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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-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.Im-pāint', v. t. p. 661To paint; to adorn with colors. [Obs.] Shak.Im-pâir′, v. t. p. 661To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to lessen in power; to weaken; to enfeeble; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value, and the like.…Im-pâir', v. i. p. 661To be lessened or worn out; to grow worse. [Obs.] Spenser.Im'pâir, a. p. 661Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable. [Obs.] “An impair thought.” Shak.Im-pâir', n. p. 661Diminution; decrease. [Obs.] Browne.Im-pâir'er, n. p. 661One who, or that which, impairs.Im-pâir'ment, n. p. 661The state of being impaired; diminution; decrease; impair. [Obs.] Carew.Im-pāl'a-ta-ble, a. p. 661Unpalatable. [Rare.]Im-pāle′, v. t. p. 661To fix on a stake; to put to death by fixing on an upright, sharp stake. See EMPALE. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. Addison. 2. To…Im-pāle'ment, n. p. 661The act of impaling, or of putting to death by piercing with a stake; the act of inclosing with stakes. 2. A space inclosed by stakes or pales, and the like; an inclosed space. Brooke. 3. (Her.) The…Im-păl'lid, v. t. p. 661To make pallid or pale. [Obs.] Feltham.Im-pälm’, v. t. p. 661To grasp; to take in the hand. [Obs.] J. Barlow.