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<h1>Immateriate</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Immaterial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Immature</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*ture"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immaturus</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>maturus</ets> mature, ripe. See <er>Mature</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; <as>as, <ex>immature</ex> fruit; <ex>immature</ex> character; <ex>immature</ex> plans.</as></def> "An ill-measured and <i>immature</i> counsel."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Premature; untimely; too early; <as>as, an immature death</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Immatured</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*tured"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Immature.</def>

<h1>Immaturely</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*ture"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an immature manner.</def>

<i>Warburion.</i>

<h1>Immatureness</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*ture"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Immaturity</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`ma*tu"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immaturitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>immaturit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.</def>

<blockquote>When the world has outgrown its intellectual <b>immaturity</b>. <i>Caird.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Immeability</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im`me*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + L. <ets>meabilis</ets> passable, fr. <ets>meare</ets> to pass.]</ety> <def>Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.</def>

<blockquote><b>Immeability</b> of the juices. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Immeasurability</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*meas`ur*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.</def>

<h1>Immeasurable</h1> <Xpage=731>

<hw>Im*meas"ur*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>measurable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>measurable</ets>. Cf. <er>Immensurable</er>, <er>Unmeasurable</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.</def>

<blockquote>Of depth <b>immeasurable</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Immeasurableness</h1> <Xpage=731>

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