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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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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.Im-mēr'ge', v. t. p. 660To plunge into, under, or within any thing, especially a fluid; to immerse. See IMMERSE.Im-mērge′, v. i. p. 660To disappear by entering into any medium, as into the light of the sun, or the shadow of the earth. [Rare.]Im-mēr'gent, a. p. 660Emergent. [Obs.] Fuller.Im-mĕr'it, n. p. 660Want of worth. [Obs.]Im-mĕr'it-ed, a. p. 660Unmerited. [Obs.]Im-mĕr'it-ōŭs, a. p. 660Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.Im-mēr'sa-ble, a. p. 660See IMMERSIBLE.Im-mērse′, v. t. p. 660To plunge into any thing that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. Warton. More than a mile immersed within the…Im-mĕrse', a. p. 660Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] “Things immerse in matter.” Bacon.Im-mērsed', p. a. p. 660Deeply plunged into any thing, especially into a fluid. 2. (Bot.) Growing wholly under water. Gray.Im-mēr'si-ble, a. p. 660Capable of being immersed. 2. [Lat. prefix im, for in, not, and mersus, p. p. of mergere, to plunge.] Not capable of being merged.Im-mĕr'sion, n. p. 660The 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. The state of being overwhelmed or deeply engaged; absorption…Im-měr'sion-ist, n. p. 660(Eccl.) One who holds that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.