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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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Ĭm′per-cĕp′tive, a. p. 663Unable to perceive. “The imperceptive part of the soul.” Henry More.Im·per·cēp′i·ent, a. p. 663Not perceiving, or not having power to perceive. [Obs.] Baxter.Im-pĕr'di-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 663The state or quality of being imperdible. [Obs.] Derham.Im-pēr'di-ble, a. p. 663Not destructible. [Obs.]Im·pěr'fect, a. p. 663Not perfect or complete in all its parts; wanting a part; defective in quantity or quality. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. He stammered like a…Im-pĕr'fect, v. t. p. 663To cause to become imperfect; to make imperfect. [Obs.] Browne.Ĭm'per-fĕc'tion, n. p. 663The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency. Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head. Shak. Syn.—Defect; deficiency; incompleteness…Im-pēr'fect-ly, adv. p. 663In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully; not entirely; not completely.Im-pēr'fect-ness, n. p. 663The state of being imperfect.Im-pĕr'fo-ra-ble, a. p. 663Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.Im-pēr'fo-rate, a. p. 663Not perforated or pierced; having no opening.Im-pēr'fo-rā'ted, a. p. 663Not perforated; imperforate. 2. Having no pores. Sir J. Banks.Im-pēr'fo-rā'tion, n. p. 663The state of being imperforated, or without aperture.Im-pē'ri-al, a. p. 663Pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict; imperial power or sway; the imperial parliament. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.…Im-pē'ri-al, n. p. 663(Arch.) A kind of dome, which, viewed in profile, is pointed toward the top, and widens as it descends, as in Moorish buildings. Elmes. 2. A tuft of hair on a man's lower lip. 3. An outside seat on a…Im-pē'ri-al-ism, n. p. 663The power, authority, or character of an emperor; the spirit of empire.Im-pē'ri-al-ist, n. p. 663One who belongs to an emperor; a subject or soldier of an emperor. The denomination imperialists is often given to the troops or armies of the emperor of Germany.Im-pē'ri-āl'i-ty, n. p. 663Imperial power. 2. An imperial right or privilege. See ROYALTY. The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron…Im-pē'ri-al-ize, v. t. p. 663To make imperial; to bring to the form of an empire. [R.] Fuller.Im-pē'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 663In an imperial manner.Im-pē'ri-al-ty, n. p. 663Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.Im-pēr'il, v. t. p. 663To bring into peril; to endanger.Im-pĕr'il-ment, n. p. 663Peril; state of being in peril.Im-pē'ri-oüs, a. p. 663Commanding; authoritative; especially in a bad sense, dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious dictator; an imperious man; an imperious temper.…Im-pē'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 664In an imperious manner; with arrogance.Im-pē'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 664The quality of being imperious; authority; arrogance; haughtiness. Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them. Locke.Im-pēr'ish-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 664The quality of being imperishable; indestructibility. “The imperishability of the universe.” Milman.Im-pēr'ish-a-ble, a. p. 664Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.Im-pēr'ish-a-ble-ness, n. p. 664The quality of being imperishable.Im-pēr'ish-a-bly, adv. p. 664In an imperishable manner. “Imperishably pure beyond all things below.” Byron.Im-pĕr'i-wĭgged, a. p. 664Wearing a periwig. Cotgrave.Im-pĕr'ma-nence or Im-pĕr'ma-nen-cy, n. p. 664Want of permanence or continued duration. [Obs.] Mountague.Im-pĕr'ma-nent, a. p. 664Not permanent; not enduring. [Obs.] Gregory.Im-pēr'me-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 664The quality of being impermeable; impermeableness.Im-pēr'me-a-ble, a. p. 664Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid, through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India-rubber is impermeable to water; bladder is impermeable to air.Im-pēr'me-a-ble-ness, n. p. 664The state or quality of being impermeable; impermeability.Im-pēr'me-a-bly, adv. p. 664In an impermeable manner.Im’per-mis’si-ble, a. p. 664Not capable of being permitted; not to be allowed. [Rare.]Im'per-scru'ta-ble, a. p. 664Not capable of being searched out. [Obs.]Ĭm'per-scru'ta-ble-ness, n. p. 664The state of not being capable of scrutiny. [Obs.]Ĭm’per-sēv’er-ant, a. p. 664Earnestly persevering. [Obs.] Shak.Im-pēr'son-al, a. p. 664Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. “Their faith in an almighty but impersonal power, called Fate.” Sir J. Stephens. Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb without the…Im-pĕr'son-al, n. p. 664That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.Im-pēr'son-āl'i-ty, n. p. 664The condition or quality of being impersonal. Draper.Im-pĕr'son-al-ly, adv. p. 664In an impersonal manner.Im-pēr'son-āte, v. t. p. 664To invest with personality, or the bodily substance of a living being. 2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. Warton. 3. To represent the person of; to personate; as, he…Im-pĕr'son-ā'tion or Im'per-sōn'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 664The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.Im-pĕr'son-ā'tor, n. p. 664One who impersonates.Im-pĕr'spi-eŭ'i-ty, n. p. 664Want of perspicuity or clearness to the mind; vagueness.Im’per-spie’ū-oŭs, a. p. 664Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague.Im'per-suād'a-ble, a. p. 664Not to be persuaded. [R.]Im·per·suād'a-ble-ness, n. p. 664The quality of being impersuadable; incapability of being persuaded or convinced. [Rare.]Im′per-suā′si-ble, a. p. 664Not to be moved by persuasion; not yielding to arguments; impersuadable.Im-pĕr'ti-nençe or Im-pĕr'ti-nen-cy, n. p. 664The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness to the thing in question; irrelevance. 2. Conduct unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances…Im-pĕr'ti-nent, a. p. 664Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable; misplaced. “Things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern…Im-pêr'ti-nent, n. p. 664One who is rude or unbecoming in behavior; an intruder. L’Estrange.Im-pēr'ti-nent-ly, adv. p. 664In an impertinent manner; officiously; rudely; foolishly. “Not to betray myself impertinently.” B. Jonson.Ĭm’per-trān’sĭ-bĭl’ĭ-ty, n. p. 664The quality of not being capable of being passed through. [Obs.] Hale.Ĭm’per-trān’si-ble, a. p. 664Not to be passed through. [Obs.]Ĭm’per-tûr/ba-bĭl’i-ty, n. p. 664State of being imper-turbable; self-possession; coolness.