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ILLIBERAL a. 3 definitions
Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.
ILLIBERALISM n.
Illiberality. [R.]
ILLIBERALITY n.
The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.
ILLIBERALIZE v.
To make illiberal.
ILLIBERALLY adv.
In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.
ILLIBERALNESS n.
The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
ILLITERACY n. 2 definitions
The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
ILLITERAL a.
Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson.
ILLITERATE a.
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
ILLITERATURE n.
Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.
IMMODERACY n.
Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMODERANCY n.
Immoderateness; excess. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
IMMODERATE a.
Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak.
IMMODERATELY adv.
In an immoderate manner; excessively.
IMMODERATENESS n.
The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
IMMODERATION n.
Want of moderation. Hallywell.
IMPERANT a.
Commanding. [R.] Baxter.
IMPERATE a.
Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.] Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul. Sir M. Hale.
IMPERATIVAL a.
Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
IMPERATIVE a. 4 definitions
itive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. The suit of kings are imperative. Bp. Hall.
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