Impalsy transitive verb To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [ R.]

Impanate adjective [ Late Latin impanatus , past participle of impanare to impanate; Latin prefix im- in + panis bread.] Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [ Obsolete] Cranmer.

Impanate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Impanated ; present participle & verbal noun Impanating .] To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [ Obsolete]

Impanation noun [ Confer French impanation . See Impanate , adjective ] (Eccl.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from transubstantiation , which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation .

Impanator noun [ Late Latin ] (Eccl.) One who holds the doctrine of impanation.

Impanel transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Impaneled or Impanelled ; present participle & verbal noun Impaneling or Impanelling .] [ Prefix im- in + panel . Confer Empanel .] [ Written also empanel .] To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel ; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. Blackstone.

Impanelment noun The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.

Imparadise transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imparadised ; present participle & verbal noun Imparadising .] [ Prefix im- + paradise : confer French emparadiser .] To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. " Imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

Imparalleled adjective Unparalleled. [ Obsolete]

Impardonable adjective [ Confer French impardonnable .] Unpardonable. [ Obsolete] South.

Imparidigitate adjective [ Latin 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.

Imparipinnate adjective [ Latin impar unequal + English pinnate .] (Botany) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Imparisyllabic adjective [ Latin impar unequal + English syllabic : confer French 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 .

Imparity noun [ Prefix im- + parity : confer French imparité .]
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.]

Impark transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imparked , present participle & verbal noun Imparking .] [ Confer 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.

Imparl intransitive verb [ Old French emparler ; prefix em- (L. in ) + parler to speak. See In , preposition , and Parley .]
1. To hold discourse; to parley. [ Obsolete] Sir. T. North.

2. (Law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment. Blackstone.

Imparlance noun [ Confer Emparlance , Parlance .] [ Written also inparliance .]
1. Mutual discourse; conference. [ Obsolete]

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.

» Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been abolished in England. Wharton (Law Dict. ).

Imparsonee adjective [ Old French empersone . See 1st In- , and Parson .] (Eng. Eccl. Law) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession. -- noun A clergyman so inducted.

Impart transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imparted ; present participle & verbal noun Imparting .] [ Old French impartir , empartir , Latin impartire , impertire ; prefix im- in + partire to part, divide, from pars , partis , part, share. See Part , noun ]
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 .

Impart intransitive verb
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.

Impartance noun Impartation.

Impartation noun The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.

The necessity of this impartation .

I. Taylor.

Imparter noun One who imparts.

Impartial adjective [ Prefix im- not + partial : confer French 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.

Impartialist noun One who is impartial. [ R.] Boyle.

Impartiality noun [ Confer French impartialité .] 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.

Impartially adjective In an impartial manner.

Impartialness noun Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

Impartibility noun The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone.

Impartibility noun [ Confer French impartibilité .] The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.

Impartible adjective [ From Impart .] Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Impartible adjective [ Prefix im- not + partible : confer French impartible .] Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate. Blackstone.

Impartment noun 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.

Impassable adjective [ Confer Unpassable .] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness , noun - - Im*pass"a*bly , adverb

Impasse (ăN`päs"; E. ĭm*pȧs") noun [ French] An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above.

Arnold White.

Impassibility adjective [ Latin impassibilitas : confer French impassibilité .] The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassible adjective [ Latin impassibilis ; prefix im- not + passibilis passable: confer French impassible . See Passible .] Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. " Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott.

Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart
Though naked, and impassible depart.

Dryden.

Impassibleness noun Impassibility.

Impassion transitive verb [ Prefix im- in + passion . Confer Empassion , Impassionate , v. ] To move or affect strongly with passion. [ Archaic] Chapman.

Impassionable adjective Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

Impassionate adjective Strongly affected. Smart.

Impassionate transitive verb To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. Dr. H. More.

Impassionate adjective [ Prefix im- not + passionate .] Without passion or feeling. Burton.

Impassioned past participle & adjective Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Impassive adjective Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassive as the marble in the quarry.

De Quincey.

On the impassive ice the lightings play.

Pope.

-- Im*pas"sive*ly , adverb -- Im*pas"sive*ness , noun

Impassivity noun The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

Impastation noun [ French See Impaste .] The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

Impaste transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Impasted ; present participle & verbal noun Impasting .] [ Prefix im- in + paste : confer Italian impastare , Old French empaster , French empâter . See 1st In- and Paste .]
1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood . . . baked and impasted ." Shak.

2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [ R.] Confer Impasto .

Impasting (Paint.) The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

Impasto noun [ Italian See Impaste .] (Paint.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.