Webster's Dictionary 1828

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IMPELLING

IMPEL'LING, participle present tense Driving forward; urging; pressing.

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IMPEN

IMPEN', verb transitive [in and pen.] To pen; to shut or inclose in a narrow place.

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IMPEND

IMPEND', verb intransitive [Latin impendeo; in and pendeo, to hang.]1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten. A dark cloud impends over the land.Destruction sure o'er...

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IMPENDENCE

IMPEND'ENCEIMPEND'ENCY, noun The state of hanging over; near approach; a menacing attitude.

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IMPENDENCY

IMPEND'ENCY, n. The state of hanging over; near approach; a menacing attitude.

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IMPENDENT

IMPEND'ENT, adjective Hanging over; imminent; threatening; pressing closely; as an impendent evil.

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IMPENDING

IMPEND'ING, participle present tense Hanging over; approaching near; threatening.

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IMPENETRABILITY

IMPENETRABIL'ITY, noun [from impenetrable.]1. The quality of being impenetrable.2. In philosophy, that quality of matter which prevents two bodies from occupying the same space ...

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IMPENETRABLE

IMPEN'ETRABLE, adjective [Latin impenetrabilis; in and penetrabilis, from penetro, to penetrate.]1. That cannot be penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodi...

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IMPENETRABLENESS

IMPEN'ETRABLENESS, noun Impenetrability, which see.

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IMPENETRABLY

IMPEN'ETRABLY, adverb With solidity that admits not of being penetrated.1. With hardness that admits not of impression; as impenetrably dull.

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IMPENITENCE

IMPEN'ITENCEIMPEN'ITENCY, noun [Latin in and poenitens, from poeniteo, to repent, poena, pain.] Want of penitence or repentance; absence of contrition or sorrow for sin; obdurac...

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IMPENITENCY

IMPEN'ITENCY, n. [L. in and poenitens, from poeniteo, to repent, poena, pain.] Want of penitence or repentance; absence of contrition or sorrow for sin; obduracy; hardness of he...

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IMPENITENT

IMPEN'ITENT, adjective Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; obdurate; of a hard heart.They died impenitentIMPEN'ITENT, noun One who does not repent; a hardened sinner.

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IMPENITENTLY

IMPEN'ITENTLY, adverb Without repentance or contrition for sin; obdurately.

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IMPENNOUS

IMPEN'NOUS, adjective [in and pennous.] Wanting wings.

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IMPEOPLE

IMPE'OPLE, verb transitive To form into a community. [See People.]

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IMPERATE

IM'PERATE, adjective [Latin imperatus, impero, to command.]Done by impulse or direction of the mind. [Not used.]

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IMPERATIVE

IMPER'ATIVE, adjective [Latin imperativus, from impero, to command. See Empire.]1. Commanding; expressive of command; containing positive command, as distinguished from advisory...

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IMPERATIVELY

IMPER'ATIVELY, adverb With command; authoritatively.

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IMPERATORIAL

IMPERATO'RIAL, adjective Commanding. [Not in use.]

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IMPERCEPTIBLE

IMPERCEP'TIBLE, adjective1. Not to be perceived; not to be known or discovered by the senses. We say a thing is imperceptible to the touch, to the eye or sight, to the ear, to t...

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IMPERCEPTIBLENESS

IMPERCEP'TIBLENESS, noun The quality of being imperceptible.

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IMPERCEPTIBLY

IMPERCEP'TIBLY, adverb In a manner not to be perceived.

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IMPERCIPIENT

IMPERCIP'IENT, adjective Not perceiving or having power to perceive.

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IMPERDIBLE

IMPER'DIBLE, adjective Not destructible. [Not a legitimate word.]

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IMPERFECT

IMPER'FECT, adjective [Latin imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make.]1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is...