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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'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.Im-mĕsh′, v. t. p. 660To entangle in the meshes of a net, or in a web.Im'me-thŏd'ie-al, a. p. 660Not methodical; without systematic arrangement; without order; confused. Addison. Syn.—Irregular; confused; disorderly.Im'me-thŏd'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 660Without order or regularity; irregularly.Im'me-thŏd'ie-al-ness, n. p. 660Want of method; confusion.Im-mēth'od-ize, v. t. p. 660To render immethodical; to destroy the method of. [Rare.]Im-mew', v. t. p. 660See EMMEW.Im'mi-grant, n. p. 660One who immigrates; one who removes into a country for the purpose of permanent residence;—opposed to emigrant.Im'mi-grāte, v. i. p. 660To remove into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See EMIGRATE.Ĭm'mi-grā'tion, n. p. 660The act of immigrating; the passing or removing into a country for the purpose of a permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe, and the Crusades, produced numberless accounts…Ĭm'mi-nence, n. p. 660The quality or condition of being imminent; a threatening, as of something in the act of falling. “The imminence of any danger or distress.” Fuller. 2. That which is imminent; impending evil or…Ĭm'mi-nent, a. p. 660Threatening immediately to fall or occur; near at hand; impending;—said especially of misfortune or peril. 2. Full of threats of danger; threatening evil; perilous. “Hair-breadth escapes in the…Ĭm'mi-nent-ly, adv. p. 660Impendingly; threateningly.Im-mĭn'gle, v. t. p. 660To mingle; to mix; to unite with numbers. [Rare.] Thomson.Ĭm'mi-nū'tion, n. p. 660A lessening; diminution; decrease. [Obs.] Ray.