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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; <as>as, an <ex>imperious</ex> tyrant; an <ex>imperious</ex> manner.</as></def>

<blockquote>This <b>imperious</b> man will work us all From princes into pages. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His bold, contemptuous, and <b>imperious</b> spirit soon made him conspicuous. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Imperative; urgent; compelling.</def>

<blockquote><b>Imperious</b> need, which can not be withstood. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Imperious</er>, <er>Lordly</er>, <er>Domineering</er>. One who is <i>imperious</i> exercises his authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is <i>lordly</i> assumes a lofty air in order to display his importance; one who is <i>domineering</i> gives orders in a way to make other feel their inferiority.</usage>

<h1>Imperiously</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*pe"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an imperious manner.</def>

<h1>Imperriousnes</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"ri*ous*nes</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.</def>

<blockquote><b>Imperiousness</b> and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Imperishability</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per`ish*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.</def> "The <i>imperishability</i> of the universe."

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Imperishable</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"ish*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>perishable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imp\'82rissable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; <as>as, an <ex>imperishable</ex> monument; <ex>imperishable</ex> renown.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Im*per"ish*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Imperiwigged</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"i"wigged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a periwig.</def>

<h1>Impermanence, Impermanency</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw><hw>Im*per"ma*nence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Im*per"ma*nen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of permanence.</def>

<h1>Impermanent</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"ma*nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not permanent.</def>

<h1>Impermeability</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per`me*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>permeability</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imperm\'82abilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being impermeable.</def>

<h1>Impermeable</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"me*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>permeable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imperm\'82able</ets>, L. <ets>impermeabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; <as>as, India rubber is <ex>impermeable</ex> to water and to air</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Im*per"me*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Im*per"me*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Impermissible</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im`per*mis"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not permissible.</def>