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I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon.

I () In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.

I- (prefix.) See Y-.

We (pl. ) of I

Our (pl. ) of I

Ours (pl. ) of I

Us (pl. ) of I

I (object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

Iamatology (n.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

Iamb (n.) An iambus or iambic.

Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

Iambic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

Iambic (n.) An iambic foot; an iambus.

Iambic (n.) A verse composed of iambic feet.

Iambic (n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Iambical (a.) Iambic.

Iambically (adv.) In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

Iambize (v. t.) To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

Iambi (pl. ) of Iambus

Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambus

Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

Ianthinae (pl. ) of Ianthina

Ianthinas (pl. ) of Ianthina

Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.

Iatraliptic (a.) Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.

Iatric (a.) Alt. of Iatrical

Iatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

Iatrochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

Iatrochemist (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

Iatrochemistry (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

Iatromathematical (a.) Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.

Iatromathematician (n.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.

Iberian (a.) Of or pertaining to Iberia.

Ibexes (pl. ) of Ibex

Ibices (pl. ) of Ibex

Ibex (n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

Ibidem (adv.) In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.

Ibis (n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.

-ible () See -able.

-ic () A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

-ic () A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.

Icarian (a.) Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

Ice (n.) Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4¡ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

Ice (n.) Concreted sugar.

Ice (n.) Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.

Ice (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.

Iced (imp. & p. p.) of Ice

Icing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ice

Ice (v. t.) To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

Ice (v. t.) To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.

Ice (v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

Icebird (n.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

Icebound (a.) Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.

Ice-built (a.) Composed of ice.

Ice-built (a.) Loaded with ice.

Iced (a.) Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.

Iced (a.) Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.

Icefall (n.) A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.

Icelander (n.) A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.

Icelandic (a.) Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.

Icelandic (n.) The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.

Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.

Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.

Icemen (pl. ) of Iceman

Iceman (n.) A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.

Iceman (n.) One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.

Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.

Ich (pron.) I.

Ichneumon (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.

Ichneumon (n.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.

Ichneumonidan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies.

Ichneumonidan (n.) One of the Ichneumonidae.

Ichneumonides (n. pl.) The ichneumon flies.

Ichnite (n.) A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.

Ichnographic (a.) Alt. of Ichnographical

Ichnographical (a.) Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.

Ichnography (n.) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

Ichnolite (n.) A fossil footprint; an ichnite.

Ichnolithology (n.) Same as Ichnology.

Ichnological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichnology.

Ichnology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

Ichnoscopy (n.) The search for the traces of anything.

Ichor (n.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Ichor (n.) A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.

Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.

Ichorous (a.) Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.

Ichthidin (n.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

Ichthin (n.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.

Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.

Ichthus (n.) In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words /, /, / /, /, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.

Ichthyic (a.) Like, or pertaining to, fishes.

Ichthyocol (n.) Alt. of Ichthyocolla

Ichthyocolla (n.) Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.

Ichthyocoprolite (n.) Fossil dung of fishes.

Ichthyodorulite (n.) One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.

Ichthyography (n.) A treatise on fishes.

Ichthyoid (a.) Alt. of Ichthyoidal

Ichthyoidal (a.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.

Ichthyolatry (n.) Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.

Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.

Ichthyologic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyological

Ichthyological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichthyology.

Ichthyologist (n.) One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.

Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Ichthyomancy (n.) Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.

Ichthyomorpha (n. pl.) The Urodela.

Ichthyomorphic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyomorphous

Ichthyomorphous (a.) Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.

Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish.

Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish.

Ichthyohagy (n.) The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.

Ichthyophthalmite (n.) See Apophyllite.

Ichthyophthira (n. pl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.

Ichthyopsida (n. pl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.

Ichthyopterygia (n. pl.) See Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.

Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.

Ichthyosaur (n.) One of the Ichthyosaura.

Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.

Ichthyosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosaurian (n.) One of the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosauri (pl. ) of Ichthyosaurus

Ichthyosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.

Ichthyosis (n.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin.

Ichthyotomist (n.) One skilled in ichthyotomy.

Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.

Ichthys (n.) Same as Ichthus.

Icicle (n.) A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.

Icicled (a.) Having icicles attached.

Icily (adv.) In an icy manner; coldly.

Iciness (n.) The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.

Icing (n.) A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.

Ickle (n.) An icicle.

Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Iconical (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

Iconism (n.) The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.

Iconize (v. t.) To form an image or likeness of.

Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Iconoclast (n.) A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.

Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.

Iconodule (n.) Alt. of Iconodulist

Iconodulist (n.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast.

Iconographer (n.) A maker of images.

Iconographic (a.) Of or pertaining to iconography.

Iconographic (a.) Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia.

Iconography (n.) The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

Iconography (n.) The study of representative art in general.

Iconolater (n.) One who worships images.

Iconolatry (n.) The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

Iconomachy (n.) Hostility to images as objects of worship.

Iconomical (a.) Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship.

Iconophilist (n.) A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.

Icosahedral (a.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.

Icosahedron (n.) A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.

Icosandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Icosandrian (a.) Alt. of Icosandrous

Icosandrous (a.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Icositetrahedron (n.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.

-ics () A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athletics.

Icteric (n.) A remedy for the jaundice.

Icteric (a.) Alt. of Icterical

Icterical (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.

Icterical (a.) Good against the jaundice.

Icteritious (a.) Alt. of Icteritous

Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.

Icteroid (a.) Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.

Icterus (a.) The jaundice.

Ictic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

Ictus (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

Icy (superl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

Icy (superl.) Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.

Icy-pearled (a.) Spangled with ice.

I'd () A contraction from I would or I had.

Id (n.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.

Idalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.

Ide (n.) Same as Id.

-ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.

Ideas (pl. ) of Idea

Idea (n.) The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.

Idea (n.) A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.

Idea (n.) Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.

Idea (n.) A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.

Idea (n.) A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.

Idea (n.) A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.

Idea (n.) A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.

Ideal (a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

Ideal (a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.

Ideal (a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.

Ideal (a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.

Ideal (a.) Imaginary.

Ideal (n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.

Idealess (a.) Destitute of an idea.

Idealism (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.

Idealism (n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.

Idealism (n.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.

Idealist (n.) One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

Idealist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

Idealistic (a.) Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

Idealities (pl. ) of Ideality

Ideality (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.

Ideality (n.) The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.

Ideality (n.) The conceptive faculty.

Idealization (n.) The act or process of idealizing.

Idealization (n.) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Idealized (imp. & p. p.) of Idealize

Idealizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize

Idealize (v. t.) To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.

Idealize (v. t.) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.

Idealize (v. i.) To form ideals.

Idealizer (n.) An idealist.

Ideally (adv.) In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.

Idealogic (a.) Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.

Idealogue (n.) One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.

Ideat (n.) Alt. of Ideate

Ideate (n.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Ideate (v. t.) To form in idea; to fancy.

Ideate (v. t.) To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.

Ideation (n.) The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.

Ideational (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.

Idem (pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.

Identic (a.) Identical.

Identical (a.) The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.

Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.

Identically (adv.) In an identical manner; with respect to identity.

Identicalness (n.) The quality or state of being identical; sameness.

Identifiable (a.) Capable of being identified.

Identification (n.) The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

Identified (imp. & p. p.) of Identify

Identifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Identify

Identify (v. t.) To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.

Identify (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.

Identify (v. i.) To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.

Identism (n.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system / doctrine of identity.

Identities (pl. ) of Identity

Identity (n.) The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

Identity (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

Identity (n.) An identical equation.

Ideo- () A combining form from the Gr. /, an idea.

Ideogenical (a.) Of or relating to ideology.

Ideogeny (n.) The science which treats of the origin of ideas.

Ideogram (n.) An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.

Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc.

Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.

Ideograph (n.) Same as Ideogram.

Ideographic (a.) Alt. of Ideographical

Ideographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself.

Ideographics (n.) The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.

Ideography (n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.

Ideological (a.) Of or pertaining to ideology.

Ideologist (n.) One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

Ideology (n.) The science of ideas.

Ideology (n.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.

Ideo-motion (n.) An ideo-motor movement.

Ideo-motor (a.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.

Ides (n. pl.) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

Idio- () A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.

Idioblast (n.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.

Idiocrasis (n.) Idiocracy.

Idiocrasies (pl. ) of Idiocracy

Idiocracy (n.) Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

Idiocratic (a.) Alt. of Idiocratical

Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

Idiocy (n.) The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.

Idiocyclophanous (a.) Same as Idiophanous.

Idioelectric (a.) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.

Idioelectric (n.) An idioelectric substance.

Idiograph (n.) A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.

Idiographic (a.) Alt. of Idiographical

Idiographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

Idiolatry (n.) Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.

Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.

Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Idiomatic (a.) Alt. of Idiomatical

Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase.

Idiomorphic (a.) Idiomorphous.

Idiomorphous (a.) Having a form of its own.

Idiomorphous (a.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.

Idiomuscular (a.) Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

Idiopathetic (a.) Idiopathic.

Idiopathic (a.) Alt. of Idiopathical

Idiopathical (a.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.

Idiopathies (pl. ) of Idiopathy

Idiopathy (n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.

Idiopathy (n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.

Idiophanous (a.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.

Idioplasm (n.) Same as Idioplasma.

Idioplasma (n.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.

Idiorepulsive (a.) Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.

Idiosyncrasies (pl. ) of Idiosyncrasy

Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.

Idiosyncratic (a.) Alt. of Idiosyncratical

Idiosyncratical (a.) Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.

Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.

Idiot (n.) An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.

Idiot (n.) A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.

Idiot (n.) A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.

Idiotcy (n.) Idiocy.

Idioted (a.) Rendered idiotic; befooled.

Idiothermic (a.) Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.

Idiotic (a.) Alt. of Idiotical

Idiotical (a.) Common; simple.

Idiotical (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.

Idiotically (adv.) In a idiotic manner.

Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.

Idiotish (a.) Like an idiot; foolish.

Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language.

Idiotism (n.) Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.

Idiotize (v. i.) To become stupid.

Idiotry (n.) Idiocy.

Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

Idle (superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

Idled (imp. & p. p.) of Idle

Idling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idle

Idle (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Idle-headed (a.) Foolish; stupid.

Idle-headed (a.) Delirious; infatuated.

Idleness (n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

Idle-pated (a.) Idle-headed; stupid.

Idler (n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.

Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

Idless (n.) Alt. of Idlesse

Idlesse (n.) Idleness.

Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.

Idocrase (n.) Same as Vesuvianite.

Idol (n.) An image or representation of anything.

Idol (n.) An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.

Idol (n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.

Idol (n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

Idolastre (n.) An idolater.

Idolater (n.) A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.

Idolater (n.) An adorer; a great admirer.

Idolatress (n.) A female worshiper of idols.

Idolatrical (a.) Idolatrous.

Idolatrized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolatrize

Idolatrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolatrize

Idolatrize (v. i.) To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.

Idolatrize (v. t.) To make in idol of; to idolize.

Idolatrous (a.) Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.

Idolatrous (a.) Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

Idolatrously (adv.) In a idolatrous manner.

Idolatries (pl. ) of Idolatry

Idolatry (n.) The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.

Idolatry (n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.

Idolish (a.) Idolatrous.

Idolism (n.) The worship of idols.

Idolist (n.) A worshiper of idols.

Idolized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolize

Idolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolize

Idolize (v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

Idolize (v. t.) To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

Idolize (v. i.) To practice idolatry.

Idolizer (n.) One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.

Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.

Idolographical (a.) Descriptive of idols.

Idolous (a.) Idolatrous.

Idoneous (a.) Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate.

Idorgan (n.) A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.

Idrialine (n.) Alt. of Idrialite

Idrialite (n.) A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

Idumean (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.

Idumean (n.) An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.

Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.

Idyllic (a.) Of or belonging to idyls.

I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.

If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.

If (conj.) Whether; -- in dependent questions.

I' faith () In faith; indeed; truly.

Ifere (a.) Together.

Igasuric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.

Igasurine (n.) An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.

Igloo (n.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.

Ignatius bean () See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.

Igneous (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.

Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.

Ignescent (a.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.

Ignicolist (n.) A worshiper of fire.

Igniferous (a.) Producing fire.

Ignifluous (a.) Flowing with fire.

Ignified (imp. & p. p.) of Ignify

Ignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignify

Ignify (v. t.) To form into fire.

Ignigenous (a.) Produced by the action of fire, as lava.

Ignipotence (n.) Power over fire.

Ignipotent (a.) Presiding over fire; also, fiery.

Ignes fatui (pl. ) of Ignis fatuus

Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.

Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.

Ignited (imp. & p. p.) of Ignite

Igniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignite

Ignite (v. t.) To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

Ignite (v. t.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

Ignite (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn.

Ignitible (a.) Capable of being ignited.

Ignition (n.) The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

Ignition (n.) The state of being ignited or kindled.

Ignitor (n.) One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.

Ignivomous (a.) Vomiting fire.

Ignobility (n.) Ignobleness.

Ignoble (a.) Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.

Ignoble (a.) Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.

Ignoble (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Ignoble (v. t.) To make ignoble.

Ignobleness (n.) State or quality of being ignoble.

Ignobly (adv.) In an ignoble manner; basely.

Ignominious (a.) Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.

Ignominious (a.) Deserving ignominy; despicable.

Ignominious (a.) Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.

Ignominiously (adv.) In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.

Ignominies (pl. ) of Ignominy

Ignominy (n.) Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.

Ignominy (n.) An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Ignomy (n.) Ignominy.

Ignoramus (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.

Ignoramuses (pl. ) of Ignoramus

Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

Ignorance (n.) The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.

Ignorant (a.) Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.

Ignorant (a.) Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.

Ignorant (a.) Unknown; undiscovered.

Ignorant (a.) Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

Ignorant (n.) A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.

Ignorantism (n.) The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.

Ignorantist (n.) One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.

Ignorantly (adv.) In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently.

Ignored (imp. & p. p.) of Ignore

Ignoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignore

Ignore (v. t.) To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

Ignore (v. t.) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.

Ignore (v. t.) Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.

Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.

Ignote (a.) Unknown.

Ignote (n.) One who is unknown.

Iguana (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.

Iguanian (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.

Iguanid (a.) Same as Iguanoid.

Iguanodon (n.) A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

Iguanodont (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.

Iguanoid (a.) Pertaining to the Iguanidae.

Ihlang-ihlang (n.) A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree.

Ihram (n.) The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.

Ik (pron.) I.

Il- () A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-.

Ile (n.) Ear of corn.

Ile (n.) An aisle.

Ile (n.) An isle.

Ileac (a.) Pertaining to the ileum.

Ileac (a.) See Iliac, 1.

Ileocaecal (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and caecum.

Ileocolic (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

Ileum (n.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

Ileum (n.) See Ilium.

Ileus (n.) A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, / iliac, passion.

Ilex (n.) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).

Ilex (n.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.

Iliac (a.) Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.

Iliac (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.

Iliac (a.) See Ileac, 1.

Iliacal (a.) Iliac.

liad (n.) A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

Ilial (a.) Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.

Iliche (adv.) Alike.

Ilicic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.

Ilicin (n.) The bitter principle of the holly.

Ilio- () A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.

Iliofemoral (a.) Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

Iliolumbar (a.) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.

Iliopsoas (n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.

Ilium (n.) The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

Ilixanthin (n.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.

Ilk (a.) Same; each; every.

Ilke (a.) Same.

Ilkon (pron.) Alt. of Ilkoon

Ilkoon (pron.) Each one; every one.

Ill (a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.

Ill (a.) Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.

Ill (a.) Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.

Ill (a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.

Ill (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.

Ill (n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.

Ill (adv.) In a ill manner; badly; weakly.

I' ll () Contraction for I will or I shall.

Illabile (a.) Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable.

Illacerable (a.) Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent.

Illacrymable (a.) Incapable of weeping.

Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error.

Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illapse

Illapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illapse

Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack.

Illaqueable (a.) Capable of being insnared or entrapped.

Illaqueated (imp. & p. p.) of Illaqueate

Illaqueating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illaqueate

Illaqueate (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Illaqueation (n.) The act of catching or insnaring.

Illaqueation (n.) A snare; a trap.

Illation (n.) The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.

Illative (a.) Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.

Illative (n.) An illative particle, as for, because.

Illatively (adv.) By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.

Illaudable (a.) Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.

Ill-boding (a.) Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.

Ill-bred (a.) Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

Illecebration (n.) Allurement.

Illecebrous (a.) Alluring; attractive; enticing.

Illegal (a.) Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.

Illegalities (pl. ) of Illegality

Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

Illegalized (imp. & p. p.) of Illegalize

Illegalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illegalize

Illegalize (v. t.) To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

Illegally (adv.) In a illegal manner; unlawfully.

Illegalness (n.) Illegality, unlawfulness.

Illegibility (n.) The state or quality of being illegible.

Illegible (a.) Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.

Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.

Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimate

Illegitimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illegitimate

Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Illegitimation (n.) The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.

Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Illesive (a.) Not injurious; harmless.

Illeviable (a.) Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected.

Ill-favored (a.) Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.

Illiberal (a.) Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

Illiberal (a.) Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

Illiberal (a.) Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.

Illiberalism (n.) Illiberality.

Illiberality (n.) The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.

Illiberalized (imp. & p. p.) of Illiberalize

Illiberalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illiberalize

Illiberalize (v. t.) To make illiberal.

Illiberally (adv.) In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

Illiberalness (n.) The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

Illicit (a.) Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.

Illicitous (a.) Illicit.

Illicium (n.) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.

Illighten (v. t.) To enlighten.

Illimitable (a.) Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.

Illimitation (n.) State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation.

Illimited (a.) Not limited; interminable.

Illinition (n.) A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.

Illinition (n.) A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.

Illinois (n.sing. & pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

Illiquation (n.) The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.

Illish (a.) Somewhat ill.

Illision (n.) The act of dashing or striking against.

Illiteracies (pl. ) of Illiteracy

Illiteracy (n.) The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

Illiteracy (n.) An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

Illiteral (a.) Not literal.

Illiterate (a.) Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Illiterature (n.) Want of learning; illiteracy.

Ill-judged (a.) Not well judged; unwise.

Ill-lived (a.) Leading a wicked life.

Ill-looking (a.) Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.

Ill-mannered (a.) Impolite; rude.

Ill-minded (a.) Ill-disposed.

Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

Ill-natured (a.) Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.

Ill-natured (a.) Intractable; not yielding to culture.

Illness (n.) The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.

Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

Illness (n.) Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.

Ill-nurtured (a.) Ill-bred.

Illocality (n.) Want of locality or place.

Illogical (a.) Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference.

Ill-omened (a.) Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

Ill-starred (a.) Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

Ill-tempered (a.) Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.

Ill-timed (a.) Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.

Illtreat (v. t.) To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

Illuded (imp. & p. p.) of Illude

Illuding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illude

Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Illumed (imp. & p. p.) of Illume

Illuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illume

Illume (v. t.) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.

Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.

Illuminant (n.) That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants.

Illuminary (a.) Illuminative.

Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminate

Illuminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illuminate

Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

Illuminate (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.

Illuminate (v. t.) To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

Illuminate (v. t.) To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

Illuminate (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.

Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.

Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Illuminati (v. t.) Literally, those who are enlightened

Illuminati (v. t.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.

Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.

Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years.

Illuminati (v. t.) An obscure sect of French Familists;

Illuminati (v. t.) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;

Illuminati (v. t.) The Rosicrucians.

Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

Illuminating (a.) Giving or producing light; used for illumination.

Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

Illumination (n.) Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

Illumination (n.) Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.

Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.

Illumination (v. t.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.

Illuminatism (n.) Illuminism.

Illuminative (a.) Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.

Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Illuminator (v. t.) A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.

Illumine (v. t.) To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.

Illuminee (n.) One of the Illuminati.

Illuminer (n.) One who, or that which, illuminates.

Illuminism (n.) The principles of the Illuminati.

Illuministic (a.) Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.

Illuminized (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminize

Illuminizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illuminize

Illuminize (v. t.) To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

Illuminous (a.) Bright; clear.

Illure (v. t.) To deceive; to entice; to lure.

Ill-used (a.) Misapplied; treated badly.

Illusion (n.) An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

Illusion (n.) Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.

Illusion (n.) A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.

Illusionable (a.) Liable to illusion.

Illusionist (n.) One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.

Illusively (adv.) In a illusive manner; falsely.

Illusiveness (n.) The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

Illusory (a.) Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

Illustrable (a.) Capable of illustration.

Illustrated (imp. & p. p.) of Illustrate

Illustrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illustrate

Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, bright, or luminous.

Illustrate (v. t.) To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.

Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

Illustrate (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

Illustrate (v. t.) To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

Illustrate (a.) Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.

Illustration (n.) The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Illustration (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Illustration (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Illustrative (a.) Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.

Illustrative (a.) Making illustrious.

Illustratively (adv.) By way of illustration or elucidation.

Illustrator (n.) One who illustrates.

Illustratory (a.) Serving to illustrate.

Illustrious (a.) Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.

Illustrious (a.) Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished.

Illustrious (a.) Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles.

Illustriously (adv.) In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.

Illustriousness (n.) The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.

Illustrous (a.) Without luster.

Illutation (n.) The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.

Illuxurious (a.) Not luxurious.

Ill-will () See under Ill, a.

Ill-wisher (n.) One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

Ilmenite (n.) Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.

Ilmenium (n.) A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann.

Ilvaite (n.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.

I'm () A contraction of I am.

Im- () A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank, imbitter.

Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.

Image (n.) Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.

Image (n.) Show; appearance; cast.

Image (n.) A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.

Image (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

Image (n.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

Imaged (imp. & p. p.) of Image

Imaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Image

Image (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

Image (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.

Imageable (a.) That may be imaged.

Imageless (a.) Having no image.

Imager (n.) One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.

Imagery (n.) The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

Imagery (n.) Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

Imagery (n.) The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Imaginability (n.) Capacity for imagination.

Imaginable (a.) Capable of being imagined; conceivable.

Imaginal (a.) Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.

Imaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to an imago.

Imaginant (a.) Imagining; conceiving.

Imaginant (n.) An imaginer.

Imaginarily (a.) In a imaginary manner; in imagination.

Imaginariness (n.) The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.

Imaginary (a.) Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.

Imaginary (n.) An imaginary expression or quantity.

Imaginate (a.) Imaginative.

Imagination (n.) The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.

Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

Imagination (n.) The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.

Imagination (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Imaginational (a.) Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.

Imaginationalism (n.) Idealism.

Imaginative (a.) Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.

Imaginative (a.) Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.

Imaginative (a.) Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.

Imagined (imp. & p. p.) of Imagine

Imagining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imagine

Imagine (v. t.) To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.

Imagine (v. t.) To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.

Imagine (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

Imagine (v. i.) To think; to suppose.

Imaginer (n.) One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.

Imaginous (a.) Imaginative.

Imagoes (pl. ) of Imago

Imago (n.) An image.

Imago (n.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

Imam (n.) Alt. of Imaum

Iman (n.) Alt. of Imaum

Imaum (n.) Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.

Imaum (n.) A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.

Imaret (n.) A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.

Imbalm (v. t.) See Embalm.

Imban (v. t.) To put under a ban.

Imband (v. t.) To form into a band or bands.

Imbanked (imp. & p. p.) of Imbank

Imbanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbank

Imbank (v. t.) To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.

Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.

Imbannered (a.) Having banners.

Imbar (v. t.) To bar in; to secure.

Imbargo (n.) See Embargo.

Imbark (v. i. & t.) See Embark.

Imbarn (v. t.) To store in a barn.

Imbase (v. t.) See Embase.

Imbase (v. i.) To diminish in value.

Imbastardize (v. t.) To bastardize; to debase.

Imbathe (v. t.) To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce.

Imbay (v. t.) See Embay.

Imbecile (a.) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

Imbecile (n.) One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.

Imbecile (v. t.) To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.

Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.

Imbecilities (pl. ) of Imbecility

Imbecility (n.) The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.

Imbedded (imp. & p. p.) of Imbed

Imbedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbed

Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

Imbellic (a.) Not warlike or martial.

Imbenching (n.) A raised work like a bench.

Imber-goose (n.) The loon. See Ember-goose.

Imbezzle (v. t.) See Embezzle.

Imbibed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbibe

Imbibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbibe

Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

Imbibe (v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.

Imbibe (v. t.) To saturate; to imbue.

Imbiber (n.) One who, or that which, imbibes.

Imbibition (n.) The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

Imbittered (imp. & p. p.) of Imbitter

Imbittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbitter

Imbitter (v. t.) To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.

Imbitterer (n.) One who, or that which, imbitters.

Imbitterment (n.) The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.

Imblaze (v. t.) See Emblaze.

Imblazon (v. t.) See Emblazon.

Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.

Imboil (v. t. & i.) See Emboil.

Imbolden (v. t.) See Embolden.

Imbonity (n.) Want of goodness.

Imbordered (imp. & p. p.) of Imborder

Imbordering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imborder

Imborder (v. t.) To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.

Imbosked (imp. & p. p.) of Imbosk

Imbosking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbosk

Imbosk (v. t.) To conceal, as in bushes; to hide.

Imbosk (v. i.) To be concealed.

Imbosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbosom

Imbosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbosom

Imbosom (v. t.) To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.

Imbosom (v. t.) To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove.

Imboss (v. t.) See Emboss.

Imbosture (n.) Embossed or raised work.

Imbound (v. t.) To inclose in limits; to shut in.

Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Imbowel (v. t.) See Embowel.

Imbower (v. t. & i.) See Embower.

Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.

Imbox (v. t.) To inclose in a box.

Imbracery (n.) Embracery.

Imbraid (v. t.) See Embraid.

Imbrangle (v. t.) To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.

Imbreed (v. t.) To generate within; to inbreed.

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.

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.) Imbricate.

Imbrocadoes (pl. ) of Imbrocado

Imbrocado (n.) Cloth of silver or of gold.

Imbrocata (n.) Alt. of Imbroccata

Imbroccata (n.) A hit or thrust.

Imbroglios (pl. ) of Imbroglio

Imbroglio (n.) An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.

Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.

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.

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.

Imbrute (v. i.) To sink to the state of a brute.

Imbrutement (n.) The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted.

Imbued (imp. & p. p.) of Imbue

Imbuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbue

Imbue (v. t.) To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

Imbue (v. t.) To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.

Imbuement (n.) The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.

Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money.

Imbursement (n.) The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.

Imbursement (n.) Money laid up in stock.

Imbution (n.) An imbuing.

Imesatin (n.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.

Imide (n.) 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.

Imido (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.

Imitability (n.) The quality of being imitable.

Imitable (a.) Capble of being imitated or copied.

Imitable (a.) Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.

Imitableness (n.) The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.

Imitancy (n.) Tendency to imitation.

Imitated (imp. & p. p.) of Imitate

Imitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imitate

Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.

Imitate (v. t.) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.

Imitate (v. t.) 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.

Imitation (n.) The act of imitating.

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.

Imitation (n.) 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.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Imitational (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.

Imitative (a.) 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.

Imitative (a.) 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.

Imitative (n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.

Imitater (n.) One who imitates.

Imitatorship (n.) The state or office of an imitator.

Imitatress (n.) A woman who is an imitator.

Imitatrix (n.) An imitatress.

Immaculate (a.) Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

Immailed (a.) Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor.

Immalleable (a.) 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.

Immanation (n.) A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation.

Immane (a.) Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.

Immanence (n.) Alt. of Immanency

Immanency (n.) The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.

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.

Immanifest (a.) Not manifest.

Immanity (n.) The state or quality of being immane; barbarity.

Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.

Immanuel (n.) God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ.

Immarcescible (a.) Unfading; lasting.

Immarcescibly (adv.) Unfadingly.

Immarginate (a.) Not having a distinctive margin or border.

Immartial (a.) Not martial; unwarlike.

Immask (v. t.) To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.

Immatchable (a.) Matchless; peerless.

Immaterial (a.) Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

Immaterial (a.) Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.

Immaterialism (n.) The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.

Immaterialism (n.) 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.) One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.

Immaterialities (pl. ) of Immateriality

Immateriality (n.) The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.

Immaterialize (v. t.) To render immaterial or incorporeal.

Immaterially (adv.) In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.

Immaterially (adv.) In an unimportant manner or degree.

Immaterialness (n.) The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.

Immateriate (a.) Immaterial.

Immature (a.) Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

Immature (a.) Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.

Immatured (a.) Immature.

Immaturely (adv.) In an immature manner.

Immatureness (n.) The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.

Immaturity (n.) The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

Immeability (n.) Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.

Immeasurability (n.) The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.

Immeasurable (a.) Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.

Immeasurableness (n.) The state or quality of being immeasurable.

Immeasurably (adv.) In an immeasurable manner or degree.

Immeasured (a.) Immeasurable.

Immechanical (a.) Not mechanical.

Immediacy (n.) The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.

Immediate (a.) Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.

Immediate (a.) Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.

Immediately (adv.) In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.

Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

Immediately (adv.) As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.

Immediateness (n.) The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.

Immedeatism (n.) Immediateness.

Immedicable (a.) Not to be healed; incurable.

Immelodious (a.) Not melodious.

Immemorable (a.) Not memorable; not worth remembering.

Immemorial (a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial.

Immemorially (adv.) Beyond memory.

Immense (a.) Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge.

Immensely (adv.) In immense manner or degree.

Immenseness (n.) The state of being immense.

Immensible (a.) Immeasurable.

Immensities (pl. ) of Immensity

Immensity (n.) The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.

Immensive (a.) Huge.

Immensurability (n.) The quality of being immensurable.

Immensurable (a.) Immeasurable.

Immensurate (a.) Unmeasured; unlimited.

Immerged (imp. & p. p.) of Immerge

Immerging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immerge

Immerge (v. t.) To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.

Immerge (v. i.) To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun.

Immerit (n.) Want of worth; demerit.

Immerited (a.) Unmerited.

Immeritous (a.) Undeserving.

Immersable (a.) See Immersible.

Immerse (a.) Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

Immersed (imp. & p. p.) of Immerse

Immersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immerse

Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.

Immerse (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.

Immerse (v. t.) To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Growing wholly under water.

Immersible (a.) Capable of being immersed.

Immersible (a.) Not capable of being immersed.

Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

Immersion (n.) Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.

Immersion (n.) The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.

Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion.

Immersionist (n.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.

Immeshed (imp. & p. p.) of Immesh

Immeshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immesh

Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.

Immethodical (a.) Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused.

Immethodically (adv.) Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

Immethodicalness (n.) Want of method.

Immethodize (v. t.) To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.

Immetrical (a.) Not metrical or rhythmical.

Immew (v. t.) See Emmew.

Immigrant (n.) One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

Immigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Immigrate

Immigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immigrate

Immigrate (v. t.) To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

Immigration (n.) The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Imminence (n.) The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.

Imminence (n.) That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.

Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.

Imminent (a.) (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.

Imminently (adv.) In an imminent manner.

Immingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend.

Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.

Immiscibility (n.) Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.

Immiscible (a.) Not capable of being mixed or mingled.

Immission (n.) The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission.

Immitted (imp. & p. p.) of Immit

Immiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immit

Immit (v. t.) To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.

Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.

Immitigably (adv.) In an immitigable manner.

Immix (v. t.) To mix; to mingle.

Immixable (a.) Not mixable.

Immixed (a.) Unmixed.

Immixture (n.) Freedom from mixture; purity.

Immobile (a.) Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.

Immobility (n.) The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.

Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

Immoble (a.) See Immobile.

Immoderacy (n.) Immoderateness.

Immoderancy (n.) Immoderateness; excess.

Immoderate (a.) Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.

Immoderately (adv.) In an immoderate manner; excessively.

Immoderateness (n.) The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.

Immoderation (n.) Want of moderation.

Immodest (a.) Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.

Immodest (a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.

Immodestly (adv.) In an immodest manner.

Immodesty (n.) Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.

Immolated (imp. & p. p.) of Immolate

Immolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immolate

Immolate (v. t.) To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.

Immolation (n.) The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

Immolation (n.) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Immolator (n.) One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.

Immold (v. t.) Alt. of Immould

Immould (v. t.) To mold into shape, or form.

Immoment (a.) Trifling.

Immomentous (a.) Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.

Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

Immoralities (pl. ) of Immorality

Immorality (n.) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

Immorality (n.) An immoral act or practice.

Immorally (adv.) In an immoral manner; wickedly.

Immorigerous (a.) Rude; uncivil; disobedient.

Immortal (a.) Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.

Immortal (a.) Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.

Immortal (a.) Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.

Immortal (a.) Great; excessive; grievous.

Immortal (n.) One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation.

Immortalist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.

Immortalities (pl. ) of Immortality

Immortality (n.) The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.

Immortality (n.) Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.

Immortalization (n.) The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.

Immortalized (imp. & p. p.) of Immortalize

Immortalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immortalize

Immortalize (v. t.) To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.

Immortalize (v. t.) To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.

Immortalize (v. i.) To become immortal.

Immortally (adv.) In an immortal manner.

Immortelles (pl. ) of Immortelle

Immortelle (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.

Immovability (n.) The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.

Immovable (a.) Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.

Immovable (a.) Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.

Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.

Immovable (a.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.

Immovable (n.) That which can not be moved.

Immovable (n.) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.

Immovableness (n.) Quality of being immovable.

Immovably (adv.) In an immovable manner.

Immund (a.) Unclean.

Immundicity (n.) Uncleanness; filthness.

Immune (a.) Exempt; protected by inoculation.

Immunities (pl. ) of Immunity

Immunity (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.

Immunity (a.) Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.

Immured (imp. & p. p.) of Immure

Immuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immure

Immure (v. t.) To wall around; to surround with walls.

Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.

Immure (n.) A wall; an inclosure.

Immurement (n.) The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

Immusical (a.) Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.

Immutability (n.) The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.

Immutable (a.) Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.

Immutate (a.) Unchanged.

Immutation (n.) Change; alteration; mutation.

Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.

Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

Imp (n.) An offspring; progeny; child; scion.

Imp (n.) A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.

Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.

Imped (imp. & p. p.) of Imp

Imping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imp

Imp (n.) To graft; to insert as a scion.

Imp (n.) 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.

Impacable (a.) Not to be appeased or quieted.

Impackment (n.) The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice.

Impacted (imp. & p. p.) of Impact

Impacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impact

Impact (v. t.) To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

Impact (n.) Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.

Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

Impacted (a.) Driven together or close.

Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.

Impaint (v. t.) To paint; to adorn with colors.

Impaired (imp. & p. p.) of Impair

Impairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impair

Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

Impair (v. t.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Impair (a.) Not fit or appropriate.

Impair (n.) Diminution; injury.

Impairer (n.) One who, or that which, impairs.

Impairment (n.) The state of being impaired; injury.

Impalatable (a.) Unpalatable.

Impaled (imp. & p. p.) of Impale

Impaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impale

Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.

Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.

Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.

Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.

Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.

Impalement (n.) 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.

Impalla (n.) The pallah deer of South Africa.

Impallid (v. t.) To make pallid; to blanch.

Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.

Impalpability (n.) The quality of being impalpable.

Impalpable (a.) Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal.

Impalpable (a.) Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.

Impalpably (adv.) In an impalpable manner.

Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Impanate (a.) Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

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.

Impanation (a.) 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.) 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.

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.

Imparalleled (a.) Unparalleled.

Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.

Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Imparisyllabic (a.) 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.

Imparity (n.) Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.

Imparity (n.) Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.

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.

Imparl (v. i.) To hold discourse; to parley.

Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.

Imparlance (n.) Mutual discourse; conference.

Imparlance (n.) 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.) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.

Imparsonee (a.) 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 (n.) 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.

Impart (n.) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

Impart (n.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.

Impart (v. i.) To give a part or share.

Impart (v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation.

Impartance (n.) Impartation.

Impartation (n.) The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.

Imparter (n.) One who imparts.

Impartial (a.) Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

Impartialist (n.) One who is impartial.

Impartiality (n.) The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.

Impartially (a.) In an impartial manner.

Impartialness (n.) Impartiality.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being impartible; communicability.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.

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.

Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.

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.

Impassibleness (n.) Impassibility.

Impassion (v.) To move or affect strongly with passion.

Impassionable (a.) Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

Impassionate (a.) Strongly affected.

Impassionate (v. t.) To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.

Impassionate (a.) Without passion or feeling.

Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Impassive (a.) Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassivity (n.) The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

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.

Impaste (v. t.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Impasting () The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

Impasto (n.) 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.

Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.

Impatible (a.) Not capable of being borne; impassible.

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.

Impatiency (n.) Impatience.

Impatiens (n.) 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.

Impatient (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Impatient (n.) One who is impatient.

Impatiently (adv.) In an impatient manner.

Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.

Impatronized (imp. & p. p.) of Impatronize

Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatronize

Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory.

Impave (v. t.) To pave.

Impavid (a.) Fearless.

Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impawn

Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impawn

Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.

Impeached (imp. & p. p.) of Impeach

Impeaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeach

Impeach (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

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.

Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

Impeachable (a.) That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.

Impeacher (n.) One who impeaches.

Impeachment (n.) The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached

Impeachment (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.

Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.

Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.

Impearled (imp. & p. p.) of Impearl

Impearling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impearl

Impearl (v. t.) 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.) the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.

Impeccable (a.) 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.) Sinlessness.

Impeccant (a.) Sinless; impeccable.

Impecuniosity (n.) The state of being impecunious.

Impecunious (a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Impeded (imp. & p. p.) of Impede

Impeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impede

Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

Impedible (a.) Capable of being impeded or hindered.

Impediment (n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

Impediment (v. t.) To impede.

Impedimental (a.) Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.

Impedite (a.) Hindered; obstructed.

Impedite (v. t.) To impede.

Impedition (n.) A hindering; a hindrance.

Impeditive (a.) Causing hindrance; impeding.

Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impel

Impelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impel

Impel (v. t.) To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

Impellent (a.) Having the quality of impelling.

Impellent (n.) An impelling power or force.

Impeller (n.) One who, or that which, impels.

Impenned (imp. & p. p.) of Impen

Impent () of Impen

Impenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impen

Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen.

Impend (v. t.) To pay.

Impended (imp. & p. p.) of Impend

Impending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impend

Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

Impendence (n.) Alt. of Impendency

Impendency (n.) The state of impending; also, that which impends.

Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.

Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.

Impenetrability (n.) 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.) 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.

Impenetrableness (n.) The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Impenitency (n.) Impenitence.

Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.

Impennate (n.) One of the Impennes.

Impennes (n. pl.) 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.

Impeopled (imp. & p. p.) of Impeople

Impeopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeople

Impeople (v. t.) To people; to give a population to.

Imperant (a.) Commanding.

Imperate (a.) Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.

Imperatival (a.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

Imperative (n.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Imperatively (adv.) In an imperative manner.

Imperator (n.) 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.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Imperatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator.

Imperatorian (a.) Imperial.

Imperatory (a.) Imperative.

Imperceivable (a.) Imperceptible.

Imperceived (a.) Not perceived.

Imperceptibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperceptible.

Imperceptible (a.) Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.

Imperception (n.) Want of perception.

Imperceptive (a.) Unable to perceive.

Impercipient (a.) Not perceiving, or not able to perceive.

Imperdibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperdible.

Imperdible (a.) Not destructible.

Imperfect (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

Imperfect (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.

Imperfect (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

Imperfect (v. t.) To make imperfect.

Imperfectibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperfectible.

Imperfectible (a.) Incapable of being mad perfect.

Imperfection (a.) The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

Imperfectness (n.) The state of being imperfect.

Imperforable (a.) Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

Imperforata (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Imperforate (a.) Alt. of Imperforated

Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Imperforation (n.) The state of being without perforation.

Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Imperial (a.) Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

Imperial (a.) Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

Imperial (n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

Imperial (n.) An outside seat on a diligence.

Imperial (n.) A luggage case on the top of a coach.

Imperial (n.) Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

Imperial (n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

Imperial (n.) A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

Imperialism (n.) The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

Imperialist (n.) One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperialities (pl. ) of Imperiality

Imperiality (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiality (n.) An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.

Imperialized (imp. & p. p.) of Imperialize

Imperializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperialize

Imperialize (v. t.) To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.

Imperially (adv.) In an imperial manner.

Imperially (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiled (imp. & p. p.) of Imperil

Imperilled () of Imperil

Imperiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperil

Imperilling () of Imperil

Imperil (v. t.) To bring into peril; to endanger.

Imperilment (n.) The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Imperious (a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

Imperiously (adv.) In an imperious manner.

Imperiousnes (n.) The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.

Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.

Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

Imperiwigged (a.) Wearing a periwig.

Impermanence (n.) Alt. of Impermanency

Impermanency (n.) lack of permanence.

Impermanent (a.) Not permanent.

Impermeability (n.) The quality of being impermeable.

Impermeable (a.) Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.

Impermissible (a.) Not permissible.

Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.

Imperseverant (a.) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.

Impersonal (a.) Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

Impersonal (n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

Impersonality (n.) The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

Impersonally (adv.) In an impersonal manner.

Impersonated (imp. & p. p.) of Impersonate

Impersonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impersonate

Impersonate (v. t.) To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Impersonate (v. t.) To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.

Impersonate (v. t.) To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.

Impersonation (n.) Alt. of Impersonification

Impersonification (n.) The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

Impersonator (n.) One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

Imperspicuity (n.) Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

Imperspicuous (a.) Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

Impersuadable (a.) Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.

Impersuasible (a.) Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.

Impertinence (n.) The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

Impertinence (n.) Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.

Impertinence (n.) That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.

Impertinency (n.) Impertinence.

Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

Impertinent (a.) Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.

Impertinent (n.) An impertinent person.

Impertinently (adv.) In an impertinent manner.

Impertransibility (n.) The quality or state of being impertransible.

Impertransible (a.) Incapable of being passed through.

Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.

Imperturbably (adv.) In an imperturbable manner; calmly.

Imperturbation (n.) Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude.

Imperturbed (a.) Not perturbed.

Imperviability (n.) The quality of being imperviable.

Imperviable (a.) Not pervious; impervious.

Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.

Impery (n.) Empery.

Impest (v. t.) To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.

Impester (v. t.) See Pester.

Impetiginous (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.

Impetigo (n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Impetrate (a.) Obtained by entreaty.

Impetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Impetrate

Impetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impetrate

Impetrate (v. t.) To obtain by request or entreaty.

Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.

Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.

Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.

Impetratory (a.) Containing or expressing entreaty.

Impetuosity (n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.

Impetuosity (n.) Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper.

Impetuous (a.) Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.

Impetuous (a.) Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.

Impetus (n.) 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.

Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.

Impetus (n.) 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.

Impeyan pheasant () An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.

Imphee (n.) The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

Impictured (a.) Pictured; impressed.

Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.

Impierceable (a.) Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.

Impieties (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.

Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.

Impignoration (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.

Imping (n.) The act or process of grafting or mending.

Imping (n.) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

Impinged (imp. & p. p.) of Impinge

Impinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impinge

Impinge (v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.

Impingement (n.) The act of impinging.

Impingent (a.) Striking against or upon.

Impinguate (v. t.) To fatten; to make fat.

Impinguation (n.) The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.

Impious (a.) Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.

Impire (n.) See Umpire.

Impishly (a.) Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.

Impishly (adv.) In the manner of an imp.

Imppiteous (a.) Pitiless; cruel.

Implacability (n.) The quality or state of being implacable.

Implacable (a.) Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

Implacable (a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.

Implacableness (n.) The quality of being implacable; implacability.

Implacably (adv.) In an implacable manner.

Implacental (a.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.

Implacental (n.) A mammal having no placenta.

Implacentalia (n. pl.) 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.) 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.

Implantation (n.) The act or process of implantating.

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.) Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.

Implausible (a.) Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.

Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.

Impleaded (imp. & p. p.) of Implead

Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implead

Implead (v. t.) 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.

Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Impleasing (a.) Unpleasing; displeasing.

Impledge (v. t.) To pledge.

Implement (n.) 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.

Implement (v. t.) To accomplish; to fulfill.

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.

Implement (v. t.) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Implemental (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

Impletion (n.) The act of filling, or the state of being full.

Impletion (n.) That which fills up; filling.

Implex (a.) Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.

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.) To infold; to fold together; to interweave.

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.

Implication (n.) The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

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.

Implicative (a.) Tending to implicate.

Implicatively (adv.) By implication.

Implicit (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.

Implicit (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.

Implicit (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.

Implicitly (adv.) In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.

Implicitly (adv.) By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.

Implicitness (n.) State or quality of being implicit.

Implicity (n.) Implicitness.

Implied (a.) Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

Impliedly (adv.) By implication or inference.

Imploded (a.) Formed by implosion.

Implodent (n.) An implosive sound.

Imploration (n.) The act of imploring; earnest supplication.

Implorator (n.) One who implores.

Imploratory (a.) Supplicatory; entreating.

Implored (imp. & p. p.) of Implore

Imploring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implore

Implore (v. t.) 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.

Implore (v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Implore (n.) Imploration.

Implorer (n.) One who implores.

Imploring (a.) That implores; beseeching; entreating.

Implosion (n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.

Implosive (a.) Formed by implosion.

Implosive (n.) An implosive sound, an implodent.

Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.

Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.

Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.

Implied (imp. & p. p.) of Imply

Implying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imply

Imply (v. t.) To infold or involve; to wrap up.

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.

Imply (v. t.) To refer, ascribe, or attribute.

Impoison (v. t.) To poison; to imbitter; to impair.

Impoisoner (n.) A poisoner.

Impoisonment (n.) The act of poisoning or impoisoning.

Impolarily (adv.) Alt. of Impolarly

Impolarly (adv.) Not according to or in, the direction of the poles.

Impolicy (n.) The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.

Impolite (a.) Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.

Impolitical (a.) Impolitic.

Impoliticly (adv.) In an impolitic manner.

Impoliticness (n.) The quality of being impolitic.

Imponderability (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.

Imponderable (a.) Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Imponderable (n.) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Imponderableness (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable.

Imponderous (a.) Imponderable.

Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.

Impoofo (n.) The eland.

Impoon (n.) The duykerbok.

Impoor (v. t.) To impoverish.

Imporosity (n.) The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.

Imporous (a.) Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.

Imported (imp. & p. p.) of Import

Importing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Import

Import (v. t.) To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

Import (v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.

Import (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.

Import (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

Import (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

Import (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

Import (n.) Importance; weight; consequence.

Importable (a.) Capable of being imported.

Importable (a.) Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.

Importance (n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

Importance (n.) Subject; matter.

Importance (n.) Import; meaning; significance.

Importance (n.) Importunity; solicitation.

Importancy (n.) Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.

Important (v. t.) Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

Important (v. t.) Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.

Important (v. t.) Bearing on; forcible; driving.

Important (v. t.) Importunate; pressing; urgent.

Importantly (adv.) In an important manner.

Importation (v. t.) The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.

Importation (v. t.) The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.

Importation (v. t.) That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

Importing (a.) Full of meaning.

Importless (a.) Void of meaning.

Importunable (a.) Heavy; insupportable.

Importunacy (n.) The quality of being importunate; importunateness.

Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.

Importunate (a.) Hard to be borne; unendurable.

Importunator (n.) One who importunes; an importuner.

Importunee (a.) Inopportune; unseasonable.

Importunee (a.) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.

Importuned (imp. & p. p.) of Importune

Importuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Importune

Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

Importune (a.) To import; to signify.

Importune (v. i.) To require; to demand.

Importunely (adv.) In an importune manner.

Importuner (n.) One who importunes.

Importunities (pl. ) of Importunity

Importunity (n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.

Importuous (a.) Without a port or harbor.

Imposable (a.) Capable of being imposed or laid on.

Imposableness (n.) Quality of being imposable.

Imposed (imp. & p. p.) of Impose

Imposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impose

Impose (v. t.) To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.

Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.