IMPOSTUROUS
IMPOS'TUROUS, adjective Deceitful. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPOTENCE
IM'POTENCE,IM'POTENCY, noun [Latin impotentia; in and potentia, from possum. See Power.]1. Want of strength or power, animal or intellectual; weakness; feebleness; inability; im...
IMPOTENCY
IM'POTENCY, n. [L. impotentia; in and potentia, from possum. See Power.]1. Want of strength or power, animal or intellectual; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility; defect...
IMPOTENT
IM'POTENT, adjective [Latin impotens.]1. Weak; feeble; wanting strength or power; unable by nature, or disabled by disease or accident to perform any act.I know thou wast not sl...
IMPOTENTLY
IM'POTENTLY, adverb Weakly; without power over the passions.
IMPOUND
IMPOUND', verb transitive [in and pound. See Pound.]1. To put, shut or confine in a pound or close pen; as, to impound unruly or stray horses, cattle, etc.2. To confine; to rest...
IMPOUNDED
IMPOUND'ED, participle passive Confined in a pound.
IMPOUNDER
IMPOUND'ER, noun One who impounds the beasts of another.
IMPOUNDING
IMPOUND'ING, participle present tense Confining in a pound; restraining.
IMPOVERISH
IMPOV'ERISH, verb transitive1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence. Idleness and vice are sure to impoverish individuals and families.2. To exhaust strength, richnes...
IMPOVERISHED
IMPOV'ERISHED, participle passive Reduced to poverty; exhausted.
IMPOVERISHER
IMPOV'ERISHER, noun One who makes others poor.1. That which impairs fertility.
IMPOVERISHING
IMPOV'ERISHING, participle present tense Making poor; exhausting.
IMPOVERISHMENT
IMPOV'ERISHMENT, noun Depauperation; a reducing to indigence; exhaustion; drain of wealth, richness or fertility.
IMPOWER
IMPOWER. [See Empower.]
IMPRACTICABILITY
IMPRACTICABIL'ITYIMPRAC'TICABLE, adjective [in and practicable. See Practice.]1. That cannot be done or performed; infeasible; not to be effected by human means, or by the means...
IMPRACTICABLE
IMPRAC'TICABLE, a. [in and practicable. See Practice.]1. That cannot be done or performed; infeasible; not to be effected by human means, or by the means proposed. It is impract...
IMPRACTICABLENESS
IMPRAC'TICABLENESS, noun [See Impracticable.]1. The state or quality of being beyond human power, or the means proposed; infeasibility.2. Untractableness; stubbornness.
IMPRACTICABLY
IMPRAC'TICABLY, adverb In a manner or degree that hinders practice.--Morality not impracticably rigid.
IMPRECATE
IM'PRECATE, verb transitive [Latin imprecor; in and precor, to pray. See Pray.]To invoke, as an evil on any one; to pray that a curse or calamity may fall on one's self or on an...
IMPRECATED
IM'PRECATED, participle passive Invoked on one, as some evil.
IMPRECATING
IM'PRECATING, participle present tense Calling for evil on one's self or another.
IMPRECATION
IMPRECA'TION, noun [Latin imprecatio.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil on any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one.
IMPRECATORY
IM'PRECATORY, adjective Containing a prayer for evil to befall a person.
IMPRECISION
IMPRECIS'ION, noun s as z. [in and precision.]Want of precision or exactness; defect of accuracy.
IMPREGN
IMPRE'GN, verb transitive impre'ne. [Latin in and proegnans. See Pregnant.]To impregnate; to infuse the seed of young, or other prolific principle. [Used in poetry. See Impregna...
IMPREGNABLE
IMPREG'NABLE, adjective1. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; that cannot be reduced by force; able to resist attack; as an impregnable fortress.2. Not to be moved, impresse...