Emily Dickinson Lexicon

imitation, n. [Fr. < L. imitātiōn-em.] (webplay: likeness).

Copy; counterfeit.

immaterial, adj. [Fr. < L. immateriālis.]

Of no consequence; unimportant.

immediately, adv. [L. immediāt-us.] (webplay: property, remote, time).

Now; instantly; at this moment.

immediately, n. [see immediately, adv.] (webplay: will).

Power of acting without dependence. [ED uses immediately instead of immediacy.]

immense, adj. [Fr. < L. immensus, immeasurable, boundless.]

Beyond ordinary measure of size; huge.

immensity, n. [Fr. immensité < L. immensus.]

1. Unlimited extension; tremendousness, boundlessness.
2. Absence of substance; void.

imminent, adj. [L. 'project over, overhand, impend'.]

1. Near; at hand; proximate; [fig.] insistent; important.
2. Impending; forthcoming.

immortal, adj. [L.] (webplay: being, death, everlasting, honor, never, soul).

1. Famous; illustrious; notable; courageous.
2. Imperishable; perpetual; enduring.
3. Universal; all-embracing; sweeping.
4. Deceased; past mortality; alive in heaven.
5. Divine; relating to God.

immortal, n. [see immortal, adj.]

Everlasting being; abiding existence; one not subject to death; [fig.] angel.

immortality, n. [see immortal, adj.] (webplay: abolished, annihilation, death, end, exist, existence, human, light, limited, live, never, soul).

1. Destination of the soul; brought about by death; exempt from annihilation.
2. Eternal life; destined to endure continuously.
3. Goal of eternal life; achieving an exalted state.
4. Enduring fame or remembrance.
5. Everlasting love; enduring through eternity.
6. Encompassing all things; eternal progression of the universe.
7. Heavenly state; soul lingers with God eternally.