IMMODERATION — IMPATIBLE NWAD IMMODERATION.1
IMMODERATION, n. Excess; want of moderation. NWAD IMMODERATION.1
IMMODEST, a. [L. immodestus; in and modestus, modest. See the latter.] NWAD IMMODEST.1
1. Literally, not limited to due bounds. Hence, in a general sense, immoderate; exorbitant, unreasonable; arrogant. NWAD IMMODEST.2
2. Appropriately, wanting in the reserve or restraint which decency requires; wanting in decency and delicacy. It is immodest in decency and delicacy. It is immodest to treat superiors with the familiarity that is customary among equals. NWAD IMMODEST.3
3. Wanting in chastity; unchaste; lewd; as an immodest female. NWAD IMMODEST.4
4. Impure; indelicate; as an immodest thought. NWAD IMMODEST.5
5. Obscene; as an immodest word. NWAD IMMODEST.6
IMMODESTLY, adv. Without due reserve; indecently; unchastely; obscenely. NWAD IMMODESTLY.1
IMMODESTY, n. [L. immodestia.] Want of modesty; indecency; unchastity. NWAD IMMODESTY.1
1. Want of delicacy or decent reserve. NWAD IMMODESTY.2
IMMOLATE, v.t. [L. immolo, to sacrifice; in and mola, meal sprinkled with salt, which was thrown on the head of the victim.] NWAD IMMOLATE.1
1. To sacrifice; to kill, as a victim offered in sacrifice. NWAD IMMOLATE.2
2. To offer in sacrifice. NWAD IMMOLATE.3
Now immolate the tongues and mix the wine. NWAD IMMOLATE.4
IMMOLATED, pp. Sacrificed; offered in sacrifice. NWAD IMMOLATED.1
From the same altar on which the small states shall be immolated, will rise the smoke of sacrificed liberty, and despotism must be the dreadful successor. NWAD IMMOLATED.2
IMMOLATING, ppr. Sacrificing; offering, as a victim. NWAD IMMOLATING.1
IMMOLATION, n. The act of sacrificing. NWAD IMMOLATION.1
1. A sacrifice offered. NWAD IMMOLATION.2
IMMOLATOR, n. One who offers in sacrifice. NWAD IMMOLATOR.1
IMMOMENT, a. Trifling. NWAD IMMOMENT.1
IMMOMENTOUS, a. Unimportant. NWAD IMMOMENTOUS.1
IMMORAL, a. [in and moral.] Inconsistent with moral rectitude; contrary to the moral or divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious. Every action is immoral which contravenes any divine precept, or which is contrary to the duties which men owe to each other. NWAD IMMORAL.1
1. Wicked or unjust in practice; vicious; dishonest; as an immoral man. Every man who violates a divine law or a social duty, is immoral but we particularly apply the term to a person who habitually violates the laws. NWAD IMMORAL.2
IMMORALITY, n. Any act or practice which contravenes the divine commands or the social duties. Injustice, dishonesty, fraud, slander, profaneness, gaming, intemperance, lewdness, are immoralities. All crimes are immoralities; but crime expresses more than immorality. NWAD IMMORALITY.1
IMMORALLY, adv. Wickedly; viciously; in violation of law or duty. NWAD IMMORALLY.1
IMMORIGEROUS, a. [Low L. immoriger.] Rude; uncivil. NWAD IMMORIGEROUS.1
IMMORIGEROUSNESS, n. Rudeness; disobedience. NWAD IMMORIGEROUSNESS.1
IMMORTAL, a. [L. immortalis. See Mortal.] NWAD IMMORTAL.1
1. Having no principle of alteration or corruption; exempt from death; having life or being that shall never end; as an immortal soul. NWAD IMMORTAL.2
To the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever. 1 Timothy 1:17. NWAD IMMORTAL.3
2. Never ending; everlasting; continual. NWAD IMMORTAL.4
I have NWAD IMMORTAL.5
Immortal longings in me. NWAD IMMORTAL.6
3. Perpetual; having unlimited existence. NWAD IMMORTAL.7
A corporation is called an immortal being. NWAD IMMORTAL.8
4. Destined to live in all the ages of this world; imperishable; as immortal fame. NWAD IMMORTAL.9
So Homer is called the immortal bard. NWAD IMMORTAL.10
IMMORTALITY, n. The quality of never ceasing to live or exist; exemption from death and annihilation; life destined to endure without end; as the immortality of the human soul. NWAD IMMORTALITY.1
--Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Timothy 1:10. NWAD IMMORTALITY.2
1. Exemption from oblivion. NWAD IMMORTALITY.3
2. Perpetuity; existence not limited; as the immortality of a corporation. NWAD IMMORTALITY.4
IMMORTALIZATION, n. The act of immortalizing. NWAD IMMORTALIZATION.1
IMMORTALIZE, v.t. NWAD IMMORTALIZE.1
1. To render immortal; to make perpetual; to cause to live or exist while the world shall endure. The Iliad has immortalized the name of Homer. NWAD IMMORTALIZE.2
Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty name. NWAD IMMORTALIZE.3
2. To exempt from oblivion; to make perpetual. NWAD IMMORTALIZE.4
IMMORTALIZE, v.i. To become immortal. [Not in use.] NWAD IMMORTALIZE.5
IMMORTALIZED, pp. Rendered immortal or perpetual. NWAD IMMORTALIZED.1
IMMORTALIZING, ppr. Making immortal or perpetual. NWAD IMMORTALIZING.1
IMMORTALLY, adv. With endless existence; with exemption from death. NWAD IMMORTALLY.1
IMMORTIFICATION, n. [in and mortification.] Want of subjection of the passions. NWAD IMMORTIFICATION.1
IMMOVABILITY, n. Steadfastness that cannot be moved or shaken. NWAD IMMOVABILITY.1
IMMOVABLE, a. [in and movable.] That cannot be moved from its place; as an immovable foundation. NWAD IMMOVABLE.1
1. Not to be moved from a purpose; steadfast; fixed; that cannot be induced to change or alter; as a man who remains immovable. NWAD IMMOVABLE.2
2. That cannot be altered or shaken; unalterable; unchangeable; as an immovable purpose or resolution. NWAD IMMOVABLE.3
3. That cannot be affected or moved; not impressible; not susceptible of compassion or tender feelings; unfeeling. NWAD IMMOVABLE.4
4. Fixed; not liable to be removed; permanent in place; as immovable estate. NWAD IMMOVABLE.5
5. Not to be shaken or agitated. NWAD IMMOVABLE.6
IMMOVABLENESS, n. The quality of being immovable. NWAD IMMOVABLENESS.1
IMMOVABLY, adv. In a manner not to be moved from its place or purpose; or in a manner not to be shaken; unalterably; unchangeably. Immovably firm to their duty; immovably fixed or established. NWAD IMMOVABLY.1
IMMUND, a. [L. immundus.] Unclean. NWAD IMMUND.1
IMMUNDICITY, n. Uncleanness. NWAD IMMUNDICITY.1
IMMUNITY, n. [L. immuinitas, from immunis, free, exempt; in and munus, charge, office, duty.] NWAD IMMUNITY.1
1. Freedom or exemption from obligation. To be exempted from observing the rites or duties of the church, is an immunity. NWAD IMMUNITY.2
2. Exemption from any charge, duty, office, tax or imposition; a particular privilege; as the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy. NWAD IMMUNITY.3
3. Freedom; as an immunity from error. NWAD IMMUNITY.4
IMMURE, v.t. [L. in and murus, a wall.] NWAD IMMURE.1
1. To inclose within walls; to shut up; to confine; as, to immure nuns in cloisters. NWAD IMMURE.2
The student immures himself voluntarily. NWAD IMMURE.3
2. To wall; to surround with walls. NWAD IMMURE.4
Lysimachus immured it with a wall. [Not usual.] NWAD IMMURE.5
3. To imprison. NWAD IMMURE.6
IMMURE, n. A wall. [Not used.] NWAD IMMURE.7
IMMURED, pp. Confined within walls. NWAD IMMURED.1
IMMUSICAL, a. [in and musical.] Not musical; inharmonious; not accordant; harsh. NWAD IMMUSICAL.1
IMMUTABILITY, n. [L. immutabilitas; in and mutabilis, mutable, from muto, to change.] NWAD IMMUTABILITY.1
Unchangeableness; the quality that renders change or alteration impossible; invariableness. Immutability is an attribute of God. NWAD IMMUTABILITY.2
IMMUTABLE, a. [L. immutabilis; in and mutabilis.] invariable; unalterable; not capable or susceptible of change. NWAD IMMUTABLE.1
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation. Hebrews 6:18. NWAD IMMUTABLE.2
IMMUTABLENESS, n. Unchangeableness; immutability. NWAD IMMUTABLENESS.1
IMMUTABLY, adv. Unchangeably; unalterably; invariably; in a manner that admits of no change. NWAD IMMUTABLY.1
IMMUTATE, a. [L. immutatus.] Unchanged. NWAD IMMUTATE.1
IMMUTATION, n. [L. immutatio.] Change; alteration. NWAD IMMUTATION.1
IMP, n. NWAD IMP.1
1. A son; offspring; progeny. NWAD IMP.2
The tender imp was weaned. NWAD IMP.3
A lad of life, an imp of fame. NWAD IMP.4
2. A subaltern or puny devil. NWAD IMP.5
IMP, v.t. NWAD IMP.6
1. To graft. NWAD IMP.7
2. To lengthen; to extend or enlarge by something inserted or added; a term originally used by falconers, who repair a hawk’s wing by adding feathers. NWAD IMP.8
Imp out our drooping country’s broken wings. NWAD IMP.9
--The false north displays NWAD IMP.10
Her broken league to imp her serpent wings. NWAD IMP.11
This verb is, I believe, used only in poetry. NWAD IMP.12
IMPACABLE, a. [L. in and paco, to appease.] NWAD IMPACABLE.1
Not to be appeased or quieted. NWAD IMPACABLE.2
IMPACT, v.t. [L. impactus, from impingo; in and pango, to drive.] NWAD IMPACT.1
To drive close; to press or drive firmly together. NWAD IMPACT.2
IMPACT, n. Touch; impression. NWAD IMPACT.3
IMPACTED, pp. Driven hard; made close by driving. NWAD IMPACTED.1
IMPAINT, v.t. To paint; to adorn with colors. NWAD IMPAINT.1
IMPAIR, v.t. [L. pejor.] NWAD IMPAIR.1
1. To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value or excellence. An estate is impaired by extravagance or neglect. The profligate impairs his estate and his reputation. NWAD IMPAIR.2
Imprudence impairs a man’s usefulness. NWAD IMPAIR.3
2. To weaken; to enfeeble. The constitution is impaired by intemperance, by infirmity and by age. The force of evidence may be impaired by the suspicion of interest in the witness. NWAD IMPAIR.4
IMPAIR, v.i. To be lessened or worn out. [Little used.] NWAD IMPAIR.5
IMPAIR, a. [L. impar, unequal.] In crystallography, when a different number of faces is presented by the prism, and by each summit; but the three numbers follow no law of progression. NWAD IMPAIR.6
IMPAIRMENT, IMPAIR, n. Diminution; decrease; injury. [Not used.] NWAD IMPAIRMENT.1
IMPAIRED, pp. Diminished; injured; weakened. NWAD IMPAIRED.1
IMPAIRER, n. He or that which impairs. NWAD IMPAIRER.1
IMPAIRING, ppr. Making worse; lessening; injuring; enfeebling. NWAD IMPAIRING.1
IMPALATABLE, a. Unpalatable. [Little used.] NWAD IMPALATABLE.1
IMPALE, v.t. [L. in and palus, a pole, a stake.] NWAD IMPALE.1
1. To fix on a stake; to put to death by fixing on an upright sharp stake. [See Empale.] NWAD IMPALE.2
2. To inclose with stakes, posts or palisades. NWAD IMPALE.3
3. In heraldry, to join two coats of arms pale-wise. NWAD IMPALE.4
IMPALLID, v.t. To make pallid or pale. [Not in use.] NWAD IMPALLID.1
IMPALM, v.t. imp`am. [L. in and palma, the hand.] NWAD IMPALM.1
To grasp; to take in the hand. NWAD IMPALM.2
IMPALPABILITY, n. The quality of not being palpable, or perceptible by the touch. NWAD IMPALPABILITY.1
IMPALPABLE, a. [L. in and palpo, to feel. See Palpable.] NWAD IMPALPABLE.1
Not to be felt; that cannot be perceived by the touch; as an impalpable powder, whose parts are so minute that they cannot be distinguished by the senses, particularly by feeling. NWAD IMPALPABLE.2
1. Not coarse or gross. NWAD IMPALPABLE.3
IMPALSY, v.t. s as z. [in and palsy.] To strike with palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. NWAD IMPALSY.1
IMPANATE, a. [L. in and panis, bread.] Embodied in bread. NWAD IMPANATE.1
IMPANATE, v.t. To embody with bread. NWAD IMPANATE.2
IMPANATION, n. The supposed substantial presence of the body and blood of Christ, with the substance of the bread and wine, after consecration, in the eucharist; a tenet of the Lutheran church; otherwise called consubstantiation. NWAD IMPANATION.1
IMPANNEL, v.t. [in and pannel.] To write or enter the names of a jury in a list or on a piece of parchment, called a pannel; to form, complete or enroll a list of jurors in a court of justice. NWAD IMPANNEL.1
IMPANNELED, pp. Having the names entered in a pannel; formed, as a jury. NWAD IMPANNELED.1
IMPANNELING, ppr. Writing the names of a pannel; forming, as a jury. NWAD IMPANNELING.1
IMPARADISE, v.t. To put in a place of felicity; to make happy. NWAD IMPARADISE.1
IMPARADISED, pp. Placed in a condition resembling that of paradise; made happy. NWAD IMPARADISED.1
IMPARADISING, ppr. Making very happy. NWAD IMPARADISING.1
IMPARALLELED, a. Unparalleled. [Not used.] NWAD IMPARALLELED.1
IMPARASYLLABIC, a. [L. in, par, and syllaba.] NWAD IMPARASYLLABIC.1
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables. An imparasyllabic noun is one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis. NWAD IMPARASYLLABIC.2
IMPARDONABLE, a. Unpardonable. NWAD IMPARDONABLE.1
IMPARITY, n. [in and parity; L. par, equal.] NWAD IMPARITY.1
1. Inequality; disproportion. NWAD IMPARITY.2
2. Oddness; indivisibility into equal parts. NWAD IMPARITY.3
3. Difference of degree, rank or excellence. NWAD IMPARITY.4
IMPARK, v.t. [in and park.] To inclose for a park; to make a park by inclosure; to sever from a common. NWAD IMPARK.1
IMPARL, v.i. To hold mutual discourse; appropriately, in law, to have license to settle a lawsuit amicably; to have delay for mutual adjustment. NWAD IMPARL.1
IMPARLANCE, n. Properly, leave for mutual discourse; appropriately, in law, the license or privilege of a defendant, granted on motion, to have delay of trial, to see if he can settle the matter amicably by talking with the plaintiff, and thus to determine what answer he shall make to the plaintiff’s action. Hence, NWAD IMPARLANCE.1
1. The continuance of a cause till another day, or from day to day. NWAD IMPARLANCE.2
IMPARSONEE, a. A parson imparsonee, is a parson presented, instituted and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession. NWAD IMPARSONEE.1
IMPART, v.t. [L. impertior; in and partio, to divide; from pars, a part.] NWAD IMPART.1
1. To give, grant or communicate; to bestow on another a share or portion of something; as, to impart a portion of provisions to the poor. NWAD IMPART.2
2. To grant; to give; to confer; as, to impart honor or favor. NWAD IMPART.3
3. To communicate the knowledge of something; to make known; to show by words or tokens. NWAD IMPART.4
Gentle lady, NWAD IMPART.5
When first I did impart my love to you-- NWAD IMPART.6
IMPARTANCE, n. Communication of a share; grant. NWAD IMPARTANCE.1
IMPARTATION, n. The act of imparting or conferring. [Not much used.] NWAD IMPARTATION.1
IMPARTED, pp. Communicated; granted; conferred. NWAD IMPARTED.1
IMPARTIAL, a. [in and partial, from part, L. pars.] NWAD IMPARTIAL.1
1. Not partial; not biased in favor of one party more than another; indifferent; unprejudiced; disinterested; as an impartial judge or arbitrator. NWAD IMPARTIAL.2
2. Not favoring one party more than another; equitable; just; as an impartial judgment or decision; an impartial opinion. NWAD IMPARTIAL.3
IMPARTIALIST, n. One who is impartial. [Little used.] NWAD IMPARTIALIST.1
IMPARTIALITY, n. imparshal’ity. Indifference of opinion or judgment; freedom from bias in favor of one side or party more than another; disinterestedness. NWAD IMPARTIALITY.1
Impartiality is indispensable to an upright judge. NWAD IMPARTIALITY.2
1. Equitableness; justice; as the impartiality of a decision. NWAD IMPARTIALITY.3
IMPARTIALLY, adv. Without bias of judgment; without prejudice; without inclination to favor one party or side more than another; equitably; justly. NWAD IMPARTIALLY.1
IMPARTIBILITY, n. The quality of not being subject to partition. NWAD IMPARTIBILITY.1
1. The quality of being capable of being communicated. NWAD IMPARTIBILITY.2
IMPARTIBLE, a. NWAD IMPARTIBLE.1
1. Not partible or subject to partition; as an impartible estate. NWAD IMPARTIBLE.2
2. [from impart.] That may be imparted, conferred, bestowed or communicated. NWAD IMPARTIBLE.3
IMPARTING, ppr. Communicating; granting; bestowing. NWAD IMPARTING.1
IMPARTMENT, n. The act of imparting; the communication of knowledge; disclosure. NWAD IMPARTMENT.1
IMPASSABLE, a. [in and passable. See Pass.] NWAD IMPASSABLE.1
That cannot be passed; not admitting a passage; as an impassable road, mountain or gulf. NWAD IMPASSABLE.2
IMPASSABLENESS, n. The state of being impassable. NWAD IMPASSABLENESS.1
IMPASSABLY, adv. In a manner or degree that prevents passing, or the power of passing. NWAD IMPASSABLY.1
Exemption from pain or suffering; insusceptibility of injury from external things. NWAD IMPASSIBILITY.2
IMPASSIBLE, a. [L. impassibilis, from passus, patior, to suffer.] NWAD IMPASSIBLE.1
Incapable of pain, passion or suffering; that cannot be affected with pain or uneasiness. Whatever is destitute of sensation is impassible. NWAD IMPASSIBLE.2
Though naked and impassible, depart. NWAD IMPASSIBLE.3
IMPASSION, v.t. [in and passion.] To move or affect strongly with passion. NWAD IMPASSION.1
IMPASSIONATE, v.t. To affect powerfully. NWAD IMPASSIONATE.1
IMPASSIONATE, a. Strongly affected. NWAD IMPASSIONATE.2
1. Without passion or feeling. NWAD IMPASSIONATE.3
IMPASSIONED, a. Actuated or agitated by passion. NWAD IMPASSIONED.1
The tempter all impassioned, thus began. NWAD IMPASSIONED.2
1. Animated; excited; having the feelings warmed; as an impassioned orator. NWAD IMPASSIONED.3
2. Animated; expressive of passion or ardor; as an impassioned discourse. NWAD IMPASSIONED.4
IMPASSIVE, a. [L. in and passus, patior, to suffer.] NWAD IMPASSIVE.1
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; as the impassive air; impassive ice. NWAD IMPASSIVE.2
IMPASSIVELY, adv. Without sensibility to pain or suffering. NWAD IMPASSIVELY.1
IMPASSIVENESS, n. The state of being insusceptible of pain. NWAD IMPASSIVENESS.1
IMPASSIVITY, n. The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain or suffering. NWAD IMPASSIVITY.1
IMPASTATION, n. [in and paste.] The mixtion of various materials of different colors and consistences, baked or united by a cement, and hardened by the air or by fire. NWAD IMPASTATION.1
IMPASTE, v.t. NWAD IMPASTE.1
1. To knead; to make into paste. NWAD IMPASTE.2
2. In painting, to lay on colors thick and bold. NWAD IMPASTE.3
IMPASTED, a. Concreted, as into paste. NWAD IMPASTED.1
1. Pasted over; covered with paste, or with thick paint. NWAD IMPASTED.2
IMPATIBLE, a. [L. impatibilis.] Intolerable; that cannot be borne. NWAD IMPATIBLE.1