Part 5582

<h1>Immodest</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mod"est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>immodeste</ets>, L. <ets>immodestus</ets> immoderate; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>modestus</ets> modest. See <er>Modest</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; <as>as, <ex>immodest</ex> persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Immodest</b> deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least <b>immodest</b> thought. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.</syn>

<h1>Immodestly</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mod"est*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an immodest manner.</def>

<h1>Immodesty</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mod"es*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immodestia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>immodestie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.</def> "A piece of <i>immodesty</i>."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Immolate</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im"mo*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Immolated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Immolating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>immolatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>immolare</ets> to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>mola</ets> grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See <er>Molar</er>, <er>Meal</er> ground grain.]</ety> <def>To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.</def>

<blockquote>Worshipers, who not only <b>immolate</b> to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Immolation</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im`mo*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immolatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>immolation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.</def>

<i>Sir. T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is immolated; a sacrifice.</def>

<h1>Immolator</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im"mo*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.</def>

<h1>Immold, Immould</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw><hw>Im*mold"</hw>, <hw>Im*mould"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mold into shape, or form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>G. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Immoment</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mo"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Immomentous</er>.]</ety> <def>Trifling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Immoment</i> toys."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Immomentous</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im`mo*men"tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>momentous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>A. Seward.</i>