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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