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.