Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PER-SON-ATION, n.

The act of personifying, or representing things without life as persons. West. Kr

IM-PER-SPI-CU'I-TY, n.

Want of perspicuity, or clearness to the mind.

IM-PER-SPIC'U-OUS, a. [in and perspicuous.]

Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure. Bailey.

IM-PER-SUA'SI-BLE, a. [L. in and persuaslbilis. See Persuade.]

Not to be moved by persuasion; not yielding to arguments. Decay of Piety.

IM-PER-TER-BA'TION, n.

Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness. W. Mountagne.

IM-PER'TI-NENCE, or IM-PER'TI-NEN-CY, n. [Fr. impertinence, from L. impertanens; an and pertinens, pertineo, to pertain; per and teneo, to hold.]

1. That which is not pertinent; that which does not belong to the subject in hand; that which is of no weight. Bacon.
2. The state of not being pertinent.
3. Folly; rambling thought. [Little used.] Shak.
4. Rudeness; improper intrusion; interference by word or conduct which is not consistent with the age or station of the person. [This is the most usual sense.] We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants. Swift.
5. A tittle; a thing of little or no value. There are many subtile impertinences learnt in schools. Watts.

IM-PERTI-NENT, a. [L. impertinens, supra.]

1. Not pertaining to the matter in hand; of no weight; having no bearing on the subject; as, an impertinent remark. Hooker. Tillotson.
2. Rude; intrusiv; meddling with that which does not belong to the person; as, an impertinent coxcomb.
3. Trifling; foolish; negligent of the present purpose. Pope.

IM-PERTI-NENT, n.

An intruder; a meddler; one who is capable of being passed through. Hale.

IM-PER'TI-NENT-LY, adv.

1. Without relation to the matter in hand.
2. Officiously; intrusively; rudely.

IM-PER-TRAN-SI-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of not being capable of being passed through. Hale.

IM-PER-TRAN'SI-BLE, a. [L. in and pertranseo; per and frameo, to pass over or through; trans and en, to go.]

Not to be passed through. [Little used.]

IM-PER-TURB'A-BLE, a. [L. in and perturbo, to disturb; per and turbo.]

That can not be disturbed or agitated; permanently quiet. Encyc.

IM-PER-TURB'ED, a.

Undisturbed. [Not in use.] Bailey.

IM-PERVI-A-ALE, a.

Impervious.

IM-PER'VI-OUS, a. [L. impervius; in and pervius, passeble; per and via, way.]

1. Not to be penetrated or passed through; impenetrable; as, an impervious gulf; an impervious forest.
2. Not penetrable; not to be pierced by a pointed instrument; as, an impervious shield.
3. Not penetrable by light; not permeable to fluids. Glass is pervious to light, but impervious to water. Paper is impervious to light. In the latter sense only, impervious is synonymous with impermeable

IM-PER'VI-OUS-LY, adv.

In a manner to prevent passage or penetration.

IM-PER'VI-OUS-NESS, a.

The state of not admitting a passage.

IM-PES'TER, v.t.

To vex; to tease. [Not Used.]

IM-PE-TIG'IN-OUS, a. [L. impetigo, a ring-worm.]

Of the nature of impetigo.

IM-PE-TI'GO, n. [L.]

A cutaneous eruption consisting of a clustering pustules which are yellow and itching, and terminate in a yellow scaly crust, intersected with cracks. Good.

IMPE-TRA-BLE, a. [See Impetrate.]

That may be obtained by petition.

IMPE-TRATE, v.t. [L. impetro.]

To obtain by request or entreaty. Usher.

IM-PE-TRA'TION, n.

1. The act of obtaining by prayer or other petition. Herbert.
2. In law, the pre-obtaining of benefices from the church of Rome, which belonged to the disposal of the king and lay patrons of the realm. Encyc. it

IMPE-TRA-TIVE, a.

Obtaining; tending to obtain by entreaty. Bp. Hall.

IMPE-TRA-TO-RY, a.

Beseeching; containing entreaty. Taylor.