Part 5608

<h1>Imperscrutable</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im`per*scru"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>imperscrutabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Imperseverant</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im`per*sev"er*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Impersonal</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"son*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impersonalis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>personalis</ets> personal: cf. F. <ets>impersonnel</ets>. See <er>Personal</er>.]</ety> <def>Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.</def>

<blockquote>An almighty but <b>impersonal</b> power, called Fate. <i>Sir J. Stephen.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Impersonal verb</col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun <i>it<i>; as, <i>it rains<i>; <i>it snows<i>; <i>methinks<i> (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, <i>it goes<i> well with him.</cd></cs>

<h1>Impersonal</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"son*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which wants personality; specifically <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, an impersonal verb.</def>

<h1>Impersonality</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per`son*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.</def>

<h1>Impersonally</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"son*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an impersonal manner.</def>

<h1>Impersonate</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"son*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impersonated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impersonating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; <as>as, he <ex>impersonated</ex> Macbeth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Benedict <b>impersonated</b> his age. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impersonation, Impersonification</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw><hw>Im*per`son*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.</def>

<h1>Impersonator</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per"son*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.</def>

<h1>Imperspicuity</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.</def>

<h1>Imperspicuous</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im`per*spic"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.</def>

<h1>Impersuadable</h1> <Xpage=735>