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To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse. [R.]

Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial democracy of Athens." Mitford. Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice. Shak. To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. Dryden. He sounds his…

An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty. The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold. W. Tooke.

or or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl.

le to. South. The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. Fuller.

order to avoid notice. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler.

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.

ints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.

nfamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.

ddison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property. -- Infernal stone (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.

To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power. [Obs.] Hooker.

An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. -- In*sec"ti*ci`dal, a.

ng marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.

t word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

Existing between royal courts. [R.] "Interaulic politics." Motley.

A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.

Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.

To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.

then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made. Blackstone.

A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. R. H. Dana, Jr.