Search the Dictionary

Immediateness.

Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser.

impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. -- Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [Obs.] Jonhson.

force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. S. Clarke.

Incontinently; instantly immediately. [Obs.] He says he will return incontinent. Shak.

Immediately; at once; forthwith. [Archaic] Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. Golding.

The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.

Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form insensuous. Mrs. Browning.

Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. Impending death is thine, and instant doom. Prior.

Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.

Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately. Macaulay.

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield.

Intermediate action.

Intermediate agency.

An intermediate agent.

to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you. I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. Milton.

An intermediate or connecting link.

An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.

Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.