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<h1>Impolitical</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im`po*lit"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Impolitic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Impoliticly</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pol"i*tic*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an impolitic manner.</def>

<h1>Impoliticness</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pol"i*tic*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being impolitic.</def>

<h1>Imponderability</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pon`der*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>impond\'82rabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.</def>

<h1>Imponderable</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>ponderable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>impond\'82rable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.</def>

<h1>Imponderable</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formely applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile flyids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.</def>

<h1>Imponderableness</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being imponderable.</def>

<h1>Imponderous</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pon"der*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imponderable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Sir T. Browne</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Im*pon"der*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Impone</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>imponere</ets>, <ets>impositum</ets>, to place upon; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>ponere</ets> to place. See <er>Position</er>.]</ety> <def>To stake; to wager; to pledge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Against the which he has <b>imponed</b>, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impoofo</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*poo"fo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The eland.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>impoofoo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Impoon</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*poon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The duykerbok.</def>

<h1>Impoor</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*poor"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impoverish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Imporosity</h1> <Xpage=737>

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