ILLUMINANT — IMBRUING NWAD ILLUMINANT.1

ILLUMINANT, n. That which illuminates or affords light. NWAD ILLUMINANT.1

ILLUMINATE, v.t. [See Illume.] To enlighten; to throw light on; to supply with light. [This word is used in poetry or prose.] NWAD ILLUMINATE.1

1. To adorn with festal lamps or bonfires. NWAD ILLUMINATE.2

2. To enlighten intellectually with knowledge or grace. Hebrews 10:32. NWAD ILLUMINATE.3

3. To adorn with pictures, portraits and other paintings; as, to illuminate manuscripts or books, according to ancient practice. NWAD ILLUMINATE.4

4. To illustrate; to throw light on, as on obscure subjects. NWAD ILLUMINATE.5

ILLUMINATE, a. Enlightened. NWAD ILLUMINATE.6

ILLUMINATE, n. One of a sect of heretics pretending to possess extraordinary light and knowledge. NWAD ILLUMINATE.7

ILLUMINATED, pp. Enlightened; rendered light or luminous; illustrated; adorned with pictures, as books. NWAD ILLUMINATED.1

ILLUMINATING, ppr. Enlightening; rendering luminous or bright; illustrating; adorning with pictures. NWAD ILLUMINATING.1

ILLUMINATING, n. The act, practice or art of adorning manuscripts and books by paintings. NWAD ILLUMINATING.2

ILLUMINATION, n. The act of illuminating or rendering luminous; the act of supplying with light. NWAD ILLUMINATION.1

1. The act of rendering a house or a town light, by placing lights at the windows, or in elevated situations, as a manifestation of joy; or the state of being thus rendered light. NWAD ILLUMINATION.2

2. That which gives light. NWAD ILLUMINATION.3

The sun--is an illumination created. NWAD ILLUMINATION.4

3. Brightness; splendor. NWAD ILLUMINATION.5

4. Infusion of intellectual light; an enlightening of the understanding by knowledge, or the mind by spiritual light. NWAD ILLUMINATION.6

5. The act, art or practice of adorning manuscripts and books with pictures. NWAD ILLUMINATION.7

6. Inspiration; the special communication of knowledge to the mind by the Supreme Being. NWAD ILLUMINATION.8

Hymns and psalms--are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. NWAD ILLUMINATION.9

ILLUMINATIVE, a. Having the power of giving light. NWAD ILLUMINATIVE.1

ILLUMINATOR, n. He or that which illuminates or gives light. NWAD ILLUMINATOR.1

1. One whose occupation is to decorate manuscripts and books with pictures, portraits and drawings of any kind. This practice began among the Romans, and was continued during the middle ages. The manuscripts containing portraits, pictures and emblematic figures, form a valuable part of the riches preserved in the principal libraries in Europe. NWAD ILLUMINATOR.2

From this word, by contraction, is formed limner. NWAD ILLUMINATOR.3

ILLUMINEE, ILLUMINATI, n. A church term anciently applied to persons who had received baptism; in which ceremony they received a lighted taper, as a symbol of the faith and grace they had received by that sacrament. NWAD ILLUMINEE.1

1. The name of a sect of heretics, who sprung up in Spain about the year 1575, and who afterward appeared in France. Their principal doctrine was, that by means of a sublime manner of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments and good works. NWAD ILLUMINEE.2

2. The name given to certain associations of men in modern Europe, who combined to overthrow the existing religious institutions, and substitute reason, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection. NWAD ILLUMINEE.3

ILLUMINISM, n. The principles of the Illuminati. NWAD ILLUMINISM.1

ILLUMINIZE, v.t. To initiate into the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. NWAD ILLUMINIZE.1

ILLUSION, n. s as z. [L. illusio, from illudo, to illude.] Deceptive appearance; false show, by which a person is or may be deceived, or his expectations disappointed; mockery. NWAD ILLUSION.1

Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! NWAD ILLUSION.2

ILLUSIVE, a. Deceiving by false show; deceitful; false. NWAD ILLUSIVE.1

While the fond soul, NWAD ILLUSIVE.2

Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss, NWAD ILLUSIVE.3

Still paints th’ illusive form. NWAD ILLUSIVE.4

ILLUSIVELY, adv. By means of a false show. NWAD ILLUSIVELY.1

ILLUSIVENESS, n. Deception; false show. NWAD ILLUSIVENESS.1

ILLUSORY, a. [L. illusus, illudo.] Deceiving or tending to deceive by false appearances; fallacious. His offers were illusory. NWAD ILLUSORY.1

ILLUSTRATE, v.t. [L. illustro; in and lustro, to illuminate. See Luster.] NWAD ILLUSTRATE.1

1. To make clear, bright or luminous. NWAD ILLUSTRATE.2

2. To brighten with honor; to make distinguished. NWAD ILLUSTRATE.3

Matter to me of glory! whom their hate NWAD ILLUSTRATE.4

Illustrates-- NWAD ILLUSTRATE.5

3. To brighten; to make glorious, or to display the glory of; as, to illustrate the perfections of God. NWAD ILLUSTRATE.6

4. To explain or elucidate; to make clear, intelligible or obvious, what is dark or obscure; as, to illustrate a passage of Scripture by comments, or of a profane author by a gloss. NWAD ILLUSTRATE.7

ILLUSTRATED, pp. Made bright or glorious. NWAD ILLUSTRATED.1

1. Explained; elucidated; made clear to the understanding. NWAD ILLUSTRATED.2

ILLUSTRATING, ppr. Making bright or glorious; rendering distinguished; elucidating. NWAD ILLUSTRATING.1

ILLUSTRATION, n. The act of rendering bright or glorious. NWAD ILLUSTRATION.1

1. Explanation; elucidation; a rendering clear what is obscure or abstruse. NWAD ILLUSTRATION.2

ILLUSTRATIVE, a. Having the quality of elucidating and making clear what is obscure; as an argument or simile illustrative of the subject. NWAD ILLUSTRATIVE.1

1. Having the quality of rendering glorious, or of displaying glory. NWAD ILLUSTRATIVE.2

ILLUSTRATIVELY, adv. By way of illustration or elucidation. NWAD ILLUSTRATIVELY.1

ILLUSTRATOR, n. One who illustrates or makes clear. NWAD ILLUSTRATOR.1

ILLUSTRIOUS, a. [L. illustris.] NWAD ILLUSTRIOUS.1

1. Conspicuous; distinguished by the reputation of greatness; renowned; eminent; as an illustrious general or magistrate; an illustrious prince. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUS.2

2. Conspicuous; renowned; conferring honor; as illustrious actions. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUS.3

3. Glorious; as an illustrious display of the divine perfections. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUS.4

4. A title of honor. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUS.5

ILLUSTRIOUSLY, adv. Conspicuously; nobly; eminently; with dignity or distinction. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUSLY.1

1. Gloriously; in a way to manifest glory. The redemption of man displays illustriously the justice as well as the benevolence of God. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUSLY.2

ILLUSTRIOUSNESS, n. Eminence of character; greatness; grandeur; glory. NWAD ILLUSTRIOUSNESS.1

ILLUXURIOUS, a. Not luxurious. NWAD ILLUXURIOUS.1

ILL-WILL, n. Enmity; malevolence. NWAD ILL-WILL.1

ILL-WILLER, n. One who wishes ill to another. NWAD ILL-WILLER.1

I’M, contracted from I am. NWAD IM.1

IM, in composition, is usually the representative of the Latin in; n being changed to m, for the sake of easy utterance, before a labial, as in imbibe, immense, impartial. We use the same prefix in compounds not of Latin origin, as in imbody, imbitter. For im, the French write em, which we also use in words borrowed from their language. NWAD IM.1

IMAGE, n. [L. imago.] NWAD IMAGE.1

1. A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax. NWAD IMAGE.2

Whose is this image and superscription? Matthew 22:20. NWAD IMAGE.3

2. A statue. NWAD IMAGE.4

3. An idol; the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship. The second commandment forbids the worship of images. NWAD IMAGE.5

4. The likeness of any thing on canvas; a picture; a resemblance painted. NWAD IMAGE.6

5. Any copy, representation or likeness. NWAD IMAGE.7

The child is the image of its mother. NWAD IMAGE.8

6. Semblance; show; appearance. NWAD IMAGE.9

The face of things a frightful image bears. NWAD IMAGE.10

7. An idea; a representation of any thing to the mind; a conception; a picture drawn by fancy. NWAD IMAGE.11

Can we conceive NWAD IMAGE.12

Image of aught delightful, soft or great? NWAD IMAGE.13

8. In rhetoric, a lively description of any thing in discourse, which presents a kind of picture to the mind. NWAD IMAGE.14

9. In optics, the figure of any object, made by rays of light proceeding from the several points of it. Thus a mirror reflects the image of a person standing before it, as does water in a vessel or stream, when undisturbed. NWAD IMAGE.15

IMAGE, v.t. To imagine; to copy by the imagination; to form a likeness in the mind by the fancy or recollection. NWAD IMAGE.16

And image charms he must behold no more. NWAD IMAGE.17

IMAGERY, n. im’ajry. Sensible representations, pictures, statues. NWAD IMAGERY.1

Rich carvings, portraitures and imagery. NWAD IMAGERY.2

1. Show; appearance. NWAD IMAGERY.3

What can thy imagery and sorrow mean? NWAD IMAGERY.4

2. Forms of the fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. NWAD IMAGERY.5

The imagery of a melancholic fancy. NWAD IMAGERY.6

3. Representations in writing or speaking; lively descriptions which impress the images of things on the mind; figures in discourse. NWAD IMAGERY.7

I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. NWAD IMAGERY.8

4. Form; make. NWAD IMAGERY.9

IMAGE-WORSHIP, n. The worship of images; idolatry. NWAD IMAGE-WORSHIP.1

IMAGINABLE, a. That may be imagined or conceived. This point is proved with all imaginable clearness. NWAD IMAGINABLE.1

IMAGINANT, a. Imagining; conceiving. [Not used.] NWAD IMAGINANT.1

IMAGINARY, a. Existing only in imagination or fancy; visionary; fancied; not real. NWAD IMAGINARY.1

Imaginary ills and fancied tortures. NWAD IMAGINARY.2

IMAGINATION, n. [L. imaginatio.] The power or faculty of the mind by which it conceives and forms ideas of things communicated to it by the organs of sense. NWAD IMAGINATION.1

Imagination I understand to be the representation of an individual thought. NWAD IMAGINATION.2

Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense; if absent, is imagination [conception.] NWAD IMAGINATION.3

Imagination, in its proper sense, signifies a lively conception of objects of sight. It is distinguished from conception, as a part from a whole. NWAD IMAGINATION.4

The business of conception is to present us with an exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have also a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of different ones so as to form new wholes of our own creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power. I apprehend this to be the proper sense of the word, if imagination be the power which gives birth to the productions of the poet and the painter. NWAD IMAGINATION.5

We would define imagination to be the will working on the materials of memory; not satisfied with following the order prescribed by nature, or suggested by accident, it selects the parts of different conceptions, or objects of memory, to form a whole more pleasing, more terrible, or more awful, than has ever been presented in the ordinary course of nature. NWAD IMAGINATION.6

The two latter definitions give the true sense of the word, as now understood. NWAD IMAGINATION.7

1. Conception; image in the mind; idea. NWAD IMAGINATION.8

Sometimes despair darkens all her imaginations. NWAD IMAGINATION.9

His imaginations were often as just as they were bold and strong. NWAD IMAGINATION.10

2. Contrivance; scheme formed in the mind; device. NWAD IMAGINATION.11

Thou hast seen all their vengeance, and all their imaginations against me. Lamentations 3:60. NWAD IMAGINATION.12

3. Conceit; an unsolid or fanciful opinion. NWAD IMAGINATION.13

We are apt to think that space, in itself, is actually boundless; to which imagination, the idea of space of itself leads us. NWAD IMAGINATION.14

4. First motion or purpose of the mind. Genesis 6:5. NWAD IMAGINATION.15

IMAGINATIVE, a. That forms imaginations. NWAD IMAGINATIVE.1

1. Full of imaginations; fantastic. NWAD IMAGINATIVE.2

IMAGINE, v.t. [L. imaginor, from imago, image.] NWAD IMAGINE.1

1. To form a notion or idea in the mind; to fancy. We can imagine the figure of a horse’s head united to a human body. NWAD IMAGINE.2

In this sense, fancy is the more proper word. NWAD IMAGINE.3

2. To form ideas or representations in the mind, by modifying and combining our conceptions. NWAD IMAGINE.4

3. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise. NWAD IMAGINE.5

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Psalm 62:3. NWAD IMAGINE.6

IMAGINE, v.i. To conceive; to have a notion or idea. I cannot imagine how this should have happened. NWAD IMAGINE.7

IMAGINED, pp. Formed in the mind; fancied; contrived. NWAD IMAGINED.1

IMAGINER, n. One who forms ideas; one who contrives. NWAD IMAGINER.1

IMAGINING, ppr. Forming ideas in the mind; devising. NWAD IMAGINING.1

IMAM, IMAN, n. A minister or priest among the Mohammedans. NWAD IMAM.1

Imbalm, Imbargo, Imbark, Imbase. See Embalm, Embargo, Embark, Embase. NWAD IMAM.2

IMBAN, v.t. [in and ban.] To excommunicate, in a civil sense; to cut off from the rights of man, or exclude from the common privileges of humanity. NWAD IMBAN.1

IMBAND, v.t. [in and band.] To form into a band or bands. NWAD IMBAND.1

Beneath full sails imbanded nations rise. NWAD IMBAND.2

IMBANDED, pp. Formed into a band or bands. NWAD IMBANDED.1

IMBANK, v.t. [in and bank.] To inclose with a bank; to defend by banks, mounds or dikes. NWAD IMBANK.1

IMBANKED, pp. Inclosed or defended with a bank. NWAD IMBANKED.1

IMBANKING, ppr. Inclosing or surrounding with a bank. NWAD IMBANKING.1

IMBANKMENT, n. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. NWAD IMBANKMENT.1

1. Inclosure by a bank; the banks or mounds of earth that are raised to defend a place, especially against floods. NWAD IMBANKMENT.2

IMBARN, v.t. To deposit in a barn. [Not used.] NWAD IMBARN.1

IMBASTARDIZE, v.t. To bastardize, which see. NWAD IMBASTARDIZE.1

IMBEAD, v.t. [in and bead.] To fasten with a bead. NWAD IMBEAD.1

The strong bright bayonet imbeaded fast. NWAD IMBEAD.2

IMBEADED, pp. Fastened with a bead. NWAD IMBEADED.1

IMBECILE, a. im’becil. [L. imbecillis.] Weak; feeble; destitute of strength, either of body or of mind; impotent. NWAD IMBECILE.1

IMBECILITY, n. [L. imbecillitas.] NWAD IMBECILITY.1

1. Want of strength; weakness; feebleness of body or of mind. We speak of the imbecility of the body or of the intellect, when either does not possess the usual strength and vigor that belongs to men, and which is necessary to a due performance of its functions. This may be natural, or induced by violence or disease. NWAD IMBECILITY.2

2. Impotence of males; inability to procreate children. NWAD IMBECILITY.3

IMBED, v.t. [in and bed.] To sink or lay in a bed; to place in a mass of earth, sand or other substance, so as to be partly inclosed. NWAD IMBED.1

IMBEDDED, pp. Laid or inclosed, as in a bed or mass of surrounding matter. NWAD IMBEDDED.1

IMBEDDING, ppr. Laying, as in a bed. NWAD IMBEDDING.1

IMBELLIC, a. [L. in and bellicus.] Not warlike or martial. [Little used.] NWAD IMBELLIC.1

IMBENCHING, n. [in and bench.] A raised work like a bench. NWAD IMBENCHING.1

IMBIBE, v.t. [L. imbibo; in and bibo, to drink.] NWAD IMBIBE.1

1. To drink in; to absorb; as, a dry or porous body imbibes a fluid; a sponge imbibes moisture. NWAD IMBIBE.2

2. To receive or admit into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. Imbibing in the mind always implies retention, at least for a time. NWAD IMBIBE.3

3. To imbue, as used by Newton; but he has not been followed. NWAD IMBIBE.4

IMBIBED, pp. Drank in, as a fluid; absorbed; received into the mind and retained. NWAD IMBIBED.1

IMBIBER, n. He or that which imbibes. NWAD IMBIBER.1

IMBIBING, ppr. Drinking in; absorbing; receiving and retaining. NWAD IMBIBING.1

IMBIBITION, n. The act of imbibing. NWAD IMBIBITION.1

IMBITTER, v.t. [in and bitter.] To make bitter. NWAD IMBITTER.1

1. To make unhappy or grievous; to render distressing. The sins of youth often imbitter old age. Grief imbitters our enjoyments. NWAD IMBITTER.2

2. To exasperate; to make more severe, poignant or painful. The sorrows of true penitence are imbittered by a sense of our ingratitude to our Almighty Benefactor. NWAD IMBITTER.3

3. To exasperate; to render more violent or malignant; as, to imbitter enmity, anger, rage, passion, etc. NWAD IMBITTER.4

IMBITTERED, pp. Made unhappy or painful; exasperated. NWAD IMBITTERED.1

IMBITTERING, ppr. Rendering unhappy or distressing; exasperating. NWAD IMBITTERING.1

IMBODIED, pp. [See Imbody.] Formed into a body. NWAD IMBODIED.1

IMBODY, v.t. [in and body.] To form into a body; to invest with matter; to make corporeal; as, to imbody the soul or spirit. NWAD IMBODY.1

An opening cloud reveals NWAD IMBODY.2

A heavenly form, imbodied and array’d NWAD IMBODY.3

With robes of light. NWAD IMBODY.4

1. To form into a body, collection or system; as, to imbody the laws of a state in a code. NWAD IMBODY.5

2. To bring into a band, company, regiment, brigade, army, or other regular assemblage; to collect; as, to embody the forces of a nation. NWAD IMBODY.6

Then Clausus came, who led a numerous band NWAD IMBODY.7

Of troops imbodied. NWAD IMBODY.8

IMBODY, v.i. To unite in a body, mass or collection; to coalesce. NWAD IMBODY.9

IMBODYING, ppr. Forming into a body; investing with a corporeal body. NWAD IMBODYING.1

1. Collecting and uniting in a body. NWAD IMBODYING.2

IMBOIL, v.i. To effervesce. NWAD IMBOIL.1

IMBOLDEN, v.t. imboldn. [in and bold.] To encourage; to give confidence to. NWAD IMBOLDEN.1

Nothing imboldens sin so much as mercy. NWAD IMBOLDEN.2

IMBOLDEN, pp. Encouraged; having received confidence. NWAD IMBOLDEN.3

IMBOLDENING, ppr. Encouraging; giving confidence. NWAD IMBOLDENING.1

IMBORDER, v.t. [in and border.] To furnish or inclose with a border; to adorn with a border. NWAD IMBORDER.1

1. To terminate; to bound. NWAD IMBORDER.2

IMBORDERED, pp. Furnished, inclosed or adorned with a border; bounded. NWAD IMBORDERED.1

IMBORDERING, ppr. Furnishing, inclosing or adorning with a border; bounding. NWAD IMBORDERING.1

IMBOSK, v.t. To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. NWAD IMBOSK.1

IMBOSOM, v.t. s as z. [in and bosom.] To hold in the bosom; to cover fondly with the folds of one’s garment. NWAD IMBOSOM.1

1. To hold in nearness or intimacy. NWAD IMBOSOM.2

--The Father infinite, NWAD IMBOSOM.3

By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. NWAD IMBOSOM.4

2. To admit to the heart or affection; to caress. NWAD IMBOSOM.5

But glad desire, his late imbosom’d guest-- NWAD IMBOSOM.6

3. To inclose in the midst; to surround. NWAD IMBOSOM.7

Villages imbosomed soft in trees-- NWAD IMBOSOM.8

4. To inclose in the midst; to cover; as pearls imbosomed in the deep. NWAD IMBOSOM.9

IMBOSOMED, pp. Held in the bosom or to the breast; caressed; surrounded in the midst; inclosed; covered. NWAD IMBOSOMED.1

IMBOSOMING, ppr. Holding in the bosom; caressing; holding to the breast; inclosing or covering in the midst. NWAD IMBOSOMING.1

IMBOUND, v.t. [in and bound.] To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Little used.] NWAD IMBOUND.1

IMBOW, v.t. [in and bow.] To arch; to vault; as an imbowed roof. NWAD IMBOW.1

1. To make of a circular form; as imbowed windows. NWAD IMBOW.2

IMBOWED, pp. Arched; vaulted; made of a circular form. NWAD IMBOWED.1

IMBOWER, v.t. [in and bower.] To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. NWAD IMBOWER.1

IMBOWERED, pp. Covered with a bower; sheltered with trees. NWAD IMBOWERED.1

IMBOWERING, ppr. Covering with a bower or with trees. NWAD IMBOWERING.1

IMBOWING, ppr. Arching; vaulting; making of a circular form. NWAD IMBOWING.1

IMBOWMENT, n. An arch; a vault. NWAD IMBOWMENT.1

IMBOX, v.t. To inclose in a box. NWAD IMBOX.1

IMBRANGLE, v.t. To entangle. NWAD IMBRANGLE.1

IMBREED, v.t. To generate within. NWAD IMBREED.1

IMBRICATE, IMBRICATED, a. [L. imbricatus, imbrico, from imbrex, a tile.] NWAD IMBRICATE.1

1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. NWAD IMBRICATE.2

2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles on roof; parallel, with a strait surface, and lying one over the other; as leaves in the bud. NWAD IMBRICATE.3

IMBRICATION, n. A concave indenture, like that of tiles; tiling. NWAD IMBRICATION.1

IMBROWN, v.t. [in and brown.] To make brown; to darken; to obscure. NWAD IMBROWN.1

The umpierc’d shade NWAD IMBROWN.2

Imbrown’d the noon-tide bowers. NWAD IMBROWN.3

1. To darken the color of; to make dirty. NWAD IMBROWN.4

The foot grows black that was with dirt imbrown’d. NWAD IMBROWN.5

2. To tan; to darken the complexion. NWAD IMBROWN.6

IMBROWNED, pp. Made brown; darkened; tanned. NWAD IMBROWNED.1

IMBROWNING, ppr. Rendering brown; darkening; tanning. NWAD IMBROWNING.1

IMBRUE, v.t. imbru’. [Gr. to moisten.] NWAD IMBRUE.1

1. To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench in a fluid, chiefly in blood. NWAD IMBRUE.2

Whose arrows in my blood their wings imbrue. NWAD IMBRUE.3

Lucius pities the offenders, NWAD IMBRUE.4

That would imbrue their hands in Cato’s blood. NWAD IMBRUE.5

2. To pour out liquor. NWAD IMBRUE.6

IMBRUED, pp. Wet; moistened; drenched. NWAD IMBRUED.1

IMBRUING, ppr. Wetting; moistening; drenching. NWAD IMBRUING.1