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The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

Show; appearance; cast. The face of things a frightful image bears. Dryden.

Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. What can thy imagery of sorrow mean Prior.

To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose. Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you. Shak.

ble to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. "Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott. Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. Dryden.

Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.

To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. Atterbury.

Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. -- In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.

Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

o long to grow, And to incorporate with right so far As it might come to seem the same in show. Daniel.

lity; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. Shak. The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than their language. Dryden.

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases. Increasing function (Math.), a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished.

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. Arbuthnot.

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather. Cowper.

Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.

In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]