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A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.

The state of being without perforation.

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Shak.

The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire. Roman imperialism had divided the world. C. H. Pearson.

One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperial power.

To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.

In an imperial manner.

To bring into peril; to endanger.

The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast and imperious mind." Tilloison. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. Shak.

In an imperious manner.

The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness. Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them. Locke.

The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.

Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.

Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.

Wearing a periwig.

Want of permanence.

Not permanent.