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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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Ĭm′ĭ-tā′tĭve-ly, adv. p. 659In an imitative manner.Ĭm′ĭ-tā′tĭve-ness, n. p. 659Quality of being imitative.Ĭm’ĭ-tā’tor, n. p. 659One who imitates, copies, or follows.Ĭm′ĭ-tā′tor-shĭp, n. p. 659The office or state of an imitator. Marston.Ĭm′ĭ-tā′tress or Ĭm′ĭ-tā′trix, n. p. 659A female imitator.Im-măc'ŭ-late, a. p. 659Spotless; without blemish; unstained; undefiled; pure. Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. Denham. 2. Not tinged with impure matter; limpid…Im-mā'cu-late-ly, adv. p. 659With spotless purity.Im-măc'ū-late-ness, n. p. 659Spotless purity.Im-māiled’, a. p. 659Wearing mail or armor; clad in armor. [Obs.] Browne.Im-măl'le-a-ble, a. p. 659Not malleable; not capable of being extended by hammering.Im-mān'a-cle, v. t. p. 659To put manacles on; to fetter or confine; to restrain from free action. Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.Ĭm/ma-nā'tion, n. p. 659A flowing or entering in. [Obs.] Good.Im-māne, a. p. 659Very great; huge; monstrous; atrocious. [Obs.] “So immane a man.” Chapman.Im-māne'ly, adv. p. 659Monstrously; atrociously. [Obs.] Milton.Im'ma-nence or Im'ma-nen-cy, n. p. 659The condition of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling. [Rare.] “The actual immanence of all in each.” Coleridge.Im'ma-nent, a. p. 659Remaining within; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; inherent and indwelling; internal or subjective; — opposed to emanant, or transitive. A cognition…Im-măn’i-fest, a. p. 659Not manifest or apparent. [Obs.] Broome.Im-măn’i-ty, n. p. 659The quality of being immane; monstrosity; atrocity. No man can but marvel at that barbarous immanity, feral madness. Burton.Im-măn’ū-el, n. p. 659God with us; — an appellation of the Savior. Matt. i. 23.Ĭm/mar-cĕs/či-ble, a. p. 659Unfading. [Obs.]Ĭm'mar-cĕs'çi-bly, adv. p. 659Unfadingly. [Obs.]Im-mär’gin-ate, a. p. 659(Bot.) Not having a rim or border. Gray.Im-mär’tial, a. p. 659Not martial; not warlike. [Obs.] Chapman.Im-māsk′, v. t. p. 659To cover, as with a mask; to disguise. [Obs.] Shak.Im-mătch'a-ble, a. p. 659Incapable of being matched; peerless; matchless. [Obs.]Im'ma-tē'ri-al, a. p. 659Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker. 2. Of no essential consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly…Ĭm'ma-tē'ri-al-ism, n. p. 659The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual beings exist or are possible.Im'ma-tē'ri-al-ist, n. p. 659One who believes in, or professes, immaterialism.Im'ma-tē'ri-äl'i-ty, n. p. 659The quality of being immaterial, or not consisting of matter; destitution or absence of matter; as, the immateriality of the soul.Ĭm'ma-tē'rĭ-al-ize, v. t. p. 659To render or make immaterial; to make incorporeal. “Immaterialized spirits.” Glanville.Im'ma-tē'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 659In an immaterial manner; without matter. 2. In a manner unimportant.Im'ma-tē'ri-al-ness, n. p. 659The state of being immaterial; immateriality.Im'ma-tē'ri-ate, a. p. 659Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon.Im’ma-tūre’ or Im’ma-tūred’, a. p. 659Not mature or ripe; unripe; not perfect; not arrived at perfection or completion; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit, and the like. The land expedition of Panama was an ill-measured and immatured…Im'ma-tūre'ly, adv. p. 659In an immature manner; unripely; crudely; prematurely.Im'ma-tūre'ness or Im'ma-tū'ri-ty, n. p. 659The condition or quality of being immature; unripeness; incompleteness.Im'me-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 659Want of power to pass, or to permit passage. “Immeability of the juices.” Arbuthnot.Im-mēas'ur-a-ble, a. p. 659Incapable of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable. “Of depth immeasurable.” Milton.Im-mēas'ur-a-ble-ness, n. p. 659The state of being incapable of measure or measurement. Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone. F. W. Robertson.Im-mēas'ur-a-bly, adv. p. 659To an extent not to be measured; beyond all measure in quantity or degree.Im-mēas'ured, a. p. 659Exceeding common measure; immeasurable. [Obs.] Spencer.Ĭm'me-chān'ic-al, a. p. 659Not consonant to the laws of mechanics. [Obs.]Im'me-chān'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 659Inconsistently with the laws of mechanics. [Obs.]Im-mē′di-a-cy, n. p. 659The relation of freedom from a medium or dependence of any kind; independence. [Rare.] Shak.Im-mē'di-ate, a. p. 659Not separated in respect to place by any thing intervening; proximate; close. You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. 2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. “Assemble in…Im-mē'di-ate-ly, adv. p. 659In an immediate manner; without intervention of any thing; proximately; directly; — opposed to mediately. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the…Im-mē'di-ate-ness, n. p. 659The quality or relation of being immediate; exemption from second or intervening causes; close proximity in time.Im-mē'di-a-tĭsm, n. p. 660The quality of being immediate; immediateness.Im-mĕd'i-ca-ble, a. p. 660Not to be healed; incurable. “Wounds immedicable.” Milton.Ĭm'me-lō'di-oŭs, a. p. 660Not melodious. Drummond.Ĭm-mĕm'o-ra-ble, a. p. 660Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.Ĭm'me-mō'ri-al, a. p. 660Beyond memory; out of mind; extending beyond the reach of record or tradition. “Immemorial usage or custom.” Hale. 2. (Eng. Law.) Previous to the reign of Richard I. Burrill.Im'me-mō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 660Beyond memory. Bentley.Im-mēnse′, a. p. 660Unlimited; unbounded; very great; vast; huge. “Of amplitude almost immense.” Milton. “Immense the power.” Pope. “Immense and boundless ocean.” Daniel. Syn.—Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable…Im-mēnsē'ly, adv. p. 660Without limits or measure; infinitely; vastly.Im-mĕnse'ness, n. p. 660Unbounded extent or greatness; immensity.Im-mĕn'si-ty, n. p. 660Unlimited extension; an extent not to be measured; infinity. All these illustrious worlds, Lost in the wilds of vast immensity, Are suns. Blackmore. 2. Vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. A…Im-mēn'su-ra-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 660The quality of being immensurable; incapacity of being measured.Im-mĕn'su-ra-ble, a. p. 660Not to be measured; immeasurable. The law of nature . . . a term of immeasurable extent. Ward.Im-mēn'su-rate, a. p. 660Unmeasured.