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Iambic \I*am"bic\, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See {Lambus}. | |
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Iambic \I*am"bic\, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. --Dryden. 2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon. | |
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Iambical \I*am"bic*al\, a. Iambic. [Obs. or R.] | |
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Iambically \I*am"bic*al*ly\, adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics. | |
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Iambize \I*am"bize\, v. t. [Gr. [?].] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [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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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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Imbase \Im*base"\, v. t. See {Embase}. | |
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Imbase \Im*base"\, v. i. To diminish in value. [Obs.] --Hales. | |
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Imbastardize \Im*bas"tard*ize\, v. t. To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, v. t. To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imb[82]cile.] Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane. Syn: Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic. | |
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Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, n. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind. | |
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Imbecilitate \Im`be*cil"i*tate\, v. t. To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] --A. Wilson. | |
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Imbecility \Im`be*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imbecilities}. [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imb[82]cillit[82].] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. --Sir W. Temple. Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently. Syn: Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See {Debility}. | |
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Imbecility \Im`be*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imbecilities}. [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imb[82]cillit[82].] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. --Sir W. Temple. Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently. Syn: Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See {Debility}. | |
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Imbezzle \Im*bez"zle\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Embezzle}. | |
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Imbosk \Im*bosk"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosking}.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See {Boscage}, and cf. {Ambush}.] To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Imbosk \Im*bosk"\, v. i. To be concealed. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Imbosk \Im*bosk"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosking}.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See {Boscage}, and cf. {Ambush}.] To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Imbosk \Im*bosk"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosking}.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See {Boscage}, and cf. {Ambush}.] To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Imbosom \Im*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosoming}.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. {Embosom}.] 1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom. 2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. [bd]Villages imbosomed soft in trees.[b8] --Thomson. The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. --Milton. | |
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Imbosom \Im*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosoming}.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. {Embosom}.] 1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom. 2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. [bd]Villages imbosomed soft in trees.[b8] --Thomson. The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. --Milton. | |
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Imbosom \Im*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbosomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbosoming}.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. {Embosom}.] 1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom. 2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. [bd]Villages imbosomed soft in trees.[b8] --Thomson. The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. --Milton. | |
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Imboss \Im*boss"\, v. t. See {Emboss}. | |
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Imbosture \Im*bos"ture\, n. [See {Emboss}.] Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Imbox \Im*box"\, v. t. To inclose in a box. | |
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Impacable \Im*pa"ca*ble\, a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See {Pacate}.] Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Im*pa"ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Impacable \Im*pa"ca*ble\, a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See {Pacate}.] Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Im*pa"ca*bly}, adv. | |
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Impackment \Im*pack"ment\, n. [Pref. im- in + pack.] The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [R.] --Kane. | |
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Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. | |
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Impact \Im"pact\, n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey. 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest. | |
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Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. | |
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Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a. Driven together or close. {Impacted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. | |
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Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a. Driven together or close. {Impacted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. | |
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Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. | |
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Impaction \Im*pac"tion\, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.] 1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. 2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast. | |
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Impassable \Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. {Unpassable}.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. -- {Im*pass"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*pass"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Impassable \Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. {Unpassable}.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. -- {Im*pass"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*pass"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Impassable \Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. {Unpassable}.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. -- {Im*pass"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*pass"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Impassibility \Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty\, a. [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilit[82].] The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things. | |
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Impassible \Im*pas"si*ble\, a. [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See {Passible}.] Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. [bd]Impassible to the critic.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. --Dryden. | |
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Impassibleness \Im*pas"si*ble*ness\, n. Impassibility. | |
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Impassion \Im*pas"sion\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + passion. Cf. {Empassion}, {Impassionate}, v.] To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] --Chapman. | |
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Impassionable \Im*pas"sion*a*ble\, a. Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion. | |
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Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, a. Strongly affected. --Smart. | |
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Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, a. [Pref. im- not + passionate.] Without passion or feeling. --Burton. | |
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Impassioned \Im*pas"sioned\, p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse. | |
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Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Impassivity \Im`pas*siv"i*ty\, n. The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness. | |
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Impastation \Im`pas*ta"tion\, n. [F. See {Impaste}.] The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements. | |
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Impaste \Im*paste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impasting}.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F. emp[83]ter. See 1st {In-} and {Paste}.] 1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. [bd]Blood . . . baked and impasted.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. {Impasto}. | |
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Impaste \Im*paste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impasting}.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F. emp[83]ter. See 1st {In-} and {Paste}.] 1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. [bd]Blood . . . baked and impasted.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. {Impasto}. | |
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Impaste \Im*paste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impasting}.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It. impastare, OF. empaster, F. emp[83]ter. See 1st {In-} and {Paste}.] 1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. [bd]Blood . . . baked and impasted.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. {Impasto}. | |
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Impasting \Im*past"ing\, (Paint.) The laying on of colors to produce impasto. | |
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Impasto \Im*pas"to\, n. [It. See {Impaste}.] (Paint.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. --Fairholt. | |
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Impasture \Im*pas"ture\, v. t. To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] --T. Adams. | |
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Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeaching}.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[88]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and {Appeach}, {Dispatch}, {Impede}.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See {Impeachment}. 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See {Accuse}. | |
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Impeach \Im*peach"\, n. Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.] | |
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Impeachable \Im*peach"a*ble\, a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. --Z. Swift. | |
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Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeaching}.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[88]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and {Appeach}, {Dispatch}, {Impede}.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See {Impeachment}. 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See {Accuse}. | |
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Impeacher \Im*peach"er\, n. One who impeaches. | |
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Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeaching}.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[88]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and {Appeach}, {Dispatch}, {Impede}.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See {Impeachment}. 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See {Accuse}. | |
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Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[88]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. --Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. --Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. --Shak. Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. {Articles of impeachment}. See under {Article}. {Impeachment of waste} (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. | |
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Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[88]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. --Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. --Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. --Shak. Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. {Articles of impeachment}. See under {Article}. {Impeachment of waste} (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. | |
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Impeccability \Im*pec`ca*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. impeccabilit[82].] the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense. Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. --Pope. | |
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Impeccable \Im*pec"ca*ble\, a. [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.] Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. -- n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness. God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect. --P. Skelton. | |
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Impeccancy \Im*pec"can*cy\, n. Sinlessness. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Impeccant \Im*pec"cant\, a. Sinless; impeccable. --Byron. | |
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Impecuniosity \Im`pe*cu`ni*os"i*ty\, n. The state of being impecunious. --Thackeray. Sir W. Scott. | |
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Impecunious \Im"pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. imp[82]cunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor. An impecunious creature. --B. Jonson. | |
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Impest \Im*pest"\, v. t. To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.] | |
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Impester \Im*pes"ter\, v. t. See {Pester}. [Obs.] | |
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Impictured \Im*pic"tured\, a. Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Impignorate \Im*pig"no*rate\, v. t. [LL. impignoratus, p. pl of impignorare to pawn. See {Pignoration}.] To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] --Laing. | |
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Impignoration \Im*pig`no*ra"tion\, n. [LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration.] The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See {Pious}.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: {Impious}, {Irreligious}, {Profane}. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- {Im"pi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im"pi*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See {Pious}.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: {Impious}, {Irreligious}, {Profane}. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- {Im"pi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im"pi*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See {Pious}.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: {Impious}, {Irreligious}, {Profane}. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- {Im"pi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im"pi*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Impishly \Imp"ish*ly\, a. Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp. | |
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Impishly \Imp"ish*ly\, adv. In the manner of an imp. | |
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Impoison \Im*poi"son\, v. t. [Cf. {Empoison}.] To poison; to imbitter; to impair. | |
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Impoisoner \Im*poi"son*er\, n. A poisoner. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fi. | |
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Impoisonment \Im*poi"son*ment\, n. [Cf. {Empoisonment}.] The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.] --Pope. | |
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Imposable \Im*pos"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. imposable.] Capable of being imposed or laid on. --Hammond. | |
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Imposableness \Im*pos"a*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being imposable. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. --Chapman. 2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. --Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller. 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 4. (Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i. To practice trick or deception. {To impose on} [or] {upon}, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. [bd]He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things.[b8] --Locke. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, n. A command; injunction. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. --Chapman. 2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. --Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller. 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 4. (Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. | |
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Imposement \Im*pose"ment\, n. Imposition. [Obs.] | |
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Imposer \Im*pos"er\, n. One who imposes. The imposers of these oaths might repent. --Walton. | |
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also {imposing table}. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. --Chapman. 2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. --Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller. 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 4. (Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. | |
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, a. 1. Laying as a duty; enjoining. 2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. [bd]Large and imposing edifices.[b8] --Bp. Hobart. 3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also {imposing table}. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also {imposing table}. | |
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also {imposing table}. | |
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Imposingly \Im*pos"ing*ly\, adv. In an imposing manner. | |
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Imposingness \Im*pos"ing*ness\, n. The quality of being imposing. | |
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Imposition \Im`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See {Impone}.] 1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. [bd]From imposition of strict laws.[b8] --Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. --Hammond. 2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax. 3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. --T. Warton. 4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. --Shak. 5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc. 6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. Syn: Deceit; fraud; imposture. See {Deception}. | |
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Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}. [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit[82].] 1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. --South. 2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley. 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer. {Logical impossibility}, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See {Principle of Contradiction}, under {Contradiction}. | |
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Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}. [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit[82].] 1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. --South. 2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley. 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer. {Logical impossibility}, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See {Principle of Contradiction}, under {Contradiction}. | |
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Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.] Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible. With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26. Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb. xi. 6. {Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See {Imaginary}. Syn: See {Impracticable}. | |
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Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, n. An impossibility. [Obs.] [bd]Madam,[b8] quoth he, [bd]this were an impossible![b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.] Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible. With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26. Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb. xi. 6. {Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See {Imaginary}. Syn: See {Impracticable}. | |
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Impossibly \Im*pos"si*bly\, adv. Not possibly. --Sir. T. North. | |
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Impost \Im"post\, n. [OF. impost, F. impot, LL. impostus, fr. L. impostus, p. p. of imponere to impose. See {Impone}.] 1. That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. --Macaulay. 2. (Arch.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. Note: The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break. Syn: Tribute; excise; custom; duty; tax. | |
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Imposthumate \Im*post"hu*mate\, v. t. [See {Imposthume}.] To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Imposthumate \Im*post"hu*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposthumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposthumating}.] To affect with an imposthume or abscess. | |
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Imposthumate \Im*post"hu*mate\, a. Imposthumated. | |
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Imposthumate \Im*post"hu*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposthumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposthumating}.] To affect with an imposthume or abscess. | |
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Imposthumate \Im*post"hu*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposthumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposthumating}.] To affect with an imposthume or abscess. | |
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Apostemation \A*pos`te*ma"tion\, n. [LL. apostematio: cf. F. apost[82]mation.] (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [Written corruptly {imposthumation}.] --Wiseman. | |
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Imposthumation \Im*post`hu*ma"tion\, n. 1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. 2. An abscess; an imposthume. --Coxe. | |
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Apostemation \A*pos`te*ma"tion\, n. [LL. apostematio: cf. F. apost[82]mation.] (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [Written corruptly {imposthumation}.] --Wiseman. | |
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Imposthumation \Im*post`hu*ma"tion\, n. 1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. 2. An abscess; an imposthume. --Coxe. | |
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Aposteme \Ap"os*teme\, n. [L. apostema, Gr. [?] the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. [?] to stand off: cf. F. apost[8a]me. See {Apostasy}.] (Med.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly {imposthume}.] | |
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Imposthume \Im*post"hume\, n. [A corruption of aposteme. See {Aposteme}.] A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess. | |
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Imposthume \Im*post"hume\, v. t. & i. Same as {Imposthumate}. | |
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Aposteme \Ap"os*teme\, n. [L. apostema, Gr. [?] the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. [?] to stand off: cf. F. apost[8a]me. See {Apostasy}.] (Med.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly {imposthume}.] | |
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Imposthume \Im*post"hume\, n. [A corruption of aposteme. See {Aposteme}.] A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess. | |
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Imposthume \Im*post"hume\, v. t. & i. Same as {Imposthumate}. | |
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Impostor \Im*pos"tor\, n. [L. impostor a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See {Impone}.] One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. [bd]The fraudulent impostor foul.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See {Deceiver}. | |
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Impostorship \Im*pos"tor*ship\, n. The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. --Milton. | |
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Impostress \Im*pos"tress\, Impostrix \Im*pos"trix\, n. [LL. impostrix. See {Impostor}.] A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Impostress \Im*pos"tress\, Impostrix \Im*pos"trix\, n. [LL. impostrix. See {Impostor}.] A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Impostrous \Im*pos"trous\, n. Characterized by imposture; deceitful. [bd]Impostrous pretense of knowledge.[b8] --Grote. | |
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Imposturage \Im*pos"tur*age\, n. Imposture; cheating. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Imposture \Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See {Impone}.] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. --Johnson. Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion. | |
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Impostured \Im*pos"tured\, a. Done by imposture. [Obs.] | |
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Imposturous \Im*pos"tur*ous\, a. Impostrous; deceitful. Strictness fales and impostrous. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Impostury \Im*pos"tur*y\, n. Imposture. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Impugn \Im*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impugned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impugning}.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See {Pugnacious}.] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. --Peacham. | |
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Impugnable \Im*pugn"a*ble\, a. Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid. | |
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Impugnation \Im`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. impugnatio: cf. OF. impugnation.] Act of impugning; opposition; attack. [Obs.] A perpetual impugnation and self-conflict. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Impugn \Im*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impugned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impugning}.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See {Pugnacious}.] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. --Peacham. | |
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Impugner \Im*pugn"er\, n. One who impugns. | |
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Impugn \Im*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impugned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impugning}.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See {Pugnacious}.] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. --Peacham. | |
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Impugnment \Im*pugn"ment\, n. The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. --Ed. Rev. | |
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Impuissance \Im*pu"is*sance\, n. [Cf. F. impuissance.] Lack of power; inability. --Bacon. Their own impuissance and weakness. --Holland. | |
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Impuissant \Im*pu"is*sant\, a. [F., fr. pref. im- not + puissant. See {Puissant}.] Weak; impotent; feeble. | |
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Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554) | |
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Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. --Shak. 2. Manifestation; expression; sign. All the large effects That troop with majesty. --Shak. 3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury. The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. --Whewell. 4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. --J. C. Shairp. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. --W. Irving. 5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect. 6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to. They spake to her to that effect. --2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. 7. The purport; the sum and substance. [bd]The effect of his intent.[b8] --Chaucer. 8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham. 9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. {For effect}, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. {In effect}, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. {Of no effect}, {Of none effect}, {To no effect}, [or] {Without effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. [bd]Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.[b8] --Mark vii. 13. [bd]All my study be to no effect.[b8] --Shak. {To give effect to}, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. {To take effect}, to become operative, to accomplish aims. --Shak. Syn: {Effect}, {Consequence}, {Result}. Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results. Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. --Cowper. Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. --Milton. | |
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Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. {Effigies}. [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See {Feign}.] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. {To burn}, [or] {To hang}, {in effigy}, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium. | |
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Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See {Pass}, v. i.] 1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. What! are my doors opposed against my passage! --Shak. 2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay. 3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage. 4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] [bd]Endure thy mortal passage.[b8] --Milton. When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak. 5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor. And with his pointed dart Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden. The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. --South. 6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J. Davies. The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak. 7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. [bd]In thy passages of life.[b8] --Shak. The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. --South. 8. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young. 9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. 10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. No passages of love Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson. 11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels. 12. In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. [bd]The passage of the Stamp Act.[b8] --D. Hosack. The final question was then put upon its passage. --Cushing. {In passage}, in passing; cursorily. [bd]These . . . have been studied but in passage.[b8] --Bacon. {Middle passage}, {Northeast passage}, {Northwest passage}. See under {Middle}, {Northeast}, etc. {Of passage}, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. [bd]Birds of passage.[b8] --Longfellow. {Passage hawk}, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. {Passage money}, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water. | |
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Posse \Pos"se\, n. See {Posse comitatus}. {In posse}. See {In posse} in the Vocabulary. | |
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Inabstinence \In*ab"sti*nence\, n. [Pref. in- not + abstinence: cf. F. inabstinence.] Want of abstinence; indulgence. [Obs.] [bd]The inabstinence of Eve.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Inabstracted \In`ab*stract"ed\, a. Not abstracted. | |
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Inabusively \In`a*bu"sive*ly\, adv. Without abuse. | |
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Inaffectation \In*af`fec*ta"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + affectation: cf. F. inaffectation.] Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.] | |
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Inaffected \In`af*fect"ed\, a. Unaffected. [Obs.] -- {In`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Inaffected \In`af*fect"ed\, a. Unaffected. [Obs.] -- {In`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Inappeasable \In`ap*peas"a*ble\, a. Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable. | |
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Inapposite \In*ap"po*site\, a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- {In*ap"po*site*ly}, adv. | |
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Inapposite \In*ap"po*site\, a. Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- {In*ap"po*site*ly}, adv. | |
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Ineffaceable \In`ef*face"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + effaceable: cf. F. ineffa[?]able.] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable. | |
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Ineffaceably \In`ef*face"a*bly\, adv. So as not to be effaceable. | |
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Ineffectible \In`ef*fect"i*ble\, a. Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Ineffective \In`ef*fect"ive\, a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.] Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal. The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Ineffectively \In`ef*fect"ive*ly\, adv. In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually. | |
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Ineffectiveness \In`ef*fect"ive*ness\, n. Quality of being ineffective. | |
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Ineffectual \In`ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. --Pope. The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual. --Boyle. Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See {Useless}, {Inefficacious}. | |
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Ineffectuality \In`ef*fec`tu*al"i*ty\, n. Ineffectualness. [R.] | |
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Ineffectually \In`ef*fec"tu*al*ly\, adv. Without effect; in vain. Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scots. --Ludlow. | |
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Ineffectualness \In`ef*fec"tu*al*ness\, n. Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy. The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. --Wake. | |
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Inefficacious \In*ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [Pref. in- not + efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax.] Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. --Boyle. The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders. --Burke. Note: Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious and habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual. | |
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Inefficaciously \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ly\, adv. without efficacy or effect. | |
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Inefficaciousness \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\, n. Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy. | |
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Inefficacy \In*ef"fi*ca*cy\, n. [L. inefficacia. See {In-} not, and {Efficacy}.] Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. The seeming inefficacy of censures. --Bp. Hall. The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. --James Gregory. | |
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Inefficiency \In`ef*fi"cien*cy\, n. The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency. | |
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Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a. 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator. | |
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Inefficiently \In`ef*fi"cient*ly\, adv. In an inefficient manner. | |
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Inevasible \In`e*va"si*ble\, a. Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable. | |
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Infashionable \In*fash"ion*a*ble\, a. Unfashionable. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Infaust \In*faust"\, a. [L. infaustus; pref. in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky.] Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Infausting \In*faust"ing\, n. The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Infeasibility \In*fea`si*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being infeasible; impracticability. | |
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Infeasible \In*fea"si*ble\, a. Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. --Glanvill. | |
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Infeasibleness \In*fea"si*ble*ness\, n. The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. --W. Montagu. | |
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Infect \In*fect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See {Infect}, v. t.] Infected. Cf. {Enfect}. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Infect \In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.] 1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment. 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. --Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile. | |
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Infect \In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.] 1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment. 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. --Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile. | |
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Infecter \In*fect"er\, n. One who, or that which, infects. | |
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Infectible \In*fect"i*ble\, a. Capable of being infected. | |
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Infect \In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.] 1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment. 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. --Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile. | |
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Infection \In*fec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.] 1. The act or process of infecting. There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. --De Foe. 2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused. And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them. --De Foe. 3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic. The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London. --De Foe. 4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles. It was her chance to light Amidst the gross infections of those times. --Daniel. 5. (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication. 6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence. Through all her train the soft infection ran. --Pope. Mankind are gay or serious by infection. --Rambler. Syn: {Infection}, {Contagion}. Usage: Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in contradistinction to contagion, which then implies transmission by direct contact. Quain. See {Contagious}. | |
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Infectious \In*fec"tious\, a. [Cf. F. infectieux.] 1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices. Where the infectious pestilence. --Shak. 2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing. It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to live always in it. --Dryden. 3. (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. --Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious. --W. Black. Syn: See {Contagious}. | |
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Parotitis \Par`o*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See {Parotid}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands. {Epidemic}, [or] {Infectious}, {parotitis}, mumps. | |
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Infectious disease \In*fec"tious dis*ease"\ (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. (b) Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or water, and thus spread without contact with the patient, as measles. | |
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Infectiously \In*fec"tious*ly\, adv. In an infectious manner. --Shak. | |
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Infectiousness \In*fec"tious*ness\, n. The quality of being infectious. | |
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Infective \In*fect"ive\, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. --Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective power. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Infecund \In*fec"und\, a. [L. infecundus: cf. F. inf[82]cond. See {In-} not, and {Fecund}.] Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] --Evelyn. | |
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Infecundity \In`fe*cun"di*ty\, n. [L. infecunditas: cf. F. inf[82]condit[82].] Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. | |
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Infecundous \In`fe*cun"dous\, a. [See {Infecund}.] Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Infest \In*fest"\, a. [L. infestus. See {Infest}, v. t.] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See {Defend}.] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. --Addison. And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow. | |
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Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See {Defend}.] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. --Addison. And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow. | |
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Infester \In*fest"er\, n. One who, or that which, infests. | |
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Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See {Defend}.] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. --Addison. And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow. | |
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Infestive \In*fest"ive\, a. [L. infestivus. See {In-} not, and {Festive}.] Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.] | |
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Infestivity \In`fes*tiv"i*ty\, n. Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [R.] | |
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Infesttation \In`fest*ta"tion\, n. [L. infestatio: cf. F. infestation.] The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. --Bacon. Free from the infestation of enemies. --Donne. | |
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Infestuous \In*fes"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. infestus. See {Infest}, a.] Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] [bd]Infestuous as serpents.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Infix \In*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infixing}.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See {Fix}.] 1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. --Shak. The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden. 2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory. | |
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Infix \In"fix\, n. Something infixed. [R.] --Welsford. | |
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Infix \In*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infixing}.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See {Fix}.] 1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. --Shak. The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden. 2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory. | |
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Infix \In*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infixing}.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See {Fix}.] 1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. --Shak. The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden. 2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory. | |
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Infucate \In`fu*cate\, v. t. [L. infucatus painted; pref. in- in + fucare to paint, dye. See {Fucate}.] To stain; to paint; to daub. | |
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Infucation \In`fu*ca"tion\, n. The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face. | |
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Infuscate \In*fus"cate\, v. t. [L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.] To darken; to make black; to obscure. | |
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Infuscated \In*fus"ca*ted\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Darkened with a blackish tinge. | |
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Infuscation \In`fus*ca"tion\, n. The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. --Johnson. | |
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Infuse \In*fuse\, n. Infusion. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Infuse \In*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infusing}.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See {Found} to cast.] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. --Denham. 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. --Shak. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessd? --Swift. 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. Infuse his breast with magnanimity. --Shak. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. --Shak. 4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. --Coxe. 5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Infuse \In*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infusing}.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See {Found} to cast.] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. --Denham. 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. --Shak. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessd? --Swift. 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. Infuse his breast with magnanimity. --Shak. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. --Shak. 4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. --Coxe. 5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Infuser \In*fus"er\, n. One who, or that which, infuses. | |
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Infusibility \In*fu`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [From {Infuse}.] Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled. | |
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Infusibility \In*fu`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilit[82].] Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon. | |
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Infusible \In*fu"si*ble\, a. [From {Infuse}, v.] Capable of being infused. Doctrines being infusible into all. --Hammond. | |
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Infusible \In*fu"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapble or difficalt of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. --Sir T. Browne. The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible. --Lavoisier (Trans. ). | |
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Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F. pr[82]cipit[82].] 1. (Chem.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface. {Red precipitate} (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide ({HgO}) a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the latter manner, it was the {precipitate per se} of the alchemists. {White precipitate} (Old Chem.) (a) A heavy white amorphous powder ({NH2.HgCl}) obtained by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also {infusible white precipitate}, and now {amido-mercuric chloride}. (b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also {fusible white precipitate}. | |
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Infusibleness \In*fu"si*ble*ness\, n. Infusibility. | |
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Infuse \In*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infusing}.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See {Found} to cast.] 1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed. That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse. --Denham. 2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce. That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. --Shak. Why should he desire to have qualities infused into his son which himself never possessd? --Swift. 3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with. Infuse his breast with magnanimity. --Shak. Infusing him with self and vain conceit. --Shak. 4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. --Coxe. 5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Infusion \In*fu"sion\, n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See {Infuse}, v. t.] 1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal. Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms. --Addison. 2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration. His folly and his wisdom are of his oun growth, not the echo or infusion of other men. --Swift. 3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.] [bd]Baptism by infusion.[b8] --Jortin. 4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues. (b) The liquid extract obtained by this process. Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. --Cowper. | |
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Infusionism \In*fu"sion*ism\, n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to {tradicianism} and {creationism}. | |
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Infusive \In*fu"sive\, a. Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing. The infusive force of Spirit on man. --Thomson. | |
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{Protozoa}, including {Infusoria} and {Rhizopoda}. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary. | |
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Infusorial \In`fu*so"ri*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. {Infusorial earth} (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. | |
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Infusorial \In`fu*so"ri*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. {Infusorial earth} (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. | |
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Infusorian \In`fu*so"ri*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Infusoria. | |
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Infusory \In*fu"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Infusories}. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl. | |
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Infusory \In*fu"so*ry\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Infusorial. | |
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Infusory \In*fu"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Infusories}. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl. | |
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Innavigable \In*nav"i*ga*ble\, a. [L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See {In-} not, and {Navigable}.] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. --Drygen. -- {In*nav"i*ga*bly}, adv. | |
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Innavigable \In*nav"i*ga*ble\, a. [L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See {In-} not, and {Navigable}.] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. --Drygen. -- {In*nav"i*ga*bly}, adv. | |
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Inobservable \In`ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See {In-} not, and {Observable}.] Not observable. | |
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Inobservance \In`ob*serv"ance\, a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.] Want or neglect of observance. --Bacon. | |
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Inobservant \In`ob*serv"ant\, a. [L. inobservans. See {In-} not, and {Observant}.] Not observant; regardless; heedless. --Bp. Hurd. -- {In`ob*serv"ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Inobservant \In`ob*serv"ant\, a. [L. inobservans. See {In-} not, and {Observant}.] Not observant; regardless; heedless. --Bp. Hurd. -- {In`ob*serv"ant*ly}, adv. | |
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Inobservation \In*ob`ser*va"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inobservation.] Neglect or want of observation. [R.] | |
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Inofficial \In"of*fi"cial\, a. Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence. Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. --Pickering. Syn: Private; informal; unwarranted; unauthorizod; irregular; unceremonious; unprofessional. | |
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Inofficially \In`of*fi"cial*ly\, adv. Without the usual forms, or not in the official character. | |
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Inofficious \In`of*fi"cious\, a. [L. inofficiosus: cf. F. inofficieux. See {In-} not, and {Officious}.] 1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. --B. Jonson. 2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [Obs.] --Jonhson. 3. (Law) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. [bd]The inofficious testament.[b8] --Blackstone. [bd]An inofficious disposition of his fortune.[b8] --Paley. | |
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Inofficiously \In`of*fi"cious*ly\, adv. Not-officiously. | |
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Invaginate \In*vag"i*nate\, v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in. | |
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Invaginate \In*vag"i*nate\, Invaginated \In*vag"i*na`ted\, a. (Biol.) (a) Sheathed. (b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion. | |
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Invaginate \In*vag"i*nate\, Invaginated \In*vag"i*na`ted\, a. (Biol.) (a) Sheathed. (b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion. | |
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Invagination \In*vag`i*na"tion\, n. [L. pref. in- + vagina sheath.] 1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part. 2. (Biol.) One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated. Note: In embolic invagination, one half of the blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In epibolic invagination, a phenomenon in the development of some invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the hypoblast. | |
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Invasion \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See {Invade}.] 1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass. 2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. 3. The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease. Syn: {Invasion}, {Irruption}, {Inroad}. Usage: Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and injury. | |
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Invasive \In*va"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See {Invade}.] Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. [bd]Invasive war.[b8] --Hoole. | |
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Invect \In*vect"\, v. i. To inveigh. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Invected \In*vec"ted\, a. [L. invectus carried in. See {Inveigh}.] (Her.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed. | |
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Invection \In*vec"tion\, n. [L. invectio. See {Inveigh}.] An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.] --Fulke. | |
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Invective \In*vec"tive\, a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See {Inveigh}.] Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing. | |
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Invective \In*vec"tive\, n. [F. invective.] An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. --Sir W. Draper. Syn: Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe. See {Abuse}. | |
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Invectively \In*vec"tive*ly\, adv. In an invective manner. --Shak. | |
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Inveigh \In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inveighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveighing}.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Invective}.] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. --Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. --Hawthorne. | |
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Inveigh \In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inveighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveighing}.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Invective}.] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. --Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. --Hawthorne. | |
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Inveigher \In*veigh"er\, n. One who inveighs. | |
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Inveigh \In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inveighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveighing}.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Invective}.] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. --Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. --Hawthorne. | |
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Inveigle \In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inveigled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveigling}.] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. [85], L. ad. See {Ocular}.] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. --Milton. | |
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Inveigle \In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inveigled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveigling}.] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. [85], L. ad. See {Ocular}.] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. --Milton. | |
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Inveiglement \In*vei"gle*ment\, n. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction. --South. | |
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Inveigler \In*vei"gler\, n. One who inveigles. | |
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Inveigle \In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inveigled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inveigling}.] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. [85], L. ad. See {Ocular}.] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. --Milton. | |
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Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See {Vest}.] 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to {divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. 2. To put on. [Obs.] Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser. 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak. 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. --Hawthorne. 5. To confer; to give. [R.] It investeth a right of government. --Bacon. 6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the [?]iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. | |
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Invest \In*vest"\, v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in. | |
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Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See {Vest}.] 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to {divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. 2. To put on. [Obs.] Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser. 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak. 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. --Hawthorne. 5. To confer; to give. [R.] It investeth a right of government. --Bacon. 6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the [?]iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. | |
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Investient \In*vest"ient\, a. [L. investiens, p. pr. of investire.] Covering; clothing. [R.] --Woodward. | |
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Investigable \In*ves"ti*ga*ble\, a. [L. investigabilis. See {Investigate}.] Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. --Hooker. | |
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Investigable \In*ves"ti*ga*ble\, a. [L. investigabilis. See {In-} not, and {Vestigate}.] Unsearchable; inscrutable. [Obs.] So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. --Bale. | |
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Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Investigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investigating}.] [L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See {Vestige}.] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. | |
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Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. i. To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation. | |
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Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Investigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investigating}.] [L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See {Vestige}.] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. | |
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Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Investigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investigating}.] [L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See {Vestige}.] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. | |
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Investigation \In*ves`ti*ga"tion\, n. [L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation.] The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist. | |
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Investigative \In*ves"ti*ga*tive\, a. Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. | |
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Investigator \In*ves"ti*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. investigateur.] One who searches diligently into a subject. | |
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Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See {Vest}.] 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to {divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. 2. To put on. [Obs.] Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser. 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak. 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. --Hawthorne. 5. To confer; to give. [R.] It investeth a right of government. --Bacon. 6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the [?]iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. | |
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Investiture \In*ves"ti*ture\ (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.] 1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony o[?] corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. --Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. --Trench. | |
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Investive \In*vest"ive\, a. Investing. [R.] --Mir. for Mag. | |
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Investment \In*vest"ment\, n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. Whose white investments figure innocence. --Shak. 3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. --Marshall. 4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. --A. Hamilton. An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. --Hawthorne. | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\, n. 1. (Finance) (a) That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it; specif.: (b) (Banking) Usually, the uninvested cash kept on hand for this purpose, called the {real reserve}. In Great Britain the ultimate real reserve is the gold kept on hand in the Bank of England, largely represented by the notes in hand in its own banking department; and any balance which a bank has with the Bank of England is a part of its reserve. In the United States the reserve of a national bank consists of the amount of lawful money it holds on hand against deposits, which is required by law to be not less than 15 per cent (--U. S. Rev. Stat. secs. 5191, 5192), three fifths of which the banks not in a reserve city (which see) may keep deposited as balances in national banks that are in reserve cities (--U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5192). (c) (Life Insurance) The amount of funds or assets necessary for a company to have at any given time to enable it, with interest and premiums paid as they shall accure, to meet all claims on the insurance then in force as they would mature according to the particular mortality table accepted. The reserve is always reckoned as a liability, and is calculated on net premiums. It is theoretically the difference between the present value of the total insurance and the present value of the future premiums on the insurance. The reserve, being an amount for which another company could, theoretically, afford to take over the insurance, is sometimes called the {reinsurance fund} or the {self-insurance fund}. For the first year upon any policy the net premium is called the {initial reserve}, and the balance left at the end of the year including interest is the {terminal reserve}. For subsequent years the initial reserve is the net premium, if any, plus the terminal reserve of the previous year. The portion of the reserve to be absorbed from the initial reserve in any year in payment of losses is sometimes called the {insurance reserve}, and the terminal reserve is then called the {investment reserve}. 2. In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified. 3. (Calico Printing) A resist. 4. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 5. See {Army organization}, above. | |
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Investor \In*vest"or\, n. One who invests. | |
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Investure \In*ves"ture\ (?; 135), n. Investiture; investment. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Investure \In*ves"ture\, v. t. To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] [bd]Monks . . . investured in their copes.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Invict \In*vict"\, a. [L. invictus. See {In-} not, and {Victor}.] Invincible. [Obs.] --Joye. | |
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Invigilance \In*vig"i*lance\, Invigilancy \In*vig"i*lan*cy\, n. [in- not + vigilance: cf. OF. invigilance.] Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness. | |
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Invigilance \In*vig"i*lance\, Invigilancy \In*vig"i*lan*cy\, n. [in- not + vigilance: cf. OF. invigilance.] Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness. | |
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Invigor \In*vig"or\, v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.] | |
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Invigorate \In*vig"or*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invigorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invigorating}.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. --Atterbury. Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate. | |
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Invigorate \In*vig"or*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invigorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invigorating}.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. --Atterbury. Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate. | |
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Invigorate \In*vig"or*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invigorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invigorating}.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. --Atterbury. Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate. | |
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Invigoration \In*vig`or*a"tion\, n. The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated. | |
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Invious \In"vi*ous\, a. [L. invius; pref. in- not + via way.] Untrodden. [R.] --Hudibras. -- {In"vi*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Invious \In"vi*ous\, a. [L. invius; pref. in- not + via way.] Untrodden. [R.] --Hudibras. -- {In"vi*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Inviscate \In*vis"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscating}.] [L. inviscatus, p. p. of inviscare to birdlime; pref. in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.] To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inviscate \In*vis"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscating}.] [L. inviscatus, p. p. of inviscare to birdlime; pref. in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.] To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inviscate \In*vis"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscating}.] [L. inviscatus, p. p. of inviscare to birdlime; pref. in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.] To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Inviscerate \In*vis"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscerating}.] [L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See {Viscera}.] To breed; to nourish. [R.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Inviscerate \In*vis"cer*ate\, a. [L. invisceratus, p. p.] Deep-seated; internal. [R.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Inviscerate \In*vis"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscerating}.] [L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See {Viscera}.] To breed; to nourish. [R.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Inviscerate \In*vis"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inviscerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviscerating}.] [L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See {Viscera}.] To breed; to nourish. [R.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Invisibility \In*vis`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Invisibilities}. [L. invisibilitas: cf. F. invisibilit[82].] The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. [bd]Atoms and invisibilities.[b8] --Landor. | |
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Invisibility \In*vis`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Invisibilities}. [L. invisibilitas: cf. F. invisibilit[82].] The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. [bd]Atoms and invisibilities.[b8] --Landor. | |
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Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See {In-} not, and {Visible}.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. --Milton. {Invisible bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands. {Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it. | |
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Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, n. 1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being. 2. A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft. [Obs.] 3. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. --Shipley. | |
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Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See {In-} not, and {Visible}.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. --Milton. {Invisible bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands. {Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See {In-} not, and {Visible}.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. --Milton. {Invisible bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands. {Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See {In-} not, and {Visible}.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. --Milton. {Invisible bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands. {Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it. | |
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Invisibleness \In*vis"i*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility. | |
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Invisibly \In*vis"i*bly\, adv. In an invisible manner. --Denham. | |
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Invision \In*vi"sion\, n. Want of vision or of the power of seeing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Invocate \In"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invocating}.] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See {Invoke}.] To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. --Milton. | |
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Invocate \In"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invocating}.] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See {Invoke}.] To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. --Milton. | |
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Invocate \In"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invocating}.] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See {Invoke}.] To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. --Milton. | |
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Invocation \In`vo*ca"tion\, n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.] 1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being. Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical! --Shak. The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities. --Addison. 2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court. | |
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Invocatory \In"vo*ca*to*ry\, a. Making or containing invocation; invoking. | |
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Invoice \In"voice`\, n. [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See {Envoy}.] 1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. --Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods. | |
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Invoice \In"voice`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoicing}.] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice. Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway. --Madison. | |
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Invoice \In"voice`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoicing}.] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice. Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway. --Madison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Invoice \In"voice`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoicing}.] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice. Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway. --Madison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoking}.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Invocate}.] To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoking}.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Invocate}.] To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invoking}.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Invocate}.] To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Impact, TX (town, FIPS 35816) Location: 32.49875 N, 99.74627 W Population (1990): 25 (13 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Infocom n. A now-legendary games company, active from 1979 to 1989, that commercialized the MDL parser technology used for {Zork} to produce a line of text adventure games that remain favorites among hackers. Infocom's games were intelligent, funny, witty, erudite, irreverent, challenging, satirical, and most thoroughly hackish in spirit. The physical game packages from Infocom are now prized collector's items. After being acquired by Activision in 1989 they did a few more "modern" (e.g. graphics-intensive) games which were less successful than reissues of their classics. The software, thankfully, is still extant; Infocom games were written in a kind of P-code and distributed with a P-code interpreter core, and not only freeware emulators for that interpreter but an actual compiler as well have been written to permit the P-code to be run on platforms the games never originally graced. In fact, new games written in this P-code are still bering written. (Emulators that can run Infocom game ZIPs, and new games, are available at `ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/misc/if-archive/infocom'.) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
impact printer the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "{non-impact printer}". Examples include {line printer}, {daisy wheel printer}, {golf ball printer}, {dot matrix printer}, {Braille printer}. (1998-10-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
infeasible path {dead code} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
infix notation {operands}: in infix notation the functions are placed between their operands, such as "1+2". Although infix notation is limited to binary functions most languages mix infix notation with {prefix} or {postfix} notation, as a form of {syntactic sugar}. (1997-01-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
infix syntax {infix notation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
InfoSeek {World-Wide Web} search service which, in August 1995, indexed the full text of over 400,000 web pages. Net Search was rated as the fourth most popular site on the web by Interactive Age magazine. The also sell a commercial service, InfoSeek Search, that offers access to all the {Usenet} {news groups}, daily newswires, business and computer periodicals, and more. {Home (http://www2.infoseek.com/)}. (1995-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
InfoStreet, Inc. dedicated to assisting companies in establishing an Internet presence. InfoStreet develope Internet strategies, design and create web pages, and host and maintain {web sites}. InfoStreet, has been recognized by PC/Computing as the "Best of the Top Home Page Services" (August 1996) and has been featured in Netguide magazine and the Wiley and Son's Electronic Marketing book. {Home (http://www.InfoStreet.com/)}. {Home page hosting service (http://www.instantweb.com)}. (1997-01-30) |