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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Im-mēr'ge', v. t.p. 660To plunge into, under, or within any thing, especially a fluid; to immerse. See IMMERSE.
  2. 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.]
  3. Im-mēr'gent, a.p. 660Emergent. [Obs.] Fuller.
  4. Im-mĕr'it, n.p. 660Want of worth. [Obs.]
  5. Im-mĕr'it-ed, a.p. 660Unmerited. [Obs.]
  6. Im-mĕr'it-ōŭs, a.p. 660Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.
  7. Im-mēr'sa-ble, a.p. 660See IMMERSIBLE.
  8. 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…
  9. Im-mĕrse', a.p. 660Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] “Things immerse in matter.” Bacon.
  10. Im-mērsed', p. a.p. 660Deeply plunged into any thing, especially into a fluid. 2. (Bot.) Growing wholly under water. Gray.
  11. 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.
  12. 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…
  13. Im-měr'sion-ist, n.p. 660(Eccl.) One who holds that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
  14. Im-mĕsh′, v. t.p. 660To entangle in the meshes of a net, or in a web.
  15. Im'me-thŏd'ie-al, a.p. 660Not methodical; without systematic arrangement; without order; confused. Addison. Syn.—Irregular; confused; disorderly.
  16. Im'me-thŏd'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 660Without order or regularity; irregularly.
  17. Im'me-thŏd'ie-al-ness, n.p. 660Want of method; confusion.
  18. Im-mēth'od-ize, v. t.p. 660To render immethodical; to destroy the method of. [Rare.]
  19. Im-mew', v. t.p. 660See EMMEW.
  20. Im'mi-grant, n.p. 660One who immigrates; one who removes into a country for the purpose of permanent residence;—opposed to emigrant.
  21. 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.
  22. 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…
  23. 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…
  24. 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…
  25. Ĭm'mi-nent-ly, adv.p. 660Impendingly; threateningly.
  26. Im-mĭn'gle, v. t.p. 660To mingle; to mix; to unite with numbers. [Rare.] Thomson.
  27. Ĭm'mi-nū'tion, n.p. 660A lessening; diminution; decrease. [Obs.] Ray.
  28. Im-mĭs'ci-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n.p. 660Incapacity of being mixed. Johnson.
  29. Im-mis'çi-ble, a.p. 660Not capable of being mixed. S. Richardson.
  30. Im-mis'sion, n.p. 660The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection;—correlative to emission.
  31. Im-mit′, v. t.p. 660To send in; to inject; to infuse.
  32. Im-mit'i-ga-ble, a.p. 660Not capable of being mitigated or appeased.
  33. Im-mix', v. t.p. 660To mix; to mingle. Samson, with these immixed, inevitably Pulled down the same destruction on himself. Milton.
  34. Im-mĭx'a-ble, a.p. 660Not capable of being mixed. [Obs.] Wilkins.
  35. Im-mix'ture, n.p. 660Freedom from mixture. [Rare.]
  36. Im-mōb'ile, a.p. 660Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Shedd.
  37. Ĭm'mo-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n.p. 660The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.
  38. Im-mō'ble, a.p. 660Immovable. [Obs.]
  39. Im-mōd'er-an-cy, n.p. 660Excess. [Obs.] Broome.
  40. Im-möd'er-ate, a.p. 660Not moderate; exceeding just or usual bounds; not confined to suitable limits; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate passions, cares, or grief. So every 'scape by…
  41. Im-mŏd'er-ate-ly, adv.p. 660In an immoderate degree; excessively; unreasonably; as, to weep immoderately.
  42. Im-mŏd'er-ate-ness, n.p. 660The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.
  43. Im-mōd'er-ā'tion, n.p. 660Want of moderation; excess.
  44. Im-mŏd'est, a.p. 660Not limited to due bounds; immoderate; exorbitant; unreasonable; arrogant; impudent. 2. Wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; wanting in delicacy or chastity…
  45. Im-mŏd'est-ly, adv.p. 660Without due reserve or restraint; indecently; unchastely; obscenely.
  46. Im-mŏd'est-y, n.p. 660Want of modesty; indecency; unchastity. “A piece of immodesty.” Pope. 2. Want of delicacy or decent reserve.
  47. Im'mo-lāte, v. t.p. 660To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a victim. Now immolate the tongues, and mix the wine. Pope. From the same altar on which the small states shall be immolated will rise the smoke of…
  48. Im’mo-lā’tĭon, n.p. 660The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated. 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
  49. Ĭm'mo-lā'tor, n.p. 660One who offers in sacrifice.
  50. Im-mōld’ or Im-mōuld’, v. t.p. 660To mold into shape; to form by molding. [Obs.] Fletcher.
  51. Im-mō'ment, a.p. 660Trifling. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  52. Im'mo-mĕn't'ous, a.p. 660Not momentous; unimportant. [Rare.] Seward.
  53. Im-mŏr'al, a.p. 660Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed. Syn.—Wicked; vicious; unjust; dishonest…
  54. Im'mo-răl'i-ty, n.p. 660The quality of being immoral. “The root of all immorality.” Temple. 2. An immoral act or practice. Luxury, sloth, and a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton.
  55. Im-mōr'al-ly, adv.p. 660In violation of morality; wickedly; viciously.
  56. Im'mo-rīg'er-oŭs, a.p. 660Rude; uncivil. [Obs.] Stackhouse.
  57. Im'mo-rīg'er-ous-ness, n.p. 660Rudeness; disobedience. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  58. Im-môr'tal, a.p. 660Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited existence. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever…
  59. Im-môr'tal, n.p. 661One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death or annihilation.
  60. Im'mor-täl'i-ty, n.p. 661The quality of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existence; as, the immortality of the soul. That life-giving plant . . . that well used had been the pledge Of…