| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| imaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Image |
| imagery | noun | The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass., Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance., The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms., Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. |
| imagine | verb t. | To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination., To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5., To represent to one’s self; to think; to believe., To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise., To think; to suppose. |
| imagoes | plural | of Imago |
| imbargo | noun | See Embargo. |
| imbathe | verb t. | To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. |
| imbibed | imp. & past participle | of Imbibe |
| imbiber | noun | One who, or that which, imbibes. |
| imblaze | verb t. | See Emblaze. |
| imbosom | verb t. | To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom., To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. |
| imbound | verb t. | To inclose in limits; to shut in. |
| imbowel | verb t. | See Embowel. |
| imbower | verb t. & i. | See Embower. |
| imbraid | verb t. | See Embraid. |
| imbreed | verb t. | To generate within; to inbreed. |
| imbrown | verb t. | To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. |
| imbrute | verb t. | To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal., To sink to the state of a brute. |
| imbuing | present participle & vb. noun | of Imbue |
| imburse | verb t. | To supply or stock with money. |
| imitate | verb t. | To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc., To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy., To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds. |
| immense | adjective | Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. |
| immerge | verb t. | To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse., To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. |
| immerit | noun | Want of worth; demerit. |
| immerse | adjective | Immersed; buried; hid; sunk., To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge., To baptize by immersion., To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. |
| immixed | adjective | Unmixed. |
| immoble | adjective | See Immobile. |
| immould | verb t. | To mold into shape, or form. |
| immoral | adjective | Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed. |
| immured | imp. & past participle | of Immure |
| impaint | verb t. | To paint; to adorn with colors. |
| impaled | imp. & past participle | of Impale |
| impalla | noun | The pallah deer of South Africa. |
| impalsy | verb t. | To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. |
| impanel | verb t. | To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. |
| impaste | verb t. | To knead; to make into paste; to concrete., To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto. |
| impasto | noun | The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. |
| impavid | adjective | Fearless. |
| impeach | verb t. | To hinder; to impede; to prevent., To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment., Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one’s motives or conduct., To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper., Hindrance; impeachment. |
| impearl | verb t. | To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls., To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls. |
| impeded | imp. & past participle | of Impede |
| imperil | verb t. | To bring into peril; to endanger. |
| impetus | noun | A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum., Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force., The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece. |
| impiety | noun | The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness., An impious act; an act of wickednes. |
| impinge | verb t. | To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; — with on or upon. |
| impious | adjective | Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. |
| implant | verb t. | To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. |
| implate | verb t. | To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron. |
| implead | verb t. | To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach., To sue at law. |
| implied | adjective | Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; — the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply., of Imply |
| implore | verb t. | To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; — followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought., To entreat; to beg; to prey., Imploration. |
| impoofo | noun | The eland. |
| imposed | imp. & past participle | of Impose |
| imposer | noun | One who imposes. |
| impound | verb t. | To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. |
| impower | verb t. | See Empower. |
| impregn | verb t. | To impregnate; to make fruitful. |
| impresa | noun | A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. |
| imprese | noun | A device. See Impresa. |
| impress | verb t. | To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression)., To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something)., Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate., To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money., To be impressed; to rest., The act of impressing or making., A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence., Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp., A device. See Impresa., The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. |
| imprest | noun | To advance on loan., A kind of earnest money; loan; — specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. |
| imprint | verb t. | To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp., To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something)., To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress., Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. |
| improve | verb t. | To disprove or make void; to refute., To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence., To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land., To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one’s time; to improve his means., To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; — said with reference to what is bad., To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health., To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse., To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. |
| impulse | noun | The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately., The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force., The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body., A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will., To impel; to incite. |
| imputed | imp. & past participle | of Impute |
| imputer | noun | One who imputes. |