Webster's Dictionary 1913

730

Imp-pole

Imp″–pole′ (�), n.(Building) A pole for supporting a scaffold.

731

Impacable

Im‐pa″ca‐ble (?), a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See Pacate.] Not to be appeased or quieted. Spenser. — Im‐pa″ca‐bly, adv.

732

Impackment

Im‐pack″ment (?), n. [Pref. im- in + pack.] The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. Kane.

733

Impact

Im‐pact″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n.Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.] To drive close; to press firmly tog...

734

Impact (2)

Im″pact (?), n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.2. (Mech.) The single instantaneou...

735

Impacted

Im‐pact″ed (?), a. Driven together or close.Impacted fracture(Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable.

736

Impaction

Im‐pac″tion (?), n. [L. impactio a striking: cf. F. impaction.] 1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other...

737

Impaint

Im‐paint″ (?), v. t. To paint; to adorn with colors. “To impaint his cause.” Shak.

738

Impair

Im‐pair″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impairing.] [Written also empair.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L....

739

Impair (2)

Im‐pair″, v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.

740

Impair (3)

Im″pair (?), a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.] Not fit or appropriate.

741

Impair (4)

Im‐pair″ (?), n. Diminution; injury.

742

Impairer

Im‐pair″er (?), n. One who, or that which, impairs.

743

Impairment

Im‐pair″ment (?), n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.] The state of being impaired; injury. “The impairment of my health.” Dryden.

744

Impalatable

Im‐pal″a‐ta‐ble (?), a. Unpalatable.

745

Impale

Im‐pale″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.Then wi...

746

Impalement

Im‐pale″ment (?), n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron.2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke.3. That which hedges in...

747

Impalla

Im‐pal″la (?), n.(Zoöl.) The pallah deer of South Africa.

748

Impallid

Im‐pal″lid (?), v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. Feltham.

749

Impalm

Im‐palm″ (?), v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. J. Barlow.

750

Impalpability

Im‐pal′pa‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impalpabilité.] The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.

751

Impalpable

Im‐pal″pa‐ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.] 1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. “Impalpable...

752

Impalpably

Im‐pal″pa‐bly, adv. In an impalpable manner.

753

Impalsy

Im‐pal″sy (?), v. t. To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

754

Impanate

Im‐pa″nate (?), a. [LL. impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate; L. pref. im- in + panis bread.] Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. Cranmer.

755

Impanate (2)

Im‐pa″nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impanating.] To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

756

Impanation

Im″pa‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. impanation. See Impanate, a.] (Eccl.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substa...