Impureness
Im‐pure″ness, n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Impurity
Im‐pu″ri‐ty (?), n.; pl. Impurities (#). [L. impuritas: cf. F. impureté.]1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.Profaneness...
Impurple
Im‐pur″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impurpling (?).] [Pref. im- in + purple. Cf. Empurple.] To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; t...
Imputability
Im‐put′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being imputable; imputableness.
Imputable
Im‐put″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. imputable.]1. That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable.A prince whose political vices, at leas...
Imputableness
Im‐put″a‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being imputable.
Imputably
Im‐put″a‐bly, adv. By imputation.
Imputation
Im′pu‐ta″tion (?), [L. imputatio an account, a charge: cf. F. imputation.]1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.Shylock....
Imputative
Im‐put″a‐tive (?), a. [L. imputativus: cf. F. imputatif.] Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. — Im‐put″a‐tive‐ly, adv.Actual righteousness as well as imputative. Bp....
Impute
Im‐pute″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n.Imputing.] [F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in + putare to reckon, think....
Imputer
Im‐put″er (?), n. One who imputes.
Imputrescible
Im′pu‐tres″ci‐ble (?), a. [Pref. im- + putrescible: cf. F. imputrescible.] Not putrescible.
Imrigh
Im″righ (?), n. [Scot.; Gael. eun-bhrigh chicken soup.] A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Written also imrich.]
In
In, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. ī, Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. εν̓. √197. Cf. 1st In-, Inn.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect...
In (2)
In, adv. 1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indic...
In (3)
In, n. 1. One who is in office; — the opposite of out.2. A reëntrant angle; a nook or corner.Ins and outs, nooks and corners; twists and turns.All the ins and outs of this neigh...
In (4)
In (?), v. t. To inclose; to take in; to harvest.He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop. Shak.
In and in
In and in, a. & adv. Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.
In antis
‖In an″tis (?). (Arch.) Between antæ; — said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.
In commendam
‖In com‐men″dam (?). [See Commendam.] (Law) See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership.
In esse
‖In′ es″se (?). In being; actually existing; — distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.
In loco
‖In lo″co (?). In the place; in the proper or natural place.
In posse
‖In′ pos″se (?). In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; — contradistinguished from in esse.
In rem
‖In rem (?). (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing; — used: (a) Of any right (called right, or jus, in rem) of such a nature as to be available over its subject without ref...
In situ
‖In′ si″tu (?). In its natural position or place; — said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.
In situ (2)
‖In si″tu (?). In its natural or original position or place; in position; — said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originall...
In transitu
‖In′ tran″si‐tu (?). (Law) In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.