IMPATIENCE
IMPA'TIENCE, noun [Latin impatientia, from impatiens; in and patior, to suffer.] Uneasiness under pain or suffering; the not enduring pain with composure; restlessness occasione...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPATIENT
IMPA'TIENT, adjective [Latin impatiens.] Uneasy or fretful under suffering; not bearing pain with composure; not enduring evil without fretfulness, uneasiness, and a desire or e...
IMPATIENTLY
IMPA'TIENTLY, adverb With uneasiness or restlessness; as, to bear disappointment impatiently1. With eager desire causing uneasiness; as, to wait impatiently for the arrival of o...
IMPATRONIZATION
IMPATRONIZA'TION, noun Absolute seignory or possession.
IMPATRONIZE
IMPAT'RONIZE, verb transitive To gain to one's self the power of any seignory.
IMPAWN
IMPAWN', verb transitive [in and pawn.] To pawn; to pledge; to deposit as security.
IMPEACH
IMPE'ACH, verb transitive [Latin pango, pactus.]1. To hinder; to impede. This sense is found in our early writers.These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey ...
IMPEACHABLE
IMPE'ACHABLE, adjective Liable to accusation; chargeable with a crime; accusable; censurable.1. Liable to be called in question; accountable.Owners of lands in fee simple are no...
IMPEACHED
IMPE'ACHED, participle passive Hindered.1. Accused; charged with a crime, misdemeanor or wrong; censured.The first donee in tail may commit waste, without being impeached
IMPEACHER
IMPE'ACHER, noun An accuser by authority; one who calls in question.
IMPEACHING
IMPE'ACHING, participle present tense Hindering.1. Accusing by authority; calling in question the purity or rectitude of conduct or motives.
IMPEACHMENT
IMPE'ACHMENT, noun Hinderance; impediment; stop; obstruction.1. An accusation or charge brought against a public officer for maladministration in his office. In Great Britain, i...
IMPEARL
IMPEARL, verb transitive imperl'. [in and pearl.] To form in the resemblance of pearls.--Dew-drops which the sunIMPEARLs on every leaf, and every flower.1. To decorate with pear...
IMPECCABILITY
IMPECCABIL'ITYIMPEC'CABLE, adjective [Latin pecco, to err, to sin.] Not liable to sin; not subject to sin; exempt from the possibility of sinning. No mere man is impeccable.
IMPECCABLE
IMPEC'CABLE, a. [L. pecco, to err, to sin.] Not liable to sin; not subject to sin; exempt from the possibility of sinning. No mere man is impeccable.
IMPECCANCY
IMPEC'CANCY, noun [See Impeccable.] The quality of not being liable to sin; exemption from sin, error or offense.
IMPEDE
IMPE'DE, verb transitive [Latin impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet.]To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impe...
IMPEDED
IMPE'DED, participle passive Hindered; stopped; obstructed.
IMPEDIMENT
IMPED'IMENT, noun [Latin impedimentum.] That which hinders progress or motion; hinderance; obstruction; obstacle; applicable to every subject, physical or moral. Bad roads are i...
IMPEDIMENTAL
IMPEDIMENT'AL, adjective Hindering; obstructing.
IMPEDING
IMPE'DING, participle present tense Hindering; stopping; obstructing.
IMPEDITE
IM'PEDITE, verb transitive To impede. [Not in use.]
IMPEDITIVE
IMPED'ITIVE, adjective Causing hinderance.
IMPEL
IMPEL', verb transitive [Latin impello; in and pello, to drive.]To drive or urge forward; to press on; to excite to action or to move forward, by the application of physical for...
IMPELLED
IMPEL'LED, participle passive Driven forward; urged on; moved by any force or power, physical or moral.
IMPELLENT
IMPEL'LENT, noun A power or force that drives forward; impulsive power.
IMPELLER
IMPEL'LER, noun He or that which impels.