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The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.

In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.

Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson.

Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.

ot capable of being mixed or mingled. A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth.

To pave. [Poetic] Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. Wordsworth.

voice. Shak. To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. Dryden. He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.

n motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc. As if kings did closes remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton.

Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. "Inbred sentiments." Burke.

Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another. Cudworth. -- In`com*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*mut"a*bly, adv.

Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum. "The baser scum and inconsiderable dregs of Rome." Stepney. -- In`con*sid"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*sid"er*a*bly, adv.

Existence without a body or material form; immateriality. Cudworth.

One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth.

Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. Chaucer. Counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing. Trench.

gnation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation. He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single fight the fairy prince defies. Tickell.

The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. Shak. Indignation expresses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious in the conduct of another. Cogan. When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate,…

t hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Hooker.

Unworthily. [Obs.]