Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IM-PEND'ING – IM-PER-CEP'TI-BLE-NESS
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IM-PEND'ING, ppr.
Hanging over; approaching near; threatening.
IM-PEN-E-TRA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from impenetrable.]
- The quality of being impenetrable.
- In philosophy, that quality of matter which prevents two bodies from occupying the same space at the same time. Good.
- Insusceptibility of intellectual impression. Johnson.
IM-PEN'E-TRA-BLE, a. [L. impenetrabilis; in and penetrabilis, from penetro, to penetrate.]
- That can not be penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; as, an impenetrable shield.
- Not to be affected or moved; not admitting impressions on the mind. The hardened sinner remains impenetrable to the admonitions of the Gospel.
- Not to be entered by the sight; as, impenetrable darkness. Hence,
- Not to be entered and viewed by the eye of the intellect; as, impenetrable obscurity or abstruseness.
Impenetrability,– which see.
IM-PEN'ETRA-BLY, adv.
- With solidity that admits not of being penetrated.
- With hardness that admits not of impression; as, impenetrably dull. Pope.
IM-PEN'I-TENCE, or IM-PEN'ITEN-CY, n. [Fr. impenitence; Sp. impenitencia; It. impenitenza; L. in and pœnitens, from pœniteo, to repent, pœna, pain.]
Want of penitence or repentance; absence of contrition or sorrow for sin; obduracy; hardness of heart. Final impenitence dooms the sinner to inevitable punishment. He will advance from one degree of impenitence to another. Rogers.
IM-PEN'I-TENT, a. [Fr.; in and penitent, supra.]
Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; obdurate; of a hard heart. They died / Impenitent. Milton.
IM-PEN'I-TENT, n.
One who does not repent; a hardened sinner.
IM-PEN'I-TENT-LY, adv.
Without repentance or contrition for sin; obdurately.
IM-PEN'NED, pp.
Inclosed in a narrow place.
IM-PEN'NING, ppr.
Inclosing in a narrow place.
IM-PEN'NOUS, a. [in and pennous.]
Wanting wings.
IM-PEO'PLE, v.t.
To form into a community. [See People.] Beaum .
IM-PEO'PLED, pp.
Formed into a community.
IM-PEO'PLING, ppr.
Forming into a community.
IM'PE-RANT, a. [L. impero.]
Commanding. Baxter.
IM'PE-RATE, a. [L. imperatus, impero, to command.]
Done by impulse or direction of the mind. [Not used.] South. Hale.
IM-PER'A-TIVE, a. [Fr. imperatif; L. imperativus, from impero, to command. See Empire.]
- Commanding; expressive of command; containing positive command, as distinguished from advisory, or discretionary. The orders are imperative.
- In grammar, the imperative mode of a verb is that which expresses command, entreaty, advice or exhortation; as, go, write, attend.
IM-PER'A-TIVE-LY, adv.
With command; authoritatively.
Commanding. [Not in use.] Norris.
Imperceptible.
Imperceptibleness.
IM-PER-CEP'TI-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and perceptible.]
- Not to be perceived; not to be known or discovered by the senses. We say a thing is imperceptible to the touch, to the eye or sight, to the ear, to the taste or smell. Hence,
- Very small; fine; minute in dimensions; or very slow in motion or progress; as, the growth of a plant or animal is imperceptible; it is too slow to be perceived by the eye.
That which can not be perceived by the senses on account of its smallness. [Little used.] Tatler.
The quality of being imperceptible. Hale.