Immortalization Im·mor`tal·i·za"tion noun The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
Immortalize Im·mor"tal·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Immortalized ;
present participle & verbal noun Immortalizing .] [ Confer French
immortaliser .]
1. To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke. 2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame. Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name.
T. Dawes.
Immortalize Im·mor"tal·ize intransitive verb To become immortal. [ R.]
Immortally Im·mor"tal·ly adverb In an immortal manner.
Immortelle Im`mor·telle" noun ;
plural Immortelles . [ French See
Immortal .]
(Botany) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria , Helichrysum , Gomphrena , etc. See Everlasting .
Immortification Im·mor`ti·fi·ca"tion noun Failure to mortify the passions. [ R.]
Jer. Taylor.
Immovability Im·mov"a·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.
Immovable Im·mov"a·ble adjective 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. 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 remains 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 , noun Blackstone. Immovable apparatus (Medicine) ,
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.
Immovable Im·mov"a·ble noun 1. That which can not be moved. 2. plural (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.
Immovableness Im·mov"a·ble·ness noun Quality of being immovable.
Immovably Im·mov"a·bly adverb In an immovable manner.
Immund Im·mund" adjective [ Latin
immundus ; prefix
im- not +
mundus clean.]
Unclean. [ R.]
Burton.
Immundicity Im`mun·dic"i·ty noun [ Confer French
immondicité , Latin
immunditia ,
immundities .]
Uncleanness; filthiness. [ R.]
W. Montagu.
Immune Im·mune" adjective [ Latin
immunis . See
Immunity .]
Exempt; protected by inoculation. --
Im*mu"nize transitive verb
Immune Im·mune" noun One who is immune; esp., a person who is immune from a disease by reason of previous affection with the disease or inoculation.
Immunity Im·mu"ni·ty noun ;
plural Immunities . [ Latin
immunitas , from
immunis free from a public service; prefix
im- not +
munis complaisant, obliging, confer
munus service, duty: confer French
immunité . See
Common , and confer
Mean ,
adjective ]
1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy. 2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
Immunity Im·mun"i·ty noun The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.
Immure Im·mure" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Immured ;
present participle & verbal noun Immuring .] [ Prefix
im- in +
mure : confer French
emmurer .]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [ Obsolete]
Sandys. 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. Those tender babes
Whom envy hath immured within your walls.
Shak. This huge convex of fire,
Outrageous to devour, immures us round.
Milton.
Immure Im·mure" noun A wall; an inclosure. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Immurement Im·mure"ment noun The act of immuring, or the state of being immured; imprisonment.
Immusical Im·mu"sic·al adjective Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.
Immutability Im·mu`ta·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin
immutabilitas : confer French
immutabilité .]
The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Hebrew vi. 17.
Immutable Im·mu"ta·ble adjective [ Latin
immutabilis ; prefix
im- not +
mutabilis mutable. See
Mutable .]
Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation.
Hebrew vi. 18. Immutable , immortal, infinite,
Eternal King.
Milton. --
Im*mu"ta*ble*ness ,
noun --
Im*mu"ta*bly ,
adverb
Immutate Im·mu"tate (ĭm*mū"tat)
adjective [ Latin
immutatus , past participle of
immature .]
Unchanged. [ Obsolete]
Immutation Im"mu·ta"tion noun [ Latin
immutatio , from
immutare ,
immutatum , to change. See
Immute .]
Change; alteration; mutation. [ R.]
Dr. H. More.
Immute Im·mute" (ĭm*mūt")
transitive verb [ Latin
immutare ,
immutatum ; perf.
im- in +
mutare to change : confer Old French
immuter .]
To change or alter. [ Obsolete]
J. Salkeld.
Imp Imp (ĭmp)
noun [ Middle English
imp a graft, Anglo-Saxon
impa ; akin to Danish
ympe , Swedish
ymp , probably from Late Latin
impotus , Greek ... engrafted, innate, from ... to implant; ... in + ... to produce; akin to English
be . See 1st
In- ,
Be .]
1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [ Obsolete]
The tender imp was weaned.
Fairfax. 3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray
Of squabbling imps .
Beattie. 4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Imp Imp transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Imped ;
present participle & verbal noun Imping .] [ Anglo-Saxon
impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Danish
ympe , Swedish
ympa , Old High German
impfōn ,
impitōn , German
impfen . See
Imp ,
noun ]
1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [ Obsolete]
Rom. of R. 2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip. [ Archaic]
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing.
Shak. Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes.
Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing.
Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage
With all the scorpions that should whip this age.
Cleveland.
Imp-pole Imp"-pole` noun (Building) A pole for supporting a scaffold.
Impacable Im·pa"ca·ble adjective [ Latin prefix
im- not +
pacare to quiet. See
Pacate .]
Not to be appeased or quieted. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. --
Im*pa"ca*bly ,
adverb
Impackment Im·pack"ment noun [ Prefix
im- in +
pack .]
The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [ R.]
Kane.
Impact Im·pact" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Impacted ;
present participle & verbal noun Impacting .] [ Latin
impactus , past participle of
impingere to push, strike against. See
Impinge .]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.
Impact Im"pact noun 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven.
Southey. 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Impacted Im·pact"ed adjective Driven together or close. Impacted fracture (Surg.) ,
a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable.
Impaction Im·pac"tion noun [ Latin
impactio a striking : confer French
impaction .]
1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. 2. An immovable packing; (Medicine) , a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.
Impaint Im·paint" transitive verb To paint; to adorn with colors. [ R.] "To
impaint his cause."
Shak.
Impair Im·pair" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Impaired ;
present participle & verbal noun Impairing .] [ Written also
empair .] [ Middle English
empeiren ,
enpeiren , Old French
empeirier ,
empirier , French
empirer , Late Latin
impejorare ; Latin prefix
im- in +
pejorare to make worse, from
pejor worse. Confer
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.
Impair Im·pair" transitive verb To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.
Impair Im"pair adjective [ French
impair uneven, Latin
impar ;
im- not +
par equal.]
Not fit or appropriate. [ Obsolete]
Impair Im·pair" noun Diminution; injury. [ Obsolete]
Impairer Im·pair"er noun One who, or that which, impairs.
Impairment Im·pair"ment noun [ Middle English
enpeirement , Old French
empirement .]
The state of being impaired; injury. "The
impairment of my health."
Dryden.
Impalatable Im·pal"a·ta·ble adjective Unpalatable. [ R.]
Impale Im·pale" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Impaled ;
present participle & verbal noun Impaling .] [ See 2d
Empale .]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale . Then with what life remains, impaled , and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about.
Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire.
Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof.
Fuller.
Impalement Im·pale"ment noun 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron. 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke. 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [ R.]
Milton. 4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale , 3.
Impalla Im·pal"la noun (Zoology) The pallah deer of South Africa.
Impallid Im·pal"lid transitive verb To make pallid; to blanch. [ Obsolete]
Feltham.
Impalm Im·palm" transitive verb To grasp with or hold in the hand. [ R.]
J. Barlow.
Impalpability Im·pal`pa·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French
impalpabilité .]
The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.
Impalpable Im·pal"pa·ble adjective [ Prefix
im- not +
palpable : confer French
impalpable .]
1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "
Impalpable powder."
Boyle. 2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "
Impalpable , void, and bodiless."
Holland. 3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.
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