Part 5631

<h1>Impower</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Empower</er>.</def>

<h1>Imp-pole</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Imp"-pole`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Building)</fld> <def>A pole for supporting a scaffold.</def>

<h1>Impracticability</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Impracticabilities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An impracticable thing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Intractableness; stubbornness.</def>

<h1>Impracticable</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; <as>as, an <ex>impracticable</ex> undertaking</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.</def>

<blockquote>This though, <b>impracticable</b> heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the <b>impracticable</b> arrogance of a sovereign. <i>Palfrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Incapable of being used or availed of; <as>as, an <ex>impracticable</ex> road; an <ex>impracticable</ex> method.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Impossible; infeasible. -- <er>Impracticable</er>, <er>Impossible</er>. A thing is <i>impracticable</i> when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is <i>impossible</i> when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be <i>impracticable</i>, but not <i>impossible</i>, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. "The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered <i>impracticable</i> by their continued petty wars with each other." <i>Mickle</i>. "With men this is <i>impossible</i>, but with God all things are possible." <i>Matt. xix. 26</i>.</syn>

<h1>Impracticableness</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.</def>

<h1>Impracticably</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an impracticable manner.</def>

<blockquote>Morality not <b>impracticably</b> rigid. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impractical</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prac"ti*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not practical.</def>

<h1>Imprecate</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im"pre*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imprecated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imprecating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>imprecatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>imprecari</ets> to imprecate; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in, on + <ets>precari</ets> to pray. See <er>Pray</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.</def>

<blockquote><b>Imprecate</b> the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. <i>Mickle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.</def>

<blockquote>In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians <b>imprecate</b>. <i>Rochester.</i></blockquote>