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.