English Dictionary: I. M. Pei | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Iamb \I"amb\, n. [Cf. F. iambe. See {Lambus}.] An iambus or iambic. [R.] | |
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Iambus \I*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. [?]; prob. akin to [?] to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in [acr]m[be]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under {Iambic}, n. | |
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Imbay \Im*bay"\, v. t. See {Embay}. | |
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Imbow \Im*bow"\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. {Embow}.] To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. [bd]Imbowed windows.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Imbue \Im*bue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbuing}.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. {Imbibe}.] 1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black. 2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles. Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. --Milton. | |
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Imp \Imp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imping}.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impf[d3]n, impit[d3]n, G. impfen. See {Imp}, n.] 1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. 2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip. [Archaic] Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. --Shak. Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. --Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. --Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. --Cleveland. | |
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Imp \Imp\, n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. [?] engrafted, innate, fr. [?] to implant; [?] in + [?] to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st {In-}, {Be}.] 1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.] The tender imp was weaned. --Fairfax. 3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. --Beattie. 4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Imphee \Im"phee\, n. (Bot.) The African sugar cane ({Holcus saccharatus}), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane. | |
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Few \Few\ (f[umac]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; superl. {Fewest}.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe[a0], pl. fe[a0]we; akin to OS. f[be]h, OHG. f[omac] fao, Icel. f[be]r, Sw. f[86], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. {Paucity}.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. [bd]Are not my days few?[b8] --Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. --Proverb. Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. {A few}, a small number. {In few}, in a few words; briefly. --Shak. {No few}, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper. {The few}, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority. | |
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Inhive \In*hive"\, v. t. To place in a hive; to hive. | |
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Inhoop \In*hoop"\, v. t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Inweave \In*weave"\, v. t. To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. --Milton. | |
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IMP 1. 2. 1604}. ["Experience with an Extensible Language", Edgar T. Irons, CACM 13(1):31-39, Jan 1970]. 3. 4. 5. (1996-04-07) |