immitigably 
immitigably (i-mit'i-ga-bli), adv. In an im- 
inil Igable niiiniirr. 
immix (im-miks'), V- t. [< in- 2 + mix. ( '!. equiv. 
L. imminecre, inmiseere, < in, in, + misrere, mix.] 
To mix ; mingle. 
Samson, with these immix'd, inevitably 
Pull'tl ili iu n the Baine destruction on himself. 
MiUtm, 8. A., 1. 1657. 
immixable (i-mik'sa-bl), . [< in-3 + mijuiil, . \ 
Not capable of being mixed ; immiscible. 
Fill n ghiss sphere with such liquors as may be clear, of 
the same colour and nnmixald<\ 
KI>. Wilkins, Mathematical Magick. 
immixedt (i-miksf), . [< -3 + mixed.'] Un- 
iiiinglcd; pin-c. 
Where it doth steddy stand, all-uniform, 
Pare, pervious, immix't, innocuous, mild. 
Dr. H. Mart, Psychathanasia, II. IL 22. 
Now to assure you, sir, how pure and immixcil the de- 
sign is from any other thun the public Interest. 
Boyle, Works, VI. 291. 
immixturet (i-miks'tur), n. [< in-3 + mixture.'] 
Freedom from mixture ; absence of alloy. 
So that we are, aa I may say, allowed what our nature 
ahoundeth the moafc in, which is sorrow, to make up that 
wherein our loue is the most defective, which Is simpli- 
city and immixture. 
W. Montague, Devonte Essays, L xiv. ; 3. 
immobile (i-mo'bil), a. [Formerly immoble; = 
F. immobile, also immeuble = Sp. inmoble = Pg. 
immobil, immovel = It. immobile, < L. immobilis, 
inmobilis, immovable, < f'n-priy. + mobilis, mov- 
able: see mobile.] Not mobile; incapable of 
moving or of being moved ; immovable ; fixed ; 
stable. 
immobility (im-o-bil'i-ti), n. [=F. immobilite = 
Pr. immobilitat = Sp" inmoeilidad = Pg. immo- 
bilidade = It. immobilita, < LL. immobilita(t-)s, 
inmobilita(t-)s, immovableness, < L. immobilis, 
inmobilis, immovable : see immobile.] The char- 
acter or condition of being immobile or irre- 
movable; fixedness. 
The great legislative changes that were effected at the 
Revolution the immobility of the judges, the reform of 
the trials for treason, etc. Leeky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 
imm9bilization(i-m6' / bi-li-za'shon), . A mak- 
ing immobile; reduction to immobility. 
Immobilization [of a diseased joint] should not be con- 
tinued longer than necessary. Qitain, Med. Diet, p. 780. 
immobilize (i-mo'bi-Hz), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
immobilized, ppr. immobilizing. [< immobile + 
-tee.] 1. To render immobile; fix so as to be 
or become immovable. 
In cases of doubt it is better to abstain from much 
handling, and treat the case 8 if it were compound, using 
every means to keep the wound aseptic, and to immobilize 
the limb. Buck's Hamlbook of Mad. Science*, III. 236. 
2. To deprive of the capacity for mobilization. 
Four French army corps and half of the French fleet are 
immobilized. Contemporary Jier., LII. 886. 
immoblet, a. Same as immobile. 
And therefore be lawes called holy, because it is not 
lawfull to brekc them ; but they be ferine and immo&fc. 
Joye, Expos, of Daniel, v. 
immoderate (i-mod'e-rat), a. [= F. imnwdert 
= Sp. inmoderado = Pg. immoderado == It. im- 
moderate, < Jj.immoderatus, inmoderatus, with- 
out measure, < in- priv. + moderatus, mea- 
sured: see moderate, a.] Not moderate; not 
confined to just or reasonable limits; exces- 
sive; extravagant; unreasonable. 
So every scope, by the immoderate use, 
Turns to restraint. Shak., M. for M., L 8. 
It is not the greatness of men's condition, but their t'm- 
moderate love to the world, which ruins and destroys their 
souls. Stillingfleet, Sermons, I. xii. 
= Syn. Intemperate, exorbitant, Inordinate. 
immoderately (i-mod'e-rat-H), adv. In an im- 
moderate degree; excessively; unreasonably. 
immoderateness (i-mod'e-rat-nes), n. The 
character or condition of" being immoderate; 
excess; extravagance. 
It is for the Christian heart to be taken np with other 
desires, such as wherein there can be no danger of tin- 
modtnitencsi. Bp. Hall, Contentation, 23. 
immoderation (i-mod-e-ra'shon), n. [= F. im- 
modmition = Sp. inmoderacion = Pg. immode- 
rapjo; < L. in- priv. + moderation-), modera- 
tion.] Excess; want of moderation. 
immodest (i-mod'est). a. [= F. tmmoAeste = 
Sp. inmodi'xto = Pg. It. immodesto, immodest, 
< L. imrnotbttus, inmodestus, unrestrained, ex- 
cessive, immoderate, < in- priv. + modestn.*. re- 
strained, moderate, modest: see modest.] 1. 
Not modest as regards one's pretension or as- 
sertions; forward; arrogant. 
For a man to deny that ever such things happened . . . 
is so tmaudtlt a thing as any sober man would be ashamed 
of. Bp. WtattM, Natural Religion, i. 7. 
2999 
I am not immtxlett enough to assume to speak for other 
readers, lint for my own part I have become rather tired 
of African travellers. AldricH, Ponkapog to 1'esth, p. 197. 
2. Not modest in conduct, utterance, or signifi- 
cance; wanting delicacy or propriety; espe- 
cially, showing lewduess of thought or feeling ; 
indelicate; indecent. 
To gain the language, 
Tis needful that the most immodest word 
Be look'd upon and learn'd. 
Shale., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 
Immodest words admit of no defence, 
For want of decency is want of sense. 
Ruscommun, Translated Verse, 1. 113. 
immodestly (i-mod'est-li), adv. In an immod- 
est manner. 
immodesty (i-mod'es-ti). . [= F. immodentic 
= Sp. inaiodestia = Pg. It. immodcstia, < L. im- 
modestia, inmodestia, unrestrained conduct, im- 
modesty, < immodfstus, inmodestus, immodest: 
see immodest.] Want of modesty, (a) Forward- 
ness ; arrogance or want of proper reserve. 
I am thereby led into an immodesty ol proclaiming an- 
other work. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 71. 
(b) Indecency ; indelicacy ; nnchastity. 
Pray you, think it no immodesty, I kiss you. 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, ill. 7. 
immolate (im'o-lat), r. t.; pret. and pp. immo- 
lated, ppr. immolating. [< L. immolatus, inmo- 
latus, pp. of immolare, inmolare (> It. immolare 
= Pg. tmmolar = Sp. inmolar = F. immoler), 
sacrifice, orig. sprinkle (the victim) with sacri- 
ficial meal (meal mixed with salt), < in, on, + 
iiin/ii. meal mixed with salt, grits, also a mill : 
see mill 1 , mole*.] To kill as a sacrificial victim ; 
offer in sacrifice ; make a sacrifice of. 
Barbarous worshippers, who not only immolate to them 
[their deities] the lives'of men but . . . the virtue and 
honour of women. Boyle, Works, V. 2B2. 
The ministers . . . had offered to immolate at the same 
shrine the most valuable of the national acquisitions. 
Burke, A Regicide Peace, Hi. 
In Peru, where there were habitual human sacrifices, 
men taken captive were immolated to the father of the 
Yncas, the Sun. H. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., 259. 
= Syn. See sacrifice, t. 
immolation (nn-6-la'shon), n. [= F. immola- 
tion = Sp. inmolacion = Pg. immolaqSo = It. 
immolazione, < L. iinmolutio(ti-), inmolatio(n-), < 
immolare, inmolare, sacrifice: seo immolate.] 1. 
The act of immolating, or the state of being im- 
molated. 
In the picture of the immolation of Isaac, or Abraham 
sacrificing his son, Isaac is described as a little boy. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 8. 
Oh, If our ends were less achievable 
By slow approaches than by single act 
Of uHiutilittiint, any phase of death, 
We were as prompt to spring against the pikes, 
Or down the fiery gulf, as talk of it. 
Tennyson, Princess, iii. 
2. A sacrificial offering; a sacrifice. 
We make more barbarous immolations than the most 
savage heathens. Decay of Chrittian Piety. 
immolator (im'o-la-tor), . [= F. immolateiir 
= Sp. inmolador = g. iit^molador = It. immo- 
latorc, < L. immolator, inmolator, < immolare. 
inmolare, sacrifice : see immolate.] One who im- 
molates or offers in sacrifice. 
immomentt (i-mo'ment), a. [< i- 3 + moment, 
taken as equiv. to momentous.] Trifling. 
Say, good Cesar, 
That I some lady trifles have reserv'd, 
Immoment toys. Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 
immomentoust (im-o-men'tus), a. [<in-3 + mo- 
mentous.] Not momentous; unimportant. 
immonasteredt, a. [< - 2 + monaster(y) + 
-ed 2 .] Dwelling secluded in a monastery. 
fmmonaster'd in Kent, where first she breath'd the air. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xxiv. 1272. 
immoral (i-mor'al), . [= F. immoral = Sp. 
inmoral = Pg. immoral = It. immorale, < ML. 
"immoralis, < L. in- priv. + moralis, moral : see 
moral.] 1. Not moral; not conforming to or 
consistent with the moral law; unprincipled; 
dissolute; vicious; licentious. 
A flatterer of vice Is an immoral man. Johnson. 
Olve up money, . . . give the earth itself and all It con- 
tains, rather than do an immoral act. 
Jefferson, Correspondence, I. 285. 
Morality is deeply Interested in this, that what is tm- 
moral shall not be presented to the imagination of the 
young and susceptible in constant connection with what 
is attractive. Macaulay, Comic Dramatists. 
2. Contrary to good order or public welfare ; 
inimical to the rights or common interests of 
others : a legal and commercial sense. 
He [a political leader] would be less immoral, even 
though he were as lax in his personal habits as Sir Robert 
immortality 
Walpole, If t the same time his sense of the public welfare 
were supreme in his mind. 
ft Kliut, Theopbrastns Such, xvl. 
When we call a thing immnral in a legal sense, we do 
not mean so much that it Is ethically wrong as that, ac- 
n.riliiig to the common understanding of reasonable men, 
it would be a scandal for a court of justice to treat it as 
lawful or Indifferent, though the transaction may not 
come within any positive prohibition or penalty. 
Quoted in Kapalje and Lawrence's Law Diet., 1. 827, note. 
= Syn. Illegal, Wicked, etc. See criminal. 
immorality (im-o-ral'i-ti), .; pi. immoralities 
(-tiz). [= F. immorality = Sp. inmoralidad 
= Pg. immoralidade = It. immoralita, < ML. 
*immoralita(t-)s, immorality, < "immoralis, im- 
moral: see immoral.] 1. The character of be- 
ing immoral; transgression of the moral law; 
immoral thought or action; wickedness; dU- 
soluteness; licentiousness. 
A restlessness In men's minds to be something they are 
not, and have something they have not, Is the root of all 
immorality. Sir W. Temple, Life and Fortune. 
2. An immoral act or practice. 
Luxury and sloth, and then a great drove of heresies and 
immoralities, broke loose among them. 
Hilton, Def. of the People of England. 
immorally (i-mor'al-i), adt: In an immoral 
manner; in violation of morality; viciously; 
licentiously. 
immorigeroust (im-o-rij'e-rus), a. [< /-s + 
moriyerous.] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. 
Every indignation against the person of the man In n 
is pride and self-love, and towards others ungentlenesft, 
and an inriiiorigeroirs spirit. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835X I. 21 1. 
immorigerousnesst (im-o-rij'e-rus-nes), n. 
Rudeness; incivility; disobedience. 
We shall best know that our will Is In obedience, by 
our cheerful managing, by our swift execution, for all de- 
grees of delay are degrees of immuriyeroufness and un- 
willingness. Jer. Tayhr, Works (ed. 1836X 1. 55. 
immortal (i-m6r'tal), a. and . [< ME. im- 
mortal, inmortal = F. immortel = Sp. inmortal 
= Pg. immortal = It. immortalt, < L. immortalis, 
inmortalii, undying, < in- priv. + mortalis, lia- 
ble to death, mortal: see mortal.] I. a. 1. 
Not mortal ; not liable or subject to death ; 
having unlimited existence ; undying. 
Wherfore thou scholdest thenke and impresse ft In thl 
my tide that nothing Is inmortalle but only (jod, that made 
alle thing. Mandenlle, Travels, p. 295. 
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise 
God, be honour and glory for ever. 1 Tun. L 17. 
Perhaps the longing to be so 
Helps make the soul immortal. 
Lotcell, Longing. 
Hence 2. Unceasing; inextinguishable; im- 
perishable ; destined to endure for all time: as. 
immortal hopes ; immortal fame. 
I have 
Immortal longings in me. 
Shak., A. and C., v. i 
Lap me in soft Lydian airs, 
Married to immortal verse. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 137. 
That breast Imbued with such immortal tire. 
Byron, Childe Harold, II. 39. 
3f. Indefatigable; unchanging. 
This I was glad of, and so were all the rest of us, though 
I know I have made myself an immortal enemy by it. 
Pcpyt, Diary, Jan. 29, 1668. 
=8yn. Perpetual, Everlasting, etc. (see eternal); Incor- 
ruptible, deathless, enduring, unfading. 
II. n. 1. One who is immortal, or exempt 
from death or annihilation. 2. One of the gods 
of classical mythology : usually in the plural. 
Never, believe me, 
Appear the Immortals, 
Never alone. 
Coleridge, Visit of the Gods(Imlt of Schiller). 
The Forty Immortals, the members of the French Acad- 
emy: an affected designation, alluding to the perpetuity 
of their number and succession, and to their supposed en- 
during fame in their several departments of literature. 
The Immortals, (a) The classical divinities. See def. 
2, above, (b) The name of the royal guard of ancient Per- 
sia, the members of which were magnificently equipped 
and numerously attended. 
immortalisation, immortalise. See immortal- 
isation, immortalize. 
immortalist (i-mdr'tal-ist), n. [< immortal + 
-ist.] One who holds that the soul is immortal. 
This learning they had from the Inhabitants by later, 
who were called 1 mmortaluttg, because in the midst of all 
their dark notions of things they saw this clearly, that 
virtuous and good men do not die, but their souls do go 
into blessed regions. 
Jer. Taylor, Funeral Sermons, 392. (Latham.) 
immortality (im-or-tal'i-ti), . [= F. immor- 
talite = Sp. iiimortalidtid = Pg. im mortal idade 
= It. immortalita, < L. immortalita(t-)s, inmor- 
t<ilita(t-)s, undyin^ncs*. < immortalis. inmor- 
talis, undying: see immortal.] 1. The condi- 
