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e act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker.

A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

et; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype.

disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty. Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny. Locke. Where pride and impudence (in fashion knit) Usurp the chair of wit. B. Jonson.

Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. More than impudent sauciness. Shak. When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. Dryden.

Immodesty. Sheldon.

A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. Dryden.…

Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.

rch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl.

ong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.

ot attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that therinconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. Addison.…

Probity; integrity; honesty. Woodward.

ny then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.

The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.

Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper.

r damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott.

interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. Pope.

Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. W. Montagu.