v. t.
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ]
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation. ] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.
a. Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil;
n. Lack of precision. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. impregner. See Impregnate. ] To impregnate; to make fruitful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
His pernicious words, impregned
With reason. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Semele doth Bacchus bear
Impregned of Jove. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. imprenable; pref. im- not + prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Comprehend, Get to obtain. ] Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable;
The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South.
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a. [ See Impregnate. ] (Biol.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. im- not + pregnant. ] Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Impregnate. ] That which impregnates. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become pregnant. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ LL. impraegnatus, p. p. ] Impregnated; made prolific. [ 1913 Webster ]
The scorching ray
Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adj. [ p. p. from impregnate. ] same as fertilized, 1.
n. [ Cf. F. imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio. ]
☞ In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or sexual generation, consists simply in the coalescence of two similar masses of protoplasmic matter, either derived from different parts of the same organism or from two distinct organisms. From the single mass, which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these two masses, a new organism develops. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not prejudged; unprejudiced; impartial. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Impregnable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lack of preparation. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress, n., 4. ] (Her.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
My impresa to your lordship; a swain
Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. [ Cf. F. imprescriptibilité. ] The quality of being imprescriptible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible. ]
The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible. Vattel (Trans. ) [ 1913 Webster ]
The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason. Colerridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an imprescriptible manner; obviously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A device. See Impresa. [ 1913 Webster ]
An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The impresses of the insides of these shells. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
Impresses quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why such impress of shipwrights? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Impress gang,
Impress money,
pred. adj. having the conscious mind deeply or markedly affected or influenced; -- usually used with
n. The quality of being impressible; susceptibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. impressible. ] Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive. --
n. [ F. impression, L. impressio. ]
The stamp and clear impression of good sense. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
His words impression left. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such terrible impression made the dream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have a father's dear impression,
And wish, before I fall into my grave,
That I might see her married. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which must be read with an impression. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ten impressions which his books have had. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Proof impression,
n. The quality of being impressionable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. impressionnable. ] Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible;
He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament of genius. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being impressionable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. impressionnisme. ] (Fine Arts) The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. impressionniste. ] (Fine Arts) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style;
a. Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. impressif. ]
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n. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve;
The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. J. H. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL., a printer. ] One who, or that which, impresses. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. impressure, LL. impressura. ] Dent; impression. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Cf. It. impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See Imprest, v. t., and Impress compulsion to serve. ] A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received. Pepys.
n. A sum of money to be used as petty cash. [ PJC ]
n. The state or quality of being impreventable; inevitability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not preventable; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Painting) A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by