Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.
Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
Imposition (n.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Impossibilities (pl. ) of Impossibility
Impossibility (n.) The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
Impossibility (n.) An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.
Impossibility (n.) Inability; helplessness.
Impossible (a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
Impossible (n.) An impossibility.
Impossibly (adv.) Not possibly.
Impost (n.) That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.
Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
Imposthumate (v. t.) To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess.
Imposthumated (imp. & p. p.) of Imposthumate
Imposthumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imposthumate
Imposthumate (v. t.) To affect with an imposthume or abscess.
Imposthumate (a.) Imposthumated.
Imposthumation (n.) The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.
Imposthumation (n.) An abscess; an imposthume.
Imposthume (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
Imposthume (v. t. & i.) Same as Imposthumate.
Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.
Impostorship (n.) The condition, character, or practice of an impostor.
Impostress (n.) Alt. of Impostrix
Impostrix (n.) A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.
Impostrous (n.) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
Imposturage (n.) Imposture; cheating.
Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Impostured (a.) Done by imposture.
Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.
Impostury (n.) Imposture.
Impotence (n.) Alt. of Impotency
Impotency (n.) The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
Impotency (n.) Want of self-restraint or self-control.
Impotency (n.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
Impotent (a.) Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
Impotent (n.) One who is imoitent.
Impotently (adv.) In an impotent manner.
Impounded (imp. & p. p.) of Impound
Impounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impound
Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.
Impoundage (n.) The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.
Impoundage (n.) The fee or fine for impounding.
Impounder (n.) One who impounds.
Impoverished (imp. & p. p.) of Impoverish
Impoverishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impoverish
Impoverish (v. t.) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
Impoverish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
Impoverisher (n.) One who, or that which, impoverishes.
Impoverishment (n.) The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.
Impower (v. t.) See Empower.
Imp-pole (n.) A pole for supporting a scaffold.
Impracticabilities (pl. ) of Impracticability
Impracticability (n.) The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility.
Impracticability (n.) An impracticable thing.
Impracticability (n.) Intractableness; stubbornness.
Impracticable (a.) Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.
Impracticable (a.) Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.
Impracticableness (n.) The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.
Impracticably (adv.) In an impracticable manner.
Impractical (a.) Not practical.
Imprecated (imp. & p. p.) of Imprecate
Imprecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprecate
Imprecate (v. t.) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
Imprecatory (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.
Imprecision (n.) Want of precision.
Impregn (v. t.) To impregnate; to make fruitful.
Impregnability (n.) The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.
Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.
Impregnable (a.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
Impregnant (n.) That which impregnates.
Impregnant (a.) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
Impregnated (imp. & p. p.) of Impregnate
Impregnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impregnate
Impregnate (v. t.) To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
Impregnate (v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
Impregnate (v. i.) To become pregnant.
Impregnate (a.) Impregnated; made prolific.
Impregnation (n.) The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
Impregnation (n.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
Impregnation (n.) That with which anything is impregnated.
Impregnation (n.) Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
Impregnation (n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
Imprejudicate (a.) Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial.
Imprenable (a.) Impregnable.
Impreparation (n.) Want of preparation.
Impresa (n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
Impresarios (pl. ) of Impresario
Impresario (n.) The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.
Imprescriptibility (n.) The quality of being imprescriptible.
Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription.
Imprescriptible (a.) Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self-evidencing; obvious.
Imprescriptibly (adv.) In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.