imlde 
monia in which two hydrogen atoms of ammo- 
nia arc replaced by a bivalent acid radical, and 
the whole acts as a monobasic acid. An imide 
therefore contains the croup Nil, as carbimide, 
CO.NH. 
imitability (im'i-ta-bil'i-ti), n. l< imitable: see 
-bit iti/.] The character of being imitable. 
According to the multifarlousnesH uf this imitability, to 
are tilt; possibilities of being. Morris. 
imitable (im'i-ta-bl), a. [< F. imitable = Sp. 
! = It. imitabile, < L. imi- 
2005 
mic or intervallip modification not so great as 
to destroy the resemblance. The original phrase 
or theme Is often called the antecedent, and the Imitation 
the consequent. Imitation Is reckoned one of the chief 
beauties of polyphonic writing and of composition in gen- 
eral. Its esthetic value lies in the combined unity and 
variety that It introduces Into Intricate works, and in the 
opportunity it affords for Ingenuity and skill. Imitation 
is said to be itrii-t when the succession of Intervals Is 
Identical in both antecedent and consequent, and free 
when some modification of the one appears In the other. 
The commonest regular varieties of free imitation are : 
by augmentation (augmented imitation), In which the 
rhythmic value of the several tones is systematically in- 
creased, ns when quarter-notes are represented by half- 
notes; by diminution (diminished imitation), in which 
the rhythmic value of the several tones Is systematically 
lessened, as when quarter-notes are represented by eighth- 
notes ; by Inversion (inverted imitation, inverted counter- 
point, or imitation in contrary motion\ in which every 
upward interval in the antecedent Is represented In the 
consequent by an equivalent downward interval, and vice 
versa ; and retrograde or revened imitation, In which the 
Intervals of the antecedent are taken in reverse order in 
the consequent The Interval of pitch by which the con- 
sequent Is separated from the antecedent is indicated by 
calling the imitation at the fifth, at the octave, etc. Strict 
Imitation Is canonic, and the result, If of some extent Is a 
Immanent 
Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain. 
SAot., Rlrh. II., v. a 
Thy ruin grand 
With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced. 
Byron, Chllde Harold, IT. Ml 
2. Iii coiil. and bot., without spots or colored 
marks; unicolored immaculate conception, in 
Rom. Cath. thtnt., the freedom from original sin which 
the Virgin Mary possessed from the time of her concep- 
tion In the womb of her mother: now an established dog- 
ma of the church. The controversy regarding this dogma 
commenced about the twelfth century. It was debated by 
the schoolmen, the universities, the orders of the Jesuits, 
Franciscans, and Dominicans, and the councils of Basel 
and Trent Opinion gradually prevailed In its favor, and It 
was formally proclaimed by Pope Plus IX., December 8th, 
1854, in the bull " Ineffabllis Deus." The feast of the Im- 
maculate Conception Is observed in the Roman Catholic 
Church on December 8th. 
Gregory XV. . . . forbade anyone to accuse those who 
denied the immaculate conception of heresy or mortal sin. 
Catholic Diet., p. 428. 
Immaculate Heart See heart. = Syn. Unspotted, stain- 
less, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished, 
immaculately (i-mak'u-lat-li), adv. In an im- 
maculate manner; with spotless purity. 
i = Pg. i'iniliiril 
tabilis, that may be imitated, < imitari, imitate: 
see imitate.] 1. Capable of being imitated or 
copied. 
The rapid courses of the heavenly bodies are rather imi- 
table by our thoughts than our corporeal motions. 
Sir T. Broume, Christ Mor., I. 33. 
Simple and imitable virtues, which are within every 
man's reach, but which, unfortunately, are not exercised 
by many, or this world would be a paradise. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 28. 
2. Worthy of imitation. [Rare.] 
As acts of parliament are not regarded by most imitahl? 
writers, I account the relation of them Improper for his- 
tory- Sir J. Hayvnrd. 
imitableness (im'i-ta-bl-nes), n. The quality 
of being imitable ; imitability. genuine ; 
imitaney (im'i-tan-si), n. [< imitan(t) + -cy.] e t e - cration. n'. Montague, Devout* Essays, I. ~xiL 1 2. 
A tendency to imitate ; the habit of imitating, imitational (im-i-ta'shon-al), a. [< imitation immailedt(im-mald') a f<in-t + maifl-+-ed2 1 
[Rare.] + **J Relating to or characterized by imita- Wearing mail or armor. 
The servile imitaney ... of mankind might be Illus- tlon - [Rare.] 
tinted under the different figure, Itself nothing original, imitationist (im-i-ta'shon-ist), n. [< imitation 
of a flock of sheep. Carlyle, Misc., III. 87. + -ist.] One who practises imitation ; a mere 
imitant (im'i-tant), n. [= It. imitante, < L. imi- imitator ; one who wants originality. Imp. Diet. 
tan(t-)s, ppr. of imitari, imitate : see imitate.] imitative (im'i-ta-tiv), a. [= F. imitatif= Sp. 
That which imitates; hence, a counterfeit arti- Pg. It. imitatiro, '<. ML. 'imitatirtis, < L. imitari. 
"'" n~ i imitate: see imitate.] 1. Imitating or inclined 
" (which see) ; imitation is also the basis of the fugue immaculateness (i - mak ' u - lat - nes), n. The 
(which see). . character of being immaculate; spotless purity. 
II. a. Made in imitation; counterfeit; not 
i, lace, gold, 
cle. [Rare.] 
The tendency, therefore, is to lower the quality and fin- 
ish of confectionery, to foster the use of imitante and adul- 
terants, and to give the well known houses a monopoly of 
the business. Sri. Amer., N. 8., LV1II. 186. 
imitate (im'i-tat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. imitated, 
ppr. imitating. [< L. imitatus, pp. of imitari (> 
It. imitare = Sp. Pg. imitar = F. imiter), copy, 
portray, imitate, a deponent freq., < / *im, 
whence also imago (imagin-), a copy, image : see 
image.] 1. To use as a model or pattern; 
make a copy, counterpart, or semblance of. 
The ornament [of Italian thirteenth-century painted 
glass] shows the Influence of Hyzantine conventions, but 
the ornamentists imitated natural forms of foliage sooner 
than northern artists. Eneyc. Brit., X. 668. 
2. To take example by, iu action or manner; 
follow or endeavor to copy as an exemplar; act 
in the manner or character of; pattern after. 
Despise wealth and imitate a god. Cowley. 
All we ought, or can, in this dark State, 
Is, what we have admir'd, to imitate. , 
Congreve, To the Memory of Lady Oethin. UUltatlVCly (im'l-ta-tiv-ll), adv. 
The tendency to imitate those about us is a very impor- . "*? m .anner ; by imitation. 
to imitate or copy. 
At present, we are become an imttativt, not to say a 
mimic, race. Oiford, Int to Ford's Plays, p. rill. 
2. Aiming at imitation ; exhibiting or designed 
to exhibit an imitation of a pattern or model. 
The doctrine which he [Aristotle] established, that poet- 
ry is an imitative art, when justly understood, is to the 
critic what the compass is to the navigator. 
Macaulay, Athenian Orators. 
3. Formed after or presenting a similitude of 
a model, pattern, or original. 
This temple, less In form, with equal grace, 
Was imitative of the first in Thrace. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., ii. 527. 
In the genesis of language the interjection, even if not 
technically a part of speech, and the onomatopoetic or jmmanp 
imitative words, must be regarded as the primary linguis. 
Wearing mail i 
Whilst their inhabitants, like beards of deere 
By kingly lyons chas'd, fled from our armes 
If any did oppose Instructed swarmes 
of men immayl'd. 
W. Broume, Britannia's Pastorals, 11 4. 
immalleable (i-mal'e-a-bl), a. [= Sp. inmalea- 
ble; as in- 3 + malleable.] Unmalleable; in- 
capable of being extended by hammering. 
Though it [aqua fortls] make not a permanent solution 
of crude tin, it quickly frets the parts asunder, and re- 
duces it to an immalleable substance. 
Boyle, Works, IV. 318. 
(im-man'a-kl), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
j ppr. immanacling. [< in- 2 + man- 
acle.] To put manacles on; manacle. 
Although this corporal rind 
Thou hast immanacied. Milton, Comus, 1. 666. 
immanation (im-a-na'shon), . [< L. <, in, 
+ manure, pp. maitatus, now; cf. emanation.] 
A flowing or entering in. 
A quick immanation of continuous fantasies. 
Lamb, To Coleridge. 
'), a. [= Pg. immano = It. im- 
tic utterances. 0. P. Marth, Lects. on Eng. Lang.,"xiv. 
In the 6th century capital-writing enters on its period 
of decadence, and the examples of it become imitative. 
Eneyc. Brit., XVHL 152. 
In an imita- 
imitativeness (im'i-ta-tiv-nes), n. The char- 
Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 612. acter or quality of being imitative. 
,7???-_A m ?_?''' Counterfeit, Mimic, Ape, Mock. Imitate imitator (im'i-ta-tor), . [= F. imituti nr = Sp. 
tant aid to the development of the will. 
la the general word for the expression of the idea commoi. 
to these five words. To counterfeit is to imitate exactly or 
ns closely as possible, more often for a dishonest purpose ; 
Pg. imitador = It. imitatore, < L. imitator, one 
who imitates, < imitari, imitate: see imitate.] 
mane, cruel, savage, < L. immanis, inmanis, huge, 
vast, cruel, savage, inhuman ; perhaps < in- in- 
tensive (in- 2 ) + magn us, great.] Monstrous in 
size or character; huge; prodigious; monstrous- 
ly perverse, savage, cruel, etc. [Archaic.] 
What immane difference is there between the twenty- 
fourth of February and commencement of March ? 
Evelyn, Sylva, 1. 18. 
He had been brought very close to that immane and 
nefandous Burke-and-Hare buslnesswhlch made the blood 
of civilization run cold In the year 1828. 
0. W. Bolmet, Old Vol. of Life, p. 44. 
imitation 
= Pg. imitaf&o = 
tazionc,< L. imitatio(n-), imitation,< imittiri, imi- 
tate: see imitate.] I. n. 1. The act of imitat- 
ing; an imitating or copying. 
Imitation is a facultie to expresse lluelie and perfltelie 
that example which ye go about to fol[l]ow. 
Aicham, The Scholemaster, p. 116. 
But when to servile imitatorthip 
Some spruce Athenian pen is prentized, 
"Tis worse than apish. 
Itartton, Scourge of Villanle, 111. 8. 
imitatress (im'i-ta-tres), n. [< imitator + -ess. 
Cf. imitatrix.] A female imitator. 
herence; indwelling. 
Immanence Implies the unity of the intelligent princi- 
ple In creation In the creation Itself, and of course includes 
in It every genuine form of pantheism. Transcendence 
of th 
true 
implies the existence of a separate divine Intelligence, 
and of another and spiritual state of being, intended to 
perfectionate our own. 
It seemeth the idolatrous Priests carried the Tabernacle imitatrix (im"'i-ta-triks), n. [= F. imitatrice = J ~ D " Morel1 - 'n:he8ter Papers, No. 2, p. 108. 
their Idoll on their shoulder, in apish imitation of the It imitatrice < L imitatrix (-trir-) fem of imi A """"ncation of a prevailing Latin conception of the 
ue Priests and Leuites. /W A( ,,, Pilgrimage, p. 68. Ja^ au imftator : seetTto^ ] SaTe as - J.vine > tranendence by a clearer and fuller ap.preclatlon 
The peculiar notes of birds are acquired by imitation. tafrpx>i 
A. It. Wallace, Nat Select, p. 222. 
2 m, 4 _. u Iriend, they either are men s souls themselves 
. I hat which is made or produced by ran- Or the most wlttle imitatrixei of them. 
tating; hence, in general, a likeness or resem- Sir Gylet Gooteeappe (1606X Hi. 1. Christ, as we have seen, never reflected on transcendency 
blance; a simulated reproduction or represen- immaculacy (i-mak'u-la-si), . The state of ' 
tation ; more loosely, a likeness or resemblance being immaculate. 
of the divine immanence. Prog. Orthodoxy, p. 16. 
immanency (im'a-nen-si), n. 
nence. 
Same as imma- 
immanent (im'a-nent). a. [= F. immanent = 
__ "-*IHCTAH7 It V \ *** Or-ilTTlll/yj . \ m == A IH HI (I lit- ft ^ ^ 
in general. iminTcuiateli-mak'u-lSt), a. [< ME. immaat- 8 P- '"""'' = Pg- It. immanente, < LL. im- 
these arts _are not only true imitation! of nature, late = F. imniacttle =' Sp. inmaculado = Pg. im- ' f ~> 8 ' tnm nnen(t-)s, ppj. of immanere, in- 
maciilado = It. immaeolato, < L. immacwatiis, 
inmacutatti/i, unspotted, unstained, < w-priv. + 
but of the best nature. 
Drjiden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting. 
Plcasiim and ingenious imitation* ot the manner of the 
ppr. < 
manere, remain in or near, < L. in, in, + manere, 
remain: see remain. Cf. remanent, remnant.] 
. ! J 11* 
great masters appear. 
Macaulay, Dryden. 
The waiters exhibited in their eagerness a good imita- 
tion of unselfish service. 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. SO. 
3. Specifically, in music, the process or act of 
repeating a melodic phrase or theme, either 
at _a different pitch or key from the original, 
or in a different voice-part, or with some rhyth- 
FMW llOJ^V/Ht ! \*f 1*UOI<*11JC\*, \ *H- IJI1V. T^ /^_ A* 'At* ! 
maculatus, spotted: see maculate.] 1. tJnspot- Operating within itself ; indwelling. This word 
t_j._._ii__ .*_:_!__. ._j-^si-j. _5ii (m its Latin form, immanent) was Introduced in the thir- 
ted; spotless; stainless ; pure; undefile4; with- 
out blemish or impurity: as, an immaculate 
reputation; immaculate thoughts; an immacu- 
late edition. 
"To keep this commandment immaculate and blame- 
less " was to teach the gospel of Christ without mixture 
of corrupt and unsound doctrine. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, III. 11. 
(in Its Latin form, immanent) was Introduced In the thir- 
teenth century to express the distinction, of which Aris- 
totle makes much, between doing (or acting within one's 
self) and making (or producing an external effect). An 
immanent action Is one whose effect remains within the 
subject and within the same faculty, while a traneient or 
traiuritire action produces an effect upon something dif- 
ferent from the subject, or at least upon something differ- 
ent from the faculty exercised. In modem philosophy 
the word is applied to the operations of a creator con- 
