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The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.

The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.] Brydges.

The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.

The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]

The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron.

The act of impinging.

e; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

Imposition. [Obs.]

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair.…

See Enablement. [Obs.]

Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.] Shelton.

The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.

Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. Shak.

n; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke. From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.

The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. The inclemency of the late pope. Bp. Hall.

Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.

In an inclement manner.

The act of incommoded. [Obs.] Cheyne.