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One who, or that which, impoverishes.

The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.

See Empower.

The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith.

able; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.

In an impracticable manner. Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson.

Not practical.

To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle.

The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.

Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invokingevil; as, the imprecatory psalms.

Want of precision. [R.]

To impregnate; to make fruitful. [Obs.] His perniciousss words, impregned With reason. Milton. Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. Dr. H. More.

The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

aken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue. The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South. -- Im*preg"na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*preg"na*bly, adv.

That which impregnates. [R.] Glanvill.

To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.

The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Impregnable. [Obs.]