Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IM-PLO-RA'TION – IM-POL'I-TIC-LY
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IM-PLO-RA'TION, n.
Earnest supplication. Bp. Hall.
IM-PLORE', n.
Earnest supplication. [Not used.] Spenser.
IM-PLORE', v.t. [Fr. implorer; Sp. implorar; It. implorare; L. imploro; in and ploro, to cry out.]
- To call upon or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; as, to implore the forgiveness of sins; to implore mercy. Imploring all the gods that reign above. Pope.
- To ask earnestly; to beg.
IM-PLORE', v.t.
To entreat; to beg.
IM-PLOR'ED, pp.
Earnestly supplicated; besought.
IM-PLOR'ER, n.
One who prays earnestly.
IM-PLOR'ING, ppr.
Beseeching; entreating; praying earnestly.
IM-PLOR'ING-LY, adv.
In the manner of entreaty.
IM-PLUM'ED, or IM-PLU'MOUS, a.
Having no plumes or feathers. Johnson.
IM-PLUNGE', v.t. [implunj'.]
To plunge; to immerse. Fuller.
IM-PLY', v.i. [Fr. impliquer; Sp. implicar; It. implicare; L. implico; in and plico, to fold. See Implicate.]
- Literally, to infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] Spenser.
- To involve or contain in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not expressed in words. Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, or an agent to transact business for him, the act of hiring implies an obligation, and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. Contracts are expressed or implied; express contracts are those in which an agreement or promise is expressed by words or in writing; implied contracts are such as arise from the presumption of law, or the justice and reason of the transaction. Blackstone.
IM-PLY'ING, ppr.
Involving; containing in substance, or by fair inference, or by construction of law.
IM-POCK'ET, v.t.
To pocket. [Not used.]
IM-POIS'ON, v.t. [s as z. Fr. empoisonner. See Poison.]
- To poison; to impregnate with poison; to corrupt with poison.
- To imbitter; to impair; as, grief impoisons the pleasures of life.
- To kill with poison. [Rare.] Shak
IM-POIS'ON-ED, pp.
Poisoned; corrupted; imbittered.
IM-POIS'ON-ING, ppr.
Poisoning; corrupting; imbittering
IM-POIS'ON-MENT, n.
The act of poisoning. Pope
IM'PO-LAR-LY, adv.
Not according to the direction of the poles. [Not used.] Brown
IM-POL'I-CY, n. [in and policy.]
Inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bad policy; defect of wisdom; a word applied to private as well as public affairs. Washington.
IM-PO-LITE', a. [in and polite.]
Not of polished manners; unpolite; uncivil; rude in manners.
IM-PO-LITE'LY, adv.
Uncivilly.
IM-PO-LITE'NESS, n.
Incivility; want of good manners. Chesterfield.
IM-POL'I-TIC, a.
- Not wise; devising and pursuing measures adapted to injure the public interest; as, an impolitic prince or minister.
- Unwise; adapted to injure the public interest; as, an impolitic law, measure, or scheme.
- Not wise in private concerns; pursuing measures ill suited to promote private welfare; not prudent.
- Not suited to promote private interest.
IM-PO-LIT'IC-AL, a.
for Impolitic, is obsolete.
IM-POL'I-TIC-LY, adv.
Not wisely; not with due forecast and prudence; in a manner to injure public or private interest.