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The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood . . . baked and impasted." Shak.

The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.

To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams.

Not capable of being borne; impassible. A spirit, and so impatible of material fire. Fuller.

The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. Shak. W…

Impatience. [Obs.]

A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.…

d; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. Jer. Taylor. Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. Pope. The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. Addison. Dryden wa…

In an impatient manner.

Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. [R.] Cotgrave.

To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] Bacon.

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

Fearless. -- Im*pav"id*ly, adv.

To put in pawn; to pledge. Shak.

To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] 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.

That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift.

One who impeaches.

The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: