Part 5629

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Impostrous</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"trous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Characterized by imposture; deceitful.</def> "<i>Impostrous</i> pretense of knowledge."

<i>Grote.</i>

<h1>Imposturage</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tur*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Imposture; cheating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Imposture</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impostura</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imposture</ets>. See <er>Impone</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.</def>

<blockquote>From new legends And fill the world with follies and <b>impostures</b>. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.</syn>

<h1>Impostured</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Done by imposture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Imposturous</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tur*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Impostrous; deceitful.</def>

<blockquote>Strictness fales and <b>impostrous</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impostury</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*pos"tur*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Imposture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Impotence, Impotency</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw><hw>Im"po*tence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Im"po*ten*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impotenia</ets> inability, poverty, want of moderation. See <er>Impotent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.</def>

<blockquote>Some were poor by <b>impotency</b> of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, <b>impotence</b> of mind in body strong! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of self-restraint or self-control.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law & Med.)</fld> <def>Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.</def>

<h1>Impotent</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im"po*tent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>impotent</ets>, L. <ets>impotens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>potens</ets> potent, powerful. See <er>Potent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.</def>