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.