IMAGINATIONALIm*ag`i*na"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.
IMAGINATIONALISMIm*ag`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.
Defn: Idealism. J. Grote.
IMAGINATIVEIm*ag"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [F. imaginatif.]
1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitues an important element. Mure.
2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge.
3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.— Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv.— Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n.
IMAGINEIm*ag"ine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imagined; p. pr. & vb. n. Imagining.]Etym: [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p.p. imaginatus, fr. imago image.See Image.]
1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Shak.
2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man Ps. lxii. 3.
3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. Shak.
Syn. — To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
IMAGINEIm*ag"ine, v. i.
1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
2. To think; to suppose. My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. Milton.
IMAGINERIm*ag"in*er, n.
Defn: One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon.
IMAGINOUSIm*ag"in*ous, a.
Defn: Imaginative. [R.] Chapman.
IMAGOI*ma"go, n.; pl. Imagoes. Etym: [L. See Image.]
1. An image.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. SeeIllust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.
IMAM; IMAN; IMAUMI*mam", I*man", I*maum", n. Etym: [Ar. imam.]
1. Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
IMARETI*ma"ret, n. Etym: [Turk., fr. Ar. 'imara.]
Defn: A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.
IMBALMIm*balm", v. t.
Defn: See Embalm.
IMBANIm*ban", v. t.
Defn: To put under a ban. [R.] Barlow.
IMBANDIm*band", v. t.
Defn: To form into a band or bands. "Imbanded nations." J. Barlow.
IMBANKIm*bank", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbanking.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf. Embank.]
Defn: To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.
IMBANKMENTIm*bank"ment, n.
Defn: The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.
IMBANNEREDIm*ban"nered, a.
Defn: Having banners.
IMBARIm*bar", v. t.
Defn: To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]To imbar their crooked titles. Shak.
IMBARGOIm*bar"go, n.
Defn: See Embargo.
IMBARKIm*bark", v. i. & t.
Defn: See Embark.
IMBARNIm*barn", v. t.
Defn: To store in a barn. [Obs.]
IMBASEIm*base", v. t.
Defn: See Embase.
IMBASEIm*base", v. i.
Defn: To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.
IMBASTARDIZEIm*bas"tard*ize, v. t.
Defn: To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton.
IMBATHEIm*bathe", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.]
Defn: To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. Milton.
IMBAYIm*bay", v. t.
Defn: See Embay.
IMBECILE Im"be*cile, a. Etym: [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imbécile.]
Defn: Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
Syn.— Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
IMBECILEIm"be*cile, n.
Defn: One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.
IMBECILEIm"be*cile, v. t.
Defn: To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
IMBECILITATEIm`be*cil"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] A.Wilson.
IMBECILITY Im`be*cil"i*ty, n.; pl. Imbecilities. Etym: [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imbécillité.]
Defn: The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. ofmind.Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also ameanness of courage and imbecility of mind. Sir W. Temple.
Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.
Syn.— Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. SeeDebility.
IMBEDIm*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbedding.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. Embed.]
Defn: 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 Im*bel"lic, a. Etym: [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf. bellicus warlike.]
Defn: Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.
IMBENCHINGIm*bench"ing, n. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bench.]
Defn: A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.
IMBER-GOOSEIm"ber-goose`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The loon. See Ember-goose.
IMBEZZLEIm*bez"zle, v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Embezzle.
IMBIBEIm*bibe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing.]Etym: [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber.Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.]
1. 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.
2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.
IMBIBERIm*bib"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, imbibes.
IMBIBITIONIm`bi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbibition.]
Defn: The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post- mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.
IMBITTERIm*bit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbittered; p. pr. & vb. n.Imbittering.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter.] [Writtenalso embitter.]
Defn: To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing;to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life thanshame South.Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.
IMBITTERERIm*bit"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, imbitters.
IMBITTERMENTIm*bit"ter*ment, n.
Defn: The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
IMBLAZEIm*blaze", v. t.
Defn: See Emblaze.
IMBLAZONIm*bla"zon, v. t.
Defn: See Emblazon.
IMBODYIm*bod"y, v. i. Etym: [See Embody.]
Defn: To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a materialbody. See Embody.The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.
IMBOILIm*boil", v. t. & i. [Obs.]
Defn: See Emboil.
IMBOLDENIm*bold"en, v. t.
Defn: See Embolden.
IMBONITYIm*bon"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness.]
Defn: Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.
IMBORDERIm*bor"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbordered; p. pr. & vb. n.Imbordering.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + border. Cf. Emborder.]
Defn: To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.Milton.
IMBOSKIm*bosk", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking.]Etym: [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood;pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.]
Defn: To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.
IMBOSKIm*bosk", v. i.
Defn: To be concealed. [R.] Milton.
IMBOSOMIm*bos"om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosomed; p. pr. & vb. n.Imbosoming.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. Embosom.]
1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. "Villages imbosomed soft in trees." Thomson. The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. Milton.
IMBOSSIm*boss", v. t.
Defn: See Emboss.
IMBOSTUREIm*bos"ture, n. Etym: [See Emboss.]
Defn: Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
IMBOUNDIm*bound", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Obs.] Shak.
IMBOWIm*bow", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. Embow.]
Defn: To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow."Imbowed windows." Bacon.
IMBOWELIm*bow"el, v. t.
Defn: See Embowel.
IMBOWERIm*bow"er, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Embower.
IMBOWMENTIm*bow"ment, n.
Defn: act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon.
IMBOXIm*box", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a box.
IMBRACERYIm*bra"cer*y, n.
Defn: Embracery. [Obs.]
IMBRAIDIm*braid", v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Embraid.
IMBRANGLEIm*bran"gle, v. t.
Defn: To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras.Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.
IMBREEDIm*breed", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Inbreed.]
Defn: To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill.
IMBRICATE; IMBRICATED Im"bri*cate, Im"bri*ca`ted, a. Etym: [L. imbricatus, p.p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. 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 æstivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
IMBRICATEIm"bri*cate, v. t.
Defn: To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
IMBRICATIONIm`bri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbrication.]
Defn: An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
IMBRICATIVEIm"bri*ca*tive, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Imbricate.
IMBROCADOIm`bro*ca"do, n.; pl. Imbrocadoes. Etym: [See Brocade.]
Defn: Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]
IMBROCATA; IMBROCCATAIm`bro*ca"ta, Im`broc*ca"ta, n. Etym: [It. imbroccata.]
Defn: A hit or thrust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
IMBROGLIOIm*brogl"io, n.; pl. Imbroglios. [Written also embroglio.] Etym: [It.See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil.]
1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.
IMBROWNIm*brown", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + brown. Cf. Embrown.]
Defn: To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron.
IMBRUEIm*brue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbureed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbureing.]Etym: [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to giveto drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but alsoOE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis).]
Defn: To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton.
IMBRUEMENTIm*brue"ment, n.
Defn: The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
IMBRUTEIm*brute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.]
Defn: To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute.Milton.
IMBRUTEIm*brute", v. i.
Defn: To sink to the state of a brute. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Milton.
IMBRUTEMENTIm*brute"ment, n.
Defn: The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.]Brydges.
IMBUEIm*bue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbued; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbuing.] Etym:[L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L.bibere to drink. Cf. Imbibe.]
1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles. Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. Milton.
IMBUEMENTIm*bue"ment, n.
Defn: The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.
IMBURSE Im*burse", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse. See Burse, and Purse.]
Defn: To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]
IMBURSEMENTIm*burse"ment, n.
1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]
2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
IMBUTIONIm*bu"tion, n.
Defn: An imbuing. [Obs.]
IMESATINI*mes"a*tin, n. Etym: [Imide + isatin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.
IMIDEIm"ide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
IMIDOIm"i*do, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group. Imido acid, an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.
IMITABILITYIm`it*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [See Imitable.]
Defn: The quality of being imitable. Norris.
IMITABLEIm"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. imitabilis: cf. F. imitable. See Imitate.]
1. Capble of being imitated or copied. The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers. Atterbury.
2. Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. Sir W. Raleigh.
IMITABLENESSIm"i*ta*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
IMITANCYIm"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [From L. imitans, p. pr. of imitare.]
Defn: Tendency to imitation. [R.] Carlyle.
IMITATEIm"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imitating.]Etym: [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin.Cf. Image.]
1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. Despise wealth and imitate a dog. Cowlay.
2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy. A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art can imitate. Spenser. This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield. Dryden.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
IMITATIONIm"i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.]
1. The act of imitating. Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. Sir P. Sidney.
2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance. Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature. Dryden.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: 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.
4. (Biol.)
Defn: The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article; — opposed to real or genuine; as, imitation lace; imitation bronze; imitation modesty, etc.
IMITATIONALIm`i*ta"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
IMITATIVEIm"i*ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
1. 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.
2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original. This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. Dryden.
3. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. — Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. — Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
IMITATIVEIm"i*ta*tive, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
IMITATORIm"i*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who imitates.
IMITATORSHIPIm"i*ta`tor*ship, n.
Defn: The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship."Marston.
IMITATRESSIm"i*ta`tress, n.
Defn: A woman who is an imitator.
IMITATRIXIm"i*ta`trix, n.
Defn: An imitatress.
IMMACULATE Im*mac"u*late, a. Etym: [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See Mail armor.]
Defn: Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did nothold One more immaculate. Denham.Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. Shak.Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Marywas conceived without original sin.— Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv.— Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.
IMMAILEDIm*mailed", a.
Defn: Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.
IMMALLEABLEIm*mal"le*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not maleable.
IMMANACLEIm*man"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p. pr. & vb. n.Immanacling.]
Defn: To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from freeaction.Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.
IMMANATION Im"ma*na"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. im- in + L. manare to flow; cf. mantio a flowing.]
Defn: A flowing or entering in; — opposed to emanation. [R.] Good.
IMMANEIm*mane", a. Etym: [L. immanis.]
Defn: Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." Chapman. — Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]
IMMANENCE; IMMANENCYIm"ma*nence, Im"ma*nen*cy, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; anindwelling.[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God.Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in theworld. A. V. G. Allen.
IMMANENT Im"ma*nent, a. Etym: [L. immanens, p. pr. of immanere to remain in or near; pref. im- in + manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.]
Defn: Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; — opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective. A cognition is an immanent act of mind. Sir W. Hamilton. An immanent power in the life of the world. Hare.
IMMANIFESTIm*man"i*fest, a.
Defn: Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMANITYIm*man"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immanitas.]
Defn: The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.
IMMANTLEIm*man"tle, v. t.
Defn: See Emmantle. [R.]
IMMANUELIm*man"u*el, n. Etym: [Heb. 'imman, fr. 'im with + an us + el God.]
Defn: God with us; — an appellation of the Christ. Is. vii. 14.Matt. i. 23.
IMMARCESCIBLE Im`mar*ces"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. immarcescibilis; pref. im- not + marcescere to fade: cf. F. immarcescible.]
Defn: Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
IMMARCESCIBLYIm`mar*ces"ci*bly, adv.
Defn: Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
IMMARGINATEIm*mar"gin*ate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Not having a distinctive margin or border. Grey.
IMMARTIALIm*mar"tial, a.
Defn: Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]
IMMASKIm*mask", v. t.
Defn: To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] Shak.
IMMATCHABLEIm*match"a*ble, a.
Defn: Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.
IMMATERIAL Im"ma*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immatériel.]
1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker.
2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.
Syn. — Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling.
IMMATERIALISMIm`ma*te"ri*al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialisme.]
1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
2. (Philos.)
Defn: 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.
IMMATERIALISTIm`ma*te"ri*al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialiste.] (Philos.)
Defn: One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.
IMMATERIALITY Im`ma*te`ri*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Immaterialities. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
IMMATERIALIZEIm`ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialiser.]
Defn: To render immaterial or incorporeal.Immateralized spirits. Glanvill.
IMMATERIALLYIm`ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.
2. In an unimportant manner or degree.
IMMATERIALNESSIm`ma*te"ri*al*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
IMMATERIATEIm`ma*te"ri*ate, a.
Defn: Immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon.
IMMATURE Im`ma*ture", a. Etym: [L. immaturus; pref. im- not + maturus mature, ripe. See Mature.]
1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." Bacon.
2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
IMMATUREDIm`ma*tured", a.
Defn: Immature.
IMMATURELYIm`ma*ture"ly, adv.
Defn: In an immature manner. Warburion.
IMMATURENESSIm`ma*ture"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.
IMMATURITYIm`ma*tu"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.
IMMEABILITY Im`me*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. meabilis passable, fr. meare to pass.]
Defn: Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.Immeability of the juices. Arbuthnot.
IMMEASURABILITYIm*meas`ur*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.
IMMEASURABLE Im*meas"ur*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + measurable: cf. F. measurable. Cf. Immensurable, Unmeasurable.]
Defn: Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast. Of depth immeasurable. Milton.
IMMEASURABLENESSIm*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being immeasurable.Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone. F. W.Robertson.
IMMEASURABLYIm*meas"ur*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant."Wordsworth.
IMMEASUREDIm*meas"ured, a.
Defn: Immeasurable. [R.] Spenser.
IMMECHANICALIm`me*chan"ic*al, a.
Defn: Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne.— Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
IMMEDIACYIm*me"di*a*cy, n.
Defn: The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak.
IMMEDIATEIm*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate.]
1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak.
2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak. Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke. Milton.
3. 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. The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton. Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.
Syn.— Proximate; close; direct; next.
IMMEDIATELYIm*me"di*ate*ly, adv.
1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; — opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South.
2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3.
3. As soon as. Cf. Directly,
8, Note.
Syn.— Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway; presently.See Directly.
IMMEDIATENESSIm*me"di*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall.
IMMEDIATISMIm*me"di*a*tism, n.
Defn: Immediateness.
IMMEDICABLEIm*med"i*ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. Immedicabilis. See In- not, andMedicable.]
Defn: Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.
IMMELODIOUSIm`me*lo"di*ous, a.
Defn: Not melodious.
IMMEMORABLE Im*mem"o*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable.]
Defn: Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.
IMMEMORIAL Im`me*mo"ri*al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial.]
Defn: Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. "Immemorial elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage or custom." Sir M. Hale. Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond "legal memory" so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before.
IMMEMORIALLYIm`me*mo"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Beyond memory. Bentley.
IMMENSE Im*mense", a. Etym: [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]
Defn: Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast;huge. "Immense the power" Pope. "Immense and boundless ocean."Daniel.O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! Milton.
Syn. — Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous.
IMMENSELYIm*mense"ly, adv.
Defn: In immense manner or degree.
IMMENSENESSIm*mense"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being immense.
IMMENSIBLEIm*men"si*ble, a. Etym: [Immense + -ible.]
Defn: Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies.
IMMENSITY Im*men"si*ty, n.; pl. Immensities. Etym: [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being immense; inlimited orimmeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk;greatness.Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. Blackmore.The immensity of the material system. I. Taylor.
IMMENSIVEIm*men"sive, a.
Defn: Huge. [Obs.] Herrick.
IMMENSURABILITYIm*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being immensurable.
IMMENSURABLE Im*men"su*ra*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.]
Defn: Immeasurable.What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham.
IMMENSURATEIm*men"su*rate, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + mensurate.]
Defn: Unmeasured; unlimited. [R.] W. Montagu.
IMMERGEIm*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Immerging.]Etym: [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F.immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.]
Defn: To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid;to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of theleaves of senna. Boyle.Their souls are immerged in matter. Jer. Taylor.
IMMERGEIm*merge", v. i.
Defn: To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. [R.]
IMMERITIm*mer"it, n.
Defn: Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.
IMMERITEDIm*mer"it*ed, a.
Defn: Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I.
IMMERITOUS Im*mer"it*ous, a. Etym: [L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of merere, mereri, to deserve.]
Defn: Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.
IMMERSABLEIm*mers"a*ble, a.
Defn: See Immersible.
IMMERSEIm*merse", a. Etym: [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]
Defn: Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter."Bacon.
IMMERSEIm*merse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]
1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.
IMMERSEDIm*mersed", p. p. & a.
1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.
2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Growing wholly under water. Gray.
IMMERSIBLEIm*mers"i*ble, a. Etym: [From Immerse.]
Defn: Capable of being immersed.
IMMERSIBLE Im*mers"i*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to plunge.]
Defn: Not capable of being immersed.
IMMERSIONIm*mer"sion, n. Etym: [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.]
1. 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.
2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.
3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. Atterbury.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: 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. Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.
IMMERSIONISTIm*mer"sion*ist, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential toChristian baptism.
IMMESHIm*mesh", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immeshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Immeshing.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.]
Defn: To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.
IMMETHODICALIm`me*thod"ic*al, a.
Defn: Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused. Addison.
Syn.— Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.
IMMETHODICALLYIm`me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
IMMETHODICALNESSIm`me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: Want of method.
IMMETHODIZEIm*meth"od*ize, v. t.
Defn: To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.[R.]
IMMETRICALIm*met"ric*al (, a.
Defn: Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.
IMMEWIm*mew", v. t.
Defn: See Emmew.
IMMIGRANT Im"mi*grant, n. Etym: [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate.]
Defn: One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; — correlative of emigrant.
Syn.— See Emigrant.
IMMIGRATEIm"mi*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immigrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Immigrating.] Etym: [L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref.im- in + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]
Defn: To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.
IMMIGRATIONIm"mi*gra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immigration.]
Defn: The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.
IMMINENCEIm"mi*nence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imminence, L. imminentia, SeeImminent.]
1. The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress. Fuller.
2. That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. "But dare all imminence." Shak.
IMMINENT Im"mi*nent, a. Etym: [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project. See Eminent.]
1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; — said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser.
2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. Shak.
3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.] Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters. Milton.
Syn. — Impending; threatening; near; at hand. — Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as, the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening indications for the future. Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death. Shak. No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes. Pope. Fierce faces threatening war. Milton.
IMMINENTLYIm"mi*nent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an imminent manner.
IMMINGLEIm*min"gle, v. t.
Defn: To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] Thomson.
IMMINUTION Im`mi*nu"tion, n. Etym: [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.]
Defn: A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] Ray.
IMMISCIBILITYIm*mis"ci*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immiscibilité.]
Defn: Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.
IMMISCIBLE Im*mis"ci*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.]
Defn: Not capable of being mixed or mingled.A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth.
IMMISSIONIm*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.]
Defn: The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; — the correlative of emission.
IMMITIm*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Immiting.]Etym: [L. immittere, immissum; pref. im- in + mittere to send.]
Defn: To send in; to inject; to infuse; — the correlative of emit.[R.] Boyle.
IMMITIGABLE Im*mit"i*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to mitigate.]
Defn: Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.Coleridge.
IMMITIGABLYIm*mit"i*ga*bly, adv.
Defn: In an immitigable manner.
IMMIXIm*mix", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + mix.]
Defn: To mix; to mingle. [R.]Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. Spenser.
IMMIXABLEIm*mix"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins.
IMMIXEDIm*mixed", a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix.]
Defn: Unmixed. [Obs.]How pure and immixed the design is. Boyle.
IMMIXTUREIm*mix"ture, n.
Defn: Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.
IMMOBILEIm*mo"bile, a. Etym: [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.]
Defn: Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof.Shedd.
IMMOBILITY Im`mo*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilité. See Mobile.]
Defn: The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.
IMMOBILIZE Im*mob"i*lize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + mobilize; cf. f. immobiliser.]
Defn: To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
IMMOBLEIm*mo"ble, a. [Obs.]
Defn: See Immobile.
IMMODERACYIm*mod"er*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Immoderate.]
Defn: Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMODERANCYIm*mod"er*an*cy, n. Etym: [L. immoderantia.]
Defn: Immoderateness; excess. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMODERATE Im*mod"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate.]
Defn: Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak.
Syn. — Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate; inordinate.
IMMODERATELYIm*mod"er*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an immoderate manner; excessively.
IMMODERATENESSIm*mod"er*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
IMMODERATIONIm*mod`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. immoderatio: cf. F. imodération.]
Defn: Want of moderation. Hallywell.
IMMODEST Im*mod"est, a. Etym: [F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.]
1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden.
Syn. — Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
IMMODESTLYIm*mod"est*ly, adv.
Defn: In an immodest manner.
IMMODESTYIm*mod"es*ty, n. Etym: [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.]
Defn: Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. "A piece of immodesty." Pope.
IMMOLATE Im"mo*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating.] Etym: [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.]
Defn: To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificialvictim.Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives ofmen, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. Boyle.
IMMOLATIONIm`mo*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.]
1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. Sir. T. Browne.
2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
IMMOLATORIm"mo*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect ofRussian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.
IMMOLD; IMMOULDIm*mold", Im*mould", v. t.
Defn: To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
IMMOMENTIm*mo"ment, a. Etym: [See Immomentous.]
Defn: Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys." Shak.
IMMOMENTOUSIm`mo*men"tous, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + momentous.]
Defn: Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. [R.] A. Seward.
IMMORALIm*mor"al, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. — Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.
IMMORALITYIm`mo*ral"i*ty, n.; pl. Immoralities. Etym: [Cf. F. immoralité.]
1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice. The root of all immorality. Sir W. Temple.
2. An immoral act or practice. Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton.
IMMORALLYIm*mor"al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an immoral manner; wickedly.
IMMORIGEROUSIm`mo*rig"er*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + morigerous.]
Defn: Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [Obs.] — Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
IMMORTAL Im*mor"tal, a. Etym: [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]
1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself Shak.
2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortability. I have immortal longings in me. Shak.
3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame. One of the few, immortal names, That were not born yo die. Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.
Syn. — Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.
IMMORTALIm*mor"tal, n.
Defn: One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.
IMMORTALISTIm*mor"tal*ist, n.
Defn: One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.]Jer. Taylor.
IMMORTALITYIm`mor*tal"i*ty, n.; pl. Immortalities. Etym: [L. immortalitas: cf.F. immortalité.]
1. The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul. This mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor. xv. 53.
2. Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.
IMMORTALIZATIONIm*mor`tal*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
IMMORTALIZEIm*mor"tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immortalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Immortalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. immortaliser.]
1. To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.
2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame. Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his quilty name. T. Dawes.
IMMORTALIZEIm*mor"tal*ize, v. i.
Defn: To become immortal. [R.]
IMMORTALLYIm*mor"tal*ly, adv.
Defn: In an immortal manner.
IMMORTELLEIm`mor*telle", n.; pl. Immortelles. Etym: [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.
IMMORTIFICATIONIm*mor`ti*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
IMMOVABILITYIm*mov"a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.
IMMOVABLEIm*mov"a*ble, a.
1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; — used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton.
2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; — used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden.
4. (Law.)
Defn: Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. — Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.
IMMOVABLEIm*mov"a*ble, n.
1. That which can not be moved.
2. pl. (Civil Law)
Defn: 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. Ayliffe. Bouvier.
IMMOVABLENESSIm*mov"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being immovable.
IMMOVABLYIm*mov"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an immovable manner.
IMMUNDIm*mund", a. Etym: [L.immundus; pref. im- not + mundus clean.]
Defn: Unclean. [R.] Burton.
IMMUNDICITY Im`mun*dic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia, immundities.]
Defn: Uncleanness; filthness. [R.] W. Montagu.
IMMUNEIm*mune", a. Etym: [L. immunis. See Immunity.]
Defn: Exempt; protected by inoculation.— Im*mu"nize, v. t.
IMMUNITY Im*mu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Immunities. Etym: [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. See Common, and cf. Mean, a.]
1. 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.
2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
IMMUREIm*mure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.
2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up;to imprison; to incarcerate.Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. Shak.This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round.Milton.
IMMUREIm*mure", n.
Defn: A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
IMMUREMENTIm*mure"ment, n.