Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter I > Page 24 of 105. « Previous ¦16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ¦ Next » Impressionable Im·pres"sion·a·ble adjective [ Confer French 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. Impressionableness Im·pres"sion·a·ble·ness noun The quality of being impressionable.
Impressionism Im·pres"sion·ism noun [ French 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.
Impressionist Im·pres"sion·ist noun [ French impressionniste .] (Fine Arts) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.
Impressionistic Im·pres`sion·is"tic adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
Impressionless Im·pres"sion·less adjective Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.
Impressive Im·press"ive adjective [ Confer F. impressif.] Impressment Im·press"ment noun 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. Impressor Im·press"or noun [ Late Latin , a printer.] One who, or that which, impresses. Boyle.
Impressure Im·pres"sure noun [ Confer Old French impressure , Late Latin impressura .] Dent; impression. [ Obsolete] Shak.
Imprest Im·prest" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imprested ; present participle & verbal noun Impresting .] [ Prefix im- + prest : confer Italian imprestare . See Prest , noun ] To advance on loan. Burke.
Imprest Im"prest noun [ Confer Italian impresto , imprestito , Late Latin impraestitum . See Imprest , transitive verb , 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. Imprevalence, Imprevalency Im·prev"a·lence, Im·prev"a·len·cy noun Want of prevalence. [ Obsolete]
Impreventability Im`pre·vent`a·bil"i·ty noun The state or quality of being impreventable. [ R.]
Impreventable Im`pre·vent"a·ble adjective Not preventable; inevitable.
Imprimatur Im`pri·ma"tur noun [ Latin , let it be printed.] (Law) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
Imprimery Im·prim"er·y noun [ French imprimerie , from imprimer to imprint.] [ Obsolete] Impriming Im·prim"ing noun A beginning. [ Obsolete] "Their springings and imprimings ." Sir H. Wotton.
Imprimis Im·pri"mis adverb [ Latin , for in primis among the first, chiefly; in in + primus first.] In the first place; first in order.
Imprint Im·print" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imptrinted ; present participle & verbal noun Imprinting .] [ Middle English emprenten , French empreint , past participle of empreindre to imprint, from Latin imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In- , Print , and confer Impress .] And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.Prior. Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,Cowper. Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.Locke. Imprint Im"print noun [ Confer French empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint , transitive verb ] 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. "That imprint of their hands." Buckle.
Imprison Im·pris"on transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imprisoned ; present participle & verbal noun Imprisoning .] [ Middle English enprisonen , Old French enprisoner , French emprisonner ; prefix en- (L. in ) + F. & Old French prison . See Prison .] He imprisoned was in chains remediless.Spenser. Try to imprison the resistless wind.Dryden. Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure. Imprison ment Im·pris"on ment noun [ Middle English enprisonment ; French emprisonnement .] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and rawSpenser. 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) Imprisoner Im·pris"on·er noun One who imprisons.
Improbability Im·prob`a·bil"i·ty noun ; plural Improbable Im·prob"a·ble adjective [ Latin improbabilis ; prefix im- not + probabilis probable: confer French 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. -- Improbate Im"pro·bate transitive verb [ Latin improbatus , past participle of improbare to disapprove; prefix im- not + probare to approve.] To disapprove of; to disallow. [ Obsolete]
Improbation Im`pro·ba"tion noun [ Latin improbatio .] Improbative, Improbatory Im"pro·ba·tive, Im"pro·ba`to·ry adjective Implying, or tending to, improbation.
Improbity Im·prob"i·ty noun [ Latin improbitas ; prefix im- not + probitas probity: confer French improbité .] Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity .Hooker. Improficience, Improficiency Im`pro·fi"cience, Im`pro·fi"cien·cy noun Want of proficiency. [ R.] Bacon.
Improfitable Im·prof"it·a·ble adjective [ Prefix im- not + profitable : confer French improfitable .] Unprofitable. [ Obsolete]
Improgressive Im`pro·gress"ive adjective Not progressive. De Quincey. -- Improlific Im`pro·lif"ic adjective [ Prefix im- not + prolific : confer French improlifique .] Not prolific. [ Obsolete] E. Waterhouse.
Improlificate Im`pro·lif"ic·ate transitive verb [ Prefix im- in + prolificate .] To impregnate. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.
Imprompt Im·prompt" adjective Not ready. [ R.] Sterne.
Impromptu Im·promp"tu adverb or adjective [ French impromptu , from Latin 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.
Impromptu Im·promp"tu noun Improper Im·prop"er adjective [ French impropre , Latin improprius ; prefix im- not + proprius proper. See Proper .] Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,Shak. And to their proper operation still,Pope. Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.J. Fletcher. Improper Im·prop"er transitive verb To appropriate; to limit. [ Obsolete] He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.Jewel. Improperation Im·prop`er·a"tion noun [ Latin improperare , improperatum , to taunt.] The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. [ Obsolete] Improperatios and terms of scurrility.Sir T. Browne Improperia Im`pro·pe"ri·a noun plural [ Latin , reproaches.] (Mus.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual. Grove.
Improperly Im·prop"er·ly adverb In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
Improperty Im·prop"er·ty noun Impropriety. [ Obsolete]
Impropitious Im`pro·pi"tious adjective Unpropitious; unfavorable. [ Obsolete] "Dreams were impropitious ." Sir H. Wotton.
Improportionable Im`pro·por"tion·a·ble adjective Not proportionable. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
Improportionate Im`pro·por"tion·ate adjective Not proportionate. [ Obsolete]
Impropriate Im·pro"pri·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Impropriated ; present participle & verbal noun Impropriating .] [ Prefix im- in + Latin propriatus , past participle of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate .] To impropriate the thanks to himself.Bacon. Impropriate Im·pro"pri·ate intransitive verb To become an impropriator. [ R.]
Impropriate Im·pro"pri·ate adjective (Eng. Eccl. Law) Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
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