IMPREGNABLY
IMPREG'NABLY, adverb In a manner to resist penetration or assault; in a manner to defy force; as a place impregnably fortified.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPREGNATE
IMPREG'NATE, verb transitive [See Pregnant.]1. To infuse the principle of conception; to make pregnant, as a female animal.2. To deposit the fecundating dust of a flower on the ...
IMPREGNATED
IMPREG'NATED, adjective Made pregnant or prolific; fecundated; filled with something by mixture, etc.
IMPREGNATING
IMPREG'NATING, participle present tense Infusing seed or pollen; rendering pregnant; fructifying; fecundating; filling by infusion or mixture.
IMPREGNATION
IMPREGNA'TION, noun The act of fecundating and rendering fruitful; applied to animals or plants.1. The communication of the particles or virtues of one thing to another.2. That ...
IMPREJUDICATE
IMPREJU'DICATE, adjective [Latin in, proe, and judico.]Not prejudged; unprejudiced; not prepossessed; impartial. [Not used.]
IMPREPARATION
IMPREPARA'TION, noun [in and preparation.] Want of preparation; unpreparedness; unreadiness. [Little used.]
IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY
IMPRESCRIPTIBIL'ITY, noun The state of being independent of prescription; the state which renders a thing not liable to be lost or impaired by the prescription of another, or by...
IMPRESCRIPTIBLE
IMPRESCRIP'TIBLE, adjective [Latin proescribo; proe and scribo, to write.]That cannot be lost or impaired by non-user, or by the claims of another founded on prescription.Rights...
IMPRESS
IMPRESS', verb transitive [Latin impressum, from imprimo; in and premo, to press.]1. To imprint; to stamp; to make a mark or figure on any thing by pressure; as, to impress coin...
IMPRESSED
IMPRESS'ED, participle passive Imprinted; stamped; marked by pressure; compelled to enter public service; seized for public use; fixed in the mind; made sensible; convinced.
IMPRESSIBILITY
IMPRESSIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being impressible.
IMPRESSIBLE
IMPRESS'IBLE, adjective That may be impressed; that yields to pressure; that may receive impressions. Solid bodies are not easily impressible1. That may be impressed; that may h...
IMPRESSING
IMPRESS'ING, participle present tense Imprinting; stamping; fixing in the mind; compelling into service.
IMPRESSION
IMPRES'SION, noun [Latin impressio.] The act of impressing, as one body on another; as a figure made by impression1. Mark; indentation; stamp made by pressure; as, a seal makes ...
IMPRESSIVE
IMPRESS'IVE, adjective Making or tending to make an impression; having the power of affecting, or of exciting attention and feeling; adapted to touch sensibility or the conscien...
IMPRESSIVELY
IMPRESS'IVELY, adverb In a manner to touch sensibility, or to awaken conscience; in a manner to produce a powerful effect on the mind.
IMPRESSIVENESS
IMPRESS'IVENESS, noun The quality of being impressive.
IMPRESSMENT
IMPRESS'MENT, noun The act of impressing men into public service; as the impressment of seamen.1. The act of compelling into any service; as the impressment of nurses to attend ...
IMPRESSURE
IMPRESS'URE, noun The mark made by pressure; indentation; dent; impression.
IMPREST
IM'PREST, noun A kind of earnest-money; loan; money advanced.IMPREST', verb transitive To advance on loan.
IMPREVALENCE
IMPREV'ALENCE, noun Incapability of prevailing.
IMPRIMATUR
IMPRIMA'TUR, noun [Latin let it be printed.]A license to print a book, etc.
IMPRIMERY
IMPRIM'ERY, noun A print; impression; a printing-house; art of printing. [Not in use.]
IMPRIMIS
IM'PRIMIS, adverb [Latin imprimis for in primis.]In the first place; first in order.
IMPRINT
IMPRINT', verb transitive [Latin imprimo; in and premo, to press. See Print.]1. To impress; to make by pressure; as a character or device imprinted on wax or cloth.2. To stamp l...
IMPRINTED
IMPRINT'ED, participle passive Marked by pressure; printed; fixed in the mind or memory.