taylor.

2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.] Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. C. Blount.

3. A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent. Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shak.

4. A fool; a simpleton; — a term of reproach. Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame Chaucer.

IDIOTCY
Id"i*ot*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. Idiocy.]

Defn: Idiocy. [R.]

IDIOTED
Id"i*ot*ed, a.

Defn: Rendered idiotic; befooled. [R.] Tennyson.

IDIOTHERMIC
Id`i*o*ther"mic, a. Etym: [Idio- + thermic.]

Defn: Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.

IDIOTIC; IDIOTICAL Id`i*ot"ic, Id`i*ot"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. idiotique. See Idiot.]

1. Common; simple. [Obs.] Blackwall.

2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.

IDIOTICALLY
Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a idiotic manner.

IDIOTICON
Id`i*ot"i*con, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Idiot.]

Defn: A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.

IDIOTISH
Id"i*ot*ish, a.

Defn: Like an idiot; foolish.

IDIOTISM
Id"i*ot*ism, n. Etym: [F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion
of a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr.
Idiot.]

1. An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language. Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms, suitable to their native language, unto words newly invented. M. Hale.

2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness. Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism. Shaftesbury. The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism. Hammond.

IDIOTIZE
Id"i*ot*ize, v. i.

Defn: To become stupid. [R.]

IDIOTRY
Id"i*ot*ry, n.

Defn: Idiocy. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

IDLE I"dle, a. [Compar. Idler; superl. Idlest.] Etym: [OE. idel, AS. idel vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. idal, D. ijdel, OHG. ital vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. Ether.]

1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. "Deserts idle." Shak. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. xii. 36. Down their idle weapons dropped. Milton. This idle story became important. Macaulay.

2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours. The idle spear and shield were high uphing. Milton.

3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen. Why stand ye here all the day idle Matt. xx. 6.

4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford. Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. — Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution. — In idle, in vain. [Obs.] "God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in idle." Chaucer.

Syn. — Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant. — Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction is expressed by each of these words; they differ in the cause and degree of this characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent.

IDLE
I"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idled; p. pr. & vb. n. Idling.]

Defn: To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. Shak.

IDLE
I"dle, v. t.

Defn: To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; — often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

IDLE-HEADED
I"dle-head`ed, a.

1. Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] "The superstitious idle-headed eld." Shak.

2. Delirious; infatuated. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

IDLENESS
I"dle*ness, n. Etym: [AS. idelnes.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

Syn.
— Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

IDLE-PATED
I"dle-pat`ed, a.

Defn: Idle-headed; stupid. [Obs.]

IDLER
I"dler, n.

1. One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch. Totten.

3. (Mach.)

Defn: An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

IDLESS; IDLESSE
I"dless, I"dlesse, n.

Defn: Idleness. [Archaic] "In ydlesse." Spenser.
And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream. Mrs. Browning.

IDLY
I"dly, adv.

Defn: In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly;
(Obs.) foolishly.

IDO
I"do (e"do), n.

Defn: An artificial international language, selected by the "Delegation for the Adoption of an Auxillary International Language" (founded at Paris in 1901), made public in 1907, and subsequently greatly revised and extended by a permanent committee or "Academy." It combines systematically the advantages of previous schemes with a thoroughly logical word formation, and has neither accented constants nor arbitrarily coined pronominal words. For each idea that root is selected which is already most international, on the principle of the "greatest facility for the greatest number of people." The word "Ido" means in the language itself "offspring." The official name is: "Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro (Sistema Ido)." —I"dism (#), n. — I"dist (#), n.

IDOCRASE
Id"o*crase, n. Etym: [Gr. idocrase.] (Min.)

Defn: Same as Vesuvianite.

IDOL
I"dol, n. Etym: [OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. Wit, and cf.
Eidolon.]

1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.] Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser.

2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20.

3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham.

4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge.

IDOLASTRE
I`do*las"tre, n. Etym: [OE., for idolatre.]

Defn: An idolater. [Obs.] Chaucer.

IDOLATER
I*dol"a*ter, n. Etym: [F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr.
Idolatry.]

1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.

2. An adorer; a great admirer. Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd.

IDOLATRESS
I*dol"a*tress, n.

Defn: A female worshiper of idols.

IDOLATRICAL
I`do*lat"ric*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. idolâtrique.]

Defn: Idolatrous. [Obs.]

IDOLATRIZE
I*dol"a*trize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idolatrized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Idolatrizing.]

Defn: To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.

IDOLATRIZE
I*dol"a*trize, v. t.

Defn: To make in idol of; to idolize.

IDOLATROUS
I*dol"a*trous, a.

1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices. [Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5.

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

IDOLATROUSLY
I*dol"a*trous*ly, adv.

Defn: In a idolatrous manner.

IDOLATRY
I*dol"a*try, n.; pl. Idolatries. Etym: [F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria,
L. idololatria, Fr. Gr.

1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. Milton.

2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Shak.

IDOLISH
I"dol*ish, a.

Defn: Idolatrous. [Obs.] Milton.

IDOLISM
I"dol*ism, n.

Defn: The worship of idols. [Obs.]

IDOLIST
I"dol*ist, n.

Defn: A worshiper of idols. [Obs.] Milton.

IDOLIZE
I"dol*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Idolizing.]

1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

IDOLIZE
I"dol*ize, v. i.

Defn: To practice idolatry. [R.]
To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn.

IDOLIZER
I"dol*i`zer, n.

Defn: One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.

IDOLOCLAST
I*dol"o*clast, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.

IDOLOGRAPHICAL
I*dol`o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Idol + -graph.]

Defn: Descriptive of idols. [R.] Southey.

IDOLOUS
I"dol*ous, a.

Defn: Idolatrous. [Obs.] Bale.

IDOLUM; IDOLON
I*do"lum, I*do"lon, n.; pl. Idola (#). [L. See Idol; cf. Eidolon.]

Defn: Appearance or image; a phantasm; a spectral image; also, a mental image or idea.

IDONEOUS
I*do"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. idoneus.]

Defn: Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate. [R.] An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an idoneous person. Ayliffe.

IDORGAN
Id*or"gan, n. Etym: [Gr. organ.] (Biol.)

Defn: A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.

IDRIALINE; IDRIALITE
Id"ri*a*line, Id"ri*a*lite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. idrialine.] (Min.)

Defn: A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of
Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

IDUMEAN
Id`u*me"an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.
— n.

Defn: An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.

IDYL
I"dyl, n. Etym: [L. idyllium, Gr. idylle. See Idol.]

Defn: A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.

IDYLLIC
I*dyl"lic, a.

Defn: Of or belonging to idyls.

I. E.
I. e.

Defn: Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.

IF If, conj. Etym: [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef, ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel. ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle; properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi, efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.]

1. In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; — introducing a condition or supposition. Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if OEdipus deserve thy care. Pope. If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Matt. iv. 3.

2. Whether; — in dependent questions.
Uncertain if by augury or chance. Dryden.
She doubts if two and two make four. Prior.
As if, But if. See under As, But.

I' FAITH
I' faith"

Defn: . In faith; indeed; truly. Shak.

IFERE
I*fere", a. Etym: [Corrupted fr. in fere.]

Defn: Together. [Obs.] Chaucer.

IGASURIC
Ig`a*su"ric, a. Etym: [See Igasurine.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.

IGASURINE
Ig`a*su"rine, n. Etym: [Malay igasura the nux vomica.] (Chem.)

Defn: An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

IGLOO
Ig"loo, n.

1. An Eskimo snow house.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.

IGNATIUS BEAN
Ig*na"tius bean`. (Bot.)

Defn: See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.

IGNEOUS
Ig"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to Skr. agni,
Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]

1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.

IGNESCENT Ig*nes"cent, a. Etym: [L. ignescens, p.pr. of ignescere to become inflamed, fr. ignis fire: cf. F. ignescent.]

Defn: Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.

IGNICOLIST
Ig*nic"o*list, n. Etym: [L. ignis fire + colere to worship.]

Defn: A worshiper of fire. [R.]

IGNIFEROUS
Ig*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. ignifer; ignis fire + ferre to bear.]

Defn: Producing fire. [R.] Blount.

IGNIFLUOUS
Ig*nif"lu*ous, a. Etym: [L. ignifluus; ignis fire + fluere to flow.]

Defn: Flowing with fire. [Obs.] Cockerman.

IGNIFY
Ig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignifying.]
Etym: [L. ignis fire + -fy.]

Defn: To form into fire. [R.] Stukeley.

IGNIGENOUS Ig*nig"e*nous, a. Etym: [L. ignigenus; ignis fire + genere, ginere, to beget, produce.]

Defn: Produced by the action of fire, as lava. [R.]

IGNIPOTENCE
Ig*nip"o*tence, n.

Defn: Power over fire. [R.]

IGNIPOTENT Ig*nip"o*tent, a. Etym: [L. ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful.]

Defn: Presiding over fire; also, fiery.
Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. Pope.

IGNIS FATUUS Ig"nis fat"u*us; pl. Ignes fatui. Etym: [L. ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.]

1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; — popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a- lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.

2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy. Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition. Jer. Taylor.

IGNITE
Ig*nite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignited; p. pr. & vb. n. Igniting.]
Etym: [L. ignitus, p.p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See
Igneous.]

1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; — often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

IGNITE
Ig*nite", v. i.

Defn: To take fire; to begin to burn.

IGNITIBLE
Ig*nit"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being ignited.

IGNITION
Ig*ni"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ignition.]

1. The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

2. The state of being ignited or kindled. Sir T. Browne.

IGNITOR
Ig*nit"or, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like. [Written also igniter.]

IGNIVOMOUS
Ig*niv"o*mous, a. Etym: [L. ignivomus; ignis fire + vomere 8vomit.]

Defn: Vomiting fire. [R.]

IGNOBILITY
Ig`no*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. ignobilitas: cf. F. ignobilité.]

Defn: Ignobleness. [Obs.] Bale.

IGNOBLE
Ig*no"ble, a. Etym: [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf.
F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a.]

1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian;
common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent. Shak.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak.

2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can
soar. Shak.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Not a true or noble falcon; — said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Syn. — Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.

IGNOBLE
Ig*no"ble, v. t.

Defn: To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon.

IGNOBLENESS
Ig*no"ble*ness, n.

Defn: State or quality of being ignoble.

IGNOBLY
Ig*no"bly, adv.

Defn: In an ignoble manner; basely.

IGNOMINIOUS
Ig`no*min"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.]

1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable;
shameful.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious.
Milton.

2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. Swift.

3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. Macaulay.

IGNOMINIOUSLY
Ig`no*min"i*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.

IGNOMINY Ig"no*min*y, n.; pl. Ignominies. Etym: [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and Name.]

1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Syn.
— Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

IGNOMY
Ig"no*my, n.

Defn: Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]
I blush to think upon this ignomy. Shak.

IGNORAMUS
Ig`no*ra"mus, n. Etym: [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.]

1. (Law)

Defn: We are ignorant; we ignore; — being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.

2. (pl. Ignoramuses (.)

Defn: A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a
dunce.
An ignoramus in place and power. South.

IGNORANCE
Ig"no*rance, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ignorantia.]

1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shak.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.

IGNORANT Ig"no*rant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p.pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See Ignore.]

1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson.

2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; — used with of. Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. Dryden.

3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.] Ignorant concealment. Shak. Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed Shak.

4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. His shipping, Poor ignorant baubles! — on our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved. Shak.

Syn. — Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. — Ignorant, Illiterate. Ignorant denotes want of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general; illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant, especially in regard to war and other active pursuits. In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant More learned than the ears. Shak. In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the ignorant and illiterate, embraced torments and death. Tillotson.

IGNORANT
Ig"no*rant, n.

Defn: A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled;
an ignoramous.
Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preach
Denham.

IGNORANTISM
Ig"no*rant*ism, n.

Defn: The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.

IGNORANTIST
Ig"no*rant*ist, n.

Defn: One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.

IGNORANTLY
Ig"no*rant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts xvii. 23.

IGNORE
Ig*nore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.]
Etym: [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing,
noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]

1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.

2. (Law)

Defn: To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; — said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.

3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. Mrs. Browning.

IGNOSCIBLE Ig*nos"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. ignoscibilis, fr. ignoscere to pardon, lit., not to wish to know; pref. in- not + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know. See In- not, and Know.]

Defn: Pardonable. [Obs.] Bailey.

IGNOTE Ig*note", a. Etym: [L. ignotus; pref. in- not + gnotus, notus, known, p.p. of gnocere, nocere, to learn to know.]

Defn: Unknown. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys. — n.

Defn: One who is unknown. Bp. Hacket.

IGUANA
I*gua"na, n. Etym: [Sp. iguana, from the native name in Hayti. Cf.
Guana.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidæ. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.

Note: The common iguana (I. tuberculata) of the West Indies and South America is sometimes five feet long. Its flesh is highly prized as food. The horned iguana (I. cornuta) has a conical horn between the eyes.

IGUANIAN
I*gua"ni*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.

IGUANID
I*gua"nid, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Iguanoid.

IGUANODON
I*gua"no*don, n. Etym: [Iguana + Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

IGUANODONT
I*gua"no*dont, a. (Paleon.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.

IGUANOID
I*gua"noid, a. Etym: [Iguana + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Iguanidæ.

IHLANG-IHLANG
Ih*lang`-ih*lang", n. Etym: [Malayan, flower of flowers.]

Defn: A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also written ylang-ylang.]

IHRAM
Ih*ram", n.

Defn: The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.

IHVH
IHVH. [Written also JHVH, YHVH.]

Defn: A transliteration of the four constants forming the Hebrew tetragrammaton or "incommunicable name" of the Supreme Being, which in latter Jewish tradition is not pronounced save with the vowels of adonai or elohim, so that the true pronunciation is lost.

Numerous attempts have been made to represent the supposed original form of the word, as Jahaveh, Jahvaj, Jahve, Jahveh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh, etc.

IK
Ik, pron. Etym: [See I.]

Defn: I [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Note: The Northern dialectic form of I, in Early English, corresponding to ich of the Southern.

IL-
Il-

Defn: . A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-.

ILE
Ile, n. Etym: [AS. egl.]

Defn: Ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

ILE
Ile, n. Etym: [See Aisle.]

Defn: An aisle. [Obs.] H. Swinburne.

ILE
Ile, n. Etym: [See Isle.]

Defn: An isle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ILEAC
Il"e*ac, a. Etym: [See Ileum.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the ileum. [Written also iliac.]

2. See Iliac,

1. [R.] Ileac passion. (Med.) See Ileus.

ILEOCAECAL
Il`e*o*cæ"cal, a. Etym: [Ileum + cæcal.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the ileum and cæcum.

ILEOCOLIC
Il`e*o*col"ic, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

ILEUM
Il"e*um, n. Etym: [L. ile, ileum, ilium, pl. ilia, groin, flank.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written also ileon, and ilium.]

2. (Anat.)

Defn: See Ilium. [R.]

Note: Most modern writers restrict ileum to the division of the intestine and ilium to the pelvic bone.

ILEUS
Il"e*us, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.

ILEX I"lex, n. Etym: [L., holm oak.] (Bot.) (a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex). (b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.

ILIAC
Il"i*ac, a. Etym: [L. Iliacus, Gr. Iliad.]

Defn: Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.

ILIAC
Il"i*ac, a. Etym: [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]

2. See Ileac, 1. [R.] Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium.
— Iliac passion. See Ileus.
— Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the
hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.

ILIACAL
I*li"a*cal, a.

Defn: Iliac. [R.]

ILIAD
Il"i*ad, n. Etym: [L. Ilias, -adis, Gr.

Defn: A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

ILIAL
Il"i*al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.

ILICHE
I*liche", adv. Etym: [OE., fr. AS. gelic. Cf. Alike.]

Defn: Alike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ILICIC
I*lic"ic, a. Etym: [L. ilex, ilicis, holm oak.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.

ILICIN
Il"i*cin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: The bitter principle of the holly.

ILIO-
Il"i*o-. Etym: [From Ilium.]

Defn: A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.

ILIOFEMORAL
Il`i*o*fem"o*ral, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

ILIOLUMBAR
Il`i*o*lum"bar, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.

ILIOPSOAS
Il`i*o*pso"as, n. (Anat.)

Defn: The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, — often regarded as distinct muscles.

ILIUM
Il"i*um, n. Etym: [See Ileum.] (Anat.)

Defn: The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [Written also ilion, and ileum.]

ILIXANTHIN
Il`ix*an"thin, n. Etym: [Ilex the genus including the holly + Gr.
(Chem.)

Defn: A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.

ILK
Ilk, a. Etym: [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf. Each.]

Defn: Same; each; every. [Archaic] Spenser. Of that ilk, denoting that a person's surname and the title of his estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson.

ILKE
Il"ke, a. Etym: [See Ilk.]

Defn: Same. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ILKON; ILKOON
Il*kon", Il*koon", pron. Etym: [See Ilk, and One.]

Defn: Each one; every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ILL Ill, a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worse ( and worst (, from another root.] Etym: [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]

1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors. Bacon. There 's some ill planet reigns. Shak.

2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Shak.

3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever. I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. Shak.

4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude;
unpolished; inelegant.
That 's an ill phrase. Shak.
Ill at ease, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. "I am very ill at ease."
Shak.
— Ill blood, enmity; resentment.
— Ill breeding, want of good breeding; rudeness.
— Ill fame, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a house
where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
— Ill humor, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
— Ill nature, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a
disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
— Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness.
— Ill turn. (a) An unkind act. (b) A slight attack of illness.
[Colloq. U.S.] — Ill will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.

Syn.
— Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

ILL
Ill, n.

1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. Who can all sense of others' ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape. Tate. That makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of. Shak.

2. Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil. Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill. Dryden.

ILL
Ill, adv.

Defn: In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
How ill this taper burns! Shak.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth
accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

Note: Ill, like above, well, and so, is used before many participal adjectives, in its usual adverbal sense. When the two words are used as an epithet preceding the noun qualified they are commonly hyphened; in other cases they are written separatively; as, an ill- educated man; he was ill educated; an ill-formed plan; the plan, however ill formed, was acceptable. Ao, also, the following: ill- affected or ill affected, ill-arranged or ill arranged, ill-assorted or ill assorted, ill-boding or ill boding, ill-bred or ill bred, ill- conditioned, ill-conducted, ill-considered, ill-devised, ill- disposed, ill-doing, ill-fairing, ill-fated, ill-favored, ill- featured, ill-formed, ill-gotten, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill- looking, ill-mannered, ill-matched, ill-meaning, ill-minded, ill- natured, ill-omened, ill-proportioned, ill-provided, ill-required, ill-sorted, ill-starred, ill-tempered, ill-timed, ill-trained, ill- used, and the like.

I' LL
I' ll

Defn: . Contraction for I will or I shall.
I'll by a sign give notice to our friends. Shak.

ILLABILE
Il*lab"ile, a.

Defn: Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. [Obs.] —
Il`la*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

ILLACERABLE
Il*lac"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. illacerabilis: cf. F. illacérable. See
In- not, and Lacerable.]

Defn: Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. [Obs.]

ILLACRYMABLE Il*lac"ry*ma*ble, a. Etym: [L. illacrimabilis; pref. il- not + lacrimabilis worthy of tears.]

Defn: Incapable of weeping. [Obs.] Bailey.

ILLAPSABLE
Il*laps"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + lapsable.]

Defn: Incapable of slipping, or of error. [R.]
Morally immutable and illapsable. Glanvill.

ILLAPSE
Il*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Illapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Illapsing.]
Etym: [L. illapsus, p.p. of illabi; pref. il- in + labi to fall,
slide.]

Defn: To fall or glide; to pass; — usually followed by into. Cheyne.

ILLAPSE
Il*lapse", n. Etym: [L. illapsus. See Illapse, v. i.]

Defn: A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack. Akenside. They sit silent . . . waiting for an illapse of the spirit. Jeffrey.

ILLAQUEABLE
Il*la"que*a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [R.] Cudworth.

ILLAQUEATE
Il*la"que*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illaqueated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illaqueating.] Etym: [L. illaqueatus, p.p. of illaqueare; pref. il-
in + laqueare to insnare, fr. laqueus, noose, snare.]

Defn: To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.
Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his
scholastic retairy versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.
Coleridge.

ILLAQUEATION
Il*la`que*a"tion, n.

1. The act of catching or insnaring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.

ILLATION Il*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p.p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-, and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.]

Defn: The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion. Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things. Sir T. Browne.

ILLATIVE
Il"la*tive, a. Etym: [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]

Defn: Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true. — Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences.

ILLATIVE
Il"la*tive, n.

Defn: An illative particle, as for, because.

ILLATIVELY
Il"la*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.

ILLAUDABLE
Il*laud"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. illaudabilis. See In- not, and Laudable.]

Defn: Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. Milton. — Il*laud"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome.

ILL-BODING
Ill`-bod"ing, a.

Defn: Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened. "Ill-boding stars."
Shak.

ILL-BRED
Ill"-bred`, a.

Defn: Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

ILLECEBRATION
Il*lec`e*bra"tion, n. Etym: [See Illecebrous.]

Defn: Allurement. [R.] T. Brown.

ILLECEBROUS Il*lec"e*brous, a. Etym: [L. illecebrosus, fr. illecebra allurement, fr. illicere to allure.]

Defn: Alluring; attractive; enticing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

ILLEGAL
Il*le"gal, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F. illégal.]

Defn: Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.

ILLEGALITY
Il`le*gal"i*ty, n.; pl. Illegalities. Etym: [Cf. F. illégalité.]

Defn: The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

ILLEGALIZE
Il*le"gal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illegalizing.]

Defn: To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

ILLEGALLY
Il*le"gal*ly, adv.

Defn: In a illegal manner; unlawfully.

ILLEGALNESS
Il*le"gal*ness, n.

Defn: Illegality, unlawfulness.

ILLEGIBILITY
Il*leg`i*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being illegible.

ILLEGIBLE
Il*leg"i*ble, a.

Defn: Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible
handwriting; an illegible inscription.
— Il*leg"i*ble*ness, n.
— Il*leg"i*bly, adv.

ILLEGITIMACY
Il`le*git"i*ma*cy, n.

Defn: The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

ILLEGITIMATE
Il`le*git"i*mate, a.

1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.

ILLEGITIMATE
Il`le*git"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegitimated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illegitimating.]

Defn: To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize. The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. Bp. Burnet.

ILLEGITIMATELY
Il`le*git"i*mate*ly, adv.

Defn: In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

ILLEGITIMATION
Il`le*git`i*ma"tion, n.

1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [Obs.] Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off. Bp. Burnet.

ILLEGITIMATIZE
Il`le*git"i*ma*tize, v. t.

Defn: To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

ILLESIVE
Il*le"sive, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + L. laedere, laesum, to injure.]

Defn: Not injurious; harmless. [R.]

ILLEVIABLE
Il*lev"i*a*ble, a.

Defn: Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. [R.]
Sir M. Hale.

ILL-FAVORED
Ill`-fa"vored, a.

Defn: Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.
— Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv.
— Ill`-fa"vored*ness, n.

ILLIBERAL Il*lib"er*al, a. Etym: [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal: cf. F. illibéral.]

1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.

2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] Chesterfield.

ILLIBERALISM
Il*lib"er*al*ism, n.

Defn: Illiberality. [R.]

ILLIBERALITY
Il*lib`er*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. illiberalitas: cf. F. illibéralité.]

Defn: The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.

ILLIBERALIZE
Il*lib"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illiberalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illiberalizing.]

Defn: To make illiberal.

ILLIBERALLY
Il*lib"er*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

ILLIBERALNESS
Il*lib"er*al*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

ILLICIT
Il*lic"it, a. Etym: [L. illicitus; pref. il- not + licitus, p.p. of
licere to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite. See In- not, and
License.]

Defn: Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit
trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another. Burke.
— Il*lic"it*ly, adv.
— Il*lic"it*ness, n.

ILLICITOUS
Il*lic"it*ous, a.

Defn: Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave.

ILLICIUM Il*li"ci*um, n. Etym: [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.

ILLIGHTEN
Il*light"en, v. t.

Defn: To enlighten. [Obs.]

ILLIMITABLE Il*lim"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F. illimitable.]

Defn: Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space. The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey.

Syn.
— Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable;
infinite; immense; vast.
— Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness, n.
— Il*lim"it*a*bly, adv.

ILLIMITATION Il*lim`it*a"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. il- not + limitation: cf. F. illimitation.]

Defn: State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.

ILLIMITED
Il*lim"it*ed, a.

Defn: Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall.
— Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n.
The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally
much spoken of. Clarendon.

ILLINITION Il`li*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in, on + linire, linere, to smear.]

1. A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.

2. A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [R.] A thin crust or illinition of black manganese. Kirwan.

ILLINOIS
Il`li*nois", n.sing. & pl. (Ethnol.)

Defn: A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

ILLIQUATION
Il`li*qua"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. il- in + L. liquare to melt.]

Defn: The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.

ILLISH
Ill"ish, a.

Defn: Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell.

ILLISION Il*li"sion, n. Etym: [L. illisio, fr. illidere, illisum, to strike against; pref. il- in + laedere to strike.]

Defn: The act of dashing or striking against. Sir T. Browne.

ILLITERACY
Il*lit"er*a*cy, n.; pl. Illiteracies. Etym: [From Illiterate.]

1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. Pope.

ILLITERAL
Il*lit"er*al, a.

Defn: Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson.

ILLITERATE Il*lit"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus learned. See In- not, and Literal.]

Defn: Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Syn.
— Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See
Ignorant.
— Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv.
— Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.

ILLITERATURE
Il*lit"er*a*ture, n.

Defn: Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.

ILL-JUDGED
Ill"-judged`, a.

Defn: Not well judged; unwise.

ILL-LIVED
Ill"-lived`, a.

Defn: Leading a wicked life. [Obs.]

ILL-LOOKING
Ill"-look`ing, a.

Defn: Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.

ILL-MANNERED
Ill`-man"nered, a.

Defn: Impolite; rude.

ILL-MINDED
Ill"-mind`ed, a.

Defn: Ill-disposed. Byron.

ILL-NATURED
Ill`-na"tured, a.

1. Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The ill-natured task refuse." Addison.

3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured land." J.
Philips.
— Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv.
— Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.

ILLNESS
Ill"ness, n. Etym: [From Ill.]

1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather." Locke.

2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Shak.

Syn. — Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. — Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."

ILL-NURTURED
Ill"-nur`tured, a.

Defn: Ill-bred. Shak.

ILLOCALITY
Il`lo*cal"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of locality or place. [R.] Cudworth.

ILLOGICAL
Il*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference. — Il*log"ic*al*ly, adv. — Il*log"ic*al*ness, n.

ILL-OMENED
Ill`-o"mened, a.

Defn: Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

ILL-STARRED
Ill"-starred`, a.

Defn: Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

ILL-TEMPERED
Ill`-tem"pered, a.

1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.

ILL-TIMED
Ill"-timed`, a.

Defn: Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.

ILLTREAT
Ill`treat", v. t.

Defn: To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

ILLUDE
Il*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuding.]
Etym: [L. illudere, illusum; pref. il- in + ludere to play: cf. OF.
illuder. See Ludicrous.]

Defn: To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

ILLUME
Il*lume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuming.]
Etym: [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.]

Defn: To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. Shak. The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. Thomson.

ILLUMINABLE
Il*lu"mi*na*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being illuminated.

ILLUMINANT
Il*lu"mi*nant, n. Etym: [L. illuminans, -antis, p.pr. of illuminare.]

Defn: That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants. Boyle.

ILLUMINARY
Il*lu"mi*na*ry, a.

Defn: Illuminative.

ILLUMINATE
Il*lu"mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuminating.] Etym: [L. illuminatus, p.p. of illuminare; pref. il-
in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf.
Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]

1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.

3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

ILLUMINATE
Il*lu"mi*nate, v. i.

Defn: To light up in token or rejoicing.

ILLUMINATE
Il*lu"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. illuminatus, p.p.]

Defn: Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

ILLUMINATE
Il*lu"mi*nate, n.

Defn: One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

ILLUMINATI Il*lu`mi*na"ti, n. pl. Etym: [L. illuminatus. See Illuminate, v. t., and cf. Illuminee.]

Defn: Literally, those who are enlightened; — variously applied as follows: -

1. (Eccl.)

Defn: Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.

2. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; — called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.

3. (Mod. Hist.)

Defn: Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years.

4. Also applied to: (a) An obscure sect of French Familists. (b) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists; (c) The Rosicrucians.

5. Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

ILLUMINATING
Il*lu"mi*na`ting, a.

Defn: Giving or producing light; used for illumination. Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a).

ILLUMINATION
Il*lu`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.]

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.

5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge. The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. Felton.

6. (Theol.)

Defn: The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God;
inspiration.
Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by
prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker.

ILLUMINATISM
Il*lu"mi*na*tism, n.

Defn: Illuminism. [R.]

ILLUMINATIVE
Il*lu"mi*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. illuminatif.]

Defn: Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. "Illuminative reading." Carlyle.

ILLUMINATOR Il*lu"mi*na`tor, n. Etym: [L., an enlightener, LL. also, an illuminator of books.]

1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

2. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.

ILLUMINE
Il*lu"mine, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.]

Defn: To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.

ILLUMINEE
Il*lu`mi*nee", n. Etym: [F. illuminé. Cf. Illuminati.]

Defn: One of the Illuminati.

ILLUMINER
Il*lu"mi*ner, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, illuminates.

ILLUMINISM
Il*lu"mi*nism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. illuminisme.]

Defn: The principles of the Illuminati.

ILLUMINISTIC
Il*lu`mi*nis"tic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.

ILLUMINIZE
Il*lu"mi*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuminizing.]

Defn: To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

ILLUMINOUS
Il*lu"mi*nous, a.

Defn: Bright; clear. [R.] H. Taylor.

ILLURE
Il*lure", v. t. Etym: [Pref. il- in + lure.]

Defn: To deceive; to entice; to lure. [Obs.] The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. Fuller.

ILL-USED
Ill`-used", a.

Defn: Misapplied; treated badly.

ILLUSION Il*lu"sion, n. Etym: [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude. See Illude.]

1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination. To cheat the eye with blear illusions. Milton.

2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! Pope.

3. (Physiol.)

Defn: A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever.

4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.

Syn. — Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See Delusion. Illusion, Delusion. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards.

ILLUSIONABLE
Il*lu"sion*a*ble, a.

Defn: Liable to illusion.

ILLUSIONIST
Il*lu"sion*ist, n.

Defn: One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

ILLUSIVE
Il*lu"sive, a. Etym: [See Illude.]

Defn: Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory;
unreal.
Truth from illusive falsehood to command. Thomson.

ILLUSIVELY
Il*lu"sive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a illusive manner; falsely.

ILLUSIVENESS
Il*lu"sive*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

ILLUSORY
Il*lu"so*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. illusore.]

Defn: Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

ILLUSTRABLE
Il*lus"tra*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of illustration. Sir T. Browne.

ILLUSTRATE
Il*lus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illustrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Illustrating.] Etym: [L. illustratus, p.p. of illustrare to
illustrate, fr. illustris bright. See Illustrious.]

1. To make clear, bright, or luminous. Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. Chapman.

2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. Shak. To prove him, and illustrate his high worth. Milton.

3. To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.] Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates. Milton.

ILLUSTRATE
Il*lus"trate, a. Etym: [L. illustratus, p.p.]

Defn: Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.]
This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. Shak.

1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

ILLUSTRATIVE
Il*lus"tra*tive, a.

1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.

2. Making illustrious. [Obs.]

ILLUSTRATIVELY
Il*lus"tra*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By way of illustration or elucidation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

ILLUSTRATOR
Il*lus"tra*tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who illustrates.

ILLUSTRATORY
Il*lus"tra*to*ry, a.

Defn: Serving to illustrate.

ILLUSTRIOUS Il*lus"tri*ous, a. Etym: [L. illustris, prob. for illuxtris; fr. il- in + the root of lucidus bright: cf. F. illustre. See Lucid.]

1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl.

2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened everywhere. Drayton.

3. Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles.

Syn.
— Distinguished; famous; remarkable; brilliant; conspicuous; noted;
celebrated; signal; renowened; eminent; exalted; noble; glorious. See
Distinguished, Famous.

ILLUSTRIOUSLY
Il*lus"tri*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.
Milton.

ILLUSTRIOUSNESS
Il*lus"tri*ous*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.

ILLUSTROUS
Il*lus"trous, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + lustrous.]

Defn: Without luster. [Obs. & R.]

ILLUTATION Il`lu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. il- in + L. lutum mud: cf. F. illutation.]

Defn: The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.

ILLUXURIOUS
Il`lux*u"ri*ous, a.

Defn: Not luxurious. [R.] Orrery.

ILL-WILL
Ill`-will"

Defn: . See under Ill, a.

ILL-WISHER
Ill`-wish"er, n.

Defn: One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

ILLY
Il"ly, adv.

Defn: Etym: [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.]

ILMENITE
Il"men*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural
Mountains.] (Min.)

Defn: Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.

ILMENIUM
Il*me"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Ilmenite.] (Chem.)

Defn: A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by
R.Harmann.

ILVAITE
Il"va*ite, n. Etym: [From L. Ilva, the island now called Elba.]
(Min.)

Defn: A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.

I'M
I'm

Defn: . A contraction of I am.

IM-
Im-

Defn: . A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank, imbitter.

IMAGE Im"age, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

1. An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance. Even like a stony image, cold and numb. Shak. Whose is this image and superscription Matt. xxii. 20. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. Shak. And God created man in his own image. Gen. i. 27.

2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol. Chaucer. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. Ex. xx. 4, 5.

3. Show; appearance; cast. The face of things a frightful image bears. Dryden.

4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea. Can we conceive Image of aught delightful, soft, or great Prior.

5. (Rhet.)

Defn: A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. Brande & C.

6. (Opt.)

Defn: The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror. Electrical image. See under Electrical. — Image breaker, one who destroys images; an iconoclast. — Image graver, Image maker, a sculptor. — Image worship, the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images themselves. — Image Purkinje (Physics), the image of the retinal blood vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane. — Virtual image (Optics), a point or system of points, on one side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit the system of rays which actually exists on the other side of the mirror or lens. Clerk Maxwell.

IMAGE
Im"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Imaging.]

1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. "Shrines of imaged saints." J. Warton.

2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine. Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. Pope.

IMAGEABLE
Im"age*a*ble, a.

Defn: That may be imaged. [R.]

IMAGELESS
Im"age*less, a.

Defn: Having no image. Shelley.

IMAGER
Im"a*ger, n.

Defn: One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]
Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager. Holland.

IMAGERY
Im"age*ry, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: Capacity for imagination. [R.] Coleridge.

IMAGINABLE
Im*ag"i*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. imaginalis.]

1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to an imago. Imaginal disks (Zoöl.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ 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. Etym: [L. imaginans, p.pr. of imaginari: cf. F. imaginant.]

Defn: Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] Bacon. — n.

Defn: An imaginer. [Obs.] Glanvill.

IMAGINARILY
Im*ag"i*na*ri*ly, a.

Defn: In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson.

IMAGINARINESS
Im*ag"i*na*ri*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.

IMAGINARY
Im*ag"i*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.]

Defn: 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, sq. root-9, a + b sq. root-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.)

Defn: An imaginary expression or quantity.

IMAGINATE
Im*ag"i*nate, a.

Defn: Imaginative. [Obs.] Holland.

IMAGINATION Im*ag`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [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, Wordworth 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.

IMAGINATIONAL
Im*ag`i*na"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.

IMAGINATIONALISM
Im*ag`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.

Defn: Idealism. J. Grote.

IMAGINATIVE
Im*ag"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [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 constitues 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.]
Etym: [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.

Defn: One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon.

IMAGINOUS
Im*ag"in*ous, a.

Defn: Imaginative. [R.] Chapman.

IMAGO
I*ma"go, n.; pl. Imagoes. Etym: [L. See Image.]

1. An image.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See
Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

IMAM; IMAN; IMAUM
I*mam", I*man", I*maum", n. Etym: [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.

IMARET
I*ma"ret, n. Etym: [Turk., fr. Ar. 'imara.]

Defn: A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.

IMBALM
Im*balm", v. t.

Defn: See Embalm.

IMBAN
Im*ban", v. t.

Defn: To put under a ban. [R.] Barlow.

IMBAND
Im*band", v. t.

Defn: 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.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf. Embank.]

Defn: To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.

IMBANKMENT
Im*bank"ment, n.

Defn: The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.

IMBANNERED
Im*ban"nered, a.

Defn: Having banners.

IMBAR
Im*bar", v. t.

Defn: To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]
To imbar their crooked titles. Shak.

IMBARGO
Im*bar"go, n.

Defn: See Embargo.

IMBARK
Im*bark", v. i. & t.

Defn: See Embark.

IMBARN
Im*barn", v. t.

Defn: To store in a barn. [Obs.]

IMBASE
Im*base", v. t.

Defn: See Embase.

IMBASE
Im*base", v. i.

Defn: To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.

IMBASTARDIZE
Im*bas"tard*ize, v. t.

Defn: To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton.

IMBATHE
Im*bathe", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.]

Defn: To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. Milton.

IMBAY
Im*bay", v. t.

Defn: See Embay.

IMBECILE Im"be*cile, a. Etym: [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imbécile.]

Defn: Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

Syn.
— Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.

IMBECILE
Im"be*cile, n.

Defn: One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.

IMBECILE
Im"be*cile, v. t.

Defn: To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.
[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

IMBECILITATE
Im`be*cil"i*tate, v. t.

Defn: To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] A.
Wilson.

IMBECILITY Im`be*cil"i*ty, n.; pl. Imbecilities. Etym: [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imbécillité.]

Defn: 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.

Note: 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.

IMBED
Im*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbedding.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. Embed.]

Defn: To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

IMBELLIC Im*bel"lic, a. Etym: [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf. bellicus warlike.]

Defn: Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.

IMBENCHING
Im*bench"ing, n. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bench.]

Defn: A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.

IMBER-GOOSE
Im"ber-goose`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The loon. See Ember-goose.

IMBEZZLE
Im*bez"zle, v. t. [Obs.]

Defn: See Embezzle.

IMBIBE
Im*bibe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing.]
Etym: [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber.
Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.]

1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.

3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.

IMBIBER
Im*bib"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, imbibes.

IMBIBITION
Im`bi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbibition.]

Defn: 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.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter.] [Written
also embitter.]

Defn: 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.

IMBITTERER
Im*bit"ter*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, imbitters.

IMBITTERMENT
Im*bit"ter*ment, n.

Defn: The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.

IMBLAZE
Im*blaze", v. t.

Defn: See Emblaze.

IMBLAZON
Im*bla"zon, v. t.

Defn: See Emblazon.

IMBODY
Im*bod"y, v. i. Etym: [See Embody.]

Defn: To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material
body. See Embody.
The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.

IMBOIL
Im*boil", v. t. & i. [Obs.]

Defn: See Emboil.

IMBOLDEN
Im*bold"en, v. t.

Defn: See Embolden.

IMBONITY
Im*bon"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness.]

Defn: Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.

IMBORDER
Im*bor"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbordered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbordering.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + border. Cf. Emborder.]

Defn: To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.
Milton.

IMBOSK
Im*bosk", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking.]
Etym: [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood;
pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.]

Defn: To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.

IMBOSK
Im*bosk", v. i.

Defn: To be concealed. [R.] Milton.

IMBOSOM
Im*bos"om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbosoming.] Etym: [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.

IMBOSS
Im*boss", v. t.

Defn: See Emboss.

IMBOSTURE
Im*bos"ture, n. Etym: [See Emboss.]

Defn: Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

IMBOUND
Im*bound", v. t.

Defn: To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Obs.] Shak.

IMBOW
Im*bow", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. Embow.]

Defn: To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.
"Imbowed windows." Bacon.

IMBOWEL
Im*bow"el, v. t.

Defn: See Embowel.

IMBOWER
Im*bow"er, v. t. & i.

Defn: See Embower.

IMBOWMENT
Im*bow"ment, n.

Defn: act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon.

IMBOX
Im*box", v. t.

Defn: To inclose in a box.

IMBRACERY
Im*bra"cer*y, n.

Defn: Embracery. [Obs.]

IMBRAID
Im*braid", v. t. [Obs.]

Defn: See Embraid.

IMBRANGLE
Im*bran"gle, v. t.

Defn: To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras.
Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.

IMBREED
Im*breed", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Inbreed.]

Defn: To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill.

IMBRICATE; IMBRICATED Im"bri*cate, Im"bri*ca`ted, a. Etym: [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 æstivation.

3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.

IMBRICATE
Im"bri*cate, v. t.

Defn: To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.

IMBRICATION
Im`bri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbrication.]

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Imbricate.

IMBROCADO
Im`bro*ca"do, n.; pl. Imbrocadoes. Etym: [See Brocade.]

Defn: Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]

IMBROCATA; IMBROCCATA
Im`bro*ca"ta, Im`broc*ca"ta, n. Etym: [It. imbroccata.]

Defn: A hit or thrust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

IMBROGLIO
Im*brogl"io, n.; pl. Imbroglios. [Written also embroglio.] Etym: [It.
See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil.]

1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.

2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.

IMBROWN
Im*brown", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + brown. Cf. Embrown.]

Defn: To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron.

IMBRUE
Im*brue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbureed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbureing.]
Etym: [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to give
to drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but also
OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis).]

Defn: To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton.

IMBRUEMENT
Im*brue"ment, n.

Defn: The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.

IMBRUTE
Im*brute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.] Etym:
[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.

IMBUEMENT
Im*bue"ment, n.

Defn: The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.

IMBURSE Im*burse", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse. See Burse, and Purse.]

Defn: To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]

IMBURSEMENT
Im*burse"ment, n.

1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]

2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]

IMBUTION
Im*bu"tion, n.

Defn: An imbuing. [Obs.]

IMESATIN
I*mes"a*tin, n. Etym: [Imide + isatin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.

IMIDE
Im"ide, n. (Chem.)

Defn: 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, succinimide.

IMIDO
Im"i*do, a. (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [See Imitable.]

Defn: The quality of being imitable. Norris.

IMITABLE
Im"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. imitabilis: cf. F. imitable. See Imitate.]

1. Capble of being imitated or copied. The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers. Atterbury.

2. Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. Sir W. Raleigh.

IMITABLENESS
Im"i*ta*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.

IMITANCY
Im"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [From L. imitans, p. pr. of imitare.]

Defn: Tendency to imitation. [R.] Carlyle.

IMITATE
Im"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imitating.]
Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

IMITATION
Im"i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.]

1. The act of imitating. Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. Sir P. Sidney.

2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance. Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature. Dryden.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.

4. (Biol.)

Defn: The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article; — opposed to real or genuine; as, imitation lace; imitation bronze; imitation modesty, etc.

IMITATIONAL
Im`i*ta"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.

IMITATIVE
Im"i*ta*tive, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance 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.)

Defn: A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

IMITATOR
Im"i*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who imitates.

IMITATORSHIP
Im"i*ta`tor*ship, n.

Defn: The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship."
Marston.

IMITATRESS
Im"i*ta`tress, n.

Defn: A woman who is an imitator.

IMITATRIX
Im"i*ta`trix, n.

Defn: An imitatress.

IMMACULATE Im*mac"u*late, a. Etym: [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See Mail armor.]

Defn: 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.

IMMAILED
Im*mailed", a.

Defn: Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.

IMMALLEABLE
Im*mal"le*a*ble, a.

Defn: Not maleable.

IMMANACLE
Im*man"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Immanacling.]

Defn: To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free
action.
Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.

IMMANATION Im"ma*na"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. im- in + L. manare to flow; cf. mantio a flowing.]

Defn: A flowing or entering in; — opposed to emanation. [R.] Good.

IMMANE
Im*mane", a. Etym: [L. immanis.]

Defn: Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." Chapman. — Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]

IMMANENCE; IMMANENCY
Im"ma*nence, Im"ma*nen*cy, n.

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. immanens, p. pr. of immanere to remain in or near; pref. im- in + manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

IMMANITY
Im*man"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immanitas.]

Defn: The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.

IMMANTLE
Im*man"tle, v. t.

Defn: See Emmantle. [R.]

IMMANUEL
Im*man"u*el, n. Etym: [Heb. 'imman, fr. 'im with + an us + el God.]

Defn: God with us; — an appellation of the Christ. Is. vii. 14.
Matt. i. 23.

IMMARCESCIBLE Im`mar*ces"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. immarcescibilis; pref. im- not + marcescere to fade: cf. F. immarcescible.]

Defn: Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

IMMARCESCIBLY
Im`mar*ces"ci*bly, adv.

Defn: Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

IMMARGINATE
Im*mar"gin*ate, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Not having a distinctive margin or border. Grey.

IMMARTIAL
Im*mar"tial, a.

Defn: Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]

IMMASK
Im*mask", v. t.

Defn: To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] Shak.

IMMATCHABLE
Im*match"a*ble, a.

Defn: Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.

IMMATERIAL Im"ma*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immatériel.]

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. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialisme.]

1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.

2. (Philos.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialiste.] (Philos.)

Defn: One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.

IMMATERIALITY Im`ma*te`ri*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Immaterialities. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialité.]

Defn: The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.

IMMATERIALIZE
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialiser.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.

IMMATERIATE
Im`ma*te"ri*ate, a.

Defn: Immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon.

IMMATURE Im`ma*ture", a. Etym: [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.

IMMATURED
Im`ma*tured", a.

Defn: Immature.

IMMATURELY
Im`ma*ture"ly, adv.

Defn: In an immature manner. Warburion.

IMMATURENESS
Im`ma*ture"ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.

IMMATURITY
Im`ma*tu"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. meabilis passable, fr. meare to pass.]

Defn: Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.
Immeability of the juices. Arbuthnot.

IMMEASURABILITY
Im*meas`ur*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.

IMMEASURABLE Im*meas"ur*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + measurable: cf. F. measurable. Cf. Immensurable, Unmeasurable.]

Defn: Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast. Of depth immeasurable. Milton.

IMMEASURABLENESS
Im*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being immeasurable.
Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone. F. W.
Robertson.

IMMEASURABLY
Im*meas"ur*a*bly, adv.

Defn: In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant."
Wordsworth.

IMMEASURED
Im*meas"ured, a.

Defn: Immeasurable. [R.] Spenser.

IMMECHANICAL
Im`me*chan"ic*al, a.

Defn: Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne.
— Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

IMMEDIACY
Im*me"di*a*cy, n.

Defn: The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak.

IMMEDIATE
Im*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [F. immédiat. 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.

IMMEDIATELY
Im*me"di*ate*ly, adv.

1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; — opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South.

2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3.

3. As soon as. Cf. Directly,

8, Note.

Syn.
— Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway; presently.
See Directly.

IMMEDIATENESS
Im*me"di*ate*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall.

IMMEDIATISM
Im*me"di*a*tism, n.

Defn: Immediateness.

IMMEDICABLE
Im*med"i*ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. Immedicabilis. See In- not, and
Medicable.]

Defn: Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.

IMMELODIOUS
Im`me*lo"di*ous, a.

Defn: Not melodious.

IMMEMORABLE Im*mem"o*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable.]

Defn: Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.

IMMEMORIAL Im`me*mo"ri*al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial.]

Defn: Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. "Immemorial elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage or custom." Sir M. Hale. Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond "legal memory" so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before.

IMMEMORIALLY
Im`me*mo"ri*al*ly, adv.

Defn: Beyond memory. Bentley.

IMMENSE Im*mense", a. Etym: [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]

Defn: 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.

IMMENSELY
Im*mense"ly, adv.

Defn: In immense manner or degree.

IMMENSENESS
Im*mense"ness, n.

Defn: The state of being immense.

IMMENSIBLE
Im*men"si*ble, a. Etym: [Immense + -ible.]

Defn: Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies.

IMMENSITY Im*men"si*ty, n.; pl. Immensities. Etym: [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensité.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Huge. [Obs.] Herrick.

IMMENSURABILITY
Im*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being immensurable.

IMMENSURABLE Im*men"su*ra*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.]

Defn: Immeasurable.
What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham.

IMMENSURATE
Im*men"su*rate, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + mensurate.]

Defn: Unmeasured; unlimited. [R.] W. Montagu.

IMMERGE
Im*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Immerging.]
Etym: [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F.
immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. [R.]

IMMERIT
Im*mer"it, n.

Defn: Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.

IMMERITED
Im*mer"it*ed, a.

Defn: Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I.

IMMERITOUS Im*mer"it*ous, a. Etym: [L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of merere, mereri, to deserve.]

Defn: Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.

IMMERSABLE
Im*mers"a*ble, a.

Defn: See Immersible.

IMMERSE
Im*merse", a. Etym: [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]

Defn: Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter."
Bacon.

IMMERSE
Im*merse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]

1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden.

2. To baptize by immersion.

3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.

IMMERSED
Im*mersed", p. p. & a.

1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Growing wholly under water. Gray.

IMMERSIBLE
Im*mers"i*ble, a. Etym: [From Immerse.]

Defn: Capable of being immersed.

IMMERSIBLE Im*mers"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to plunge.]

Defn: Not capable of being immersed.

IMMERSION
Im*mer"sion, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.]

Defn: To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.

IMMETHODICAL
Im`me*thod"ic*al, a.

Defn: Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused. Addison.

Syn.
— Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.

IMMETHODICALLY
Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

IMMETHODICALNESS
Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: Want of method.

IMMETHODIZE
Im*meth"od*ize, v. t.

Defn: To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.
[R.]

IMMETRICAL
Im*met"ric*al (, a.

Defn: Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.

IMMEW
Im*mew", v. t.

Defn: See Emmew.

IMMIGRANT Im"mi*grant, n. Etym: [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate.]

Defn: One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; — correlative of emigrant.

Syn.
— See Emigrant.

IMMIGRATE
Im"mi*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immigrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Immigrating.] Etym: [L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref.
im- in + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]

Defn: To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

IMMIGRATION
Im"mi*gra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immigration.]

Defn: The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.

IMMINENCE
Im"mi*nence, n. Etym: [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.

IMMINENT Im"mi*nent, a. Etym: [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project. See Eminent.]

1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; — said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser.

2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. Shak.

3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.] Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters. Milton.

Syn. — Impending; threatening; near; at hand. — Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as, the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening indications for the future. Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death. Shak. No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes. Pope. Fierce faces threatening war. Milton.

IMMINENTLY
Im"mi*nent*ly, adv.

Defn: In an imminent manner.

IMMINGLE
Im*min"gle, v. t.

Defn: To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] Thomson.

IMMINUTION Im`mi*nu"tion, n. Etym: [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.]

Defn: A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] Ray.

IMMISCIBILITY
Im*mis"ci*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immiscibilité.]

Defn: Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.

IMMISCIBLE Im*mis"ci*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.]

Defn: Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth.

IMMISSION
Im*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.]

Defn: The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; — the correlative of emission.

IMMIT
Im*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Immiting.]
Etym: [L. immittere, immissum; pref. im- in + mittere to send.]

Defn: To send in; to inject; to infuse; — the correlative of emit.
[R.] Boyle.

IMMITIGABLE Im*mit"i*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to mitigate.]

Defn: Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.
Coleridge.

IMMITIGABLY
Im*mit"i*ga*bly, adv.

Defn: In an immitigable manner.

IMMIX
Im*mix", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + mix.]

Defn: To mix; to mingle. [R.]
Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. Spenser.

IMMIXABLE
Im*mix"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins.

IMMIXED
Im*mixed", a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix.]

Defn: Unmixed. [Obs.]
How pure and immixed the design is. Boyle.

IMMIXTURE
Im*mix"ture, n.

Defn: Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.

IMMOBILE
Im*mo"bile, a. Etym: [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.]

Defn: Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof.
Shedd.

IMMOBILITY Im`mo*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilité. See Mobile.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.

IMMOBILIZE Im*mob"i*lize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + mobilize; cf. f. immobiliser.]

Defn: To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

IMMOBLE
Im*mo"ble, a. [Obs.]

Defn: See Immobile.

IMMODERACY
Im*mod"er*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Immoderate.]

Defn: Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

IMMODERANCY
Im*mod"er*an*cy, n. Etym: [L. immoderantia.]

Defn: Immoderateness; excess. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

IMMODERATE Im*mod"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate.]

Defn: 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.

IMMODERATELY
Im*mod"er*ate*ly, adv.

Defn: In an immoderate manner; excessively.

IMMODERATENESS
Im*mod"er*ate*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.

IMMODERATION
Im*mod`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. immoderatio: cf. F. imodération.]

Defn: Want of moderation. Hallywell.

IMMODEST Im*mod"est, a. Etym: [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.

IMMODESTLY
Im*mod"est*ly, adv.

Defn: In an immodest manner.

IMMODESTY
Im*mod"es*ty, n. Etym: [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.]

Defn: 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.] Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.

IMMOLATION
Im`mo*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.]

1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. Sir. T. Browne.

2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

IMMOLATOR
Im"mo*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of
Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.

IMMOLD; IMMOULD
Im*mold", Im*mould", v. t.

Defn: To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

IMMOMENT
Im*mo"ment, a. Etym: [See Immomentous.]

Defn: Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys." Shak.

IMMOMENTOUS
Im`mo*men"tous, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + momentous.]

Defn: Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. [R.] A. Seward.

IMMORAL
Im*mor"al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. immoralité.]

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.

Defn: In an immoral manner; wickedly.

IMMORIGEROUS
Im`mo*rig"er*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + morigerous.]

Defn: Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [Obs.] — Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n.
[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

IMMORTAL Im*mor"tal, a. Etym: [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 immortability. 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 yo die. Halleck.

4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.

Syn. — Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.

IMMORTAL
Im*mor"tal, n.

Defn: One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.

IMMORTALIST
Im*mor"tal*ist, n.

Defn: One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.]
Jer. Taylor.

IMMORTALITY
Im`mor*tal"i*ty, n.; pl. Immortalities. Etym: [L. immortalitas: cf.
F. immortalité.]

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.

Defn: 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.] Etym: [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 quilty name. T. Dawes.

IMMORTALIZE
Im*mor"tal*ize, v. i.

Defn: To become immortal. [R.]

IMMORTALLY
Im*mor"tal*ly, adv.

Defn: In an immortal manner.

IMMORTELLE
Im`mor*telle", n.; pl. Immortelles. Etym: [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

IMMORTIFICATION
Im*mor`ti*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

IMMOVABILITY
Im*mov"a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: 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 foundatin. 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 remain immovable.

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden.

4. (Law.)

Defn: 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)

Defn: 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.

Defn: Quality of being immovable.

IMMOVABLY
Im*mov"a*bly, adv.

Defn: In an immovable manner.

IMMUND
Im*mund", a. Etym: [L.immundus; pref. im- not + mundus clean.]

Defn: Unclean. [R.] Burton.

IMMUNDICITY Im`mun*dic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia, immundities.]

Defn: Uncleanness; filthness. [R.] W. Montagu.

IMMUNE
Im*mune", a. Etym: [L. immunis. See Immunity.]

Defn: Exempt; protected by inoculation.
— Im*mu"nize, v. t.

IMMUNITY Im*mu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Immunities. Etym: [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. 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.

IMMURE
Im*mure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.]
Etym: [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.

Defn: A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.

IMMUREMENT
Im*mure"ment, n.

Defn: The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

IMMUSICAL
Im*mu"sic*al, a.

Defn: Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.

IMMUTABILITY
Im*mu`ta*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immutabilitas: cf. F. immutabilité.]

Defn: The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Heb. vi. 17.

IMMUTABLE Im*mu"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. immutabilis; pref. im- not + mutabilis mutable. See Mutable.]

Defn: 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.

IMMUTATE
Im*mu"tate, a. Etym: [L. immutatus, p. p. of immature.]

Defn: Unchanged. [Obs.]

IMMUTATION Im"mu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. immutatio, from immutare, immutatum, to change. See Immute.]

Defn: Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More.

IMMUTE Im*mute", v. t. Etym: [L. immutare, immutatum; perf. im- in + mutare to change : cf. OF. immuter.]

Defn: To change or alter. [Obs.] J. Salkeld.

IMP Imp, n. Etym: [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. 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 Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped; p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.

IMPACABLE
Im*pa"ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See
Pacate.]

Defn: Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser.
— Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.

IMPACKMENT
Im*pack"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. im- in + pack.]

Defn: The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [R.] Kane.

IMPACT
Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.]
Etym: [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See
Impinge.]

Defn: 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.)

Defn: The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

IMPACTED
Im*pact"ed, a.

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.]

1. (Surg.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.] Etym: [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. Appair.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.

IMPAIR
Im"pair, a. Etym: [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.]

Defn: Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.]

IMPAIR
Im*pair", n.

Defn: Diminution; injury. [Obs.]

IMPAIRER
Im*pair"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, impairs.

IMPAIRMENT
Im*pair"ment, n. Etym: [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]

Defn: The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.

IMPALATABLE
Im*pal"a*ta*ble, a.

Defn: Unpalatable. [R.]

IMPALE
Im*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.]
Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

IMPALEMENT
Im*pale"ment, n.

1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron.

2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke.

3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] Milton.

4. (Her.)

Defn: The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.

IMPALLA
Im*pal"la, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The pallah deer of South Africa.

IMPALLID
Im*pal"lid, v. t.

Defn: To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.

IMPALM
Im*palm", v. t.

Defn: To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow.

IMPALPABILITY
Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impalpabilité.]

Defn: The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.

IMPALPABLE Im*pal"pa*ble, a. Etym: [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.

Defn: In an impalpable manner.

IMPALSY
Im*pal"sy, v. t.

Defn: To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]

IMPANATE
Im*pa"nate, a. Etym: [LL. impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate;
L. pref. im- in + panis bread.]

Defn: 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.]

Defn: To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.]

IMPANATION
Im"pa*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impanation. See Impanate, a.] (Eccl.)

Defn: Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; — distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.

IMPANATOR
Im*pa"na*tor, n. Etym: [LL.] (Eccl.)

Defn: One who holds the doctrine of impanation.

IMPANEL
Im*pan"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaneled or Impanelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + panel. Cf.
Empanel.] [Written also empanel.]

Defn: 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.

IMPANELMENT
Im*pan"el*ment, n.

Defn: The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.

IMPARADISE
Im*par"a*dise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparadised; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imparadising.] Etym: [Pref. im- + paradise: cf. F. emparadiser.]

Defn: To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
"Imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

IMPARALLELED
Im*par"al*leled, a.

Defn: Unparalleled. [Obs.]

IMPARDONABLE
Im*par"don*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. impardonnable.]

Defn: Unpardonable. [Obs.] South.

IMPARIDIGITATE
Im*par`i*dig"i*tate, a. Etym: [L. impar unequal + digitus finger.]
(Anat.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. impar unequal + E. pinnate.] (Bot.)

Defn: Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

IMPARISYLLABIC Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic, a. Etym: [L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F. imparité.]

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.]
Etym: [Cf. Empark.]

Defn: To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to
inclose or shut up.
They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles. Holland.

IMPARL Im*parl", v. i. Etym: [OF. emparler; pref. em- (L. in) + parler to speak. See In, prep., and Parley.]

1. To hold discourse; to parley. [Obs.] Sir. T. North.

2. (Law)

Defn: To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment. Blackstone.

IMPARLANCE Im*par"lance, n. Etym: [Cf. Emparlance, Parlance.] [Written also inparliance.]

1. Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]

2. (Law) (a) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, answer to the allegations of the opposite party. (b) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.

Note: Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been abolished in
England. Wharton (Law Dict. ).

IMPARSONEE
Im*par`son*ee", a. Etym: [OF. empersone. See 1st In-, and Parson.]
(Eng. Eccl. Law)

Defn: Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession. — n.

Defn: A clergyman so inducted.

IMPART Im*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imparting.] Etym: [OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire, impertire; pref. im- in + partire to part, divide, fr. pars, partis, part, share. See Part, n. ]

1. To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth. Well may he then to you his cares impart. Dryden.

2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] Munday.

3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose. Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you. Shak.

Syn. — To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal; disclose; discover; divulge. See Communicate.

IMPART
Im*part", v. i.

1. To give a part or share. He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none. Luke iii. 11.

2. To hold a conference or consultation. Blackstone.

IMPARTANCE
Im*part"ance, n.

Defn: Impartation.

IMPARTATION
Im`par*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.
The necessity of this impartation. I. Taylor.

IMPARTER
Im*part"er, n.

Defn: One who imparts.

IMPARTIAL
Im*par"tial, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F. impartial.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.

IMPARTIALITY
Im*par`ti*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impartialité.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: In an impartial manner.

IMPARTIALNESS
Im*par"tial*ness, n.

Defn: Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

IMPARTIBILITY
Im*part`i*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone.

IMPARTIBILITY
Im*part`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impartibilité.]

Defn: The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.

IMPARTIBLE
Im*part"i*ble, a. Etym: [From Impart.]

Defn: Capable of being imparted or communicated.

IMPARTIBLE Im*part"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + partible: cf. F. impartible.]

Defn: Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate. Blackatone.

IMPARTMENT
Im*part"ment, n.

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. Unpassable.]

Defn: 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.

IMPASSE
Im`passe" (aN`päs"; E. im*pas"), n. [F.]

Defn: An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. Arnold White.

IMPASSIBILITY Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty, a. Etym: [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilité.]

Defn: The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

IMPASSIBLE Im*pas"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.]

Defn: 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.

IMPASSIBLENESS
Im*pas"si*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Impassibility.

IMPASSION
Im*pas"sion, v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + passion. Cf. Empassion,
Impassionate, v.]

Defn: To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] Chapman.

IMPASSIONABLE
Im*pas"sion*a*ble, a.

Defn: Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

IMPASSIONATE
Im*pas"sion*ate, a.

Defn: Strongly affected. Smart.

IMPASSIONATE
Im*pas"sion*ate, v. t.

Defn: To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. Dr. H. More.

IMPASSIONATE
Im*pas"sion*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + passionate.]

Defn: Without passion or feeling. Burton.

IMPASSIONED
Im*pas"sioned, p. p. & a.

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

IMPASTATION
Im`pas*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. See Impaste.]

Defn: 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.

IMPASTE
Im*paste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impasting.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F.
empâter. See 1st In- and Paste.]

1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood . . . baked and impasted." Shak.

2. (Paint.)

Defn: To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together.
[R.] Cf. Impasto.

IMPASTING
Im*past"ing, (Paint.)

Defn: The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

IMPASTO
Im*pas"to, n. Etym: [It. See Impaste.] (Paint.)

Defn: 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.

IMPASTURE
Im*pas"ture, v. t.

Defn: To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams.

IMPATIBLE Im*pat"i*ble, a. Etym: [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.

IMPATIENCE Im*pa"tience n. Etym: [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.]

Defn: The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. Shak. With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. Spenser.

IMPATIENCY
Im*pa"tien*cy, n.

Defn: Impatience. [Obs.]

IMPATIENS
Im*pa"ti*ens, n. Etym: [L., impatient.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [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 at, 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.

Defn: One who is impatient. [R.]

IMPATIENTLY
Im*pa"tient*ly, adv.

Defn: In an impatient manner.

IMPATRONIZATION
Im*pat`ron*i*za"tion, n.

Defn: 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.]

Defn: To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] Bacon.

IMPAVE
Im*pave", v. t.

Defn: To pave. [Poetic]
Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. Wordsworth.

IMPAVID
Im*pav"id, a. Etym: [L. impavidus. See In- not, and Pavid.]

Defn: Fearless.
— Im*pav"id*ly, adv.

IMPAWN
Im*pawn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Impawning.]
Etym: [Pref. im- + pawn: cf. Empawn.]

Defn: To put in pawn; to pledge. Shak.

IMPEACH Im*peach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] Etym: [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. empêcher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.]

1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the
Holy Land. Sir J. Davies.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. Shak.

4. (Law)

Defn: To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc.

Syn. — To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.

IMPEACH
Im*peach", n.

Defn: Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]

IMPEACHABLE
Im*peach"a*ble, a.

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who impeaches.

IMPEACHMENT
Im*peach"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empêchement.]

Defn: 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.

Note: 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.

IMPEARL
Im*pearl", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impearled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impearling.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F. emperler.]

1. To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. [Poetic] Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. Milton.

2. To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.
[Poetic]
With morning dews impearled. Mrs. Browning.
The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. R. Digby.

IMPECCABILITY
Im*pec`ca*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impeccabilité.]

Defn: the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or
offense.
Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. Pope.

IMPECCABLE Im*pec"ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.]

Defn: Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. — n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: Sinlessness. Bp. Hall.

IMPECCANT
Im*pec"cant, a.

Defn: Sinless; impeccable. Byron.

IMPECUNIOSITY
Im`pe*cu`ni*os"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being impecunious. Thackeray. Sir W. Scott.

IMPECUNIOUS Im"pe*cu"ni*ous, a. Etym: [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. impécunieux.]

Defn: Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
An impecunious creature. B. Jonson.

IMPEDANCE
Im*ped"ance, n. [Impede + -ance.] (Elec.)

Defn: 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 = 2pfL, where f = frequency and L = self-inductance; for a circuit with capacity X = 1 ÷ 2pfC, where C = capacity.

IMPEDE
Im*pede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.]
Etym: [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes,
pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.]

Defn: 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.

IMPEDIBLE
Im*ped"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

IMPEDIMENT
Im*ped"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.]

Defn: 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 recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and an impedimen in his political career. C. J. Smith.

IMPEDIMENT
Im*ped"i*ment, v. t.

Defn: To impede. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.

IMPEDIMENTA
Im*ped`i*men"ta, n. pl. [L. See Impediment, Impede.]

Defn: Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.),

Defn: 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.

IMPEDIMENTAL
Im*ped`i*men"tal, a.

Defn: Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing;
impeditive.
Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.

IMPEDITE
Im"pe*dite, a. Etym: [L. impeditus, p. p. See Impede.]

Defn: Hindered; obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

IMPEDITE
Im"pe*dite, v. t.

Defn: To impede. [Obs.] Boyle.

IMPEDITION
Im"pe*di"tion, n. Etym: [L. impeditio.]

Defn: A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier.

IMPEDITIVE
Im*ped"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. impéditif.]

Defn: Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

IMPEL
Im*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impelling.]
Etym: [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See
Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.]

Defn: 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.

IMPELLENT
Im*pel"lent, a. Etym: [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.]

Defn: Having the quality of impelling.

IMPELLENT
Im*pel"lent, n.

Defn: An impelling power or force. Glanvill.

IMPELLER
Im*pel"ler, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, impels.

IMPEN
Im*pen", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impenned and Impent (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impenning.]

Defn: To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.

IMPEND Im*pend", v. t. Etym: [L. impend; pref. im- in + pend to weigh out, pay.]

Defn: To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan.

IMPEND
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.]
Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.]

Defn: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.

IMPENDENCE; IMPENDENCY
Im*pend"ence, Im*pend"en*cy, n.

Defn: The state of impending; also, that which impends. "Impendence of volcanic cloud." Ruskin.

IMPENDENT
Im*pend"ent, a. Etym: [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendere.]

Defn: Impending; threatening.
Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton.

IMPENDING
Im*pend"ing, a.

Defn: 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.

IMPENETRABILITY
Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impénétrabilité.]

1. Quality of being impenetrable.

2. (Physics)

Defn: That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.

3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

IMPENETRABLE Im*pen"e*tra*ble, a. Etym: [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable.]

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)

Defn: 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.

Defn: The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

IMPENETRABLY
Im*pen"e*tra*bly, adv.

Defn: In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. "Impenetrably armed." Milton. "Impenetrably dull." Pope.

IMPENITENCE
Im*pen"i*tence, n. Etym: [L. impenitentia: cf. F. impénitence.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Impenitence. Milton.

IMPENITENT Im*pen"i*tent, a. Etym: [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens: cf. F. impénitent. See Penitent.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who is not penitent. [R.]

IMPENITENTLY
Im*pen"i*tent*ly, adv.

Defn: Without repentance.

IMPENNATE
Im*pen"nate, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. — n.

Defn: One of the Impennes.

IMPENNES
Im*pen"nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. pref. im- not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having no wings, as some insects.

IMPEOPLE
Im*peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeopled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impeopling.] Etym: [See Empeople.]

Defn: To people; to give a population to. [Obs.]
Thou hast helped to impeople hell. Beaumont.

IMPERANT
Im"pe*rant, a. Etym: [L. imperans, p. pr. of imperare to command.]

Defn: Commanding. [R.] Baxter.

IMPERATE
Im"pe*rate, a. Etym: [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.]

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

IMPERATIVE
Im*per"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command;
pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. 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.)

Defn: Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

IMPERATIVE
Im*per"a*tive, n. (Gram.)

Defn: The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

IMPERATIVELY
Im*per"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In an imperative manner.

IMPERATOR
Im`pe*ra"tor, n. Etym: [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: 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.

IMPERATORIAL
Im*per`a*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. imperatorius.]

1. Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial laurels." C. Merivale.

IMPERATORIAN
Im*per`a*to"ri*an, a.

Defn: Imperial. [R.] Gauden.

IMPERATORY
Im*per"a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Imperative. [R.]

IMPERCEIVABLE
Im`per*ceiv"a*ble, a.

Defn: Imperceptible. [R.] South.
— Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. Sharp.

IMPERCEIVED
Im`per*ceived", a.

Defn: Not perceived. [Obs.]

IMPERCEPTIBILITY
Im`per*cep`ti*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imperceptible.

IMPERCEPTIBLE Im`per*cep"ti*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.]

Defn: Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the
souses; 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 . . . subility and imperceptibleness. Sir M. Hale.

IMPERCEPTION
Im`per*cep"tion, n.

Defn: Want of perception.

IMPERCEPTIVE
Im`per*cep"tive, a.

Defn: Unable to perceive.
The imperceptive part of the soul. Dr. H. More.

IMPERCIPIENT
Im`per*cip"i*ent, a.

Defn: Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. A. Baxter.

IMPERDIBILITY
Im*per`di*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imperdible. [Obs.] Derham.

IMPERDIBLE
Im*per"di*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. perdere to destroy.]

Defn: Not destructible. [Obs.] — Im*per"di*bly, adv. [Obs.]

IMPERFECT Im*per"fect, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

IMPERFECT
Im*per"fect, v. t.

Defn: To make imperfect. [Obs.]

IMPERFECTIBILITY
Im`per*fec`ti*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]

IMPERFECTIBLE
Im`per*fec"ti*ble, a.

Defn: Incapable of being mad perfect. [R.]

IMPERFECTION
Im`per*fec"tion, n. Etym: [L. imperfectio: cf. F. imperfection. See
Imperfect, a.]

Defn: 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.

IMPERFECTNESS
Im*per"fect*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being imperfect.

IMPERFORABLE
Im*per"fo*ra*ble, a. Etym: [See Imperforate.]

Defn: Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

IMPERFORATA
Im*per"fo*ra"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Imperforate.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

IMPERFORATE; IMPERFORATED Im*per"fo*rate, Im*per"fo*ra"ted, a. Etym: [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to perforate. See Perforate.]

Defn: Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.

IMPERFORATION
Im*per`fo*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imperforation.]

Defn: The state of being without perforation.

IMPERIAL
Im*pe"ri*al, a. Etym: [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, 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. Etym: [F. impériale: 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 drowing, 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.

IMPERIALISM
Im*pe"ri*al*ism, n.

Defn: The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the
spirit of empire.
Roman imperialism had divided the world. C. H. Pearson.

IMPERIALIST
Im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impérialiste.]

Defn: 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.

IMPERIALIZE
Im*pe"ri*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperialized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imperializing.]

Defn: To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.

IMPERIALLY
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an imperial manner.

IMPERIALLY
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, n.

Defn: Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.

IMPERIL Im*per"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperiled or Imperilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Imperiling or Imperilling.]

Defn: To bring into peril; to endanger.

IMPERILMENT
Im*per"il*ment, n.

Defn: The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

IMPERIOUS
Im*pe"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. 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 other feel their inferiority.

IMPERIOUSLY
Im*pe"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: In an imperious manner.

IMPERIOUSNESS
Im*pe"ri*ous*ness, n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.

IMPERISHABLE Im*per"ish*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + perishable: cf. F. impérissable.]

Defn: Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible;
enduringpermanently; 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.

IMPERIWIGGED
Im*per"i"wigged, a.

Defn: Wearing a periwig.

IMPERMANENCE; IMPERMANENCY
Im*per"ma*nence, Im*per"ma*nen*cy, n.

Defn: Want of permanence.

IMPERMANENT
Im*per"ma*nent, a.

Defn: Not permanent.

IMPERMEABILITY Im*per`me*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. im- not + permeability: cf. F. imperméabilité.]

Defn: The quality of being impermeable.

IMPERMEABLE Im*per"me*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + permeable: cf. F. imperméable, L. impermeabilis.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Not permissible.

IMPERSCRUTABLE
Im`per*scru"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. imperscrutabilis.]

Defn: Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] —
Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

IMPERSEVERANT
Im`per*sev"er*ant, a.

Defn: Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]

IMPERSONAL Im*per"son*al, a. Etym: [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

IMPERSONALITY
Im*per`son*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

IMPERSONALLY
Im*per"son*al*ly, adv.

Defn: 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.

IMPERSONATION; IMPERSONIFICATION
Im*per`son*a"tion, Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

IMPERSONATOR
Im*per"son*a`tor, n.

Defn: One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

IMPERSPICUITY
Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

IMPERSPICUOUS
Im`per*spic"u*ous, a.

Defn: Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

IMPERSUADABLE
Im`per*suad"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. Impersuasible.]

Defn: Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.
— Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.

IMPERSUASIBLE Im`per*sua"si*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible.]

Defn: Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. — Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty, n.

IMPERTINENCE
Im*per"ti*nence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]

1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; 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.

IMPERTINENCY
Im*per"ti*nen*cy, n.

Defn: Impertinence. [R.]
O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness! Shak.

IMPERTINENT Im*per"ti*nent, a. Etym: [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 grafication 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.

Defn: An impertinent person. [R.]

IMPERTINENTLY
Im*per"ti*nent*ly, adv.

Defn: In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself impertinently."
B. Jonson.

IMPERTRANSIBILITY
Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]

IMPERTRANSIBLE Im`per*tran"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. pref. im- not + pertransire to go through. See Per- and Transient.]

Defn: Incapable of being passed through. [R.]

IMPERTURBABILITY
Im`per*turb`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being imperturbable. [1913 Webster]

IMPERTURBABLE Im`per*turb"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture.]

Defn: Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.

IMPERTURBABLY
Im`per*turb"a*bly, adv.

Defn: In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté.

IMPERTURBATION
Im*per`tur*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. imperturbatio.]

Defn: Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu.

IMPERTURBED
Im`per*turbed", a.

Defn: Not perturbed.

IMPERVIABILITY
Im*per`vi*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being imperviable.

IMPERVIABLE
Im*per"vi*a*ble, a.

Defn: Not pervious; impervious. [R.] — Im*per"vi*a*ble*ness, n. [R.]

IMPERVIOUS Im*per"vi*ous, a. Etym: [L. impervius; pref. im- not + per through + via way. See Voyage.]

Defn: 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.

IMPERY
Im"per*y, n.

Defn: Empery. [Archaic] Joye.

IMPEST
Im*pest", v. t.

Defn: To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.]

IMPESTER
Im*pes"ter, v. t.

Defn: See Pester. [Obs.]

IMPETIGINOUS
Im`pe*tig"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. impetiginous: cf. F. impétigineux.]

Defn: Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.

IMPETIGO
Im`pe*ti"go, n. Etym: [L., fr. impetere to attack.] (Med.)

Defn: A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

IMPETRABLE
Im"pe*tra*ble a. Etym: [L. impetrabilis: cf. F. impétrable. See
Impetrate.]

Defn: Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. [Obs.] Bailey.

IMPETRATE Im"pe*trate, a. Etym: [L. impetratus, p. p. of impetrare to obtain; pref. im- in + patrare to bring to pass.]

Defn: Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.

IMPETRATE
Im"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impetrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impetrating.]

Defn: To obtain by request or entreaty. Usher.

IMPETRATION
Im`pe*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. impetratio: cf. F. impétration.]

1. The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. [Obs.] In way of impertation procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses. Barrow.

2. (Old Eng. Law)

Defn: The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.

IMPETRATIVE
Im"pe*tra*tive, a. Etym: [L. impetrativus obtained by entreaty.]

Defn: Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

IMPETRATORY
Im"pe*tra*to*ry, a.

Defn: Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

IMPETUOSITY
Im*pet`u*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impétuosité.]

1. The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.

2. Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. Shak.

IMPETUOUS
Im*pet"u*ous, a. Etym: [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.

IMPETUS Im"pe*tus, n. Etym: [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek. See Petition.]

1. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

Note: Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or effectiveness.

2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. Buckle.

3. (Gun.)

Defn: The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

IMPEYAN PHEASANT Im"pey*an pheas"ant. Etym: [From Lady Impey, who attempted to naturalize the bird in England.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.

Note: They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (L. Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.

IMPHEE
Im"phee, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), — resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

IMPI
Im"pi (im"pi), n. [Zulu.]

Defn: 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, a.

Defn: Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.

IMPIERCE
Im*pierce", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf. Empierce.]

Defn: To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] Drayton.

IMPIERCEABLE
Im*pierce"a*ble a.

Defn: Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] Spenser.

IMPIETY Im*pi"e*ty, n.; pl. Impieties (. Etym: [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. 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 wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.

Syn. — Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.

IMPIGNORATE Im*pig"no*rate, v. t. Etym: [LL. impignoratus, p. pl of impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration.]

Defn: To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.

IMPIGNORATION
Im*pig`no*ra"tion, n. Etym: [LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration.]

Defn: The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
[Obs.] Bailey.

IMPING
Imp"ing, n. Etym: [See Imp to graft.]

1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]

2. (Falconry)

Defn: The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

IMPINGE
Im*pinge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging.]
Etym: [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob.
akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.]

Defn: To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; — with on or upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.

IMPINGEMENT
Im*pinge"ment, n.

Defn: The act of impinging.

IMPINGENT
Im*pin"gent, a. Etym: [L. impingens, p. pr.]

Defn: Striking against or upon.

IMPINGUATE Im*pin"guate, v. t. Etym: [L. impinguatus, p. p. of impinguare to fatten; pref. im- in + pinguis fat.]

Defn: To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon.

IMPINGUATION
Im`pin*gua"tion, n.

Defn: The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.
[Obs.]

IMPIOUS
Im"pi*ous, a. Etym: [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See
Pious.]

Defn: 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.

IMPIRE
Im"pire, n.

Defn: See Umpire. [Obs.] Huloet.

IMPISH
Imp"ish, a.

Defn: Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.

IMPISHLY
Imp"ish*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of an imp.

IMPITEOUS
Im*pit"e*ous, a.

Defn: Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]

IMPLACABILITY Im*pla`ca*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. implacabilitas: cf. F. implacabilité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being implacable.

IMPLACABLE Im*pla"ca*ble, a. Etym: [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 ebign 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.

IMPLACABLENESS
Im*pla"ca*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being implacable; implacability.

IMPLACABLY
Im*pla"ca*bly, adv.

Defn: In an implacable manner.

IMPLACENTAL
Im`pla*cen"tal, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.
— n.

Defn: A mammal having no placenta.

IMPLACENTALIA
Im`pla*cen*ta"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See In- not, and Placental.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.

IMPLANT
Im*plant" v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Implanting.]
Etym: [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F. implanter.]

Defn: To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. Milton.

IMPLANTATION
Im`plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. implantation.]

Defn: The act or process of implantating.

IMPLATE
Im*plate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implating.]

Defn: To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron.

IMPLAUSIBILITY
Im*plau`si*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.

IMPLAUSIBLE Im*plau"si*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: To pleach; to interweave. [Obs.] Shak.

IMPLEAD
Im*plead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impleaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impleading.] Etym: [Cf. Emplead.] (Law)

Defn: 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.

Defn: To sue at law.

IMPLEADABLE
Im*plead"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T.
Adams.

IMPLEADER
Im*plead"er, n. (Law)

Defn: One who prosecutes or sues another.

IMPLEASING
Im*pleas"ing (, a.

Defn: Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] Overbury.

IMPLEDGE
Im*pledge", v. t.

Defn: To pledge. Sir W. Scott.

IMPLEMENT Im"ple*ment, n. Etym: [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confuse with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E. employ. See Plenty.]

Defn: That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, 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)

Defn: To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

IMPLEMENTAL
Im`ple*men"tal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

IMPLETION
Im*ple"tion, n. Etym: [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.

IMPLEX Im"plex, a. Etym: [L. implexus, p. p. of implectere to infold; pref. im- in + plectere to plait: cf. F implexe.]

Defn: Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex. The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. Addison.

IMPLEXION
Im*plex"ion, n. Etym: [L. implexio.]

Defn: Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.

IMPLIABLE
Im*pli"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.

IMPLICATE
Im"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Implicating.] Etym: [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.

IMPLICATION
Im`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.]

1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.

2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam.

IMPLICATIVE
Im"pli*ca*tive, a.

Defn: Tending to implicate.

IMPLICATIVELY
Im"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By implication. Sir G. Buck.

IMPLICIT Im*plic"it, a. Etym: [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.

IMPLICITLY
Im*plic"it*ly, adv.

1. In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence. Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury.

2. By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. Bentley.

IMPLICITNESS
Im*plic"it*ness, n.

Defn: State or quality of being implicit.

IMPLICITY
Im*plic"i*ty, n.

Defn: Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

IMPLIED
Im*plied", a.

Defn: Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; — the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

IMPLIEDLY
Im*pli"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: By implication or inference. Bp. Montagu.

IMPLODED
Im*plod"ed, a. (Phon.)

Defn: Formed by implosion. Ellis.

IMPLODENT
Im*plod"ent, n. (Phon.)

Defn: An implosive sound. Ellis.

IMPLORATION
Im`plo*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See
Implore.]

Defn: The act of imploring; earnest supplication. Bp. Hall.

IMPLORATOR
Im"plo*ra`tor, n.

Defn: One who implores. [Obs.]
Mere implorators of unholy suits. Shak.

IMPLORATORY
Im*plor"a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] Carlyle.

IMPLORE
Im*plore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implored; p. pr. & vb. n. Imploring.]
Etym: [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See
Deplore.]

Defn: To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; 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.

Defn: To entreat; to beg; to prey.

IMPLORE
Im*plore", n.

Defn: Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.

IMPLORER
Im*plor"er, n.

Defn: One who implores.

IMPLORING
Im*plor"ing, a.

Defn: That implores; beseeching; entreating.
— Im*plor"ing*ly, adv.

IMPLOSION Im*plo"sion, n. Etym: [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.]

1. A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; — contrasted with explosion.

2. (Phon.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Formed by implosion.
— n.

Defn: An implosive sound, an implodent.
— Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. H. Sweet.

IMPLUMED
Im*plumed", a.

Defn: Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.]
Drayton.

IMPLUNGE
Im*plunge", v. t.

Defn: To plunge. Fuller.

IMPLUVIUM Im*plu"vi*um, n. Etym: [L., fr. impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain.] (Arch.)

Defn: 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.]
Etym: [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 mulicious act is proved, a mulicious 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.

IMPOISON
Im*poi"son, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Empoison.]

Defn: To poison; to imbitter; to impair.

IMPOISONER
Im*poi"son*er, n.

Defn: A poisoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fi.

IMPOISONMENT
Im*poi"son*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. Empoisonment.]

Defn: The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.] Pope.

IMPOLARILY; IMPOLARLY
Im*po"lar*i*ly, Im*po"lar*ly, adv.

Defn: Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. [Obs.] Sir
T. Browne.

IMPOLICY
Im*pol"i*cy, n.

Defn: The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. Bp. Horsley.

IMPOLITE Im`po*lite", a. Etym: [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.]

Defn: Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;
discourteous; uncivil; rude.
— Im`po*lite"ly, adv.
— Im`po*lite"ness, n.

IMPOLITIC
Im*pol"i*tic, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.]

Defn: Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise;
imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or
measure.
The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. Burke.

Syn.
— Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.

IMPOLITICAL
Im`po*lit"i*cal, a.

Defn: Impolitic. [Obs.] — Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.

IMPOLITICLY
Im*pol"i*tic*ly, adv.

Defn: In an impolitic manner.

IMPOLITICNESS
Im*pol"i*tic*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being impolitic.

IMPONDERABILITY
Im*pon`der*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impondérabilité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.

IMPONDERABLE Im*pon"der*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F. impondérable.]

Defn: Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

IMPONDERABLE
Im*pon"der*a*ble, n. (Physics)

Defn: An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formely applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile flyids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

IMPONDERABLENESS
Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being imponderable.

IMPONDEROUS
Im*pon"der*ous, a.

Defn: Imponderable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
— Im*pon"der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]

IMPONE Im*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im- in + ponere to place. See Position.]

Defn: To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.] Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. Shak.

IMPOOFO
Im*poo"fo, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The eland. [Written also impoofoo.]

IMPOON
Im*poon", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The duykerbok.

IMPOOR
Im*poor", v. t.

Defn: To impoverish. [Obs.]

IMPOROSITY Im`po*ros"i*ty, n. Etym: [Perf. im- not + porosity: cf. F. imporosité.]

Defn: The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness. "The . . . imporosity betwixt the tangible parts." Bacon.

IMPOROUS
Im*por"ous, a.

Defn: 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.]
Etym: [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; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

IMPORT
Im*port", v. i.

Defn: 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.

IMPORTABLE
Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. importable. See Import.]

Defn: Capable of being imported.

IMPORTABLE Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable.]

Defn: Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.] Chaucer.
— Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

IMPORTANCE
Im*por"tance, n. Etym: [F. importance. See Important.]

1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight;
moment; significance.
Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.
Pope.

2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.

3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.

4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.

IMPORTANCY
Im*por"tan*cy, n.

Defn: Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.
[Obs.] Shak. "Careful to conceal importancies." Fuller.

IMPORTANT
Im*por"tant, a. Etym: [F. important. See Import, v. t.]

1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. [Obs.] Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman.

2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty. Things small as nothing . . . He makes important. Shak.

3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.] He fiercely at him flew, And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser.

4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious.

IMPORTANTLY
Im*por"tant*ly, adv.

Defn: In an important manner.

IMPORTATION
Im`por*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. importation. See Import, v. t.]

1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [R.]

2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; — opposed to exportation.

3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

IMPORTER
Im*port"er, n.

Defn: One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; — opposed to exporter.

IMPORTING
Im*port"ing, a.

Defn: Full of meaning. [Obs.] Shak.

IMPORTLESS
Im*port"less, a.

Defn: Void of meaning. [Obs.] Shak.

IMPORTUNABLE
Im*por"tu*na*ble, a.

Defn: Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

IMPORTUNACY
Im*por"tu*na*cy, n. Etym: [From Importunate.]

Defn: The quality of being importunate; importunateness.

IMPORTUNATE
Im*por"tu*nate, a. Etym: [See Importune.]

1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell.

2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] Donne.
— Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv.
— Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.

IMPORTUNATOR
Im*por"tu*na`tor, n.

Defn: One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

IMPORTUNE Im`por*tune", a. Etym: [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate.]

1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]

2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. [Obs.] And their importune fates all satisfied. Spenser. Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. Bacon.

IMPORTUNE
Im`por*tune", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Importuning.] Etym: [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]

1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. Swift.

2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death." Spenser.

IMPORTUNE
Im`por*tune", v. i.

Defn: To require; to demand. [Obs.]
We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune.
Shak.

IMPORTUNELY
Im`por*tune"ly, adv.

Defn: In an importune manner. [Obs.]

IMPORTUNER
Im`por*tun"er, n.

Defn: One who importunes.

IMPORTUNITY Im`por*tu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Importunities. Etym: [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité.]

Defn: The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious
solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application;
troublesome pertinacity.
O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton.

IMPORTUOUS Im*por"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. importuosus; pref.im- not + portuosus abounding in harbors, fr. portus harbor.]

Defn: Without a port or harbor. [R.]

IMPOSABLE
Im*pos"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. imposable.]

Defn: Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.

IMPOSABLENESS
Im*pos"a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being imposable.

IMPOSE
Im*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.]
Etym: [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]

1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.

2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller.

3. (Eccl.)

Defn: To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

4. (Print.)

Defn: To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; — said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

IMPOSE
Im*pose", v. i.

Defn: To practice trick or deception. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.

IMPOSE
Im*pose", n.

Defn: A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak.

IMPOSEMENT
Im*pose"ment, n.

Defn: Imposition. [Obs.]

IMPOSER
Im*pos"er, n.

Defn: One who imposes.
The imposers of these oaths might repent. Walton.

IMPOSING
Im*pos"ing, a.

1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.

2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp. Hobart.

3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

IMPOSING
Im*pos"ing, n. (Print.)

Defn: The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; - - called also imposing table.

IMPOSINGLY
Im*pos"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In an imposing manner.

IMPOSINGNESS
Im*pos"ing*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being imposing.

IMPOSITION Im`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See Impone.]

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. Hammond.

2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

3. (Eng. Univ.)

Defn: An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T.
Warton.

4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Shak.

5. (Eccl.)

Defn: The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.

6. (Print.)

Defn: The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See
Impose, v. t., 4.

Syn.
— Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.

IMPOSSIBILITY Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Impossibilities. Etym: [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité.]

1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. South.

2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley.

3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] Latimer. Logical impossibility, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See Principle of Contradiction, under Contradiction.

IMPOSSIBLE Im*pos"si*ble, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See Possible.]

Defn: Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible. With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matt. xix. 26. Without faith it is impossible to please him. Heb. xi. 6. Impossible quantity (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See Imaginary.

Syn.
— See Impracticable.

IMPOSSIBLE
Im*pos"si*ble, n.

Defn: An impossibility. [Obs.]
"Madam," quoth he, "this were an impossible!" Chaucer.

IMPOSSIBLY
Im*pos"si*bly, adv.

Defn: Not possibly. Sir. T. North.

IMPOST Im"post, n. Etym: [OF. impost, F. impot, LL. impostus, fr. L. impostus, p. p. of imponere to impose. See Impone.]

1. That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.

Note: The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break.

Syn.
— Tribute; excise; custom; duty; tax.

IMPOSTHUMATE
Im*post"hu*mate, v. t. Etym: [See Imposthume.]

Defn: To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.

IMPOSTHUMATE
Im*post"hu*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposthumated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imposthumating.]

Defn: To affect with an imposthume or abscess.

IMPOSTHUMATE
Im*post"hu*mate, a.

Defn: Imposthumated.

IMPOSTHUMATION
Im*post`hu*ma"tion, n.

1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.

2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.

IMPOSTHUME
Im*post"hume, n. Etym: [A corruption of aposteme. See Aposteme.]

Defn: A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.

IMPOSTHUME
Im*post"hume, v. t. & i.

Defn: Same as Imposthumate.

IMPOSTOR Im*pos"tor, n. Etym: [L. impostor a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See Impone.]

Defn: One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton.

Syn.
— Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.

IMPOSTORSHIP
Im*pos"tor*ship, n.

Defn: The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
Im*pos"tress, Im*pos"trix, n. Etym: [LL. impostrix. See Impostor.]

Defn: A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.

IMPOSTROUS
Im*pos"trous, n.

Defn: Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.

IMPOSTURAGE
Im*pos"tur*age, n.

Defn: Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

IMPOSTURE
Im*pos"ture, n. Etym: [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone.]

Defn: The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a
false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures.
Johnson.

Syn.
— Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

IMPOSTURED
Im*pos"tured, a.

Defn: Done by imposture. [Obs.]

IMPOSTUROUS
Im*pos"tur*ous, a.

Defn: Impostrous; deceitful.
Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl.

IMPOSTURY
Im*pos"tur*y, n.

Defn: Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller.

IMPOTENCE; IMPOTENCY Im"po*tence, Im"po*ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See Impotent.]

1. The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton.

2. Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] Milton.

3. (Law & Med.)

Defn: Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.

IMPOTENT Im"po*tent, a. Etym: [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]

1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. Addison.

2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.

3. (Med.)

Defn: Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.

IMPOTENT
Im"po*tent, n.

Defn: One who is imoitent. [R.] Shak.

IMPOTENTLY
Im"po*tent*ly, adv.

Defn: In an impotent manner.

IMPOUND
Im*pound" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impounding.]

Defn: To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.

IMPOUNDAGE
Im*pound"age, n.

1. The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.

2. The fee or fine for impounding.

IMPOUNDER
Im*pound"er, n.

Defn: One who impounds.

IMPOVERISH
Im*pov"er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impoverishing.] Etym: [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor,
F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L.
ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.]

1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.

IMPOVERISHER
Im*pov"er*ish*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, impoverishes.

IMPOVERISHMENT Im*pov"er*ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.]

Defn: The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.

IMPOWER
Im*pow"er, v. t.

Defn: See Empower.

IMP-POLE
Imp"-pole` (, n. (Building)

Defn: A pole for supporting a scaffold.

IMPRACTICABILITY
Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Impracticabilities (.

1. The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith.

2. An impracticable thing.

3. Intractableness; stubbornness.

IMPRACTICABLE
Im*prac"ti*ca*ble, a.

1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; — used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey.

3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.

Syn. — Impossible; infeasible. — Impracticable, Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. "The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other." Mickle. "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matt. xix. 26.

IMPRACTICABLENESS
Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.

IMPRACTICABLY
Im*prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.

Defn: In an impracticable manner.
Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson.

IMPRACTICAL
Im*prac"ti*cal, a.

Defn: Not practical.

IMPRECATE
Im"pre*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprecated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprecating.] Etym: [L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate;
pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray.]

1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle.

2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.

IMPRECATION
Im`pre*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.]

Defn: The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.

Syn.
— Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction.

IMPRECATORY
Im"pre*ca*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invokingevil; as, the imprecatory psalms.

IMPRECISION
Im`pre*ci"sion, n.

Defn: Want of precision. [R.]

IMPREGN
Im*pregn", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. impregner. See Impregnate.]

Defn: To impregnate; to make fruitful. [Obs.]
His perniciousss words, impregned With reason. Milton.
Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. Dr. H. More.

IMPREGNABILITY
Im*preg`na*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

IMPREGNABLE Im*preg"na*ble, a. Etym: [F. imprenable; pref. im- not + prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Comprehend, Get to obtain.]

Defn: Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue. The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South. — Im*preg"na*ble*ness, n. — Im*preg"na*bly, adv.

IMPREGNABLE
Im*preg"na*ble, a. Etym: [See Impregnate.] (Biol.)

Defn: Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.

IMPREGNANT
Im*preg"nant, n. Etym: [See Impregnate.]

Defn: That which impregnates. [R.] Glanvill.

IMPREGNANT
Im*preg"nant, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + pregnant.]

Defn: Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. [R.]

IMPREGNATE
Im*preg"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impregnated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impregnating.] Etym: [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to
impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See Pregnant.]

1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.

3. To infuse an active principle into; to render frutful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.

4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.

IMPREGNATE
Im*preg"nate, v. i.

Defn: To become pregnant. Addison.

IMPREGNATE
Im*preg"nate, a. Etym: [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.]

Defn: Impregnated; made prolific.
The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron.

IMPREGNATION
Im`preg*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio.]

1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

Note: In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or sexual generation, consists simply in the coalescence of two similar masses of protoplasmic matter, either derived from different parts of the same organism or from two distinct organisms. From the single mass, which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these two masses, a new organism develops.

3. That with which anything is impregnated. Derham.

4. Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

5. (Mining)

Defn: An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Raymond.

IMPREJUDICATE
Im`pre*ju"di*cate, a.

Defn: Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

IMPRENABLE
Im*pre"na*ble, a.

Defn: Impregnable. [Obs.]

IMPREPARATION
Im*prep`a*ra"tion, n.

Defn: Want of preparation. [Obs.] Hooker.

IMPRESA
Im*pre"sa, n. Etym: [It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress, n., 4.] (Her.)

Defn: A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the
like. [Written also imprese and impress.]
My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter.
J. Webster.

IMPRESARIO Im`pre*sa"ri*o, n.; pl. Impresarios. Etym: [It., from impresa enterprise.]

Defn: The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.

IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY
Im`pre*scrip`ti*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imprescriptibilité.]

Defn: The quality of being imprescriptible.

IMPRESCRIPTIBLE Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.]

1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription. The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible. Vattel (Trans. )

2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self- evidencing; obvious. The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason. Colerridge.

IMPRESCRIPTIBLY
Im`pre*scrip"ti*bly, adv.

Defn: In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.

IMPRESE
Im*prese", n.

Defn: A device. See Impresa. An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden.

IMPRESS
Im*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impressing.] Etym: [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to impress;
pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and cf.
Imprint.]

1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression). His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. Shak.

2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them. I. Watts.

4. Etym: [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.]

Defn: To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or
money.
The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick
and wounded prisoners. Evelyn.

IMPRESS
Im*press", v. i.

Defn: To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. Chaucer.

IMPRESS
Im"press, n.; pl. Impresses (.

1. The act of impressing or making.

2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence. The impresses of the insides of these shells. Woodward. This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice. Shak.

3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. South.

4. A device. See Impresa. Cussans. To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint. Milton.

5. Etym: [See Imprest, Press to force into service.]

Defn: The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. Why such impress of shipwrights Shak. Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. — Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

IMPRESSIBILITY
Im*press`i*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.

IMPRESSIBLE
Im*press"i*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. impressible.]

Defn: Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.
— Im*press"i*ble*ness, n.
— Im*press"i*bly, adv.

IMPRESSION
Im*pres"sion, n. Etym: [F. impression, L. impressio.]

1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without. The stamp and clear impression of good sense. Cowper. To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. Barrow.

3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. Holland.

4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern. Reid. His words impression left. Milton. Such terrible impression made the dream. Shak. I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married. Ford.

5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery. Which must be read with an impression. Milton.

7. (Print.)

Defn: The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time. Ten impressions which his books have had. Dryden.

8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like. [R.]

9. (Engraving)

Defn: A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like. Proof impression, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.

IMPRESSIONABILITY
Im*pres`sion*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being impressionable.

IMPRESSIONABLE
Im*pres"sion*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. impressionnable.]

Defn: Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded;
susceptible; impressible.
He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament of
genius. Motley.
A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. T. Hook.

IMPRESSIONABLENESS
Im*pres"sion*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being impressionable.

IMPRESSIONISM
Im*pres"sion*ism, n. Etym: [F. impressionnisme.] (Fine Arts)

Defn: The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; — a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.

IMPRESSIONIST
Im*pres"sion*ist, n. Etym: [F. impressionniste.] (Fine Arts)

Defn: One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.

IMPRESSIONISTIC
Im*pres`sion*is"tic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.

IMPRESSIONLESS
Im*pres"sion*less, a.

Defn: Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.

IMPRESSIVE
Im*press"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. impressif.]

1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] Drayton. - Im*press"ive*ly, adv. — Im*press"ive*ness, n.

IMPRESSMENT
Im*press"ment, n.

Defn: The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. The great scandal of our naval service — impressment — died a protracted death. J. H. Burton.

IMPRESSOR
Im*press"or, n. Etym: [LL., a printer.]

Defn: One who, or that which, impresses. Boyle.

IMPRESSURE
Im*pres"sure, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. impressure, LL. impressura.]

Defn: Dent; impression. [Obs.] Shak.

IMPREST
Im*prest" (, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impresting.] Etym: [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest,
n.]

Defn: To advance on loan. Burke.

IMPREST
Im"prest, n. Etym: [Cf. It. impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum.
See Imprest, v. t., and Impress compulsion to serve.]

Defn: A kind of earnest money; loan; — specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Burke. The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received. Pepys.

IMPREVALENCE; IMPREVALENCY
Im*prev"a*lence, Im*prev"a*len*cy, n.

Defn: Want of prevalence. [Obs.]

IMPREVENTABILITY
Im`pre*vent`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being impreventable. [R.]

IMPREVENTABLE
Im`pre*vent"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not preventable; invitable.

IMPRIMATUR
Im`pri*ma"tur, n. Etym: [L., let it be printed.] (Law)

Defn: A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

IMPRIMERY Im*prim"er*y, n. Etym: [F. imprimerie, fr. imprimer to imprint.] [Obs.] (a) A print; impression. (b) A printing establishment. (c) The art of printing.

IMPRIMING
Im*prim"ing, n.

Defn: A begining. [Obs.] "Their springings and imprimings." Sir H.
Wotton.

IMPRIMIS Im*pri"mis, adv. Etym: [L., for in primis among the first, chiefly; in in + primus first.]

Defn: In the first place; first in order.

IMPRINT Im*print", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.] Etym: [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.]

1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior.

2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free." Cowper.

3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to
impress.
Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.
Locke.

IMPRINT Im"print, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t.]

Defn: Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. "That imprint of their hands." Buckle.

IMPRISON
Im*pris"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprisoning.] Etym: [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner;
pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison.]

1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. Spenser.

2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. Try to imprison the resistless wind. Dryden.

Syn.
— To incarcerate; confine; immure.

IMPRISONER
Im*pris"on*er, n.

Defn: One who imprisons.

IMPRISONMENT
Im*pris"on ment, n. Etym: [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.]

Defn: The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;
confinement; restraint.
His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard
constraint. Spenser.
Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in
a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining
one in the public streets. Blackstone.
False imprisonment. (Law) See under False.

Syn.
— Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.

IMPROBABILITY Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Improbabilities. Etym: [Cf. F. improbabilité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

IMPROBABLE Im*prob"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.]

Defn: Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton. — Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. — Im*prob"a*bly, adv.

IMPROBATE Im"pro*bate, v. t. Etym: [L. improbatus, p. p. of improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.]

Defn: To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]

IMPROBATION
Im`pro*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. improbatio.]

1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.

2. (Scots Law)

Defn: The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged. Bell.

IMPROBATIVE; IMPROBATORY
Im"pro*ba*tive, Im"pro*ba`to*ry, a.

Defn: Implying, or tending to, improbation.

IMPROBITY Im*prob"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. improbitas; pref. im- not + probitas probity: cf. F. improbité.]

Defn: Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.
Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker.

IMPROFICIENCE; IMPROFICIENCY
Im`pro*fi"cience, Im`pro*fi"cien*cy, n.

Defn: Want of proficiency. [R.] Bacon.

IMPROFITABLE Im*prof"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + profitable: cf. F. improfitable.]

Defn: Unprofitable. [Obs.]

IMPROGRESSIVE
Im`pro*gress"ive, a.

Defn: Not progressive. De Quincey.
— Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv.

IMPROLIFIC Im`pro*lif"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + prolific: cf. F. improlifique.]

Defn: Not prolific. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.

IMPROLIFICATE
Im`pro*lif"ic*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + prolificate.]

Defn: To impregnate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

IMPROMPT
Im*prompt", a.

Defn: Not ready. [R.] Sterne.

IMPROMPTU Im*promp"tu, adv. or a. Etym: [F. impromptu, fr. L. in promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility, readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.]

Defn: Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

IMPROMPTU
Im*promp"tu, n.

1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

IMPROPER Im*prop"er, a. Etym: [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im- not + proprius proper. See Proper.]

1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress. Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave. Shak. And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill. Pope.

2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common. [Obs.] Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry. J. Fletcher.

3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous. Improper diphthong.
See under Diphthong.
— Improper feud, an originalfeud, not earned by military service.
Mozley & W.
— Improper fraction. See under Fraction.

IMPROPER
Im*prop"er, v. t.

Defn: To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.] He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. Jewel.

IMPROPERATION
Im*prop`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. improperare, improperatum, to taunt.]

Defn: The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. [Obs.]
Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne

IMPROPERIA
Im`pro*pe"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [L., reproaches.] (Mus.)

Defn: A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; — sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual. Grove.

IMPROPERLY
Im*prop"er*ly, adv.

Defn: In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.

IMPROPERTY
Im*prop"er*ty, n.

Defn: Impropriety. [Obs.]

IMPROPITIOUS
Im`pro*pi"tious, a.

Defn: Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] "Dreams were impropitious."
Sir H. Wotton.

IMPROPORTIONABLE
Im`pro*por"tion*a*ble, a.

Defn: Not proportionable. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

IMPROPORTIONATE
Im`pro*por"tion*ate, a.

Defn: Not proportionate. [Obs.]

IMPROPRIATE
Im*pro"pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impropriating.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of
propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]

1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.] To impropriate the thanks to himself. Bacon.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Law)

Defn: To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

IMPROPRIATE
Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i.

Defn: To become an impropriator. [R.]

IMPROPRIATE
Im*pro"pri*ate, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law)

Defn: Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

IMPROPRIATION
Im*pro`pri*a"tion, n.

1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) (a) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. (b) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.

IMPROPRIATOR
Im*pro"pri*a`tor, n.

Defn: One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.

IMPROPRIATRIX
Im*pro`pri*a"trix, n.; pl. E. -trixes, L. -trices (.

Defn: A female impropriator.

IMPROPRIETY
Im`pro*pri"e*ty, n.; pl. Improprieties. Etym: [L. improprietas; cf.
F. impropriété. See Improper.]

1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, improperiety of behavior or manners.

2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

IMPROSPERITY
Im`pros*per"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. improspérité.]

Defn: Want of prosperity. [Obs.]

IMPROSPEROUS Im*pros"per*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + prosperous: cf. F. improspère, L. improsper.]

Defn: Not prosperous. [Obs.] Dryden.
— Im*pros"per*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] — Im*pros"per*ous*ness, n.
[Obs.]

IMPROVABILITY
Im*prov`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.

IMPROVABLE
Im*prov"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Improve.]

1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. Sir M. Hale. I have a fine spread of improvable lands. Addison.

2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable;
advantageous.
The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. Sir T.
Browne.
— Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n.
— Im*prov"a*bly, adv.

IMPROVE Im*prove", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L. improbare, F. improuver.]

1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.] Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can not improve. Tyndale.

2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] Chapman. When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing. Tyndale.

IMPROVE
Im*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. & vb. n. Improving.]
Etym: [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See Approve, Prove.]

1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. Donne. I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. Denham.

2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. Shak. We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. Barrow. A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. Addison. The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity. Blackstone. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. I. Watts. Those moments were diligently improved. Gibbon. True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. Washington.

3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; — said with reference to what is bad. [R.] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. Bp. Porteus.

Syn. — To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.

IMPROVE
Im*prove", v. i.

1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. Atterbury.

2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse. "Domitain improved in cruelty." Milner.

3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. To improve on or upon, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

IMPROVEMENT
Im*prove"ment, n.

1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair.

2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A good improvement of his reason." S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson.