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4,486 words match “IMP”

IMPLEMENTAL a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.
IMPLETION n. 2 definitions
The act of filling, or the state of being full. Sir T. Browne.
IMPLEX a.
Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex. The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. Addison.
IMPLEXION n.
Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.
IMPLIABLE a.
Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.
IMPLICATE v. 2 definitions
To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley.
IMPLICATION n. 2 definitions
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.
IMPLICATIVE a.
Tending to implicate.
IMPLICATIVELY adv.
By implication. Sir G. Buck.
IMPLICIT a. 3 definitions
Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] Milton. In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. Pope.
IMPLICITLY adv. 2 definitions
In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence. Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury.
IMPLICITNESS n.
State or quality of being implicit.
IMPLICITY n.
Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
IMPLIED a.
ubstance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
IMPLIEDLY adv.
By implication or inference. Bp. Montagu.
IMPLODED a.
Formed by implosion. Ellis.
IMPLODENT n.
An implosive sound. Ellis.
IMPLORATION n.
The act of imploring; earnest supplication. Bp. Hall.
IMPLORATOR n.
One who implores. [Obs.] Mere implorators of unholy suits. Shak.
IMPLORATORY a.
Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] Carlyle.
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