IMPORTUNACY
IMPORT'UNACY, noun The act of importuning; importunateness.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPORTUNATE
IMPORT'UNATE, adjective [Latin importunus. See Importune.]1. Bearing on; pressing or urging in request or demand; urgent and pertinacious in solicitation; as an importunate suit...
IMPORTUNATELY
IMPORT'UNATELY, adverb With urgent request; with pressing solicitation.
IMPORTUNATENESS
IMPORT'UNATENESS, noun Urgent and pressing solicitation.
IMPORTUNATOR
IMPORT'UNATOR, noun One that importunes. [Not in use.]
IMPORTUNE
IMPORTU'NE, verb transitive [Latin importunus; in and porto, to bear on.]To request with urgency; to press with solicitation; to urge with frequent or unceasing application.Thei...
IMPORTUNELY
IMPORTU'NELY, adverb With urgent solicitation; incessantly; continually; troublesomely.1. Unseasonably; improperly.
IMPORTUNITY
IMPORTU'NITY, noun [Latin importunitas.]Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor, which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity. Men ar...
IMPORTUOUS
IMPO'RTUOUS, adjective [Latin importuosus; in and portus.]Without a port, haven or harbor.
IMPOSABLE
IMPOSABLE, adjective That may be imposed or laid on.
IMPOSE
IMPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin impositum, from impono; in and pono, to put. Pono, as written, belongs to Class Bn; and posui, positum, to Class Bs. or Bd. The latter co...
IMPOSED
IMPO'SED, participle passive Laid on, as a tax, burden, duty or penalty; enjoined.Imposes on, deceived.
IMPOSER
IMPO'SER, noun One who lays on; one who enjoins.--The imposers of these oaths might repent.
IMPOSING
IMPO'SING, participle present tense Laying on; enjoining; deceiving.1. Commanding; adapted to impress forcibly; as an imposing air or matter.--Large and imposing edifices, embos...
IMPOSING-STONE
IMPO'SING-STONE, noun Among printers, the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms.
IMPOSITION
IMPOSI'TION, noun s as z. [Latin impositio. See Impose.]1. In a general sense, the act of laying on.2. The act of laying on hands in the ceremony of ordination, when the bishop ...
IMPOSSIBILITY
IMPOSSIBIL'ITY, noun [from impossible.]1. That which cannot be; the state of being not possible to exist. That a thing should be and not be at the same time, is an impossibility...
IMPOSSIBLE
IMPOSS'IBLE, adjective [Latin impossibilis; in and possibilis, from possum, to be able.]1. That cannot be. It is impossible that two and two should make five, or that a circle a...
IMPOST
IM'POST, noun [Latin impositum, impono.]1. Any tax or tribute imposed by authority; particularly, a duty or tax laid by government on goods imported, and paid or secured by the ...
IMPOSTHUMATE
IMPOS'THUMATE, verb intransitive impos'tumate. [See Imposthume.]To form an abscess; to gather; to collect pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body.IMPOS'THUMATE, ver...
IMPOSTHUMATED
IMPOS'THUMATED, participle passive Affected with an imposthume.
IMPOSTHUMATION
IMPOSTHUMA'TION, noun The act of forming an abscess; also, an abscess; an imposthume.
IMPOSTHUME
IMPOS'THUME, noun impos'tume. [This word is a corruption of apostem, Latin apostema; Gr. to separate, to withdraw, or to stand off; to stand.]An abscess; a collection of pus or ...
IMPOSTOR
IMPOS'TOR, noun [Low Latin impostor from impono. See Impose.]One who imposes on others; a person who assumes a character for the purpose of deception; a deceiver under a false c...
IMPOSTURAGE
IMPOS'TURAGE, noun Imposition. [Not in use.]
IMPOSTURE
IMPOS'TURE, noun [Latin impostura. See Impose.]Deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition practiced by a false pretender.--Form new legends,And ...
IMPOSTURED
IMPOS'TURED, adjective Having the nature of imposture.