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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Imbibe \Im*bibe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbibed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbibing}.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. {Bib}, {Imbue}, {Potable}.] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture. 2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. 3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] [bd]Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Imbibe \Im*bibe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbibed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbibing}.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. {Bib}, {Imbue}, {Potable}.] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture. 2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. 3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] [bd]Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Imbiber \Im*bib"er\, n. One who, or that which, imbibes. | |
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Imbibe \Im*bibe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbibed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbibing}.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. {Bib}, {Imbue}, {Potable}.] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture. 2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. 3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] [bd]Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Imbibition \Im`bi*bi"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. --Bacon. | |
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Immovability \Im*mov"a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose. | |
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Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n. 1. That which can not be moved. 2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. --Ayliffe. --Bouvier. | |
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Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton. 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable. 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See {Immovable}, n. --Blackstone. {Immovable apparatus} (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. {Immovable feasts} (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. | |
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Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton. 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable. 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See {Immovable}, n. --Blackstone. {Immovable apparatus} (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. {Immovable feasts} (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton. 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable. 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See {Immovable}, n. --Blackstone. {Immovable apparatus} (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. {Immovable feasts} (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. | |
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Immovableness \Im*mov"a*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being immovable. | |
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Immovably \Im*mov"a*bly\, adv. In an immovable manner. | |
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Impave \Im*pave"\, v. t. To pave. [Poetic] Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. --Wordsworth. | |
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Impavid \Im*pav"id\, a. [L. impavidus. See {In-} not, and {Pavid}.] Fearless. -- {Im*pav"id*ly}, adv. | |
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Impavid \Im*pav"id\, a. [L. impavidus. See {In-} not, and {Pavid}.] Fearless. -- {Im*pav"id*ly}, adv. | |
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Impeople \Im*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeopling}.] [See {Empeople}.] To people; to give a population to. [Obs.] Thou hast helped to impeople hell. --Beaumont. | |
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Impeople \Im*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeopling}.] [See {Empeople}.] To people; to give a population to. [Obs.] Thou hast helped to impeople hell. --Beaumont. | |
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Impeople \Im*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeopling}.] [See {Empeople}.] To people; to give a population to. [Obs.] Thou hast helped to impeople hell. --Beaumont. | |
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d8Impoofo \[d8]Im*poo"fo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The eland. [Written also {impoofoo}.] | |
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Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see {Poor}, and {-ish}.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. | |
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Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see {Poor}, and {-ish}.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. | |
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Impoverisher \Im*pov"er*ish*er\, n. One who, or that which, impoverishes. | |
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Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see {Poor}, and {-ish}.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. | |
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Impoverishment \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Impuberal \Im*pu"ber*al\ ([icr]m*p[umac]"b[etil]r*[ait]l), a. Not having arrived at puberty; immature. In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in adults. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Impuberty \Im*pu"ber*ty\ (-t[ycr]), n. The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into. | |
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Favor \Fa"vor\, n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[be]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[umac] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d {Favel}.] 1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak. 2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52. 3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration. Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak. 4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. --Swift. 5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. --Milton. 6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. --Shak. 7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak. 8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier. 9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received. 10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright. {Challenge} {to the favor [or] for favor} (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See {Principal challenge}, under {Challenge}. {In favor of}, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. {In favor with}, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. {To curry favor} [see the etymology of {Favor}, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. {With one's favor}, [or] {By one's favor}, with leave; by kind permission. But, with your favor, I will treat it here. --Dryden. Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Favor \Fa"vor\, n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[be]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[umac] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d {Favel}.] 1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak. 2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52. 3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration. Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak. 4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. --Swift. 5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. --Milton. 6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. --Shak. 7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak. 8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier. 9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received. 10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright. {Challenge} {to the favor [or] for favor} (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See {Principal challenge}, under {Challenge}. {In favor of}, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. {In favor with}, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. {To curry favor} [see the etymology of {Favor}, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. {With one's favor}, [or] {By one's favor}, with leave; by kind permission. But, with your favor, I will treat it here. --Dryden. Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Public \Pub"lic\, n. 1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public. The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. --Addison. 2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. {In public}, openly; before an audience or the people at large; not in private or secrecy. [bd]We are to speak in public.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Inaffability \In*af`fa*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inaffabilit[82].] Want of affability or sociability; reticence. | |
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Inaffable \In*af"fa*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + affable.] Not affable; reserved in social intercourse. | |
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Ineffability \In*ef`fa*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. ineffabilitas: cf. F. ineffabilit[82].] The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness. | |
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Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See {In-} not, and {Effable}, {Fame}.] Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. --Beattie. | |
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Ineffableness \In*ef"fa*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. | |
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Ineffably \In*ef"fa*bly\, adv. In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. --Milton. | |
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Infabricated \In*fab"ri*ca`ted\, a. Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.] | |
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Infeeble \In*fee"ble\, v. t. See {Enfeeble}. | |
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Infeoff \In*feoff"\, v. t. (Law) See {Enfeoff}. | |
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Infeoffment \In*feoff"ment\, n. (Law) See {Enfeoffment}. | |
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Infibulation \In*fib`u*la"tion\, n. [L. infibulare, infibulatum, to clasp, buckle, or button together; pref. in- in + fibula clasp, buckle: cf. F. infibulation.] 1. The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock. 2. The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Info BASIC Variant of {Pick BASIC} used with {PRIME}'s {PRIMOS}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Infobahn (After the German "Autobahn") {Information Superhighway}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
infobot (often noteworthy {URL}s) for users on a {chat} system. Infobots often have a simple {chatbot interface}, responding to key-phrases, as well as to direct queries. Here, in a real conversation, the bot Purl's first response is triggered by the phrase "just tell me", and its second response is triggered by being directly asked "perlfunc?": substr($number,9,1); means look it up in the dictionary"?! you. read the documentation. perldoc, you can read them on the 'net. functions, at man perlfunc or http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc.html {(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lenzo/infobot.html/)}. (1998-10-30) |