Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most
imply it.
J. Webster.
Syn. -- To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify;
betoken. See Involve.
Im*poi"son (?), v. t. [Cf. Empoison.] To poison; to imbitter; to
impair.
Im*poi"son*er (?), n. A poisoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Im*poi"son*ment (?), n. [Cf. Empoisonment.] The act of poisoning or
impoisoning. [Obs.] Pope.
{ Im*po"lar*i*ly (?), Im*po"lar*ly (?), } adv. Not according to or in,
the direction of the poles. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Im*pol"i*cy (?), n. The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience;
unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of
fraud. Bp. Horsley.
Im`po*lite" (?), a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus,
p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.] Not polite; not of
polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
-- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n.
Im*pol"i*tic (?), a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.] Not
politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent;
indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.
The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation.
Burke.
Syn. -- Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.
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Im`po*lit"i*cal (?), a. Impolitic. [Obs.] -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Im*pol"i*tic*ly (?), adv. In an impolitic manner.
Im*pol"i*tic*ness, n. The quality of being impolitic.
Im*pon`der*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impondérabilité.] The quality or
state of being imponderable; imponderableness.
Im*pon"der*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F.
impondérable.] Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;
incapable of being weighed.
Im*pon"der*a*ble, n. (Physics) An imponderable substance or body;
specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light,
electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of
weight but in modern science little used.
Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being imponderable.
Im*pon"der*ous (?), a. Imponderable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. --
Im*pon"der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
Im*pone" (?), v. t. [L. imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im-
in + ponere to place. See Position.] To stake; to wager; to pledge.
[Obs.]
Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers
and poniards.
Shak.
||Im*poo"fo (?), n. (Zoöl.) The eland. [Written also impoofoo.]
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||Im*poon" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The duykerbok.
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Im*poor" (?), v. t. To impoverish. [Obs.]
Im`po*ros"i*ty (?), n. [Perf. im- not + porosity: cf. F. imporosité.]
The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.
"The . . . imporosity betwixt the tangible parts." Bacon.
Im*por"ous (?), a. Destitute of pores; very close or compact in
texture; solid. Sir T. Browne.
Im*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing.]
[L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in +
portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. See
Port demeanor.] 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without;
especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country
from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to
export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.