imbricate
         adj 1: used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or
                  layered as scales or shingles [syn: {imbricate},
                  {imbricated}]
         v 1: place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles"
         2: overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate"

English Dictionary: impersonation	by the DICT Development Group
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imbricated adj used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles Synonym(s): imbricate, imbricated
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imbrication n covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) Synonym(s): imbrication, overlapping, lapping
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imbroglio n an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation Synonym(s): imbroglio, embroilment a very embarrassing misunderstanding
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imbrue v permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" Synonym(s): imbrue, drench
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imipramine n a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression Synonym(s): imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil
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impair v make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired" make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" Synonym(s): mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
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impaired adj diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight" Antonym(s): unimpaired mentally or physically unfit Synonym(s): afflicted, impaired
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impairer n an agent that impairs; "crops can be great impairers of the soil"
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impairment n the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm, impairment] a symptom of reduced quality or strength Synonym(s): deterioration, impairment the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" Synonym(s): disability, disablement, handicap, impairment damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) Synonym(s): stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
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imparipinnate adj (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex Synonym(s): odd-pinnate, imparipinnate
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impart v transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" Synonym(s): impart, leave, give, pass on bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" Synonym(s): lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" Synonym(s): impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
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impartation n the transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation]
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impartial adj showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" Antonym(s): partial free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist" Synonym(s): unprejudiced, impartial Antonym(s): discriminatory, prejudiced
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impartiality n an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally Synonym(s): impartiality, nonpartisanship Antonym(s): partiality, partisanship
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impartially adv in an impartial manner; "he smiled at them both impartially"
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imparting n the transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation]
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imperative adj requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" Antonym(s): beseeching, imploring, pleading relating to verbs in the imperative mood n a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior Synonym(s): imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form some duty that is essential and urgent
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imperative form n a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior Synonym(s): imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form
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imperative mood n a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior Synonym(s): imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form
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imperatively adv in an imperative and commanding manner [syn: imperatively, peremptorily]
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imperativeness n the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" Synonym(s): imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure the quality of being insistent; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" Synonym(s): imperativeness, instancy
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imperceptibility n the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses Antonym(s): perceptibility
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imperceptible adj impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch" Synonym(s): imperceptible, unperceivable Antonym(s): perceptible
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imperceptibly adv in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree; "the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly" Synonym(s): imperceptibly, unnoticeably Antonym(s): noticeably, observably, perceptibly
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imperfect adj not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" Antonym(s): perfect wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" Synonym(s): fallible, frail, imperfect, weak n a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going Synonym(s): progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
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imperfect tense n a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going Synonym(s): progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
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imperfectibility n the capability of becoming imperfect [ant: perfectibility]
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imperfectible adj capable of being made imperfect
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imperfection n the state or an instance of being imperfect [syn: imperfection, imperfectness] Antonym(s): flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection
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imperfective n aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb Synonym(s): imperfective, imperfective aspect
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imperfective aspect n aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb Synonym(s): imperfective, imperfective aspect
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imperfectly adv in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen Synonym(s): imperfectly, amiss Antonym(s): perfectly
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imperfectness n the state or an instance of being imperfect [syn: imperfection, imperfectness] Antonym(s): flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection
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imperforate adj not perforated; having no opening
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imperforate anus n a congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening
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imperforate hymen n hymen that is completely closed so that menstrual blood cannot flow out
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imperial adj relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire" of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace" belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" Synonym(s): imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal n a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: imperial, imperial beard] a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
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imperial beard n a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: imperial, imperial beard]
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Imperial capacity unit n a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet Synonym(s): British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
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imperial decree n a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
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imperial elephant n largest known mammoth; of America [syn: imperial mammoth, imperial elephant, Archidiskidon imperator]
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Imperial gallon n a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters Synonym(s): gallon, Imperial gallon, congius
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imperial Japanese morning glory n hybrid from Ipomoea nil [syn: {imperial Japanese morning glory}, Ipomoea imperialis]
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imperial mammoth n largest known mammoth; of America [syn: imperial mammoth, imperial elephant, Archidiskidon imperator]
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imperial moth n large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees Synonym(s): imperial moth, Eacles imperialis
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imperialism n a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries a political orientation that advocates imperial interests any instance of aggressive extension of authority
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imperialist adj of or relating to imperialism; "imperialistic wars" [syn: imperialistic, imperialist] n a believer in imperialism
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imperialistic adj of or relating to imperialism; "imperialistic wars" [syn: imperialistic, imperialist]
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imperially adv in an imperial manner; "imperially decreed"
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imperil v pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonym(s): endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
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imperious adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer Synonym(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
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imperiously adv in an imperious manner; "imperiously he cut her short"
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imperiousness n the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness]
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imperishability n the property of being resistant to decay; "he advertised the imperishability of the product" Synonym(s): imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness
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imperishable adj not perishable Antonym(s): perishable unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" Synonym(s): abiding, enduring, imperishable
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imperishableness n the property of being resistant to decay; "he advertised the imperishability of the product" Synonym(s): imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness
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imperishingness n the property of being resistant to decay; "he advertised the imperishability of the product" Synonym(s): imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness
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imperium n the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised Synonym(s): empire, imperium supreme authority; absolute dominion
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impermanence n the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations Synonym(s): impermanence, impermanency Antonym(s): permanence, permanency
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impermanency n the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations Synonym(s): impermanence, impermanency Antonym(s): permanence, permanency
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impermanent adj not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" Synonym(s): impermanent, temporary Antonym(s): lasting, permanent existing or enduring for a limited time only
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impermeability n the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid Synonym(s): impermeability, impermeableness Antonym(s): permeability, permeableness
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impermeable adj preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain" Antonym(s): permeable
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impermeableness n the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid Synonym(s): impermeability, impermeableness Antonym(s): permeability, permeableness
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impermissibility n inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted Antonym(s): permissibility
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impermissible adj not permitted; "impermissible behavior" [ant: allowable, permissible] not allowable
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impermissibly adv not permissibly; "the radon level in the basement was impermissibly high" Antonym(s): allowably, permissibly
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impersonal adj not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" Antonym(s): personal having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" Synonym(s): impersonal, neutral
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impersonally adv without warmth; "he treated his patients impersonally" Antonym(s): personally in an impersonal manner; "when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally"
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impersonate v assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" Synonym(s): impersonate, portray represent another person with comic intentions pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" Synonym(s): pose, impersonate, personate
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impersonation n a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect Synonym(s): caricature, imitation, impersonation pretending to be another person Synonym(s): imposture, impersonation imitating the mannerisms of another person Synonym(s): impersonation, personation
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impersonator n someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another Synonym(s): impersonator, imitator
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impertinence n an impudent statement [syn: impudence, cheek, impertinence] the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties Synonym(s): crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness inappropriate playfulness Synonym(s): impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness
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impertinent adj characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" Synonym(s): impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" Synonym(s): extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" Synonym(s): fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
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impertinently adv in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently" Synonym(s): impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently
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imperturbability n calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran" Synonym(s): coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness
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imperturbable adj not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self- possession"; "unflappable in a crisis" Synonym(s): imperturbable, unflappable
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imperturbableness n calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran" Synonym(s): coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness
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imperviable adj not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument" Synonym(s): impervious, imperviable Antonym(s): pervious
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impervious adj not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument" Synonym(s): impervious, imperviable Antonym(s): pervious
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imperviousness n the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) Synonym(s): impenetrability, imperviousness Antonym(s): penetrability, perviousness
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import n commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country Synonym(s): import, importation Antonym(s): export, exportation an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" Synonym(s): import, importee the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" Synonym(s): meaning, significance, signification, import a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" Synonym(s): significance, import, implication having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" Synonym(s): consequence, import, moment Antonym(s): inconsequence v bring in from abroad Antonym(s): export transfer (electronic data) into a database or document Antonym(s): export indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" Synonym(s): spell, import
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import barrier n any regulation or policy that restricts international trade Synonym(s): trade barrier, import barrier
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import credit n credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw
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import duty n a duty imposed on imports
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importance n the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" Antonym(s): unimportance a prominent status; "a person of importance" Synonym(s): importance, grandness
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important adj of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" Synonym(s): important, of import Antonym(s): unimportant important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" Synonym(s): significant, important Antonym(s): insignificant, unimportant of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" Synonym(s): crucial, important Antonym(s): noncrucial having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner" Synonym(s): authoritative, important having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
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important person n a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events Synonym(s): important person, influential person, personage
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important-looking adj impressive in appearance
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importantly adv in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" Synonym(s): importantly, significantly in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion"
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importation n the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country Synonym(s): importing, importation commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country Synonym(s): import, importation Antonym(s): export, exportation
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imported adj used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines"
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importee n an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" Synonym(s): import, importee
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importer n someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
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importing n the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country Synonym(s): importing, importation
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importunate adj expressing earnest entreaty; "an importunate job applicant"
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importunately adv in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly" Synonym(s): beseechingly, importunately, imploringly, pleadingly, entreatingly
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importune v beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" Synonym(s): importune, insist
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importunity n insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" Synonym(s): importunity, urgency, urging
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impracticability n the quality of not being usable [syn: impracticability, impracticableness] Antonym(s): practicability, practicableness
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impracticable adj not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances" Synonym(s): impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable
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impracticableness n the quality of not being usable [syn: impracticability, impracticableness] Antonym(s): practicability, practicableness
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impracticably adv to an impracticable degree; "this is still impracticably high"
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impractical adj not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution" Antonym(s): practical not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" Synonym(s): airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy
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impracticality n concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use Antonym(s): practicality
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impramine hydrochloride n a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression Synonym(s): imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil
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imprecate v wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonym(s): curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict Antonym(s): bless utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" Synonym(s): curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
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imprecation n the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" Synonym(s): imprecation, malediction a slanderous accusation
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imprecise adj not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional" Antonym(s): precise
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imprecisely adv in an imprecise manner; "he expressed himself imprecisely" Synonym(s): imprecisely, inexactly Antonym(s): exactly, incisively, precisely
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impreciseness n the quality of lacking precision [syn: impreciseness, imprecision] Antonym(s): preciseness, precision
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imprecision n the quality of lacking precision [syn: impreciseness, imprecision] Antonym(s): preciseness, precision
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impregnability n having the strength to withstand attack [syn: invulnerability, impregnability]
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impregnable adj immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" Synonym(s): impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable capable of conceiving Synonym(s): conceptive, impregnable incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence" Synonym(s): impregnable, inexpugnable
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impregnably adv in an impregnable manner; "the sight of that bland, impregnably righteous face has been enough to make their blood run cold"
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impregnate v fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" Synonym(s): impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" Synonym(s): impregnate, saturate fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" Synonym(s): impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up
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impregnation n material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue" the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" Synonym(s): impregnation, saturation creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant Synonym(s): fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation
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impresario n a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments [syn: showman, promoter, impresario]
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impress n the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: impress, impressment] v have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" Synonym(s): affect, impress, move, strike impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience" produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" Synonym(s): impress, ingrain, instill mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" Synonym(s): impress, imprint reproduce by printing Synonym(s): print, impress take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" Synonym(s): shanghai, impress dye (fabric) before it is spun Synonym(s): impress, yarn-dye
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impressed adj deeply or markedly affected or influenced
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impressible adj easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" Synonym(s): impressionable, waxy, impressible Antonym(s): unimpressionable
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impression n a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" Synonym(s): impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" Synonym(s): impression, effect a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" Synonym(s): mental picture, picture, impression a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonym(s): depression, impression, imprint a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" Synonym(s): stamp, impression all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" Synonym(s): impression, printing (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
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impressionable adj easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" Synonym(s): impressionable, waxy, impressible Antonym(s): unimpressionable
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Impressionism n a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
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impressionist adj relating to or characteristic of Impressionism; "impressionist music" Synonym(s): impressionist, impressionistic n a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism
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impressionistic adj of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning; "a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition"; "she had impressionistic memories of her childhood" relating to or characteristic of Impressionism; "impressionist music" Synonym(s): impressionist, impressionistic
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impressive adj making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony" Antonym(s): unimpressive producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" Synonym(s): impressive, telling
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impressive aphasia n aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words Synonym(s): Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia
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impressively adv in an impressive manner; "the students progressed impressively fast" Synonym(s): impressively, imposingly Antonym(s): unimpressively
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impressiveness n splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" Synonym(s): impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
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impressment n the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: impress, impressment]
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imprimatur n formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" Synonym(s): sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur
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imprint n a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion" a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonym(s): depression, impression, imprint an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page; "the book was published under a distinguished imprint" an impression produced by pressure or printing Synonym(s): imprint, embossment a device produced by pressure on a surface v establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" Synonym(s): imprint, form mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" Synonym(s): impress, imprint
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imprinting n a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
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imprison v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
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imprisoned adj being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed]
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imprisonment n putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" Synonym(s): captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) Synonym(s): imprisonment, internment
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improbability n the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences" Synonym(s): improbability, improbableness Antonym(s): probability
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improbable adj not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" Synonym(s): improbable, unlikely Antonym(s): likely, probable having a probability too low to inspire belief Synonym(s): improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" Synonym(s): improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)
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improbableness n the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences" Synonym(s): improbability, improbableness Antonym(s): probability
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improbably adv not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains" Synonym(s): incredibly, improbably, implausibly, unbelievably Antonym(s): believably, credibly, plausibly, probably
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impromptu adv without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" [syn: {ad lib}, ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptu] adj with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" Synonym(s): ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed n an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated" a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
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improper adj not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course" Antonym(s): proper not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" Synonym(s): improper, unconventional, unlawful not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things" Synonym(s): improper, wrong
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improper fraction n a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
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improperly adv in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" Antonym(s): decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way
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improperness n an improper demeanor Synonym(s): impropriety, improperness Antonym(s): correctitude, properness, propriety
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impropriety n an improper demeanor Synonym(s): impropriety, improperness Antonym(s): correctitude, properness, propriety the condition of being improper an indecent or improper act Synonym(s): indecency, impropriety an act of undue intimacy Synonym(s): familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty
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improvable adj susceptible of improvement
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improve v to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate Antonym(s): aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen get better; "The weather improved toward evening" Synonym(s): better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate Antonym(s): decline, worsen
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improved adj made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed" Antonym(s): unimproved become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder" (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"
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improvement n a change for the better; progress in development [syn: improvement, betterment, advance] the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" Synonym(s): improvement, melioration Antonym(s): declination, decline
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improver n someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms Synonym(s): humanitarian, do-gooder, improver a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" Synonym(s): addition, add-on, improver
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improvidence n a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources Synonym(s): improvidence, shortsightedness Antonym(s): providence
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improvident adj not provident; not providing for the future [ant: provident] not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" Synonym(s): ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted
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improvidently adv in an improvident manner; "he lived improvidently for the moment" Antonym(s): providently
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improving adj getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy" Synonym(s): improving, up
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improvisation n a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) an unplanned expedient Synonym(s): improvisation, temporary expedient a performance given extempore without planning or preparation Synonym(s): extemporization, extemporisation, improvisation
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improvise v perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" Synonym(s): improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" Synonym(s): improvise, extemporize
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improvised adj done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury- rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" Synonym(s): improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift
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improvised explosive device n an explosive device that is improvised [syn: {improvised explosive device}, I.E.D., IED]
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improvize v perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" Synonym(s): improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise
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imprudence n a lack of caution in practical affairs Antonym(s): prudence
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imprudent adj not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger Antonym(s): prudent lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"
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imprudently adv in an imprudent manner; "imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy" Antonym(s): providentially, prudently
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impure adj combined with extraneous elements Antonym(s): pure (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts" Antonym(s): pure having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 Synonym(s): unclean, impure Antonym(s): clean
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impureness n the condition of being impure [syn: impurity, impureness] Antonym(s): pureness, purity
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impurity n worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" Synonym(s): impurity, dross the condition of being impure Synonym(s): impurity, impureness Antonym(s): pureness, purity
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in a broad way adv in a general fashion; "he talked at large about his plans" Synonym(s): at large, in a broad way
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in brief adv in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" Synonym(s): concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short
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in everyone's thoughts adv on everybody's mind; "Christmas was in the air" [syn: {in the air}, in everyone's thoughts]
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in for adj certain to get or have; "he knew he was in for a licking"
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in force adj exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)" Synonym(s): effective, good, in effect(p), in force(p)
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in front adv at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before" Synonym(s): ahead, in front, before
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in operation adj being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions" Synonym(s): operational, in operation(p), operating(a)
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in particular adv specifically or especially distinguished from others; "loves Bach, particularly his partitas"; "recommended one book in particular"; "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular" Synonym(s): particularly, in particular
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in perpetuity adv for life; "desire happiness in perpetuity"; "an annuity paid in perpetuity" for an indefinitely long time; "bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity"
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in person adv in the flesh; without involving anyone else; "I went there personally"; "he appeared in person" Synonym(s): personally, in person
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in practice adv in practical applications; "will this work in practice?"
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in principle adv with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details; "in principle, we agree" Synonym(s): in principle, in theory, in essence
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in private adv kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private" Synonym(s): privately, in private, in camera Antonym(s): in public, publically, publicly
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in-person adj an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence; "he carried out the negotiations in person"; "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh" Synonym(s): in-person, in the flesh(p)
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inappreciable adj too small to make a significant difference; "inappreciable fluctuations in temperature"
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inappropriate adj not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them" Antonym(s): appropriate not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" Synonym(s): inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting
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inappropriately adv in an inappropriate manner; "he was inappropriately dressed" Synonym(s): inappropriately, unsuitably Antonym(s): appropriately, befittingly, fitly, fittingly, suitably
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inappropriateness n inappropriate conduct [syn: inappropriateness, wrongness] Antonym(s): appropriateness, rightness the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness" Synonym(s): inappropriateness, unworthiness Antonym(s): appropriateness
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inboard adj located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the inboard flaps on the wing" Antonym(s): outboard
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inborn adj present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development Synonym(s): congenital, inborn, innate normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" Synonym(s): connatural, inborn, inbred
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inborn error of metabolism n any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism
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inborn reflex n an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus Synonym(s): reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
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inbred adj produced by inbreeding Antonym(s): outbred normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" Synonym(s): connatural, inborn, inbred
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inbreeding n the act of mating closely related individuals
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inebriant n a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" Synonym(s): alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
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inebriate n a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino] v fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" Synonym(s): exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) Synonym(s): intoxicate, soak, inebriate become drunk or drink excessively Synonym(s): souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
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inebriated adj stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" Synonym(s): intoxicated, drunk, inebriated Antonym(s): sober
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inebriation n habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms Synonym(s): alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety Antonym(s): soberness, sobriety
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inebriety n a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety Antonym(s): soberness, sobriety
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infarct n localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply Synonym(s): infarct, infarction
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infarction n localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply Synonym(s): infarct, infarction
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infer v reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] draw from specific cases for more general cases Synonym(s): generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer conclude by reasoning; in logic Synonym(s): deduce, infer guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" Synonym(s): guess, infer believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" Synonym(s): understand, infer
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inference n the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation Synonym(s): inference, illation
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inferential adj relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" Synonym(s): inferential, illative of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" Synonym(s): illative, inferential derived or capable of being derived by inference based on interpretation; not directly expressed
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inferior adj of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior] of low or inferior quality Antonym(s): superior written or printed below and to one side of another character Synonym(s): subscript, inferior Antonym(s): adscript, superior, superscript having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" Antonym(s): superior lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" Synonym(s): deficient, inferior, substandard n one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up, superior, superordinate] a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character Synonym(s): subscript, inferior Antonym(s): superior, superscript
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inferior alveolar artery n the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth Synonym(s): inferior alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris inferior
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inferior cerebellar artery n the inferior branch of the cerebellar artery
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inferior cerebral vein n veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses Synonym(s): inferior cerebral vein, venae cerebrum inferior
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inferior colliculus n an essential auditory center in the midbrain
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inferior conjunction n (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun
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inferior court n any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court Synonym(s): inferior court, lower court
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inferior epigastric vein n empties into the external iliac vein [syn: {inferior epigastric vein}, vena epigastrica inferior]
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inferior labial artery n an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lower lip Synonym(s): inferior labial artery, arteria labialis inferior
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inferior labial vein n a tributary of the facial vein that drains the lower lip Synonym(s): inferior labial vein, vena labialis inferior
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inferior mesenteric artery n arises near the lower end of the aorta and supplies the large intestine
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inferior ophthalmic vein n a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket
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inferior planet n any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit
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inferior pulmonary vein n either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs Synonym(s): inferior pulmonary vein, vena pulmanalis inferior
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inferior rectus n the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially Synonym(s): inferior rectus muscle, inferior rectus, rectus inferior
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inferior rectus muscle n the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially Synonym(s): inferior rectus muscle, inferior rectus, rectus inferior
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inferior thalamostriate vein n tributaries to the basal vein [syn: {inferior thalamostriate vein}, striate vein]
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inferior thyroid vein n any of several veins on each side that drain the thyroid gland and empty into the innominate vein
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inferior vena cava n receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins Synonym(s): inferior vena cava, postcava
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inferior vocal cord n either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them Synonym(s): true vocal cord, true vocal fold, inferior vocal cord, inferior vocal fold
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inferior vocal fold n either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them Synonym(s): true vocal cord, true vocal fold, inferior vocal cord, inferior vocal fold
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inferiority n the state of being inferior [syn: inferiority, {lower status}, lower rank] an inferior quality Synonym(s): inferiority, low quality Antonym(s): high quality, superiority the quality of being a competitive disadvantage Synonym(s): inferiority, unfavorable position
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inferiority complex n a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated
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infernal adj characteristic of or resembling Hell; "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment" extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" Synonym(s): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; "infernal heat" being of the underworld; "infernal regions" Antonym(s): supernal n an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
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infernal machine n a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time Synonym(s): time bomb, infernal machine
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infernal region n (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson Synonym(s): Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit Antonym(s): Heaven (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis Synonym(s): Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
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infernally adv extremely; "infernally clever"; "hellishly dangerous" Synonym(s): infernally, hellishly
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inferno n any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; Synonym(s): hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno a very intense and uncontrolled fire Synonym(s): conflagration, inferno (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson Synonym(s): Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit Antonym(s): Heaven
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infertile adj incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] Antonym(s): fertile
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infertility n the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate Synonym(s): sterility, infertility Antonym(s): fecundity, fertility
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infirm adj lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
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infirmary n a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: hospital, infirmary]
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infirmity n the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) Synonym(s): infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
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inform v impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"
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informal adj not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends" Antonym(s): formal not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" Synonym(s): informal, loose used of spoken and written language Antonym(s): formal having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" Synonym(s): cozy, intimate, informal
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informality n a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously Antonym(s): formality, formalness freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" Synonym(s): ease, informality
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informally adv without formality; "he visited us informally" [ant: formally] with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn" Synonym(s): colloquially, conversationally, informally
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informant n a person who supplies information [syn: informant, source] someone who sees an event and reports what happened Synonym(s): witness, witnesser, informant
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informatics n the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information Synonym(s): information science, informatics, information processing, IP
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information n a message received and understood [syn: information, info] knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction formal accusation of a crime a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data" Synonym(s): data, information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" Synonym(s): information, selective information, entropy
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information age n a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks
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information bulletin n a bulletin containing the latest information
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information gathering n the act of collecting information
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information measure n a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information
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information processing n the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information Synonym(s): information science, informatics, information processing, IP
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information processing system n a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system]
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information return n a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability
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information science n the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information Synonym(s): information science, informatics, information processing, IP
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information superhighway n an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form Synonym(s): superhighway, information superhighway
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information system n system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization Synonym(s): data system, information system
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information technology n the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information Synonym(s): information technology, IT
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information theory n (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
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information warfare n the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries; "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare" Synonym(s): information warfare, IW
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informational adj relating to or having the nature of information
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informational RNA n the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell Synonym(s): messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA
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informative adj tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" Synonym(s): enlightening, informative, illuminating Antonym(s): unenlightening, unilluminating serving to instruct or enlighten or inform Synonym(s): instructive, informative Antonym(s): uninstructive providing or conveying information Synonym(s): informative, informatory Antonym(s): uninformative
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informatively adv in an informative manner [syn: informatively, instructively] Antonym(s): uninformatively, uninstructively
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informatory adj providing or conveying information [syn: informative, informatory] Antonym(s): uninformative
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informed adj having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" Antonym(s): uninformed
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informed consent n consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
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informer n one who reveals confidential information in return for money Synonym(s): informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
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informer's privilege n the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
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informercial n a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary Synonym(s): infomercial, informercial
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informing n to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) Synonym(s): informing, ratting a speech act that conveys information Synonym(s): informing, making known
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infra adv (in writing) see below; "vide infra" [syn: below, infra]
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infra dig adj beneath your dignity; "considered helping with the dishes to be infra dig"
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infract v act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe
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infraction n a crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement]
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infrahuman adj belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development; "infrahuman animals"
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inframaxillary adj relating to the lower jaw [syn: mandibular, inframaxillary]
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infrangible adj difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts; "an infrangible series" not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights" Synonym(s): absolute, infrangible, inviolable
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infraorbital artery n an artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip) Synonym(s): infraorbital artery, arteria infraorbitalis
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infrared adj having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography" n the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared" Synonym(s): infrared, infrared frequency electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves Synonym(s): infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission
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infrared emission n electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves Synonym(s): infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission
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infrared frequency n the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared" Synonym(s): infrared, infrared frequency
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infrared lamp n electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation; "the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp" Synonym(s): heat lamp, infrared lamp
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infrared light n electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves Synonym(s): infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission
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infrared radiation n electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves Synonym(s): infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission
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infrared ray n a ray of infrared radiation; produces a thermal effect (as from an infrared lamp)
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infrared spectrum n the spectrum of infrared radiation
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infrared therapy n the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body
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infrasonic adj having frequencies below those of audible sound
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infrastructure n the basic structure or features of a system or organization Synonym(s): infrastructure, substructure the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" Synonym(s): infrastructure, base
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infrequency n noteworthy scarcity [syn: rarity, rareness, infrequency]
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infrequent adj not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" Antonym(s): frequent
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infrequently adv not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room" Antonym(s): frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes
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infrigidation n the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes Synonym(s): refrigeration, infrigidation
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infringe v go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" Synonym(s): conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene advance beyond the usual limit Synonym(s): encroach, infringe, impinge
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infringement n an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" Synonym(s): violation, infringement a crime less serious than a felony Synonym(s): misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement
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infringement of copyright n a violation of the rights secured by a copyright [syn: copyright infringement, infringement of copyright]
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infructescence n the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
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infuriate v make furious Synonym(s): infuriate, exasperate, incense
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infuriated adj marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd" Synonym(s): angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened
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infuriating adj extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening" Synonym(s): exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing
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infuriation n a feeling of intense anger [syn: infuriation, enragement]
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inoperable adj not able to perform its normal function not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable" Antonym(s): operable
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inoperative adj not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law" [ant: operative]
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inopportune adj not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit" Antonym(s): opportune
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inopportunely adv at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos" Synonym(s): inopportunely, malapropos Antonym(s): opportunely
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inopportuneness n the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time [syn: inopportuneness, untimeliness] Antonym(s): opportuneness, patness, timeliness
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inpour n an inflow; "an inpouring of spiritual comfort" [syn: inpouring, inpour, inrush]
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inpouring adj pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants" n an inflow; "an inpouring of spiritual comfort" [syn: inpouring, inpour, inrush]
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Invar n an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments
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invariability n a quality of uniformity and lack of variation [syn: evenness, invariability] Antonym(s): unevenness, variability the quality of being resistant to variation Synonym(s): invariability, invariableness, invariance Antonym(s): variability, variableness, variance
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invariable adj not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy" Antonym(s): variable n a quantity that does not vary [syn: constant, {constant quantity}, invariable]
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invariableness n the quality of being resistant to variation [syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance] Antonym(s): variability, variableness, variance
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invariably adv without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" Synonym(s): constantly, invariably, always
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invariance n the quality of being resistant to variation [syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance] Antonym(s): variability, variableness, variance the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the invariance of the configuration under translation"
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invariant adj unaffected by a designated operation or transformation unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity" Synonym(s): changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying n a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it
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inverse adj reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect Synonym(s): inverse, reverse opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)" Antonym(s): direct n something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" Synonym(s): inverse, opposite
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inverse cosecant n the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number [syn: arc cosecant, arccosecant, inverse cosecant]
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inverse cosine n the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number Synonym(s): arc cosine, arccosine, arccos, inverse cosine
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inverse cotangent n the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number Synonym(s): arc cotangent, arccotangent, inverse cotangent
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inverse function n a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x
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inverse secant n the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number Synonym(s): arc secant, arcsecant, arcsec, inverse secant
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inverse sine n the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number Synonym(s): arc sine, arcsine, arcsin, inverse sine
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inverse tangent n the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number Synonym(s): arc tangent, arctangent, arctan, inverse tangent
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inversely adv in an inverse or contrary manner; "inversely related"; "wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard Synonym(s): inversely, reciprocally
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inversion n the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed the reversal of the normal order of words Synonym(s): anastrophe, inversion (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex Synonym(s): inversion, sexual inversion turning upside down; setting on end Synonym(s): inversion, upending the act of turning inside out Synonym(s): inversion, eversion, everting
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invert v make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted" reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" Synonym(s): invert, reverse turn inside out or upside down Synonym(s): turn back, invert, reverse
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invert soap n a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation Synonym(s): cationic detergent, invert soap
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invert sugar n a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose
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invertase n an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose Synonym(s): invertase, saccharase, sucrase
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invertebrate adj lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals" Synonym(s): invertebrate, spineless Antonym(s): vertebrate n any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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invertebrate foot n any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates Synonym(s): foot, invertebrate foot
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inverted adj being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" Synonym(s): inverted, upside-down (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk Synonym(s): anatropous, inverted Antonym(s): amphitropous
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inverted comma n a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else Synonym(s): quotation mark, quote, inverted comma
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inverted hang n a hang performed on the rings with the body upside down
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inverted pleat n a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
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inverter n an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
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invertible adj having an additive or multiplicative inverse [ant: {non- invertible}]
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Invirase n a weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV Synonym(s): saquinavir, Invirase
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ionophoresis n the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode Synonym(s): electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imbar \Im*bar"\, v. t.       To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]                   To imbar their crooked titles.               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imbargo \Im*bar"go\, n.       See {Embargo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imbark \Im*bark"\, v. i. & t.       See {Embark}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imbarn \Im*barn"\, v. t.       To store in a barn. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ember-goose \Em"ber-goose`\, n. [Cf. Norw. ember[?]aas,       hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zo[94]l.)       The loon or great northern diver. See {Loon}. [Written also       {emmer-goose} and {imber-goose}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imber-goose \Im"ber-goose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The loon. See {Ember-goose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ember-goose \Em"ber-goose`\, n. [Cf. Norw. ember[?]aas,       hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zo[94]l.)       The loon or great northern diver. See {Loon}. [Written also       {emmer-goose} and {imber-goose}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imber-goose \Im"ber-goose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The loon. See {Ember-goose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imborder \Im*bor"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbordered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imbordering}.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf.       {Emborder}.]       To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.       --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imborder \Im*bor"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbordered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imbordering}.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf.       {Emborder}.]       To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.       --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imborder \Im*bor"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbordered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imbordering}.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf.       {Emborder}.]       To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.       --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embower \Em*bow"er\, v. t.       To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also       {imbower}.] [Poetic] --Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a       bower. [Poetic] [bd]In their wide boughs embow'ring. [b8]       --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imbower \Im*bow"er\, v. t. & i.       See {Embower}.
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Embower \Em*bow"er\, v. t.       To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also       {imbower}.] [Poetic] --Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a       bower. [Poetic] [bd]In their wide boughs embow'ring. [b8]       --Spenser.
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Imbower \Im*bow"er\, v. t. & i.       See {Embower}.
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Imbracery \Im*bra"cer*y\, n.       Embracery. [Obs.]
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Imbraid \Im*braid"\, v. t. [Obs.]       See {Embraid}.
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Imbrangle \Im*bran"gle\, v. t.       To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.]       --Hudibras.                   Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic.                                                                               --Coleridge.
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Imbreed \Im*breed"\, v. t. [Cf. {Inbreed}.]       To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] --Hakewill.
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Imbricate \Im"bri*cate\, Imbricated \Im"bri*ca`ted\, a. [L.       imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form       like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter       tile, fr. imber rain.]       1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.          2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to [bd]break             joints,[b8] like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales             on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or             the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the             margins, as leaves in [91]stivation.          3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the             other, or a representation of such scales; as, an             imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
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Imbricate \Im"bri*cate\, v. t.       To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an       imbricated surface.
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Imbricate \Im"bri*cate\, Imbricated \Im"bri*ca`ted\, a. [L.       imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form       like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter       tile, fr. imber rain.]       1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.          2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to [bd]break             joints,[b8] like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales             on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or             the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the             margins, as leaves in [91]stivation.          3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the             other, or a representation of such scales; as, an             imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
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Imbrication \Im`bri*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbrication.]       An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles;       hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration       representing such a structure.
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Imbricative \Im"bri*ca*tive\, a. (Bot.)       Imbricate.
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Imbrocado \Im`bro*ca"do\, n.; pl. {Imbrocadoes}. [See       {Brocade}.]       Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]
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Imbrocado \Im`bro*ca"do\, n.; pl. {Imbrocadoes}. [See       {Brocade}.]       Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]
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d8Imbrocata \[d8]Im`bro*ca"ta\, Imbroccata \Im`broc*ca"ta\, n.       [It. imbroccata.]       A hit or thrust. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Imbroglio \Im*brogl"io\, n.; pl. {Imbroglios}. [Written also       {embroglio}.] [It. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Embroil}.]       1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of             fiction.          2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious             misunderstanding.                         Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio.                                                                               --Carlyle.
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Imbroglio \Im*brogl"io\, n.; pl. {Imbroglios}. [Written also       {embroglio}.] [It. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Embroil}.]       1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of             fiction.          2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious             misunderstanding.                         Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio.                                                                               --Carlyle.
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Imbrown \Im*brown"\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + brown. Cf.       {Embrown}.]       To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features       imbrowned by exposure.                   The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned.                                                                               --Byron.
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Imbrue \Im*brue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbureed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imbureing}.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver,       embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. {En-}, 1, 1st       {In-}, and {Breverage}), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to       stain, soil (cf. {Brewis}).]       To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.                   While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued.                                                                               --Milton.
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Imbruement \Im*brue"ment\, n.       The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
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Imbrute \Im*brute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbruted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Imbruting}.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir.       Cf. {Embrute}.]       To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.                   And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate                and imbrute.                                          --Milton.
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Imbrute \Im*brute"\, v. i.       To sink to the state of a brute.                   The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and                imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of                her first being.                                    --Milton.
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Imbrute \Im*brute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbruted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Imbruting}.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir.       Cf. {Embrute}.]       To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.                   And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate                and imbrute.                                          --Milton.
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Imbrutement \Im*brute"ment\, n.       The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.]       --Brydges.
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Imbrute \Im*brute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbruted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Imbruting}.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir.       Cf. {Embrute}.]       To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.                   And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate                and imbrute.                                          --Milton.
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Imbrue \Im*brue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbureed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imbureing}.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver,       embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. {En-}, 1, 1st       {In-}, and {Breverage}), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to       stain, soil (cf. {Brewis}).]       To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.                   While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued.                                                                               --Milton.
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Imbrue \Im*brue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbureed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imbureing}.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver,       embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. {En-}, 1, 1st       {In-}, and {Breverage}), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to       stain, soil (cf. {Brewis}).]       To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.                   While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued.                                                                               --Milton.
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Imburse \Im*burse"\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F.       embourser to put into one's purse. See {Burse}, and {Purse}.]       To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]
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Imbursement \Im*burse"ment\, n.       1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.             [Obs.]          2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren,       enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL.       impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr.       pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.]       To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or       strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character,       the mind, value.                   Time sensibly all things impairs.            --Roscommon.                   In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope.          Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble;                debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t.       To grow worse; to deteriorate. --Milton.
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Impair \Im"pair\, a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par       equal.]       Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.]
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Impair \Im*pair"\, n.       Diminution; injury. [Obs.]
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren,       enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL.       impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr.       pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.]       To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or       strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character,       the mind, value.                   Time sensibly all things impairs.            --Roscommon.                   In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope.          Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble;                debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
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Impairer \Im*pair"er\, n.       One who, or that which, impairs.
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren,       enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL.       impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr.       pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.]       To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or       strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character,       the mind, value.                   Time sensibly all things impairs.            --Roscommon.                   In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope.          Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble;                debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
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Impairment \Im*pair"ment\, n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]       The state of being impaired; injury. [bd]The impairment of my       health.[b8] --Dryden.
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Imparadise \Im*par"a*dise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparadised};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Imparadising}.] [Pref. im- + paradise: cf.       F. emparadiser.]       To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.       [bd]Imparadised in one another's arms.[b8] --Milton.
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Imparadise \Im*par"a*dise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparadised};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Imparadising}.] [Pref. im- + paradise: cf.       F. emparadiser.]       To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.       [bd]Imparadised in one another's arms.[b8] --Milton.
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Imparadise \Im*par"a*dise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparadised};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Imparadising}.] [Pref. im- + paradise: cf.       F. emparadiser.]       To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.       [bd]Imparadised in one another's arms.[b8] --Milton.
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Imparalleled \Im*par"al*leled\, a.       Unparalleled. [Obs.]
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Impardonable \Im*par"don*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. impardonnable.]       Unpardonable. [Obs.] --South.
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Imparidigitate \Im*par`i*dig"i*tate\, a. [L. impar unequal +       digitus finger.] (Anat.)       Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three,       or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
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Imparipinnate \Im*par"i*pin"nate\, a. [L. impar unequal + E.       pinnate.] (Bot.)       Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
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Imparisyllabic \Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic\, a. [L. impar unequal + E.       syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)       Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an       imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of       syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
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Imparity \Im*par"i*ty\, n. [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F.       imparit[82].]       1. Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of             degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. --Milton.          2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness;             incongruity.                         In this region of merely intellectual notion we are                      at once encountered by the imparity of the object                      and the faculty employed upon it.      --I. Taylor.          3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
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Impark \Im*park"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparked}, p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparking}.] [Cf. {Empark}.]       To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to       inclose or shut up.                   They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles.                                                                               --Holland.
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Impark \Im*park"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparked}, p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparking}.] [Cf. {Empark}.]       To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to       inclose or shut up.                   They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles.                                                                               --Holland.
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Impark \Im*park"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparked}, p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparking}.] [Cf. {Empark}.]       To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to       inclose or shut up.                   They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles.                                                                               --Holland.
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Imparl \Im*parl"\, v. i. [OF. emparler; pref. em- (L. in) +       parler to speak. See {In}, prep., and {Parley}.]       1. To hold discourse; to parley. [Obs.] --Sir. T. North.          2. (Law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for             mutual adjustment. --Blackstone.
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Imparlance \Im*par"lance\, n. [Cf. {Emparlance}, {Parlance}.]       [Written also {inparliance}.]       1. Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]          2. (Law)             (a) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his                   opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if                   possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The                   actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain                   further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of                   the opposite party.             (b) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.          Note: Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been                abolished in England. --Wharton (Law Dict. ).
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Imparsonee \Im*par`son*ee"\, a. [OF. empersone. See 1st {In-},       and {Parson}.] (Eng. Eccl. Law)       Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in       full possession. -- n. A clergyman so inducted.
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Impart \Im*part"\, v. i.       1. To give a part or share.                         He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that                      hath none.                                          --Luke iii.                                                                               11.          2. To hold a conference or consultation. --Blackstone.
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Impart \Im*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparting}.] [OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire,       impertire; pref. im- in + partire to part, divide, fr. pars,       partis, part, share. See {Part}, n. ]       1. To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or             communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart             food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.                         Well may he then to you his cares impart. --Dryden.          2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] --Munday.          3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by             words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.                         Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal;                disclose; discover; divulge. See {Communicate}.
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Impartance \Im*part"ance\, n.       Impartation.
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Impartation \Im`par*ta"tion\, n.       The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.                   The necessity of this impartation.         --I. Taylor.
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Impart \Im*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparting}.] [OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire,       impertire; pref. im- in + partire to part, divide, fr. pars,       partis, part, share. See {Part}, n. ]       1. To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or             communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart             food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.                         Well may he then to you his cares impart. --Dryden.          2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] --Munday.          3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by             words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.                         Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal;                disclose; discover; divulge. See {Communicate}.
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Imparter \Im*part"er\, n.       One who imparts.
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Impartial \Im*par"tial\, a. [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F.       impartial.]       Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all       alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable;       fair; just. --Shak.                   Jove is impartial, and to both the same. --Dryden.                   A comprehensive and impartial view.         --Macaulay.
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Impartialist \Im*par"tial*ist\, n.       One who is impartial. [R.] --Boyle.
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Impartiality \Im*par`ti*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. impartialit[82].]       The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or       favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as,       impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.                   Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.                                                                               --South.
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Impartially \Im*par"tial*ly\, a.       In an impartial manner.
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Impartialness \Im*par"tial*ness\, n.       Impartiality. --Sir W. Temple.
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Impartibility \Im*part`i*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being impartible; communicability.       --Blackstone.
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Impartibility \Im*part`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.       impartibilit[82].]       The quality of being incapable of division into parts;       indivisibility. --Holland.
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Impartible \Im*part"i*ble\, a. [From {Impart}.]       Capable of being imparted or communicated.
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Impartible \Im*part"i*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + partible: cf. F.       impartible.]       Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an       impartible estate. --Blackatone.
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Impart \Im*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imparted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Imparting}.] [OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire,       impertire; pref. im- in + partire to part, divide, fr. pars,       partis, part, share. See {Part}, n. ]       1. To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or             communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart             food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.                         Well may he then to you his cares impart. --Dryden.          2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] --Munday.          3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by             words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.                         Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal;                disclose; discover; divulge. See {Communicate}.
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Impartment \Im*part"ment\, n.       The act of imparting, or that which is imparted,       communicated, or disclosed. [R.]                   It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some                impartment did desire To you alone.         --Shak.
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Impearl \Im*pearl"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impearled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impearling}.] [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F.       emperler.]       1. To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.             [Poetic]                         Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and                      every flower.                                    --Milton.          2. To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling             pearls. [Poetic]                         With morning dews impearled.               --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.                         The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. --R.                                                                               Digby.
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Impearl \Im*pearl"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impearled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impearling}.] [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F.       emperler.]       1. To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.             [Poetic]                         Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and                      every flower.                                    --Milton.          2. To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling             pearls. [Poetic]                         With morning dews impearled.               --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.                         The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. --R.                                                                               Digby.
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Impearl \Im*pearl"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impearled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impearling}.] [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F.       emperler.]       1. To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.             [Poetic]                         Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and                      every flower.                                    --Milton.          2. To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling             pearls. [Poetic]                         With morning dews impearled.               --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.                         The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. --R.                                                                               Digby.
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Imperant \Im"pe*rant\, a. [L. imperans, p. pr. of imperare to       command.]       Commanding. [R.] --Baxter.
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Cogon \Co*gon"\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. a native name.]       A tall, coarse grass ({Imperata arundinacea}) of the       Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for       thatching.
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Imperate \Im"pe*rate\, a. [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to       command.]       Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]                   Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the                soul.                                                      --Sir M. Hale.
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Imperatival \Im*per`a*ti"val\, a. (Gram.)       Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
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Imperative \Im*per"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)       The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
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Imperative \Im*per"a*tive\, a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to       command; pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F.       imp[82]ratif. See {Perade}, and cf. {Empire}.]       1. Expressive of command; containing positive command;             authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding;             authoritative; as, imperative orders.                         The suit of kings are imperative.      --Bp. Hall.          2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding;             compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.          3. (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or             exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
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Imperatively \Im*per"a*tive*ly\, adv.       In an imperative manner.
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Peucedanin \Peu*ced"a*nin\, n. (Chem.)       A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the       roots of the sulphurwort ({Peucedanum}), masterwort       ({Imperatoria}), and other related plants; -- called also       {imperatorin}.
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Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)       (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant             ({Peucedanum Ostruthium}, formerly {Imperatoria}).       (b) The {Astrantia major}, a European umbelliferous plant             with a showy colored involucre.       (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip ({Heracleum lanatum}).
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Oreoselin \O`re*os"e*lin\, n. (Chem.)       A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly       from the root of an umbelliferous plant ({Imperatoria       Oreoselinum}), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
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Imperatorial \Im*per`a*to"ri*al\, a. [L. imperatorius.]       1. Commanding; imperative; authoritative.          2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator.             [bd]Imperatorial laurels.[b8] --C. Merivale.
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Imperatorian \Im*per`a*to"ri*an\, a.       Imperial. [R.] --Gauden.
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Peucedanin \Peu*ced"a*nin\, n. (Chem.)       A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the       roots of the sulphurwort ({Peucedanum}), masterwort       ({Imperatoria}), and other related plants; -- called also       {imperatorin}.
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Imperatory \Im*per"a*to*ry\, a.       Imperative. [R.]
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Imperceivable \Im`per*ceiv"a*ble\, a.       Imperceptible. [R.] --South. -- {Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n.       --Sharp.
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Imperceivable \Im`per*ceiv"a*ble\, a.       Imperceptible. [R.] --South. -- {Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n.       --Sharp.
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Imperceived \Im`per*ceived"\, a.       Not perceived. [Obs.]
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Imperceptibility \Im`per*cep`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.       The state or quality of being imperceptible.
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Imperceptible \Im`per*cep"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.]       Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the       souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.                   Almost imperceptible to the touch.         --Dryden.                   Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost                imperceptible.                                       --Burke.       -- {Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im`per*cep"ti*bly}, adv.                   Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.
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Imperceptible \Im`per*cep"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.]       Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the       souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.                   Almost imperceptible to the touch.         --Dryden.                   Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost                imperceptible.                                       --Burke.       -- {Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im`per*cep"ti*bly}, adv.                   Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.
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Imperceptible \Im`per*cep"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.]       Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the       souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.                   Almost imperceptible to the touch.         --Dryden.                   Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost                imperceptible.                                       --Burke.       -- {Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im`per*cep"ti*bly}, adv.                   Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.
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Imperception \Im`per*cep"tion\, n.       Want of perception.
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Imperceptive \Im`per*cep"tive\, a.       Unable to perceive.                   The imperceptive part of the soul.         --Dr. H. More.
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Impercipient \Im`per*cip"i*ent\, a.       Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. --A. Baxter.
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Imperdibility \Im*per`di*bil"i*ty\, n.       The state or quality of being imperdible. [Obs.] --Derham.
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Imperdible \Im*per"di*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + L. perdere to       destroy.]       Not destructible. [Obs.] -- {Im*per"di*bly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Imperdible \Im*per"di*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + L. perdere to       destroy.]       Not destructible. [Obs.] -- {Im*per"di*bly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +       imperfect.] (Gram.)       Old name of the tense also called {imperfect}.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, n. (Gram.)       The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the       imperfect tense.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, v. t.       To make imperfect. [Obs.]
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Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +       imperfect.] (Gram.)       Old name of the tense also called {imperfect}.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, n. (Gram.)       The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the       imperfect tense.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, v. t.       To make imperfect. [Obs.]
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Cadence \Ca"dence\, n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a       falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza.       See {Chance}.]       1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]                         Now was the sun in western cadence low. --Milton.          2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at             the end of a sentence.          3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as,             music of bells in cadence sweet.                         Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused                      the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men                      o'erwatched.                                       --Milton.                         The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest                      cadence.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.                         Golden cadence of poesy.                     --Shak.                         If in any composition much attention was paid to the                      flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the                      14th and 15th centuries) to be [bd]prosed in faire                      cadence.[b8]                                       --Dr. Guest.          5. (Her.) See {Cadency}.          6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a             well-managed horse.          7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.          8. (Mus.)             (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest,                   commonly reached by the immediate succession of the                   tonic to the dominant chord.             (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before                   the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with                   a flight of fancy.          {Imperfect cadence}. (Mus.) See under {Imperfect}.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +       perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See       {Perfect}.]       1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a             part; deective; deficient.                         Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.                         Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.          2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to             successful or normal activity.                         He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,                      imperfect person.                              --Jer. Taylor.          3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not             conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste             or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.                         Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he                      created.                                             --Milton.                         Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say                      rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.          {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew             arch.          {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,             but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving             complete rest; a half close.          {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and             sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the             fifth and forth.          {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or             pistils. --Gray.          {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than             perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.          {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less             than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,             it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an             {abundant number}.          {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or             gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.          {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced             by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a             factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,             9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.          {Imperfect tense}             (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete                      action.
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Imperfectibility \Im`per*fec`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.       The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]
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Imperfectible \Im`per*fec"ti*ble\, a.       Incapable of being mad perfect. [R.]
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Imperfection \Im`per*fec"tion\, n. [L. imperfectio: cf. F.       imperfection. See {Imperfect}, a.]       The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of       perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.                   Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my                head.                                                      --Shak.          Syn: Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing;                weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.
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Imperfectness \Im*per"fect*ness\, n.       The state of being imperfect.
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Imperforable \Im*per"fo*ra*ble\, a. [See {Imperforate}.]       Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.
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Imperforate \Im*per"fo*rate\, Imperforated \Im*per"fo*ra"ted\,       a. [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to       perforate. See {Perforate}.]       Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. --Sir J.       Banks.
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Imperforate \Im*per"fo*rate\, Imperforated \Im*per"fo*ra"ted\,       a. [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to       perforate. See {Perforate}.]       Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. --Sir J.       Banks.
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Imperforation \Im*per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imperforation.]       The state of being without perforation.
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d8Imperium \[d8]Im*pe"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Imperia}. [L. See       {Empire}.]       1. Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.          2. (Law) The right to command, which includes the right to             employ the force of the state to enforce the laws. It is             one of the principal attributes of the executive power.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n.       A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details,       and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations       of cards which score in this game.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n. [F. imp[82]riale: cf. Sp. imperial.]       1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so             called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.          2. An outside seat on a diligence. --T. Hughes.          3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. --Simmonds.          4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large             decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of             drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.          5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight             dollars. --McElrath.          6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or             other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)       Same as {Drilling}.          {Imperial drill}, a linen fabric having two threads in the             warp and three in the filling.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Green \Green\ (gren), n.       1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar             spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.          2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with             verdant herbage; as, the village green.                         O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.          3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;             wreaths; -- usually in the plural.                         In that soft season when descending showers Call                      forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.                                                                               --Pope.          4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,             etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.          5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.          {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid             derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald             green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.          {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.          {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling             emerald green in composition.          {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.          {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.          {Emerald green}. (Chem.)             (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a                   metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for                   dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a                   brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},                   {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},                   {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double                   chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.             (b) See {Paris green} (below).          {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the             French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially             of a basic hydrate of chromium.          {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,             obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow             luster; -- called also {light-green}.          {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.          {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.          {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting             of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and             arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a             pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but             particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato             bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial             green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis             green}.          {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting             essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called             also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments             called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},             {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Green \Green\ (gren), n.       1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar             spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.          2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with             verdant herbage; as, the village green.                         O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.          3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;             wreaths; -- usually in the plural.                         In that soft season when descending showers Call                      forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.                                                                               --Pope.          4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,             etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.          5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.          {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid             derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald             green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.          {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.          {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling             emerald green in composition.          {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.          {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.          {Emerald green}. (Chem.)             (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a                   metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for                   dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a                   brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},                   {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},                   {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double                   chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.             (b) See {Paris green} (below).          {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the             French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially             of a basic hydrate of chromium.          {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,             obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow             luster; -- called also {light-green}.          {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.          {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.          {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting             of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and             arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a             pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but             particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato             bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial             green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis             green}.          {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting             essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called             also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments             called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},             {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or       chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to       chirp.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[91], of which             numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.          Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from                the Old World rock pigeon ({Columba livia}). It has                given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such                as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The                common wild pigeons of the Eastern United States are                the passenger pigeon, and the Carolina dove. See under                {Passenger}, and {Dove}. See, also, {Fruit pigeon},                {Ground pigeon}, {Queen pigeon}, {Stock pigeon}, under                {Fruit}, {Ground}, etc.          2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]          {Blue pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird             ({Graucalus melanops}); -- called also {black-faced crow}.                      {Green pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World pigeons belonging to the family {Treronid[91]}.          {Imperial pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the large Asiatic             fruit pigeons of the genus {Carpophada}.          {Pigeon berry} (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the             pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See {Pokeweed}.          {Pigeon English} [perhaps a corruption of business English],             an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the             commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication             between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is             English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee.             --Johnson's Cyc.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.       A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal       regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745       to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish       their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training,       and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name       was altered to {imperial yeomanry} in recognition of the       services of the force in the Boer war. See {Army       organization}, above.
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Imperialism \Im*pe"ri*al*ism\, n.       The policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking, or acquiescing       in, the extension of the control, dominion, or empire of a       nation, as by the acquirement of new, esp. distant, territory       or dependencies, or by the closer union of parts more or less       independent of each other for operations of war, copyright,       internal commerce, etc.                   The tide of English opinion began to turn about 1870,                and since then it has run with increasing force in the                direction of what is called imperialism. --James Bryce.
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Imperialism \Im*pe"ri*al*ism\, n.       The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the       spirit of empire.                   Roman imperialism had divided the world. --C. H.                                                                               Pearson.
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Imperialist \Im*pe"ri*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. imp[82]rialiste.]       One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.
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Imperiality \Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imperialities}.       1. Imperial power.          2. An imperial right or privilegs. See {Royalty}.                         The late empress having, by ukases of grace,                      relinquished her imperialities on the private mines,                      viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and                      gold.                                                --W. Tooke.
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Imperiality \Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imperialities}.       1. Imperial power.          2. An imperial right or privilegs. See {Royalty}.                         The late empress having, by ukases of grace,                      relinquished her imperialities on the private mines,                      viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and                      gold.                                                --W. Tooke.
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Imperialize \Im*pe"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Imperialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperializing}.]       To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to       bring to the form of an empire. --Fuller.
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Imperialize \Im*pe"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Imperialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperializing}.]       To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to       bring to the form of an empire. --Fuller.
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Imperialize \Im*pe"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Imperialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperializing}.]       To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to       bring to the form of an empire. --Fuller.
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Imperially \Im*pe"ri*al*ly\, adv.       In an imperial manner.
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Imperially \Im*pe"ri*al*ly\, n.       Imperial power. [R.] --Sheldon.
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Imperil \Im*per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imperiled}or       {Imperilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperiling} or {Imperilling}.]       To bring into peril; to endanger.
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Imperil \Im*per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imperiled}or       {Imperilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperiling} or {Imperilling}.]       To bring into peril; to endanger.
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Imperil \Im*per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imperiled}or       {Imperilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperiling} or {Imperilling}.]       To bring into peril; to endanger.
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Imperil \Im*per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imperiled}or       {Imperilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperiling} or {Imperilling}.]       To bring into peril; to endanger.
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Imperil \Im*per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imperiled}or       {Imperilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imperiling} or {Imperilling}.]       To bring into peril; to endanger.
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Imperilment \Im*per"il*ment\, n.       The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
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Imperious \Im*pe"ri*ous\, a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F.       imp[82]rieux. See {Imperial}.]       1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.]             [bd]A vast and imperious mind.[b8] --Tilloison.                         Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,                      Imperious.                                          --Shak.          2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant;             an imperious manner.                         This imperious man will work us all From princes                      into pages.                                       --Shak.                         His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon                      made him conspicuous.                        --Macaulay.          3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.                         Imperious need, which can not be withstood.                                                                               --Dryden.          Syn: Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly;                tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative;                authoritative; commanding; pressing.          Usage: {Imperious}, {Lordly}, {Domineering}. One who is                   imperious exercises his authority in a manner highly                   offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is lordly                   assumes a lofty air in order to display his                   importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a                   way to make other feel their inferiority.
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Imperiously \Im*pe"ri*ous*ly\, adv.       In an imperious manner.
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Imperiousnes \Im*pe"ri*ous*nes\, n.       The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance;       haughtiness.                   Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of                treating men who have reason of their own to guide                them.                                                      --Locke.
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Imperishability \Im*per`ish*a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. [bd]The       imperishability of the universe.[b8] --Milman.
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Imperishable \Im*per"ish*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + perishable:       cf. F. imp[82]rissable.]       Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible;       enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument;       imperishable renown. -- {Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. --       {Im*per"ish*a*bly}, adv.
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Imperishable \Im*per"ish*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + perishable:       cf. F. imp[82]rissable.]       Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible;       enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument;       imperishable renown. -- {Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. --       {Im*per"ish*a*bly}, adv.
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Imperishable \Im*per"ish*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + perishable:       cf. F. imp[82]rissable.]       Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible;       enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument;       imperishable renown. -- {Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. --       {Im*per"ish*a*bly}, adv.
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Imperiwigged \Im*per"i"wigged\, a.       Wearing a periwig.
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Impermanence \Im*per"ma*nence\, Impermanency \Im*per"ma*nen*cy\,       n.       lack of permanence.
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Impermanence \Im*per"ma*nence\, Impermanency \Im*per"ma*nen*cy\,       n.       lack of permanence.
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Impermanent \Im*per"ma*nent\, a.       Not permanent.
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Impermeability \Im*per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Pref. im- not +       permeability: cf. F. imperm[82]abilit[82].]       The quality of being impermeable.
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Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable:       cf. F. imperm[82]able, L. impermeabilis.]       Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through       its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is       impermeable to water and to air. -- {Im*per"me*a*ble*ness},       n. -- {Im*per"me*a*bly}, adv.
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Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable:       cf. F. imperm[82]able, L. impermeabilis.]       Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through       its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is       impermeable to water and to air. -- {Im*per"me*a*ble*ness},       n. -- {Im*per"me*a*bly}, adv.
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Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable:       cf. F. imperm[82]able, L. impermeabilis.]       Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through       its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is       impermeable to water and to air. -- {Im*per"me*a*ble*ness},       n. -- {Im*per"me*a*bly}, adv.
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Impermissible \Im`per*mis"si*ble\, a.       Not permissible.
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Imperscrutable \Im`per*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. imperscrutabilis.]       Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] --       {Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Imperscrutable \Im`per*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. imperscrutabilis.]       Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] --       {Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Imperseverant \Im`per*sev"er*ant\, a.       Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]
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Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not +       personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See {Personal}.]       Not personal; not representing a person; not having       personality.                   An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J.                                                                               Stephen.          {Impersonal verb} (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate             subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun             it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me).             Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often             used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
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Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, n.       That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an       impersonal verb.
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Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not +       personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See {Personal}.]       Not personal; not representing a person; not having       personality.                   An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J.                                                                               Stephen.          {Impersonal verb} (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate             subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun             it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me).             Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often             used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
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Impersonality \Im*per`son*al"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of       personality.
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Impersonally \Im*per"son*al*ly\, adv.       In an impersonal manner.
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Impersonate \Im*per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.]       1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a             living being.          2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.          3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to             personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.                         Benedict impersonated his age.            --Milman.
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Impersonate \Im*per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.]       1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a             living being.          2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.          3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to             personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.                         Benedict impersonated his age.            --Milman.
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Impersonate \Im*per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.]       1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a             living being.          2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.          3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to             personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.                         Benedict impersonated his age.            --Milman.
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Impersonation \Im*per`son*a"tion\, Impersonification    \Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.       The act of impersonating; personification; investment with       personality; representation in a personal form.
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Impersonator \Im*per"son*a`tor\, n.       One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
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Impersonation \Im*per`son*a"tion\, Impersonification    \Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.       The act of impersonating; personification; investment with       personality; representation in a personal form.
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Imperspicuity \Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty\, n.       Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.
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Imperspicuous \Im`per*spic"u*ous\, a.       Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.
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Impersuadable \Im`per*suad"a*ble\, a. [Cf. {Impersuasible}.]       Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. --       {Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness}, n.
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Impersuadable \Im`per*suad"a*ble\, a. [Cf. {Impersuasible}.]       Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. --       {Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness}, n.
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Impersuasible \Im`per*sua"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible.]       Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible;       impersuadable. --Dr. H. More. -- {Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty}, n.
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Impersuasible \Im`per*sua"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible.]       Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible;       impersuadable. --Dr. H. More. -- {Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty}, n.
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Impertinence \Im*per"ti*nence\, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See       {Impertinent}.]       1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of             pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.          2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or             the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.                         We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of                      pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be                      understood.                                       --Swift.          3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no             value.                         There are many subtile impertinences learned in                      schools.                                             --Watts.
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Impertinency \Im*per"ti*nen*cy\, n.       Impertinence. [R.]                   O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness!                                                                               --Shak.
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Impertinent \Im*per"ti*nent\, a. [F., fr. L. impertinens,       -entis; pref. im- not + pertinens. See {Pertinent}.]       1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand;             having no bearing on the subject; not to the point;             irrelevant; inapplicable.                         Things that are impertinent to us.      --Tillotson.                         How impertinent that grief was which served no end!                                                                               --Jer. Taylor.          2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety             or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude,             unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient             coxcomb; an impertient remark.          3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.          Syn: Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly;                meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent.          Usage: {Impertinent}, {Officious}, {Rude}. A person is                   officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where                   they are not needed; he is impertinent when he                   intermeddles in things with which he has no concern.                   The former shows a want of tact, the latter a want of                   breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer                   impudence. A person is rude when he violates the                   proprieties of social life either from ignorance or                   wantonness. [bd]An impertinent man will ask questions                   for the mere grafication of curiosity; a rude man will                   burst into the room of another, or push against his                   person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is officious                   is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he                   strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy.[b8]                   --Crabb. See {Impudence}, and {Insolent}.
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Impertinent \Im*per"ti*nent\, n.       An impertinent person. [R.]
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Impertinently \Im*per"ti*nent*ly\, adv.       In an impertinent manner. [bd]Not to betray myself       impertinently.[b8] --B. Jonson.
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Impertransibility \Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]
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Impertransible \Im`per*tran"si*ble\, a. [L. pref. im- not +       pertransire to go through. See {Per-} and {Transient}.]       Incapable of being passed through. [R.]
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Impertrubable \Im`per*trub"a*ble\, a. [L. imperturbabilis; pref.       im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See       {Perture}.]       Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as,       imperturbable gravity.
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Imperturbably \Im`per*turb"a*bly\, adv.       In an imperturbable manner; calmly. --C. Bront[82].
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Imperturbation \Im*per`tur*ba"tion\, n. [L. imperturbatio.]       Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. --W.       Montagu.
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Imperturbed \Im`per*turbed"\, a.       Not perturbed.
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Imperviability \Im*per`vi*a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being imperviable.
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Imperviable \Im*per"vi*a*ble\, a.       Not pervious; impervious. [R.] -- {Im*per"vi*a*ble*ness}, n.       [R.]
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Imperviable \Im*per"vi*a*ble\, a.       Not pervious; impervious. [R.] -- {Im*per"vi*a*ble*ness}, n.       [R.]
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Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not +       per through + via way. See {Voyage}.]       Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through;       as, a substance impervious to water or air.                   This gulf impassable, impervious.            --Milton.                   The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious.                                                                               --Macaulay.          Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;                impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv. --                {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not +       per through + via way. See {Voyage}.]       Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through;       as, a substance impervious to water or air.                   This gulf impassable, impervious.            --Milton.                   The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious.                                                                               --Macaulay.          Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;                impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv. --                {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not +       per through + via way. See {Voyage}.]       Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through;       as, a substance impervious to water or air.                   This gulf impassable, impervious.            --Milton.                   The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious.                                                                               --Macaulay.          Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;                impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv. --                {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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Impery \Im"per*y\, n.       Empery. [Archaic] --Joye.
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Impierce \Im*pierce"\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf.       {Empierce}.]       To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Impierceable \Im*pierce"a*ble\a.       Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Impire \Im"pire\, n.       See {Umpire}. [Obs.] --Huloet.
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Impoor \Im*poor"\, v. t.       To impoverish. [Obs.]
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Imporosity \Im`po*ros"i*ty\, n. [Perf. im- not + porosity: cf.       F. imporosit[82].]       The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity;       compactness. [bd]The . . . imporosity betwixt the tangible       parts.[b8] --Bacon.
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Imporous \Im*por"ous\, a.       Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.       --Sir T. Browne.
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Import \Im*port"\, v. i.       To signify; to purport; to be of moment. [bd]For that . . .       importeth to the work.[b8] --Bacon.
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Import \Im"port\, n.       1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from             without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural,             opposed to exports.                         I take the imports from, and not the exports to,                      these conquests, as the measure of these advantages                      which we derived from them.               --Burke.          2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its             signification or intention or interpretation of a word,             action, event, and the like.          3. Importance; weight; consequence.                         Most serious design, and the great import. --Shak.
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Import \Im*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imported}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Importing}.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to       cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through       F. importer, from the Latin. See {Port} demeanor.]       1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without;             especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place             or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of             commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China,             coffee from Brasil, etc.          2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to             signify.                         Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a                      multitude of speakers together.         --Hooker.          3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing             on; to concern.                         I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak.                         If I endure it, what imports it you?   --Dryden.          Syn: To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken;                interest; concern.
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Importable \Im*port"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. importable. See       {Import}.]       Capable of being imported.
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Importable \Im*port"a*ble\, a. [L. importabilis; pref. im- not +       portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See {Portable}.]       Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.]       --Chaucer. -- {Im*port"a*ble*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Importable \Im*port"a*ble\, a. [L. importabilis; pref. im- not +       portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See {Portable}.]       Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.]       --Chaucer. -- {Im*port"a*ble*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See {Important}.]       1. The quality or state of being important; consequence;             weight; moment; significance.                         Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views                      to things below.                                 --Pope.          2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]                         Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]                         The wisest beholder could not say if the importance                      were joy or sorrow.                           --Shak.          4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]                         At our importance hither is he come.   --Shak.
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Importancy \Im*por"tan*cy\, n.       Importance; significance; consequence; that which is       important. [Obs.] --Shak. [bd]Careful to conceal       importancies.[b8] --Fuller.
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Important \Im*por"tant\, a. [F. important. See {Import}, v. t.]       1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great             interests; restless; anxious. [Obs.]                         Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a                      mind very important.                           --Chapman.          2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable             content or bearing; significant; weighty.                         Things small as nothing . . . He makes important.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.]                         He fiercely at him flew, And with important outrage                      him assailed.                                    --Spenser.          4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] --Shak.          Syn: Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary;                considerable; influential; serious.
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Importantly \Im*por"tant*ly\, adv.       In an important manner.
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Importation \Im`por*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. importation. See       {Import}, v. t.]       1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [R.]          2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a             country or state; -- opposed to exportation.          3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced             into a country from abroad.
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Import \Im*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imported}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Importing}.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to       cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through       F. importer, from the Latin. See {Port} demeanor.]       1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without;             especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place             or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of             commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China,             coffee from Brasil, etc.          2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to             signify.                         Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a                      multitude of speakers together.         --Hooker.          3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing             on; to concern.                         I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak.                         If I endure it, what imports it you?   --Dryden.          Syn: To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken;                interest; concern.
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Importer \Im*port"er\, n.       One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country       or state; -- opposed to exporter.
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Import \Im*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imported}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Importing}.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to       cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through       F. importer, from the Latin. See {Port} demeanor.]       1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without;             especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place             or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of             commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China,             coffee from Brasil, etc.          2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to             signify.                         Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a                      multitude of speakers together.         --Hooker.          3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing             on; to concern.                         I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak.                         If I endure it, what imports it you?   --Dryden.          Syn: To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken;                interest; concern.
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Importing \Im*port"ing\, a.       Full of meaning. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Importless \Im*port"less\, a.       Void of meaning. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Importunable \Im*por"tu*na*ble\, a.       Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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Importunacy \Im*por"tu*na*cy\, n. [From {Importunate}.]       The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
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Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\, a. [See {Importune}.]       1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;             overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an             impotunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.          2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --             {Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
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Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\, a. [See {Importune}.]       1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;             overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an             impotunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.          2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --             {Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
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Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\, a. [See {Importune}.]       1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;             overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an             impotunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.          2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --             {Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
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Importunator \Im*por"tu*na`tor\, n.       One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.] [From {Importune}, a.: cf. F.       importuner.]       1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with             frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or             pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.                         Their ministers and residents here have perpetually                      importuned the court with unreasonable demands.                                                                               --Swift.          2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] [bd]It importunes death.[b8]             --Spenser.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i.       To require; to demand. [Obs.]                   We shall write to you, As time and our concernings                shall importune.                                    --Shak.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.] [From {Importune}, a.: cf. F.       importuner.]       1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with             frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or             pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.                         Their ministers and residents here have perpetually                      importuned the court with unreasonable demands.                                                                               --Swift.          2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] [bd]It importunes death.[b8]             --Spenser.
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Importunee \Im`por*tunee"\, a. [F. importun, L. importunus;       pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor,       importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See       {Port} harbor, and cf. {Importunate}.]       1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]          2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence,             vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious             solicitation. [Obs.]                         And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser.                         Of all other affections it [envy] is the most                      importune and continual.                     --Bacon.
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Importunely \Im`por*tune"ly\, adv.       In an importune manner. [Obs.]
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Importuner \Im`por*tun"er\, n.       One who importunes.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.] [From {Importune}, a.: cf. F.       importuner.]       1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with             frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or             pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.                         Their ministers and residents here have perpetually                      importuned the court with unreasonable demands.                                                                               --Swift.          2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] [bd]It importunes death.[b8]             --Spenser.
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Importunity \Im`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Importunities}. [L.       importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F.       importunit[82].]       The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious       solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent       application; troublesome pertinacity.                   O'ercome with importunity and tears.      --Milton.
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Importunity \Im`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Importunities}. [L.       importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F.       importunit[82].]       The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious       solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent       application; troublesome pertinacity.                   O'ercome with importunity and tears.      --Milton.
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Importuous \Im*por"tu*ous\, a. [L. importuosus; pref. im- not +       portuosus abounding in harbors, fr. portus harbor.]       Without a port or harbor. [R.]
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Impower \Im*pow"er\, v. t.       See {Empower}.
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Impracticability \Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl.       {Impracticabilities}.       1. The state or quality of being impracticable;             infeasibility. --Goldsmith.          2. An impracticable thing.          3. Intractableness; stubbornness.
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Impracticability \Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl.       {Impracticabilities}.       1. The state or quality of being impracticable;             infeasibility. --Goldsmith.          2. An impracticable thing.          3. Intractableness; stubbornness.
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Impracticable \Im*prac"ti*ca*ble\, a.       1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or             accomplished by the means employed, or at command;             impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.          2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any             reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable             of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as             applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control             or get along with.                         This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a                      dainty-fingered girl.                        --Rowe.                         Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh                      with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.                                                                               --Palfrey.          3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an             impracticable road; an impracticable method.          Syn: Impossible; infeasible. -- {Impracticable},                {Impossible}. A thing is impracticable when it can not                be accomplished by any human means at present possessed;                a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it.                The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but                not impossible, because the existing obstructions may                yet be removed. [bd]The barons exercised the most                despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme                of public utility was rendered impracticable by their                continued petty wars with each other.[b8] --Mickle.                [bd]With men this is impossible, but with God all things                are possible.[b8] --Matt. xix. 26.
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Impracticableness \Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being impracticable;       impracticability.
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Impracticably \Im*prac"ti*ca*bly\, adv.       In an impracticable manner.                   Morality not impracticably rigid.            --Johnson.
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Impractical \Im*prac"ti*cal\, a.       Not practical.
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Imprecate \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of       imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray.       See {Pray}.]       1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or             calamitous.                         Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty                      empire.                                             --Mickle.          2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.                         In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the                      forlorn physicians imprecate.            --Rochester.
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Imprecate \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of       imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray.       See {Pray}.]       1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or             calamitous.                         Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty                      empire.                                             --Mickle.          2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.                         In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the                      forlorn physicians imprecate.            --Rochester.
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Imprecate \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of       imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray.       See {Pray}.]       1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or             calamitous.                         Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty                      empire.                                             --Mickle.          2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.                         In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the                      forlorn physicians imprecate.            --Rochester.
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Imprecation \Im`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F.       impr[82]cation.]       The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a       prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.                   Men cowered like slaves before such horrid                imprecations.                                          --Motley.          Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See                {Malediction}.
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Imprecatory \Im"pre*ca*to*ry\, a.       Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil;       as, the imprecatory psalms.
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Imprecision \Im`pre*ci"sion\, n.       Want of precision. [R.]
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Impregn \Im*pregn"\, v. t. [Cf. F. impregner. See {Impregnate}.]       To impregnate; to make fruitful. [Obs.]                   His perniciouss words, impregned With reason. --Milton.                   Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. --Dr. H.                                                                               More.
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Impregnability \Im*preg`na*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.
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Impregnable \Im*preg"na*ble\, a. [F. imprenable; pref. im- not +       prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See       {Comprehend}, {Get} to obtain.]       Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being       subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an       impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.                   The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and                impregnable.                                          --South.       -- {Im*preg"na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*preg"na*bly}, adv.
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Impregnable \Im*preg"na*ble\, a. [See Impregnate.] (Biol.)       Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the       ovule of a plant.
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Impregnable \Im*preg"na*ble\, a. [F. imprenable; pref. im- not +       prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See       {Comprehend}, {Get} to obtain.]       Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being       subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an       impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.                   The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and                impregnable.                                          --South.       -- {Im*preg"na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*preg"na*bly}, adv.
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Impregnable \Im*preg"na*ble\, a. [F. imprenable; pref. im- not +       prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See       {Comprehend}, {Get} to obtain.]       Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being       subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an       impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.                   The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and                impregnable.                                          --South.       -- {Im*preg"na*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*preg"na*bly}, adv.
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Impregnant \Im*preg"nant\, n. [See {Impregnate}.]       That which impregnates. [R.] --Glanvill.
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Impregnant \Im*preg"nant\, a. [Pref. im- not + pregnant.]       Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. [R.]
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Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([icr]m*pr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. t.       [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]*t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impregnating} (-n[asl]*t[icr]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p.       p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in +       praegnans pregnant. See {Pregnant}.]       1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render             prolific; to get with child or young.          2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as             to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.          3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or             fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.          4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to             communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be             filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as,             to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing             impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
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Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([icr]m*pr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. i.       To become pregnant. --Addison.
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Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p.       p.]       Impregnated; made prolific.                   The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with                disease.                                                --Byron.
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Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([icr]m*pr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. t.       [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]*t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impregnating} (-n[asl]*t[icr]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p.       p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in +       praegnans pregnant. See {Pregnant}.]       1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render             prolific; to get with child or young.          2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as             to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.          3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or             fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.          4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to             communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be             filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as,             to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing             impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
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Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([icr]m*pr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. t.       [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]*t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Impregnating} (-n[asl]*t[icr]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p.       p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in +       praegnans pregnant. See {Pregnant}.]       1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render             prolific; to get with child or young.          2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as             to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.          3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or             fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.          4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to             communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be             filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as,             to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing             impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
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Impregnation \Im`preg*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. impr[82]gnation, LL.       impraegnatio.]       1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated;             fecundation.          2. (Biol.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a             male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozo[94]n) to form a             single new cell endowed with the power of developing into             a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.          Note: In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or                sexual generation, consists simply in the coalescence                of two similar masses of protoplasmic matter, either                derived from different parts of the same organism or                from two distinct organisms. From the single mass,                which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these                two masses, a new organism develops.          3. That with which anything is impregnated. --Derham.          4. Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.          5. (Mining) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries,             consisting of rock impregnated with ore. --Raymond.
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Imprejudicate \Im`pre*ju"di*cate\, a.       Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. [Obs.] --Sir T.       Browne.
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Imprenable \Im*pre"na*ble\, a.       Impregnable. [Obs.]
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Impreparation \Im*prep`a*ra"tion\, n.       Want of preparation. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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d8Impresario \[d8]Im`pre*sa"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Impresarios}. [It.,       from impresa enterprise.]       The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert       company.
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Imprescriptibility \Im`pre*scrip`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.       imprescriptibilit[82].]       The quality of being imprescriptible.
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Imprescriptible \Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +       prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.]       1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by             disuse, or by the claims of another founded on             prescription.                         The right of navigation, fishing, and others that                      may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right                      of mere ability, are imprescriptible. --Vattel                                                                               (Trans. )          2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority;             self-evidencing; obvious.                         The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason.                                                                               --Colerridge.
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Imprescriptibly \Im`pre*scrip"ti*bly\, adv.       In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
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d8Impresa \[d8]Im*pre"sa\, n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf.       {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)       A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the       like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]                   My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel                for shelter.                                          --J. Webster.
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Imprese \Im*prese"\, n.       A device. See {Impresa}.                   An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in                picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or                learned personages.                                 --Camden.
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d8Impresa \[d8]Im*pre"sa\, n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf.       {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)       A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the       like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]                   My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel                for shelter.                                          --J. Webster.
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Imprese \Im*prese"\, n.       A device. See {Impresa}.                   An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in                picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or                learned personages.                                 --Camden.
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Impresionable \Im*pres"ion*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. impressionnable.]       Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded;       susceptible; impressible.                   He was too impressionable; he had too much of the                temperament of genius.                           --Motley.                   A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. --T.                                                                               Hook.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to       impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to       squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]       1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by             pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears             the impression).                         His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to             imprint (a mark or figure upon something).          3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to             the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.                         Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own                      hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.          4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for             public service; as, to impress sailors or money.                         The second five thousand pounds impressed for the                      service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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d8Impresa \[d8]Im*pre"sa\, n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf.       {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)       A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the       like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]                   My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel                for shelter.                                          --J. Webster.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.       To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]                   Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to       impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to       squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]       1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by             pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears             the impression).                         His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to             imprint (a mark or figure upon something).          3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to             the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.                         Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own                      hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.          4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for             public service; as, to impress sailors or money.                         The second five thousand pounds impressed for the                      service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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d8Impresa \[d8]Im*pre"sa\, n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf.       {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)       A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the       like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]                   My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel                for shelter.                                          --J. Webster.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.       To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]                   Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to       impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to       squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]       1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by             pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears             the impression).                         His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to             imprint (a mark or figure upon something).          3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to             the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.                         Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own                      hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.          4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for             public service; as, to impress sailors or money.                         The second five thousand pounds impressed for the                      service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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d8Impresa \[d8]Im*pre"sa\, n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf.       {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)       A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the       like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]                   My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel                for shelter.                                          --J. Webster.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.       To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]                   Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to       impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to       squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]       1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by             pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears             the impression).                         His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to             imprint (a mark or figure upon something).          3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to             the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.                         Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own                      hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.          4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for             public service; as, to impress sailors or money.                         The second five thousand pounds impressed for the                      service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.       1. The act of impressing or making.          2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the             image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if             by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.                         The impresses of the insides of these shells.                                                                               --Woodward.                         This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in                      ice.                                                   --Shak.          3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.          4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.                         To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses                      quaint.                                             --Milton.          5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of             impressing, or taking by force for the public service;             compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.                         Why such impress of shipwrights?         --Shak.          {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to             impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.          {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their             entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Impressibility \Im*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.
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Impressible \Im*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. impressible.]       Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. --       {Im*press"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*press"i*bly}, adv.
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Impressible \Im*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. impressible.]       Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. --       {Im*press"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*press"i*bly}, adv.
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Impressible \Im*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. impressible.]       Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. --       {Im*press"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*press"i*bly}, adv.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to       impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to       squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]       1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by             pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears             the impression).                         His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to             imprint (a mark or figure upon something).          3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to             the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.                         Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own                      hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.          4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for             public service; as, to impress sailors or money.                         The second five thousand pounds impressed for the                      service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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Impression \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.]       1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed;             the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character,             by external force or by influence.          2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation;             sensible result of an influence exerted from without.                         The stamp and clear impression of good sense.                                                                               --Cowper.                         To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must                      spin, we must weave, we must build.   --Barrow.          3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or             agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.]                         Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the                      air.                                                   --Milton.                         A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven.                                                                               --Holland.          4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence,             interest, concern. --Reid.                         His words impression left.                  --Milton.                         Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak.                         I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before                      I fall into my grave, That I might see her married.                                                                               --Ford.          5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.          6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.                         Which must be read with an impression. --Milton.          7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the             result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a             heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a             single copy as the result of printing, or the whole             edition printed at a given time.                         Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden.          8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in             house painting and the like. [R.]          9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal             plate, or the like.          {Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from             an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.
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Impressionability \Im*pres`sion*a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being impressionable.
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Impressionableness \Im*pres"sion*a*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being impressionable.
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Impressionism \Im*pres"sion*ism\, n. [F. impressionnisme.] (Fine       Arts)       The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression       without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a       recent fashion in painting and etching.
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Impressionist \Im*pres"sion*ist\, n. [F. impressionniste.] (Fine       Arts)       One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so       called.
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Impressionistic \Im*pres`sion*is"tic\, a.       Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
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Impressionless \Im*pres"sion*less\, a.       Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not       susceptible.
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Impressive \Im*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. impressif.]       1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to             impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch             the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an             impressive discourse; an impressive scene.          2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. -             {Im*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, n.
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Impressive \Im*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. impressif.]       1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to             impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch             the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an             impressive discourse; an impressive scene.          2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. -             {Im*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, n.
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Impressive \Im*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. impressif.]       1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to             impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch             the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an             impressive discourse; an impressive scene.          2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. -             {Im*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, n.
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Impressment \Im*press"ment\, n.       The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into       public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of       provisions or of sailors.                   The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment                -- died a protracted death.                     --J. H.                                                                               Burton.
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Impressor \Im*press"or\, n. [LL., a printer.]       One who, or that which, impresses. --Boyle.
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Impressure \Im*pres"sure\, n. [Cf. OF. impressure, LL.       impressura.]       Dent; impression. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Imprest \Im*prest"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Imprested}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impresting}.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare.       See {Prest}, n.]       To advance on loan. --Burke.
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Imprest \Im"prest\, n. [Cf. It. impresto, imprestito, LL.       impraestitum. See {Imprest}, v. t., and {Impress} compulsion       to serve.]       A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money       advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. --Burke.                   The clearing of their imprests for what little of their                debts they have received.                        --Pepys.
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Imprest \Im*prest"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Imprested}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impresting}.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare.       See {Prest}, n.]       To advance on loan. --Burke.
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Imprest \Im*prest"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Imprested}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impresting}.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare.       See {Prest}, n.]       To advance on loan. --Burke.
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Imprevalence \Im*prev"a*lence\, Imprevalency \Im*prev"a*len*cy\,       n.       Want of prevalence. [Obs.]
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Imprevalence \Im*prev"a*lence\, Imprevalency \Im*prev"a*len*cy\,       n.       Want of prevalence. [Obs.]
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Impreventability \Im`pre*vent`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The state or quality of being impreventable. [R.]
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Impreventable \Im`pre*vent"a*ble\, a.       Not preventable; invitable.
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Imprimery \Im*prim"er*y\, n. [F. imprimerie, fr. imprimer to       imprint.] [Obs.]       (a) A print; impression.       (b) A printing establishment.       (c) The art of printing.
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Impriming \Im*prim"ing\, n.       A beginning. [Obs.] [bd]Their springings and imprimings.[b8]       --Sir H. Wotton.
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Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imptrinted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Imprinting}.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of       empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint.       See 1st {In-}, {Print}, and cf. {Impress}.]       1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.                         And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.                                                                               --Prior.          2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type,             plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures,             letters, etc., upon something).                         Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a                      heart and life in it, [bd]Be free.[b8] --Cowper.          3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;             to impress.                         Ideas of those two different things distinctly                      imprinted on his mind.                        --Locke.
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Imprint \Im"print\, n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See       {Imprint}, v. t.]       Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left       by something; specifically, the name of the printer or       publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the       title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. [bd]That       imprint of their hands.[b8] --Buckle.
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Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imptrinted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Imprinting}.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of       empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint.       See 1st {In-}, {Print}, and cf. {Impress}.]       1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.                         And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.                                                                               --Prior.          2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type,             plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures,             letters, etc., upon something).                         Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a                      heart and life in it, [bd]Be free.[b8] --Cowper.          3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;             to impress.                         Ideas of those two different things distinctly                      imprinted on his mind.                        --Locke.
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Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.       emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See       {Prison}.]       1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;             to confine.                         He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser.          2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.                         Try to imprison the resistless wind.   --Dryden.          Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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Imprison ment \Im*pris"on ment\, n. [OE. enprisonment; F.       emprisonnement.]       The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;       confinement; restraint.                   His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment                and hard constraint.                              --Spenser.                   Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment,                whether it be in a common prison, or in a private                house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public                streets.                                                --Blackstone.          {False imprisonment}. (Law) See under {False}.          Syn: Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.
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Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.       emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See       {Prison}.]       1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;             to confine.                         He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser.          2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.                         Try to imprison the resistless wind.   --Dryden.          Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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Imprisoner \Im*pris"on*er\, n.       One who imprisons.
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Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.       emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See       {Prison}.]       1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;             to confine.                         He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser.          2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.                         Try to imprison the resistless wind.   --Dryden.          Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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Improvable \Im*prov"a*ble\, a. [From {Improve}.]       1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;             admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or             of being advanced in good qualities.                         Man is accommodated with moral principles,                      improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir                                                                               M. Hale.                         I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.          2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;             serviceable; advantageous.                         The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints                      to better.                                          --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.             -- {Im*pro"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prov"a*bly}, adv.
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Improbability \Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Improbabilities}.       [Cf. F. improbabilit[82].]       The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also,       that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
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Improbability \Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Improbabilities}.       [Cf. F. improbabilit[82].]       The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also,       that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
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Improbable \Im*prob"a*ble\, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +       probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See {Probable}.]       Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under       the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an       improbable story or event.                   He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an                improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.                                                                               --Milton.       -- {Im*prob"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prob"a*bly}, adv.
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Improbable \Im*prob"a*ble\, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +       probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See {Probable}.]       Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under       the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an       improbable story or event.                   He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an                improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.                                                                               --Milton.       -- {Im*prob"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prob"a*bly}, adv.
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Improbable \Im*prob"a*ble\, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +       probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See {Probable}.]       Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under       the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an       improbable story or event.                   He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an                improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.                                                                               --Milton.       -- {Im*prob"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prob"a*bly}, adv.
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Improbate \Im"pro*bate\, v. t. [L. improbatus, p. p. of       improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.]       To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]
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Improbation \Im`pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. improbatio.]       1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.          2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are             proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some             instrument declared false or forged. --Bell.
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Improbative \Im"pro*ba*tive\, Improbatory \Im"pro*ba`to*ry\, a.       Implying, or tending to, improbation.
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Improbative \Im"pro*ba*tive\, Improbatory \Im"pro*ba`to*ry\, a.       Implying, or tending to, improbation.
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Improbity \Im*prob"i*ty\, n. [L. improbitas; pref. im- not +       probitas probity: cf. F. improbit[82].]       Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.                   Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity.                                                                               --Hooker.
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Improficience \Im`pro*fi"cience\, Improficiency    \Im`pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.       Want of proficiency. [R.] --Bacon.
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Improficience \Im`pro*fi"cience\, Improficiency    \Im`pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.       Want of proficiency. [R.] --Bacon.
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Improfitable \Im*prof"it*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + profitable:       cf. F. improfitable.]       Unprofitable. [Obs.]
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Improgressive \Im`pro*gress"ive\, a.       Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- {Im"pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv.
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Improgressive \Im`pro*gress"ive\, a.       Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- {Im"pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv.
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Improlific \Im`pro*lif"ic\, a. [Pref. im- not + prolific: cf. F.       improlifique.]       Not prolific. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
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Improlificate \Im`pro*lif"ic*ate\, v. t. [Pref. im- in +       prolificate.]       To impregnate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Imprompt \Im*prompt"\, a.       Not ready. [R.] --Sterne.
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Impromptu \Im*promp"tu\, adv. [or] a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in       promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility,       readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See {Prompt}.]       Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore;       as, an impromptu verse.
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Impromptu \Im*promp"tu\, n.       1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without             previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or             remark.          2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a             composition in the style of an extempore piece.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, v. t.       To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]                   He would in like manner improper and inclose the                sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. --Jewel.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-       not + proprius proper. See {Proper}.]       1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,             design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;             inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;             improper thought, behavior, language, dress.                         Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,                      Improper for a slave.                        --Shak.                         And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all                      Good; to their improper, Ill.            --Pope.          2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;             common. [Obs.]                         Not to be adorned with any art but such improper                      ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and                      poetry.                                             --J. Fletcher.          3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.          {Improper diphthong}. See under {Diphthong}.          {Improper feud}, an original feud, not earned by military             service. --Mozley & W.          {Improper fraction}. See under {Fraction}.
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Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr.       [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] voice, sound, fr. [?] to utter a       sound: cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho[89]py)             (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in                   one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a                   {proper diphthong}.             (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same                   syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in                   rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-       not + proprius proper. See {Proper}.]       1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,             design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;             inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;             improper thought, behavior, language, dress.                         Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,                      Improper for a slave.                        --Shak.                         And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all                      Good; to their improper, Ill.            --Pope.          2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;             common. [Obs.]                         Not to be adorned with any art but such improper                      ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and                      poetry.                                             --J. Fletcher.          3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.          {Improper diphthong}. See under {Diphthong}.          {Improper feud}, an original feud, not earned by military             service. --Mozley & W.          {Improper fraction}. See under {Fraction}.
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Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr.       [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] voice, sound, fr. [?] to utter a       sound: cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho[89]py)             (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in                   one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a                   {proper diphthong}.             (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same                   syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in                   rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-       not + proprius proper. See {Proper}.]       1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,             design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;             inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;             improper thought, behavior, language, dress.                         Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,                      Improper for a slave.                        --Shak.                         And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all                      Good; to their improper, Ill.            --Pope.          2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;             common. [Obs.]                         Not to be adorned with any art but such improper                      ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and                      poetry.                                             --J. Fletcher.          3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.          {Improper diphthong}. See under {Diphthong}.          {Improper feud}, an original feud, not earned by military             service. --Mozley & W.          {Improper fraction}. See under {Fraction}.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-       not + proprius proper. See {Proper}.]       1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,             design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;             inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;             improper thought, behavior, language, dress.                         Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,                      Improper for a slave.                        --Shak.                         And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all                      Good; to their improper, Ill.            --Pope.          2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;             common. [Obs.]                         Not to be adorned with any art but such improper                      ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and                      poetry.                                             --J. Fletcher.          3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.          {Improper diphthong}. See under {Diphthong}.          {Improper feud}, an original feud, not earned by military             service. --Mozley & W.          {Improper fraction}. See under {Fraction}.
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Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking,       fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See {Break}.]       1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially             by violence. [Obs.]                         Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to                      any fraction or breaking up.               --Foxe.          2. A portion; a fragment.                         Some niggard fractions of an hour.      --Tennyson.          3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or             whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a             unit or magnitude.          {Common, [or] Vulgar}, {fraction}, a fraction in which the             number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed             to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called             the denominator, written below a line, over which is the             numerator, indicating the number of these parts included             in the fraction; as [frac12], one half, [frac25], two             fifths.          {Complex fraction}, a fraction having a fraction or mixed             number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.             --Davies & Peck.          {Compound fraction}, a fraction of a fraction; two or more             fractions connected by of.          {Continued fraction}, {Decimal fraction}, {Partial fraction},             etc. See under {Continued}, {Decimal}, {Partial}, etc.          {Improper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is             greater than the denominator.          {Proper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is less             than the denominator.
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Improper \Im*prop"er\, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-       not + proprius proper. See {Proper}.]       1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,             design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;             inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;             improper thought, behavior, language, dress.                         Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,                      Improper for a slave.                        --Shak.                         And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all                      Good; to their improper, Ill.            --Pope.          2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;             common. [Obs.]                         Not to be adorned with any art but such improper                      ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and                      poetry.                                             --J. Fletcher.          3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.          {Improper diphthong}. See under {Diphthong}.          {Improper feud}, an original feud, not earned by military             service. --Mozley & W.          {Improper fraction}. See under {Fraction}.
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Improperation \Im*prop`er*a"tion\, n. [L. improperare,       improperatum, to taunt.]       The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.       [Obs.]                   Improperatios and terms of scurrility.   --Sir T.                                                                               Browne
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Improperly \Im*prop"er*ly\, adv.       In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably;       unbecomingly.
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Improperty \Im*prop"er*ty\, n.       Impropriety. [Obs.]
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Impropitious \Im`pro*pi"tious\, a.       Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] [bd]Dreams were       impropitious.[b8] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Improportionable \Im`pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a.       Not proportionable. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Improportionate \Im`pro*por"tion*ate\, a.       Not proportionate. [Obs.]
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Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. i.       To become an impropriator. [R.]
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Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law)       Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
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Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impropriating}.] [Pref. im-       in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See       {Appropriate}.]       1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.]                         To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon.          2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical             property) in the hands of a layman for care and             disbursement.
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Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impropriating}.] [Pref. im-       in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See       {Appropriate}.]       1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.]                         To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon.          2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical             property) in the hands of a layman for care and             disbursement.
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Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Impropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impropriating}.] [Pref. im-       in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See       {Appropriate}.]       1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.]                         To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon.          2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical             property) in the hands of a layman for care and             disbursement.
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Impropriation \Im*pro`pri*a"tion\, n.       1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of             property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.          2. (Eng. Eccl. Law)             (a) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the                   hands of a layman, or lay corporation.             (b) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay                   corporation.
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Impropriator \Im*pro"pri*a`tor\, n.       One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of       church property.
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Impropriatrix \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\, n.; pl. E. {-trixes}, L.       {-trices}.       A female impropriator.
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Impropriety \Im`pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L.       improprietas; cf. F. impropri[82]t[82]. See {Improper}.]       1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness             to character, time place, or circumstances; as,             impropriety of behavior or manners.          2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or             an inaccurate use of language.                         But every language has likewise its improprieties                      and absurdities.                                 --Johnson.                         Many gross improprieties, however authorized by                      practice, ought to be discarded.         --Swift.
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Impropriety \Im`pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L.       improprietas; cf. F. impropri[82]t[82]. See {Improper}.]       1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness             to character, time place, or circumstances; as,             impropriety of behavior or manners.          2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or             an inaccurate use of language.                         But every language has likewise its improprieties                      and absurdities.                                 --Johnson.                         Many gross improprieties, however authorized by                      practice, ought to be discarded.         --Swift.
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Improsperity \Im`pros*per"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. improsp[82]rit[82].]       Want of prosperity. [Obs.]
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Improsperous \Im*pros"per*ous\, a. [Pref. im- not + prosperous:       cf. F. improsp[8a]re, L. improsper.]       Not prosperous. [Obs.] --Dryden. -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Improsperous \Im*pros"per*ous\, a. [Pref. im- not + prosperous:       cf. F. improsp[8a]re, L. improsper.]       Not prosperous. [Obs.] --Dryden. -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Improsperous \Im*pros"per*ous\, a. [Pref. im- not + prosperous:       cf. F. improsp[8a]re, L. improsper.]       Not prosperous. [Obs.] --Dryden. -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ly},       adv. [Obs.] -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Improvability \Im*prov`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
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Improvable \Im*prov"a*ble\, a. [From {Improve}.]       1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;             admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or             of being advanced in good qualities.                         Man is accommodated with moral principles,                      improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir                                                                               M. Hale.                         I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.          2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;             serviceable; advantageous.                         The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints                      to better.                                          --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.             -- {Im*pro"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prov"a*bly}, adv.
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Improvable \Im*prov"a*ble\, a. [From {Improve}.]       1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;             admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or             of being advanced in good qualities.                         Man is accommodated with moral principles,                      improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir                                                                               M. Hale.                         I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.          2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;             serviceable; advantageous.                         The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints                      to better.                                          --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.             -- {Im*pro"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prov"a*bly}, adv.
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Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L.       improbare, F. improuver.]       1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]                         Neither can any of them make so strong a reason                      which another can not improve.            --Tyndale.          2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure;             as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman.                         When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto                      the high apostles, they could improve nothing.                                                                               --Tyndale.
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Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See       {Approve}, {Prove.}]       1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities             of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve             land. --Donne.                         I love not to improve the honor of the living by                      impairing that of the dead.               --Denham.          2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to             turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve             one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.                         We shall especially honor God by improving                      diligently the talents which God hath committed to                      us.                                                   --Barrow.                         A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened                      and improved.                                    --Addison.                         The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity.                                                                               --Blackstone.                         How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining                      hour.                                                --I. Watts.                         Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.                         True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,                      binds us to improve the occasion.      --Washington.          3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --             said with reference to what is bad. [R.]                         We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the                      wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.                                                                               Porteus.          Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;                mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.
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Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.       1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is             desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in             health.                         We take care to improve in our frugality and                      diligence.                                          --Atterbury.          2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.             [bd]Domitain improved in cruelty.[b8] --Milner.          3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the             price of cotton improves.          {To improve on} [or] {upon}, to make useful additions or             amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to             perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See       {Approve}, {Prove.}]       1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities             of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve             land. --Donne.                         I love not to improve the honor of the living by                      impairing that of the dead.               --Denham.          2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to             turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve             one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.                         We shall especially honor God by improving                      diligently the talents which God hath committed to                      us.                                                   --Barrow.                         A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened                      and improved.                                    --Addison.                         The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity.                                                                               --Blackstone.                         How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining                      hour.                                                --I. Watts.                         Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.                         True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,                      binds us to improve the occasion.      --Washington.          3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --             said with reference to what is bad. [R.]                         We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the                      wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.                                                                               Porteus.          Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;                mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.
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Improvement \Im*prove"ment\, n.       1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in             desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;             melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land,             roads, etc.                         I look upon your city as the best place of                      improvement.                                       --South.                         Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all                      our faculties.                                    --Blair.          2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of             anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a             turning to good account; practical application, as of a             doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.             [bd]A good improvement of his reason.[b8] --S. Clarke.                         I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.                                                                               --Tillotson.          3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also,             that which is improved; as, the new edition is an             improvement on the old.                         The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others,                      are improvements on the Greek poet.   --Addison.          4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.                         There is a design of publishing the history of                      architecture, with its several improvements and                      decays.                                             --Addison.                         Those vices which more particularly receive                      improvement by prosperity.                  --South.          5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,             clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.          6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a             machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.
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Improver \Im*prov"er\, n.       One who, or that which, improves.
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Improvided \Im`pro*vid"ed\, a.       Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.       [Obs.]                   All improvided for dread of death.         --E. Hall.
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Improvidence \Im*prov"i*dence\, n. [L. improvidentia; OF.       improvidence. Cf. {Imprudence}.]       The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or       thrift.                   The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me                inhuman.                                                --L'Estrange.
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Improvident \Im*prov"i*dent\, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf.       L. improvidus. See {Provident}, and cf. {Imprudent}.]       Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not       foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent;       thoughtless; as, an improvident man.                   Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This                sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak.          Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless;                prodigal; wasteful.
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Improvidentially \Im*prov`i*den"tial*ly\, adv.       Improvidently. [R.]
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Improvidently \Im*prov"i*dent*ly\, adv.       In a improvident manner. [bd]Improvidently rash.[b8]       --Drayton.
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Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See       {Approve}, {Prove.}]       1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities             of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve             land. --Donne.                         I love not to improve the honor of the living by                      impairing that of the dead.               --Denham.          2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to             turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve             one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.                         We shall especially honor God by improving                      diligently the talents which God hath committed to                      us.                                                   --Barrow.                         A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened                      and improved.                                    --Addison.                         The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity.                                                                               --Blackstone.                         How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining                      hour.                                                --I. Watts.                         Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.                         True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,                      binds us to improve the occasion.      --Washington.          3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --             said with reference to what is bad. [R.]                         We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the                      wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.                                                                               Porteus.          Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;                mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.
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Improving \Im*prov"ing\, a.       Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --       {Im*prov"ing*ly}, adv.          {Improving lease} (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the             tenant to make improvements on the premises.
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Improving \Im*prov"ing\, a.       Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --       {Im*prov"ing*ly}, adv.          {Improving lease} (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the             tenant to make improvements on the premises.
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Improving \Im*prov"ing\, a.       Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --       {Im*prov"ing*ly}, adv.          {Improving lease} (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the             tenant to make improvements on the premises.
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Improvisate \Im*prov"i*sate\, a. [See {Improvise}.]       Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [R.]
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Improvisate \Im*prov"i*sate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.       {Improvisated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improvisating}.]       To improvise; to extemporize.
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Improvisate \Im*prov"i*sate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.       {Improvisated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improvisating}.]       To improvise; to extemporize.
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Improvisate \Im*prov"i*sate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.       {Improvisated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improvisating}.]       To improvise; to extemporize.
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Improvisation \Im*prov`i*sa"tion\, n. [Cf. F. improvisation.]       1. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry,             and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the             organ.          2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
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Improvisatize \Im`pro*vis"a*tize\, v. t. & i.       Same as {Improvisate}.
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Improvisator \Im*prov"i*sa`tor\, n.       An improviser, or improvvisatore.
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d8Improvvisatore \[d8]Im`prov*vi`sa*to"re\, n.; pl.       {Improvvisatori}. [It. See {Improvise}.]       One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems       extemporaneously. [Written also {improvisatore}.]
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Improvisatorial \Im*prov`i*sa*to"ri*al\, Improvisatory    \Im*prov"i*sa*to*ry\, a.       Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous       composition.
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Improvisatorial \Im*prov`i*sa*to"ri*al\, Improvisatory    \Im*prov"i*sa*to*ry\, a.       Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous       composition.
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d8Improvvisatrice \[d8]Im`prov*vi`sa*tri"ce\, n.; pl.       {Improvvisatrici}. [It. See {Improvise}.]       A female improvvisatore. [Written also {improvisatrice}.]
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Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.       improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,       L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.       See {Proviso}.]       1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially             in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an             instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.          2. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without             previous preparation.                         Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.          3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the             moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
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Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. i.       To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially       in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to       do anything offhand.
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Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.       improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,       L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.       See {Proviso}.]       1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially             in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an             instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.          2. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without             previous preparation.                         Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.          3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the             moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
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Improviser \Im`pro*vis"er\, n.       One who improvises.
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Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.       improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,       L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.       See {Proviso}.]       1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially             in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an             instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.          2. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without             previous preparation.                         Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.          3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the             moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
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Improvision \Im`pro*vi"sion\, n. [Pref. im- not + provision.]       Improvidence. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Improviso \Im`pro*vi"so\, a. [L. improvisus unforeseen; cf. It.       improvviso.]       Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [Obs.]       --Jonhson.
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d8Improvvisatore \[d8]Im`prov*vi`sa*to"re\, n.; pl.       {Improvvisatori}. [It. See {Improvise}.]       One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems       extemporaneously. [Written also {improvisatore}.]
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d8Improvvisatrice \[d8]Im`prov*vi`sa*tri"ce\, n.; pl.       {Improvvisatrici}. [It. See {Improvise}.]       A female improvvisatore. [Written also {improvisatrice}.]
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Imprudence \Im*pru"dence\, n. [L. imprudentia: cf. F.       imprudence. Cf. {Improvidence}.]       The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution,       circumspection, or a due regard to consequences;       indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent       act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.                   His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own                imprudence.                                             --Mickle.
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Imprudent \Im*pru"dent\, a. [L. imprudens; pref. im- not +       prudens prudent: cf. F. imprudent. See {Prudent}, and cf.       {Improvident}.]       Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet;       injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. --       {Im*pru"dent*ly}, adv.                   Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent                behavior of many of the ministers and readers.                                                                               --Strype.
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Imprudent \Im*pru"dent\, a. [L. imprudens; pref. im- not +       prudens prudent: cf. F. imprudent. See {Prudent}, and cf.       {Improvident}.]       Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet;       injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. --       {Im*pru"dent*ly}, adv.                   Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent                behavior of many of the ministers and readers.                                                                               --Strype.
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Impuration \Im`pu*ra"tion\, n.       Defilement; obscuration. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Impure \Im*pure"\, v. t.       To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Impure \Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure:       cf. F. impur. See {Pure}.]       1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing             something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or             impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure             water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.          2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of             persons or things.          3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or             ideas. [bd]Impure desires.[b8] --Cowper.          4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of             Moses; unclean.          5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin;             an impure style.
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Impurely \Im*pure"ly\, adv.       In an impure manner.
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Impureness \Im*pure"ness\, n.       The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. --Milton.
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Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf.       F. impuret[82].]       1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense;             defilement; foulness; adulteration.                         Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.                                                                               --Buckminster.          2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul             matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.                         Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.                                                                               --Atterbury.          3. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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Impurple \Im*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impurpled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impurpling}.] [Pref. im- in + purple. Cf.       {Empurple}.]       To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to       purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.                   Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled.   --Milton.                   The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. --Pope.
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Impurple \Im*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impurpled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impurpling}.] [Pref. im- in + purple. Cf.       {Empurple}.]       To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to       purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.                   Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled.   --Milton.                   The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. --Pope.
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Impurple \Im*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impurpled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Impurpling}.] [Pref. im- in + purple. Cf.       {Empurple}.]       To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to       purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.                   Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled.   --Milton.                   The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. --Pope.
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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth             of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.          5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of             assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having             special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.          6. (Law)             (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel                   occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the                   bar of the court signifies in open court.             (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for                   arraignment, trial, or sentence.             (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or                   district; the legal profession.             (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to                   plaintiff's action.          7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of             God.          8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are             passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind             the counter where liquors for sale are kept.          9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying             only one fifth part of the field.          10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a             bar of color.          11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the             staff into spaces which represent measures, and are             themselves called measures.          Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division                of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in                psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The                term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e.,                for such length of music, or of silence, as is included                between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight                bars; two bars' rest.          12. (Far.) pl.             (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper                   jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.             (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent                   inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side,                   and extends into the center of the sole.          13. (Mining)             (a) A drilling or tamping rod.             (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode.          14. (Arch.)             (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.             (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports                   the glass of a window; a sash bar.          {Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across             the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog             from injury.          {Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a             ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for             destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.          {Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used             for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}.          {Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars             of iron twisted into the forms required.          {Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}.          {Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a             case under argument.          {In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent.          {Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, a plea which is a final             defense in an action.          {Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the             plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.          {Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of             one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum             representing the full court.
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Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.)       A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which       guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.          {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are             elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not             through embrasures.          {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a             number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially             protected by a parapet or turret.          {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns             sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of             {Casemate}.]
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Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. {Berries}. [OE. berie, AS. berie,       berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel.       ber, Sw. b[84]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]       1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry,             huckleberry, etc.          2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent             throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as             the currant, grape, blueberry.          3. The coffee bean.          4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis.          {In berry}, containing ova or spawn.
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Brief \Brief\, a. [OE. bref, F. brief, bref, fr. L. brevis; akin       to Gr. [?] short, and perh. to Skr. barh to tear. Cf.       {Breve}.]       1. Short in duration.                         How brief the life of man.                  --Shak.          2. Concise; terse; succinct.                         The brief style is that which expresseth much in                      little.                                             --B. Jonson.          3. Rife; common; prevalent. [Prov. Eng.]          {In brief}. See under {Brief}, n.          Syn: Short; concise; succinct; summary; compendious;                condensed; terse; curt; transitory; short-lived.
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Brief \Brief\ (br[emac]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf.       {Breve}.]       1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few             words.                         Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the                      lord marshal.                                    --Shak.                         And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. --Shak.          2. An epitome.                         Each woman is a brief of womankind.   --Overbury.          3. (Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's             case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial             at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the             heads or points of a law argument.                         It was not without some reference to it that I                      perused many a brief.                        --Sir J.                                                                               Stephen.          Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in                the United States, counsel generally make up their own                briefs.          4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See {Breve}, n., 2.          5. (Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to             any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge             to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their             verdict to pronounce sentence.          6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a             collection or charitable contribution of money in             churches, for any public or private purpose. [Eng.]          {Apostolical brief}, a letter of the pope written on fine             parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the             secretary of briefs, dated [bd]a die Nativitatis,[b8] i.             e., [bd]from the day of the Nativity,[b8] and sealed with             the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its             parchment, written character, date, and seal. See {Bull}.                      {Brief of title}, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds             and other papers constituting the chain of title to any             real estate.          {In brief}, in a few words; in short; briefly. [bd]Open the             matter in brief.[b8] --Shak.
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Fere \Fere\, n. [OE. fere companion, AS. gef[emac]ra, from       f[emac]ran to go, travel, faran to travel. [root]78. See       {Fare}.]       A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written       also {fear} and {feere}.] --Chaucer.                   And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.      --Spenser.          {In fere}, together; in company. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Force \Force\, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis       strong. See {Fort}, n.]       1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor;             might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy;             capacity of exercising an influence or producing an             effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or             impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special             signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a             contract, or a term.                         He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;             violence; coercion.                         Which now they hold by force, and not by right.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval             combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; --             an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the             plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other             ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.                         Is Lucius general of the forces?         --Shak.          4. (Law)             (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary                   to law, upon persons or things; violence.             (b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill.          5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or             tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or             motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to             change, any physical relation between them, whether             mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of             any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force;             centrifugal force.          {Animal force} (Physiol.), muscular force or energy.          {Catabiotic force} [Gr. [?] down (intens.) + [?] life.]             (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on             adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in             harmony with the primary structures.          {Centrifugal force}, {Centripetal force}, {Coercive force},             etc. See under {Centrifugal}, {Centripetal}, etc.          {Composition of forces}, {Correlation of forces}, etc. See             under {Composition}, {Correlation}, etc.          {Force and arms} [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an             expression in old indictments, signifying violence.          {In force}, [or] {Of force}, of unimpaired efficacy; valid;             of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. [bd]A testament             is of force after men are dead.[b8] --Heb. ix. 17.          {Metabolic force} (Physiol.), the influence which causes and             controls the metabolism of the body.          {No force}, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;             hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed.             [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Of force}, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. [bd]Good             reasons must, of force, give place to better.[b8] --Shak.          {Plastic force} (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts             in the growth and repair of the tissues.          {Vital force} (Physiol.), that force or power which is             inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the             cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished             from the physical forces generally known.          Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence;                violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion.          Usage: {Force}, {Strength}. Strength looks rather to power as                   an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the                   strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength,                   strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand,                   looks more to the outward; as, the force of                   gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit,                   etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and                   force of will; but even here the former may lean                   toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the                   latter toward the outward expression of it in action.                   But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus                   closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a                   marked distinction in our use of force and strength.                   [bd]Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to                   whatever produces, or can produce, motion.[b8]                   --Nichol.                               Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty                            man.                                             --Heywood.                               More huge in strength than wise in works he was.                                                                               --Spenser.                               Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their                            orisons, and found Strength added from above,                            new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton.
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Fork \Fork\ (f[ocir]rj), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf.       {Fourch[82]}, {Furcate}.]       1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank             terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are             usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used             from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.          2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at             the extremity; as, a tuning fork.          3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or             divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a             barbed point, as of an arrow.                         Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region                      of my heart.                                       --Shak.                         A thunderbolt with three forks.         --Addison.          4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or             opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a             river, a tree, or a road.          5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler.          {Fork beam} (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck,             where hatchways occur.          {Fork chuck} (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs             for driving the work.          {Fork head}.             (a) The barbed head of an arrow.             (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle                   joint.          {In fork}. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an             engine to [bd]have the water in fork,[b8] when all the             water is drawn out of the mine. --Ure.          {The forks of a river} [or] {a road}, the branches into which             it divides, or which come together to form it; the place             where separation or union takes place.
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Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to       bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel},       {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.]       1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything             is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a             whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as             going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity,             mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a             fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.                         And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a                      certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.                                                                               --Acts v. 2.                         Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not                      contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.                         I am a part of all that I have met.   --Tennyson.          2. Hence, specifically:             (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many                   like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is                   divided, or of which it is composed; proportional                   division or ingredient.                               An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.                                                                               xvi. 36.                               A thought which, quartered, hath but one part                            wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak.             (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;                   a member; an organ; an essential element.                               All the parts were formed . . . into one                            harmonious body.                           --Locke.                               The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.             (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;                   faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a                   collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8]                   --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay.                               Which maintained so politic a state of evil,                            that they will not admit any good part to                            intermingle with them.                  --Shak.             (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.                   [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9.                               All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and                            fears.                                          --Dryden.             (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a                   certain number of times, will exactly make that                   quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of                   multiple. Also, a line or other element of a                   geometrical figure.          3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or             which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;             portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.                         We have no part in David.                  --2 Sam. xx.                                                                               1.                         Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou                      but thine.                                          --Milton.                         Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. Hence, specifically:             (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or                   a controversy; a faction.                               For he that is not against us is on our part.                                                                               --Mark ix. 40.                               Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.                                                                               --Waller.             (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an                   assumed personification; also, the language, actions,                   and influence of a character or an actor in a play;                   or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part},                   under {Act}.                               That part Was aptly fitted and naturally                            performed.                                    --Shak.                               It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a                            calf.                                          --Shak.                               Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well                            your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope.             (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted                   composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;                   also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the                   treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.          {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share.          {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a.          {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a             friendly manner. --Hooker.          {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure.          {In part}, in some degree; partly.          {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a             reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and             kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race             and place.[b8] --Howitt.          {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a             particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech             denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech             which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.          {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in             common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.          {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic             parts are taken.          {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct             vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in             its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in             its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to             each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett.          Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;                share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}.
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Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n.       1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a             whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or             item, which may be considered separately; as, the             particulars of a story.                         Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.                                                                               --Bacon.                         It is the greatest interest of particulars to                      advance the good of the community.      --L'Estrange.          2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character;             individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]                         For his particular I'll receive him gladly. --Shak.                         If the particulars of each person be considered.                                                                               --Milton.                         Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the                      public . . . or such as concern our particular.                                                                               --Whole Duty                                                                               of Man.          3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; --             usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute             account; as, a particular of premises.                         The reader has a particular of the books wherein                      this law was written.                        --Ayliffe.          {Bill of particulars}. See under {Bill}.          {In particular}, specially; peculiarly. [bd]This, in             particular, happens to the lungs.[b8] --Blackmore.          {To go into particulars}, to relate or describe in detail or             minutely.
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{Natural person} (Law), a man, woman, or child, in             distinction from a corporation.          {In person}, by one's self; with bodily presence; not by             representative. [bd]The king himself in person is set             forth.[b8] --Shak.          {In the person of}, in the place of; acting for. --Shak.
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Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]sent. See {Present}, a.]       1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at             the moment contemplated; as, at this present.                         Past and present, wound in one.         --Tennyson.          2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of             conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing;             as in the phrase, [bd] Know all men by these presents,[b8]             that is, by the writing itself, [bd] per has literas             praesentes; [b8] -- in this sense, rarely used in the             singular.          3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting             the present tense.          {At present}, at the present time; now.          {For the present}, for the tine being; temporarily.          {In present}, at once, without delay. [Obs.] [bd]With them,             in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his             death.[b8] --Milton.
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{In print}.             (a) In a printed form; issued from the press; published.                   --Shak.             (b) To the letter; with accurateness. [bd]All this I speak                   in print.[b8] --Shak.          {Out of print}. See under {Out}.          {Print works}, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.
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Private \Pri"vate\, n.       1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.             [Obs.] --Shak.          2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]                         Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson.          3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] [bd]Go off; I discard you;             let me enjoy my private.[b8] --Shak.          4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]                         What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak.          5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a             noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay.          6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.          {In private}, secretly; not openly or publicly.
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2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive             act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual             course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process             of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process;             processes of nature.                         Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak.          3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting             part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.          5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or             personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end             of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the             defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic             term for writs of the class called judicial.          {Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it]             (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing             hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been             previously saturated with a solution of some metallic             salt, as sulphate of copper.          {Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action             at law. --Burrill.          {In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment,             transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.          {Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned             in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced.             --Burrill.          {Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing             soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the             sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting             with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to             sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.          {Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}.          {Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding             flour. See under {Milling}.          {Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting             of a cycle of operations such that the different             operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order             with a reversal of their effects.
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Proper \Prop"er\, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius.       Cf. {Appropriate}.]       1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. [bd]His proper             good[b8] [i. e., his own possessions]. --Chaucer. [bd]My             proper son.[b8] --Shak.                         Now learn the difference, at your proper cost,                      Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. --Dryden.          2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution;             peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his             proper instincts and appetites.                         Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which                      constitute our proper humanity.         --Coleridge.          3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all             respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the             proper element for fish; a proper dress.                         The proper study of mankind is man.   --Pope.                         In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All                      proper to the spring, and sprightly May. --Dryden.          4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic]             [bd]Thou art a proper man.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents,                      because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi.                                                                               23.          5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the             whole; not appellative; -- opposed to {common}; as, a             proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.          6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper;             the garden proper.          7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any             object used as a charge.          {In proper}, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.                      {Proper flower} [or] {corolla} (Bot.), one of the single             florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower.                      {Proper fraction} (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator             is less than the denominator.          {Proper nectary} (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals             and other parts of the flower. -- {Proper noun} (Gram.), a             name belonging to an individual, by which it is             distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to             {common noun}; as, John, Boston, America.          {Proper perianth} [or] {involucre} (Bot.), that which             incloses only a single flower.          {Proper receptacle} (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only             a single flower or fructification.
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before       + portio part or share. See {Portion}.]       1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or             to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree;             comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the             parts of a building, or of the body.                         The image of Christ, made after his own proportion.                                                                               --Ridley.                         Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely                      in proportion to the support which they afford to                      his theory.                                       --Macaulay.          2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different             things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or             adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let             us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8]             --Rom. xii. 6.          3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a             rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.                         Let the women . . . do the same things in their                      proportions and capacities.               --Jer. Taylor.          4. A part considered comparatively; a share.          5. (Math.)             (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of                   geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities                   such that the quotient of the first divided by the                   second is equal to that of the third divided by the                   fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in                   distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in                   which the difference of the first and second is equal                   to the difference of the third and fourth.          Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from                ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the                same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8                to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two                such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5                bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence,                such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion                is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d,                or a/b = c/d.             (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three                   given terms, together with the one sought, are                   proportional.          {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under             {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc.          {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three             or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as             the difference between the first two is to the difference             between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical             proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9,             are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3.          {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In             proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are             morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke.
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Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.       propositum. See {Propound}.]       1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be             reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view             is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim;             design; intention; plan.                         He will his firste purpos modify.      --Chaucer.                         As my eternal purpose hath decreed.   -- Milton.                         The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the                      deed go with it.                                 --Shak.          2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.          3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.          {In purpose}, {Of purpose}, {On purpose}, with previous             design; with the mind directed to that object;             intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.          Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See {Design}.
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Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See {Pursuant}.]       1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or             after.                         Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new                      nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.          {In pursuance of}, in accordance with; in prosecution or             fulfillment of.
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Inappreciable \In`ap*pre"ci*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +       appreciable: cf. F. inappr[82]ciable.]       Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of       being duly valued or estimated. --Hallam.
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Inappreciation \In`ap*pre"ci*a"tion\, n.       Want of appreciation.
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Inapprehensible \In*ap`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L.       inapprehensibilis: cf. F. inappr[82]hensible.]       Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable. --Milton.
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Inapprehension \In*ap`pre*hen"sion\, n.       Want of apprehension.
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Inapprehensive \In*ap`pre*hen"sive\, a.       Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned. --Jer. Taylor.
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Inapproachable \In`ap*proach"a*ble\, a.       Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled. --       {In`ap*proach"a*bly}, adv.
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Inapproachable \In`ap*proach"a*ble\, a.       Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled. --       {In`ap*proach"a*bly}, adv.
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Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.       Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;       not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --       {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
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Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.       Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;       not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --       {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
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Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.       Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;       not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --       {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
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Inbarge \In"barge\, v. t. & i.       To embark; to go or put into a barge. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Inboard \In"board`\, a. & adv.       1. (Naut.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull;             the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the             boom inboard.          2. (Mech.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the             inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or             return stroke.
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Inborn \In"born`\, a.       Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn       passions. --Cowper.          Syn: Innate; inherent; natural.
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Inbreak \In"break`\, Inbreaking \In"break`ing\, n.       A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
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Inbreak \In"break`\, Inbreaking \In"break`ing\, n.       A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
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Inbreathe \In*breathe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbreathed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inbreathing}.]       To infuse by breathing; to inspire. --Coleridge.
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Inbreathe \In*breathe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbreathed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inbreathing}.]       To infuse by breathing; to inspire. --Coleridge.
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Inbreathe \In*breathe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbreathed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inbreathing}.]       To infuse by breathing; to inspire. --Coleridge.
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Inbred \In"bred`\, a.       Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. [bd]Inbred       sentiments.[b8] --Burke.
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Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbred}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inbreeding}.] [Cf. {Imbreed}.]       1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds.                         To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To breed in and in. See under {Breed}, v. i.
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Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbred}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inbreeding}.] [Cf. {Imbreed}.]       1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds.                         To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To breed in and in. See under {Breed}, v. i.
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Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbred}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inbreeding}.] [Cf. {Imbreed}.]       1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds.                         To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To breed in and in. See under {Breed}, v. i.
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Inburning \In"burn`ing\, a.       Burning within.                   Her inburning wrath she gan abate.         --Spenser.
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Inburnt \In"burnt`\, a.       Burnt in; ineffaceable.                   Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts.            --P. Fletcher.
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Inburst \In"burst`\, n.       A bursting in or into.
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Inebriant \In*e"bri*ant\, a. [L. inebrians, p. pr. of inebriare.       See {Inebriate}.]       Intoxicating.
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Inebriant \In*e"bri*ant\, n.       Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an       intoxicant. --Smart.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, n.       One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard;       as, an asylum fro inebriates.                   Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. --E.                                                                               Darwin.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inebriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inebriating}.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of       inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius       drunk. See {Ebriety}.]       1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.                         The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.          2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as             if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment;             also, to stupefy.                         The inebriating effect of popular applause.                                                                               --Macaulay.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. i.       To become drunk. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.]       Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.                   Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken                with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he                said.                                                      --Udall.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inebriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inebriating}.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of       inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius       drunk. See {Ebriety}.]       1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.                         The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.          2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as             if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment;             also, to stupefy.                         The inebriating effect of popular applause.                                                                               --Macaulay.
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Inebriate \In*e"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inebriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Inebriating}.] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of       inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius       drunk. See {Ebriety}.]       1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.                         The cups That cheer but not inebriate. --Cowper.          2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as             if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment;             also, to stupefy.                         The inebriating effect of popular applause.                                                                               --Macaulay.
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Inebriation \In*e`bri*a"tion\, n. [L. inebriatio.]       The condition of being inebriated; intoxication;       figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything       that exhilarates, as success. --Sir T. Browne.                   Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity.                                                                               --Macaulay.          Syn: See {Drunkenness}.
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Inebriety \In`e*bri"e*ty\, n. [See {Inebriate}, {Ebriety}.]       Drunkenness; inebriation. --E. Darwin.
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Inebrious \In*e"bri*ous\, a.       Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.] --T. Brown.
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Ineffervescence \In*ef`fer*ves"cence\, n.       Want of effervescence. --Kirwan.
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Ineffervescent \In*ef`fer*ves"cent\, a.       Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence;       quiescent.
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Ineffervescibility \In*ef`fer*ves`ci*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being ineffervescible.
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Ineffervescible \In*ef`fer*ves"ci*ble\, a.       Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
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Infare \In"fare`\, n. [AS. inf[91]r entrance.]       A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or       entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the       husband upon receiving the wife to his house. [Written also       {infair}.] [Scot., & Local, U. S.]
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Infarce \In*farce"\, v. t. [L. infarcire: pref. in- in +       farcire, fartum and farctum, to stuff, cram.]       To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]                   The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. --Sir T.                                                                               Elyot.
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Infarct \In*farct"\, n. [See {Infarce}.] (Med.)       (a) An obstruction or embolus.       (b) The morbid condition of a limited area resulting from             such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct.
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Infarction \In*farc"tion\, n. [See {Infarce}.]       The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and       obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
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Infare \In"fare`\, n. [AS. inf[91]r entrance.]       A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or       entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the       husband upon receiving the wife to his house. [Written also       {infair}.] [Scot., & Local, U. S.]
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Infer \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,       occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.       inf[82]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]       1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.          2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.          3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to             allege; to offer. [Obs.]                         Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring                      arguments of mighty force.                  --Shak.          4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or             surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a             consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I             inferred his determination from his silence.                         To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition                      laid down as true, to draw in another as true.                                                                               --Locke.                         Such opportunities always infer obligations.                                                                               --Atterbury.          5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]                         The first part is not the proof of the second, but                      rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the                      first.                                                --Sir T. More.                         This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.
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Inferable \In*fer"a*ble\ ([icr]n*f[etil]r"[adot]*b'l [or]       [icr]n*f[ecr]r"-; 277), a.       Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written       also {inferrible}.] --H. Spencer.                   A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these                premises.                                                --Burke.
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Inference \In"fer*ence\, n. [From {Infer}.]       1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.                         Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions,                      it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of                      inference.                                          --Glanvill.          2. That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from             another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a             conclusion; a deduction. --Milton.                         These inferences, or conclusions, are the effects of                      reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all                      together, are called syllogism, or argument. --I.                                                                               Watts.          Syn: Conclusion; deduction; consequence.          Usage: {Inference}, {Conclusion}. An inference is literally                   that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or                   induction from premises, -- something which follows as                   certainly or probably true. A conclusion is stronger                   than an inference; it shuts us up to the result, and                   terminates inquiry. We infer what is particular or                   probable; we conclude what is certain. In a chain of                   reasoning we have many inferences, which lead to the                   ultimate conclusion. [bd]An inference is a proposition                   which is perceived to be true, because of its                   connection with some known fact.[b8] [bd]When                   something is simply affirmed to be true, it is called                   a proposition; after it has been found to be true by                   several reasons or arguments, it is called a                   conclusion.[b8] --I. Taylor.
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Inferential \In`fer*en"tial\, a.       Deduced or deducible by inference. [bd]Inferential       proofs.[b8] --J. S. Mill.
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Inferentially \In`fer*en"tial*ly\, adv.       By way of inference.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is       below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.       inf[82]rieur. See {Under}.]       1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or             valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.                         A thousand inferior and particular propositions.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior                      nature.                                             --Burke.                         Whether they are equal or inferior to my other                      poems, an author is the most improper judge.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or                   interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury                   or Venus.             (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a                   meridian.          4. (Bot.)             (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx                   when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or                   of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior                   calyx.             (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;                   anterior.          5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior             officer.          {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction             of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.                      {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter             or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to             {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n             are inferior characters.          {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit             of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, n.       A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than       another.                   A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than                by disdaining him.                                 --South.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is       below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.       inf[82]rieur. See {Under}.]       1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or             valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.                         A thousand inferior and particular propositions.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior                      nature.                                             --Burke.                         Whether they are equal or inferior to my other                      poems, an author is the most improper judge.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or                   interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury                   or Venus.             (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a                   meridian.          4. (Bot.)             (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx                   when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or                   of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior                   calyx.             (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;                   anterior.          5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior             officer.          {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction             of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.                      {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter             or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to             {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n             are inferior characters.          {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit             of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is       below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.       inf[82]rieur. See {Under}.]       1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or             valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.                         A thousand inferior and particular propositions.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior                      nature.                                             --Burke.                         Whether they are equal or inferior to my other                      poems, an author is the most improper judge.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or                   interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury                   or Venus.             (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a                   meridian.          4. (Bot.)             (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx                   when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or                   of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior                   calyx.             (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;                   anterior.          5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior             officer.          {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction             of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.                      {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter             or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to             {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n             are inferior characters.          {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit             of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is       below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.       inf[82]rieur. See {Under}.]       1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or             valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.                         A thousand inferior and particular propositions.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior                      nature.                                             --Burke.                         Whether they are equal or inferior to my other                      poems, an author is the most improper judge.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or                   interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury                   or Venus.             (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a                   meridian.          4. (Bot.)             (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx                   when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or                   of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior                   calyx.             (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;                   anterior.          5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior             officer.          {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction             of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.                      {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter             or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to             {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n             are inferior characters.          {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit             of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is       below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F.       inf[82]rieur. See {Under}.]       1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or             valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.                         A thousand inferior and particular propositions.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior                      nature.                                             --Burke.                         Whether they are equal or inferior to my other                      poems, an author is the most improper judge.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or                   interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury                   or Venus.             (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a                   meridian.          4. (Bot.)             (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx                   when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or                   of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior                   calyx.             (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract;                   anterior.          5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior             officer.          {Inferior court} (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction             of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.                      {Inferior letter}, {Inferior figure} (Print.), a small letter             or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to             {superior letter} or figure), as in A_{2}, B_{n}, 2 and n             are inferior characters.          {Inferior tide}, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit             of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Tide \Tide\, n. [AS. t[c6]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[c6]d,       D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[c6]t, Icel. t[c6][?], Sw. & Dan.       tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a-       is a negative prefix. [fb]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till},       prep., {Time}.]       1. Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] [bd]This lusty summer's             tide.[b8] --Chaucer.                         And rest their weary limbs a tide.      --Spenser.                         Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his                      bride.                                                --Spenser.                         At the tide of Christ his birth.         --Fuller.          2. The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the             ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The             tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space             of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned             by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of             the latter being three times that of the former), acting             unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth,             thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one             side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the             opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in             conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon,             their action is such as to produce a greater than the             usual tide, called the {spring tide}, as represented in             the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter,             the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the             moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller             tide than usual, called the {neap tide}.          Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide,                and the reflux, ebb tide.          3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. [bd]Let in             the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll             provide.[b8] --Shak.          4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events;             course; current.                         There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken                      at the flood, leads on to fortune.      --Shak.          5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] --Bacon.          6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours.          {Atmospheric tides}, tidal movements of the atmosphere             similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same             manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.          {Inferior tide}. See under {Inferior}, a.          {To work double tides}. See under {Work}, v. t.          {Tide day}, the interval between the occurrences of two             consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same             place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon             waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A             retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the             tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high             water is termed the priming of the tide. See {Lag of the             tide}, under 2d {Lag}.          {Tide dial}, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any             time.          {Tide gate}.             (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when                   the tide sets in one direction, but which closes                   automatically and prevents the water from flowing in                   the other direction.             (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great                   velocity, as through a gate.          {Tide gauge}, a gauge for showing the height of the tide;             especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the             tide continuously at every instant of time. --Brande & C.          {Tide lock}, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a             canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they             are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way             at all times of the tide; -- called also {guard lock}.          {Tide mill}. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents.             (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water.          {Tide rip}, a body of water made rough by the conflict of             opposing tides or currents.          {Tide table}, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of             the tide at any place.          {Tide water}, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence,             broadly, the seaboard.          {Tide wave}, [or] {Tidal wave}, the swell of water as the             tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of             bays or channels derivative. --Whewell.          {Tide wheel}, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by             the ebb or flow of the tide.
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Inferiority \In*fe`ri*or"i*ty\, [Cf. F. inf[82]riorit[82].]       The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as,       inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.                   A deep sense of our own great inferiority. --Boyle.
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Inferiorly \In*fe"ri*or*ly\, adv.       In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
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Infernal \In*fer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr.       infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See {Inferior}.]       1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions,             inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;             pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of             the ancients.                         The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --Garth.          2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell;             suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants             of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or             conduct.                         The instruments or abettors in such infernal                      dealings.                                          --Addison.          {Infernal machine}, a machine or apparatus maliciously             designed to explode, and destroy life or property.          {Infernal stone} (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly             so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.          Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;                satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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Infernal \In*fer"nal\, n.       An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place       itself. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Infernal \In*fer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr.       infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See {Inferior}.]       1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions,             inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;             pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of             the ancients.                         The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --Garth.          2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell;             suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants             of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or             conduct.                         The instruments or abettors in such infernal                      dealings.                                          --Addison.          {Infernal machine}, a machine or apparatus maliciously             designed to explode, and destroy life or property.          {Infernal stone} (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly             so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.          Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;                satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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Machine \Ma*chine"\, n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine,       device, trick, Gr. [?], from [?] means, expedient. Cf.       {Mechanic}.]       1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that             their relative motions are constrained, and by means of             which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as             a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a             fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a             construction, more or less complex, consisting of a             combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical             elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their             supports and connecting framework, calculated to             constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion             from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit,             modify, and apply them to the production of some desired             mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the             excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.          Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such                pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts,                for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining                materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture                of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other                than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated                an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus.                Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of                mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire                engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no                well-settled distinction between the terms engine and                machine among practical men, there is a tendency to                restrict the application of the former to contrivances                in which the operating part is not distinct from the                motor.          2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which             the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden.             --Southey. --Thackeray.          3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.          4. A combination of persons acting together for a common             purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social             machine.                         The whole machine of government ought not to bear                      upon the people with a weight so heavy and                      oppressive.                                       --Landor.          5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or             more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.             [Political Cant]          6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being             introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison.          {Elementary machine}, a name sometimes given to one of the             simple mechanical powers. See under {Mechanical}.          {Infernal machine}. See under {Infernal}.          {Machine gun}.See under {Gun.}          {Machine screw}, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into             metal, in distinction from one which is designed             especially to be screwed into wood.          {Machine shop}, a workshop where machines are made, or where             metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.          {Machine tool}, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal,             etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a             lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more             or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from             a machine for producing a special article as in             manufacturing.          {Machine twist}, silken thread especially adapted for use in             a sewing machine.          {Machine work}, work done by a machine, in contradistinction             to that done by hand labor.
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Infernal \In*fer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr.       infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See {Inferior}.]       1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions,             inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;             pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of             the ancients.                         The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --Garth.          2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell;             suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants             of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or             conduct.                         The instruments or abettors in such infernal                      dealings.                                          --Addison.          {Infernal machine}, a machine or apparatus maliciously             designed to explode, and destroy life or property.          {Infernal stone} (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly             so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.          Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;                satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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Infernally \In*fer"nal*ly\, adv.       In an infernal manner; diabolically. [bd]Infernally       false.[b8] --Bp. Hacket.
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Inferno \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See {Infernal}.]       The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.                   At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they                sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].                                                                               --D. C.                                                                               Worcester.
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Inferobranchian \In`fe*ro*bran"chi*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Inferobranchiata.
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Inferobranchiata \In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See       {Inferobranchiate}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills       are between the foot and the mantle.
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Inferobranchiate \In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. inferus lower +       E. branchiate.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin       of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.
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Infer \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,       occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.       inf[82]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]       1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.          2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.          3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to             allege; to offer. [Obs.]                         Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring                      arguments of mighty force.                  --Shak.          4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or             surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a             consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I             inferred his determination from his silence.                         To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition                      laid down as true, to draw in another as true.                                                                               --Locke.                         Such opportunities always infer obligations.                                                                               --Atterbury.          5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]                         The first part is not the proof of the second, but                      rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the                      first.                                                --Sir T. More.                         This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.
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Inferable \In*fer"a*ble\ ([icr]n*f[etil]r"[adot]*b'l [or]       [icr]n*f[ecr]r"-; 277), a.       Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written       also {inferrible}.] --H. Spencer.                   A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these                premises.                                                --Burke.
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Inferrible \In*fer"ri*ble\, a.       Inferable.
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Inferable \In*fer"a*ble\ ([icr]n*f[etil]r"[adot]*b'l [or]       [icr]n*f[ecr]r"-; 277), a.       Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written       also {inferrible}.] --H. Spencer.                   A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these                premises.                                                --Burke.
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Inferrible \In*fer"ri*ble\, a.       Inferable.
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Infer \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,       occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.       inf[82]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]       1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.          2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.          3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to             allege; to offer. [Obs.]                         Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring                      arguments of mighty force.                  --Shak.          4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or             surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a             consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I             inferred his determination from his silence.                         To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition                      laid down as true, to draw in another as true.                                                                               --Locke.                         Such opportunities always infer obligations.                                                                               --Atterbury.          5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]                         The first part is not the proof of the second, but                      rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the                      first.                                                --Sir T. More.                         This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.
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Infertile \In*fer"tile\, a. [L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile.       See {In-} not, and {Fertile}.]       Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an       infertile soil.
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Infertilely \In*fer"tile*ly\, adv.       In an infertile manner.
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Infertility \In`fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. infertilitas: cf. F.       infertilit[82].]       The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness;       barrenness.                   The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.
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Infirm \In*firm"\ ([icr]n*f[etil]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F.       infirme. See {In-} not, and {Firm}, a.]       1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an             infirm constitution.                         A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak.          2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. [bd]An             infirm judgment.[b8] --Burke.                         Infirm of purpose!                              --Shak.          3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.                         He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm                      ground.                                             --South.          Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled;                irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
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Infirm \In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.]       To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Infirmarian \In`fir*ma"ri*an\       ([icr]n`f[etil]r*m[amac]"r[icr]*[ait]n), n.       A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp.       in a monastic institution.
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Infirmary \In*firm"a*ry\ ([icr]n*f[etil]rm"[adot]*r[ycr]), n.;       pl. {Infirmaries} (-r[icr]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF.       enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.]       A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and       nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
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Infirmary \In*firm"a*ry\ ([icr]n*f[etil]rm"[adot]*r[ycr]), n.;       pl. {Infirmaries} (-r[icr]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF.       enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.]       A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and       nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
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Infirmative \In*firm"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. infirmatif.]       Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.]
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Infirmatory \In*firm"a*to*ry\, n.       An infirmary. [Obs.]
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Infirmity \In*firm"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas       : cf. F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.]       1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or             weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated             state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.                         'T is the infirmity of his age.         --Shak.          2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a             weakness or defect.                         Will you be cured of your infirmity ? --Shak.                         A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.                                                                               --Shak.                         The house has also its infirmities.   --Evelyn.          Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing;                foible; defect; disease; malady. See {Debility}.
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Infirmity \In*firm"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas       : cf. F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.]       1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or             weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated             state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.                         'T is the infirmity of his age.         --Shak.          2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a             weakness or defect.                         Will you be cured of your infirmity ? --Shak.                         A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.                                                                               --Shak.                         The house has also its infirmities.   --Evelyn.          Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing;                foible; defect; disease; malady. See {Debility}.
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Infirmly \In*firm"ly\, adv.       In an infirm manner.
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Infirmness \In*firm"ness\, n.       Infirmity; feebleness. --Boyle.
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Inform \In*form"\, a. [L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form,       shape: cf. F. informe]       Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. --Cotton.
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Inform \In*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Informed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Informing}.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L.       informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma       form. See {Form}.]       1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power             to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality;             to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.                         [bd]The informing Word.[b8]               --Coleridge.                         Let others better mold the running mass Of metals,                      and inform the breathing brass.         --Dryden.                         Breath informs this fleeting frame.   --Prior.                         Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to             acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to             enlighten; -- usually followed by of.                         For he would learn their business secretly, And then                      inform his master hastily.                  --Spenser.                         I am informed thoroughky of the cause. --Shak.          3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of             accusation; to warn against anybody.                         Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.                                                                               --Acts xxiv.                                                                               1.          Syn: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten;                animate; fashion.
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Inform \In*form"\, v. t.       1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.             [Obs.]                         It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine                      eyes.                                                --Shak.          2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. --Shak.                         He might either teach in the same manner,or inform                      how he had been taught.                     --Monthly Rev.          {To inform against}, to communicate facts by way of             accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to             the magistrate, and informed against A.
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Informal \In*form"al\, a. [Pref. in- not + formal.]       1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not             according to official, conventional, prescribed, or             customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without             ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.          2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.]                         These poor informal women.                  --Shak.
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Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Informalities}.       1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed,             or customary form; as, the informality of legal             proceedings.          2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or             proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed             form or does not conform to the established rule.
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Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Informalities}.       1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed,             or customary form; as, the informality of legal             proceedings.          2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or             proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed             form or does not conform to the established rule.
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Informally \In*form"al*ly\, adv.       In an informal manner.
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Informant \In*form"ant\, n. [L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of       informare. See {Inform}, v. t.]       1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.             [Obs.] --Glanvill.          2. One who imparts information or instruction.          3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See {Informer}.             [Obs. or R.]                         It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant                      was hanged.                                       --Burke.
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Information \In`for*ma"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. informatio       representation, cinception. See {Inform}, v. t.]       1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or             intelligence.                         The active informations of the intellect. --South.          2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or             obtained by personal study and investigation;             intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation,             or instruction.                         Larger opportunities of information.   --Rogers.                         He should get some information in the subject he                      intends to handle.                              --Swift.          3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some             offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted,             really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on             behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in             criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding             of a grand juri. See {Indictment}.
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Informative \In*form"a*tive\, a.       Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. --Dr. H. More.
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Informatory \In*form"a*to*ry\, a.       Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. [R.]       --London Spectator.
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Inform \In*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Informed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Informing}.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L.       informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma       form. See {Form}.]       1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power             to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality;             to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.                         [bd]The informing Word.[b8]               --Coleridge.                         Let others better mold the running mass Of metals,                      and inform the breathing brass.         --Dryden.                         Breath informs this fleeting frame.   --Prior.                         Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to             acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to             enlighten; -- usually followed by of.                         For he would learn their business secretly, And then                      inform his master hastily.                  --Spenser.                         I am informed thoroughky of the cause. --Shak.          3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of             accusation; to warn against anybody.                         Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.                                                                               --Acts xxiv.                                                                               1.          Syn: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten;                animate; fashion.
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Informed \In*formed"\ (?n-f?rmd[b6]), a.       Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.]       --Spenser.          {Informed stars}. See under {Unformed}.
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Informed \In*formed"\ (?n-f?rmd[b6]), a.       Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.]       --Spenser.          {Informed stars}. See under {Unformed}.
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Informer \In*form"er\, n. [From {Inform}, v.]       1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.] --Thomson.                         Nature, informer of the poet's art.   --Pope.          2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.          3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law;             one who informs against another for violation of some law             or penal statute.          {Common informer} (Law), one who habitually gives information             of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a             prosecution therefor. --Bouvier. Wharton.
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Informidable \In*for"mi*da*ble\, a. [L. informidabilis. See       {In-} not, and {Formidable}.]       Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [Obs.] [bd]Foe       not informidable.[b8] --Milton.
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Inform \In*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Informed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Informing}.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L.       informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma       form. See {Form}.]       1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power             to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality;             to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.                         [bd]The informing Word.[b8]               --Coleridge.                         Let others better mold the running mass Of metals,                      and inform the breathing brass.         --Dryden.                         Breath informs this fleeting frame.   --Prior.                         Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to             acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to             enlighten; -- usually followed by of.                         For he would learn their business secretly, And then                      inform his master hastily.                  --Spenser.                         I am informed thoroughky of the cause. --Shak.          3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of             accusation; to warn against anybody.                         Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.                                                                               --Acts xxiv.                                                                               1.          Syn: To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten;                animate; fashion.
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Informity \In*form"i*ty\, n. [L. informitas. See {Inform}, a.]       Want of regular form; shapelessness. [Obs.]
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Informous \In*form"ous\, a. [See {Inform}, a.]       Of irregular form; shapeless. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\, a. [L. infortunatus.]       Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak.                   [bd]A most infortynate chance.[b8]         --Howell.       -- {In*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\, a. [L. infortunatus.]       Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak.                   [bd]A most infortynate chance.[b8]         --Howell.       -- {In*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Infortune \In*for"tune\, n. [L. infortunium. See {In-} not, and       {Fortune}.]       Misfortune. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Infortuned \In*for"tuned\, a.       Unfortunate. [Obs.]                   I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight.   --Chaucer.
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Infra-axillary \In`fra-ax"il*la*ry\, a. [Infra + axillary.]       (Bot.)       Situated below the axil, as a bud.
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Infrabranchial \In`fra*bran"chi*al\, a. [Infra + branchial.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the       pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.
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Infraclavicular \In`fra*cla*vic"u*lar\, a. [Infra + clavicular.]       (Anat.)       Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.
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Infract \In*fract"\ (?n-fr[b5]kt[b6]), a. [L. infractus; pref.       in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.]       Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infracted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infracting}.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere.       See {Infringe}.]       To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
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Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infracted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infracting}.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere.       See {Infringe}.]       To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
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Infractible \In*fract"i*ble\, a.       Capable of being broken.[R.]
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Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infracted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infracting}.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere.       See {Infringe}.]       To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
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Infraction \In*frac"tion\, n. [L. infractio: cf. F. infraction.]       The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation;       nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty,       compact, rule, or law. --I. Watts.
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Infractor \In*fract"or\, n. [Cf. F. infracteur.]       One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
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Infragrant \In*fra"grant\, a.       Not fragrant.
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Infrahyoid \In`fra*hy"oid\, a. [Infra + hyoid.] (Anat.)       Same as {Hyosternal}       (a) .
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Infralabial \In`fra*la"bi*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles       and fishes.
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Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, a. (Theol.)       Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their       doctrine.
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Infralapsarian \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an\, n. [Infra + lapse: cf. F.       infralapsaire. See {Lapse}.] (Eccl. Hist.)       One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of       election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect       as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty       state; -- opposed to {Supralapsarian}. The former considered       the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the       latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose       in regard to men.
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Infralapsarianism \In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an*ism\, n. (Theor.)       The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.
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Inframarginal \In`fra*mar"gin*al\, a. [Infra + marginal.]       Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal       convolution of the brain.
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Inframaxillary \In`fra*max"il*la*ry\, a. [Infra + maxillary.]       (Anat.)       (a) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary             nerve.       (b) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
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Inframedian \In`fra*me"di*an\, a. [Infra + median.]       (Zo[94]logical Geog.)       Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea       bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred       fathoms. --E. Forbes.
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Inframundane \In`fra*mun"dane\, a. [Infra + mundane.]       Lying or situated beneath the world.
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Infranchise \In*fran"chise\, v. t.       See {Enfranchise}.
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Infrangibility \In*fran`gi*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.
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Infrangible \In*fran"gi*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + grangible:       cf.F. infrangible.]       1. Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as,             infrangible atoms.                         [He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band                      Infrangible.                                       --Pope.          2. Not to be infringed or violated.
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Infrangibleness \In*fran"gi*ble*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.
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Infraocular \In`fra*oc"u*lar\, a. [Infra + ocular.] (Zo[94]l.)       Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.
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Infraorbital \In`fra*or"bit*al\, a. [Infra + orbital.] (Anat.)       Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the       infraorbital nerve.
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Infrapose \In`fra*pose"\, v. t. [Infra + pose.]       To place under or beneath. [R.]
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Infraposition \In`fra*po*si"tion\, n. [Infra + position.]       A situation or position beneath. --Kane.
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Infra-red \In`fra-red"\, a. [Infra- + red.] (Physics)       Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of       rays less refrangible than the extreme red rays.
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Infrascapular \In`fra*scap"u*lar\, a. [Infra + scapular.]       (Anat.)       Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
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Infraspinal \In`fra*spi"nal\, a. [Infra + spinal.] (Anat.)       (a) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.       (b) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.
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Infraspinate \In`fra*spi"nate\, Infraspinous \In`fra*spi*nous\,       a. [Infra + spinate, spinous.] (Anat.)       Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the       scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
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Infraspinate \In`fra*spi"nate\, Infraspinous \In`fra*spi*nous\,       a. [Infra + spinate, spinous.] (Anat.)       Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the       scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
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Infrastapedial \In`fra*sta*pe"di*al\, a. [Infra + stapedial.]       (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which       in many animals projects below the connection with the       stapes. -- n. The infrastapedial part of the columella.
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Infrasternal \In`fra*ster"nal\, a. [Infra + sternal.] (Anat.)       Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of       the stomach.
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Infratemporal \In`fra*tem"po*ral\, a. [Infra + temporal.]       (Anat.)       Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
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Infraterritorial \In`fra*ter"ri*to"ri*al\, a. [Infra +       territorial.]       Within the territory of a state. --Story.
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Infratrochlear \In`fra*troch"le*ar\, a. [Infra + trochlear.]       (Anat.)       Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the       subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
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Infrequence \In*fre"quence\, Infrequency \In*fre"quen*cy\, n.       [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]       1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as,             the infrquence of his visits.          2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation;             retirement; seclusion. [R.]                         The solitude and infrequency of the place. --Bp.                                                                               Hall.
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Infrequence \In*fre"quence\, Infrequency \In*fre"quen*cy\, n.       [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]       1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as,             the infrquence of his visits.          2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation;             retirement; seclusion. [R.]                         The solitude and infrequency of the place. --Bp.                                                                               Hall.
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Infrequent \In*fre"quent\, a. [L. infrquens : cf.F. infrequent.       See {In-} not, and {Frequent}.]       Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.                   The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use                among all sorts of men.                           --Sir T.                                                                               Elyot.
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Infrequently \In*fre"quent*ly\, adv.       Not frequently; rarely.
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Infrigidate \In*frig"i*date\, v. t. [L. infrigidatus, p. p. of       infrigidare to chill. See 1st {In-}, and {Frigid}.]       To chill; to make cold; to cool. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Infrigidation \In*frig`i*da"tion\, n. [L. infrigidatio.]       The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling;       coldness; congelation. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infringed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infringing}.] [L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere       to break. See {Fraction}, and cf. {Infract} .]       1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill             or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.                         If the first that did the edict infringe, Had                      answered for his deed.                        --Shak.                         The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.                                                                               --Golding.          2. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to             infringe delight or power. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. i.       1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or             law; to injure; to offend.          2. To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as,             to infringe upon the rights of another.
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Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infringed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infringing}.] [L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere       to break. See {Fraction}, and cf. {Infract} .]       1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill             or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.                         If the first that did the edict infringe, Had                      answered for his deed.                        --Shak.                         The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.                                                                               --Golding.          2. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to             infringe delight or power. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Infringement \In*fringe"ment\, n.       1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment;             as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or             constitution.                         The punishing of this infringement is proper to that                      jurisdiction against which the contempt is.                                                                               --Clarendon.          2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special             privilege; a trespass.
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Infringer \In*frin"ger\, n.       One who infringes or violates; a violator. --Strype.
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Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infringed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Infringing}.] [L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere       to break. See {Fraction}, and cf. {Infract} .]       1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill             or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.                         If the first that did the edict infringe, Had                      answered for his deed.                        --Shak.                         The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.                                                                               --Golding.          2. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to             infringe delight or power. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Infructuose \In*fruc"tu*ose"\, a. [L. infructuosus. See {In-}       not, and {Fruit}.]       Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] --T.       Adams.
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Infrugal \In*fru"gal\, a.       Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. --J.       Goodman.
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Infrugiferous \In`fru*gif"er*ous\, a.       Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.
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Infurcation \In`fur*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. in- in + L. furca fork.]       A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a       branching. --Craig.
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Infuriate \In*fu"ri*ate\, a. [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare.       See {Infuriate}, v. t.]       Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated. --Milton.                   Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. --Thomson.
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Infuriate \In*fu"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infuriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Infuriating}] [It. infuriato, p. p. of       infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See       {Fury}.]       To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.                   Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is                said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. --Dr. H. More.
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Infuriate \In*fu"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infuriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Infuriating}] [It. infuriato, p. p. of       infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See       {Fury}.]       To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.                   Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is                said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. --Dr. H. More.
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Infuriated \In*fu"ri*a`ted\, a.       Enraged; furious.
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Infuriate \In*fu"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infuriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Infuriating}] [It. infuriato, p. p. of       infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See       {Fury}.]       To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.                   Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is                said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. --Dr. H. More.
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Inoperation \In*op`er*a"tion\, n. [L. inoperari to effect; pref.       in- in + operari to operate.]       Agency; influence; production of effects. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Inoperative \In*op"er*a*tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + operative.]       Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws       renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or       processes.
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Inopercular \In`o*per"cu*lar\, Inoperculate \In`o*per"cu*late\,       a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.
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Inopercular \In`o*per"cu*lar\, Inoperculate \In`o*per"cu*late\,       a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.
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Inopportune \In*op`por*tune"\, a. [L. inopportunus: cf. F.       inopportun. See {In-} not, and {Opportune}.]       Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune       occurrence, remark, etc.                   No visit could have been more inopportune. --T. Hook.
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Inopportunely \In*op`por*tune"ly\, adv.       Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
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Inopportunity \In*op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.       Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. [R.]
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Inoppressive \In`op*press"ive\, a.       Not oppressive or burdensome. --O. Wolcott.
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Imparlance \Im*par"lance\, n. [Cf. {Emparlance}, {Parlance}.]       [Written also {inparliance}.]       1. Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]          2. (Law)             (a) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his                   opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if                   possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The                   actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain                   further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of                   the opposite party.             (b) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.          Note: Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been                abolished in England. --Wharton (Law Dict. ).
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Invariability \In*va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.       invariabilit[82].]       The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy;       uniformity.
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Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, n. (Math.)       An invariable quantity; a constant.
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Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + variable: cf.       F. invariable.]       Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable;       always uniform.                   Physical laws which are invariable.         --I. Taylor.       -- {In*va"ri*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*va"ri*a*bly}, adv.
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Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + variable: cf.       F. invariable.]       Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable;       always uniform.                   Physical laws which are invariable.         --I. Taylor.       -- {In*va"ri*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*va"ri*a*bly}, adv.
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Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + variable: cf.       F. invariable.]       Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable;       always uniform.                   Physical laws which are invariable.         --I. Taylor.       -- {In*va"ri*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*va"ri*a*bly}, adv.
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Invariance \In*va"ri*ance\, n. (Math.)       The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or       implied conditions. --J. J. Sylvester.
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Invariant \In*va"ri*ant\, n. (Math.)       An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the       coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered,       when these undergo suitable linear transformations. --J. J.       Sylvester.
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Inveracity \In`ve*rac"i*ty\, n.       Want of veracity.
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Inverisimilitude \In*ver`i*si*mil"i*tude\, n.       Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
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Inverness \In`ver*ness"\, n., or Inverness cape \In`ver*ness"    cape"\       A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the       neck.                   Robert's wind-blown head and tall form wrapped in an                Inverness cape.                                       --Mrs. Humphry                                                                               Ward.
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Inverness \In`ver*ness"\, n., or Inverness cape \In`ver*ness"    cape"\       A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the       neck.                   Robert's wind-blown head and tall form wrapped in an                Inverness cape.                                       --Mrs. Humphry                                                                               Ward.
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Inverse \In"verse\, n.       That which is inverse.                   Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the                course of things in nature.                     --Tatham.
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Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F.       inverse. See {Invert}.]       1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed;             inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}.          2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment             the reverse of that which is usual.          3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with             reference to any two operations, which, when both are             performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that             quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to             division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol             of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x             means the arc whose sine is x.          {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point             of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in             the order figure.          {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn             from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so             related that the product of their distances from the             center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of             the radius.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of             the reciprocals of two quantities.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality             between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2             : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.
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Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F.       inverse. See {Invert}.]       1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed;             inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}.          2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment             the reverse of that which is usual.          3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with             reference to any two operations, which, when both are             performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that             quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to             division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol             of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x             means the arc whose sine is x.          {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point             of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in             the order figure.          {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn             from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so             related that the product of their distances from the             center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of             the radius.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of             the reciprocals of two quantities.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality             between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2             : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.
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Inverse \In*verse"\, a. [L. inversus, p. p. of invertere: cf. F.       inverse. See {Invert}.]       1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed;             inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to {direct}.          2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment             the reverse of that which is usual.          3. (Math.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with             reference to any two operations, which, when both are             performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that             quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to             division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol             of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x             means the arc whose sine is x.          {Inverse figures} (Geom.), two figures, such that each point             of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in             the order figure.          {Inverse points} (Geom.), two points lying on a line drawn             from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so             related that the product of their distances from the             center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of             the radius.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal}, {ratio} (Math.), the ratio of             the reciprocals of two quantities.          {Inverse}, [or] {Reciprocal, {proportion}, an equality             between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2             : : [frac13] : [frac16], or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before       + portio part or share. See {Portion}.]       1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or             to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree;             comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the             parts of a building, or of the body.                         The image of Christ, made after his own proportion.                                                                               --Ridley.                         Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely                      in proportion to the support which they afford to                      his theory.                                       --Macaulay.          2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different             things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or             adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let             us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8]             --Rom. xii. 6.          3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a             rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.                         Let the women . . . do the same things in their                      proportions and capacities.               --Jer. Taylor.          4. A part considered comparatively; a share.          5. (Math.)             (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of                   geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities                   such that the quotient of the first divided by the                   second is equal to that of the third divided by the                   fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in                   distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in                   which the difference of the first and second is equal                   to the difference of the third and fourth.          Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from                ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the                same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8                to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two                such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5                bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence,                such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion                is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d,                or a/b = c/d.             (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three                   given terms, together with the one sought, are                   proportional.          {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under             {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc.          {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three             or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as             the difference between the first two is to the difference             between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical             proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9,             are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3.          {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In             proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are             morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke.
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Ratio \Ra"ti*o\, n. [L., fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe,       think, judge. See {Reason}.]       1. (Math.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has             to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the             quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus,             the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by [frac36] or [frac12];             of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second is made             the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.          Note: Some writers consider ratio as the quotient itself,                making ratio equivalent to a number. The term ratio is                also sometimes applied to the difference of two                quantities as well as to their quotient, in which case                the former is called arithmetical ratio, the latter,                geometrical ratio. The name ratio is sometimes given to                the rule of three in arithmetic. See under {Rule}.          2. Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree;             rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in             Congress.          {Compound ratio}, {Duplicate ratio}, {Inverse ratio}, etc.             See under {Compound}, {Duplicate}, etc.          {Ratio of a geometrical progression}, the constant quantity             by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding             one.
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Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform,       execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F.       fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.]       1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or             calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public             calling.[b8] --Swift.          2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or             part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function             of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap,             roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the             various organs and parts of the body.          3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as             of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an             energy of some determinate kind.                         As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope.          4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any             public officer in church or state; the activity             appropriate to any business or profession.                         Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak.                         The malady which made him incapable of performing                      his regal functions.                           --Macaulay.          5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity,             that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be             a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is             said to be a function of the other. Thus, the             circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter.             If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can             be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and             Sin. x, are all functions of x.          {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the             variable is expressed by an equation that involves only             the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction,             multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and             extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental             function.          {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}.          {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}.          {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the             amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work             which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the             mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the             number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air             thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion.          {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions}             (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no             interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the             variable changes between any specified limits.          {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}.          {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of             functions, so called because one of the forms expresses             the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight             lines connected therewith.          {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms             of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the             equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an             explicit function of x.          {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the             variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y             in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit             function of x.          {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular       function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines,             tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and             (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so             of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function}             (below). Other transcendental functions are the             exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma             functions, the theta functions, etc.          {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one,             value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental       functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable             cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in             the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x.             See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical       function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the             same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle             whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding             are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose             radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB,             and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel             to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the             sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the             tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the             cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed             sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by             x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these             lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions             of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot             x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities             are also considered as functions of the angle BOA.
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Inversely \In*verse"ly\, adv.       In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to       {directly}.          {Inversely proportional}. See {Directly proportional}, under             {Directly}, and {Inversion}, 4.
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Inversely \In*verse"ly\, adv.       In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to       {directly}.          {Inversely proportional}. See {Directly proportional}, under             {Directly}, and {Inversion}, 4.
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Inversion \In*ver"sion\, n. [L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See       {Invert}.]       1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the             state of being inverted.          2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or             arrangement of things; transposition.                         It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament;                      your lordship first signed it, and then it was                      passed among the Lords and Commons.   --Dryden.          3. (Mil.) A movement in tactics by which the order of             companies in line is inverted, the right being on the             left, the left on the right, and so on.          4. (Math.) A change in the order of the terms of a             proportion, so that the second takes the place of the             first, and the fourth of the third.          5. (Geom.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a             figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions             that are true for the original figure thus furnish new             propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See             {Inverse figures}, under {Inverse}.          6. (Gram.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases;             as, [bd]of all vices, impurity is one of the most             detestable,[b8] instead of, [bd]impurity is one of the             most detestable of all vices.[b8]          7. (Rhet.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows             that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to             him are really favorable to his cause.          8. (Mus.)             (a) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an                   octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds                   sixths, etc.             (b) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its                   root, is made the bass.             (c) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of                   which it consists are repeated in the contrary                   direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.             (d) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower                   part change places.          9. (Geol.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by             upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession             appears to be reversed.          10. (Chem.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose),             under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as             diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar             (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less             properly, the process by which starch is converted into             grape sugar (dextrose).          Note: The terms invert and inversion, in this sense, owe                their meaning to the fact that the plane of                polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by                cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose.
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Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.)       To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.)       Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;       as, invert sugar.          {Invert sugar} (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a             mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in             fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane             sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or             dextrose obtained from starch. See {Inversion},             {Dextrose}, {Levulose}, and {Sugar}.
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Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry)       An inverted arch.
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Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +       vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]       1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a             contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a             cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.                         That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if                      these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.                         Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting                      its proper base to stand upon.            --Cowper.          2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which             form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.          3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.          4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or             subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.
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Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.)       Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;       as, invert sugar.          {Invert sugar} (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a             mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in             fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane             sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or             dextrose obtained from starch. See {Inversion},             {Dextrose}, {Levulose}, and {Sugar}.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.)       Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;       as, invert sugar.          {Invert sugar} (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a             mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in             fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane             sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or             dextrose obtained from starch. See {Inversion},             {Dextrose}, {Levulose}, and {Sugar}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertase \In*vert"ase\, n. (Chem.)       (a) An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane             suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants             and in the intestines of animals.       (b) By extension, any enzyme which splits cane sugar, milk             sugar, lactose, etc., into monosaccharides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertebral \In*ver"te*bral\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Invertebrate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertebrate \In*ver"te*brate\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebr[91]; of or       pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the       Invertebrata.          {Age of invertebrates}. See {Age}, and {Silurian}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertebrated \In*ver"te*bra`ted\, a.       Having no backbone; invertebrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +       vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]       1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a             contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a             cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.                         That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if                      these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.                         Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting                      its proper base to stand upon.            --Cowper.          2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which             form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.          3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.          4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or             subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a.       1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed;             characterized by inversion.          2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata             when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.          {Inverted arch} (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward;             -- much used in foundations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a.       1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed;             characterized by inversion.          2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata             when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.          {Inverted arch} (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward;             -- much used in foundations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pralltriller \[d8]Prall"tril`ler\, n.; G. pl. {-triller}. [G.]       (Music)       A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation       of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually       the next of the scale; -- called also the {inverted       mordente}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Siphon \Si"phon\, n. [F. siphon, L. sipho, -onis, fr. Gr.       [?][?][?] a siphon, tube, pipe.]       1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form             two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid             can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to             another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of             the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up             the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the             continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer             branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The             flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of             the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when             no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the             same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is,             about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near             the sea level.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a                   bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is                   conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under                   {Mya}, and {Lamellibranchiata}.             (b) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any                   gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.             (c) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from                   the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a                   locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of                   water. Called also {siphuncle}. See Illust. under                   {Loligo}, and {Dibranchiata}.             (d) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.             (e) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and                   crustaceans.             (f) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of                   many gephyreans.             (g) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and                   the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.          3. A siphon bottle.          {Inverted siphon}, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the             branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic             Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a             depressed place, as from one hill to another across an             intervening valley, following the depression of the             ground.          {Siphon barometer}. See under {Barometer}.          {Siphon bottle}, a bottle for holding a[89]rated water, which             is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas             within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; --             called also {gazogene}, and {siphoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Talon \Tal"on\, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the       ankle, heel.]       1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the             claw of a bird of prey. --Bacon.          2. (Zo[94]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind             part of the face of an elephant's tooth.          3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and             convex at the top; -- usually called an {ogee}.          Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an                {inverted talon}.          4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts             to shoot the bolt. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertedly \In*vert"ed*ly\, adv.       In an inverted order. --Derham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertible \In*vert"i*ble\, a. [From {Invert}.]       1. Capable of being inverted or turned.          2. (Chem.) Capable of being changed or converted; as,             invertible sugar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertible \In*vert"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. vertere to       turn + -ible.]       Incapable of being turned or changed.                   An indurate and invertible conscience.   --Cranmer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invertin \In*vert"in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)       An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a       molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +       vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]       1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a             contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a             cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.                         That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if                      these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.                         Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting                      its proper base to stand upon.            --Cowper.          2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which             form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.          3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.          4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or             subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invirile \In*vi"rile\, a.       Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invirility \In`vi*ril"i*ty\, n.       Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. --Prynne.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
imperative language          Any {programming language} that specifies explicit       manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be       confused with a {procedural language}.          An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a       {data manipulation language} for a {relational database       management system}.   This specifies changes to the database       but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence       of steps.          (2003-06-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Imperial Software Technology          A {software engineering} company which emerged from       {Imperial College} in about 1982.   It enjoys a world-wide       reputation for technical excellence as a software product and       technology provider in the Open Systems market.   Its flagship       product is {X-Designer}, the award-winning {graphical user       interface builder}.   It also has considerable expertise in the       {Z} language and {Formal Methods}.          {Home (http://www.ist.co.uk/)}.          (1995-11-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
imprecise probability          A {probability} that is represented as an       interval (as opposed to a single number) included in [0,1].          (2001-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IMProved Mercury autocode          (IMP) A version of {Autocode} used to program the       {Edinburgh Multi Access System} (EMAS), one of the first       {operating systems} written in a {high-level language},       apparently predating {Unix}.          Luis Damas' {Prolog} {interpreter} in IMP for EMAS led to       {C-Prolog}.          [Papers in J. {British Computer Society}].          (1996-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inference          The logical process by which new facts are derived       from known facts by the application of {inference rule}s.          See also {symbolic inference}, {type inference}.          (1995-03-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inference engine          A program that infers new {fact}s from known facts using       {inference rule}s.   Commonly found as part of a {Prolog}       {interpreter}, {expert system} or {knowledge based system}.          (1994-11-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inference rule          A procedure which combines known facts to produce ("infer")       new facts.   For example, given that          1. Socrates is a man and that       2. all men are motal,          we can infer that Socrates is mortal.   This uses the rule       known as "modus ponens" which can be written in {Boolean       algebra} as          (A & A => B) => B          (if proposition A is true, and A implies B, then B is true).          Or given that,          1. Either Denis is programming or Denis is sad and       2. Denis is not sad,          we can infer that Denis is programming.   This rule can be       written          ((A OR B) & not B) => A          (If either A is true or B is true (or both), and B is false,       then A must be true).          (1994-10-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Informatics Corporation          Renamed to {Sterling Software Corp}.          [When?]          (1998-10-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Algebra          Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language.       Language Structure Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962.   Sammet 1969,       709.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information and Communication Technology          (ICT) The study of the technology used to handle       information and aid communication.   The phrase was coined by       [?] Stevenson in his 1997 report to the UK government and       promoted by the new National Curriculum documents for the UK       in 2000.          {(http://rubble.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/stevenson/ICTUKIndex.html)}.          (2000-11-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Appliance          (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few       targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple {touch-screen}       interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure.          [How does this differ from a {PDA}?]          (1998-02-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Builders          Distributors of {LEVEL5 OBJECT}.   Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Engineering Facility          {COOL:Gen}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
information highway          {information superhighway}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Innovation          A group of companies with offices in Amsterdam and New York       which acts as an information filter for the {World-Wide Web}.       They analyse what happens in the Web community and organise       the Web's information so that it is accessible and efficient       to use.          Information Innovation provides:          "The Management Guide" - a guide for managers in the       information age.   The Guide consists of 22 parts, each       concentrating on a particular technology or issue facing       managers.   Topics range from {Artificial Intelligence} and       Telecommunications to Finance and Marketing.   Each part       contains references to additional valuable information,       including {CD ROM}s, conferences, magazines, articles and       books.          "The Hypergraphic Matrix" - a "hypergraphic" matrix of 250       graphics discussing the interrelationships between technology,       change, business functions and specific industries.          "Dictionary" - the largest Internet dictionary on management       and technology.          "The Delphi Oracle" - a comprehensive guide to the latest       management ideas and issues.   Over 500 articles and books have       been read, analysed, rated and catalogued.          "Management Software" - a guide to software which is useful to       managers.   Both Web software, Internet software and commecial       products are included in this guide.          "The Web Word" - an information service about the Web.   It       includes a regular newsletter and databases about Web       resources, news, interviews with Web personalities and, of       course, the most comprehensive guide to sites.          "Web Bibliography" - a guide to the latest Web information       printed.   Over 150 articles, magazines, market research       reports and books are catalogued.          "The Power Launch Pad" - our own list of useful sites on the       Web.   Also includes links to our own lists of special subjects       such as Finance, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Technology       and so forth.          {(http://www.euro.net/innovation/WelcomeHP.html)}.   E-mail:       .          (1994-10-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
information island          A body of information (i.e. electronic files) that       needs to be shared but has no network connection.          (1995-03-16)
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Information Management          The planning, budgeting, control and exploitation of the       information resources in an organisation.   The term       encompasses both the information itself and the related       aspects such as personnel, finance, marketing, organisation       and technologies and systems.   Information Managers are       responsible for the coordination and integration of a wide       range of information handling activities within the       organisation.   These include the formulation of corporate       information policy, design, evaluation and integration of       effective information systems and services, the exploitation       of IT for competitive advantage and the integration of       internal and external information and data.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Management System          (IMS, IMS/VS, IMS/ESA) A database system from {IBM}       consisting of {IMS/Data Base} and {IMS/Data Communications}.          (1999-01-11)
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Information Processing Language          (IPL) Said to be the first list-processing language, also the       first language to support {recursion}.   Written by Allen       Newell, J.C. Shaw and H. Simon at Carnegie ca. 1956.   It was       very low level.          Versions: IPL-I (never implemented), IPL-II (1957 for       {JOHNNIAC}), IPL-III (existed briefly), IPL-IV, IPL-V (1958,       for {IBM 650}, {IBM 704}, {IBM 7090}, many others.   Widely       used), IPL-VI.          [Sammet 1969, pp. 388-400].          ["Information Processing Language-V Manual", A. Newell ed, P-H       1965].          (1994-11-04)
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Information Resource Management          (IRM) A philosophical and practical approach to managing       government information.   Information is regarded as a valuable       resource which should be managed like other resources, and       should contribute directly to accomplishing organisational       goals and objectives.   IRM provides an integrated view for       managing the entire life-cycle of information, from       generation, to dissemination, to archiving and/or destruction,       for maximising the overall usefulness of information, and       improving service delivery and program management.          IRM views information and {Information Technology} as an       integrating factor in the organisation, that is, the various       organisational positions that manage information are       coordinated and work together toward common ends.   Further,       IRM looks for ways in which the management of information and       the management of Information Technology are interrelated, and       fosters that interrelationship and organisational integration.          IRM includes the management of (1) the broad range of       information resources, e.g., printed materials, electronic       information, and microforms, (2) the various technologies and       equipment that manipulate these resources, and (3) the people       who generate, organise, and disseminate those resources.       Overall the intent of IRM is to increase the usefulness of       government information both to the government and to the       public.          [Gary D. Blass et al. "Finding Government Information: The       Federal Information Locator System (FILS)", Government       Information Quarterly, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich,       Connecticut. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp.   11-32. 1991].          (1995-11-12)
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information superhighway          (Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name       coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the       emerging high-speed global communications network capable of       carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the       world.   These services use satellite, copper cable, {optical       fibre}, {cellular telecommunications}, and are accessible via       {set-top boxes} or suitably equipped computers.          See also {National Information Infrastructure}.          (2001-03-31)
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Information Systems Factory          (ISF) An equivalent to an {SEE}.          [{Simultaneous Engineering Environment} or {Software       Engineering Environment}?]          (2000-12-30)
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Information Technology          (IT) Applied computer systems - both       {hardware} and {software}, and often including {networking}       and {telecommunications}, usually in the context of a business       or other enterprise.   Often the name of the part of an       enterprise that deals with all things electronic.          The term "{computer science}" is usually reserved for the more       theoretical, academic aspects of computing, while the vaguer       terms "information systems" (IS) or "information services" may       include more of the human activities and non-computerised       business processes like {knowledge management}.   Others say       that IT includes computer science.          (2000-10-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Information Technology Infrastructure Library          (ITIL) A method of organising the system and network       management departments of large organisations.   ITIL defines       the (work) processes involved and the interfaces between them.          (1995-06-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Informix          A {relational DBMS} vendor.
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InfoWord Office          A suite of applications for {Unix} including a {word       processor}, {spreadsheet} and {database}.          {Light Infocon S.A. (http://www.light.com.br/)}.          (1998-07-21)
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infrared          (IR) Electromagnetic waves in the frequency       range just below visible light corresponding to radiated heat.       IR waves can be generated by a kind of {LED} and are often       used for remote controls for televisions etc. and in some       {docking stations}.          (1997-01-30)
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Infrared Data Association          (IrDA) A non-profit trade association       providing standards to ensure the quality and interoperability       of {infrared} (IR) hardware.          The association currently has a membership of over 160       companies from around the world, representing computer and       telecommunications hardware, software, components and       adapters.          IrDA typically uses direct infrared i.e. {point-to-point},       {line-of-sight}, one-to-one communications.   The standards       include: {IrDA Data} ({SIR}, {FIR}, {VFIR}), {IrDA Control},       and {AIR}.          Ports built to the above standards can be found in products       such as {PDAs}, {Palm} devices, {printers}, desktop adapters,       {notebooks}, and {digital cameras}.          {Home (http://www.irda.org)}.          {IrDA Serial Infrared Interface       (http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda.html)}.          {Linux-IrDA support (http://www.cs.uit.no/linux-irda/)}.          (1999-10-14)
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infrastructure          Basic support services for computing, particularly national       networks.          See also {information superhighway}.          (1995-06-27)
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Inprise Corporation          {Borland Software Corporation}.
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invariant          A rule, such as the {ordering} of an ordered       list or {heap}, that applies throughout the life of a data       structure or procedure.   Each change to the data structure       must maintain the correctness of the invariant.          (1996-03-12)
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inverse          Given a {function}, f : D -> C, a function g : C       -> D is called a left inverse for f if for all d in D, g (f d)       = d and a right inverse if, for all c in C, f (g c) = c and an       inverse if both conditions hold.   Only an {injection} has a       left inverse, only a {surjection} has a right inverse and only       a {bijection} has inverses.   The inverse of f is often written       as f with a -1 superscript.          (1996-03-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Inverse Address Resolution Protocol          (InARP) Additions to {ARP} typically       used for {Frame Relay}.   [Any other examples of its use?]          {Frame Relay} stations {route} {frames} of a higher level       protocol between {LANs}, across a {Permanent Virtual Circuit}.       These stations are identified by their {Data Link Control       Identifier} (DLCI), equivalent to an {Ethernet address} in a       {LAN} itself.          InARP allows a station to determine a protocol address (e.g.       {IP address}) from a DLCI. This is useful if a new {virtual       circuit} becomes available.   Signalling messages announce its       DLCI, but without the corresponding protocol address it is       unusable: no {frames} can be {routed} to it.          {Reverse ARP} (RARP) performs a similar task on an {Ethernet}       {LAN}, however RARP answers the question "What is my IP       Address?" whereas InARP answers the question "What is your       protocol address?".          See {RFC 2390}.          (2000-01-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inverse comment convention          A kind of {literate programming} where the       program code is marked to distinguish it from the text, rather       than the other way around as in normal programs.          (2003-09-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inverted index          A sequence of ({key}, pointer)       pairs where each pointer points to a {record} in a {database}       which contains the key value in some particular field.   The       index is sorted on the key values to allow rapid searching for       a particular key value, using e.g. {binary search}.   The index       is "inverted" in the sense that the key value is used to find       the record rather than the other way round.   For databases in       which the records may be searched based on more than one       field, multiple indices may be created that are sorted on       those keys.          An index may contain gaps to allow for new entries to be added       in the correct sort order without always requiring the       following entries to be shifted out of the way.          (1995-02-08)