Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 15
Impetrate (v. t.) 懇求；以懇求獲得 To obtain by request or entreaty. -- Usher.
Compare: Entraety
Entreaty (n.) 【文】懇求；乞求 [C] [U] An earnest or humble request.
‘The king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties.’
Impetration (n.) 通過請求獲得；(英國古法) 尤指獲得聖職；請願；請求 The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. [Obs.]
Impetration (n.) (Old Eng. Law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
Impetration (n.) The obtaining anything by prayer or petition. In the ancient English statutes, it signifies a pre-obtaining of church benefices in England from the church of Rome, which belonged to the gift of the king, or other lay patrons.
Impetration (n.) [Mass noun] (Theology) (Rare) The action of requesting something fervently, or of obtaining something by fervent request.
Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Impetratory (a.) Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Impetuosity (n.) 急躁；狂熱；衝動；衝力 The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
Impetuosity (n.) Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. --Shak.
Impetuosity (n.) Rash impulsiveness [syn: impetuousness, impetuosity].
Impetuous (a.) 性急的，魯莽的；衝動的；狂暴的，猛烈的；奔騰的 Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. -- Byron.
Impetuous (a.) Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. -- Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
Impetuous (a.) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish].
Impetuous (a.) Marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves".
Impetuous (a.) 衝動的，魯莽的 Likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions.
// He's so impetuous - why can't he think things over before he rushes into them?
Impetuous (a.) 輕率的，草率的 Said or done suddenly, without considering the likely results.
// The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.
Impetus (n.) 推動，促進；推動力；刺激 [U] [S1] [（+to）] [+to-v]；衝力 [U] A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
Note: Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or effectiveness.
Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; stimulus; vigor; force; as, the President's strong recommendation provided the impetus needed to pass the campaign reform bill. -- Buckle.
Impetus (n.) (Gun.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.
Impetus (n.) A force that moves something along [syn: {drift}, {impetus}, {impulsion}].
Impetus (n.) The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over" [syn: {impulse}, {impulsion}, {impetus}].
Impeyan pheasant (n.) 棕尾虹雉（學名：Lophophorus impejanus），俗稱九色鳥，是屬於雉科虹雉屬的鳥類。主要生活在喜馬拉雅山脈南側，是尼泊爾的國鳥 An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.
Impeyan pheasant (n.) (pl. Impeyan pheasants) A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
Syn: (Lophophorus impejanus): Himalayan monal, Impeyan monal.
Impeyan pheasant (n.) A monal (Lophophorus impejanus) ranging from Afghanistan to Assam.
Imphee (n.) (Bot.) The African sugar cane ({Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
Impictured (a.) Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Impierceable (a.) Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Impieties (n. pl. ) of Impiety
Impiety (n.) The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
Impiety (n.) An impious act; an act of wickednes.
Those impieties for the which they are now visited. -- Shak.
Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
Impiety (n.) Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness].
Impiety (n.) Your irreverence toward my deity.
Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] -- Laing.
Impignoration (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Imping (n.) The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]
Imping (n.) (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
Imp (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Imped; p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Imp (v. t.) (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, [Fig.]: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip. [Archaic]
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. -- Shak.
Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. -- Fuller.
Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. -- Holmes.
Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. -- Cleveland.
Impinged (imp. & p. p.) of Impinge.
Impinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impinge.
Impinge (v. t.) 衝突，撞擊，侵犯，對...有影響 To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; -- with on or upon.
The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. -- Sir I. Newton.
But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. -- Bp. Warburton.
Impinge (v.) Impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: {impinge}, {encroach}, {entrench}, {trench}].
Impinge (v.) Advance beyond the usual limit [syn: {encroach}, {infringe}, {impinge}].
Phrase verb:
Impinge on/ upon something (-- Phrasal verb with Impinge) (v.) 妨礙，侵犯 To have an effect on something, often by limiting it in some way.
// The Supreme Court will decide if the new communications bill impinges on the Constitutional right to free speech.
Impingement (n.) The act of impinging.
Impingement (n.) Influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: {impingement}, {encroachment}, {impact}].
Impingement (n.) A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something [syn: {impingement}, {impaction}].
Impingement (n.) [C or U] 影響；妨礙 Something that has an effect on something else, often causing problems by limiting it in some way.
// He resented any impingement on his academic freedom.
// Many people viewed the trade deal as an impingement of national interests.
Impingent (a.) Striking against or upon.
Impinguate (v. t.) To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Impinguation (n.) The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [Obs.]
Impious (a.) 不敬神的，不虔誠的；褻瀆的；不敬的，不恭的；不孝的 Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. -- Addison.
Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. -- C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. -- Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
Impious (a.) Lacking piety or reverence for a god [ant: pious].
Impious (a.) Lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son" [syn: impious, undutiful].
Impire (n.) See Umpire. [Obs.] -- Huloet.
Impishly (a.) Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.
Impishly (adv.) In the manner of an imp.
Impishly (adv.) In an appealing but bold manner; "she asked him impishly to come in" [syn: impishly, puckishly].
Impiteous (a.) Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]
Implacability (n.) 難勸解；無情 The quality or state of being implacable.
Implacable (a.) 不能安撫的；難平息的；難和解的；毫不寬容的； 【罕】不能緩和的，不能減輕的 Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
I see thou art implacable. -- Milton.
An object of implacable enmity. -- Macaulay.
Implacable (a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.]
O! how I burn with implacable fire. -- Spenser.
Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. -- Milton.
Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.
Implacable (a.) Incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" [ant: placable].
Implacableness (n.) 難寬恕 The quality of being implacable; implacability.
Implacably (adv.) In an implacable manner.
Implacental (a.) (Zool.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.
Implacental (n.) A mammal having no placenta; ; a nonplacental mammal.
Implacentalia (n. pl.) (Zool.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.
Implanted (imp. & p. p.) of Implant
Implanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implant
Implant (v. t.) 埋置；灌輸，注入 To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.
Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. -- Milton.
Implant (n.) 【醫】植入物；植入管 A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue.
Implant (v.) (v. i.) 【醫】被移植Fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant].
Implant (v.) Become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications".
Implant (v.) Put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant].
Implantation (n.) The act or process of implantating.
Implantation (n.) (Embryology) The organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals [syn: implantation, nidation].
Implantation (n.) The act of planting or setting in the ground.
Implantation (n.) A surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland".
Implated (imp. & p. p.) of Implate.
Implating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implate.
Implate (v. t.) To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron.
Implausibility (n.) 難以相信；不像真實 Lack of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.
Implausibility (n.) The quality of provoking disbelief [syn: implausibility, implausibleness] [ant: plausibility, plausibleness].
Implausible (a.) Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. "Implausible harangues." --Swift. -- Im*plau"si*ble*ness, n. -- Im*plau"si*bly, adv.
Implausible (a.) Having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" [ant: plausible].
Implausible (a.) Highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation" [syn: farfetched, implausible].
Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Impleaded (imp. & p. p.) of Implead.
Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implead.
Implead (v. t.) (Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
Implead (v. i.) To sue at law.
Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] -- T. Adams.
Impleader (n.) (Law) One who prosecutes or sues another.
Impleasing (a.) Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] -- Overbury.
Impledge (v. t.) To pledge. -- Sir W. Scott.
Implement (n.) [C] 工具；器具；用具 [P1]；裝備；傢俱 [P1]；手段；當工具的人 That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. -- Coleridge.
Implement (v. t.) 履行；實施；執行 To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.]
Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. -- Sir W. Scott.
Implement (v. t.) To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. -- Nichol.
Implement (v. t.) (Scots Law) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
Implement (n.) Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end.
Implement (v.) Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure".
Implement (v.) Ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {implement}, {apply}] [ant: {exempt}, {free}, {relieve}].
Implement (v.) Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: {follow through}, {follow up}, {follow out}, {carry out}, {implement}, {put through}, {go through}].
Implemental (a.) 器具的，可作為工具的，有幫助的 Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.
Implemental (a.) Serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient].
Implementation (n.) [Mass noun] 履行；完成；成就 The process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
‘She was responsible for the implementation of the plan.’
Implementation (n.) The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" [syn: execution, implementation, carrying
out].
Implementation (n.) The act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect [syn: implementation, effectuation].
Impletion (n.) The act of filling, or the state of being full. -- Sir T. Browne.
Impletion (n.) That which fills up; filling. -- Coleridge.
Implex (a.) Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.
The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. -- Addison.
Implexion (n.) Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.
Impliable (a.) Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.
Implicated (imp. & p. p.) of Implicate.
Implicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implicate.
Implicate (v. t.) 牽連；連累；意味著；暗指 To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. -- Shelley.
Implicate (v. t.) To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.
Implicate (v.) Bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government".
Implicate (v.) Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: entail, implicate].
Implication (n.) 牽連；涉及；捲入 [U] [（+in）]；含意；言外之意；暗示 [C] [U] [+that] [（+for）] The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. -- Boyle.
Implication (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. -- Hallam.
Implication (n.) Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: {deduction}, {entailment}, {implication}].
Implication (n.) A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" [syn: {significance}, {import}, {implication}].
Implication (n.) An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
Implication (n.) A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false [syn: {implication}, {logical implication}, {conditional relation}]
Implication (n.) A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies".
Implies
Implication
Imply
(=> or a thin right arrow) A binary Boolean function and logical connective. A => B is a true implication unless A is true and B is false. The truth table is
A B | A => B
----+-------
F F | T
F T | T
T F | F
T T | T
It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y for any Z.
If A is actually an expression X & Y then the implication is called a syllogism.
(2009-10-28)
Implication (n.) An inference of something not directly declared, but arising from what is admitted or expressed.
Implication (n.) It is a rule that when the law gives anything to a man, it gives him by implication all that is necessary for its enjoyment. It is also a rule that when a man accepts an office, he undertakes by implication to use it according to law, and by non-user he may forfeit it. 2 B1. Com. 152.
Implication (n.) An estate in fee simple will pass by implication; 6 John.. R. 185; IS John. R. 31; 2 Binn. R. 464, 532; such implication must not only be a possible or probable one, but it must be plain and necessary that is, so strong a probability of intention that an intention contrary to that imputed to the testator cannot be supposed. 1 Ves. & B. 466; Willes, 141; 1 Ves. jr. 564; 14 John. R. 198. Vide, generally, Com. Dig. Estates by Devise, N 12, 13; 2 Rop. Leg. 342; 14 Vin. Ab. 341; 5 Ves. 805; 5 Ves. 582; 3 Ves. 676.
Implicative (a.) Tending to implicate.
Implicative (a.) Tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement" [syn: implicative, suggestive].
Implicatively (adv.) By implication. -- Sir G. Buck.
Implicit (a.) 暗示的，盲從的，含蓄的，固有的，絕對的 Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] -- Milton.
In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. -- Pope.
Implicit (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement. --South.
Implicit (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
Back again to implicit faith I fall. -- Donne.
Implicit function. (Math.) See under Function.
Implicit (a.) Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" [syn: implicit, inexplicit] [ant: explicit, expressed].
Implicit (a.) Being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust" [syn: implicit, unquestioning].
Implicit (a.) (Suggested) (C2) 不明言的，含蓄的 Suggested but not communicated directly.
// He interpreted her comments as an implicit criticism of the government.
// Implicit in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts.
Compare: Explicit
Explicit (a.) (C2) 清楚明白的；明確的；不含糊的 Clear and exact.
// I gave her very explicit directions how to get here.
// She was very explicit about (= said very clearly and exactly) what she thought was wrong with the plans.
// I wasn't aware that I would be paying - you certainly didn't make it explicit (= state it clearly).
Explicit (a.) (C2) （描繪性或暴力）赤裸裸的，露骨的 Showing or talking about sex or violence in a very detailed way.
// A sexually explicit movie.
Implicit (a.) (Complete) 無疑問的；無保留的 Complete and without any doubts.
// Implicit trust.
All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.
Implicitly (adv.) 含蓄地；暗示地 In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.
Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. -- Atterbury.
Implicitly (adv.) By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. -- Bentley.
Implicitly (adv.) Without doubting or questioning; "I implicitly trust him".
Implicitly (adv.) Without ever expressing so clearly; "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer" [ant: explicitly].
Implicitness (n.) 含蓄 State or quality of being implicit.
Implicitness (n.) Inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect.
Implicity (n.) Implicitness. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Implied (a.) Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
Imply (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] 暗指；暗示；意味著 [+（that）]；必然包含；必需 To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." -- Chapman
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.
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious i ntention is implied. -- Bp. Sherlock.
When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. -- Blackstone.
Imply (v. t.) To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it. -- J. Webster.
Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
Imply (v.) Express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote].
Imply (v.) Suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic.
Imply (v.) Have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean].
Imply (v.) Suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply, inculpate].
Imply (v.) Have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: imply, involve].
Impliedly (adv.) By implication or inference. -- Bp. Montagu.
Imploded (a.) (Phon.) Formed by implosion. -- Ellis.
Imploded (n.) (Phon.) An implosive sound. -- Ellis.
Imploration (n.) 懇求 The act of imploring; earnest supplication. -- Bp. Hall.
Implorator (n.) One who implores.
[Obs.]
Mere implorators of unholy suits. -- Shak.
Imploratory (a.) Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Implored (imp. & p. p.) of Implore
Imploring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implore
Implore (v. t.) 懇求，乞求，哀求 [O2] To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
Imploring all the gods that reign above. -- Pope.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing. -- Shak.
Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.
Implore (v. i.) 懇求，乞求，哀求 [（+for）] To entreat; to beg; to prey.
Implore (n.) Imploration. [Obs.] -- Spencer.
Implore (v.) Call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" [syn: beg, implore, pray].
Implorer (n.) 請求者 One who implores.