Imbarn Im·barn" transitive verb To store in a barn. [ Obsolete]
Imbase Im·base" transitive verb See Embase .
Imbase Im·base" intransitive verb To diminish in value. [ Obsolete]
Hales.
Imbastardize Im·bas"tard·ize transitive verb To bastardize; to debase. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Imbathe Im·bathe" transitive verb [ Prefix
im- in +
bathe . Confer
Embathe .]
To bathe; to wash freely; to immerse. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe
In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel.
Milton.
Imbay Im·bay" transitive verb See Embay .
Imbecile Im"be·cile adjective [ Latin
imbecillis , and
imbecillus ; of unknown origin: confer French
imbécile .]
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane. Syn. -- Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
Imbecile Im"be·cile noun One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.
Imbecile Im"be·cile transitive verb To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor.
Imbecilitate Im`be·cil"i·tate transitive verb To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [ R.]
A. Wilson.
Imbecility Im`be·cil"i·ty noun ;
plural Imbecilities . [ Latin
imbecillitas : confer French
imbécillité .]
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind.
Sir W. Temple. » This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.
Syn. -- Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See
Debility .
Imbed Im·bed" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbedded ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbedding .] [ Prefix
im- in +
bed . Confer
Embed .]
To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.
Imbellic Im·bel"lic adjective [ Latin
imbellis ; prefix
im- =
in- not +
bellum war; confer
bellicus warlike.]
Not warlike or martial. [ Obsolete]
R. Junius.
Imbenching Im·bench"ing noun [ Prefix
im- in +
bench .]
A raised work like a bench. [ Obsolete]
Parkhurst.
Imber-goose Im"ber-goose` noun (Zoology) The loon. See Ember-goose .
Imbezzle Im·bez"zle transitive verb [ Obsolete]
See Embezzle .
Imbibe Im·bibe" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbibed ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbibing .] [ Latin
imbibere ; prefix
im- in +
bibere to drink: confer French
imbiber . Confer
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. [ Obsolete] "Earth,
imbibed with . . . acid."
Sir I. Newton.
Imbiber Im·bib"er noun One who, or that which, imbibes.
Imbibition Im`bi·bi"tion noun [ Confer French
imbibition .]
The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.
Imbitter Im·bit"ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbittered ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbittering .] [ Prefix
im- in +
bitter . Confer
Embitter .] [ Written also
embitter .]
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame?
South. Imbittered against each other by former contests.
Bancroft.
Imbitterer Im·bit"ter·er noun One who, or that which, imbitters.
Imbitterment Im·bit"ter·ment noun The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
Imblaze Im·blaze" transitive verb See Emblaze .
Imblazon Im·bla"zon transitive verb See Emblazon .
Imbody Im·bod"y intransitive verb [ See
Embody .]
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody . The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies , and imbrutes.
Milton.
Imboil Im·boil" transitive verb & i. [ Obsolete]
See Emboil .
Imbolden Im·bold"en transitive verb See Embolden .
Imbonity Im·bon"i·ty noun [ Prefix
im- not + Latin
bonitas goodness.]
Want of goodness. [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Imborder Im·bor"der transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbordered ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbordering .] [ Prefix
im- in +
border . Confer
Emborder .]
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
Imbosk Im·bosk" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbosked ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbosking .] [ CF. Italian
imboscare to imbosk,
imboscarsi to retire into a wood; prefix
im- in +
bosco wood. See
Boscage , and confer
Ambush .]
To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [ Obsolete]
Shelton.
Imbosk Im·bosk" intransitive verb To be concealed. [ R.]
Milton.
Imbosom Im·bos"om transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imbosomed ;
present participle & verbal noun Imbosoming .] [ Prefix
im- in +
bosom . Confer
Embosom .]
1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom. 2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. "Villages
imbosomed soft in trees."
Thomson. The Father infinite,
By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son.
Milton.
Imboss Im·boss" transitive verb See Emboss .
Imbosture Im·bos"ture noun [ See
Emboss .]
Embossed or raised work. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Imbound Im·bound" transitive verb To inclose in limits; to shut in. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Imbow Im·bow" transitive verb [ Prefix
im- in +
bow . Confer
Embow .]
To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. "
Imbowed windows."
Bacon.
Imbowel Im·bow"el transitive verb See Embowel .
Imbower Im·bow"er transitive verb & i. See Embower .
Imbowment Im·bow"ment noun act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon.
Imbox Im·box" transitive verb To inclose in a box.
Imbracery Im·bra"cer·y noun Embracery. [ Obsolete]
Imbraid Im·braid" transitive verb [ Obsolete]
See Embraid .
Imbrangle Im·bran"gle transitive verb To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [ R.]
Hudibras. Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic.
Coleridge.
Imbreed Im·breed" transitive verb [ Confer
Inbreed .]
To generate within; to inbreed. [ Obsolete]
Hakewill.
Imbricate Im"bri·cate transitive verb To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Imbricate, Imbricated Im"bri·cate, Im"bri·ca`ted adjective [ Latin
imbricatus , past participle of
imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, from
imbrex ,
-icis , a hollow tile, gutter tile, from
imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. 2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," 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 æstivation. 3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
Imbrication Im`bri·ca"tion noun [ Confer French
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.
Imbricative Im"bri·ca·tive adjective (Botany) Imbricate.
Imbrocado Im`bro·ca"do noun ;
plural Imbrocadoes . [ See
Brocade .]
Cloth of silver or of gold. [ R.]
Imbrocata, Imbroccata Im`bro·ca"ta, Im`broc·ca"ta noun [ Italian
imbroccata .]
A hit or thrust. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
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