Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 9
Imbower (v. t. & i.) See Embower.
Compare: Embower
Embower (v. t.) To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] -- Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " -- Spenser.
Imbowment (n.) Act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. -- Bacon.
Imbox (v. t.) To inclose in a box.
Imbracery (n.) Embracery. [Obs.]
Imbraid (v. t.) [Obs.] See Embraid.
Imbrangle (v. t.) To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] -- Hudibras.
Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. -- Coleridge.
Imbreed (v. t.) To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] -- Hakewill. Imbricate
Imbricate (a.) Alt. of Imbricated
Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Imbricated (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.
Imbricated (a.) In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
Imbricate (v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Imbricate (a.) Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles [syn: imbricate, imbricated].
Imbricate (v.) Place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles".
Imbricate (v.) Overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate".
Imbrication (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
Imbricative (a.) (Bot.) Imbricate.
Imbrocadoes (n. pl. ) of Imbrocado
Imbrocado (n.) Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.] Imbrocata
Imbrocata (n.) Alt. of Imbroccata
Imbroccata (n.) A hit or thrust. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Imbroglios (n. pl. ) of Imbroglio
Imbroglio (n.) 複雜的情節；糾葛；糾紛 An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding or disagreement, especially one that is bitter.
Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. -- Carlyle.
Imbroglio (n.) An intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation [syn: {imbroglio}, {embroilment}].
Imbroglio (n.) A very embarrassing misunderstanding.
Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.
The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. -- Byron.
Imbureed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbrue
Imbureing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbrue
Imbrue (v. t.) To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. -- Milton.
Imbruement (n.) The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
Imbruted (imp. & p. p.) of Imbrute
Imbruting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbrute
Imbrute (v. t.) To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate and imbrute. -- Milton.
Imbrute (v. i.) To sink to the state of a brute.
The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. -- Milton.
Imbrutement (n.) The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.] -- Brydges.
Imbued (imp. & p. p.) of Imbue
Imbuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbue
Imbue (v. t.) 使充滿；灌輸；深深影響；使滲透 To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
Imbue (v. t.) To tincture deeply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. -- Milton.
Imbue (v.) Spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle].
Imbue (v.) Fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue].
Imbue (v.) Suffuse with color [syn: imbue, hue].
Imbuement (n.) 灌輸 The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.
Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]
Imbursement (n.) The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]
Imbursement (n.) Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
Imbution (n.) An imbuing. [Obs.]
Imesatin (n.) (Chem.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.
Imide (n.) (Chem.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide.
Imide (n.) Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
Imido (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.
Imido acid, An organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.
Imitability (n.) 可模仿性 The quality of being imitable. -- Norris.
Imitable (a.) 可模仿的 Capble of being imitated or copied.
The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers. -- Atterbury.
Imitable (a.) Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Imitableness (n.) The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
Imitancy (n.) Tendency to imitation. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Imitated (imp. & p. p.) of Imitate
Imitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imitate
Imitate (v. t.) 模仿；以……做為範例，仿效 To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
Despise wealth and imitate a dog. -- Cowlay.
Imitate (v. t.) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art can imitate. -- Spenser.
This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield. -- Dryden.
Imitate (v. t.) (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
Imitate (v.) Reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate].
Imitate (v.) Appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art".
Imitate (v.) Make a reproduction or copy of.
Imitation (n.) 模仿，模擬；仿造；偽造 [U]；仿製品；贗品 [C] The act of imitating.
Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Imitation (n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature. -- Dryden.
Imitation (n.) (Mus.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
Imitation (n.) (Biol.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article; -- opposed to real or genuine; as, imitation lace; imitation bronze; imitation modesty, etc.
Imitation (a.) Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated].
Imitation (n.) The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations [ant: formalism].
Imitation (n.) Something copied or derived from an original.
Imitation (n.) Copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else.
Imitation (n.) A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [syn: caricature, imitation, impersonation].
Imitation (a.) 仿造的 Made to look like something else.
// An imitation leather jacket.
// (UK) It's not real silk - it's just imitation.
Imitation (a.) [ C or U ] 模仿；仿效 An occasion when someone or something imitates another person or thing.
// Ten-year-olds have started wearing lipstick and make-up in imitation of the older girls.
// She can do a wonderful imitation of a blackbird's song.
Imitation (a.) (C2) [ C ] 仿製品 A copy.
// His songs are just cheap (= low quality) imitations of Beatles tunes.
Imitational (a.) 模仿的；擬態的；仿效的；贗品的 Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
Imitative (a.) 模仿的；偽造的 Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
Imitative (a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. -- Dryden.
Imitative (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. -- Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
Imitative (n.) (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
Imitative (a.) Marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: nonimitative].
Imitative (a.) (Of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic].
Imitative (a.) Not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: counterfeit, imitative] [ant: echt, genuine].
Imitator (n.) 模仿者 One who imitates.
Imitatorship (n.) The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." -- Marston.
Imitatress (n.) A woman who is an imitator.
Imitatrix (n.) An imitatress.
Immaculate (a.) 潔淨的，無汙垢的；無瑕疵的，完美的 Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. -- Denham.
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. -- Shak.
Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), (ph.) （天主教信條謂聖母馬利亞蒙天恩而無原罪懷孕的）無玷成胎（說）The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. -- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv. -- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.
Immaculate (a.) Completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless].
Immaculate (a.) Free from stain or blemish [syn: immaculate, undefiled].
Immaculate (a.) Without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record" [syn: faultless, immaculate, impeccable].
Immailed (a.) Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. -- W. Browne.
Immalleable (a.) 不可延展的；（人性）不能順應的 Not maleable.
Immanacled (imp. & p. p.) of Immanacle
Immanacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immanacle
Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.
Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. -- Milton.
Immanation (n.) A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation. [R.] -- Good.
Immane (a.) Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." -- Chapman. -- Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.] Immanence
Immanence (n.) Alt. of Immanency
Immanency (n.) （神學）內在 The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.
[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the world. -- A. V. G. Allen.
Immanent (a.) Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.
A cognition is an immanent act of mind. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
An immanent power in the life of the world. -- Hare.
Immanifest (a.) Not manifest. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Immanity (n.) The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] -- Shak.
Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle. [R.]
Immanuel (n.) 厄瑪奴耳 God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. -- Is. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23.
Immarcescible (a.) 【植物學】不萎謝的，不凋落的 Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Immarcescibly (adv.) 不褪色地；不凋萎地 Unfadingly. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Immarginate (a.) (Bot.) 無邊緣的 Not having a distinctive margin or border. -- Grey.
Immartial (a.) 不好戰的 Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]
Immask (v. t.) To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] -- Shak.
Immatchable (a.) Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Immaterial (a.) 非物質的；無形的；精神的；不重要的，無關緊要的 [（+to）] Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. -- Hooker.
Immaterial (a.) Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.
Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling.
Immaterial (a.) Of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [ant: material].
Immaterial (a.) Without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" [syn: incorporeal, immaterial] [ant: corporeal, material].
Immaterial (a.) Not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" [syn: immaterial, nonmaterial] [ant: material].
Immaterial (a.) Not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal].
Immaterial (a.) (Often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" [syn: immaterial, indifferent].
Immaterial, () What is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what is informal; as, an immaterial averment, an immaterial issue.
Immaterial, () When a witness deposes to something immaterial, which is false, although he is guilty of perjury in foro conscientiae, he cannot be punished for perjury. 2 Russ. on Cr. 521; 1 Hawk. b. 1, c. 69, s. 8; Bac. Ab. Perjury, A.
Immaterialism (n.) 非物質論 The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
Immaterialism (n.) (Philos.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.
Immaterialist (n.) (Philos.) 非物質論者〔英國崇奉貝克萊的主觀唯心主義的人〕 One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.
Immaterialities (n. pl. ) of Immateriality
Immateriality (n.) 非物質性；無形物 The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
Immateriality (n.) Complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration [ant: materiality].
Immateriality (n.) The quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter [syn: immateriality, incorporeality] [ant: corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness].
Immaterialize (v. t.) 使歸無形 To render immaterial or incorporeal.
Immateralized spirits. -- Glanvill.
Immaterialize (v.) Render immaterial or incorporeal [syn: immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise].
Immaterially (adv.) In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.
Immaterially (adv.) In an unimportant manner or degree.
Immaterialness (n.) 非實體性 The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
Immateriate (a.) Immaterial. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Immature (a.) 發育未全的；未成熟的；未臻完美的；粗糙的；（成年人表現得）幼稚的，不夠成熟的 Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." -- Bacon.