Dictionary: IM-PER-TRAN'SI-BLE – IM'PIER

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IM-PER-TRAN'SI-BLE, a. [L. in and pertranseo; per and transeo, to pass over or through; trans and eo, 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-TUR-BA'TION, n.

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

IM-PER-TURB'ED, a.

Undisturbed. [Not in use.] Bailey.

IM-PER'VI-A-BLE, a.

Impervious.

IM-PER'VI-A-BLE-NESS, or IM-PER'VI-A-BIL-I-TY, n.

Imperviousness. Ed. Rev.

IM-PER'VI-OUS, a. [L. impervius; in and pervius, passable; 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 clustering pustules which are yellow and itching, and terminate in a yellow scaly crust, intersected with cracks. Good.

IM'PE-TRA-BLE, a. [See Impetrate.]

That may be obtained by petition.

IM'PE-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 petition. Herbert.
  2. In law, the pre-obtaining of benefices from the church of Rome, which belonged to the disposal of the king and other lay patrons of the realm. Encyc.

IM'PE-TRA-TIVE, a.

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

IM'PE-TRA-TO-RY, a.

Beseeching; containing entreaty. Taylor.

IM-PET-U-OS'I-TY, n. [See Impetuous.]

  1. A rushing with violence and great force; fury; violence.
  2. Vehemence; furiousness of temper.

IM-PET'U-OUS, a. [Fr. impetueux; L. impetuosus, from impetus, impeto; in and peto, to urge, to rush. See Bid.]

  1. Rushing with great force and violence; moving rapidly; furious; forcible; fierce; raging; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
  2. Vehement of mind; fierce; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.

IM-PET'U-OUS-LY, adv.

Violently; fiercely; forcibly; with haste and force. Addison.

IM-PET'U-OUS-NESS, n.

  1. A driving or rushing with haste and violence; furiousness; fury; violence.
  2. Vehemence of temper; violence.

IM'PE-TUS, n. [L. supra.]

  1. Force of motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled.
  2. The force with which one body in motion strikes another.

IM'PE-TUS, n.

In gunnery, the altitude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece. Brande.

IM-PIC'TUR-ED, a.

Painted; impressed. Spenser.

IM'PIER, v. [or n. See UMPIRE.]