Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM'PE-TUS
IM-PET'U-OUS-NESSIM-PIC'TUR-ED
IM'PE-TUS, n. [L. supra.]
- Force of motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled.
- The force with which one body in motion strikes another.
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