Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 12

Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.

Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.

Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.

Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.

Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.

Impalement (n.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.

Impalla (n.) The pallah deer of South Africa.

Impallid (v. t.) To make pallid; to blanch.

Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.

Impalpability (n.) The quality of being impalpable.

Impalpable (a.) Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal.

Impalpable (a.) Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.

Impalpably (adv.) In an impalpable manner.

Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Impanate (a.) Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

Impanated (imp. & p. p.) of Impanate

Impanating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impanate

Impanate (v. t.) To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

Impanation (a.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.

Impanator (n.) One who holds the doctrine of impanation.

Impaneled (imp. & p. p.) of Impanel

Impanelled () of Impanel

Impaneling () of Impanel

Impanelling () of Impanel

Impanel (v. t.) To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.

Impanelment (n.) The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.

Imparadised (imp. & p. p.) of Imparadise

Imparadising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imparadise

Imparadise (v. t.) To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.

Imparalleled (a.) Unparalleled.

Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.

Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Imparisyllabic (a.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

Imparity (n.) Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.

Imparity (n.) Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.

Imparity (n.) Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.

Imparked (imp. & p. p.) of Impark

Imparking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impark

Impark (v. t.) To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.

Imparl (v. i.) To hold discourse; to parley.

Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.

Imparlance (n.) Mutual discourse; conference.

Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party.

Imparlance (n.) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.

Imparsonee (a.) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.

Imparsonee (n.) A clergyman so inducted.

Imparted (imp. & p. p.) of Impart

Imparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impart

Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.

Impart (n.) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

Impart (n.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.

Impart (v. i.) To give a part or share.

Impart (v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation.

Impartance (n.) Impartation.

Impartation (n.) The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.

Imparter (n.) One who imparts.

Impartial (a.) Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

Impartialist (n.) One who is impartial.

Impartiality (n.) The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.

Impartially (a.) In an impartial manner.

Impartialness (n.) Impartiality.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being impartible; communicability.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.

Impartible (a.) Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Impartible (a.) Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate.

Impartment (n.) The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed.

Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.

Impassibility (a.) The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassible (a.) 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.

Impassibleness (n.) Impassibility.

Impassion (v.) To move or affect strongly with passion.

Impassionable (a.) Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

Impassionate (a.) Strongly affected.

Impassionate (v. t.) To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.

Impassionate (a.) Without passion or feeling.

Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Impassive (a.) Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassivity (n.) The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

Impastation (n.) 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.

Impasted (imp. & p. p.) of Impaste

Impasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impaste

Impaste (v. t.) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

Impaste (v. t.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Impasting () The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

Impasto (n.) 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.

Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.

Impatible (a.) Not capable of being borne; impassible.

Impatience (n.) 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.

Impatiency (n.) Impatience.

Impatiens (n.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.

Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under.

Impatient (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Impatient (n.) One who is impatient.

Impatiently (adv.) In an impatient manner.

Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.

Impatronized (imp. & p. p.) of Impatronize

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