IMPERFECTION
IMPERFEC'TION, noun [Latin imperfectio, supra.]Defect; fault; the want of a part or of something necessary to complete a thing; equally applicable to physical or moral subjects....
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPERFECTLY
IMPER'FECTLY, adverb In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully; not entirely; not completely; not in the best manner; not without fault or failure.
IMPERFECTNESS
IMPER'FECTNESS, noun The state of being imperfect.
IMPERFORATE
IMPER'FORATE, adjective [Latin in and perforatus, perforo.]Not perforated or pierced; having no opening.
IMPERFORATED
IMPER'FORATED, adjective Not perforated.1. Having no pores.
IMPERFORATION
IMPERFORA'TION, noun The state of being not perforated, or without any aperture.
IMPERFORBLE
IMPER'FORBLE, adjective [infra.] That cannot be perforated or bored through.
IMPERIAL
IMPE'RIAL, adjective [Latin imperialis, from impero, to command. See Emperor.]1. Pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as an imperial government; an imperial diadem; imperi...
IMPERIALIST
IMPE'RIALIST, noun One who belongs to an emperor; a subject or soldier of an emperor. The denomination, imperialists, is often given to the troops or armies of the emperor of Au...
IMPERIALITY
IMPERIAL'ITY, noun Imperial power.1. The right of an emperor to a share of the produce of mines, etc.The late empress having by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities o...
IMPERIALLY
IMPE'RIALLY, adverb In a royal manner.
IMPERIL
IMPER'IL, verb transitive [in and peril.] To bring into danger.
IMPERIOUS
IMPE'RIOUS, adjective [Latin imperiosus.]1. Commanding; dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious dictator; an imperious man...
IMPERIOUSLY
IMPE'RIOUSLY, adverb With arrogance of command; with a haughty air of authority; in a domineering manner.1. With urgency or force not to be opposed.
IMPERIOUSNESS
IMPE'RIOUSNESS, noun Authority; air of command.1. Arrogance of command; haughtiness.Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them.
IMPERISHABLE
IMPER'ISHABLE, adjective Not subject to decay; not liable to perish; indestructible; enduring permanently; as an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.Elegant discourses on...
IMPERISHABLENESS
IMPER'ISHABLENESS, noun The quality of being imperishable.
IMPERMANENCE
IMPER'MANENCE, noun Want of permanence or continued duration.
IMPERMANENT
IMPER'MANENT, adjective [in and permanent.] Not permanent; not enduring.
IMPERMEABILITY
IMPERMEABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being impermeable by a fluid.
IMPERMEABLE
IMPER'MEABLE, adjective [Latin in and permeo; per and meo, to pass.]Not to be passed through the pores by a fluid; as impermeable leather.
IMPERSONAL
IMPER'SONAL, adjective [Latin impersonalis; in and personalis, from persona. See Person.]In grammar, an impersonal verb is one which is not employed with the first and second pe...
IMPERSONALITY
IMPERSONAL'ITY, noun Indistinction of personality.
IMPERSONALLY
IMPER'SONALLY, adverb In the manner of an impersonal verb.
IMPERSONATE
IMPER'SONATE, verb transitive To personify.
IMPERSONATED
IMPER'SONATED, adjective Made persons of. [See Personated.]
IMPERSPICUITY
IMPERSPICU'ITY, noun Want of perspicuity, or clearness to the mind.