Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PEACH'ING, ppr.

1. Hindering. [Obs.]
2. Accusing by authority; calling in question the purity or rectitude of conduct or motives.

IM-PEACH'MENT, n.

1. Hinderance; impediment; stop; obstruction. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
2. An accusation or charge brought against a public officer for maladministration in his office. In Great Britain, it is the privilege or right of the house of commons to impeach, and the right of the house of lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the house of representatives to impeach, and of the senate to try and determine impeachments. In Great Britain, the house of peers, and in the United States, the senate of the United States, and the senates in the several states, are the high courts of impeachment.
3. The act of impeaching.
4. Censure; accusation; a calling in question the purity of motives or the rectitude of conduct, &c. This declaration is no impeachment of his motives or of his judgment
5. The act of calling to account, as for waste.
6. The state of being liable to account, as for waste.

IM-PEARL', v.t. [imperl'. in and pearl.]

1. To form in the resemblance of pearls. Dew-drops which the sun / Impearls on every leaf, and every flower. Milton.
2. To decorate with pearls, or with things resembling pearls. The dews of the morning impearl every thorn. Digby.

IM-PEARL'ED, pp.

Formed in the resemblance of pearls.

IM-PEARL'ING, ppr.

Forming in the resemblance of pearls; decorating with pearls.

IM-PEC-CA-BIL'I-TY, or IM-PEC'CAN-CY, n. [See Impeccable.]

The quality of not being liable to sin; exemption from sin, error or offense. Pope.

IM-PEC'CA-BLE, a. [Sp. impecable; Fr, impeccable; in and Sp. pecable, Fr. peccable, from L. pecco, to err, to sin.]

Not liable to sin; not subject to sin; exempt from the possibility of sinning. No mere man is impeccable.

IM-PEDE', v.t. [Sp. impedir; It. impedire. L. impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet.]

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the progress of troops.

IM-PED'ED, pp.

Hindered; stopped; obstructed.

IM-PE'DI-BLE, a.

That may be impeded.

IM-PED'I-MENT, n. [L. impedimentum.]

1. That which hinders progress or motion; hinderance; obstruction; obstacle; applicable to every subject, physical or moral. Bad roads are impediments in marching and traveling. Idleness and dissipation are impediments to improvement. The cares of life are impediments to the progress of vital religion.
2. That which prevents distinct articulation; as, an impediment in speech.

IM-PED'I-MENT, v.t.

To impede. [Not in use.] Bp. Reynolds.

IM-PED-I-MENT'AL, a.

Hindering; obstructing. Mountagu.

IM-PED'ING, ppr.

Hindering; stopping; obstructing.

IM'PE-DITE, a.

Hindered. Taylor.

IM'PE-DITE, v.i.

To impede. [Not in use.]

IM-PE-DI'TION, n.

A hindering. Baxter.

IM-PED'I-TIVE, a.

Causing hinderance. Sanderson.

IM-PEL', v.t. [Sp. impeler; It. impellere; L. impello; in and pello, to drive.]

To drive or urge forward; to press on; to excite to action or to move forward, by the application of physical force, or moral suasion or necessity. A ball is impelled by the force of powder; a ship is impelled by wind; a man may be impelled by hunger or a regard to his safety; motives of policy or of safety impel nations to confederate. The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. Pope. And several men impel to several ends. Pope.

IM-PEL'LED, pp.

Driven forward; urged on; moved by any force or power, physical or moral.

IM-PEL'LENT, a.

Having the quality of impelling.

IM-PEL'LENT, a.

Driving by impulse. Chalmers. [1841 Addenda only.]

IM-PEL'LENT, n.

A power or force that drives forward; motive or impulsive power. Glanville.

IM-PEL'LER, n.

He or that which impels.

IM-PEL'LING, ppr.

Driving forward; urging; pressing.