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.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. -- Addison.
Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about. -- Shak.
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. -- Milton.
Impale (v. t.) (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. -- Fuller.
Empale (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [Written also impale.] To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Empale (v. t.) To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Empale (v. t.) (Her.) Same as Impale.
Impale (v.) Pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike].
Impale (v.) Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale, stake].
Impale (v. t.) In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound. This, however, is inaccurate; to impale is, properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position. This was a common mode of punishment among many of the nations of antiquity, and is still in high favor in China and other parts of Asia. Down to the beginning of the fifteenth century it was widely employed in "churching" heretics and schismatics. Wolecraft calls it the "stoole of repentynge," and among the common people it was jocularly known as "riding the one legged horse." Ludwig Salzmann informs us that in Thibet impalement is considered the most appropriate punishment for crimes against religion; and although in China it is sometimes awarded for secular offences, it is most frequently adjudged in cases of sacrilege. To the person in actual experience of impalement it must be a matter of minor importance by what kind of civil or religious dissent he was made acquainted with its discomforts; but doubtless he would feel a certain satisfaction if able to contemplate himself in the character of a weather-cock on the spire of the True Church.
Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. -- Byron.
Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. -- H. Brooke.
Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] -- Milton.
Empalement (n.) [Written also impalement.] A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Empalement (n.) (Her.) Same as Impalement.
Impalement (n.) (Her.) 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.
Impalement (n.) The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.
Impala (n.) African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps [syn: impala, Aepyceros melampus].
Impala (n.) An antelope ({Aepyceros melampus}) of Southeastern Africa, the male of which has ringed lyre-shaped horns, which curve first backward, then sideways, then upwards. ALso called {impalla} and {pallah}.
Impalla (n.) (Zool.) Same as {Impala}.
Impala (n.) African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps [syn: impala, Aepyceros melampus].
Impalla (n.) The pallah deer of South Africa.
Impallid (v. t.) To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] -- J. Barlow.
Impalpability (n.) The quality of being impalpable. -- Jortin.
Impalpability (n.) The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch [syn: intangibility, intangibleness, impalpability] [ant: palpability, tangibility, tangibleness].
Impalpable (a.) Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "Impalpable powder." -- Boyle.
Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and bodiless." -- Holland.
Impalpable (a.) Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.
Impalpable (a.) Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans [syn: intangible, impalpable] [ant: tangible, touchable].
Impalpable (a.) Imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream" [ant: palpable, tangible].
Impalpable (a.) Not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse".
Impalpably (adv.) In an impalpable manner.
Impalpably (adv.) Not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness [syn: insubstantially, impalpably]
Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]
Impanate (a.) Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.] -- Cranmer.
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. [Obs.]
Impanation (n.) (Eccl.) 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.) (Eccl.) 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. -- Blackstone.
Impanel (v.) Enter into a list of prospective jurors [syn: empanel, impanel].
Impanel (v.) Select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel, impanel, panel].
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. "Imparadised in one another's arms." -- Milton.
Imparalleled (a.) Unparalleled. [Obs.]
Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable. [Obs.] -- South.
Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
Imparipinnate (a.) (Bot.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
Imparipinnate (a.) (A leaf shape) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex [syn: odd-pinnate, imparipinnate].
Imparisyllabic (a.) (Gram.) 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. -- Milton.
Imparity (n.) Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it. -- I. Taylor.
Imparity (n.) Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
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.
They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles. -- Holland.
Imparl (v. i.) To hold discourse; to parley. [Obs.] -- Sir. T. North.
Imparl (v. i.) (Law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment. -- Blackstone.
Imparlance (n.) Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]
Imparlance (n.) (Law) 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.) (Law) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.
Note: Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been abolished in England. -- Wharton (Law Dict. ).
Imparlance, () pleading and practice. Imparlance, from the French, parler, to speak, or licentia loquendi, in its most general signification, means time given by the court to either party to answer the pleading of his opponent, as either, to plead, reply, rejoin, &c., and is said to be nothing else but the continuance of the cause till a further day. Bac. Abr. Pleas, C. But the more common signification of the term is time to plead. 2 Saund. 1, n. 2; 2 Show. 3 10; Barnes, 346; Lawes, Civ. Pl. 93, 94.
Imparlance, () Imparlances are of three descriptions: First. A common or general imparlance. Secondly. A special imparlance. Thirdly. A general special imparlance.
Imparlance, () A general imparlance is the entry of a general prayer. and allowance of time to plead till the next term, without reserving to the defendant the benefit of any exception; so that, after such an imparlance, the defendant cannot object to the jurisdiction of the court, or plead any matter in abatement. This kind of imparlance is always from one term to another.
Imparlance, () A special imparlance reserves to the defendant all exception to the writ, bill, or count; and, therefore, after it, the defendant may plead
in abatement, though not to the jurisdiction of the court.
Imparlance, () A general special imparlance contains a saving of all exceptions whatsoever, so that the defendant, after this, may plead, not
only in abatement, but he may also plead a plea which affects the jurisdiction of the court, as privilege. He cannot, however, plead a tender, and that he was always ready to pay, because, by craving time, he admits he is not ready, and so falsifies his plea. Tidd's Pr. 418, 419. The last two kinds of imparlances are, it seems, sometimes from one day to another in the same term. See, in general, Com. Dig Abatement, I 19, 20, 21; 1 Chit. Pl. 420; Bac. Abr. Pleas, C; 14 Vin. Abr. 335; Com. Dig. Pleader, D; 1 Sell. Pr. 265; Doct. Pl. 291; Encycl. de M. D'Alembert, art. Delai (Jurisp.)
Imparsonee (a.) (Eng. Eccl. Law) 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 (v. t.) 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.
Well may he then to you his cares impart. -- Dryden.
Impart (v. t.) To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] -- Munday.
Impart (v. t.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you. -- Shak.
Syn: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal; disclose; discover; divulge. See Communicate.
Impart (v. i.) To give a part or share.
He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none. -- Luke iii. 11.
Impart (v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation. -- Blackstone.
Impart (v.) Transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on].
Impart (v.) Bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring].
Impart (v.) Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel].
Impartance (n.) Impartation.
Impartation (n.) The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.
The necessity of this impartation. -- I. Taylor.
Impartation (n.) The transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation].
Imparter (n.) One who imparts.
Impartial (a.) 不偏不倚的，公正的，無偏見的 Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. -- Shak.
Jove is impartial, and to both the same. -- Dryden.
A comprehensive and impartial view. -- Macaulay.
Impartial (a.) Showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" [ant: partial].
Impartial (a.) Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist" [syn: unprejudiced, impartial] [ant: discriminatory, prejudiced].
Impartialist (n.) One who is impartial. [R.] -- Boyle.
Impartiality (n.) The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion. -- South.
Impartiality (n.) An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally [syn: impartiality, nonpartisanship] [ant: partiality, partisanship].
Impartially (a.) In an impartial manner.
Impartially (adv.) In an impartial manner; "he smiled at them both impartially".
Impartialness (n.) Impartiality. -- Sir W. Temple.
Impartibility (n.) The quality of being impartible; communicability. -- Blackstone.
Impartibility (n.) The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. -- Holland.
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. [R.]
It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did desire To you alone. -- Shak.
Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. -- Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed [syn: impassable, unpassable] [ant: passable].
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. "Impassible to the critic." -- Sir W. Scott.
Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. -- Dryden.
Impassibleness (n.) Impassibility.
Impassion (v.) To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] -- Chapman.
Impassionable (a.) Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.
Impassionate (a.) Strongly affected. -- Smart.
Impassionate (v. t.) To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. -- Dr. H. More.
Impassionate (a.) Without passion or feeling. -- Burton.
Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.
Impassioned (a.) Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid].
Impassive (a.) Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.
Impassive as the marble in the quarry. -- De Quincey.
On the impassive ice the lightings play. -- Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.
Impassive (a.) Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference" [syn: impassive, stolid].
Impassive (a.) Deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive].
Impassivity (n.) The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.
Impassivity (n.) Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality].
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. "Blood . . . baked and impasted." -- Shak.
Impaste (v. t.) (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. Cf. Impasto. [R.]
Impasting () (Paint.) The laying on of colors to produce impasto.
Impasto (n.) (Paint.) 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. -- Fairholt.
Impasto (n.) Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] -- T. Adams.
Impatible (a.) Not capable of being borne; impassible.
A spirit, and so impatible of material fire. -- Fuller.
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.
I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. -- Shak.
With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. -- Spenser.
Impatience (n.) A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: restlessness, impatience].
Impatience (n.) A restless desire for change and excitement.
Impatience (n.) A dislike of anything that causes delay [ant: forbearance, longanimity, patience].
Impatiency (n.) Impatience. [Obs.]
Impatiens (n.) (Bot.) 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.
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. -- Jer. Taylor.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. -- Pope.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. -- Addison.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. -- Macaulay.
Impatient (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. -- Shak.
Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.
Impatient (n.) One who is impatient. [R.]
Impatient (a.) Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: patient].
Impatient (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)].
Impatiently (adv.) In an impatient manner.
Impatiently (adv.) With impatience; in an impatient manner; "he answered her impatiently" [ant: patiently].
Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. [R.] -- Cotgrave.
Impatronized (imp. & p. p.) of Impatronize