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Impenetrable

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

Impenetrably

In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

Impenitence

The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Impennate

Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. One of the Impennes.

Impennes

An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.

Impeople

To people; to give a population to.

imperate

Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.

Imperative

The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Imperator

A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried with it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Imperceptible

Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the senses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.

Imperfection

The quality or condition of being imperfect; lack of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

Imperforable

Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

Imperforata

A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Imperial

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Imperialism

The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

Imperialist

One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperialize

To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.

Imperil

To bring into peril; to endanger.

Imperilment

The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Imperious

Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Imperiousness

The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.

Imperishable

Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

Imperium

Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.

Impermeable

Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.

Impersonal

That which wants personality; an impersonal verb.

Impersonality

The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

Impersonate

To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Imperspicuity

Lack of perspicuity or clearness; vagueness; ambiguity.

Imperspicuous

Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambiguous.

Impersuadable

Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.

Impersuasible

Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.

Impertinence

The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

Imperturbable

Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.

Impervious

Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.

Impest

To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.

Impetigo

A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Impetrable

Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Impetration

The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.

Impetrative

Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.

Impetuosity

The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.

Impetuous

Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.

Impetus

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.

Imphee

The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

Impi

A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men.

Impiety

The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.

Impignoration

The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.

Imping

The act or process of grafting or mending.

Impinge

To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; -- with on or upon.

Impinguation

The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.

Impious

Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.

impish

Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp; naughtily or annoyingly playful; as, teasing and worrying with impish laughter.

Implacable

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

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