IMPERSONAL

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen. Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.

2.
n.

That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.