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<blockquote>Went pouring forward with <b>impetuous</b> speed. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; <as>as, a man of <ex>impetuous</ex> temper</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The people, on their holidays, <b>Impetuous</b>, insolent, unquenchable. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Im*pet"u*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Im*pet"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Impetus</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im"pe*tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>impetere</ets> to rush upon, attack; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>petere</ets> to fall upon, seek. See <er>Petition</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Momentum</i> is the technical term, <i>impetus</i> its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or effectiveness.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.</def>

<i>Buckle.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.</def>

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<h1>Impeyan pheasant</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"pey*an pheas"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From Lady <ets>Impey</ets>, who attempted to naturalize the bird in England.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Indian crested pheasant of the genus <spn>Lophophorus</spn>. Several species are known. Called also <altname>monaul</altname>, <altname>monal</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (<spn>L. Impeyanus</spn>) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.</note>

<h1>Imphee</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"phee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The African sugar cane (<spn>Holcus saccharatus</spn>), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.</def>

<h1>Impictured</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pic"tured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pictured; impressed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Impierce</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pierce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pierce</ets>. Cf. <er>Empierce</er>.]</ety> <def>To pierce; to penetrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Impierceable</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pierce"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Impiety</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pi"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Impieties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>impietas</ets>, fr. <ets>impius</ets> impious; cf. F. <ets>impi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Impious</er>, <er>Piety</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.</def>