Part 5628

<blockquote>Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional <b>impost</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.</def>

<note>&hand; The impost is called <i>continuous</i>, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty; tax.</syn>

<h1>Imposthumate</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Imposthume</er>.]</ety> <def>To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Imposthumate</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imposthumated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imposthumating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To affect with an imposthume or abscess.</def>

<h1>Imposthumate</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imposthumated.</def>

<h1>Imposthumation</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post`hu*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An abscess; an imposthume.</def>

<i>Coxe.</i>

<h1>Imposthume</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post"hume</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>aposteme</ets>. See <er>Aposteme</er>.]</ety> <def>A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.</def>

<h1>Imposthume</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*post"hume</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Imposthumate</er>.</def>

<h1>Impostor</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impostor</ets> a deceiver, fr. <ets>imponere</ets> to impose upon, deceive. See <er>Impone</er>.]</ety> <def>One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.</def> "The fraudulent <i>impostor</i> foul."

<i>Milton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See <er>Deceiver</er>.</syn>

<h1>Impostorship</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tor*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition, character, or practice of an impostor.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Impostress, Impostrix</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw><hw>Im*pos"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Im*pos"trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>impostrix</ets>. See <er>Impostor</er>.]</ety> <def>A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>