Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PALP'A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. in and palpo, to feel. See Palpable.]

1. Not to be felt; that can not be perceived by the touch; as, an impalpable powder, whose parts are so minute that they can not be distinguished by the senses, particularly by feeling. Encyc.
2. Not coarse or gross. Warton.

IM-PALP'A-BLY, adv.

In a manner not to be felt.

IM-PAL'SI-ED, pp.

Struck with palsy.

IM-PAL'SY, v.t. [s as z. in and palsy.]

To strike with palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

IM-PAL'SY-ING, ppr.

Affecting with palsy.

IM'PA-NATE, a. [L. in and panis, bread.]

Embodied in bread. Crammer.

IM'PA-NATE, v.t.

To embody with bread. Waterland.

IM'PA-NA-TED, pp.

Embodied in bread.

IM'PA-NA-TING, ppr.

Embodying in bread.

IM-PA-NA'TION, n.

The supposed substantial presence of the body and blood of Christ, with the substance of the bread and wine, after consecration, in the eucharist; a tenet of the Lutheran church; otherwise called consubstantiation. Encyc

IM-PAN'NEL, v.t. [in and pannel.]

To write or enter the names of a jury in a list or on a piece of parchment, caller a panel; to form, complete or enroll a list of jurors in a court of justice.

IM-PAN'NELED, pp.

Having the names entered in a panel; formed, as a jury.

IM-PAN'NEL-ING, ppr.

Writing the names on a panel; forming, as a jury.

IM-PAR'A-DISE, v.t. [It. imparadisare; in and paradise.]

To put in a place of felicity; to make happy.

IM-PAR'A-DIS-ED, pp.

Placed in a condition resembling that of paradise; made happy.

IM-PAR'A-DIS-ING, ppr.

Making very happy.

IM-PAR'AL-LEL-ED, a.

Unparalleled. [Not used.] Burnet.

IM-PAR-A-SYL-LAB'IC, a. [L. in, par, and syllaba.]

Not consisting of an equal number of syllables. An imparasyllabic noun is one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis. Bryant.

IM-PAR'DON-A-BLE, a.

Unpardonable. South.

IM-PAR'I-TY, n. [in and parity; L. par, equal.]

1. Inequality; disproportion. Bacon.
2. Oddness; indivisibility into equal parts. Brown.
3. Difference of degree, rank or excellence. Sancroft.

IM-PARK', v.t. [in and park.]

To inclose for a park; to make a park by inclosure; to sever from a common. Johnson.

IM-PARK'ED, pp.

Confined in a park.

IM-PARK'ING, ppr.

Inclosing in a park.

IM-PARL', v.i. [Norm. emperler; in and Fr. parler, to speak.]

To hold mutual discourse; appropriately, in law, to have license to settle a lawsuit amicably; to have delay for mutual adjustment. Blackstone.

IM-PARL'ANCE, n.

1. Properly, leave for mutual discourse; appropriately, in law, the license or privilege of a defendant, granted on motion, to have delay of trial, to see if he can settle the matter amicably by talking with the plaintif, and thus to determine what answer he shall made to the plaintif's action. Hence,
2. The continuance of a cause till another day, or from day to day. Blackstone.