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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-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.Im-pāl'pa-bīl'i-ty, n. p. 661The quality of not being palpable, or perceptible by the touch. Jortin.Im-păl'pa-ble, a. p. 661Not palpable; not to be felt; incapable of being perceived by touch; not coarse or gross. “Im-palpable powder.” Boyle. 2. Not obviously or readily apprehended by the mind; as, impalpable distinctions.Im-păl'pa-bly, adv. p. 661In a manner not readily felt or apprehended.Im-pāl'sy, v. t. p. 661To strike with palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.Im-pā'nate, a. p. 661Im-bodied in bread. [Obs.] Crammer.Im-pā'nate, v. t. p. 661To im-body in bread. [Obs.] Waterland.Im'pa-nā'tion, n. p. 661The supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of bread, in the eucharist; consubstantiation; — distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a…Im-păn'el, v. t. p. 661To write or enter, as the names of a jury, in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form, complete, or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.Im-păr'a-dīse, v. t. p. 661To put in a place of supreme felicity; to make perfectly happy. Milton.Im-pār'al-leled, a. p. 661Unparalleled. [Obs.] Burnet.Im-pār'don-a-ble, a. p. 661Unpardonable. [Obs.]Im-păr'i-dĭg'i-tate, a. p. 661Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros. Leidy.Im-pār'i-pīn'nate, a. p. 661(Bot.) Pinnate with a single terminate leaflet.Im-păr'i-syl-lăb'ic, a. p. 661(Gram.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.Im-pār'i-ty, n. p. 661Inequality; want of proportion or correspondence; disproportion. Bacon. 2. Difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, and the like. In this region of merely intellectual effort, we are at once…Im-pärk’, v. t. p. 661To inclose for a park; to make into a park by inclosure; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up. They impark them [sheep] within hurdles. Holland.Im-pärl', v. i. p. 661To hold mutual discourse. [Obs.] North. 2. (Lanc.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment. Blackstone.Im-pär'lance, n. p. 661Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.] 2. (Law.) (a.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, with the object, as is supposed, to effect, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the…Im-pär'son-ee',, a. p. 662(Law.) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.Im-pärt', v. t. p. 662To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor. 2. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or…Im-pärt’, v. i. p. 662To give a part or share. He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none. Luke iii. 11. 2. To hold a conference or consultation. Blackstone.Im-pärt'ançe, n. p. 662Communication of a share; grant.Im'par-tā'tion, n. p. 662The act of imparting or conferring. All are now agreed as to the necessity of this impartation. I. Taylor.Im-pärt’er, n. p. 662One who imparts.Im-pär'tial, a. p. 662Not partial; not favoring one party more than another; unprejudiced; disinterested; equitable; just. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. Those who take a comprehensive and impartial view…Im-pär'tial-īst, n. p. 662One who is impartial; an unprejudiced person. [Obs.] Boyle.Im-pär'ti-äl'i-ty, n. p. 662The quality of indifference of opinion or judgment; freedom from bias; disinterestedness; equitableness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, of a judicial decision, and the like. Impartiality…Im-pär'tial-ly, adv. p. 662In an impartial manner; without bias; without prejudice; equitably; justly.Im-pär'tial-ness, n. p. 662The quality or state of being impartial; impartiality.Im-pärt'/i-bil'/i-ty, n. p. 662The quality of being impartible, or of not being subject to partition; indivisibility. Holland. 2. The quality of being imparted or communicable. Blackstone.Im-pärt'i-ble, a. p. 662Not partible or subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate. Blackstone. 2. [From impart.] Capable of being imparted or communicated.