Imploring (a.) That implores; beseeching; entreating.
Implosion (n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.
Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.
Implosive (a.) Formed by implosion.
Implosive (n.) An implosive sound, an implodent.
Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.
Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.
Implied (imp. & p. p.) of Imply
Implying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imply
Imply (v. t.) To infold or involve; to wrap up.
Imply (v. t.) To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.
Imply (v. t.) To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
Impoison (v. t.) To poison; to imbitter; to impair.
Impoisoner (n.) A poisoner.
Impoisonment (n.) The act of poisoning or impoisoning.
Impolarily (adv.) Alt. of Impolarly
Impolarly (adv.) Not according to or in, the direction of the poles.
Impolicy (n.) The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.
Impolite (a.) Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.
Impolitical (a.) Impolitic.
Impoliticly (adv.) In an impolitic manner.
Impoliticness (n.) The quality of being impolitic.
Imponderability (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.
Imponderable (a.) Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
Imponderable (n.) 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.
Imponderableness (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable.
Imponderous (a.) Imponderable.
Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Impoofo (n.) The eland.
Impoon (n.) The duykerbok.
Impoor (v. t.) To impoverish.
Imporosity (n.) The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.
Imporous (a.) Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.
Imported (imp. & p. p.) of Import
Importing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Import
Import (v. t.) 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.
Import (v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
Import (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
Import (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
Import (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
Import (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
Import (n.) Importance; weight; consequence.
Importable (a.) Capable of being imported.
Importable (a.) Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.
Importance (n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Importance (n.) Subject; matter.
Importance (n.) Import; meaning; significance.
Importance (n.) Importunity; solicitation.
Importancy (n.) Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.
Important (v. t.) Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
Important (v. t.) Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
Important (v. t.) Bearing on; forcible; driving.
Important (v. t.) Importunate; pressing; urgent.
Importantly (adv.) In an important manner.
Importation (v. t.) The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.
Importation (v. t.) The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.
Importation (v. t.) That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
Importing (a.) Full of meaning.
Importless (a.) Void of meaning.
Importunable (a.) Heavy; insupportable.
Importunacy (n.) The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
Importunate (a.) Hard to be borne; unendurable.
Importunator (n.) One who importunes; an importuner.
Importunee (a.) Inopportune; unseasonable.
Importunee (a.) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.
Importuned (imp. & p. p.) of Importune
Importuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Importune
Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
Importune (a.) To import; to signify.
Importune (v. i.) To require; to demand.
Importunely (adv.) In an importune manner.
Importuner (n.) One who importunes.
Importunities (pl. ) of Importunity
Importunity (n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
Importuous (a.) Without a port or harbor.
Imposable (a.) Capable of being imposed or laid on.
Imposableness (n.) Quality of being imposable.
Imposed (imp. & p. p.) of Impose
Imposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impose
Impose (v. t.) To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.
Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
Impose (v. t.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
Impose (v. i.) To practice trick or deception.
Impose (n.) A command; injunction.
Imposement (n.) Imposition.
Imposer (n.) One who imposes.
Imposing (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.
Imposing (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
Imposing (a.) Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
Imposing (n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Imposingly (adv.) In an imposing manner.
Imposingness (n.) The quality of being imposing.
Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.