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.