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Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.

To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

ng with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause. The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton. Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within…

tions of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall.

To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.

To paint; to adorn with colors. [R.] "To impaint his cause." Shak.

or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.…

To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements. The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following. Nichol.

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.

To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

o take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. Gibbon.

s; insufficiency; inadequateness. The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. Dr. T. Dwight.

To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in 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.…

A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant. E. Darwin.

To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17.

That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. [R.] I would then make in and steep My income in their blood. Chapman.

on, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity. "An incredulous smile." Longfellow.