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<hw>Im"i*ta"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who imitates.</def>

<h1>Imitatorship</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im"i*ta`tor*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or office of an imitator.</def> "Servile <i>imitatorship</i>."

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Imitatress</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im"i*ta`tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who is an imitator.</def>

<h1>Imitatrix</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im"i*ta`trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An imitatress.</def>

<h1>Immaculate</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*mac"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immaculatus</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>maculatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>maculare</ets> to spot, stane, fr. <ets>macula</ets> spot. See <er>Mail</er> armor.]</ety> <def>Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.</def>

<blockquote>Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more <b>immaculate</b>. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou sheer, <b>immaculate</b> and silver fountain. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Immaculate conception</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Im*mac"u*late*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Im*mac"u*late*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Immailed</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*mailed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor.</def>

<i>W. Browne.</i>

<h1>Immalleable</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*mal"le*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not maleable.</def>

<h1>Immanacle</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*man"a*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Immanacled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Immanacling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.</def>

<blockquote>Although this corporal rind Thou hast <b>immanacled</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Immanation</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im"ma*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + L. <ets>manare</ets> to flow; cf. <ets>mantio</ets> a flowing.]</ety> <def>A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Good.</i>

<h1>Immane</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*mane"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immanis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "So <i>immane</i> a man."

<i>Chapman.</i>

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