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t being transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and properly called its idea. P. Browne.

this image and superscription Matt. xxii. 20. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. Shak. And God created man in his own image. Gen. i. 27.

Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies.

ts, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier.

ust. Shak. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay.

These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope.

That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.…

Uncorrupted. [Obs.] Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies.

Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

r senses, our ideas of these little bodies become obscure and indistinct. I. Watts. Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim. Cowper.

A duty levied on all importations.

Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. Sir W. Hamilton.

xplicable mystery. "An inexplicable scratching." Cowper. Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. Burke.

er (Law), one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. Bouvier. Wharton.

A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.

The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. Bouvier.

, into matters affecting the rights and interests of the crown or of the state. Craig. Bouvier.