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cers, as the heads of colleges in England, and always impanel, impaniiel (im-pan'el), V. t.; pret. and 
kings-at-arms and often heralds, use impalement in charg- ininntirletl iitnxtniK'Ird imnanelled imnan- 
ing their arms. In early heraldry impalement consisted PP", *P at !ea > tm l> nnt *, impanelled, impan 
netted, ppr. impaneling, impanneling, impanel- 
ling, impannelling. [Also empanel, empannel; < 
AF. empaneler, impanel, < in- 3 + panel, panel: 
see panel.] 1. To write or enter in a list or on 
a piece of parchment, called & panel; specifical- 
ly, to make a list of ; f orm, complete, or enroll, 
as a body of persons to be called as jurors in a 
court of justice. 2. More loosely, of a jury, 
to draw or select from the panel and swear in. 
Therefore a Jnrie was impanrld streight 
T 1 enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight, 
Or their owne guilt, they were away convayd ? 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. vii. 84. 
The moment he had uttered these words, in the theory 
of the English law, it was not possible to impanel an im- 
partial jury In the Commonwealth of Virginia. 
W. Phillipx, Speeches, p. 284. 
impanelment, impannelment (im-pan'el- 
ment), . [< impanel + -ment.] The act of im- 
paneling, or the state of being impaneled ; the 
act of enrolling in a list : as, the impanelmen t 
of the jury. Also empanelment, empannelmen t. 
impaquett, v. t. See impacket. 
impart (im-par'), a. and n. [= OF. impair, im- 
~ ^ . _ ,, .. ., , par, F. impair (see impair?) = Sp. Pg. impar = 
thinner than the air? Gregory was for the palpability, and It. impart, < L. impar, inpar, unequal, < in- priv. 
ng i 
in giving half of each original escutch'eon, but in modern 
times the whole of each escutcheon is placed right or left 
of the pale. 
A most interesting account of the assignment of arm 
and impalement borne by the father of Shakespeare. 
The American, VIII. 381. 
impallidt (im-pal'id), v. t. [< in-3 + pallid.] 
To make pallid or pale. 
This [envy], the green sickness of the soul, that feeding 
upon coals and puling rubbish impalitls all the body to an 
hectique leanness. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 54. 
impalmt (im-pam'), v. t. [= OF. empalmer, 
strike with the hand, box, = Sp. empalmar, 
dovetail, = Pg. empalmar, palm, conceal in the 
palm of the hand, = It. impalmare, give into 
another's hand, betroth, < L. in, in, + palma, 
palm : see palm 1 .] To grasp ; take in the hand. 
Cotgrate. 
impalpability (im-pal-pa-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. 
impalpabilite = Pg. impafyabilidade ; as impal- 
pable + -ity.] The quality or state of being 
impalpable, or imperceptible by touch. 
He [Gregory the Great] and Eutychius, the Patriarch of 
Constantinople, had a curious dispute, whether the bodies 
of the righteous after the resurrection should be solid or 
Eutychius for the impalpability. 
Jortin, Remarks on Eccles. Hist. 
+ par, equal : see par, pair, peer 2 .] I. a. Un- 
equal. 
II. n. A thing unequal to another with which 
it is associated. 
Those things are said to be impars of which one is greater 
or less than the other ; to wit, either in quantity of bulk or 
perfection : and so silver and gold, gold and virtue, are es- 
teemed to be impars. 
Burgersdiciua, tr. by a Gentleman, I. xxi., ax. 17. 
impalpable (im-pal'pa-bl), a. [= F. impalpable 
= Sp. impalpable = T?g. impalpavel = It. im- 
palpabile; as in-3 + palpable.'] 1. Incapable 
of being perceived by touch ; wanting palpable 
substance or consistency; too unsubstantial or 
too fine to be felt. In chemical analysis a fragment 
of a rock or mineral is often required to be ground or pul- 
verized to so line a powder that when it is rubbed between imparadise (im-par'a-dls), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
. th !?'J? ers , no P^J 3 P^cepUble. This is called reducing i mpar adised, ppr. imparadising. [= It. impara- 
disare; as in-* + paradise."] To put in para- 
dise, or in a place of high felicity; make su- 
premely happy. Also emparadise. 
Now had he ripen'd all his hopes at full, 
Imparadis'd his soul in dear content. 
Ford, Fame's Memorial. 
Imparadfged in one another's arms. 
to an impalpable powder. 
When these things come to pass, you will no longer be 
a warden, but a brown and impalpable powder in the 
tombs of Dulwich. Sydney Smith, to John Allen. 
Twenty-nine times the Prince changed his encampment, 
and at every remove the Duke was still behind him, as 
close and seemingly as impalpable as his shadow. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 255. 
Hence 2. That cannot be grasped by the in- 
palpable distinctions. 
His own religion from its simple and impalpable form 
wasmuchless exposed to the ridicule of scenic exhibition. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, III. 200. 
Our ordinary distinctions become so trifling, so impal- 
pable, so ridiculously visionary. Hawthorne, Old Manse. 
Milton, P. L, iv. 506. 
tellect; incomprehensible; intangible: as,w- unparalleled! (im-par'a-leld), a. [< in- 3 + 
paralleled.] Unparalleled. ' 
That this dear price should be paid for a little wild 
mirth, or gross and corporal pleasure, is a thing of such 
imparalleled folly that, if there were not too many in- 
stances before us, it might seem incredible. 
Bp. Burtiet, Rochester, p. 168. 
impardonablet (im-par'don-a-bl), a. [= F. 
impardonnable = Sp. imperdonaUe = Pg. impcr- 
doavel = It. imperdonabile; as in- 3 + pardon- 
able.] Unpardonable. 
There are . . . some fearful lest the enormity of their 
crimes be so impardonable that no repentance can do 
them good. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vi. . 
_ =Syn. Imperceptible, intangible, unsubstantial, 
impalpably (im-pal'pa-bli), adv. In an im- 
palpable manner; in a" manner not readily felt 
or apprehended ; inappreciably, 
impalsy (im-pal'zi), . *. ; pret. and pp. impal- 
sied, ppr. impalsying. [< i-2 + palsy.] To 
strike with palsy ; paralyze ; deaden. 
impanate (im-pa'nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- impardonablyt (im-par'don-a-bh), adv. Un- 
panated,ppT.impanating. [< ML. "impanatus, pardonably; without pardoning. 
pp. of "impanare, embody in bread (> Sp. em- t Hemlght^bo an happy arbiter in many Christian con 
panar, inclose in bread), < L. in, in, into, + 
panis, bread.] Eccles., to embody in bread. See 
impanation. 
If the elements really contain such immense treasures, 
what need have we to look up to the natural body above? 
troversies ; but must impardoiutbly condemn the obstl- 
8tr 
nacy of the Jewes. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vii. 10. 
imparidigitate (im-par-i-dij'i-tat), a. [< L. 
impar, inpar, unequal (see impar), + digitus, 
finger: see digit, digitate.] In zool., having an 
odd or uneven number of digits, whether fingers 
or toes, as one, three, or five ; anisodactyl ; pe- 
impanate (im-pa'nat), o. [= Pg. impanato, < rissodactyl. The human hand or foot, the hoofs 
ML. "impanatus, pp. : see the verb.] Embodied of a horse, etc., are imparidigitate. 
in bread. imparipinnate(im-par-i-piu'at),o. [<"L.impar, 
Therefore in this mystery of the sacrament, in the inpar, unequal, + pinnatus, feathered : seepin- 
whiche by the rule of our faithe Christes body is not im- nate.] In lot., unequally pinnate, 
eTerente^u^rtt'erfore't ^^ <* " **** f 8 * P 1 ^ ^ T^ * ^ ^ 
Bp. Gardiner, Explication, Transubstantiation, fol 115 . let at tne a p ex - Also odd-pinnate. 
This speech meaneth not that the body of Christ is im- ^PariSyllabic (im-par"i-si-lab'- 
or what have we to do but to look down to those impa- 
nated riches? . Waterland, Works, VIII. 249. 
- 
panate. Cranmer, Ans. to Gardiner, fol. 369. 
impanation (im-pa-na'shon), n. [= F. impa- 
ik), a. [= F. imparisyllabique; < 
L. impar, inpar, unequal, + syllaba, 
syllable.] Not consisting of an 
trc, ei >uuy iii oreaa : see impanate, v.] In which has i 
tlieol., the doctrine that the body and blood of oles in a " tn ? case?, as Latin lapis, lapi- 
Christ are locally included in the bread and , di *' Gr ?f k Mo . li '' i>66 " < ; ! - .. 
wine after consecration. It differs from trantub- im P arl *y (im-par i-ti), n. [= F. 
stantiation, or the doctrine that the bread and wine are ""Pdnt^ = It. impanta, < L. as if 
actually changed by the consecration into the body and *imparita(t-)s, unequalness, < im- 
Jved'tirtP.i'J 1 ' t T !i? ^ rn j, has b s een f^oneoMly em- par, inpar, unequal: see impair 3 .] 
^^^^^S^^^SS^- f P ari ^ equivalence, or correspondence; in- 
impanator (im'pa-na-tor), n. [= F. imn'ana- e 1 uallt y; disproportion; difference of degree, 
teur, < ML. impanator, '< "impanare impanate- ran ' J .' excellence, amount, quantity, etc.; quan- 
see impanate, v.] Eccles., one who holds the ' 
doctrine of impanatiou. Imp. Diet. 
impanet (im-pan ' ) , v. t. ' 
Want 
body in bread : 
Bale. 
titative diversity. 
What other imparity there was among themselves, we 
may safely suppose it depended on the dignity of their 
Universally you cannot affirm any imparity where the 
ground is preoccupied by disparity. DeQuimey, Style, iii. 
impart 
2f. Numerical unevenness ; indivisibility into 
equal portions. 
What verity is there in that numeral conceit, in the 
lateral division of man, by even and odd ; . . . and so by 
parity or imparity of letters in men's names, to determine 
misfortunes on either side of their bodies? 
Sir T. Lrounie, Vulg. Err., iv. 6. 
impark (im-park'), v. t. [Formerly also em- 
park; < OF. emparquer, enparker, emparcMer, 
impark, < en- + pare, park: see park.] 1. To 
inclose for a park; make into a park by in clo- 
sure; sever from a common. 2. To inclose or 
shut up in or as if in a park. 
When the laws had appropriated rivers, and divided 
shores, and imparked deer, and housed pigeons, it became 
theft to take them without leave. 
Jet: Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 8. 
The wild boar of the forest, wilder than the wilderness 
itself, that will not be held nor etnparked within any laws 
or limits. Bp. King, Vitis Palatina (1614), p. 32. 
impar 1 (im-parl'). v. i. [Formerly also emparl; 
< OF. emparler, < en- + parler, talk : see parl, 
parley.] If. To hold a parley; consult. 
The Lord Baglione imparld with these hostages, which 
were then come for that purpose of the articles of peace. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 127. 
2. In law, to hold a consultation for amica- 
ble settlement or adjustment, as of a suit or 
claim. 
Which being read and heard, the said Charles prays 
leave to impart therein here until the octave of the Holy 
Trinity. Blackstone, Com., III., App. xxii. 
imparlance (im-par'lans), n. [Formerly also 
einjiarlaunce; < OF. emparlance, < emparler, talk: 
seeimparl. Cf.parlance.] If. Mutual discourse; 
conference; parley. 
Full oftentimes did Britomart assay 
To speake to them, and some emparlance move. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. ix. 31. 
After many imparlancet and days of humiliation, by 
those of Boston and Eoxbury, to seek the Lord for Mr. 
Welde his disposing, and the advice of those of Plimouth 
being taken, etc., at length he resolved to sit down with 
them of Roxbury. Winlhrop, Hist. New England, I. 98. 
2. In law: (a) In the old common law, leave 
to delay putting in a plea to the declaration, 
or other responsive pleading, until a future 
day: an extension ot time to plead, founded 
on the representation or fiction that the appli- 
cant desired time to negotiate for a compro- 
mise. (6) The continuance of a cause till an- 
other day, or from day to day; extension of 
time to put in a response to the adversary's 
claim or defense. 
This now, if I may borrow our lawyer's phrase, is my 
wife's imparlance ; at her next appearance she must an- 
swer your declaration. 
Middleton, Anything for a Quiet Life, it 1. 
Special Imparlance, an imparlance in which there is a 
saving of all exceptions to the writ or count, or of all ex- 
ceptions whatsoever. 
iinparous (im'pa-rus), a. [< L. in-, not, + -pa- 
rus, < parere, bring forth.] Having never been 
pregnant: applied to a woman. 
imparsonnee (im-par-so-ne'), a. and n. [< ML. 
impersonates, < L. in-,' in, + persona, person, 
ML. parson: see parson.] I. a. In Eng. eccles. 
late, presented, instituted, and inducted into 
thepossession of a parsonage or rectory. 
IT. . A clergyman inducted into a benefice. 
Bapalje and Lawrence. 
impart (im-part'), f. [< OF. empartir = Sp. 
impartir = It. impartire, (. L. impertire, inper- 
tire, also impartire, inpartire, give part in, share 
with, < in, in, + partire, part, divide, <.par(t-)s, 
part, share: see part.] I. trans. 1. To give 
part in ; grant a share or portion of. 
Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, 
My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute. 
Milton, P. L., viii. 441. 
2. To communicate ; give. 
God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he im- 
parted to her understanding. Job xxxix. 17. 
Please you, to shew the bounty of your mind, sir, to im- 
part some ten groats, or half a crown, to our use. 
B. Jomon, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 1. 
To the nails the hhenna imparts a more bright, clear, 
and permanent colour than to the skin. 
K. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 45. 
St. To part; share; divide; parcel out: fol- 
lowed by icitli. 
This first Volume, which if thon shalt as thankefully 
accept, as I haue willingly and freely imparted with thee, 
I shall bee the better encouraged. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, To the Reader. 
4. To communicate knowledge of; make known ; 
show by words or tokens. 
These be those reules which worthie Master Cheke dyd 
imimrt vnto me concernyng Salust. 
A fiia in, The Scholemaster, p. 159. 
