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115 words match “IMPI”

IMPI n.
A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [South Africa]
IMPICTURED a.
Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.
IMPIERCE v.
To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] Drayton.
IMPIERCEABLE a.
Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] Spenser.
IMPIETY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
IMPIGNORATE v.
To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.
IMPIGNORATION n.
The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [Obs.] Bailey.
IMPING n. 2 definitions
The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]
IMPINGE v.
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.
IMPINGEMENT n.
The act of impinging.
IMPINGENT a.
Striking against or upon.
IMPINGUATE v.
To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon.
IMPINGUATION n.
The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [Obs.]
IMPIOUS a.
ligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
IMPIRE n.
See Umpire. [Obs.] Huloet.
IMPISH a.
Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.
IMPISHLY adv.
In the manner of an imp.
IMPITEOUS a.
Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]
LIMPID a.
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward.
LIMPIDITY n.
The quality or state of being limpid.
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