Those impieties for the which they are now visited.
Shak.
Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness;
profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
Im*pig"no*rate (m*pg"n*rt), v. t. [LL. impignoratus, p. pl of
impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration.] To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.
Im*pig`no*ra"tion (-r"shn), n. [LL. impignoratio: cf. F.
impignoration.] The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being
pawned. [Obs.] Bailey.
Imp"ing (mp"ng), n. [See Imp to graft.] 1. The act or process of
grafting or mending. [Archaic]
2. (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient
wing.
Im*pinge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impinging (?).] [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike;
prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.] To
fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with;
-- with on or upon.
The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid
or impervious parts of bodies.
Sir I. Newton.
But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without
impinging on God's justice.
Bp. Warburton.
Im*pinge"ment (?), n. The act of impinging.
Im*pin"gent (?), a. [L. impingens, p. pr.] Striking against or upon.
Im*pin"guate (?), v. t. [L. impinguatus, p. p. of impinguare to fatten;
pref. im- in + pinguis fat.] To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon.
Im`pin*gua"tion (?), n. The act of making fat, or the state of being
fat or fattened. [Obs.]
Im"pi*ous (?), a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.]
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane;
wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed;
impious language.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is
a private station.
Addison.
Syn. -- Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Irreligious is negative, impious
and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is
wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has
the milder sense of secular. C. J. Smith.
-- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. -- Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
Im"pire (?), n. See Umpire. [Obs.] Huloet.
Imp"ish (mp"sh), a. Having the qualities, or showing the
characteristics, of an imp.
Imp"ish*ly, adv. In the manner of an imp.