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Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.

An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.

Same as Imposthumate.

acter or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton.

The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.

Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.

Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

Done by imposture. [Obs.]

Impostrous; deceitful. Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl.

Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller.

Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost. And pierce the inmost center of the earth. Shak. The silent, slow, consuming fires, Which on my inmost vitals prey. Addison.

Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8.

In the innermost place. [R.] His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.

Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.

The state or quality of being isostatic. Specif. (Geol.),

Subjected to equal pressure from every side; being in hydrostatic equilibrium, as a body submerged in a liquid at rest; pertaining to, or characterized by, isostasy.