Webster's Dictionary 1828

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IMAGINE

IMAG'INE, verb transitive [Latin imaginor, from imago, image.]1. To form a notion or idea in the mind; to fancy. We can imagine the figure of a horse's head united to a human bo...

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IMAGINED

IMAG'INED, participle passive Formed in the mind; fancied; contrived.

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IMAGINER

IMAG'INER, noun One who forms ideas; one who contrives.

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IMAGINING

IMAG'INING, participle present tense Forming ideas in the mind; devising.

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IMAM

IM'AMIM'AN, noun A minister or priest among the Mohammedans.Imbalm, Imbargo, Imbark, Imbase. See Embalm, Embargo, Embark, Embase.

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IMAN

IM'AN, n. A minister or priest among the Mohammedans.Imbalm, Imbargo, Imbark, Imbase. See Embalm, Embargo, Embark, Embase.

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IMBAN

IMBAN', verb transitive [in and ban.] To excommunicate, in a civil sense; to cut off from the rights of man, or exclude from the common privileges of humanity.

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IMBAND

IMBAND', verb transitive [in and band.] To form into a band or bands.Beneath full sails imbanded nations rise.

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IMBANDED

IMBAND'ED, participle passive Formed into a band or bands.

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IMBANK

IMBANK, verb transitive [in and bank.] To inclose with a bank; to defend by banks, mounds or dikes.

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IMBANKED

IMBANK'ED, participle passive Inclosed or defended with a bank.

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IMBANKING

IMBANK'ING, participle present tense Inclosing or surrounding with a bank.

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IMBANKMENT

IMBANK'MENT, noun The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.1. Inclosure by a bank; the banks or mounds of earth that are raised to defend a place, especially against floods.

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IMBARN

IMB'ARN, verb transitive To deposit in a barn. [Not used.]

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IMBASTARDIZE

IMB'ASTARDIZE, verb transitive To bastardize, which see.

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IMBEAD

IMBE'AD, verb transitive [in and bead.] To fasten with a bead.The strong bright bayonet imbeaded fast.

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IMBEADED

IMBE'ADED, participle passive Fastened with a bead.

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IMBECILE

IM'BECILE, adjective im'becil. [Latin imbecillis.] Weak; feeble; destitute of strength, either of body or of mind; impotent.

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IMBECILITY

IMBECIL'ITY, noun [Latin imbecillitas.]1. Want of strength; weakness; feebleness of body or of mind. We speak of the imbecility of the body or of the intellect, when either does...

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IMBED

IMBED', verb transitive [in and bed.] To sink or lay in a bed; to place in a mass of earth, sand or other substance, so as to be partly inclosed.

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IMBEDDED

IMBED'DED, participle passive Laid or inclosed, as in a bed or mass of surrounding matter.

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IMBEDDING

IMBED'DING, participle present tense Laying, as in a bed.

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IMBELLIC

IMBEL'LIC, adjective [Latin in and bellicus.] Not warlike or martial. [Little used.]

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IMBENCHING

IMBENCH'ING, noun [in and bench.] A raised work like a bench.

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IMBIBE

IMBI'BE, verb transitive [Latin imbibo; in and bibo, to drink.]1. To drink in; to absorb; as, a dry or porous body imbibes a fluid; a sponge imbibes moisture.2. To receive or ad...

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IMBIBED

IMBI'BED, participle passive Drank in, as a fluid; absorbed; received into the mind and retained.

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IMBIBER

IMBI'BER, noun He or that which imbibes.