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<h1>Imaginer</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*ag"in*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Imaginous</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*ag"in*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imaginative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Imago</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>I*ma"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Imagoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Image</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An image.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Ant-lion</er>, and <er>Army worm</er>.</def>

<h1>Imam, Iman, Imaum</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw><hw>I*mam"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>I*man"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>I*maum"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>im\'bem</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.</def>

<h1>Imaret</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>I*ma"ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turk., fr. Ar. <ets>'im\'bera</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.</def>

<i>Moore.</i>

<h1>Imbalm</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*balm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Embalm</er>.</def>

<h1>Imban</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*ban"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put under a ban.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barlow.</i>

<h1>Imband</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*band"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form into a band or bands.</def> "<i>Imbanded</i> nations."

<i>J. Barlow.</i>

<h1>Imbank</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*bank"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imbanked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imbanking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>bank</ets>. Cf. <er>Embank</er>.]</ety> <def>To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See <er>Embank</er>.</def>

<h1>Imbankment</h1> <Xpage=730>

<hw>Im*bank"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See <er>Embankment</er>.</def>

<h1>Imbannered</h1> <Xpage=730>

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