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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Il-lūs'tra-ble, a. p. 657Capable of being illustrated; admitting illustration. Browne.Il-lūs'trāte, v. t. p. 657To make clear, bright, or luminous. Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. Chapman. 2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly; to make plain or conspicuous. “To prove him, and…Il-lūs'trate, a. p. 657Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.] “This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman.” Shak.Il·lus·tra'tion, n. p. 657The act of illustrating; a rendering bright, glorious, or illustrious; a making clear; explanation; elucidation. 2. The state of being illustrated, glorified, or elucidated. 3. That which…Il-lūs'tra-tīve, a. p. 657Tending, or intended, to illustrate: exemplifying; explaining. 2. Making illustrations; honorific. [Obs.] Browne.Il-lūs'tra-tīve-ly, adv. p. 657By way of illustration or elucidation. [Rare.] Browne.Il-lūs'tra-tor, n. p. 657One who illustrates.Il-lŭs'tra-to-ry, a. p. 657Serving to illustrate.Il-lūs’tri-ous, a. p. 657Possessing luster, brightness, or brilliancy; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, &c.; eminent; conspicuous.…Il-lūs'tri-oūs-ly, adv. p. 657In an illustrious manner; conspicuously; nobly; eminently; gloriously.Il-lūs'tri-ous-ness, n. p. 657The quality of being eminent; eminence; greatness; grandeur; glory.Ĭl-lux-ū'ri-ous, a. p. 657Not luxurious.Ill'-will', n. p. 657Enmity; malevolence.Ill'-will'er, n. p. 657One who wishes ill to another.Ill-wish'er, n. p. 657One who wishes that evil may befall another; an enemy.Ĭl'ly, adv. p. 657In an ill or evil manner; not well. ☞ A word sometimes used, though improperly, for ill.Ĭl'men-īte, n. p. 657(Min.) A black metallic mineral, consisting of titanium, iron, and oxygen. Dana.Im. p. 657A prefix from the Lat. in, n being changed to m, for the sake of easy utterance, before a labial, as in imbibe, immense, impartial. The same prefix is sometimes used in compounds not of Latin origin…Im'age, n. p. 657An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person or thing, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy.…Ĭm'age, v. t. p. 658To represent or form an image of; as, mountains imaged in the peaceful lake. 2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection. And image charms he must behold…Im'a'ge-a-ble, a. p. 658Capable of being imagined. [R.]Im'a'ge-less, a. p. 658Having no image. Shelley.Im'a-ger, n. p. 658One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.] Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager and cutter in stone and marble. Holland.Ĭm'age-ry, n. p. 658The work of one who makes images or visible representations of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. “Painted imagery.” Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings…Ĭm'a'ge-wor'ship, n. p. 658The worship of images; idolatry.Im-ăg'i-na-ble, a. p. 658Capable of being imagined. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson.Im-ăg'i-na-ble-ness, n. p. 658State of being imaginable.Im-ăg'i-na-bly, adv. p. 658In an imaginable manner.Im-ăg'i-nal, a. p. 658Characterized by imagination; imaginative. 2. Given to the use of rhetorical figures or images.Im-ăg'i-nant, a. p. 658Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] Bacon.Im-ăg'i-nant, n. p. 658An imaginer. [Obs.] Bacon.Im-ăg'i-na-ri-ly, adv. p. 658In an imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson.Im-ăg'i-na-ri-ness, n. p. 658The state or quality of being imaginary.Im-ăg'i-na-ry, a. p. 658Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? Addison. Imaginary quantity or expression (Math.), an algebraic…Im-ăg'i-na-ry, n. p. 658(Alg.) An imaginary expression or quantity.Im-ăg'i-nā'tion, n. p. 658The image-making power; the power to create or reproduce an object of sense previously perceived; the power to recall a mental or spiritual state that has before been experienced. Our simple…Im-ăg’i-nā’tive, a. p. 658Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element.…Im-ăg’-i-nā’tive-ness, n. p. 658State of being imaginative.Im-ăg'ine, v. t. p. 658To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! 2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to…Im-ăg'ine, v. t. p. 658To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise. 2. To opine; to think; to suppose. My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. Milton.Im-ăg'in-er, n. p. 658One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon.Ī-mā'go, n. p. 658An image. 2. (Physiol.) The last and perfected state of insect life, when the pupa-case, or mask which covered it, is dropped, and the inclosed image or being comes forth. Carpenter.Ĭ-mām', or Ĭ'mām, or Ĭ-mā'um',, n. p. 658A minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque among the Mohammedans. 2. A Mohammedan prince who unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power; as, the imâm of Muscat.Im-bālm’, v. t. p. 658See EMBALM.Im-bān', v. t. p. 658To excommunicate, in a civil sense; to cut off from the rights of man, or exclude from the common privileges of humanity. [Rare.] J. Barlow.Im-bănd', v. t. p. 658To form into a band or bands. Beneath full sails imbanded nations rise. J. Barlow.Im-bănk′, v. t. p. 658To inclose with a bank; to defend by banks, mounds, or dikes. [Written also embank.]Im-bănk'ment, n. p. 658The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. Inclosure by a bank; the banks or mounds of earth that are raised to defend a place, especially against floods. [Written also embankment.]Im-băn'nered, a. p. 658Furnished with banners.Im-bâre', v. t. p. 658To lay bare; to uncover; to expose. [Obs.] “To imbare their crooked titles.” Shak.Im-bär'go, n. p. 658See EMBARGO.Im-bärk’, v. i. p. 658See EMBARK.Im-bär'ment, n. p. 658Hinderance. [Obs.] Boccacc., Tr.Im-bärn', v. t. p. 658To lay up or deposit in a barn. [Obs.] Herbert.Im-bāse', v. t. p. 658See EMBASE.Im-bāse’, v. i. p. 658To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.Im-băs'tard-ize, v. t. p. 658To render degenerate; to bastardize. [Obs.] Milton.Im-bāthe', v. t. p. 658To bathe all over. And gave her to her daughters to imbathe, In nectared lavers strowed with asphodel. Milton. Methinks a sovereign and reviving joy must needs rush into the bosom of him that reads…Im-bēad’, v. t. p. 658To fasten with a bead. The strong, bright bayonet imbeaded fast. J. Barrow.Im'be-cile, n. p. 658Destitute of strength, either of body or of mind; weak; feeble; impotent; decrepit; as, an imbecile old man. “Imbecile and lost.” Barrow. Syn.—Weak; debilitated; feeble; infirm; impotent.