Lexicon: import – impotence

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import (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. importāre, carry or bring in.] (webplay: bears, know, mean, moment).

  1. Bring; convey; transplant from another location; [fig.] tell; hint at; communicate.
  2. Carry; introduce; bring in from an unknown place; [fig.] mean; signify.

important, adj. [Fr. < L. importāre, be of consequence.]

Of much or great significance or consequence.

importunate, adj. [L. importūnus.]

Expensive; valuable.

importune (-ed, -s), v. [Fr. importuner < L.] (webplay: unceasing).

Request with urgency; petition persistently for.

importunity, n. [Fr. importunité < L.]

  1. A request.
  2. Unseasonable; an unsuitable time.

impose, v. [Fr. impose-r < L. impōněre.] (webplay: command).

Place over by authority or force.

imposing, verbal adj. [see impose, v.]

Overwhelming.

impossibility, n. [Fr. impossibilité < L.] (webplay: man).

Quality of being impossible; that which can not exist or be done.

impossible, adj. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: God, men, possible, should).

Not possible; can not be.

impotence, n. [Fr. < L. impotentia.]

Condition of lacking force or effectiveness.