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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Im-mĭx'a-ble, a. p. 660Not capable of being mixed. [Obs.] Wilkins.Im-mix'ture, n. p. 660Freedom from mixture. [Rare.]Im-mōb'ile, a. p. 660Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Shedd.Ĭm'mo-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 660The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.Im-mō'ble, a. p. 660Immovable. [Obs.]Im-mōd'er-an-cy, n. p. 660Excess. [Obs.] Broome.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…Im-mŏd'er-ate-ly, adv. p. 660In an immoderate degree; excessively; unreasonably; as, to weep immoderately.Im-mŏd'er-ate-ness, n. p. 660The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.Im-mōd'er-ā'tion, n. p. 660Want of moderation; excess.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…Im-mŏd'est-ly, adv. p. 660Without due reserve or restraint; indecently; unchastely; obscenely.Im-mŏd'est-y, n. p. 660Want of modesty; indecency; unchastity. “A piece of immodesty.” Pope. 2. Want of delicacy or decent reserve.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…Im’mo-lā’tĭon, n. p. 660The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated. 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.Ĭm'mo-lā'tor, n. p. 660One who offers in sacrifice.Im-mōld’ or Im-mōuld’, v. t. p. 660To mold into shape; to form by molding. [Obs.] Fletcher.Im-mō'ment, a. p. 660Trifling. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Im'mo-mĕn't'ous, a. p. 660Not momentous; unimportant. [Rare.] Seward.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…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.Im-mōr'al-ly, adv. p. 660In violation of morality; wickedly; viciously.Im'mo-rīg'er-oŭs, a. p. 660Rude; uncivil. [Obs.] Stackhouse.Im'mo-rīg'er-ous-ness, n. p. 660Rudeness; disobedience. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.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…Im-môr'tal, n. p. 661One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death or annihilation.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…Im-môr'tal-i-zā'tion, n. p. 661The act of immortalizing.Im-môr'tal-īze, v. t. p. 661To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. 2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate. Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name. T. Dawes.Im-môr'tal-īze, v. i. p. 661To become immortal. [Obs.]Im-môr'tal-ly, adv. p. 661In an immortal manner; with exemption from death.Ĭm'mor-tĕlle', n. p. 661The flower commonly called everlasting. See EVERLASTING.Im-môr'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 661Want of mortification or subjection of the passions. Bp. Taylor.Im-mōv'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 661The condition or quality of being immovable; steadfastness.Im-mov'a-ble, a. p. 661Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; as, an immovable foundation. “Immovable, infixed, and frozen round.” Milton. 2. Not to be moved from a purpose; steadfast; fixed; not to be induced to…Im-mōv'a-ble, n. p. 661That which can not be moved. 2. (pl.) (Civil Law.) Lands, and things adherent thereto; by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds…Im-mov'a-ble-ness, n. p. 661The quality of being immovable.Im·mov'a-bly, adv. p. 661In an immovable manner; unalterably; unchangeably.Im-mūnd', a. p. 661Unclean. [Obs.] Burton.Ĭm'mun-dĭç'i-ty, n. p. 661Uncleanness. [Obs.] Mountagu.Im-mu'ni-ty, n. p. 661Freedom from an obligation; exemption from any charge, duty, office, tax, or imposition; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.…Im-mūre′, v. t. p. 661To wall; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Lysimachus immured it with a wall. Sandys. 2. To inclose within walls; to shut up; to confine; to imprison; to incarcerate. Those tender babes Whom envy hath…Im-mūre’, n. p. 661A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.Im-mūre'ment, n. p. 661The state of being immured; imprisonment. [Rare.]Im-mū'zi-cal, a. p. 661Not harmonious; unmusical. Bacon.Im-mū-t'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 661The quality of being unchangeable; unchangeableness; immutableness; invariableness; as, immutability is an attribute of God.Im-mū'ta-ble, a. p. 661Not mutable; incapable of mutation; not susceptible of change; unchangeable; invariable; unalterable. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong…Im-mūt'a-ble-ness, n. p. 661Unchangeableness; immutability.Im-mūt'a-bly, adv. p. 661In a manner that admits of no change; unchangeably; invariably.Im-mū'tate, a. p. 661Unchanged. [Obs.] Lee.Ĭm'mu-tā'tion, n. p. 661Change; alteration. [Rare.] More.Ĭmp, n. p. 661A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] When the cliff was made, they held it open with a wedge of wood, until such time as the imp, or graft, . . . were set handsomely close within the…Imp, v. t. p. 661To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To insert as a feather into a broken wing; to extend or mend, as a broken or deficient wing, by the insertion of a feather, and the like; hence, to…Ar'buthnot p. 661Im-pā'ea-ble, a. p. 661Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser.Im-plā′ca-bly, adv. p. 661In a manner not admitting of being appeased. [Obs.]Im-păck'ment, n. p. 661The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [Rare.] Kane.Im-păct′, v. t. p. 661To drive close; to press or drive firmly together. Woodward.Im'pact, n. p. 661Contact or impression by touch; collision; force communicated. “By that impact driven True to its aim.” Southay. 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous blow or stroke of a body in motion against another…Im-pā'ges, n. pl. p. 661(Arch.) Those parts of the framework of a door which are horizontal.