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<hw>Im*par"don*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>impardonnable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unpardonable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Imparidigitate</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*par`i*dig"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impar</ets> unequal + <ets>digitus</ets> finger.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.</def>

<h1>Imperipinnate</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*per"i*pin"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impar</ets> unequal + E. <ets>pinnate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.</def>

<h1>Imparisyllabic</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impar</ets> unequal + E. <ets>syllabic</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imparisyllabique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; <as>as, an <ex>imparisyllabic</ex> noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases</as>; as, <i>lapis</i>, <i>lapidis</i>; <i>mens</i>, <i>mentis</i>.</def>

<h1>Imparity</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*par"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> + <ets>parity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imparit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.</def>

<blockquote>In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by the <b>imparity</b> of the object and the faculty employed upon it. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Impark</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*park"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imparked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imparking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Empark</er>.]</ety> <def>To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . <b>impark</b> them [the sheep] within hurdles. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Imparl</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*parl"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>emparler</ets>; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>parler</ets> to speak. See <er>In</er>, prep., and <er>Parley</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hold discourse; to parley.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir. T. North.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Imparlance</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*par"lance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Emparlance</er>, <er>Parlance</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>inparliance</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mutual discourse; conference.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, answer to the allegations of the opposite party. </def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Imparlance</i> and <i>continuance by imparlance</i> have been abolished in England.</note>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict. ).</i>

<h1>Imparsonee</h1> <Xpage=733>

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