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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-plĕdge′, v. t. p. 665To pawn. [Obs.] Sherwood.Ĭm'ple-ment, n. p. 665Whatever may supply a want; especially an instrument or utensil as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and…Ĭm'ple-ment, v. t. p. 665To accomplish. [Rare.] “Executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown.” W. Scott. 2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means…Im-plē′tion, n. p. 665The act of filling; the state of being full. The impletion is either in simple or compound flowers. The impletion of simple flowers is by the increase either of the petals or of the nectary. Lee. 2.…Im′plex, a. p. 665Infolded; intricate; entangled; complicated. The fable of every poem is simple or implex. It is called “simple” when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor…Im-plĕx′ion, n. p. 665The act of infolding or involving. 2. The state of being involved; involution.Im·plī′a·ble, a. p. 665Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.Im′pli-cāte, v. t. p. 665To infold; to connect in many relations. Boyle. 2. To bring into connection with; to show or prove to be connected or concerned; as, the evidence does not implicate the accused person in this…Im′pli-cā′tion, n. p. 665The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated; involution; entanglement. Three principal causes of firmness are, the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of the component…Im'pli-eā'tive, a. p. 665Tending to implicate.Im-pli'cit, a. p. 665Infolded; entangled; complicated. [Obs.] In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. Pope. 2. Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract…Im-pli'çit-ly, adv. p. 665In an implicit manner; by implication; impliedly; virtually. He that denies the providence of God implicitly denies his existence. Bentley. 2. By connection with something else; dependently; with…Im-pli'c'it-ness, n. p. 665The state of being implicit; the state of trusting without reserve.Im-pliç'i-ty, n. p. 665Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Im-pli'ed-ly, adv. p. 665By implication.Im'plo-rā'tion, n. p. 665The act of imploring; earnest supplication. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ĭm'plo-rā'tor, n. p. 665One who implores. [Obs.] Shaw.Im-plōre', v. t. p. 665To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; to ask earnestly; to beg; — followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or…Im-plōre', v. i. p. 665To entreat; to beg.Im-plōre', n. p. 665Earnest supplication. [Obs.] “With piercing words and pitiful implore.” Spenser.Im-plōr'er, n. p. 665One who prays earnestly.Im-plō'ring-ly, adv. p. 665In an imploring manner.Im-plūmed or Im-plūm'ous, a. p. 665Having no plumes or feathers. [Obs.] Johnson.Im-plūnge', v. t. p. 665To plunge; to immerse. Fuller.Im-ply', v. t. p. 665To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] “His head in curls implied.” Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not expressed in words; to…Im-pŏck'et, v. t. p. 665To pocket. [Obs.]Im-poi'son, v. t. p. 665To impregnate or affect with poison. 2. To imbitter; to impair; as, grief impoisons the pleasures of life.Im-poi'son-er, n. p. 665A poisoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Im-poi'son-ment, n. p. 665The act of poisoning. [Obs.] Pope.Im-pō'lar-i-ly, adv. p. 665Not according to the direction of the poles. [Obs.] Browne.Im-pŏl'ĭ-cy, n. p. 665The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bad policy; defect of wisdom. [Rare.]Im’po-lite’, a. p. 665Not polite; not of polished manners; unpolite; uncivil.Im′po-līte′ly, adv. p. 665In an impolite manner; unciv'ily.Ĭm′pō-līte′ness, n. p. 665The quality of being impolite; incivility; want of good manners.Im-pŏl'i-tic, a. p. 665Not politic; contrary to the dictates of policy; wanting in policy or prudent management; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. Syn.—Indiscreet; incautious…Ĭm’po-lĭt’ic-al, a. p. 665Impolitic. [Obs.] Mickle.Im'po-lit'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 665In an impolitic manner; impoliticly. [Obs.] Bacon.Im-pŏl′i-tie-ly, adv. p. 665In an impolitic manner; unwisely; not with due forecast and prudence.Im-pŏl'i-tie-ness, n. p. 665Quality of being impolitic.Im-pŏn'der-a-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 665The quality of being imponderable.Im-pōn'der-a-ble, a. p. 665Not ponderable; without sensible weight; incapable of being weighed.Im-pōn'der-a-ble-ness, n. p. 665The condition or quality of being imponderable.Im-pŏn'der-a-bles, n. pl. p. 665(Physics.) Things having no appreciable weight;— a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight; but in modern science little used.Im-pŏn'der-ōŭs, a. p. 665Not having sensible weight; imponderable. [Obs.] Browne.Im-pōn'der-ōus-ness, n. p. 665The quality of being imponderous. [Obs.]Im-pōne', v. t. p. 665To stake; to wager. [Obs.] Against which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. Shak.Im-pōor', v. t. p. 665To impoverish. [Obs.] Browne.Im-pŏp'ū-lar, a. p. 665Unpopular. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.Im’po-rōs’i-ty, n. p. 665Want of porosity; compactness that excludes pores. Bacon.Im-pō'rous, a. p. 665Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid. Browne.Im-pōrt′, v. t. p. 665To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring, as wares or merchandise from another State or country, in the transactions of commerce;—opposed to export. We import teas and…Ĭm'pōrt, n. p. 665That which is imported, or brought in from abroad; merchandise introduced into a country from without its boundaries. I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure…Im-pōrt'a-ble, a. p. 665Capable of being imported. 2. Not to be endured; insupportable. [Obs.] “Importable power.” Spencer.Im-pōr'tance, n. p. 665The quality of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know. Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. 2. What is imported or implied; import; meaning…Im-pôr'tan-cy, n. p. 666Importance. Shak. 2. That which is important. “Careful to conceal importancies.” Fuller.Im-pôr'tant, a. p. 666Full of, or burdened by, import, or that which is carried with anxiety; restless; anxious. [Obs.] Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. 2. Carrying or…Im-pôr'tant-ly, adv. p. 666In an important manner; weightily; forcibly.Ĭm’por-tā’tion, n. p. 666The act or practice of importing, or of bringing from another country or State;—opposed to exportation. 2. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. 3. The…Im-pōrt'er, n. p. 666One who imports; the merchant who, by himself or his agent, brings goods from another country or State.Im-pōrt'less, a. p. 666Without import; of no weight or consequence. [Obs.] Shak.