Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 13

Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatronize

Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory.

Impave (v. t.) To pave.

Impavid (a.) Fearless.

Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impawn

Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impawn

Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.

Impeached (imp. & p. p.) of Impeach

Impeaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeach

Impeach (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

Impeach (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

Impeach (v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.

Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

Impeachable (a.) That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.

Impeacher (n.) One who impeaches.

Impeachment (n.) The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached

Impeachment (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.

Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.

Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.

Impearled (imp. & p. p.) of Impearl

Impearling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impearl

Impearl (v. t.) To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.

Impearl (v. t.) To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.

Impeccability (n.) the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.

Impeccable (a.) Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

Impeccable (n.) One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.

Impeccancy (n.) Sinlessness.

Impeccant (a.) Sinless; impeccable.

Impecuniosity (n.) The state of being impecunious.

Impecunious (a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Impeded (imp. & p. p.) of Impede

Impeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impede

Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

Impedible (a.) Capable of being impeded or hindered.

Impediment (n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

Impediment (v. t.) To impede.

Impedimental (a.) Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.

Impedite (a.) Hindered; obstructed.

Impedite (v. t.) To impede.

Impedition (n.) A hindering; a hindrance.

Impeditive (a.) Causing hindrance; impeding.

Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impel

Impelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impel

Impel (v. t.) To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

Impellent (a.) Having the quality of impelling.

Impellent (n.) An impelling power or force.

Impeller (n.) One who, or that which, impels.

Impenned (imp. & p. p.) of Impen

Impent () of Impen

Impenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impen

Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen.

Impend (v. t.) To pay.

Impended (imp. & p. p.) of Impend

Impending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impend

Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

Impendence (n.) Alt. of Impendency

Impendency (n.) The state of impending; also, that which impends.

Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.

Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.

Impenetrability (n.) Quality of being impenetrable.

Impenetrability (n.) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.

Impenetrability (n.) Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

Impenetrable (a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.

Impenetrable (a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.

Impenetrableness (n.) The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Impenitency (n.) Impenitence.

Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.

Impennate (n.) One of the Impennes.

Impennes (n. pl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.

Impennous (a.) Having no wings, as some insects.

Impeopled (imp. & p. p.) of Impeople

Impeopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeople

Impeople (v. t.) To people; to give a population to.

Imperant (a.) Commanding.

Imperate (a.) Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.

Imperatival (a.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

Imperative (n.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Imperatively (adv.) In an imperative manner.

Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Imperatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator.

Imperatorian (a.) Imperial.

Imperatory (a.) Imperative.

Imperceivable (a.) Imperceptible.

Imperceived (a.) Not perceived.

Imperceptibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperceptible.

Imperceptible (a.) Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.

Imperception (n.) Want of perception.

Imperceptive (a.) Unable to perceive.

Impercipient (a.) Not perceiving, or not able to perceive.

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