Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 13
Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatronize.
Impatronize (v. t.) (Archaic) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] -- Bacon.
Compare: Seigniory
Seigniory (n.) (Also Seigneury) 君權；領主權；領地；領主團體；（十七至十九世紀中葉法屬加拿大領主的）莊園；（中世紀義大利共和國的）市政議會 A feudal lordship; the position, authority, or domain of a feudal lord.
‘He succeeded to the seigniory.’
Impave (v. t.) (Archaic) To pave. [Poetic]
Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. -- Wordsworth.
Impavid (a.) 大膽的，勇敢的，無畏的 Fearless. -- Im*pav"id*ly, adv.
Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impawn.
Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impawn.
Impawn (v. t.) 質押，典當，立誓 To put in pawn; to pledge; to pawn. -- Shak.
Impeached (imp. & p. p.) of Impeach.
Impeaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeach.
Impeach (v. t.) 存疑，歸咎，懷疑，檢舉，彈劾 To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. -- Sir J. Davies.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. -- Howell.
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.
And doth impeach the freedom of the state. -- Shak.
Impeach (v. t.) (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc.
Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]
Impeach (v.) Challenge the honesty or veracity of; "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses."
Impeach (v.) Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; "The President was impeached."
Impeach (v.) Bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate].
Impeachable (a.) 可控告（或彈劾）的；可指責的；會招致控告（或彈劾）的；會引起指責的 That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.
Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. -- Z. Swift.
Impeacher (n.) One who impeaches.
// Although she was not ultimately removed from office, she still carried a grudge against her impeachers.
Impeachment (n.) 控告；檢舉；彈劾；懷疑 [U] [C] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:
Impeachment (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. -- Shak.
Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.
The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. -- Swift.
Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. -- Shak.
Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments.
Articles of impeachment. See under Article.
Impeachment of waste (Law), Restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. -- Abbott.
Impeachment (n.) A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
Impeachment (n.) Const. law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation, by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the United States, against an officer. The presentment, written accusation, is called articles of impeachment.
Impeachment (n.) The constitution declares that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment art. 1, s. 2, cl. 5 and that the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Art. 1, s. 3, cl. 6.
Impeachment (n.) The persons liable to impeachment are the president, vice-president, and all civil officers of the United States. Art. 2, s. 4. A question arose upon an impeachment before the senate, in 1799, whether a senator was a civil officer of the United States, within the purview of this section of the constitution, and it was decided by the senate, by a vote of fourteen against eleven, that he was not. Senate Journ., January 10th, 1799; Story on Const. Sec. 791; Rawle on Const. 213, 214 Serg. Const. Law, 376.
Impeachment (n.) The offences for which a guilty officer may be impeached are, treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Art. 2, s. 4. The constitution defines the crime of treason. Art. 3, s. 3. Recourse must be had to the common law for a definition of bribery. Not having particularly mentioned what is to be understood by "other high crimes and misdemeanors," resort, it is presumed, must be had to parliamentary practice, and the common law, in order to ascertain what they are. Story, Sec. 795.
Impeachment (n.) The mode of proceeding, in the institution and trial of impeachments, is as follows: When a person who may be legally impeached has been guilty, or is supposed to have been guilty, of some malversation in office, a resolution is generally brought forward by a member of the house of representatives, either to accuse the party, or for a committee of inquiry. If the committee report adversely to the party accused, they give a statement of the charges, and recommend that he be impeached; when the resolution is adopted by the house, a committee is appointed to impeach the party at the bar of the senate, and to state that the articles of impeachment against him will be exhibited in due time, and made good before the senate, and to demand that the senate take order for the appearance of the party to answer to the impeachment. The house then agree upon the articles of impeachment, and they are presented to the senate by a committee appointed by the house to prosecute the impeachment; the senate then issues process, summoning the party to appear at a given day before them, to answer to the articles. The process is served by the sergeant-at-arms of the senate, and a return is made of it to the senate, under oath. On the return-day of the process, the senate resolves itself into a court of impeachment, and the senators are sworn to do justice, according to the constitution and laws. The person impeached is called to answer, and either appears or does not appear. If he does not appear, his default is recorded, and the senate may proceed ex parte. If he does appear, either by himself or attorney, the parties are required to form an issue, and a time is then assigned for the trial. The proceedings on the trial are conducted substantially as they are upon common judicial trials. If any debates arise among the senators, they are conducted in secret, and the final decision is given by yeas and nays; but no person can be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Const. art. 1, s. 2, cl. 6.
Impeachment (n.) When the president is tried, the chief justice shall preside. The judgment, in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. Proceedings on impeachments under the state constitutions are somewhat similar. Vide Courts of the United States.
Impeachment (n.) Evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.
Impeachment (n.) Every witness is liable to be impeached as to his character for truth; and, if his general character is good, he is presumed, at all times, to be ready to support it. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3224, et seq.
Impearled (imp. & p. p.) of Impearl.
Impearling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impearl.
Impearl (v. t.) 使成珍珠，用珍珠裝飾 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.) 無罪，無缺點 The quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.
Impeccable (a.) 無懈可擊的，無缺點的，無瑕疵的，不會做壞事的 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.) 清白 Sinlessness.
Impeccant (a.) 無罪過的，無缺點的 Sinless; impeccable.
Impecuniosity (n.) 沒有錢，身無分文，貧窮 The state of being impecunious.
Impecunious (a.) 沒有錢的，身無分文的，貧窮的 Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Impeded (imp. & p. p.) of Impede.
Impeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impede.
Impede (v. t.) 妨礙，阻礙，阻止 To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
Impedible (a.) Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Impediment (n.) [C] 妨礙，阻礙；障礙物 [（+to）]；口吃；殘疾；【律】合法婚姻的障礙 That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. -- Shak.
{Impediment in speech}, A defect which prevents distinct utterance.
Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance.
Usage: {Impediment}, {Obstacle}, {Difficulty}, {Hindrance}. An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it.
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best resources, an obstacle to his own ambition, and an impediment in his political career. -- C. J. Smith.
Impediment (v. t.) To impede. [R.] -- Bp. Reynolds.
Impediment (n.) Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: {hindrance}, {hinderance}, {deterrent}, {impediment}, {balk}, {baulk}, {check}, {handicap}].
Impediment (n.) Any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruction}, {obstructor}, {obstructer}, {impediment}, {impedimenta}].
Impedimenta (n. pl.) [L. See {Impediment}, {Impede}.] 妨礙行進的重負（如行李、輜重等）；累贅；包袱 impediment 的名詞複數 Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must accompany an army.
On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta. -- Julian Ralph.
Impedimenta (n.) Any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruction}, {obstructor}, {obstructer}, {impediment}, {impedimenta}].
Impedimenta (n.) The baggage and equipment carried by an army.
Impedimental (a.) 妨礙的 Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.
Things so impedimental to success. -- G. H. Lewes.
Impedite (a.) 阻塞的 Hindered; obstructed.
Impedite (v. t.) 妨礙，阻礙，阻止 To impede.
Impedition (n.) 阻礙物 A hindering; a hindrance.
Impeditive (a.) 足以阻礙的 Causing hindrance; impeding.
Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impel.
Impelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impel.
Impel (v. t.) 推進，推動 [O]；激勵；驅使；迫使 [（+to）] [O2] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. -- Pope.
Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move.
Impel (v.) Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate [syn: {impel}, {force}].
Impel (v.) Cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" [syn: {propel}, {impel}].
Impellent (a.) 強迫的，推進的 Having the quality of impelling.
Impellent (n.) 推進力 An impelling power or force.
Impeller (n.) 推進者，葉輪 One who, or that which, impels.
Impenned (imp. & p. p.) of Impen.
Impent (imp. & p. p.) of Impen.
Impenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impen.
Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. -- Feltham.
Impend (v. t.) To pay. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.
Impended (imp. & p. p.) of Impend.
Impending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impend.
Impend (v. i.) 迫近，逼迫，懸掛 To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See {Imminent}.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. -- Pope. Impendence -- n.
Impend (v.) Be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending."
Impendence (n.) 迫切；危急；懸空 Alt. of Impendency
Impendency (n.) 迫切；危急；懸空 The state of impending; also, that which impends.
Impendent (a.) 迫近的，逼迫的，懸掛的 Impending; threatening.
Impending (a.) 逼迫的，迫切的，懸空的 Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
Impending (a.) [ Before noun ] （通常指不愉快或不受歡迎的事件）即將發生的，逼近的 Used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon.
// Impending disaster/ doom.
The player announced his impending retirement From international football.
Impenetrability (n.) 不能貫穿，不可入性，不可測知 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.) 不能穿過的，不可理喻的，費解的，頑固的 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.
Impenetrable (a.) Impossible to pass or see through; impossible to understand.
Impenetrableness (n.) 不能貫穿，不可入性，不可測知 The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.
Impenetrably (adv.) 無感覺地 In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.
Impenitence (n.) 不知悔改，頑固 The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Impenitency (n.) 不悔改；頑迷 Impenitence.
Impenitent (a.) 不知悔改的，頑固的 Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
Impenitent (n.) 不知悔改的人，頑固的人 One who is not penitent.
Impenitently (adv.) 不知悔改地 Without repentance.
Impennate (a.) 無羽毛的；無翼的；（企鵝等）翼短而有鱗狀羽毛的 Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.
Impennate (n.) One of the Impennes.
Impennes (n. pl.) 企鵝總目 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.
Impennous (a.) (Not compaeable) Lacking wings.
// An impennous insect.
Impennous (a.) Which does not have wings, such as certain insects.
Impeopled (imp. & p. p.) of Impeople.
Impeopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeople.
Impeople (v. t.) To people; to give a population to. [Obs.]
Thou hast helped to impeople hell. -- Beaumont.
Impeople (v. t.) Same as empeople.
Compare: Empeople
Empeople (v. t.) To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.]
We now know 't is very well empeopled. -- Sir T. Browne.
Imperant (a.) Commanding. [R.] -- Baxter.
Imperate (a.) Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]
Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul. -- Sir M. Hale.
Imperatival (a.) (Gram.) 命令語句的，祈使的 Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
Imperative (n.) (Gram.) 必須履行的責任；必要的事；需要 [C]；命令；規則 [C] The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
Imperative (a.) 必要的；緊急的；極重要的；命令式的；必須服從的；專橫的 Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
The suit of kings are imperative. -- Bp. Hall.
Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
Imperative (a.) (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
Imperative (a.) Requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" [ant: beseeching, imploring, pleading].
Imperative (a.) Relating to verbs in the imperative mood.
Imperative (n.) A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior [syn: imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form].
Imperative (n.) Some duty that is essential and urgent.
Imperative language
Imperative
Imperative programming, ()
Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform.
An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps.
Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
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Imperative verbs, () Imperative verbs create an imperative sentence (i.e., a sentence that gives an order or command). When you read an imperative sentence, it will often sound like the speaker is telling someone what to do, even if the sentence has a polite tone. Imperative verbs don’t leave room for questions or discussion.
Imperatively (adv.) 命令式地 In an imperative manner.
Imperatively (adv.) In an imperative and commanding manner [syn: imperatively, peremptorily].
Imperator (n.) 大將軍；羅馬皇帝 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.) 大將軍的，皇帝的 Commanding; imperative; authoritative.
Imperatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial laurels." -- C. Merivale.
Imperatorian (a.) 帝王的，至尊的，壯麗的特等品 Imperial. [R.] -- Gauden.
Imperatory (a.) 命令式的，急需的，勢在必行的，強制的 Imperative. [R.]
Imperceivable (a.) 不能感知的，不知不覺的，微細的 Imperceptible. [R.] -- South. -- Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. --Sharp.
Imperceived (a.) 不能覺察的 Not perceived. [Obs.]
Imperceptibility (n.) 無法感知，目所不見，細微 The state or quality of being imperceptible.
Imperceptibility (n.) The property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses [ant: perceptibility].
Imperceptible (a.) 察覺不出的，感覺不到的 [（+to）]；極細微的；逐步的 Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Almost imperceptible to the touch. -- Dryden.
Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. -- Burke. -- Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Im`per*cep"ti*bly, adv.
Their . . . subtilty and imperceptibleness. -- Sir M. Hale.
Imperceptible (a.) Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch" [syn: imperceptible, unperceivable] [ant: perceptible].
Imperception (n.) 無感覺 Lack of perception.
Imperceptive (a.) 無感覺的；覺察不出的；缺乏感知力的 Unable to perceive.
The imperceptive part of the soul. -- Dr. H. More.
Impercipient (a.) 無知覺的，認識不足的 Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. -- A. Baxter.