Part 5598

<blockquote>Dewdrops which the sun <b>Impearls</b> on every leaf and every flower. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>With morning dews <b>impearled</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The dews of the morning <b>impearl</b> every thorn. <i>R. Digby.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impeccability</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pec`ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>impeccabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.</def>

<blockquote>Infallibility and <b>impeccability</b> are two of his attributes. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impeccable</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pec"ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impeccabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>peccare</ets> to err, to sin: cf. F. <ets>impeccable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.</def></def2>

<blockquote>God is infallible, <b>impeccable</b>, and absolutely perfect. <i>P. Skelton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impeccancy</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pec"can*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sinlessness.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Impeccant</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pec"cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sinless; impeccable.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Impecuniosity</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im`pe*cu`ni*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being impecunious.</def>

<i>Thackeray. Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Impecunious</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im"pe*cu"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>pecunia</ets> money: cf. F. <ets>imp\'82cunieux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not having money; habitually without money; poor.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>impecunious</b> creature. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impede</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pede"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impeded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impeding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>impedire</ets>, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot. See <er>Foot</er>, and cf. <er>Impeach</er>.]</ety> <def>To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; <as>as, to impede the advance of troops</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whatever hinders or <b>impedes</b> The action of the nobler will. <i>Logfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impedible</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*ped"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being impeded or hindered.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>