IMBRANGLE
IMBRAN'GLE, verb transitive To entangle.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMBREED
IMBREE'D, verb transitive To generate within.
IMBRICATE
IM'BRICATEIM'BRICATED, adjective [Latin imbricatus, imbrico, from imbrex, a tile.]1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles...
IMBRICATED
IM'BRICATED, a. [L. imbricatus, imbrico, from imbrex, a tile.]1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles on roof; parallel, ...
IMBRICATION
IMBRICA'TION, noun A concave indenture, like that of tiles; tiling.
IMBROWN
IMBROWN', verb transitive [in and brown.] To make brown; to darken; to obscure.The umpierc'd shadeIMBROWN'd the noon-tide bowers.1. To darken the color of; to make dirty.The foo...
IMBROWNED
IMBROWN'ED, participle passive Made brown; darkened; tanned.
IMBROWNING
IMBROWN'ING, participle present tense Rendering brown; darkening; tanning.
IMBRUE
IMBRUE, verb transitive imbru'. [Gr. to moisten.]1. To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench in a fluid, chiefly in blood.Whose arrows in my blood their wings imbrueLucius pities t...
IMBRUED
IMBRU'ED, participle passive Wet; moistened; drenched.
IMBRUING
IMBRU'ING, participle present tense Wetting; moistening; drenching.
IMBRUTE
IMBRU'TE, verb transitive [in and brute.] To degrade to the state of a brute; to reduce to brutality.--And mix with bestial slimeThis essence to incarnate and imbruteIMBRU'TE, v...
IMBRUTED
IMBRU'TED, participle passive Degraded to brutism.
IMBRUTING
IMBRU'TING, participle present tense Reducing to brutishness.
IMBUE
IMBUE, verb intransitive imbu'. [Latin imbuo; in and the root of Eng. buck, to buck cloth, that is, to dip, drench or steep in water.]1. To tinge deeply; to dye; as, to imbue cl...
IMBUED
IMBU'ED, participle passive tinged; dyed; tinctured.
IMBUING
IMBU'ING, participle present tense Tinging; dyeing; tincturing deeply.
IMITABILITY
IMITABIL'ITY, noun [See Imitable, Imitate.] The quality of being imitable.
IMITABLE
IM'ITABLE, adjective [Latin imitabilis. See Imitate.]1. That may be imitated or copied. Let us follow our Savior in all his imitable conduct and traits of character. There are s...
IMITATE
IMI'TATE, verb transitive [Latin imitor; allied perhaps to Gr. similar, equal.]1. To follow in manners; to copy in form, color or quality. We imitate another in dress or manners...
IMITATED
IM'ITATED, participle passive Followed; copied.
IMITATING
IM'ITATING, participle present tense Following in manner; copying.
IMITATION
IMITA'TION, noun [Latin imitatio; imitor, to imitate.]1. The act of following in manner, or of copying in form; the act of making the similitude of any thing, or of attempting a...
IMITATIVE
IM'ITATIVE, adjective Inclined to follow in manner; as, man is an imitative being.1. Aiming at resemblance; that is used in the business of forming resemblances. Painting is an ...
IMITATOR
IM'ITATOR, noun One that follows in manners or deportment.1. One that copies, or attempts to make the resemblance of any thing.
IMITATORSHIP
IMITA'TORSHIP, noun The office or state of an imitator.
IMMACULATE
IMMAC'ULATE, noun [Latin immaculatus; in and macula, a spot.]1. Spotless; pure; unstained; undefiled; without blemish; as immaculate reputation; immaculate thoughts. Our Savior ...