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To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. [Poetic] Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. Milton.

the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense. Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. Pope.

One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness. God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect. P. Skelton.

Sinlessness. Bp. Hall.

Sinless; impeccable. Byron.

The state of being impecunious. Thackeray. Sir W. Scott.

Not having money; habitually without money; poor. An impecunious creature. B. Jonson.

The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistance to a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to the current. It is equal to R2 + X2, where R = ohmic resistance, X = reactance. For an inductive circuit, X = 2pfL, where f =…

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.

Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.

Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.),

Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.

To impede. [Obs.] Boyle.

A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier.

Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

e or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way. The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. Pope.

Having the quality of impelling.

One who, or that which, impels.

To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.