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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-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.Ĭm/per-tūr'ba-ble, a. p. 664Incapable of being disturbed or agitated; permanently quiet; as, imperturbable gravity.Im-pĕr'tur-bā'tion, n. p. 664Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montague.Ĭm'per-tūr'bed', a. p. 664Not perturbed; undisturbed. [Obs.] Bailey.Im-pĕr'vi-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 664The quality of being imperviable; impenetrability; imperviousness.Im-pĕr'vi-a-ble, a. p. 664Not pervious; impervious.Im-pĕr'vi-a-ble-ness, n. p. 664Imperviousness. Ed. Rev.Im-pĕr'vi-oŭs, a. p. 664Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, cloth impervious to water. “This gulf impassable, impervious.” Milton. Syn.—Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable.Im-pēr′vi-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 664In an impervious manner; impenetrably.Im-pĕr'vi-oŭs-ness, n. p. 664The state of being impervious.Ĭm'pe-ry, n. p. 664Imperial. [Obs. and rare.] Joye.Im-pĕst', v. t. p. 664To afflict with pestilence; to infest, as with plague. [Obs.]Im-pĕs'ter, v. t. p. 664To vex; to tease. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Ĭmʹpe-tĭgʹi-nōŭs, a. p. 664Of the nature of, or relating to, impetigo.Ĭm'pe-tī'go, n. p. 664(Med.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever, nor contagious. Bateman.Ĭm'pe-tra-ble, a. p. 664Capable of being obtained by petition. [Obs.] Bailey.Ĭm'pe-trāte, v. t. p. 664To obtain by request or entreaty. [Obs.] Usher.Im’pe-trate, a. p. 664Obtained by prayer or entreaty. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.Ĭm'pe-trā'tion, n. p. 664The act of impetrating, or obtaining by prayer or petition. [Obs.] In way of impetration procuring the removal or alleviation of our crosses. Barrow. 2. (Law.) The pre-obtaining of benefices from the…Im'pe-trā/tĭve, a. p. 664Tending or able to obtain by entreaty; obtaining. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Im'pe-tra-to-ry, a. p. 664Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Im-pĕt'ū-ŏs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 664The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence. 2. Vehemence; furiousness of temper.Im-pĕt'ū-ous, a. p. 664Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; fierce; raging; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. “Went pouring forward with impetuous speed.” Byron. 2. Vehement…Im-pĕt'ū-oûs-ly, adv. p. 664In an impetuous manner; violently; fiercely; forcibly; with haste and force.Im-pĕt'ū-oûs-ness, n. p. 664The quality of being impetuous; furiousness; fury; violence. 2. Vehemence of temper; violence.Im'pe-tŭs, n. p. 664Force of motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum. ☞ Impetus, like momentum, is measured by the product of mass into velocity. But momentum is the technical term, impetus…Im’phee, n. p. 664(Bot.) The African sugar-cane (Holcus saccharatus), resembling the Sorghum, or Chinese sugar-cane.Im-pict'ûred, a. p. 664Painted; pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.Im'pier, n. p. 664See UMPIRE. [Obs.]Im-piērçe', v. t. p. 664To pierce through; to penetrate. Drayton.Im-piērçe'a-ble, a. p. 664Not capable of being pierced or penetrated. [Obs.] Spenser.Im-pi'e-ty, n. p. 664The quality of being impious; want of, or the contrary of, piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. 2. An impious act; an act of wickedness. “Guilty of those impieties…Im-pig'no-rāte, v. t. p. 664To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Bailey.Im-pig'no-rā'tion, n. p. 664The act of pawning. [Obs.] Bailey.Im-pĭnge', v. i. p. 664To fall against; to dash against; to clash upon; to touch upon; to strike; to hit. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Newton.Im-pĭnge'ment, n. p. 664Act of impinging.Im-pīn'gent, a. p. 664Striking against or upon.Im-pīn'guāte, v. t. p. 664To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon.Im'pin-guā'tion, n. p. 664The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [Obs.]Ĭm'pi-oŭs, a. p. 664Not pious; wanting piety; wanting in veneration for God and his authority; irreligious; profane. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. Addison. 2.…Ĭm'pi-oûs-ly, adv. p. 664In an impious manner; profanely; wickedly.Ĭm'pi-oûs-ness, n. p. 664Impiety; contempt of God and his laws.Im'pīre, n. p. 664Umpire. [Obs. and rare.] Huloet.Imp'ish, a. p. 664Having the qualities of an imp.Imp'ish-ly, adv. p. 664In the manner of an imp.Im-plā'ca-bil'i-ty, n. p. 664The quality of being implacable; inexorableness; irreconcilable enmity or anger.