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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Imbathe \Im*bathe"\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. {Embathe}.] To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. --Milton. | |
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Imbed \Im*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbedding}.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. {Embed}.] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc. | |
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Imbed \Im*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbedding}.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. {Embed}.] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc. | |
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Imbed \Im*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbedding}.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. {Embed}.] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc. | |
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Imbitter \Im*bit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbittering}.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. {Embitter}.] [Written also {embitter}.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? --South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. --Bancroft. | |
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Imbitter \Im*bit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbittering}.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. {Embitter}.] [Written also {embitter}.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? --South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. --Bancroft. | |
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Imbitterer \Im*bit"ter*er\, n. One who, or that which, imbitters. | |
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Imbitter \Im*bit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbittering}.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. {Embitter}.] [Written also {embitter}.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? --South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. --Bancroft. | |
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Imbitterment \Im*bit"ter*ment\, n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment. | |
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Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also {imbody}.] Devils embodied and disembodied. --Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. --South. | |
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Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also {imbody}.] Firmly to embody against this court party. --Burke. | |
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Imbody \Im*bod"y\, v. i. [See {Embody}.] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See {Embody}. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. --Milton. | |
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Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also {imbody}.] Devils embodied and disembodied. --Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. --South. | |
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Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also {imbody}.] Firmly to embody against this court party. --Burke. | |
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Imbody \Im*bod"y\, v. i. [See {Embody}.] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See {Embody}. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. --Milton. | |
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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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Imbution \Im*bu"tion\, n. An imbuing. [Obs.] | |
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Impatible \Im*pat"i*ble\, a. [L. impatibilis; pref. im- not + patibilis supportable. See {Patible}.] 1. Not capable of being borne; impassible. A spirit, and so impatible of material fire. --Fuller. | |
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Impatience \Im*pa"tience\n. [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.] The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. --Shak. With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. --Spenser. | |
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Impatiency \Im*pa"tien*cy\, n. Impatience. [Obs.] | |
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d8Noli-me-tangere \[d8]No"li-me-tan"ge*re\, n. [L., touch me not.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs ({Impatiens}) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See {Impatiens}. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under {Cucumber}. 2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to {Lupus exedens}, an ulcerative affection of the nose. | |
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Lady's slipper \La"dy's slip"per\ (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus {Cypripedium}, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam ({Impatiens Balsamina}). | |
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}. | |
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Balsamine \Bal"sam*ine\, n. [Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. [?] balsam plant.] (Bot.) The {Impatiens balsamina}, or garden balsam. | |
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Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. {Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}). {Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. {Garden glass}. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. {Garden house} (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] {Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. {Garden} {mold [or] mould}, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. {Garden nail}, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. {Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. {Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. {Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden. {Garden pot}, a watering pot. {Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump. {Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. {Garden spider}, (Zo[94]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and {Spider web}. {Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots. {Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] {Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. {Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] {Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. {Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc. {Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}. {Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. {Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. | |
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Lady's slipper \La"dy's slip"per\ (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus {Cypripedium}, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam ({Impatiens Balsamina}). | |
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}. | |
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Balsamine \Bal"sam*ine\, n. [Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. [?] balsam plant.] (Bot.) The {Impatiens balsamina}, or garden balsam. | |
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Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. {Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}). {Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. {Garden glass}. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. {Garden house} (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] {Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. {Garden} {mold [or] mould}, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. {Garden nail}, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. {Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. {Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. {Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden. {Garden pot}, a watering pot. {Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump. {Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. {Garden spider}, (Zo[94]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and {Spider web}. {Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots. {Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] {Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. {Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] {Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. {Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc. {Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}. {Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. {Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. | |
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Lady's slipper \La"dy's slip"per\ (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus {Cypripedium}, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam ({Impatiens Balsamina}). | |
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Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}. | |
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Balsamine \Bal"sam*ine\, n. [Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. [?] balsam plant.] (Bot.) The {Impatiens balsamina}, or garden balsam. | |
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Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. {Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}). {Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. {Garden glass}. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. {Garden house} (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] {Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. {Garden} {mold [or] mould}, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. {Garden nail}, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. {Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. {Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. {Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden. {Garden pot}, a watering pot. {Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump. {Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. {Garden spider}, (Zo[94]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and {Spider web}. {Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots. {Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] {Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. {Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] {Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. {Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc. {Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}. {Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. {Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. | |
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Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n. One who is impatient. [R.] | |
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Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.] 1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. --Jer. Taylor. Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. --Pope. The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. --Addison. Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. --Macaulay. 2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. --Shak. Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate. | |
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Impatiently \Im*pa"tient*ly\, adv. In an impatient manner. | |
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Impatronization \Im*pat`ron*i*za"tion\, n. Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. [R.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impatronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impatronizing}.] To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impatronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impatronizing}.] To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impatronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impatronizing}.] To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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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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Impedance \Im*ped"ance\, n. [Impede + -ance.] (Elec.) The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistance to a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to the current. It is equal to root{R^{2} + X^{2}}, where R = ohmic resistance, X = reactance. For an inductive circuit, X = 2[pi]fL, where f = frequency and L = self-inductance; for a circuit with capacity X = 1 [div] 2[pi]fC, where C = capacity. | |
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Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow. | |
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Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow. | |
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Impedible \Im*ped"i*ble\, a. Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. --Shak. {Impediment in speech}, a defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. Usage: {Impediment}, {Obstacle}, {Difficulty}, {Hindrance}. An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it. The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and an impedimen in his political career. --C. J. Smith. | |
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Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, v. t. To impede. [R.] --Bp. Reynolds. | |
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Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. --Shak. {Impediment in speech}, a defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. Usage: {Impediment}, {Obstacle}, {Difficulty}, {Hindrance}. An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it. The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and an impedimen in his political career. --C. J. Smith. | |
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Impedimental \Im*ped`i*men"tal\, a. Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. --G. H. Lewes. | |
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Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow. | |
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Impedite \Im"pe*dite\, v. t. To impede. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Impedite \Im"pe*dite\, a. [L. impeditus, p. p. See {Impede}.] Hindered; obstructed. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Impedition \Im"pe*di"tion\, n. [L. impeditio.] A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] --Baxier. | |
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Impeditive \Im*ped"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. imp[82]ditif.] Causing hindrance; impeding. [bd]Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Impetiginous \Im`pe*tig"i*nous\, a. [L. impetiginous: cf. F. imp[82]tigineux.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo. | |
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Impetrable \Im"pe*tra*ble\a. [L. impetrabilis: cf. F. imp[82]trable. See {Impetrate}.] Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Impetrate \Im"pe*trate\, a. [L. impetratus, p. p. of impetrare to obtain; pref. im- in + patrare to bring to pass.] Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] --Ld. Herbert. | |
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Impetrate \Im"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impetrating}.] To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. | |
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Impetrate \Im"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impetrating}.] To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. | |
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Impetrate \Im"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impetrating}.] To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. | |
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Impetration \Im`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. impetratio: cf. F. imp[82]tration.] 1. The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. [Obs.] In way of impertation procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses. --Barrow. 2. (Old Eng. Law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm. | |
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Impetrative \Im"pe*tra*tive\, a. [L. impetrativus obtained by entreaty.] Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Impetratory \Im"pe*tra*to*ry\, a. Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Impetuosity \Im*pet`u*os"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. imp[82]tuosit[82].] 1. The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence. 2. Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. --Shak. | |
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Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See {Impetus}.] 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron. 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton. Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See {Impetus}.] 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron. 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton. Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See {Impetus}.] 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron. 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton. Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impetus \Im"pe*tus\, n. [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek. See {Petition}.] 1. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum. Note: Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or effectiveness. 2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. --Buckle. 3. (Gun.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece. | |
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Impiety \Im*pi"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Impieties}. [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[82]t[82]. See {Impious}, {Piety}.] 1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. 2. An impious act; an act of wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. --Shak. Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness. | |
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Impiety \Im*pi"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Impieties}. [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[82]t[82]. See {Impious}, {Piety}.] 1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. 2. An impious act; an act of wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. --Shak. Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness. | |
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Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See {Impotent}.] 1. The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. --Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton. 2. Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton. 3. (Law & Med.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness. | |
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Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See {Impotent}.] 1. The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. --Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton. 2. Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton. 3. (Law & Med.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness. | |
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Impotent \Im"po*tent\, a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See {Potent}.] 1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. --Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. --Addison. 2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden. 3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren. | |
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Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n. One who is imoitent. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Impotently \Im"po*tent*ly\, adv. In an impotent manner. | |
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Imppiteous \Imp*pit"e*ous\, a. Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.] | |
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Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imptrinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imprinting}.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st {In-}, {Print}, and cf. {Impress}.] 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. --Prior. 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, [bd]Be free.[b8] --Cowper. 3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. --Locke. | |
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Impudence \Im"pu*dence\ ([icr]m"p[usl]*d[eit]ns), n. [L. impudentia: cf. F. impudence. See {Impudent}.] The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty. Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny. --Locke. Where pride and impudence (in fashion knit) Usurp the chair of wit. --B. Jonson. Syn: Shamelessness; audacity; insolence; effrontery; sauciness; impertinence; pertness; rudeness. Usage: {Impudence}, {Effrontery}, {Sauciness}. Impudence refers more especially to the feelings as manifested in action. Effrontery applies to some gross and public exhibition of shamelessness. Sauciness refers to a sudden pert outbreak of impudence, especially from an inferior. Impudence is an unblushing kind of impertinence, and may be manifested in words, tones, gestures, looks, etc. Effrontery rises still higher, and shows a total or shameless disregard of duty or decorum under the circumstances of the case. Sauciness discovers itself toward particular individuals, in certain relations; as in the case of servants who are saucy to their masters, or children who are saucy to their teachers. See {Impertinent}, and {Insolent}. | |
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Impudency \Im"pu*den*cy\, n. Impudence. [Obs.] --Burton. Audacious without impudency. --Shak. | |
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Impudent \Im"pu*dent\, a. [L. impudens, -entis; pref. im- not + pudens ashamed, modest, p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.] Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. More than impudent sauciness. --Shak. When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. --Dryden. Syn: Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent. | |
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Impudently \Im"pu*dent*ly\, adv. In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly. At once assail With open mouths, and impudently rail. --Sandys. | |
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Impudicity \Im`pu*dic"i*ty\, n. [L. impudicus immodest; im- not + pudicus shamefaced, modest: cf. F. impudicit[82], L. impudicitia.] Immodesty. --Sheldon. | |
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Imputability \Im*put`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being imputable; imputableness. | |
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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 least, were imputable to mental incapacity. --Prescott. 2. Accusable; culpable. [R.] The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise imputable. --Ayliffe. | |
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Imputableness \Im*put"a*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being imputable. | |
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Imputably \Im*put"a*bly\, adv. By imputation. | |
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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. Antonio is a good man. Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation to the contrary? --Shak. If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. --Shak. 2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation. Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputation of our enemies. --Addison. 3. (Theol.) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ. 4. Opinion; intimation; hint. | |
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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. Warburton. | |
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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. Warburton. | |
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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. See {Putative}.] 1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. --Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. --Macaulay. 2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 22. They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. --Milton. 3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. --Gibbon. Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See {Ascribe}. | |
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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. See {Putative}.] 1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. --Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. --Macaulay. 2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 22. They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. --Milton. 3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. --Gibbon. Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See {Ascribe}. | |
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Imputer \Im*put"er\, n. One who imputes. | |
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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. See {Putative}.] 1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. --Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. --Macaulay. 2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 22. They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. --Milton. 3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. --Gibbon. Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See {Ascribe}. | |
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Imputrescible \Im`pu*tres"ci*ble\, a. [Pref. im- + putrescible: cf. F. imputrescible.] Not putrescible. | |
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Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. 3. (Mil.) (a) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. (b) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. (c) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. {Barbette battery}. See {Barbette}. {Battery d'enfilade}, or {Enfilading battery}, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. {Battery en [82]charpe}, one that plays obliquely. {Battery gun}, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. {Battery wagon}, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. {In battery}, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. {Masked battery}, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy. {Out of battery}, or {From battery}, withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading. 4. (Elec.) (a) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. (b) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. Note: In the trough battery, copper and zinc plates, connected in pairs, divide the trough into cells, which are filled with an acid or oxidizing liquid; the effect is exhibited when wires connected with the two end-plates are brought together. In Daniell's battery, the metals are zinc and copper, the former in dilute sulphuric acid, or a solution of sulphate of zinc, the latter in a saturated solution of sulphate of copper. A modification of this is the common gravity battery, so called from the automatic action of the two fluids, which are separated by their specific gravities. In Grove's battery, platinum is the metal used with zinc; two fluids are used, one of them in a porous cell surrounded by the other. In Bunsen's or the carbon battery, the carbon of gas coke is substituted for the platinum of Grove's. In Leclanch[82]'s battery, the elements are zinc in a solution of ammonium chloride, and gas carbon surrounded with manganese dioxide in a porous cell. A secondary battery is a battery which usually has the two plates of the same kind, generally of lead, in dilute sulphuric acid, and which, when traversed by an electric current, becomes charged, and is then capable of giving a current of itself for a time, owing to chemical changes produced by the charging current. A storage battery is a kind of secondary battery used for accumulating and storing the energy of electrical charges or currents, usually by means of chemical work done by them; an accumulator. 5. A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc. 6. (Metallurgy) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. --Knight. 7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. 8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together. | |
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Patient \Pa"tient\, n. 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient. --Gov. of Tongue. 2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse. Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. --Sir P. Sidney. {In patient}, a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. {Out patient}, one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary. | |
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d8Petto \[d8]Pet"to\, n. [It., fr. L. pectus.] The breast. {In petto}, in the breast; hence, in secrecy; in reserve. | |
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Inapathy \In*ap"a*thy\, n. Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to {apathy}. [R.] | |
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Inappetence \In*ap"pe*tence\, Inappetency \In*ap"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Pref. in- not + appetence: cf. F. inapp[82]tence.] Want of appetency; want of desire. | |
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Inappetence \In*ap"pe*tence\, Inappetency \In*ap"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Pref. in- not + appetence: cf. F. inapp[82]tence.] Want of appetency; want of desire. | |
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Inapt \In*apt"\, a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. {Inept}.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- {In*apt"ly}, adv. -- {In*apt"ness}, n. | |
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Inaptitude \In*apt"i*tude\, n. [In- + aptitude: cf. F. inaptitude. Cf. {Ineptitude}.] Want of aptitude. | |
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Inapt \In*apt"\, a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. {Inept}.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- {In*apt"ly}, adv. -- {In*apt"ness}, n. | |
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Inapt \In*apt"\, a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. {Inept}.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- {In*apt"ly}, adv. -- {In*apt"ness}, n. | |
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Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. {Inapt}.] 1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. --Glanvill. 2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Ineptitude \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.] 1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness. That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. --Tatler. 2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness. | |
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Ineptly \In*ept"ly\, adv. Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly. None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Ineptness \In*ept"ness\, n. Unfitness; ineptitude. The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Inevidence \In*ev"i*dence\, n. [Cf. F. in[82]vidence.] Want of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Inevident \In*ev"i*dent\, a. [Cf. F. in[82]vident.] Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure. | |
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Inevitability \In*ev`i*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. in[82]vitabilit[82].] Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. --Shelford. | |
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Inevitable \In*ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in[82]vitable. See {In-} not, and {Evitable}.] 1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. [bd]The inevitable hour.[b8] --Gray. It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. --Burke. 2. Irresistible. [bd]Inevitable charms.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Inevitableness \In*ev"i*ta*ble*ness\, n. The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen. --Prideaux. | |
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Inevitably \In*ev"i*ta*bly\, adv. Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly. Inevitably thou shalt die. --Milton. How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! --South. | |
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Infatigable \In*fat"i*ga*ble\, a. [L. infatigabilis: cf. F. infatigable.] Indefatigable. [Obs.] --Daniel. | |
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Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\ (?; 135), a. [L. infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See {Fatuous}.] Infatuated. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. --Clarendon. 2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. --Addison. | |
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Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. --Clarendon. 2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. --Addison. | |
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Infatuated \In*fat"u*a`ted\, a. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation. | |
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Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. --Clarendon. 2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. --Addison. | |
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Infatuation \In*fat`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.] The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. --I. Taylor. Such is the infatuation of self-love. --Blair. | |
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Infeodation \In`feo*da"tion\, n. (Law) See {Infeudation}. | |
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Infeudation \In`feu*da"tion\, n. [LL. infeudatio, fr. infeudare to enfeoff: cf. F. inf[82]odation. See {Feud} a fief.] 1. (Law) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. --Sir M. Hale. 2. The granting of tithes to laymen. --Blackstone. | |
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Infidel \In"fi*del\, a. [L. infidelis; pref. in- not + fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith: cf. F. infid[8a]le. See {Fidelity}.] Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity. The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. --V. Knox. | |
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Infidel \In"fi*del\, n. One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker. Note: Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Mohammedanism. Syn: {Infidel}, {Unbeliever}, {Freethinker}, {Deist}, {Atheist}, {Sceptic}, {Agnostic}. Usage: An infidel, in common usage, is one who denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more commonly used in the extreme sense. A deist believes in one God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed, so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity. | |
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Infidelity \In`fi*del"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infidelities}. [L. infidelitas: cf. F. infid[82]lit[82].] 1. Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity. There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes of infidelity. --V. Knox. 2. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery. 3. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. [bd]The infidelity of friends.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Infidelity \In`fi*del"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infidelities}. [L. infidelitas: cf. F. infid[82]lit[82].] 1. Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity. There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes of infidelity. --V. Knox. 2. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery. 3. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. [bd]The infidelity of friends.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Bishop \Bish"op\, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. [?], [?] over + [?] inspector, fr. root of [?], [?], to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf. {Episcopal}.] 1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. --1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently [bd]bishop[b8] ( [?] ) and [bd]elder[b8] or [bd]presbyter.[b8] --J. B. Lightfoot. 2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. {Bishop in partibus} [{infidelium}] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. --Shipley. {Titular bishop} (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus. {Bench of Bishops}. See under {Bench}. 3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents. 4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer. 5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. --Swift. 6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.] If, by her bishop, or her [bd]grace[b8] alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. --Saxe. | |
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Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore. | |
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Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. i. To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] --Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit here. --Waller. | |
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Inhabitable \In*hab"it*a*ble\, a. [L. inhabitabilis. See {Inhabit}.] Capable of being inhabited; habitable. Systems of inhabitable planets. --Locke. | |
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Inhabitable \In*hab"it*a*ble\, a. [L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See {In-} not, and {Habitable}.] Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. [Obs.] The frozen ridges of the Alps Or other ground inhabitable. --Shak. | |
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Inhabitance \In*hab"it*ance\, Inhabitancy \In*hab"it*an*cy\, n. 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. --Carew. 2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. | |
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Inhabitance \In*hab"it*ance\, Inhabitancy \In*hab"it*an*cy\, n. 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. --Carew. 2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. | |
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Inhabitant \In*hab"it*ant\, n. [L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.] 1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state. [bd]Frail inhabitants of earth.[b8] --Cowper. In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. --Abp. Abbot. 2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. | |
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Inhabitate \In*hab"i*tate\, v. t. To inhabit. [Obs.] | |
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Inhabitation \In*hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.] 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. --Bp. Pearson. 2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Inhabitativeness \In*hab"it*a*tive*ness\, n. (Phrenol.) A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country. | |
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Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore. | |
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Inhabited \In*hab"it*ed\, a. Uninhabited. [Obs.] --Brathwait. | |
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Inhabiter \In*hab"it*er\, n. An inhabitant. [R.] --Derham. | |
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Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore. | |
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Inhabitiveness \In*hab"it*ive*ness\, n. (Phrenol.) See {Inhabitativeness}. What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. --Lowell. | |
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Inhabitress \In*hab"it*ress\, n. A female inhabitant. [R.] | |
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Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}.] 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. --Bentley. 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. --Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. --Ayliffe. | |
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Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}.] 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. --Bentley. 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. --Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. --Ayliffe. | |
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Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}.] 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. --Bentley. 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. --Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. --Ayliffe. | |
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Inhibition \In`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.] 1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. 2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc. 3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. --Cowell. | |
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Inhibitor \In*hib"i*tor\, n. [NL.] That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve. | |
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Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.] Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. --Lamb. {Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. | |
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Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.] Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. --Lamb. {Inhibitory nerves} (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. | |
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Inhibitory-motor \In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor\, a. (Physiol.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. --McKendrick. | |
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Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innovated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Innovating}.] [L. innovatus,p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new,fr. novus new. See {New}.] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic] 2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] --Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. --South. | |
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Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. --Bacon. Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. --Dryden. | |
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Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innovated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Innovating}.] [L. innovatus,p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new,fr. novus new. See {New}.] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic] 2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] --Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. --South. | |
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Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Innovated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Innovating}.] [L. innovatus,p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new,fr. novus new. See {New}.] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic] 2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] --Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. --South. | |
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Innovation \In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.] 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. --Dryden. 2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. --Bacon. The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto innovations. --Hooker. 3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. | |
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Innovationist \In`no*va"tion*ist\, n. One who favors innovation. | |
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Innovative \In"no*va*tive\, a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. --Fitzed. Hall. | |
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Innovator \In"no*va`tor\, n. [Cf. F. innovateur.] One who innovates. --Shak. | |
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Inobedience \In`o*be"di*ence\, n. [L. inoboedientia : cf.F. inobedience.] Disobedience. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Chaucer. | |
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Inobedient \In`o*be"di*ent\, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See {Obedient}.] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {In`o*be"di*ent*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Inobedient \In`o*be"di*ent\, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See {Obedient}.] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {In`o*be"di*ent*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Inobtrusive \In`ob*tru"sive\, a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inobtrusive \In`ob*tru"sive\, a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inobtrusive \In`ob*tru"sive\, a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In`ob*tru"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Inpatient \In"pa`tient\, n. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from {outpatient}. | |
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Invade \In*vade"\, v. i. To make an invasion. --Brougham. | |
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Invade \In*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See {Wade}.] 1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton. 3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. 4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue. Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}. | |
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Invade \In*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See {Wade}.] 1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton. 3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. 4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue. Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}. | |
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Invader \In*vad"er\, n. One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder. | |
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Invade \In*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See {Wade}.] 1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton. 3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. 4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue. Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}. | |
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Inveteracy \In*vet"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Inveterate}.] 1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. --A. Tucker. 2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons. --Guardian. | |
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Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, a. [L. inveteratus, p. p. of inveterare to render old; pref. in- in + vetus, veteris, old. See {Veteran}.] 1. Old; long-established. [Obs.] It is an inveterate and received opinion. --Bacon. 2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse. Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. --Shak. 3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker. 4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. --H. Brooke. | |
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Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, v. t. To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Inveterately \In*vet"er*ate*ly\, adv. In an inveterate manner or degree. [bd]Inveterately tough.[b8] --Hawthorne. | |
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Inveterateness \In*vet"er*ate*ness\, n. Inveteracy. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inveteration \In*vet`er*a"tion\, n. [L. inveteratio.] The act of making inveterate. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Invitation \In`vi*ta"tion\, n. [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See {Invite}.] 1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend. 2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, [?]onveying the message by which one is invited. 3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak. | |
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Invitatory \In*vi"ta*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Invitatories}. [LL. invitatorium: cf. F. invitatoire.] That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship. | |
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Invitatory \In*vi"ta*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Invitatories}. [LL. invitatorium: cf. F. invitatoire.] That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship. | |
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Invitatory \In*vi"ta*to*ry\, a. [L. invitatorius: cf. F. invitatoire.] Using or containing invitations. The [bd]Venite[b8] [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm. --Hook. | |
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Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.] 1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion. So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak. I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. --Carlyle. 2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper. 3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism. Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade. | |
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Invite \In*vite"\, v. i. To give invitation. --Milton. | |
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Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.] 1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion. So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak. I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. --Carlyle. 2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper. 3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism. Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade. | |
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Invitement \In*vite"ment\, n. Invitation. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Inviter \In*vit"er\, n. One who, or that which, invites. | |
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Invitiate \In*vi"ti*ate\, a. Not vitiated. --Lowell. | |
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Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.] 1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion. So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak. I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. --Carlyle. 2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper. 3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism. Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade. | |
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Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. --W. Irving. -- {In*vit"ing*ly}, adv. -- {In*vit"ing*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. --W. Irving. -- {In*vit"ing*ly}, adv. -- {In*vit"ing*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. --W. Irving. -- {In*vit"ing*ly}, adv. -- {In*vit"ing*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Invitrifiable \In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble\, a. Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. --Kirwan. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Imboden, AR (town, FIPS 34150) Location: 36.20170 N, 91.17977 W Population (1990): 616 (333 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72434 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
impedance current. Impedance consists of {resistance} plus {reactance} (capacitive or inductive). Measured in {Ohms}. (2003-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
InnovAda An {object-oriented} extension to {Ada}, said to be {Lisp}-like. Implemented as an {Ada} {preprocessor}. (1994-11-03) [Where? Who? When?] | |
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input a computer system via some kind of {input device}. Opposite: {output}. (1997-04-28) | |
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Input {ALPHA} | |
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input a computer system via some kind of {input device}. Opposite: {output}. (1997-04-28) | |
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Input {ALPHA} | |
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input device outside world into a computer system. Some input devices are operated directly by the user, e.g. {keyboard}, {mouse}, {touch screen}, {joystick}, {digitising tablet}, {microphone}; others are sensors or transducers which convert external signals into data, e.g. using an {ananlog to digital converter} (this would also be true of a microphone). Other kinds of inputs are really one half of a bidirectional link with another computer or storage device, e.g. {serial line}, {SCSI} interface. (1996-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
input/output computer and its users, its storage devices, other computers (via a {network}) or the outside world. The devices the computer uses to do this are called "{peripherals}". What actually counts as I/O depends on what level of detail you are considering, e.g. communication between processors would not be considered I/O when considering a {multiprocessor} as a single system. Important aspects of I/O are {throughput}, {latency}, and whether the communications is {synchronous} or {asynchronous} (using some kind of {buffer}). (2003-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
input/output redirection to different {file} or {device} or to another process via a {pipe}, or to have a process read its input from a different file, device or pipe. Some other {operating systems} have similar facilities. To redirect input to come from a file instead of the keyboard, use "<": myprog < myfile Similarly to redirect output to a file instead of the screen: ls > filelist A pipe redirects the output of one process directly into the input of another who | wc -l A common misuse by beginners is cat myfile | myprog Which is more or less equivalent to "myprog < myfile" except that it introduces an extra unnecessary cat process and buffer space for the pipe. Even the "<" is unnecessary with many standard Unix commands since they accept input file names as command line arguments anyway. Unix's concept of {standard input/output} and I/O redirection make it easy to combine simple processes in powerful ways and to use the same commands for different purposes. (1998-04-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Imputation is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to Christ, i.e., he assumed our "law-place," undertook to answer the demands of justice for our sins. In all these cases the nature of imputation is the same (Rom. 5:12-19; comp. Philemon 1:18, 19). |