IMBROGLIO, im-br[=o]l'y[=o], _n._ an intricate plot in a romance or drama:
a perplexing state of matters: a complicated misunderstanding. [It.,
'confusion'--_imbrogliare_, to confuse, embroil.]
IMBROWN. See EMBROWN.
IMBRUE, im-br[=oo]', _v.t._ to wet or moisten: to soak: to drench.--_n._
IMBRUE'MENT. [O. Fr. _embruer_--_bevre_ (Fr. _boire_)--L. _bib[)e]re_, to
drink.]
IMBRUTE, im-br[=oo]t', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to reduce, or sink, to the state
of a brute:--_pr.p._ imbrut'ing; _pa.p._ imbrut'ed.
IMBUE, im-b[=u]', _v.t._ to moisten: to tinge deeply: to cause to imbibe,
as the mind. [O. Fr. _imbuer_--L. _imbu[)e]re_--_in_, and root of
_bib[)e]re_, to drink.]
IMITATE, im'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to copy, to strive to be the same as: to
produce a likeness of.--_n._ IMITABIL'ITY.--_adj._ IM'ITABLE, that may be
imitated or copied: worthy of imitation.--_n._ IM'ITANCY, the tendency to
imitate.--_adj._ IM'ITANT.--_n._ IMIT[=A]'TION, act of imitating: that
which is produced as a copy, a likeness: (_mus._) the repeating of the same
passage, or the following of a passage with a similar one in one or more of
the other parts or voices.--_adj._ IM'IT[=A]TIVE, inclined to imitate:
formed after a model.--_adv._ IM'IT[=A]TIVELY.--_ns._ IM'IT[=A]TIVENESS,
the quality of being imitative; IM'IT[=A]TOR, one who imitates or copies.
[L. _imit[=a]ri_, _imit[=a]tus_, ety. unknown.]
IMMACULATE, im-mak'[=u]-l[=a]t, _adj._ spotless: unstained: pure.--_adv._
IMMAC'ULATELY.--_n._ IMMAC'ULATENESS.--IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, the R.C.
dogma that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin--first
proclaimed in 1854. [L. _immacul[=a]tus_--_in_, not, _macul[=a]re_, to
stain--_macula_, a spot.]
IMMALLEABLE, im-mal'le-a-bl, _adj._ not malleable.
IMMANACLE, im-man'a-kl, _v.t._ (_Milt._) to put in manacles, to fetter or
confine.
IMMANATION, im-[=a]-n[=a]'shun, _n._ an easy flow.--_v.t._ IMM'ANATE, to
flow or issue in. [L. _in_, in, _man[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to flow.]
IMMANE, i-m[=a]n', _adj._ huge: cruel, savage.--_adv._ IMMANE'LY.--_n._
IMMAN'ITY (_Shak._), inhumanity, cruelty. [L. _immanis_, huge.]
IMMANENT, im'[=a]-nent, _adj._ remaining within: inherent.--_ns._
IMM'[=A]NENCE, IMM'[=A]NENCY, the notion that the intelligent and creative
principle of the universe pervades the universe itself, a fundamental
conception of Pantheism. [L. _immanens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_imman[=e]re_--_in_, in, _man[=e]re_, to remain.]
IMMANTLE, im-man'tl, _v.t._ to envelop in a mantle.
IMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, i-man'[=u]-el, e-, _n._ a name given to Jesus (Matt. i.
23) as the son of a virgin (Is. vii. 14). [Heb., lit. 'God-with-us.']
IMMARGINATE, im-ar-jin'[=a]t, _adj._ having no margin.
IMMASK, im-mask', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to mask, disguise.
IMMATERIAL, im-a-t[=e]'ri-al, _adj._ not consisting of matter: incorporeal:
unimportant.--_v.t._ IMMAT[=E]'RIALISE, to separate from matter.--_ns._
IMMATE'RIALISM, the doctrine that there is no material substance;
IMMAT[=E]'RIALIST, one who believes in this; IMMATERIAL'ITY, the quality of
being immaterial or of not consisting of matter.--_adv._ IMMAT[=E]'RIALLY.
IMMATURE, im-a-t[=u]r', IMMATURED, im-a-t[=u]rd', _adj._ not ripe: not
perfect: come before the natural time.--_adv._ IMMATURE'LY.--_ns._
IMMATURE'NESS, IMMATUR'ITY.
IMMEASURABLE, im-mezh'[=u]r-a-bl, _adj._ that cannot be measured: very
great.--_n._ IMMEAS'URABLENESS.--_adv._ IMMEAS'URABLY.--_adj._ IMMEAS'URED
(_Spens._), beyond the common measure, immeasurable.
IMMEDIATE, im-m[=e]'di-[=a]t, _adj._ with nothing between two objects: not
acting by second causes: direct: present: without delay.--_n._
IMM[=E]'DIACY (_Shak._), immediate or independent power.--_adv._
IMM[=E]'DI[=A]TELY.--_ns._ IMM[=E]'DI[=A]TENESS; IMM[=E]'DIATISM.
IMMEDICABLE, im-med'i-ka-bl, _adj._ incurable.
IMMEMORIAL, im-me-m[=o]r'i-al, _adj._ beyond the reach of memory.--_adj._
IMMEM'ORABLE.--_adv._ IMMEM[=O]'RIALLY.
IMMENSE, im-mens', _adj._ that cannot be measured: vast in extent: very
large.--_adv._ IMMENSE'LY.--_ns._ IMMENSE'NESS; IMMENS'ITY, an extent not
to be measured: infinity: greatness. [Fr.,--L. _immensus_--_in_, not,
_mensus_, pa.p,. of _met[=i]ri_, to measure.]
IMMENSURABLE, im-mens'[=u]r-a-bl, _adj._ that cannot be measured.--_n._
IMMENSURABIL'ITY.
IMMERGE, im-m[.e]rj', _v.t._ to plunge into. [L. _in_, into, _merg[)e]re_,
_mersum_, to plunge.]
IMMERITOUS, im-mer'it-us, _adj._ (_Milt._) undeserving. [L.
_immeritus_--_in_, not, _meritus_, deserving.]
IMMERSE, im-m[.e]rs', _v.t._ to plunge into: to dip: to baptise by dipping
the whole body: to engage deeply: to overwhelm.--_adjs._ IMMERS'ABLE,
IMMERS'IBLE.--_ns._ IMMER'SION, act of immersing or plunging into: state of
being dipped into: state of being deeply engaged; IMMER'SIONIST. [See
IMMERGE.]
IMMESH. See ENMESH.
IMMETHODICAL, im-me-thod'ik-al, _adj._ without method or order:
irregular.--_adv._ IMMETHOD'ICALLY.
IMMIGRATE, im'i-gr[=a]t, _v.i._ to migrate or remove into a country.--_ns._
IMM'IGRANT, one who immigrates; IMMIGR[=A]'TION, act of immigrating. [L.
_immigr[=a]re_--_in_, into, _migrare_, _-[=a]tum_, to remove.]
IMMINENT, im'i-nent, _adj._ near at hand: threatening: impending.--_n._
IMM'INENCE.--_adv._ IMM'INENTLY. [L. _imminens_, _-entis_--_in_, upon,
_min[=e]re_, to project.]
IMMINGLE, im-ming'gl, _v.t._ to mingle together, to mix.
IMMISCIBLE, im-is'i-bl, _adj._ not capable of being mixed.
IMMIT, im-mit', _v.t._ to send into: to inject:--_pr.p._ immit'ting;
_pa.p._ immit'ted.--_n._ IMMISS'ION, act of immitting: injection. [L.
_immit[)e]re_--_in_, into, _mitt[)e]re_, _missum_, to send.]
IMMITIGABLE, im-it'i-ga-bl, _adj._ incapable of being mitigated.--_adv._
IMMIT'IGABLY.
IMMIX, im-miks', _v.t._ (_Milt._) to mix.--_adj._ IMMIX'ABLE, incapable of
being mixed.
IMMOBILITY, im-mo-bil'i-ti, _n._ the character of being immovable.--_adj._
IMMOB'ILE.
IMMODERATE, im-mod'[.e]r-[=a]t, _adj._ exceeding proper bounds:
extravagant.--_ns._ IMMOD'ERACY, IMMOD'ERATENESS, the quality of being
immoderate: extravagance.--_adv._ IMMOD'ERATELY.--_n._ IMMODER[=A]'TION,
want of moderation: excess.
IMMODEST, im-mod'est, _adj._ wanting restraint: impudent: forward: wanting
shame or delicacy.--_adv._ IMMOD'ESTLY.--_n._ IMMOD'ESTY, want of modesty.
IMMOLATE, im'[=o]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to offer in sacrifice.--_ns._
IMMOL[=A]'TION, act of immolating: a sacrifice; IMM'OLATOR, one who
immolates or offers sacrifice. [L. _immol[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to sprinkle
meal on a victim, hence to sacrifice--_in_, upon, _mola_, meal.]
IMMOMENT, im-m[=o]'ment, _adj._ (_Shak._) of no value.
IMMORAL, im-mor'al, _adj._ inconsistent with what is right: wicked:
licentious.--_n._ IMMORAL'ITY, quality of being immoral: an immoral act or
practice.--_adv._ IMMOR'ALLY.
IMMORTAL, im-mor'tal, _adj._ exempt from death: imperishable: never to be
forgotten (as a name, poem, &c.).--_n._ one who will never cease to exist:
one of the forty members of the French Academy.--_n._
IMMORTALIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ IMMOR'TALISE, to make immortal.--_n._
IMMORTAL'ITY, condition or quality of being immortal: exemption from death
or oblivion.--_adv._ IMMOR'TALLY.
IMMORTELLE, im-mor-tel', _n._ any one of the flowers commonly called
everlasting. [Fr. (_fleur_) _immortelle_, immortal (flower).]
IMMOVABLE, im-m[=oo]v'a-bl, _adj._ steadfast: unalterable: that cannot be
impressed or made to fall: (_pl._) fixtures, &c., not movable by a
tenant.--_ns._ IMMOV'ABLENESS, IMMOVABIL'ITY.--_adv._ IMMOV'ABLY.
IMMUNE, im-m[=u]n', _adj._ free from obligation: not liable to
infection.--_n._ IMMUN'ITY, state of being immune: exemption: privilege.
[Fr.,--L. _in_, not, _munis_, serving, obliging.]
IMMURE, im-m[=u]r', _v.t._ to wall in: to shut up: to imprison.--_n._
(_Shak._) a wall.--_n._ IMMURE'MENT, imprisonment. [Fr.,--L. _in_, in,
_murus_, a wall.]
IMMUTABLE, im-m[=u]t'a-bl, _adj._ unchangeable.--_ns._ IMMUTABIL'ITY,
IMM[=U]T'ABLENESS, unchangeableness.--_adv._ IMM[=U]T'ABLY.
IMP, imp, _n._ a little devil or wicked spirit: a son, offspring, a pert
child.--_v.t._ (falconry) to mend a broken or defective wing by inserting a
feather: to qualify for flight.--_adj._ IMP'ISH, like an imp: fiendish.
[A.S. _impe_--Low L. _impotus_, a graft--Gr. _emphytos_, engrafted.]
IMPACABLE, im-p[=a]k'a-bl, _adj._ (_Spens._) not to be quieted or appeased.
[L. _in_, not, _pac[=a]re_, to quiet.]
IMPACT, im-pakt', _v.t._ to press firmly together: to drive close.--_n._
IM'PACT, a striking against: collision: the blow of a body in motion
impinging on another body: the impulse resulting from collision.--IMPACTED
FRACTURE (_surg._), when one part of the bone is forcibly driven into the
other. [O. Fr. _impacter_--L. _impactus_, pa.p. of _imping[=e]re_. See
IMPINGE.]
IMPAINT, im-p[=a]nt', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to paint.
IMPAIR, im-p[=a]r', _v.t._ to diminish in quantity, value, or strength: to
injure: to weaken.--_v.i._ (_obs._) to become worse.--_n._ IMPAIR'MENT. [O.
Fr. _empeirer_ (Fr. _empirer_), from L. _im_ (=in), inten., and L.
_pejor[=a]re_, to make worse--L. _pejor_, worse.]
IMPAIR, im-p[=a]r', _adj._ (_Shak._) unsuitable. [Fr.,--L. _impar_--_in_,
not, _par_, equal.]
IMPALE, im-p[=a]l', _v.t._ to fence in with stakes: to shut in: to put to
death by spitting on a stake.--_n._ IMPALE'MENT, an enclosed space:
(_her._) the marshalling side by side of two escutcheons combined in one.
[Fr. _empaler_--L. _in_, in, _palus_, a stake.]
IMPALPABLE, im-pal'pa-bl, _adj._ not perceivable by touch: not coarse: not
easily understood.--_n._ IMPALPABIL'ITY.--_adv._ IMPAL'PABLY.
IMPANATION, im-p[=a]-n[=a]'shun, _n._ a term used to express the local
union of the body of Christ with the consecrated bread in the Eucharist;
but later specially used of Luther's doctrine of Consubstantiation
(q.v.).--_adj._ IMP[=A]'NATE, embodied in bread. [From Low L.
_impan[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_in_, in, _panis_, bread.]
IMPANEL. See EMPANEL.
IMPARADISE, im-par'a-d[=i]s, _v.t._ (_Milt._) to put in a paradise or state
of extreme felicity, to make perfectly happy:--_pr.p._ impar'ad[=i]sing;
_pa.p._ impar'ad[=i]sed.
IMPARITY, im-par'i-ti, _n._ want of parity or equality: indivisibility into
equal parts.--_adjs._ IMPARIDIG'ITATE, having an uneven number of digits;
IMPARIPIN'NATE, unequally pinnate; IMPARISYLLAB'IC, not consisting of an
equal number of syllables. [L. _impar_--_in_, not, _par_, equal.]
IMPARK, im-pärk', _v.t._ to enclose in a park.
IMPARLANCE, im-pärl'ans, _n._ (_Spens._) parley.--_v.i._ IMPARL', to hold a
consultation. [O. Fr. _emparlance_--_emparler_, to talk.]
IMPART, im-pärt', _v.t._ to bestow a part of: to give: to communicate: to
make known.--_v.i._ to give a part.--_ns._ IMPART[=A]'TION, the act of
imparting; IMPART'MENT (_Shak._), the act of imparting: that which is
imparted, disclosure. [O. Fr. _empartir_--L. _impart[=i]re_--_in_, on,
_pars_, _partis_, a part.]
IMPARTIAL, im-pär'shal, _adj._ not favouring one more than another: just:
(_Shak._) partial.--_ns._ IMPARTIAL'ITY, IMPAR'TIALNESS, quality of being
impartial: freedom from bias.--_adv._ IMPAR'TIALLY.
IMPARTIBLE, im-pärt'i-bl, _adj._ capable of being imparted.--_n._
IMPARTIBIL'ITY.
IMPARTIBLE, im-pärt'i-bl, _adj._ not partible: indivisible.--_n._
IMPARTIBIL'ITY.
IMPASSABLE, im-pas'a-bl, _adj._ not capable of being passed.--_ns._
IMPASSABIL'ITY, IMPASS'ABLENESS.--_adv._ IMPASS'ABLY.
IMPASSIBLE, im-pas'i-bl, _adj._ incapable of passion or feeling.--_ns._
IMPASSIBIL'ITY, IMPASS'IBLENESS, quality of being impassible. [Fr.,--L.
_impassibilis_,--_in_, not, _pati_, _passus_, to suffer.]
IMPASSION, im-pash'un, _v.t._ to move with passion.--_adjs._
IMPASS'IONABLE, IMPASS'ION[=A]TE, IMPASS'IONED, moved by strong passion or
feeling: animated: excited; IMPASS'IVE, not susceptible of pain or
feeling.--_adv._ IMPASS'IVELY.--_ns._ IMPASS'IVENESS, IMPASSIV'ITY.
[Through Low L.--L. _in_, in, _passion-em_, passion.]
IMPASTE, im-p[=a]st', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to knead into a paste: to lay
colours on thick.--_ns._ IMPAST[=A]'TION, act of impasting: that which is
made into paste; IMPAS'TO, in painting, the thick laying on of pigments.
[Low L. _impast[=a]re_--_in_, into, _pasta_, paste.]
IMPATIENT, im-p[=a]'shent, _adj._ not able to endure or to wait: fretful:
restless.--_n._ IMP[=A]'TIENCE, want of patience.--_adv._ IMP[=A]'TIENTLY.
IMPAVE, im-p[=a]v', _v.t._ (_Wordsworth_) to pave.
IMPAVID, im-pav'id, _adj._ fearless.--_adv._ IMPAV'IDLY, fearlessly:
dauntlessly. [L. _impavidus_--_in_, not, _pavidus_, fearing.]
IMPAWN, im-pawn', _v.t._ to pawn or deposit as security.
IMPEACH, im-p[=e]ch', _v._t to charge with a crime: to cite before a court
for official misconduct: to call in question: (_Spens._) to impede.--_adj._
IMPEACH'ABLE, liable to impeachment: chargeable with a crime.--_ns._
IMPEACH'ER, one who impeaches; IMPEACH'MENT, an exceptional form of process
whereby the House of Commons may obtain redress for any high crimes and
misdemeanours committed by peers and ministers of the Crown: (_Shak._)
hinderance, obstruction. [O. Fr. _empescher_, to hinder (Fr. _empêcher_,
It. _impacciare_); either from L. _imping[)e]re_, to strike against, or
_impedic[=a]re_, to fetter--thus cognate either with _impinge_ or
_impede_.]
IMPEARL, im-p[.e]rl', _v.t._ to adorn with or as with pearls: to make like
pearls.
IMPECCABLE, im-pek'a-bl, _adj._ not liable to error or to sin.--_ns._
IMPECCABIL'ITY, IMPECC'ANCY.--_adj._ IMPECC'ANT, doing no sin.
IMPECUNIOUS, im-pe-k[=u]ni-us, _adj._ having no money: poor.--_n._
IMPECUNIOS'ITY.
IMPEDE, im-p[=e]d', _v.t._ to hinder or obstruct.--_n._ IMP[=E]'DANCE,
hinderance, esp. in electricity an apparent increase of resistance due to
induction in a circuit.--_adj._ IMPED'IBLE, capable of being impeded.--_n._
IMPED'IMENT, that which impedes: hinderance: a defect preventing fluent
speech.--_n.pl._ IMPEDIMENT'A, military baggage, baggage
generally.--_adjs._ IMPEDIMEN'TAL, IMPED'ITIVE, causing hinderance. [L.
_imped[=i]re_--_in_, in, _pes_, _pedis_, a foot.]
IMPEL, im-pel', _v.t._ to urge forward: to excite to action: to
instigate:--_pr.p._ impel'ling; _pa.p._ impelled'.--_adj._ IMPEL'LENT,
impelling or driving on.--_n._ a power that impels.--_n._ IMPEL'LER. [L.
_impell[)e]re_, _impulsum_--_in_, on, _pell[)e]re_, to drive.]
IMPEND, im-pend', _v.i._ to threaten: to be about to happen.--_ns._
IMPEND'ENCE, IMPEND'ENCY, the state of impending: near approach.--_adj._
IMPEND'ENT, imminent: ready to act or happen. [L. _impend[=e]re_--_in_, on,
_pend[=e]re_, to hang.]
IMPENETRABLE, im-pen'e-tra-bl, _adj._ incapable of being pierced:
preventing another body from occupying the same space at the same time: not
to be impressed in mind or heart.--_n._ IMPENETRABIL'ITY, one of the
essential properties of matter, implying that no two bodies can at the same
time occupy the same space.--_adv._ IMPEN'ETRABLY.
IMPENITENT, im-pen'i-tent, _adj._ not repenting of sin.--_n._ one who does
not repent: a hardened sinner.--_n._ IMPEN'ITENCE.--_adv._ IMPEN'ITENTLY.
IMPENNATE, im-pen'[=a]t, IMPENNOUS, im-pen'us, _adj._ wingless: having very
short wings useless for flight. [L. _in_, not, _penna_, a wing.]
IMPERATIVE, im-per'a-tiv, _adj._ expressive of command: authoritative:
peremptory: obligatory.--_adv._ IMPER'ATIVELY.--IMPERATIVE MOOD, the form
of a verb expressing command or advice; CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE (see under
CATEGORY). [L. _imperativus_--_imper[=a]re_, to command--_in_, in,
_par[=a]re_, to prepare.]
IMPERATOR, im'p[=e]-r[=a]-tor, _n._ a commander: a ruler: an
emperor.--_adj._ IMPERAT[=O]'RIAL. [L.,--_imper[=a]re_, to command.]
IMPERCEPTIBLE, im-p[.e]r-sep'ti-bl, _adj._ not discernible: insensible:
minute.--_ns._ IMPERCEP'TIBLENESS, IMPERCEPTIBIL'ITY.--_adv._
IMPERCEP'TIBLY.--_adjs._ IMPERCEP'TIVE, not perceiving; IMPERCIP'IENT,
having no power to perceive.
IMPERFECT, im-p[.e]r'fekt, _adj._ incomplete: defective: not fulfilling its
design: liable to err.--_adv._ IMPER'FECTLY.--_ns._ IMPER'FECTNESS,
IMPERFEC'TION.
IMPERFORATE, -d, im-p[.e]r'fo-r[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ not pierced through:
having no opening.--_adj._ IMPER'FORABLE, that cannot be perforated or
bored through.--_n._ IMPERFOR[=A]'TION.
IMPERIAL, im-p[=e]'ri-al, _adj._ pertaining to an empire or to an emperor:
sovereign, supreme: commanding, of superior size or excellence.--_n._ a
tuft of hair on the lower lip (from its use by Napoleon III.): a kind of
dome, as in Moorish buildings: an outside seat on a diligence: a size of
writing-paper, 22 × 30 in.; also of printing-paper, 22 × 32 in.--_v.t._
IMP[=E]'RIALISE, to make imperial.--_ns._ IMP[=E]'RIALISM, the power or
authority of an emperor: the spirit of empire; IMP[=E]'RIALIST, one who
belongs to an emperor: a soldier or partisan of an emperor; IMPERIAL'ITY,
imperial power, right, or privilege.--_adv._ IMP[=E]'RIALLY.--_n._
IMP[=E]'RIUM, a military chief command: empire.--IMPERIAL CITY, Rome: one
of those cities in the German Empire which owed allegiance to none but the
emperor, which exercised suzerain rights within their own territories, and
had the right of sitting and voting in the imperial diet; IMPERIAL
INSTITUTE of the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and India, an institution
designed to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887). [Fr.,--L.
_imperialis_--_imperium_, sovereignty.]
IMPERIL, im-per'il, _v.t._ to put in peril: to endanger.--_n._
IMPER'ILMENT.
IMPERIOUS, im-p[=e]'ri-us, _adj._ assuming command: haughty: tyrannical:
authoritative: (_obs._) imperial.--_adv._ IMP[=E]'RIOUSLY.--_n._
IMP[=E]'RIOUSNESS. [L. _imperiosus_.]
IMPERISHABLE, im-per'ish-a-bl, _adj._ indestructible: everlasting.--_ns._
IMPER'ISHABLENESS, IMPERISHABIL'ITY.--_adv._ IMPER'ISHABLY.
IMPERMANENCE, im-per'man-ens, _n._ want of permanence.--_adj._
IMPER'MANENT.
IMPERMEABLE, im-p[.e]r'm[=e]-a-bl, _adj._ not permitting passage:
impenetrable.--_ns._ IMPERMEABIL'ITY, IMPER'MEABLENESS.--_adv._
IMPER'MEABLY.--_n._ IMPER'ME[=A]TOR, a device in a steam-engine for forcing
lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.
IMPERSEVERANT, im-per-sev'[.e]r-ant, _adj._ (_Shak._) strongly persevering.
IMPERSONAL, im-p[.e]r'sun-al, _adj._ not having personality: (_gram._) not
varied according to the persons.--_n._ IMPERSONAL'ITY.--_adv._
IMPER'SONALLY.--_v.t._ IMPER'SON[=A]TE, to invest with personality or the
bodily substance of a person: to ascribe the qualities of a person to: to
personify: to assume the person or character of, esp. on the stage.--_adj._
personified.--_ns._ IMPERSON[=A]'TION; IMPER'SON[=A]TOR.
IMPERTINENT, im-p[.e]r'ti-nent, _adj._ not pertaining to the matter in
hand: trifling: intrusive: saucy: impudent.--_n._ IMPER'TINENCE, that which
is impertinent: intrusion: impudence, over-forwardness: (_law_) matter
introduced into an affidavit, &c., not pertinent to the matter.--_adv._
IMPER'TINENTLY.
IMPERTURBABLE, im-p[.e]r-tur'ba-bl, _adj._ that cannot be disturbed or
agitated: permanently quiet.--_n._ IMPERTURBABIL'ITY.--_adv._
IMPERTUR'BABLY.--_n._ IMPERTURB[=A]'TION. [L. _imperturbabilis_--_in_, not,
_perturbare_, to disturb.]
IMPERVIABLE, im-p[.e]r'vi-a-bl, IMPERVIOUS, im-p[.e]r'vi-us, _adj._ not to
be penetrated.--_ns._ IMPER'VIABLENESS, IMPERVIABIL'ITY,
IMPER'VIOUSNESS.--_adv._ IMPER'VIOUSLY.
IMPETICOS, im-pet'i-kos, (_Shak._) a word coined by the fool in _Twelfth
Night_, perhaps meaning _impocket_.
IMPETIGO, im-pe-t[=i]'go, _n._ a skin disease characterised by thickly-set
clusters of pustules.--_adj._ IMPETIG'INOUS. [L.--_impet[)e]re_, to rush
upon, attack.]
IMPETRATE, im'p[=e]-tr[=a]t, _v.t._ to obtain by entreaty or
petition.--_n._ IMPETR[=A]'TION.--_adjs._ IM'PETRATIVE, IM'PETR[=A]TORY.
IMPETUOUS, im-pet'[=u]-us, _adj._ rushing upon with impetus or violence:
vehement in feeling: passionate.--adv. IMPET'UOUSLY.--_ns._ IMPET'UOUSNESS,
IMPETUOS'ITY.
IMPETUS, im'pe-tus, _n._ an attack: force or quantity of motion: violent
tendency to any point. [L.,--_in_, in, _pet[)e]re_, to fall upon.]