Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Impeditive

Im‐ped″i‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. impéditif.] Causing hindrance; impeding. “Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion.” Bp. Hall.

839

Impel

Im‐pel″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.] To drive or...

840

Impellent

Im‐pel″lent (?), a. [L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere.] Having the quality of impelling.

841

Impellent (2)

Im‐pel″lent, n. An impelling power or force. Glanvill.

842

Impeller

Im‐pel″ler (?), n. One who, or that which, impels.

843

Impen

Im‐pen″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impenned (?) and Impent (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Impenning.] To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.

844

Impend

Im‐pend″ (?), v. t. [L. impendĕre; pref. im- in + pendĕre to weigh out, pay.] To pay. Fabyan.

845

Impend (2)

Im‐pend″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Impended; p. pr. & vb. n.Impending.] [L. impendēre; pref. im- in + pendēre to hang. See Pendant.] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten f...

846

Impendence

{ Im‐pend″ence (?), Im‐pend″en‐cy (?), } n. The state of impending; also, that which impends. “Impendence of volcanic cloud.” Ruskin.

847

Impendent

Im‐pend″ent (?), a. [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendēre.] Impending; threatening.Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton.

848

Impending

Im‐pend″ing, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.An impending brow. Hawthorne.And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.Syn. — I...

849

Impenetrability

Im‐pen′e‐tra‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. impénétrabilité.] 1. Quality of being impenetrable.2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same...

850

Impenetrable

Im‐pen″e‐tra‐ble (?), a. [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable.] 1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passag...

851

Impenetrableness

Im‐pen″e‐tra‐ble‐ness (?), n. The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

852

Impenetrably

Im‐pen″e‐tra‐bly, adv. In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. “Impenetrably armed.” Milton. “Impenetrably dull.” Pope.

853

Impenitence

Im‐pen″i‐tence (?), n. [L. impenitentia: cf. F. impénitence.] The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.He will advance from one degree ...

854

Impenitency

Im‐pen″i‐ten‐cy (?), n. Impenitence. Milton.

855

Impenitent

Im‐pen″i‐tent (?), a. [L. impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens: cf. F. impénitent. See Penitent.] Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. “...

856

Impenitent (2)

Im‐pen″i‐tent, n. One who is not penitent.

857

Impenitently

Im‐pen″i‐tent‐ly, adv. Without repentance.

858

Impennate

Im‐pen″nate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. — n. One of the Impennes.

859

Impennes

‖Im‐pen″nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suite...

860

Impennous

Im‐pen″nous (?) a. [L. pref. im- not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.) Having no wings, as some insects.

861

Impeople

Im‐peo″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impeopling (?).] [See Empeople.] To people; to give a population to.Thou hast helped to impeople hell. Beaumont.

862

Imperant

Im″pe‐rant (?), a. [L. imperans, p. pr. of imperare to command.] Commanding. Baxter.

863

Imperate

Im″pe‐rate (?), a. [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.] Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul...

864

Imperatival

Im‐per′a‐ti″val (?), a.(Gram.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.