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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Version published 1913
by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
Springfield, Mass.
Under the direction of
Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
I.
I (). 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form
from the Phœnician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phœnician
letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly
the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically
I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L.
bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. þynne; E. dominion, donjon,
dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound,
as in pne, ce; and the short sound, as in pn. It has also three other
sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in
words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of
consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in
bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several
digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often
forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin.
See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 98-106.
The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from
the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by
the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into
English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a
comparatively recent time, classed together.
2. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is
pronounced nearly like it.
3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
I- (?), prefix. See Y- .
I (), pron. [poss. My (m) or Mine (mn); object. Me (m). pl. nom. We
(w); poss. Our (our) or Ours (ourz); object. Us (s).] [OE. i, ich, ic,
AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw.
jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n,
Skr. aham. √179. Cf. Egoism.] The nominative case of the pronoun
of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes
himself.
I*am`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, medicine + -logy.] (Med.)
Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
I"amb (?), n. [Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus.] An iambus or iambic. [R.]
I*am"bic (?), a. [L. iambicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.)
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an
unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic
meter. See Lambus.
I*am"bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse
composed of iambic feet.
The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen |
iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram.
Dryden.
2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic
verse); a satire; a lampoon.
I*am"bic*al (?), a. Iambic. [Obs. or R.]
I*am"bic*al*ly, adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
I*am"bize (?), v. t. [Gr. &?;.] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
[R.]
I*am"bus (?), n.; pl. L. Iambi (#), E. Iambuses (#). [L. iambus, Gr.
&?;; prob. akin to &?; to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in
satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.]
(Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
as in mns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as
invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
||I*an"thi*na (?), n.; pl. L. Ianthinæ (#), E. Ianthinas (#). [NL., fr.
||L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. &?;; &?; violet + &?; flower.] (Zoöl.)
||Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are
||found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet
||snail. [Written also janthina.]
||
It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by
forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian
purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this
genus.
I*a`tra*lip"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; physician + &?; belonging to the
&?; or anointer, fr. &?; to anoint: cf. F. iatraliptique.] Treating
diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
[Written also iatroleptic.]
{ I*at"ric (?), I*at"ric*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; healing, fr. &?;
physician, fr. &?; to heal.] Of or pertaining to medicine, or to
medical men.
I*a`tro*chem"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to
the iatrochemists.
I*a`tro*chem"ist (?), n. [Gr. &?; physician + E. chemist.] A physician
who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who
practiced iatrochemistry.
I*a`tro*chem"is*try (?), n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine;
-- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of
physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health
depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body,
and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by
chemical principles.
I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian (?), n. [Gr. &?; physician + E.
mathematician.] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy,
about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of
mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager
student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
I*be"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Iberia.
I"bex ("bks), n.; pl. E. Ibexes (-z), L. Ibices (b"*sz). [L., a kind of
goat, the chamois.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of wild goats having
very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called
also steinbok.
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) is the best known. The Spanish, or
Pyrenean, ibex (C. Hispanica) has smoother and more spreading horns.
||I*bi"dem (?), adv. [L.] In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or
||ib.
||
I"bis (?), n. [L. ibis, Gr. &?;; of Egyptian origin.] (Zoöl.) Any bird
of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidæ,
inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known.
They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed
largely on reptiles.
The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians (Ibis Æthiopica) has the head
and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is
white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark
purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated
in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis
(Plegadis autumnalis), which is widely distributed both in the Old
World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the
eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis (Guara rubra) and the white ibis (G.
alba) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found
in the United States. The wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) of America
belongs to the Stork family (Ciconidæ). See Wood ibis.
-i*ble (?). See -able.
-ic (?). [L. -icus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. -ique.] 1. A suffix signifying, in
general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic,
telegraphic, etc.
2. (Chem.) A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into
certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence
relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends
in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of
pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
I*ca"ri*an (?), a. [L. Icarius, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, the mythic son of
Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax,
mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea.]
Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
Ice (s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. s, Icel.
ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid
frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a
white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and
viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being
1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts at the same
temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of
heat required to melt it.
2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.
3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially
frozen.
4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at
the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored
to the ground. -- Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea. -- Ground ice, anchor ice. --
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial. -- Ice
anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. Kane.
-- Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon,
caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. -- Ice
boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by
sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel
through ice. -- Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which
things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. -- Ice brook, a
brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] Shak. -- Ice cream [for iced
cream], cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. --
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice. -- Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet
of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller. -- Ice foot,
shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. Kane. -- Ice house, a
close-covered pit or building for storing ice. -- Ice machine
(Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production
of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or
the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. -- Ice master. See Ice
pilot (below). -- Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting
ice. -- Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glacé. -- Ice petrel (Zoöl.), a shearwater
(Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
-- Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces. --
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is
obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also ice master. -- Ice
pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water. -- Ice plow, a large tool for
grooving and cutting ice. -- Ice sludge, bay ice broken small by the
wind or waves; sludge. -- Ice spar (Min.), a variety of feldspar, the
crystals of which are very clear like ice; rhyacolite. -- Ice tongs,
large iron nippers for handling ice. -- Ice water. (a) Water cooled by
ice. (b) Water formed by the melting of ice. -- Ice yacht. See Ice boat
(above). -- To break the ice. See under Break. -- Water ice, a
confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice (s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iced (st); p. pr. & vb. n. Icing ("sng).]
1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling
ice.
2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of
egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
Ice"berg` (?), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw.
isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg.] A large mass
of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions
often project into the sea.
Ice"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
Ice"bound` (?), a. Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable
of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed
with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
Ice"-built` (?), a. 1. Composed of ice.
2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.
Iced (?), a. 1. Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.
2. Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as,
iced cake.
Iced cream. Same as Ice cream, under Ice.
Ice"fall` (?), n. A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a
frozen waterfall. Coleridge.
Ice"land*er (?), n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of
Iceland.
Ice*lan"dic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or
resembling, the Icelanders.
Ice*lan"dic (?), n. The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the
Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any
other language now spoken.
Ice"land moss` (?). (Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found
from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a
nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary
complaints as a demulcent.
Ice"land spar` (?). (Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best
of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the
polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
Ice"man (?), n.; pl. Icemen (&?;). 1. A man who is skilled in traveling
upon ice, as among glaciers.
2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
Ice" plant` (?). (Bot.) A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum),
sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is
native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa.
Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in
Spain in making glass.
Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an
athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice,
wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater -- >
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Ice"quake` (s"kwk`), n. The crash or concussion attending the breaking
up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
Ich (k), pron. I. [Obs.] Chaucer.
In the Southern dialect of Early English this is the regular form. Cf.
Ik.
Ich*neu"mon (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, lit., the tracker; so called
because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. &?; to track or
hunt after, fr. 'i`chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any carnivorous
mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridæ. Numerous species
are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species (H. ichneumon),
which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs
and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and
hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common
species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar
habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
2. (Zoöl.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidæ, of
which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects,
such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives upon the
internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and finally
kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by
destroying noxious insects.
Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.
Ich`neu*mon"i*dan (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ,
or ichneumon flies. -- n. One of the Ichneumonidæ.
||Ich`neu*mon"i*des (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ichneumon.] (Zoöl.) The
||ichneumon flies.
||
Ich"nite (?), n. [Gr. 'i`chnos track, footstep.] A fossil footprint;
as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone. Page.
{ Ich`no*graph"ic (?), Ich`no*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
ichonographique.] Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground
plot.
Ich*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; 'i`chnos track, footstep + &?; to
describe: cf. F. ichonographie.] (Drawing) A horizontal section of a
building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a
geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such
plans.
Ich"no*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'i`chnos track, footstep + -lite.] A fossil
footprint; an ichnite.
Ich`no*li*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'i`chnos footstep + -lith + -logy.]
Same as Ichnology. Hitchcock.
Ich`no*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to ichnology.
Ich*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'i`chnos a footstep + -logy.] (Geol.) The
branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
Ich*nos"co*py (?), n. [Gr. 'i`chnos footstep + -scopy.] The search for
the traces of anything. [R.]
I"chor (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;: cf. F. ichor.] 1. (Class. Myth.) An
ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the
gods.
2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
||I`chor*hæ"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ichor + &?; blood.] (Med.)
||Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
||
I"chor*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. ichoreux.] Of or like ichor; thin; watery;
serous; sanious.
Ich"thi*din (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the egg yolk of
osseous fishes.
Ich"thin (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous
substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous
fishes.
Ich"thu*lin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the yolk of
salmon's eggs.
Ich"thus (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s.] In early Christian and eccesiastical
art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the
initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r,
Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
Ich"thy*ic (?), a. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish.] (Zoöl.) Like, or
pertaining to, fishes.
{ Ich"thy*o*col (?), Ich`thy*o*col"la (?), } n. [L. ichthyocolla, Gr.
&?;; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; glue: cf. F. ichthyocolle.] Fish
glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + E.
coprolite.] (Geol.) Fossil dung of fishes.
Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; a spear
+ - lite.] (Zoöl.) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail
of certain skates.
Ich`thy*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os + graphy: cf. F.
ichthyographie.] A treatise on fishes.
{ Ich"thy*oid (?), Ich`thy*oid"al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the
characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
Ich`thy*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; to
worship.] Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard.
Ich"thy*o*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -lite.] (Paleon.)
A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.
{ Ich`thy*o*log"ic (?), Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
ichthyologique.] Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
Ich`thy*ol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. ichthyologiste.] One versed in, or
who studies, ichthyology.
Ich`thy*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -logy: cf. F.
ichthyologie.] The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoölogy
which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and
habits.
Ich"thy*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -mancy: cf. F.
ichthyomancie.] Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
||Ich`thy*o*mor"pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fish-shaped;
||'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) The Urodela.
||
{ Ich`thy*o*mor"phic (?), Ich`thy*o*mor"phous (?), } a. [See
Ichthyomorpha.] Fish- shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient
Assyria.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gist (?), n. [See Ichthyophagous.] One who eats, or
subsists on, fish.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gous (?), a. [L. ichthyophagus, Gr. &?;; 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + &?; to eat.] Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqyofagi`a: cf. F. ichthyophagie.] The
practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
Ich`thy*oph*thal"mite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; eye.]
See Apophyllite. [R.]
||Ich`thy*oph*thi"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
||+ &?; a louse.] (Zoöl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including
||numerous species parasitic on fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*op"si*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish +
||&?; appearance.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata,
||including the Amphibia and Fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyopterygium.]
||(Paleon.) See Ichthyosauria.
||
||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
||+ &?; a fin.] (Anat.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*or"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?;
||bird.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the
||American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
||vertebræ, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were
||well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormæ.
||
Ich"thy*o*saur (?), n. [Cf. F. ichthyosaure.] (Paleon.) One of the
Ichthyosaura.
||Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.) An
||extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied
||forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later
||than the Cretaceous period.
||
Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*an (?), a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the
Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the Ichthyosauria.
||Ich`thy*o*sau"rus (?), n.; pl. Ichthyosauri (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct
||genus of marine reptiles; - - so named from their short, biconcave
||vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in
||length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic,
||and Cretaceous formations.
||
||Ich`thy*o"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.] (Med.) A disease
||in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also
||fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic (#), a.
||
Ich`thy*ot"o*mist (?), n. One skilled in ichthyotomy.
Ich`thy*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; to cut.] The
anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]
||Ich"thys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s a fish.] Same as Ichthus.
||
I"ci*cle (?), n. [OE. isikel, AS. sgicel; s ice + gicel icicle; akin to
Icel. jökull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir. aigh.] A pendent, and usually
conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the
icicles on the eaves of a house.
I"ci*cled (?), a. Having icicles attached.
I"ci*ly (?), adv. In an icy manner; coldly.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead
perfection, no more.
Tennyson.
I"ci*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being icy or very cold;
frigidity.
I"cing (?), n. A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and
milk or white of egg; frosting.
Ic"kle (?), n. [OE. ikil. See Icicle.] An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]
I"con ("kn), n. [L., fr. Gr. e'ikw`n.] An image or representation; a
portrait or pretended portrait.
Netherlands whose names and icons are published.
Hakewill.
I*con"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures,
or representations of any kind.
I"con*ism (?), n. [L. iconismus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to mold, delineate,
fr. e'ikw`n an image: cf. F. iconisme.] The formation of a figure,
representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms.
Cudworth.
I"con*ize (?), v. t. [Gr. e'ikoni`zein.] To form an image or likeness
of. [R.] Cudworth.
I*con"o*clasm (?), n. [Cf. F. iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.] The
doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
I*con"o*clast (?), n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + &?; to break: cf. F.
iconoclaste.] 1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a
determined enemy of idol worship.
2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks
cherished beliefs; a radical.
I*con`o*clas"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to
image breaking. Milman.
{I*con"o*dule (?), I*con"o*du`list (?), } n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image +
&?; a slave.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an
iconoclast. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
I`co*nog"ra*pher (?), n. A maker of images. Fairholt.
I*con`o*graph"ic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to iconography.
2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic
encyclopædia.
I`co*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a sketch or description; e'ikw`n an
image + &?; to describe: cf. F. iconographie.] 1. The art or
representation by pictures or images; the description or study of
portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of
the ancients.
2. The study of representative art in general.
Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the
Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.
I`co*nol"a*ter (?), n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image + &?; to worship: cf. F.
iconolâtre.] One who worships images.
I`co*nol"a*try (?), n. [See Iconolater.] The worship of images as
symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images
themselves.
I`co*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; e'ikw`n an image + &?; discourse: cf.
F. iconologie.] The discussion or description of portraiture or of
representative images. Cf. Iconography.
I`co*nom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a war against images; e'ikw`n an image
+ &?; fight.] Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]
I`co*nom"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?;; e'ikw`n image + &?; fight.] Opposed to
pictures or images as objects of worship. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
I`co*noph"i*list (?), n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image + &?; to love.] A
student, or lover of the study, of iconography.
I`co*sa*he"dral (?), a. [See Icosahedron.] (Geom.) Having twenty equal
sides or faces.
I`co*sa*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; twenty + &?; seat, base, fr. &?;
to sit.] (Geom.) A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.
Regular icosahedron, one of the five regular polyhedrons, bounded by
twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangles meet to form each solid
angle of the polyhedron.
||I`co*san"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; twenty +&?;, &?;, man,
||male: cf. F. icosandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, having
||twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
||
{ I`co*san"dri*an (?), I`co*san"drous (?), } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to
the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the
calyx.
I`co*si*tet`ra*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. &?; twenty + &?;, combining form of
&?; four + &?; seat, base.] (Crystallog.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a
tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.
-ics (?). A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences,
systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics,
politics, athletics.
The names sciences ending in ics, as mathematics, mechanics,
metaphysics, optics, etc., are, with respect to their form, nouns in
the plural number. The plural form was probably introduced to mark the
complex nature of such sciences; and it may have been in imitation of
the use of the Greek plurals &?;, &?;, &?;, &?;, etc., to designate
parts of Aristotle's writings. Previously to the present century, nouns
ending in ics were construed with a verb or a pronoun in the plural;
but it is now generally considered preferable to treat them as
singular. In Greman we have die Mathematik, die Mechanik, etc., and in
French la metaphysique, la optique, etc., corresponding to our
mathematics, mechanics, metaphysics, optics, etc.
Mathematics have for their object the consideration of whatever is
capable of being numbered or measured.
John Davidson.
The citations subjoined will serve as examples of the best present
usage.
Ethics is the sciences of the laws which govern our actions as
moral agents.
Sir W. Hamilton.
All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and
finally, perhaps, revolve into it.
De Quincey.
Mechanics, like pure mathematics, may be geometrical, or may be
analytical; that is, it may treat space either by a direct
consideration of its properties, or by a symbolical representation.
Whewell.
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Ic*ter"ic (?), n. A remedy for the jaundice.
{ Ic*ter"ic (?), Ic*ter"ic*al (?), } a. [L. ictericus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
jaundice: cf. F. ictérique.] 1. Pertaining to, or affected with,
jaundice.
2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.
{ Ic`ter*i"tious (?), Ic*ter"i*tous (?), } a. Yellow; of the color of
the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
Ic"ter*oid (?), a. [Gr. &?; jaundice + -oid.] Of a tint resembling that
produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.
||Ic"te*rus (?), n. [NL. See Icteric, a.] (Med.) The jaundice.
||
Ic"tic (?), a. [L. ictus blow.] Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow;
sudden; abrupt. [R.] H. Bushnell.
||Ic"tus (?), n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.] 1. (Pros.) The
||stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
||
2. (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect,
pulsation of an artery, etc.
I"cy (?), a. [Compar. Icier (?); superl. Iciest.] [AS. sig. See Ice.]
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. "Icy
chains." Shak. "Icy region." Boyle. "Icy seas." Pope.
2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling;
frigid; cold.
Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these
demonstrations of affection.
Motley.
I"cy-pearl`ed (?), a. Spangled with ice.
Mounting up in icy-pearled car.
Milton.
I'd (?). A contraction from I would or I had.
Id (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus
or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the
goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.
I*da"li*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in
Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. "Idalian Aphrodité."
Tennyson.
Ide (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Id.
-ide (?). (Chem.) A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or
negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide,
chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide,
phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide,
glucoside, etc.
I*de"a (?), n.; pl. Ideas (#). [L. idea, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to see; akin
to E. wit: cf. F. idée. See Wit.] 1. The transcript, image, or picture
of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image
of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts.
Fairfax.
Being the right idea of your father Both in your form and nobleness
of mind.
Shak.
This representation or likeness of the object being transmitted
from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for
the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and
properly called its idea.
P. Browne.
2. A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was.
L. Caroll.
3. Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the
mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is
conceived or thought of.
Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object
of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call idea.
Locke.
4. A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling
principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.
That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a
wrong one.
Johnson.
What is now "idea" for us? How infinite the fall of this word,
since the time where Milton sang of the Creator contemplating his
newly-created world, - "how it showed . . . Answering his great
idea," - to its present use, when this person "has an idea that the
train has started," and the other "had no idea that the dinner
would be so bad!"
Trench.
5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with an idea of
undertaking while there the translation of the work.
W. Irving.
6. A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when
thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary
metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in
the abstract.
7. A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same
when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached;
one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the
Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the
Deity.
Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his
empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how
fair, Answering his great idea.
Milton.
"In England, Locke may be said to have been the first who naturalized
the term in its Cartesian universality. When, in common language,
employed by Milton and Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by
Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is Platonic."
Sir W. Hamilton.
Abstract idea, Association of ideas, etc. See under Abstract,
Association, etc.
Syn. -- Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy; image;
perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation; judgment;
consideration; view; design; intention; purpose; plan; model; pattern.
There is scarcely any other word which is subjected to such abusive
treatment as is the word idea, in the very general and indiscriminative
way in which it is employed, as it is used variously to signify almost
any act, state, or content of thought.
I*de"al (?), a. [L. idealis: cf. F. idéal.] 1. Existing in idea or
thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
2. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model;
faultless; as, ideal beauty. Byron.
There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal
excellence.
Rambler.
3. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal. "Planning
ideal common wealth." Southey.
4. Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or
philosophy.
5. (Math.) Imaginary.
Syn. -- Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful; imaginary; unreal;
impracticable; utopian.
I*de"al (?), n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of
perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one
whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in
different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly,
so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo
Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human
frame.
Fleming.
Beau ideal. See Beau ideal.
I*de"a*less (?), a. Destitute of an idea.
I*de"al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. idéalisme.] 1. The quality or state of
being ideal.
2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.
3. (Philos.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material
bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the
reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
I*de"al*ist, n. [Cf. F. idéaliste.] 1. One who idealizes; one who forms
picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
I*de`al*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
I`de*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Idealities (&?;). 1. The quality or state of
being ideal.
2. The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
3. (Phren.) The conceptive faculty.
I*de`al*i*za"tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of idealizing.
2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in
such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study
of the ideal.
I*de"al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idealized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Idealizing (?).] 1. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to;
to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize
real life.
2. (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
I*de"al*ize, v. i. [Cf. F. idéaliser.] To form ideals.
I*de"al*i`zer (?), n. An idealist.
I*de"al*ly, adv. In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
I*de`a*log"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to
idealization.
I*de"a*logue (?), n. [Idea + -logue, as in theologue: cf. F.
idéologue.] One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a
spectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
{ I*de"at (?), I*de"ate (?), } n. [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.)
The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate
in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
I*de"ate (?), v. t. 1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God.
Sir T. Browne.
2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to
memorize. [R.]
I`de*a"tion (?), n. The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming
ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which
objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all
enter now into the process of ideation.
J. D. Morell.
I`de*a"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
Certain sensational or ideational stimuli.
Blackw. Mag.
I"dem (?), pron. or adj. [L.] The same; the same as above; -- often
abbreviated id.
I*den"tic (?), a. Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras.
I*den"tic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. identique. See Identity.] 1. The same; the
selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or
thing.
I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a
conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember
that event, did then exist.
Reid.
2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate
what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical
proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body
without that of solidity.
Fleming.
Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of
the algebraic symbols which enter into it.
I*den"tic*al*ly, adv. In an identical manner; with respect to identity.
"Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.
I*den"tic*al*ness, n. The quality or state of being identical;
sameness.
I*den"ti*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being identified.
I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. identification.] The act of
identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being
identified.
I*den"ti*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Identified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Identifying (?).] [Cf. F. identifier. See Identity, and -fy.] 1. To
make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make
one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to
consider as the same in any relation.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people
and of the rulers.
D. Ramsay.
Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
Burke.
2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something
described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
I*den"ti*fy (?), v. i. To become the same; to coalesce in interest,
purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]
An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they
tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public.
Burke.
I*den"tism (?), n. [See Identity.] (Metaph.) The doctrine taught by
Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical
in the Absolute; -- called also the system or doctrine of identity.
I*den"ti*ty (?), n.; pl. Identities (#). [F. identité, LL. identitas,
fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this.
Cf. Item.] 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same;
sameness.
Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not
between things themselves.
Sir W. Hamilton.
2. The condition of being the same with something described or
asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the
identity of stolen goods.
3. (Math.) An identical equation.
I"de*o- (?). A combining form from the Gr. &?;, an idea.
I`de*o*gen"ic*al (?), a. Of or relating to ideology.
I`de*og"e*ny (?), n. [Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. &?;,
birth: cf. F. idéogénie.] The science which treats of the origin of
ideas.
I*de"o*gram (?), n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme.] 1. An original,
pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound,
but only an idea.
Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent
either things or thoughts.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
You might even have a history without language written or spoken,
by means of ideograms and gesture.
J. Peile.
2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +,
-, &?;, $, &?;, etc.
3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
I*de"o*graph (?), n. Same as Ideogram.
{ I`de*o*graph"ic (?), I`de*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
idéographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by
symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine,"
but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
I`de*o*graph"ics (?), n. The system of writing in ideographic
characters; also, anything so written.
I`de*og"ra*phy (?), n. The representation of ideas independently of
sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand
writing, etc.
I`de*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. idéologique.] Of or pertaining to
ideology.
I`de*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or
idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the
doctrines of ideology.
I`de*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. idéologie.] 1. The science
of ideas. Stewart.
2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them
exclusively from sensation.
By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, idéologie . . . has in
France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of
mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W.
Hamilton.
I`de*o-mo"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) An ideo-motor movement.
I`de*o-mo"tor (?), a. [Ideo- + motor.] (Physiol.) Applied to those
actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of
dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts,
as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while
the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter.
Ides (dz), n. pl. [L. idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar) The
fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day
of the other months.
The ides of March remember.
Shak.
Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly
receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the
ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
Id"i*o- (d"*-). A combining form from the Greek 'i`dios, meaning
private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
Id"i*o*blast (d"**blst), n. [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.) An individual
cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size,
structure, or contents.
||Id`i*o*cra"sis (?), n. [NL.] Idiocracy.
||
Id`i*oc"ra*sy (?), n.; pl. Idiocrasies (#). [Idio- + Gr. kra^sis a
mixture, fr. &?; to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.] Peculiarity of
constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is
peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.
{ Id`i*o*crat"ic (?), Id`i*o*crat"ic*al (?), } a. Peculiar in
constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Id"i*o*cy (d"**s), n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. &?; uncouthness, want of
education, fr. &?;. See Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy.] The condition or
quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and
intelligence.
I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the
proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right
angles.
F. W. Robertson.
Id`i*o*cy*cloph"a*nous (?), a. [Idio- + Gr. &?; circle + &?; to
appear.] (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous.
Id`i*o*e*lec"tric (?), a. [Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique.]
(Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of
becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric. -- n. An
idioelectric substance.
Id"i*o*graph (d"**grf), n. [Gr. &?; autographic; 'i`dios one's own +
gra`fein to write.] A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a
trade-mark.
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{ Id`i*o*graph"ic (d`**grf"k), Id`i*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Of or
pertaining to an idiograph.
Id`i*ol"a*try (?), n. [Idio- + Gr. &?; to worship.] Self-worship;
excessive self- esteem.
Id"i*om (d"*m), n. [F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr. 'idi`wma, fr.
'idioy^n to make a person's own, to make proper or peculiar; fr.
'i`dios one's own, proper, peculiar; prob. akin to the reflexive
pronoun o"y^, o'i^, 'e`, and to "eo`s, 'o`s, one's own, L. suus, and to
E. so.] 1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language;
the genius or cast of a language.
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of
language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the
totality of the general rules of construction which characterize
the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other
tongues.
G. P. Marsh.
By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a
particular language.
J. H. Newman.
He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with the
idiom of ours.
Dryden.
2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural
form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage,
having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical
sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a
particular author.
Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms
fix our doubtful speech.
Prior.
Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though by
courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language.
Coleridge.
Every good writer has much idiom.
Landor.
It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are
made current: "I can make nothing of it." "He treats his subject
home." Dryden. "It is that within us that makes for righteousness."
M. Arnold.
Gostwick (Eng. Gram.)
3. Dialect; a variant form of a language.
Syn. -- Dialect. -- Idiom, Dialect. The idioms of a language belong to
its very structure; its dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted
upon it in different localities or by different professions. Each
county of England has some peculiarities of dialect, and so have most
of the professions, while the great idioms of the language are
everywhere the same. See Language.
{ Id`i*o*mat"ic (?), Id`i*o*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. 'idiwmatiko`s.] Of
or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to
a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. --
Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Id`i*o*morph"ic (?), a. Idiomorphous.
Id`i*o*morph"ous (?), a. [Gr. 'idio`morfos of peculiar form; 'i`dios
peculiar + &?; form.] 1. Having a form of its own.
2. (Crystallog.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral
constituents of a rock.
Id`i*o*mus"cu*lar (?), a. [Idio- + muscular.] (Physiol.) Applied to a
semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical
irritant.
Id`i*o*pa*thet"ic (?), a. Idiopathic. [R.]
{ Id`i*o*path"ic (?), Id`i*o*path"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
idiopathique.] (Med.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease
arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or
injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic. --
Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
Id`i*op"a*thy (?), n.; pl. Idiopathies (#). [Gr. &?;; 'i`dios proper,
peculiar + &?;, &?;, to suffer: cf. F. idiopathie.] 1. A peculiar, or
individual, characteristic or affection.
All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they
scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger.
Dr. H. More.
2. (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any
other disease; a primary disease.
Id`i*oph"a*nous (?), a. [Idio- + &?; to appear.] (Crystallog.)
Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as
certain crystals.
Id"i*o*plasm (?), n. (Biol.) Same as Idioplasma.
||Id`i*o*plas"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar + &?; a
||form, mold.] (Biol.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the
||seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of
||hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion,
||which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
||
Id`i*o*re*pul"sive (?), a. [Idio- + repulsive.] Repulsive by itself;
as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy (?), n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies (#). [Gr. &?;; 'i`dios
proper, peculiar + &?; a mixing together, fr. &?; to mix together; &?;
with + &?; to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See Idiom, and Crasis.] A
peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a
characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual;
characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of
the body.
I. Taylor.
{ Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic (?), Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic*al (?), } a. Of peculiar
temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual
character.
Id"i*ot (d"*t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant,
ill-informed person, Gr. 'idiw`ths, also and orig., a private person,
not holding public office, fr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar. See Idiom.] 1.
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public
office. [Obs.]
St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are
sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons.
Jer. Taylor.
2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the
educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.]
Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the
simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even
to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and
rabbis.
C. Blount.
3. A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether
congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without
understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Shak.
4. A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame?
Chaucer.
Id"i*ot*cy (?), n. [Cf. Idiocy.] Idiocy. [R.]
Id"i*ot*ed (?), a. Rendered idiotic; befooled. [R.] Tennyson.
Id`i*o*ther"mic (?), a. [Idio- + thermic.] Self-heating; warmed, as the
body of animal, by process going on within itself.
{ Id`i*ot"ic (?), Id`i*ot"ic*al (?), } a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr.
&?;: cf. F. idiotique. See Idiot.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] Blackwall.
2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish;
fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.
Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly, adv. In an idiotic manner.
Id`i*ot"i*con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; belonging to a private man,
private. See Idiot.] A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the
words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.
Id"i*ot*ish (?), a. Like an idiot; foolish.
Id"i*ot*ism (?), n. [F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion of
a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to put into or use common language, fr. &?;. See Idiot.] 1. An
idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a
language.
Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms, suitable to
their native language, unto words newly invented.
M. Hale.
2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.
Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism.
Shaftesbury.
The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism.
Hammond.
Id"i*ot*ize (?), v. i. To become stupid. [R.]
Id"i*ot*ry (?), n. Idiocy. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
I"dle (?), a. [Compar. Idler (?); superl. Idlest.] [OE. idel, AS. del
vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. dal, D. ijdel, OHG. tal vain, empty,
mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. &?; clear,
pure, &?; to burn. Cf. Ether.] 1. Of no account; useless; vain;
trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. "Deserts idle."
Shak.
Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.
Matt. xii. 36.
Down their idle weapons dropped.
Milton.
This idle story became important.
Macaulay.
2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use;
unemployed; as, idle hours.
The idle spear and shield were high uphing.
Milton.
3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as,
idle workmen.
Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Matt. xx. 6.
4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful;
as, an idle fellow.
5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford.
Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a
pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. --
Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer
motion from one to the other without changing the direction of
revolution. -- In idle, in vain. [Obs.] "God saith, thou shalt not take
the name of thy Lord God in idle." Chaucer.
Syn. -- Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent; sluggish;
slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain; trifling;
unprofitable; unimportant. -- Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to
inaction is expressed by each of these words; they differ in the cause
and degree of this characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to
ease, a settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy,
and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a stronger and
more contemptuous term than indolent.
I"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Idling (?).] To
lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
Shak.
I"dle, v. t. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often
followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
I"dle-head`ed (?), a. 1. Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] "The superstitious
idle-headed eld." Shak.
2. Delirious; infatuated. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
I"dle*ness, n. [AS. delnes.] The condition or quality of being idle (in
the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness;
triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
I"dle-pat`ed (?), a. Idle-headed; stupid. [Obs.]
I"dler (?), n. 1. One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a
lazy person; a sluggard.
2. (Naut.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no
regular watch. Totten.
3. (Mach.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
{ I"dless, I"dlesse } (?), n. Idleness. [Archaic] "In ydlesse."
Spenser.
And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
Mrs. Browning.
I"dly (?), adv. In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily;
carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Id"o*crase (d"*krs; 277), n. [Gr. e'i^dos form + kra^sis mixture, fr.
keranny`nai to mix; cf. F. idocrase.] (Min.) Same as Vesuvianite.
I"dol (?), n. [OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &?; to see. See Wit,
and cf. Eidolon.] 1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.]
Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's
great magnificence.
Spenser.
2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any
other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a
similitude of a false god.
That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold.
Rev. ix. 20.
3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set;
an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or
adored.
The soldier's god and people's idol.
Denham.
4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon.
The idols of preconceived opinion.
Coleridge.
I`do*las"tre (?), n. [OE., for idolatre.] An idolater. [Obs.] Chaucer.
I*dol"a*ter (?), n. [F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. &?;. See
Idolatry.] 1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to
images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who
worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
2. An adorer; a great admirer.
Jonson was an idolater of the ancients.
Bp. Hurd.
I*dol"a*tress (?), n. A female worshiper of idols.
I`do*lat"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. idolâtrique.] Idolatrous. [Obs.]
I*dol"a*trize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idolatrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Idolatrizing (?).] To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.
I*dol"a*trize, v. t. To make in idol of; to idolize.
I*dol"a*trous (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the
nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as,
idolatrous sacrifices.
[Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests.
2 Kings xxiii. 5.
2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or
reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
I*dol"a*trous*ly, adv. In a idolatrous manner.
I*dol"a*try (?), n.; pl. Idolatries (#). [F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria,
L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &?;; &?; idol + &?; service.] 1. The worship of
idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Milton.
2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love
which borders on adoration. Shak.
I"dol*ish (?), a. Idolatrous. [Obs.] Milton.
I"dol*ism (?), n. The worship of idols. [Obs.]
I"dol*ist, n. A worshiper of idols. [Obs.] Milton.
I"dol*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idolized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Idolizing (?).] 1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to;
as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize
gold, children, a hero.
I"dol*ize, v. i. To practice idolatry. [R.]
To idolize after the manner of Egypt.
Fairbairn.
I"dol*i`zer (?), n. One who idolizes or loves to the point of
reverence; an idolater.
I*dol"o*clast (?), n. [Gr. &?; idol + &?; to break.] A breaker of
idols; an iconoclast.
I*dol`o*graph"ic*al (?), a. [Idol + -graph.] Descriptive of idols. [R.]
Southey.
I"dol*ous (?), a. Idolatrous. [Obs.] Bale.
I*do"ne*ous (?), a. [L. idoneus.] Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit;
adequate. [R.]
An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an
idoneous person.
Ayliffe.
Id*or"gan (?), n. [Gr. &?; form + E. organ.] (Biol.) A morphological
unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the
positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the
physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.
{ Id"ri*a*line (?), Id"ri*a*lite (?), } n. [Cf. F. idrialine.] (Min.) A
bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it
occurs mixed with cinnabar.
Id`u*me"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in
Western Asia. -- n. An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.
I"dyl (?), n. [L. idyllium, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; form; literally, a little
form of image: cf. F. idylle. See Idol.] A short poem; properly, a
short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem,
especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and
highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily
flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life,
of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.]
Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl.
Mrs. Browning.
His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home.
F. Harrison.
I*dyl"lic (?), a. Of or belonging to idyls.
I. e. Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.
If (?), conj. [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef, ef, OS.
ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel.
ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle; properly a case form of
a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef,
ifi, efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.] 1. In case
that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition
or supposition.
Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if Œdipus deserve
thy care.
Pope.
If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matt. iv. 3.
2. Whether; -- in dependent questions.
Uncertain if by augury or chance.
Dryden.
She doubts if two and two make four.
Prior.
As if, But if. See under As, But.
I' faith" (?). In faith; indeed; truly. Shak.
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I*fere" (?), a. [Corrupted fr. in fere.] Together. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ig`a*su"ric (?), a. [See Igasurine.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained
from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.
Ig`a*su"rine (?), n. [Malay igasura the nux vomica.] (Chem.) An
alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline
substance.
Ig"loo (?), n. 1. An Eskimo snow house.
2. (Zoöl.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over
its breathing hole in the ice.
Ig*na"tius bean` (?). (Bot.) See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.
Ig"ne*ous (?), a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to Skr. agni,
Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.] 1. Pertaining to, having the nature of,
fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as,
lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
Ig*nes"cent (?), a. [L. ignescens, p. pr. of ignescere to become
inflamed, fr. ignis fire: cf. F. ignescent.] Emitting sparks of fire
when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.
Ig*nic"o*list (?), n. [L. ignis fire + colere to worship.] A worshiper
of fire. [R.]
Ig*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ignifer; ignis fire + ferre to bear.]
Producing fire. [R.] Blount.
Ig*nif"lu*ous (?), a. [L. ignifluus; ignis fire + fluere to flow.]
Flowing with fire. [Obs.] Cockerman.
Ig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ignifying (?).] [L. ignis fire + -fy.] To form into fire. [R.]
Stukeley.
Ig*nig"e*nous (?), a. [L. ignigenus; ignis fire + genere, ginere, to
beget, produce.] Produced by the action of fire, as lava. [R.]
Ig*nip"o*tence (?), n. Power over fire. [R.]
Ig*nip"o*tent (?), a. [L. ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful.]
Presiding over fire; also, fiery.
Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent.
Pope.
||Ig"nis fat"u*us (?); pl. Ignes fatui (#). [L. ignis fire + fatuus
||foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.]
||1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy
||ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or
||vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called
||also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
||Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
||
2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition.
Jer. Taylor.
Ig*nite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignited (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Igniting.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See
Igneous.] 1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
2. (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly;
-- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite
iron or platinum.
Ig*nite", v. i. To take fire; to begin to burn.
Ig*nit"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being ignited.
Ig*ni"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. ignition.] 1. The act of igniting, kindling,
or setting on fire.
2. The state of being ignited or kindled. Sir T. Browne.
Ig*nit"or (?), n. One who, or that which, produces ignition;
especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the
like. [Written also igniter.]
Ig*niv"o*mous (?), a. [L. ignivomus; ignis fire + vomere 8vomit.]
Vomiting fire. [R.]
Ig`no*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. ignobilitas: cf. F. ignobilité.]
Ignobleness. [Obs.] Bale.
Ig*no"ble (?), a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F.
ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a.] 1. Of low birth or family; not
noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent.
Shak.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants.
Shak.
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird
can soar.
Shak.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the
goshawk.
Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful;
disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
Ig*no"ble, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ig*no"ble*ness, n. State or quality of being ignoble.
Ig*no"bly, adv. In an ignoble manner; basely.
Ig`no*min"i*ous (?), a. [L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.] 1.
Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable;
shameful.
Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious.
Milton.
2. Deserving ignominy; despicable.
One single, obscure, ignominious projector.
Swift.
3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.
Macaulay.
Ig`no*min"i*ous*ly, adv. In an ignominious manner; disgracefully;
shamefully; ingloriously.
Ig"no*min*y (?), n.; pl. Ignominies (#). [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e.,
a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F.
ignominie. See In- not, and Name.] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor;
reproach; infamy.
Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat;
yours with ignominy after conquest.
Addison.
Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
Rambler.
Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or
the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the
Commonwealth.
Hobbes.
2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
Ig"no*my (?), n. Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]
I blush to think upon this ignomy.
Shak.
Ig`no*ra"mus (?), n. [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.] 1. (Law) We are
ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of
indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to
warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No
bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions
"Ignored" is still used. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.
2. (pl. Ignoramuses (&?;).) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender
to knowledge; a dunce.
An ignoramus in place and power.
South.
Ig"no*rance (?), n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.] 1. The condition of being
ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a
particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.
Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly
to heaven.
Shak.
2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one
may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer.
Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's
control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.
Ig"no*rant (?), a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr. of ignorare to
be ignorant. See Ignore.] 1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or
uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.
He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to
know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides.
Tillotson.
2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.
Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
Dryden.
3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
Ignorant concealment.
Shak.
Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
Shak.
4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
His shipping, Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas, Like
eggshells moved.
Shak.
Syn. -- Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned;
unlettered; illiterate. -- Ignorant, Illiterate. Ignorant denotes want
of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general;
illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired
by reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the
higher classes were illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant,
especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.
In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears.
Shak.
In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the
wise, but the ignorant and illiterate, embraced torments and death.
Tillotson.
Ig"no*rant, n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or
unskilled; an ignoramous.
Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preach?
Denham.
Ig"no*rant*ism (?), n. The spirit of those who extol the advantage of
ignorance; obscurantism.
Ig"no*rant*ist, n. One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an
obscurantist.
Ig"no*rant*ly, adv. In a ignorant manner; without knowledge;
inadvertently.
Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Acts xvii. 23.
Ig*nore" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing,
noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.] 1. To be
ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic]
Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more
carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that
they ignore.
Boyle.
2. (Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a
bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to
recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore
certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind.
Mrs. Browning.
Ig*nos"ci*ble (?), a. [L. ignoscibilis, fr. ignoscere to pardon, lit.,
not to wish to know; pref. in- not + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to
know. See In- not, and Know.] Pardonable. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ig*note" (?), a. [L. ignotus; pref. in- not + gnotus, notus, known, p.
p. of gnocere, nocere, to learn to know.] Unknown. [Obs.] Sir E.
Sandys. -- n. One who is unknown. Bp. Hacket.
I*gua"na (?), n. [Sp. iguana, from the native name in Hayti. Cf.
Guana.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large
American lizards of the family Iguanidæ. They are arboreal in their
habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.
The common iguana (Iguana iguana, formerly Iguana tuberculata, and also
called by other synonyms) of the West Indies and South America is
sometimes five feet long. Its flesh is highly prized as food. The
horned iguana (Iguana cornuta) has a conical horn between the eyes.
I*gua"ni*an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.
I*gua"nid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Same as Iguanoid.
I*gua"no*don (?), n. [Iguana + Gr. &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A
genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and
large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire
body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several
species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See
Illustration in Appendix.
I*gua"no*dont (?), a. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to the genus
Iguanodon.
I*gua"noid (?), a. [Iguana + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Iguanidæ.
Ih*lang`-ih*lang" (?), n. [Malayan, flower of flowers.] A rich,
powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of
Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also written ylang-ylang.]
||Ih*ram" (?), n. The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.
||
Ik (?), pron. [See I.] I. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
The Northern dialectic form of I, in Early English, corresponding to
ich of the Southern.
Il- (?). A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-.
Ile (?), n. [AS. egl.] Ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Ile, n. [See Aisle.] An aisle. [Obs.] H. Swinburne.
Ile, n. [See Isle.] An isle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Il"e*ac (?), a. [See Ileum.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum.
[Written also iliac.]
2. See Iliac, 1. [R.]
Ileac passion. (Med.) See Ileus.
Il`e*o*cæ"cal (?), a. [Ileum + cæcal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum
and cæcum.
Il`e*o*col"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as,
the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into
the large intestine.
||Il"e*um (?), n. [L. ile, ileum, ilium, pl. ilia, groin, flank.] 1.
||(Anat.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small
||intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written
||also ileon, and ilium.]
||
2. (Anat.) See Ilium. [R.]
Most modern writers restrict ileum to the division of the intestine and
ilium to the pelvic bone.
||Il"e*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to roll up.] (Med.) A
||morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized
||by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is
||greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal
||matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.
||
||I"lex (?), n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.) (a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
||(b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common
||holly.
||
Il"i*ac (?), a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. &?;. See Iliad.] Pertaining to ancient
Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
Il"i*ac, a. [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.] 1.
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone
of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]
2. See Ileac, 1. [R.]
Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium. -- Iliac passion. See
Ileus. -- Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the
hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.
I*li"a*cal (?), a. Iliac. [R.]
Il"i*ad (?), n. [L. Ilias, - adis, Gr. &?;, &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?;,
&?;, Ilium, the city of Ilus, a son of Tros, founder of Ilium, which is
a poetical name of Troy.] A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four
books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is
ascribed to Homer.
Il"i*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.
I*liche" (?), adv. [OE., fr. AS. gelc. Cf. Alike.] Alike. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
I*lic"ic (?), a. [L. ilex, ilicis, holm oak.] Pertaining to, or derived
from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.
Il"i*cin (?), n. (Chem.) The bitter principle of the holly.
Il"i*o- (?). [From Ilium.] A combining form used in anatomy to denote
connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-
lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.
Il`i*o*fem"o*ral (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as,
iliofemoral ligaments.
Il`i*o*lum"bar (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar
regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.
Il`i*o*pso"as (?), n. (Anat.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint,
divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded
as distinct muscles.
||Il"i*um (?), n. [See Ileum.] (Anat.) The dorsal one of the three
||principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the
||dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under
||Innominate. [Written also ilion, and ileum.]
||
Il`ix*an"thin (?), n. [Ilex the genus including the holly + Gr. &?;
yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.
Ilk (?), a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf. Each.] Same;
each; every. [Archaic] Spenser.
Of that ilk, denoting that a person's surname and the title of his
estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant.
Jamieson.
Il"ke (?), a. [See Ilk.] Same. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Il*kon", Il*koon" (?) }, pron. [See Ilk, and One.] Each one; every
one. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ill (?), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their
places being supplied by worse (&?;) and worst (&?;), from another
root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde,
adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to
advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable;
unfavorable.
Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways,
ill markets, and ill neighbors.
Bacon.
There 's some ill planet reigns.
Shak.
2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example.
Shak.
3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill.
Shak.
4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude;
unpolished; inelegant.
That 's an ill phrase.
Shak.
Ill at ease, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. "I am very ill at ease."
Shak. -- Ill blood, enmity; resentment. -- Ill breeding, want of good
breeding; rudeness. -- Ill fame, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill
fame, a house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse. -- Ill
humor, a disagreeable mood; bad temper. -- Ill nature, bad disposition
or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to
others. -- Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness. -- Ill turn. (a)
An unkind act. (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Ill
will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
Syn. -- Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.
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Ill (?), n. 1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents
success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the
ills of humanity.
Who can all sense of others' ills escape Is but a brute at best in
human shape.
Tate.
That makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others
that we know not of.
Shak.
2. Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness;
depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.
Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, Exerts itself,
and then throws off the ill.
Dryden.
Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
How ill this taper burns!
Shak.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth
accumulates and men decay.
Goldsmith.
Ill, like above, well, and so, is used before many participal
adjectives, in its usual adverbal sense. When the two words are used as
an epithet preceding the noun qualified they are commonly hyphened; in
other cases they are written separatively; as, an ill-educated man; he
was ill educated; an ill-formed plan; the plan, however ill formed, was
acceptable. Ao, also, the following: ill-affected or ill affected,
ill-arranged or ill arranged, ill-assorted or ill assorted, ill-boding
or ill boding, ill-bred or ill bred, ill- conditioned, ill-conducted,
ill-considered, ill- devised, ill-disposed, ill-doing, ill-fairing,
ill-fated, ill-favored, ill-featured, ill-formed, ill-gotten,
ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-looking, ill-mannered, ill-matched,
ill-meaning, ill-minded, ill-natured, ill-omened, ill-proportioned,
ill-provided, ill-required, ill-sorted, ill-starred, ill-tempered,
ill-timed, ill-trained, ill-used, and the like.
I' ll (?). Contraction for I will or I shall.
I'll by a sign give notice to our friends.
Shak.
Il*lab"ile (?), a. Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. [Obs.]
-- Il`la*bil"i*ty (#), n. [Obs.]
Il*lac"er*a*ble (?), a. [L. illacerabilis: cf. F. illacérable. See In-
not, and Lacerable.] Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent.
[Obs.]
Il*lac"ry*ma*ble (?), a. [L. illacrimabilis; pref. il- not +
lacrimabilis worthy of tears.] Incapable of weeping. [Obs.] Bailey.
Il*laps"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. il- not + lapsable.] Incapable of
slipping, or of error. [R.]
Morally immutable and illapsable.
Glanvill.
Il*lapse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Illapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illapsing.] [L. illapsus, p. p. of illabi; pref. il- in + labi to fall,
slide.] To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into. Cheyne.
Il*lapse", n. [L. illapsus. See Illapse, v. i.] A gliding in; an
immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent
or attack. Akenside.
They sit silent . . . waiting for an illapse of the spirit.
Jeffrey.
Il*la"que*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [R.]
Cudworth.
Il*la"que*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illaqueated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illaqueating.] [L. illaqueatus, p. p. of illaqueare; pref. il- in +
laqueare to insnare, fr. laqueus, noose, snare.] To insnare; to entrap;
to entangle; to catch.
Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his
scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.
Coleridge.
Il*la`que*a"tion (?), n. 1. The act of catching or insnaring. [R.] Sir
T. Browne.
2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.
Il*la"tion (?), n. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p. p. of inferre
to carry or bring in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See
1st In- , and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.] The act or process of inferring
from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas;
that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false
conception of things.
Sir T. Browne.
Il"la*tive (?), a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.] Relating to,
dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an
illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then,
therefore, etc.
Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse statement of a
proposition which in that form must be true because the original
proposition is true. -- Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the
mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the
correctness of inferences.
Il"la*tive, n. An illative particle, as for, because.
Il"la*tive*ly, adv. By inference; as an illative; in an illative
manner.
Il*laud"a*ble (?), a. [L. illaudabilis. See In- not, and Laudable.] Not
laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.
Milton.
-- Il*laud"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome.
Ill`-bod"ing (?), a. Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened. "Ill-boding
stars." Shak.
Ill"-bred` (?), a. Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil;
rude. See Note under Ill, adv.
Il*lec`e*bra"tion (?), n. [See Illecebrous.] Allurement. [R.] T. Brown.
Il*lec"e*brous (?), a. [L. illecebrosus, fr. illecebra allurement, fr.
illicere to allure.] Alluring; attractive; enticing. [Obs.] Sir T.
Elyot.
Il*le"gal (?), a. [Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F. illégal.] Not
according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in
violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an
illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.
Il`le*gal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Illegalities (#). [Cf. F. illégalité.] The
quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality
of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
Il*le"gal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illegalizing (?).] To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
Il*le"gal*ly, adv. In a illegal manner; unlawfully.
Il*le"gal*ness, n. Illegality, unlawfulness.
Il*leg`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being illegible.
Il*leg"i*ble (?), a. Incapable of being read; not legible; as,
illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. -- Il*leg"i*ble*ness,
n. -- Il*leg"i*bly, adv.
Il`le*git"i*ma*cy (?), n. The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.
Il`le*git"i*mate (?), a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or
authorized; unlawful; improper.
2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an
illegitimate child.
3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate
inference.
4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an
illegitimate word.
Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the
fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in
heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.
Il`le*git"i*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegitimated (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Illegitimating.] To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to
be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without
illegitimating the issue.
Bp. Burnet.
Il`le*git"i*mate*ly (?), adv. In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
Il`le*git`i*ma"tion (?), n. 1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.
2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [Obs.]
Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her
illegitimation taken off.
Bp. Burnet.
Il`le*git"i*ma*tize (?), v. t. To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Il*le"sive (?), a. [Pref. il- not + L. laedere, laesum, to injure.] Not
injurious; harmless. [R.]
Il*lev"i*a*ble (?), a. Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or
collected. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Ill`-fa"vored (?), a. Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly;
ill-looking.
Ill-favored and lean-fleshed.
Gen. xli. 3.
-- Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. -- Ill`- fa"vored*ness, n.
Il*lib"er*al (?), a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis
liberal: cf. F. illibéral.] 1. Not liberal; not free or generous;
close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.
2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude;
narrow-minded; disingenuous.
3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.]
Chesterfield.
Il*lib"er*al*ism (?), n. Illiberality. [R.]
Il*lib`er*al"i*ty (?), n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F. illibéralité.] The
state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness;
niggardliness. Bacon.
Il*lib"er*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illiberalized (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Illiberalizing (?).] To make illiberal.
Il*lib"er*al*ly, adv. In a illiberal manner, ungenerously;
uncharitably; parsimoniously.
Il*lib"er*al*ness, n. The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
Il*lic"it (?), a. [L. illicitus; pref. il- not + licitus, p. p. of
licere to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite. See In- not, and
License.] Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit
trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another.
Burke.
-- Il*lic"it*ly, adv. -- Il*lic"it*ness, n.
Il*lic"it*ous (?), a. Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave.
||Il*li"ci*um (?), n. [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L.
||illicium an allurement.] (Bot.) A genus of Asiatic and American
||magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit
||of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is
||largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical
||with true oil of anise.
||
Il*light"en (?), v. t. To enlighten. [Obs.]
Il*lim"it*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F.
illimitable.] Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable;
limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.
The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have
their appropriate force of beauty.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable;
infinite; immense; vast.
-- Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Il*lim"it*a*bly, adv.
Il*lim`it*a"tion (?), n. [Pref. il- not + limitation: cf. F.
illimitation.] State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from,
limitation. Bp. Hall.
Il*lim"it*ed (?), a. Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall. --
Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n.
The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally
much spoken of.
Clarendon.
Il`li*ni"tion (?), n. [L. illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in,
on + linire, linere, to smear.] 1. A smearing or rubbing in or on;
also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.
2. A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [R.]
A thin crust or illinition of black manganese.
Kirwan.
Il`li*nois" (?), n.sing. & pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American
Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and
Mississippi rivers.
Il`li*qua"tion (?), n. [Pref. il- in + L. liquare to melt.] The
melting or dissolving of one thing into another.
Ill"ish (?), a. Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell.
Il*li"sion (?), n. [L. illisio, fr. illidere, illisum, to strike
against; pref. il- in + laedere to strike.] The act of dashing or
striking against. Sir T. Browne.
Il*lit"er*a*cy (?), n.; pl. Illiteracies (#). [From Illiterate.] 1. The
state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or
knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as,
the illiteracy shown by the last census.
2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his
[Shakespeare's] works.
Pope.
Il*lit"er*al (?), a. Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson.
Il*lit"er*ate (?), a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus
learned. See In- not, and Literal.] Ignorant of letters or books;
unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
Syn. -- Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See
Ignorant.
-- Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.
Il*lit"er*a*ture (?), n. Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe.
Southey.
Ill"-judged` (?), a. Not well judged; unwise.
Ill"-lived` (?), a. Leading a wicked life. [Obs.]
Ill"-look`ing (?), a. Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note
under Ill, adv.
Ill`-man"nered (?), a. Impolite; rude.
Ill"-mind`ed (?), a. Ill- disposed. Byron.
Ill`-na"tured (?), a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious;
cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The ill-natured
task refuse." Addison.
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured land." J.
Philips.
-- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. -- Ill`- na"tured*ness, n.
Ill"ness (?), n. [From Ill.] 1. The condition of being ill, evil, or
bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather."
Locke.
2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a
short or a severe illness.
3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Shak.
Syn. -- Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. -- Illness, Sickness.
Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use
illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or
sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea,
or "sickness of the stomach."
Ill"-nur`tured (?), a. Ill- bred. Shak.
Il`lo*cal"i*ty (?), n. Want of locality or place. [R.] Cudworth.
Il*log"ic*al (?), a. Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or
correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of
logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference. --
Il*log"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Il*log"ic*al*ness, n.
Ill`-o"mened (?), a. Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under
Ill, adv.
Ill"-starred` (?), a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an
ill-starred man or day.
Ill`-tem"pered (?), a. 1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour;
peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.]
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold,
while all the world is afraid to melt away.
Pepys.
Ill"-timed` (?), a. Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or
unpropitious time.
Ill`treat" (?), v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to
maltreat.
Il*lude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuding.]
[L. illudere, illusum; pref. il- in + ludere to play: cf. OF. illuder.
See Ludicrous.] To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to
excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Il*lume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuming.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.] To throw or spread light
upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. Shak.
The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold.
Thomson.
Il*lu"mi*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being illuminated.
Il*lu"mi*nant (?), n. [L. illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of illuminare.]
That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are
illuminants. Boyle.
Il*lu"mi*na*ry (?), a. Illuminative.
Il*lu"mi*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuminating (?).] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il- in +
luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume,
Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.] 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply
with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or
city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or
miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of
the Middle Ages.
4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or
reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem,
or a duty.
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Il*lu"mi*nate (?), v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing.
Il*lu"mi*nate (?), a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.] Enlightened. Bp. Hall.
Il*lu"mi*nate, n. One who is enlightened; esp., a pretender to
extraordinary light and knowledge.
||Il*lu`mi*na"ti (?), n. pl. [L. illuminatus. See Illuminate, v. t.,
||and cf. Illuminee.] Literally, those who are enlightened; --
||variously applied as follows: --
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1. (Eccl.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in
which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the
spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the
year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they
had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances,
sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados,
Perfectibilists, etc.
3. (Mod. Hist.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who
combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men
and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam
Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly
for a time, but ceased after a few years.
4. Also applied to: (a) An obscure sect of French Familists; (b) The
Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists; (c) The Rosicrucians.
5. Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual
enlightenment.
Il*lu"mi*na`ting (?), a. Giving or producing light; used for
illumination.
Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a).
Il*lu`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.] 1. The
act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being
illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See
Illuminate, v. t., 3.
4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or
manuscript.
5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor;
especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work.
Felton.
6. (Theol.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God;
inspiration.
Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by
prophetical illumination are inspired.
Hooker.
Il*lu"mi*na*tism (?), n. Illuminism. [R.]
Il*lu"mi*na*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. illuminatif.] Tending to illuminate or
illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. "Illuminative reading."
Carlyle.
Il*lu"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L., an enlightener, LL. also, an illuminator
of books.] 1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially
manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
2. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an
illuminant.
Il*lu"mine (?), v. t. [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.] To
illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
Il*lu`mi*nee" (?), n. [F. illuminé. Cf. Illuminati.] One of the
Illuminati.
Il*lu"mi*ner (?), n. One who, or that which, illuminates.
Il*lu"mi*nism (?), n. [Cf. F. illuminisme.] The principles of the
Illuminati.
Il*lu`mi*nis"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the
Illuminati.
Il*lu"mi*nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuminizing (?).] To initiate the doctrines or principles of the
Illuminati.
Il*lu"mi*nous (?), a. Bright; clear. [R.] H. Taylor.
Il*lure" (?), v. t. [Pref. il- in + lure.] To deceive; to entice; to
lure. [Obs.]
The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with
the muck and dung of this world.
Fuller.
Ill`-used" (?), a. Misapplied; treated badly.
Il*lu"sion (?), n. [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to
illude. See Illude.] 1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or
mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery;
hallucination.
To cheat the eye with blear illusions.
Milton.
2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming; enchantment;
witchery; glamour.
Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
Pope.
3. (Physiol.) A sensation originated by some external object, but so
modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the
rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination,
regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the
latter as having no objective occasion whatever.
4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs,
dresses, etc.
Syn. -- Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See Delusion.
Illusion, Delusion. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the
sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical
deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards.
Il*lu"sion*a*ble (?), a. Liable to illusion.
Il*lu"sion*ist, n. One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
Il*lu"sive (?), a. [See Illude.] Deceiving by false show; deceitful;
deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
Truth from illusive falsehood to command.
Thomson.
Il*lu"sive*ly, adv. In a illusive manner; falsely.
Il*lu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false
show.
Il*lu"so*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. illusore.] Deceiving, or tending of
deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.
Il*lus"tra*ble (?), a. Capable of illustration. Sir T. Browne.
Il*lus"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illustrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illustrating (?).] [L. illustratus, p. p. of illustrare to illustrate,
fr. illustris bright. See Illustrious.] 1. To make clear, bright, or
luminous.
Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky.
Chapman.
2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
Shak.
To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.
Milton.
3. To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate,
explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and
examples.
4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with
pictures, as a history or a romance.
5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.]
Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates.
Milton.
Il*lus"trate (?), a. [L. illustratus, p. p.] Illustrated;
distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.]
This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman.
Shak.
Il`lus*tra"tion (?), n. [L. illustratio: cf. F. illustration.] 1. The
act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education;
also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and
distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make
clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary
work.
Il*lus"tra*tive (?), a. 1. Tending or designed to illustrate,
exemplify, or elucidate.
2. Making illustrious. [Obs.]
Il*lus"tra*tive*ly, adv. By way of illustration or elucidation. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Il*lus"tra*tor (?), n. [L.] One who illustrates.
Il*lus"tra*to*ry (?), a. Serving to illustrate.
Il*lus"tri*ous (?), a. [L. illustris, prob. for illuxtris; fr. il- in +
the root of lucidus bright: cf. F. illustre. See Lucid.] 1. Possessing
luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.
Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious.
Beau. & Fl.
2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous;
distinguished.
Illustrious earls, renowened everywhere.
Drayton.
3. Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or
titles.
Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; remarkable; brilliant; conspicuous;
noted; celebrated; signal; renowened; eminent; exalted; noble;
glorious. See Distinguished, Famous.
Il*lus"tri*ous*ly, adv. In a illustrious manner; conspicuously;
eminently; famously. Milton.
Il*lus"tri*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being eminent;
greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.
Il*lus"trous (?), a. [Pref. il- not + lustrous.] Without luster. [Obs.
& R.]
Il`lu*ta"tion (?), n. [Pref. il- in + L. lutum mud: cf. F. illutation.]
The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the
sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.
Il`lux*u"ri*ous (?), a. Not luxurious. [R.] Orrery.
Ill`-will" (?). See under Ill, a.
Ill`-wish"er (?), n. One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.
Il"ly (?), adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the
adverb ill.]
Il"men*ite (?), n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural
Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.
Il*me"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Ilmenite.] (Chem.) A supposed element
claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann.
Il"va*ite (?), n. [From L. Ilva, the island now called Elba.] (Min.) A
silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and
columnar masses.
I'm (?). A contraction of I am.
Im- (?). A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- also
occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank,
imbitter.
Im"age (?), n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to
imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.] 1. An imitation,
representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured,
drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible
presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
Even like a stony image, cold and numb.
Shak.
Whose is this image and superscription?
Matt. xxii. 20.
This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.
Shak.
And God created man in his own image.
Gen. i. 27.
2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Chaucer.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt
not bow down thyself to them.
Ex. xx. 4, 5.
3. Show; appearance; cast.
The face of things a frightful image bears.
Dryden.
4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the
fancy; a conception; an idea.
Can we conceive Image of aught delightful, soft, or great?
Prior.
5. (Rhet.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from
sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an
extended metaphor. Brande & C.
6. (Opt.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a
lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object
symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such
focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the
retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass,
as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by
reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.
Electrical image. See under Electrical. -- Image breaker, one who
destroys images; an iconoclast. -- Image graver, Image maker, a
sculptor. -- Image worship, the worship of images as symbols;
iconolatry distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images
themselves. -- Image Purkinje (Physics), the image of the retinal blood
vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane. -- Virtual image
(Optics), a point or system of points, on one side of a mirror or lens,
which, if it existed, would emit the system of rays which actually
exists on the other side of the mirror or lens. Clerk Maxwell.
Im"age (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imaging
(?).] 1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged
the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. "Shrines of imaged saints." J.
Warton.
2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the
fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he
must behold no more.
Pope.
Im"age*a*ble (?), a. That may be imaged. [R.]
Im"age*less, a. Having no image. Shelley.
Im"a*ger (?), n. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]
Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager.
Holland.
Im"age*ry (m"j*r; 277), n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.] 1. The work of
one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation
work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak.
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and
imagery.
Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean?
Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary
phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy.
Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions
presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in
discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery.
Dryden.
Im*ag`i*na*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capacity for imagination. [R.] Coleridge.
Im*ag"i*na*ble (?), a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of
being imagined; conceivable.
Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable.
Tillotson.
-- Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*ag"i*na*bly, adv.
Im*ag"i*nal (?), a. [L. imaginalis.] 1. Characterized by imagination;
imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an imago.
Imaginal disks (Zoöl.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the
larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the
wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed.
Im*ag"i*nant (?), a. [L. imaginans, p. pr. of imaginari: cf. F.
imaginant.] Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] Bacon. -- n. An imaginer.
[Obs.] Glanvill.
Im*ag"i*na*ri*ly (?), a. In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B.
Jonson.
Im*ag"i*na*ri*ness, n. The state or quality of being imaginary;
unreality.
Im*ag"i*na*ry (?), a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing
only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied
tortures?
Addison.
Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or
quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible
operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as,
√-9, a + b √- 1. -- Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc.
(Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by
reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have
a real existence.
Syn. -- Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal;
illusive.
Im*ag"i*na*ry, n. (Alg.) An imaginary expression or quantity.
Im*ag"i*nate (?), a. Imaginative. [Obs.] Holland.
Im*ag`i*na"tion (?), n. [OE. imaginacionum, F. imagination, fr. L.
imaginatio. See Imagine.] 1. The imagine-making power of the mind; the
power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously
perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.
Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense;
if absent, is imagination.
Glanvill.
Imagination is of three kinds: joined with belief of that which is
to come; joined with memory of that which is past; and of things
present, or as if they were present.
Bacon.
2. The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the
materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually
termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
The imagination of common language -- the productive imagination of
philosophers -- is nothing but the representative process plus the
process to which I would give the name of the "comparative."
Sir W. Hamilton.
The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions, and to
recombine the elements of them at its pleasure, is called its
faculty of imagination.
I. Taylor.
The business of conception is to present us with an exact
transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have moreover
a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of
different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation.
I shall employ the word imagination to express this power.
Stewart.
3. The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or
memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of
conceiving and expressing the ideal.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact
. . . The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from
heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies
forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to
shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Shak.
4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty;
a conception; a notion. Shak.
Syn. -- Conception; idea; conceit; fancy; device; origination;
invention; scheme; design; purpose; contrivance. -- Imagination, Fancy.
These words have, to a great extent, been interchanged by our best
writers, and considered as strictly synonymous. A distinction, however,
is now made between them which more fully exhibits their nature.
Properly speaking, they are different exercises of the same general
power -- the plastic or creative faculty. Imagination consists in
taking parts of our conceptions and combining them into new forms and
images more select, more striking, more delightful, more terrible,
etc., than those of ordinary nature. It is the higher exercise of the
two. It creates by laws more closely connected with the reason; it has
strong emotion as its actuating and formative cause; it aims at results
of a definite and weighty character. Milton's fiery lake, the debates
of his Pandemonium, the exquisite scenes of his Paradise, are all
products of the imagination. Fancy moves on a lighter wing; it is
governed by laws of association which are more remote, and sometimes
arbitrary or capricious. Hence the term fanciful, which exhibits fancy
in its wilder flights. It has for its actuating spirit feelings of a
lively, gay, and versatile character; it seeks to please by unexpected
combinations of thought, startling contrasts, flashes of brilliant
imagery, etc. Pope's Rape of the Lock is an exhibition of fancy which
has scarcely its equal in the literature of any country. -- "This, for
instance, Wordsworth did in respect of the words ‘imagination' and
‘fancy.' Before he wrote, it was, I suppose, obscurely felt by most
that in ‘imagination' there was more of the earnest, in ‘fancy' of the
play of the spirit; that the first was a loftier faculty and gift than
the second; yet for all this words were continually, and not without
loss, confounded. He first, in the preface to his Lyrical Ballads,
rendered it henceforth impossible that any one, who had read and
mastered what he has written on the two words, should remain
unconscious any longer of the important difference between them."
Trench.
The same power, which we should call fancy if employed on a
production of a light nature, would be dignified with the title of
imagination if shown on a grander scale.
C. J. Smith.
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Im*ag`i*na"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, involving, or caused by,
imagination.
Im*ag`i*na"tion*al*ism (?), n. Idealism. J. Grote.
Im*ag"i*na*tive (?), a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and
characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of
the word.
In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still
constitutes an important element.
Mure.
2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick
imagination; conceptive; creative.
Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind.
Coleridge.
3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.
-- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n.
Im*ag"ine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imagined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago
image. See Image.] 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form
a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a
bear!
Shak.
2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to
purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
Ps. lxii. 3.
3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. Shak.
Syn. -- To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine;
deem; plan; scheme; devise.
Im*ag"ine, v. i. 1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to
devise.
2. To think; to suppose.
My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine.
Milton.
Im*ag"in*er (?), n. One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who
contrives. Bacon.
Im*ag"in*ous (?), a. Imaginative. [R.] Chapman.
||I*ma"go (?), n.; pl. Imagoes (#). [L. See Image.] 1. An image.
||
2. (Zoöl.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See
Illust. of Ant- lion, and Army worm.
{ ||I*mam" (?), ||I*man" (?), ||I*maum" (?), } n. [Ar. imm.] 1. Among
the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service
of the mosque.
2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his
person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
I*ma"ret (?), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. 'imra.] A lodging house for Mohammedan
pilgrims. Moore.
Im*balm" (?), v. t. See Embalm.
Im*ban" (?), v. t. To put under a ban. [R.] Barlow.
Im*band" (?), v. t. To form into a band or bands. "Imbanded nations."
J. Barlow.
Im*bank" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbanking.] [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf. Embank.] To inclose or defend
with a bank or banks. See Embank.
Im*bank"ment (?), n. The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or
mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See
Embankment.
Im*ban"nered (?), a. Having banners.
Im*bar" (?), v. t. To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]
To imbar their crooked titles.
Shak.
Im*bar"go (?), n. See Embargo.
Im*bark" (?), v. i. & t. See Embark.
Im*barn" (?), v. t. To store in a barn. [Obs.]
Im*base" (?), v. t. See Embase.
Im*base", v. i. To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.
Im*bas"tard*ize (?), v. t. To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton.
Im*bathe" (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.] To bathe; to
wash freely; to immerse.
And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed
with asphodel.
Milton.
Im*bay" (?), v. t. See Embay.
Im"be*cile (?), a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin:
cf. F. imbécile.] Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind;
feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for
the imbecile and insane.
Syn. -- Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
Im"be*cile, n. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.
Im"be*cile, v. t. To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's
courage. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Im`be*cil"i*tate (?), v. t. To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to
enfeeble. [R.] A. Wilson.
Im`be*cil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Imbecilities (#). [L. imbecillitas: cf. F.
imbécillité.] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp.
of mind.
Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a
meanness of courage and imbecility of mind.
Sir W. Temple.
This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental
faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.
Syn. -- Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See
Debility.
Im*bed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbedded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbedding.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. Embed.] To sink or lay, as in a
bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to
cover, as with earth, sand, etc.
Im*bel"lic (?), a. [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf.
bellicus warlike.] Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.
Im*bench"ing (?), n. [Pref. im- in + bench.] A raised work like a
bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.
Im"ber-goose` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The loon. See Ember-goose.
Im*bez"zle (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Embezzle.
Im*bibe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbibing.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F.
imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck
or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a
sponge imbibes moisture.
2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe
principles; to imbibe errors.
3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir
I. Newton.
Im*bib"er (?), n. One who, or that which, imbibes.
Im`bi*bi"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of
imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.
Bacon.
Im*bit"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbittering.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter.] [Written also
embitter.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more
distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life
than shame?
South.
Imbittered against each other by former contests.
Bancroft.
Im*bit"ter*er (?), n. One who, or that which, imbitters.
Im*bit"ter*ment (?), n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling;
embitterment.
Im*blaze" (?), v. t. See Emblaze.
Im*bla"zon (?), v. t. See Emblazon.
Im*bod"y (?), v. i. [See Embody.] To become corporeal; to assume the
qualities of a material body. See Embody.
The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes.
Milton.
Im*boil" (?), v. t. & i. [Obs.] See Emboil.
Im*bold"en (?), v. t. See Embolden.
Im*bon"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness.] Want of
goodness. [Obs.] Burton.
Im*bor"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbordering.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf. Emborder.] To furnish or
inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
Im*bosk" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbosking.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a
wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.] To
conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.
Im*bosk", v. i. To be concealed. [R.] Milton.
Im*bos"om (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbosoming.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. Embosom.] 1. To hold in the
bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a
house imbosomed in a grove. "Villages imbosomed soft in trees."
Thomson.
The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son.
Milton.
Im*boss" (?), v. t. See Emboss.
Im*bos"ture (?), n. [See Emboss.] Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau.
& Fl.
Im*bound" (?), v. t. To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Obs.] Shak.
Im*bow" (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. Embow.] To make like a bow;
to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. "Imbowed windows." Bacon.
Im*bow"el (?), v. t. See Embowel.
Im*bow"er (?), v. t. & i. See Embower.
Im*bow"ment (?), n. act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon.
Im*box" (?), v. t. To inclose in a box.
Im*bra"cer*y (?), n. Embracery. [Obs.]
Im*braid" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Embraid.
Im*bran"gle (?), v. t. To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.
[R.] Hudibras.
Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic.
Coleridge.
Im*breed" (?), v. t. [Cf. Inbreed.] To generate within; to inbreed.
[Obs.] Hakewill.
{ Im"bri*cate (?), Im"bri*ca`ted (?), } a. [L. imbricatus, p. p. of
imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex,
-icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.] 1. Bent and
hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints,"
like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants
and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each
other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a
representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated
pattern.
Im"bri*cate (?), v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as
to form an imbricated surface.
Im`bri*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. imbrication.] An overlapping of the
edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure;
also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
Im"bri*ca*tive (?), a. (Bot.) Imbricate.
Im`bro*ca"do (?), n.; pl. Imbrocadoes (#). [See Brocade.] Cloth of
silver or of gold. [R.]
{ ||Im`bro*ca"ta (?), Im`broc*ca"ta }, n. [It. imbroccata.] A hit or
thrust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Im*brogl"io (?), n.; pl. Imbroglios (#). [Written also embroglio.] [It.
See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil.] 1. An intricate, complicated plot, as
of a drama or work of fiction.
2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious
misunderstanding.
Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio.
Carlyle.
Im*brown" (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + brown. Cf. Embrown.] To make
brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by
exposure.
The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned.
Byron.
Im*brue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbureed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbureing.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to
give to drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but
also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis).] To wet or
moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued.
Milton.
Im*brue"ment (?), n. The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
Im*brute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbruting.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.] To
degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate and
imbrute.
Milton.
Im*brute", v. i. To sink to the state of a brute.
The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till
she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Milton.
Im*brute"ment (?), n. The act of imbruting, or the state of being
imbruted. [R.] Brydges.
Im*bue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbuing.]
[L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L.
bibere to drink. Cf. Imbibe.] 1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to
absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as,
to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no
satiety.
Milton.
Im*bue"ment (?), n. The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued;
hence, a deep tincture.
Im*burse" (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put
into one's purse. See Burse, and Purse.] To supply or stock with money.
[Obs.]
Im*burse"ment (?), n. 1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being
imbursed. [Obs.]
2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
Im*bu"tion (?), n. An imbuing. [Obs.]
I*mes"a*tin (?), n. [Imide + isatin.] (Chem.) A dark yellow,
crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.
Im"ide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido
group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido
group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in
which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or
acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide.
Im"i*do (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with,
the radical NH, which is called the imido group.
Imido acid, an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so
united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen,
and plays the part of an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are
imido acids.
Im`it*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [See Imitable.] The quality of being imitable.
Norris.
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Im"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. imitabilis: cf. F. imitable. See Imitate.] 1.
Capable of being imitated or copied.
The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more
usefull, as being imitable by great numbers.
Atterbury.
2. Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. Sir W.
Raleigh.
Im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being imitable; worthness
of imitation.
Im"i*tan*cy (?), n. [From L. imitans, p. pr. of imitare.] Tendency to
imitation. [R.] Carlyle.
Im"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imitating (?).] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown
origin. Cf. Image.] 1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to
copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
Despise wealth and imitate a dog.
Cowlay.
2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color,
qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art
can imitate.
Spenser.
This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an
imitated shield.
Dryden.
3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or
inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits,
so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake
imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect
imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
Im"i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.] 1. The act of
imitating.
Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing,
counterfeiting, or figuring forth.
Sir P. Sidney.
2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to
resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent
purposes; likeness; resemblance.
Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the
best nature.
Dryden.
3. (Mus.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency
in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same
melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one
or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
4. (Biol.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal,
or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a
deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article;
-- opposed to real or genuine; as, imitation lace; imitation bronze;
imitation modesty, etc.
Im`i*ta"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as,
imitational propensities.
Im"i*ta*tive (?), a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.] 1. Inclined to
imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities
or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not
original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the
first in Thrace.
Dryden.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a
plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection
from enemies; having resemblance to something else; as, imitative
colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals
are imitative.
-- Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
Im"i*ta*tive, n. (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
[R.]
Im"i*ta"tor (?), n. [L.] One who imitates.
Im"i*ta`tor*ship, n. The state or office of an imitator. "Servile
imitatorship." Marston.
Im"i*ta`tress (?), n. A woman who is an imitator.
Im"i*ta`trix (?), n. An imitatress.
Im*mac"u*late (?), a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p.
of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See Mail armor.] Without
stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not
hold One more immaculate.
Denham.
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain.
Shak.
Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Mary
was conceived without original sin.
-- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv. -- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.
Im*mailed" (?), a. Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.
Im*mal"le*a*ble (?), a. Not maleable.
Im*man"a*cle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immanacling (?).] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain
from free action.
Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled.
Milton.
Im"ma*na"tion (?), n. [Pref. im- in + L. manare to flow; cf. mantio a
flowing.] A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation. [R.] Good.
Im*mane" (?), a. [L. immanis.] Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous
in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man."
Chapman.
-- Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]
{ Im"ma*nence (?), Im"ma*nen*cy (?), } n. The condition or quality of
being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.
[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God.
Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the
world.
A. V. G. Allen.
Im"ma*nent (?), a. [L. immanens, p. pr. of immanere to remain in or
near; pref. im- in + manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.] Remaining
within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or
subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the
subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory,
transitive, or objective.
A cognition is an immanent act of mind.
Sir W. Hamilton.
An immanent power in the life of the world.
Hare.
Im*man"i*fest (?), a. Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Im*man"i*ty (?), n. [L. immanitas.] The state or quality of being
immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.
Im*man"tle (?), v. t. See Emmantle. [R.]
Im*man"u*el (?), n. [Heb. 'immn&?;l, fr. 'im with + n&?; us + l God.]
God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. Is. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23.
Im`mar*ces"ci*ble (?), a. [L. immarcescibilis; pref. im- not +
marcescere to fade: cf. F. immarcescible.] Unfading; lasting. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Im`mar*ces"ci*bly, adv. Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Im*mar"gin*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Not having a distinctive margin or
border. Grey.
Im*mar"tial (?), a. Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]
Im*mask" (?), v. t. To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
[R.] Shak.
Im*match"a*ble (?), a. Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.
Im`ma*te"ri*al (m`m*t"r*al), a. [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F.
immatériel.] 1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual;
disembodied.
Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
Hooker.
2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance;
unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.
Syn. -- Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable;
trifling.
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. immatérialisme.] 1. The doctrine
that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind
and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or
phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the
soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ist, n. [Cf. F. immatérialiste.] (Philos.) One who
believes in or professes, immaterialism.
Im`ma*te`ri*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Immaterialities (#). [Cf. F.
immatérialité.] The state or quality of being immaterial or
incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. immatérialiser.] To render
immaterial or incorporeal.
Immateralized spirits.
Glanvill.
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv. 1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or
corporeal substance.
2. In an unimportant manner or degree.
Im`ma*te"ri*al*ness, n. The state or quality of being immaterial;
immateriality.
Im`ma*te"ri*ate (?), a. Immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon.
Im`ma*ture" (?), a. [L. immaturus; pref. im- not + maturus mature,
ripe. See Mature.] 1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of
full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature
character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel."
Bacon.
2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
Im`ma*tured" (?), a. Immature.
Im`ma*ture"ly (?), adv. In an immature manner. Warburion.
Im`ma*ture"ness, n. The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.
Boyle.
Im`ma*tu"ri*ty (?), n. [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.] The state
or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness;
incompleteness.
When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity.
Caird.
Im`me*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. im- not + L. meabilis passable, fr.
meare to pass.] Want of power to pass, or to permit passage;
impassableness.
Immeability of the juices.
Arbuthnot.
Im*meas`ur*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being immeasurable;
immensurability.
Im*meas"ur*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + measurable: cf. F.
measurable. Cf. Immensurable, Unmeasurable.] Incapable of being
measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
Of depth immeasurable.
Milton.
Im*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being immeasurable.
Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone.
F. W. Robertson.
Im*meas"ur*a*bly, adv. In an immeasurable manner or degree.
"Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.
Im*meas"ured (?), a. Immeasurable. [R.] Spenser.
Im`me*chan"ic*al (?), a. Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne. --
Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Im*me"di*a*cy (?), n. The relation of freedom from the interventionof a
medium; immediateness. Shak.
Im*me"di*ate (?), a. [F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate.] 1. Not
separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate;
close; as, immediate contact.
You are the most immediate to our throne.
Shak.
2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we
immediate council." Shak.
Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate
stroke.
Milton.
3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the
intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting,
perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.
The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible.
Sir. W. Hamilton.
Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first
few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have
passed away.
Syn. -- Proximate; close; direct; next.
Im*me"di*ate*ly (?), adv. 1. In an immediate manner; without
intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; --
opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately
by the hands of the bishop.
South.
2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at
once.
And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And
immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matt. viii. 3.
3. As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.
Syn. -- Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway;
presently. See Directly.
Im*me"di*ate*ness, n. The quality or relations of being immediate in
manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.
Bp. Hall.
Im*me"di*a*tism (?), n. Immediateness.
Im*med"i*ca*ble (?), a. [L. Immedicabilis. See In- not, and Medicable.]
Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.
Im`me*lo"di*ous (?), a. Not melodious.
Im*mem"o*ra*ble (?), a. [L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis
memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable.] Not memorable; not worth
remembering. Johnson.
Im`me*mo"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial.]
Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition;
indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. "Immemorial
elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage or custom." Sir M. Hale.
Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and
beyond "legal memory" so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in
1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of
Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right
since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In
1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned
and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for
full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be
liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed
before.
Im`me*mo"ri*al*ly, adv. Beyond memory. Bentley.
Im*mense" (?), a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri
to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.] Immeasurable; unlimited. In
commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. "Immense the power" Pope.
"Immense and boundless ocean." Daniel.
O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense!
Milton.
Syn. -- Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited;
interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous.
Im*mense"ly, adv. In immense manner or degree.
Im*mense"ness, n. The state of being immense.
Im*men"si*ble (?), a. [Immense + -ible.] Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies.
Im*men"si*ty (?), n.; pl. Immensities (#). [L. immensitas: cf. F.
immensité.] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or
immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk;
greatness.
Lost in the wilds of vast immensity.
Blackmore.
The immensity of the material system.
I. Taylor.
Im*men"sive (?), a. Huge. [Obs.] Herrick.
Im*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being immensurable.
Im*men"su*ra*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable:
cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.] Immeasurable.
What an immensurable space is the firmament.
Derham.
Im*men"su*rate (?), a. [Pref. im- not + mensurate.] Unmeasured;
unlimited. [R.] W. Montagu.
Im*merge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immerging (?).] [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge:
cf. F. immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.] To plungel into, under,
or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.
We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the
leaves of senna.
Boyle.
Their souls are immerged in matter.
Jer. Taylor.
Im*merge" (?), v. i. To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a
star into the light of the sun. [R.]
Im*mer"it (?), n. Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.
Im*mer"it*ed, a. Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I.
Im*mer"it*ous (?), a. [L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of
merere, mereri, to deserve.] Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.
Im*mers"a*ble (?), a. See Immersible.
Im*merse" (?), a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]
Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." Bacon.
Im*merse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immersing.] 1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers,
especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave.
J Warton.
More than a mile immersed within the wood.
Dryden.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to
overhelm.
The queen immersed in such a trance.
Tennyson.
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be
deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this.
Atterbury.
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Im*mersed" (?), p. p. & a. 1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially
a fluid.
2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
3. (Bot.) Growing wholly under water. Gray.
Im*mers"i*ble (?), a. [From Immerse.] Capable of being immersed.
Im*mers"i*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to
plunge.] Not capable of being immersed.
Im*mer"sion (?), n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. The act of
immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a
dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.
2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as,
practiced by the Baptists.
3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.
Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life.
Atterbury.
4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either
behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as
in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion.
Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance
designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens
and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.
Im*mer"sion*ist, n. (Eccl.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion
is essential to Christian baptism.
Im*mesh" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immeshed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immeshing.] [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.] To catch or entangle in,
or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.
Im`me*thod"ic*al (?), a. Not methodical; without method or systematic
arrangement; without order or regularity; confused. Addison.
Syn. -- Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.
Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv. Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness, n. Want of method.
Im*meth"od*ize (?), v. t. To render immethodical; to destroy the method
of; to confuse. [R.]
Im*met"ric*al (&?;), a. Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.
Im*mew" (?), v. t. See Emmew.
Im"mi*grant (?), n. [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf.
F. immigrant. See Immigrate.] One who immigrates; one who comes to a
country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of
emigrant.
Syn. -- See Emigrant.
Im"mi*grate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immigrating (?).] [L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref. im- in
+ migrare to migrate. See Migrate.] To come into a country of which one
is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.
Im"mi*gra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. immigration.] The act of immigrating;
the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent
residence.
The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe.
T. Warton.
Im"mi*nence (?), n. [Cf. F. imminence, L. imminentia, See Imminent.] 1.
The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of
something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
Fuller.
2. That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. "But dare all
imminence." Shak.
Im"mi*nent (?), a. [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to project; pref.
im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project. See Eminent.] 1.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said
especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser.
2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
Shak.
3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
Milton.
Syn. -- Impending; threatening; near; at hand. -- Imminent, Impending,
Threatening. Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is
ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of one's
life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may
so remain indefinitely; as, the impending evils of war. Threatening
supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening
indications for the future.
Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death.
Shak.
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending
foes.
Pope.
Fierce faces threatening war.
Milton.
Im"mi*nent*ly, adv. In an imminent manner.
Im*min"gle (?), v. t. To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.]
Thomson.
Im`mi*nu"tion (?), n. [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to
lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.] A lessening; diminution; decrease.
[R.] Ray.
Im*mis"ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. immiscibilité.] Incapability of
being mixed, or mingled.
Im*mis"ci*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.]
Not capable of being mixed or mingled.
A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles.
Cudworth.
Im*mis"sion (?), n. [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.] The act
of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the
correlative of emission.
Im*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Immiting.]
[L. immittere, immissum; pref. im- in + mittere to send.] To send in;
to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit. [R.] Boyle.
Im*mit"i*ga*ble (?), a. [L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare
to mitigate.] Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.
Coleridge.
Im*mit"i*ga*bly (?), adv. In an immitigable manner.
Im*mix" (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + mix.] To mix; to mingle. [R.]
Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek.
Spenser.
Im*mix"a*ble (?), a. Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins.
Im*mixed" (?), a. [Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix.] Unmixed.
[Obs.]
How pure and immixed the design is.
Boyle.
Im*mix"ture (?), n. Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.
Im*mo"bile (?), a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.]
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof. Shedd.
Im`mo*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref.
im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilité. See Mobile.] The
condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.
Im*mob"i*lize (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + mobilize; cf. f.
immobiliser.] To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a
naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened
bandages.
Im*mo"ble (?), a. [Obs.] See Immobile.
Im*mod"er*a*cy (?), n. [From Immoderate.] Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
Im*mod"er*an*cy (?), n. [L. immoderantia.] Immoderateness; excess. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Im*mod"er*ate (?), a. [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus
moderate. See Moderate.] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and
suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate
demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint.
Shak.
Syn. -- Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate;
inordinate.
Im*mod"er*ate*ly, adv. In an immoderate manner; excessively.
Im*mod"er*ate*ness, n. The quality of being immoderate; excess;
extravagance. Puller.
Im*mod`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. immoderatio: cf. F. imodération.] Want of
moderation. Hallywell.
Im*mod"est (?), a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im-
not + modestus modest. See Modest.] 1. Not limited to due bounds;
immoderate.
2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and
decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest
persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least
immodest thought.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent;
indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
Im*mod"est*ly, adv. In an immodest manner.
Im*mod"es*ty (?), n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.] Want of
modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. "A piece of
immodesty." Pope.
Im"mo*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to
sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or
grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See
Molar, Meal ground grain.] To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to
kill, as a sacrificial victim.
Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives
of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women.
Boyle.
Im`mo*la"tion (?), n. [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.] 1. The act of
immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. Sir. T.
Browne.
2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
Im"mo*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who offers in sacrifice; specifically,
one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and
sacrifice.
{ Im*mold", Im*mould" } (?), v. t. To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.]
G. Fletcher.
Im*mo"ment (?), a. [See Immomentous.] Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys."
Shak.
Im`mo*men"tous (?), a. [Pref. im- not + momentous.] Not momentous;
unimportant; insignificant. [R.] A. Seward.
Im*mor"al (?), a. [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.] Not moral;
inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to
conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious;
licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Syn. -- Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved;
impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd;
obscene.
Im`mo*ral"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Immoralities (#). [Cf. F. immoralité.] 1.
The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
The root of all immorality.
Sir W. Temple.
2. An immoral act or practice.
Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and
immoralities broke loose among them.
Milton.
Im*mor"al*ly (?), adv. In an immoral manner; wickedly.
Im`mo*rig"er*ous (?), a. [Pref. im- not + morigerous.] Rude; uncivil;
disobedient. [Obs.] -- Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Im*mor"tal (?), a. [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf.
F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.] 1. Not mortal; exempt
from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having
unlimited, or eternal, existance.
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible.
1 Tim. i. 17.
For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as
itself?
Shak.
2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortality.
I have immortal longings in me.
Shak.
3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from
oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.
One of the few, immortal names, That were not born to die.
Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward.
Immortal flowers, immortelles; everlastings.
Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual;
continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless;
undying.
Im*mor"tal (?), n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from
death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.
Im*mor"tal*ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the
soul. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Im`mor*tal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Immortalities (#). [L. immortalitas: cf.
F. immortalité.] 1. The quality or state of being immortal; exemption
from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of
the soul.
This mortal must put on immortality.
1 Cor. xv. 53.
2. Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.
Im*mor`tal*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of immortalizing, or state of
being immortalized.
Im*mor"tal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immortalized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Immortalizing (?).] [Cf. F. immortaliser.] 1. To render immortal; to
cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.
2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name.
T. Dawes.
Im*mor"tal*ize, v. i. To become immortal. [R.]
Im*mor"tal*ly, adv. In an immortal manner.
Im`mor*telle" (?), n.; pl. Immortelles (#). [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.) A
plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of
Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.
Im*mor`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
Im*mov"a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being immovable;
fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body;
immovability of purpose.
Im*mov"a*ble (?), a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast;
-- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation.
Immovable, infixed, and frozen round.
Milton.
2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or
will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable.
3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy;
unimpressible; impassive. Dryden.
4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure;
fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone.
Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris
bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable
feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do
not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.
Im*mov"a*ble, n. 1. That 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, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which
they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier.
Im*mov"a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being immovable.
Im*mov"a*bly, adv. In an immovable manner.
Im*mund" (?), a. [L. immundus; pref. im- not + mundus clean.] Unclean.
[R.] Burton.
Im`mun*dic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia,
immundities.] Uncleanness; filthiness. [R.] W. Montagu.
Im*mune" (?), a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.] Exempt; protected by
inoculation. -- Im*mu"nize (#), v. t.
Im*mu"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Immunities (#). [L. immunitas, fr. immunis
free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant,
obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. See Common, and cf.
Mean, a.] 1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation,
office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege;
as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the
clergy.
2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
Im*mure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Immuring.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.] 1. To wall around; to
surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.
2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to
imprison; to incarcerate.
Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls.
Shak.
This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round.
Milton.
Im*mure", n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
Im*mure"ment (?), n. The act of immuring, or the state of being
immured; imprisonment.
Im*mu"sic*al (?), a. Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.
Im*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. immutabilitas: cf. F. immutabilité.] The
state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Heb. vi. 17.
Im*mu"ta*ble (?), a. [L. immutabilis; pref. im- not + mutabilis
mutable. See Mutable.] Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of
change; unchangeable; unalterable.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation.
Heb. vi. 18.
Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King.
Milton.
-- Im*mu"ta*ble*ness, n. -- Im*mu"ta*bly, adv.
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Im*mu"tate (m*m"tt), a. [L. immutatus, p. p. of immature.] Unchanged.
[Obs.]
Im"mu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. immutatio, from immutare, immutatum, to
change. See Immute.] Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Im*mute" (m*mt"), v. t. [L. immutare, immutatum; perf. im- in + mutare
to change : cf. OF. immuter.] To change or alter. [Obs.] J. Salkeld.
Imp (mp), n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,
prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. &?; engrafted, innate, fr. &?; to implant;
&?; in + &?; to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st In-, Be.] 1. A shoot; a
scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
The tender imp was weaned.
Fairfax.
3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon;
a contemptible evil worker.
To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps.
Beattie.
4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or
repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a
broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] [AS.
impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impfn,
impitn, G. impfen. See Imp, n.] 1. To graft; to insert as a scion.
[Obs.] Rom. of R.
2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken
feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen;
to equip. [Archaic]
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing.
Shak.
Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes.
Fuller.
Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing.
Holmes.
Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that
should whip this age.
Cleveland.
Im*pa"ca*ble (?), a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See Pacate.]
Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.
Im*pack"ment (?), n. [Pref. im- in + pack.] The state of being closely
surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [R.] Kane.
Im*pact" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.]
[L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
Woodward.
Im"pact (?), n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible
contact; force communicated.
The quarrel, by that impact driven.
Southey.
2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against
another either in motion or at rest.
Im*pact"ed (?), a. Driven together or close.
Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven
into each other so as to be immovable.
Im*pac"tion (?), n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.] 1.
(Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the
fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull
or of the hip.
2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or
passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of
the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or
beast.
Im*paint" (?), v. t. To paint; to adorn with colors. [R.] "To impaint
his cause." Shak.
Im*pair" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impairing.] [Written also empair.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF.
empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in +
pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. Appair.] To make worse; to
diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate;
as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
Time sensibly all things impairs.
Roscommon.
In years he seemed, but not impaired by years.
Pope.
Syn. -- To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate;
reduce; debase; deteriorate.
Im*pair", v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.
Im"pair (?), a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.] Not
fit or appropriate. [Obs.]
Im*pair" (?), n. Diminution; injury. [Obs.]
Im*pair"er (?), n. One who, or that which, impairs.
Im*pair"ment (?), n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.] The state of
being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.
Im*pal"a*ta*ble (?), a. Unpalatable. [R.]
Im*pale" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death
by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure
round the bloody stake.
Addison.
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about.
Shak.
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire.
Milton.
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence,
to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and
impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof.
Fuller.
Im*pale"ment (?), n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being
impaled. Byron.
2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H.
Brooke.
3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] Milton.
4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line,
esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and
wife. See Impale, 3.
Im*pal"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pallah deer of South Africa.
Im*pal"lid (?), v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.
Im*palm" (?), v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow.
Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impalpabilité.] The quality of being
impalpable. Jortin.
Im*pal"pa*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.] 1.
Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can
be perceived by touch. "Impalpable powder." Boyle.
2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and
bodiless." Holland.
3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal;
as, impalpable distinctions.
Im*pal"pa*bly, adv. In an impalpable manner.
Im*pal"sy (?), v. t. To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]
Im*pa"nate (?), a. [LL. impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate; L.
pref. im- in + panis bread.] Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of
the eucharist. [Obs.] Cranmer.
Im*pa"nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impanating.] To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.
[Obs.]
Im"pa*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. impanation. See Impanate, a.] (Eccl.)
Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's
material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the
eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from
transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance
of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.
Im*pa"na*tor (?), n. [LL.] (Eccl.) One who holds the doctrine of
impanation.
Im*pan"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaneled (?) or Impanelled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] [Pref. im- in + panel. Cf.
Empanel.] [Written also empanel.] To enter in a list, or on a piece of
parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a
court of justice. Blackstone.
Im*pan"el*ment (?), n. The act or process of impaneling, or the state
of being impaneled.
Im*par"a*dise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparadised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imparadising (?).] [Pref. im- + paradise: cf. F. emparadiser.] To put
in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. "Imparadised in one
another's arms." Milton.
Im*par"al*leled (?), a. Unparalleled. [Obs.]
Im*par"don*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. impardonnable.] Unpardonable. [Obs.]
South.
Im*par`i*dig"i*tate (?), a. [L. impar unequal + digitus finger.]
(Anat.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or
five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
Im*par"i*pin"nate (?), a. [L. impar unequal + E. pinnate.] (Bot.)
Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F.
imparisyllabique.] (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*par"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F. imparité.] 1.
Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank,
excellence, number, etc. Milton.
2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once
encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed
upon it.
I. Taylor.
3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
Im*park" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparked (?), p. pr. & vb. n.
Imparking.] [Cf. Empark.] To inclose for a park; to sever from a
common; hence, to inclose or shut up.
They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles.
Holland.
Im*parl" (?), v. i. [OF. emparler; pref. em- (L. in) + parler to speak.
See In, prep., and Parley.] 1. To hold discourse; to parley. [Obs.]
Sir. T. North.
2. (Law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual
adjustment. Blackstone.
Im*par"lance (?), n. [Cf. Emparlance, Parlance.] [Written also
inparliance.] 1. Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]
2. (Law) (a) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his
opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an
amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long
been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the
allegations of the opposite party. (b) Hence, the delay or continuance
of a suit.
Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been abolished in
England. Wharton (Law Dict. ).
Im*par`son*ee" (?), a. [OF. empersone. See 1st In-, and Parson.] (Eng.
Eccl. Law) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in
full possession. -- n. A clergyman so inducted.
Im*part" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imparting.]
[OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire, impertire; pref. im- in +
partire to part, divide, fr. pars, partis, part, share. See Part, n. ]
1. To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to
allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun
imparts warmth.
Well may he then to you his cares impart.
Dryden.
2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] Munday.
3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or
tokens; to tell; to disclose.
Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you.
Shak.
Syn. -- To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal; disclose;
discover; divulge. See Communicate.
Im*part" (?), v. i. 1. To 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*part"ance (?), n. Impartation.
Im`par*ta"tion (?), n. The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.
The necessity of this impartation.
I. Taylor.
Im*part"er (?), n. One who imparts.
Im*par"tial (?), a. [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F. impartial.] Not
partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike;
unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak.
Jove is impartial, and to both the same.
Dryden.
A comprehensive and impartial view.
Macaulay.
Im*par"tial*ist, n. One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.
Im*par`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impartialité.] The quality of being
impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness;
equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment,
etc.
Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.
South.
Im*par"tial*ly (?), a. In an impartial manner.
Im*par"tial*ness, n. Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.
Im*part`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being impartible;
communicability. Blackstone.
Im*part`i*bil"i*ty, n. [Cf. F. impartibilité.] The quality of being
incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.
Im*part"i*ble (?), a. [From Impart.] Capable of being imparted or
communicated.
Im*part"i*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + partible: cf. F. impartible.] Not
partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible
estate. Blackstone.
Im*part"ment (?), n. The act of imparting, or that which is imparted,
communicated, or disclosed. [R.]
It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did
desire To you alone.
Shak.
Im*pass"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. Unpassable.] Incapable of being passed; not
admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton.
-- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. - - Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty (?), a. [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilité.]
The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of
injury from external things.
Im*pas"si*ble (?), a. [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis
passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.] Incapable of suffering;
inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or
sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.
"Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott.
Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and
impassible depart.
Dryden.
Im*pas"si*ble*ness, n. Impassibility.
Im*pas"sion (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + passion. Cf. Empassion,
Impassionate, v.] To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic]
Chapman.
Im*pas"sion*a*ble (?), a. Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.
Im*pas"sion*ate (?), a. Strongly affected. Smart.
Im*pas"sion*ate (?), v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions
of. Dr. H. More.
Im*pas"sion*ate (?), a. [Pref. im- not + passionate.] Without passion
or feeling. Burton.
Im*pas"sioned (?), p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or
zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an
impassioned orator or discourse.
Im*pas"sive (?), a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic;
impassible; unmoved.
Impassive as the marble in the quarry.
De Quincey.
On the impassive ice the lightings play.
Pope.
-- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.
Im`pas*siv"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being insusceptible of feeling,
pain, or suffering; impassiveness.
Im`pas*ta"tion (?), n. [F. See Impaste.] The act of making into paste;
that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a
combination of different substances by means of cements.
Im*paste" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impasting.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F.
empâter. See 1st In- and Paste.] 1. To knead; to make into paste; to
concrete. "Blood . . . baked and impasted." Shak.
2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together.
[R.] Cf. Impasto.
Im*past"ing, (Paint.) The laying on of colors to produce impasto.
Im*pas"to (?), n. [It. See Impaste.] (Paint.) The thickness of the
layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with
especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints
in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.
Im*pas"ture (?), v. t. To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams.
Im*pat"i*ble (?), a. [L. impatibilis; pref. im- not + patibilis
supportable. See Patible.] 1. Not capable of being borne; impassible.
A spirit, and so impatible of material fire.
Fuller.
Im*pa"tience (?) n. [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L.
impatientia.] The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of
pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for
something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness;
passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.
I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered
neglectingly.
Shak.
With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he
could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt.
Spenser.
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Im*pa"tien*cy (m*p"shen*s), n. Impatience. [Obs.]
||Im*pa"ti*ens (-sh*nz), n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants,
||several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called
||because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the
||seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed,
||and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the
||common garden balsam.
||
Im*pa"tient (?), a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens;
pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.] 1. Not patient; not
bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because
of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something
expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and
under.
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity.
Jer. Taylor.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of
praise.
Pope.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the
matter that lies before him.
Addison.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.
Macaulay.
2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or
replies. Shak.
Syn. -- Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant;
passionate.
Im*pa"tient, n. One who is impatient. [R.]
Im*pa"tient*ly, adv. In an impatient manner.
Im*pat`ron*i*za"tion (?), n. Absolute seignory or possession; the act
of investing with such possession. [R.] Cotgrave.
Im*pat"ron*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impatronized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Impatronizing (?).] To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's
self of a seigniory. [R.] Bacon.
Im*pave" (?), v. t. To pave. [Poetic]
Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic.
Wordsworth.
Im*pav"id (?), a. [L. impavidus. See In- not, and Pavid.] Fearless. --
Im*pav"id*ly, adv.
Im*pawn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impawning.] [Pref. im- + pawn: cf. Empawn.] To put in pawn; to pledge.
Shak.
Im*peach" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. empêcher, L.
impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis,
foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.] 1. To hinder; to
impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to
the Holy Land.
Sir J. Davies.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
Howell.
2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to
charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with
misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of
official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See
Impeachment.
3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit
on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
And doth impeach the freedom of the state.
Shak.
4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness,
or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to
discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used
in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to
lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be
impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court
contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his
reputation for veracity is bad, etc.
Syn. -- To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair;
disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
Im*peach", n. Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]
Im*peach"a*ble (?), a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment;
chargeable with a crime.
Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste.
Z. Swift.
Im*peach"er (?), n. One who impeaches.
Im*peach"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. empêchement.] The act of impeaching, or
the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment;
obstruction. [Obs.]
Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment.
Shak.
(b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer
for maladministration.
The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been
fatal to their state.
Swift.
(c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of
conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of
motives. Shak.
In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to
impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine
impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of
Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine
impeachments.
Articles of impeachment. See under Article. -- Impeachment of waste
(Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for
damages for injury. Abbott.
Im*pearl" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impearled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impearling.] [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F. emperler.] 1. To form into
pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. [Poetic]
Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.
Milton.
2. To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.
[Poetic]
With morning dews impearled.
Mrs. Browning.
The dews of the morning impearl every thorn.
R. Digby.
Im*pec`ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impeccabilité.] The quality of being
impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.
Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes.
Pope.
Im*pec"ca*ble (?), a. [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err,
to sin: cf. F. impeccable.] Not liable to sin; exempt from the
possibility of doing wrong. -- n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a
sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.
God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect.
P. Skelton.
Im*pec"can*cy (?), n. Sinlessness. Bp. Hall.
Im*pec"cant (?), a. Sinless; impeccable. Byron.
Im`pe*cu`ni*os"i*ty (?), n. The state of being impecunious. Thackeray.
Sir W. Scott.
Im"pe*cu"ni*ous (?), a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F.
impécunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
An impecunious creature.
B. Jonson.
Im*pede" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.]
[L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis,
foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to
obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will.
Logfellow.
Im*ped"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
Im*ped"i*ment (?), n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] That which
impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without
impediment.
Shak.
Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.
Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. --
Impediment, Obstacle, Difficulty, Hindrance. An impediment literally
strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An
obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A
difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter
it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break
away from it.
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty
to be met with his best resources, an obstacle to his own ambition,
and an impediment in his political career.
C. J. Smith.
Im*ped"i*ment, v. t. To impede. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
Im*ped`i*men"tal (?), a. Of the nature of an impediment; hindering;
obstructing; impeditive.
Things so impedimental to success.
G. H. Lewes.
Im"pe*dite (?), a. [L. impeditus, p. p. See Impede.] Hindered;
obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Im"pe*dite, v. t. To impede. [Obs.] Boyle.
Im"pe*di"tion (?), n. [L. impeditio.] A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.]
Baxier.
Im*ped"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. impéditif.] Causing hindrance; impeding.
"Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.
Im*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive.
See Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.] To drive or urge forward or on; to
press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
The surge impelled me on a craggy coast.
Pope.
Syn. -- To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge;
actuate; move.
Im*pel"lent (?), a. [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.] Having the
quality of impelling.
Im*pel"lent, n. An impelling power or force. Glanvill.
Im*pel"ler (?), n. One who, or that which, impels.
Im*pen" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impenned (?) and Impent (&?;); p. pr.
& vb. n. Impenning.] To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.
Im*pend" (?), v. t. [L. impendre; pref. im- in + pendre to weigh out,
pay.] To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.] [L.
impendre; pref. im- in + pendre to hang. See Pendant.] To hang over; to
be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be
imminent. See Imminent.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends.
Pope.
{ Im*pend"ence (?), Im*pend"en*cy (?), } n. The state of impending;
also, that which impends. "Impendence of volcanic cloud." Ruskin.
Im*pend"ent (?), a. [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendre.] Impending;
threatening.
Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.
Milton.
Im*pend"ing, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
imminet; threatening.
An impending brow.
Hawthorne.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall.
Pope.
Syn. -- Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impénétrabilité.] 1. Quality of
being impenetrable.
2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter
can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.
3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression;
obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
Im*pen"e*tra*ble (?), a. [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not +
penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable.] 1. Incapable of being
penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not
to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.
Highest woods impenetrable To star or sunlight.
Milton.
2. (Physics) Having the property of preventing any other substance from
occupying the same space at the same time.
3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.;
unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an
impenetrable mind, or heart.
They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by
a sermon of the gospel.
Jer. Taylor.
Im*pen"e*tra*ble*ness (?), n. The quality of being impenetrable;
impenetrability.
Im*pen"e*tra*bly, adv. In an impenetrable manner or state;
imperviously. "Impenetrably armed." Milton. "Impenetrably dull." Pope.
Im*pen"i*tence (?), n. [L. impenitentia: cf. F. impénitence.] The
condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness
of heart.
He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to
another.
Rogers.
Im*pen"i*ten*cy (?), n. Impenitence. Milton.
Im*pen"i*tent (?), a. [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens
penitens: cf. F. impénitent. See Penitent.] Not penitent; not repenting
of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. "They . . . died impenitent."
Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.
Im*pen"i*tent, n. One who is not penitent. [R.]
Im*pen"i*tent*ly, adv. Without repentance.
Im*pen"nate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Characterized by short wings covered with
feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. -- n. One of the Impennes.
||Im*pen"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the
||wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
||
Im*pen"nous (?) a. [L. pref. im- not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.) Having no
wings, as some insects.
Im*peo"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impeopling (?).] [See Empeople.] To people; to give a population to.
[Obs.]
Thou hast helped to impeople hell.
Beaumont.
Im"pe*rant (?), a. [L. imperans, p. pr. of imperare to command.]
Commanding. [R.] Baxter.
Im"pe*rate (?), a. [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.] Done
by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]
Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul.
Sir M. Hale.
Im*per`a*ti"val (?), a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the imperative
mood.
Im*per"a*tive (?), a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref.
im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. See Perade,
and cf. Empire.] 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command;
authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as,
imperative orders.
The suit of kings are imperative.
Bp. Hall.
2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an
imperative duty or order.
3. (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as,
the imperative mood.
Im*per"a*tive, n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the
imperative mood.
Im*per"a*tive*ly, adv. In an imperative manner.
||Im`pe*ra"tor (?), n. [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A commander; a
||leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which
||Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory.
||Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great
||military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some
||special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed
||by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now
||attached to the word emperor.
||
Im*per`a*to"ri*al (?), a. [L. imperatorius.] 1. Commanding; imperative;
authoritative.
2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial
laurels." C. Merivale.
Im*per`a*to"ri*an (?), a. Imperial. [R.] Gauden.
Im*per"a*to*ry (?), a. Imperative. [R.]
Im`per*ceiv"a*ble (?), a. Imperceptible. [R.] South. --
Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. Sharp.
Im`per*ceived" (?), a. Not perceived. [Obs.]
Im`per*cep`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
imperceptible.
Im`per*cep"ti*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + perceptible: cf. F.
imperceptible.] Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by
the senses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Almost imperceptible to the touch.
Dryden.
Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible.
Burke.
-- Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Im`per*cep"ti*bly, adv.
Their . . . subtilty and imperceptibleness.
Sir M. Hale.
Im`per*cep"tion (?), n. Want of perception.
Im`per*cep"tive (?), a. Unable to perceive.
The imperceptive part of the soul.
Dr. H. More.
Im`per*cip"i*ent (?), a. Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. A.
Baxter.
Im*per`di*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being imperdible.
[Obs.] Derham.
Im*per"di*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + L. perdere to destroy.] Not
destructible. [Obs.] -- Im*per"di*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Im*per"fect (?), a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect:
cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See Perfect.] 1. Not perfect; not
complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
Something he left imperfect in the state.
Shak.
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect.
Shak.
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or
normal activity.
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to
a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience;
esthetically or morally defective.
Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created.
Milton.
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as
perfect as he ought.
Pope.
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. --
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the
dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half
close. -- Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth.
-- Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils.
Gray. -- Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect;
as, an imperfect fifth. -- Imperfect number (Math.), a number either
greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former
case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant
number. -- Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. -- Imperfect power (Math.),
a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar
fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power;
thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. -- Imperfect tense
(Gram.), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.
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Im*per"fect (?), n. (Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb
denoting the imperfect tense.
Im*per"fect, v. t. To make imperfect. [Obs.]
Im`per*fec`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
imperfectible. [R.]
Im`per*fec"ti*ble (?), a. Incapable of being made perfect. [R.]
Im`per*fec"tion (?), n. [L. imperfectio: cf. F. imperfection. See
Imperfect, a.] The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of
perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head.
Shak.
Syn. -- Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing; weakness;
frailty; foible; blemish; vice.
Im*per"fect*ness, n. The state of being imperfect.
Im*per"fo*ra*ble (?), a. [See Imperforate.] Incapable of being
perforated, or bored through.
||Im*per"fo*ra"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Imperforate.] (Zoöl.) A division
||of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
||
{ Im*per"fo*rate (?), Im*per"fo*ra"ted (?), } a. [L. pref. im- not +
perforatus, p. p. of perforate to perforate. See Perforate.] Not
perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.
Im*per`fo*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. imperforation.] The state of being
without perforation.
Im*pe"ri*al (?), a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, fr. L.
imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See Empire.] 1.
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial
government; imperial authority or edict.
The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.
Shak.
2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields
it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial democracy of Athens."
Mitford.
Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice.
Shak.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial
arts, and worthy thee.
Dryden.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle.
E. Everett.
3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper;
imperial tea, etc.
Imperial bushel, gallon, etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc. -- Imperial
chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old German empire. -- Imperial
city, under the first German empire, a city having no head but the
emperor. -- Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German
empire. -- Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill. -- Imperial
eagle. (Zoöl.) See Eagle. -- Imperial green. See Paris green, under
Green. -- Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I. - -
Imperial weights and measures, the standards legalized by the British
Parliament.
Im*pe"ri*al, n. [F. impériale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from
the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2. An outside seat on a diligence. T. Hughes.
3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. Simmonds.
4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind
of large photograph, a large sheet of drawing, printing, or writing
paper, etc.
5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
McElrath.
6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other
Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
Im*pe"ri*al*ism (?), n. The power or character of an emperor; imperial
authority; the spirit of empire.
Roman imperialism had divided the world.
C. H. Pearson.
Im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. [Cf. F. impérialiste.] One who serves an emperor;
one who favors imperialism.
Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Imperialities (&?;).
1. Imperial power.
2. An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her
imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper,
iron, silver and gold.
W. Tooke.
Im*pe"ri*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperialized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Imperializing (?).] To invest with imperial authority, character, or
style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, adv. In an imperial manner.
Im*pe"ri*al*ly (?), n. Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.
Im*per"il (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperiled (?) or Imperilled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Imperiling or Imperilling.] To bring into peril; to endanger.
Im*per"il*ment (?), n. The act of imperiling, or the state of being
imperiled.
Im*pe"ri*ous (?), a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. See Imperial.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast
and imperious mind." Tilloison.
Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious.
Shak.
2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an
imperious manner.
This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages.
Shak.
His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him
conspicuous.
Macaulay.
3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Imperious need, which can not be withstood.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly;
tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding;
pressing. -- Imperious, Lordly, Domineering. One who is imperious
exercises his authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and
tone; one who is lordly assumes a lofty air in order to display his
importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a way to make others
feel their inferiority.
Im*pe"ri*ous*ly, adv. In an imperious manner.
Im*pe"ri*ous*ness, n. The quality or state of being imperious;
arrogance; haughtiness.
Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who
have reason of their own to guide them.
Locke.
Im*per`ish*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being imperishable:
indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.
Im*per"ish*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + perishable: cf. F.
impérissable.] Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible;
enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable
renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.
Im*per"i"wigged (?), a. Wearing a periwig.
{ Im*per"ma*nence (?), Im*per"ma*nen*cy (?), } n. lack of permanence.
Im*per"ma*nent (?), a. Not permanent.
Im*per`me*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. im- not + permeability: cf. F.
imperméabilité.] The quality of being impermeable.
Im*per"me*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + permeable: cf. F.
imperméable, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage,
as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as,
India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. --
Im*per"me*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"me*a*bly, adv.
Im`per*mis"si*ble (?), a. Not permissible.
Im`per*scru"ta*ble (?), a. [L. imperscrutabilis.] Not capable of being
searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]
Im`per*sev"er*ant (?), a. Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]
Im*per"son*al (?), a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis
personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.] Not personal; not
representing a person; not having personality.
An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate.
Sir J. Stephen.
Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject,
commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it
snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly
impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
Im*per"son*al, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.),
an impersonal verb.
Im*per`son*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being impersonal; want or
absence of personality.
Im*per"son*al*ly (?), adv. In an impersonal manner.
Im*per"son*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impersonated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Impersonating.] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the
form of a living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age.
Milman.
{ Im*per`son*a"tion (?), Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion (?), } n. The act of
impersonating; personification; investment with personality;
representation in a personal form.
Im*per"son*a`tor (?), n. One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty (?), n. Want of perspicuity or clearness; vagueness;
ambiguity.
Im`per*spic"u*ous (?), a. Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague;
ambiguous.
Im`per*suad"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. Impersuasible.] Not to be persuaded;
obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.
Im`per*sua"si*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + persuasible: cf. OF.
impersuasible.] Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion;
inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty (#),
n.
Im*per"ti*nence (?), n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.] 1. The
condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of
adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the
circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect
to talk in a language not to be understood.
Swift.
3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.
There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools.
Watts.
Im*per"ti*nen*cy (?), n. Impertinence. [R.]
O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness!
Shak.
Im*per"ti*nent (?), a. [F., fr. L. impertinens, -entis; pref. im- not +
pertinens. See Pertinent.] 1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the
matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point;
irrelevant; inapplicable.
Things that are impertinent to us.
Tillotson.
How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
Jer. Taylor.
2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good
breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or
actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.
3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
Syn. -- Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome;
disrespectful; impudent; insolent. -- Impertinent, Officious, Rude. A
person is officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where they
are not needed; he is impertinent when he intermeddles in things with
which he has no concern. The former shows a want of tact, the latter a
want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence. A
person is rude when he violates the proprieties of social life either
from ignorance or wantonness. "An impertinent man will ask questions
for the mere gratification of curiosity; a rude man will burst into the
room of another, or push against his person, inviolant of all decorum;
one who is officious is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when
he strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy." Crabb. See
Impudence, and Insolent.
Im*per"ti*nent, n. An impertinent person. [R.]
Im*per"ti*nent*ly, adv. In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself
impertinently." B. Jonson.
Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being
impertransible. [R.]
Im`per*tran"si*ble (?), a. [L. pref. im- not + pertransire to go
through. See Per- and Transient.] Incapable of being passed through.
[R.]
Im`per*turb`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
imperturbable. [1913 Webster]
Im`per*turb"a*ble (?), a. [L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not +
perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture.] Incapable of
being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.
Im`per*turb"a*bly, adv. In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté.
Im*per`tur*ba"tion (?), n. [L. imperturbatio.] Freedom from agitation
of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu.
Im`per*turbed" (?), a. Not perturbed.
Im*per`vi*a*bil"i*ty (?),
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