Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 18

Imprese (n.) A device. See Impresa.

Impressed (imp. & p. p.) of Impress

Impressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impress

Impress (v. t.) To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

Impress (v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

Impress (v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

Impress (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.

Impress (v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.

Impresses (pl. ) of Impress

Impress (n.) The act of impressing or making.

Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.

Impress (n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

Impress (n.) A device. See Impresa.

Impress (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

Impressibility (n.) The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.

Impressible (a.) Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.

Impression (n.) The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

Impression (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.

Impression (n.) Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.

Impression (n.) An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

Impression (n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.

Impression (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.

Impression (n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.

Impressionability (n.) The quality of being impressionable.

Impresionable (a.) Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible.

Impressionableness (n.) The quality of being impressionable.

Impressionism (n.) The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.

Impressionist (n.) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.

Impressionistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.

Impressionless (a.) Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.

Impressive (a.) Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

Impressive (a.) Capable of being impressed.

Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.

Impressor (n.) One who, or that which, impresses.

Impressure (n.) Dent; impression.

Imprested (imp. & p. p.) of Imprest

Impresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprest

Imprest (n.) To advance on loan.

Imprest (v. t.) A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.

Imprevalence (n.) Alt. of Imprevalency

Imprevalency (n.) Want of prevalence.

Impreventability (n.) The state or quality of being impreventable.

Impreventable (a.) Not preventable; invitable.

Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.

Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.

Impriming (n.) A beginning.

Imprimis (adv.) In the first place; first in order.

Imptrinted (imp. & p. p.) of Imprint

Imprinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprint

Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

Imprint (v. t.) To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).

Imprint (v. t.) To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.

Imprint (v. t.) Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.

Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Imprison

Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprison

Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.

Imprisoner (n.) One who imprisons.

Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.

Improbabilities (pl. ) of Improbability

Improbability (n.) The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

Improbable (a.) Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.

Improbate (v. t.) To disapprove of; to disallow.

Improbation (n.) The act of disapproving; disapprobation.

Improbation (n.) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.

Improbative (a.) Alt. of Improbatory

Improbatory (a.) Implying, or tending to, improbation.

Improbity (n.) Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.

Improficience (n.) Alt. of Improficiency

Improficiency (n.) Want of proficiency.

Improfitable (a.) Unprofitable.

Improgressive (a.) Not progressive.

Improlific (a.) Not prolific.

Improlificate (v. t.) To impregnate.

Imprompt (a.) Not ready.

Impromptu (adv. / a.) Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

Impromptu (n.) Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

Impromptu (n.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

Improper (a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress.

Improper (a.) Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.

Improper (a.) Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.

Improper (v. t.) To appropriate; to limit.

Improperation (n.) The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.

Improperia (n. pl.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual.

Improperly (adv.) In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.

Improperty (n.) Impropriety.

Impropitious (a.) Unpropitious; unfavorable.

Improportionable (a.) Not proportionable.

Improportionate (a.) Not proportionate.

Impropriated (imp. & p. p.) of Impropriate

Impropriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impropriate

Impropriate (v. t.) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.

Impropriate (v. t.) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Impropriate (v. i.) To become an impropriator.

Impropriate (a.) Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

Impropriation (n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

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