Impetrate 
ietrare = Sp. Pg. Pr. impctrar = OF. empetrer, 
mpitrcr (> ME. impetren: see impetre), F. im- 
petrer), accomplish, effect, get, obtain, < in, in, 
-I- patrare, accomplish, effect.] To obtain by 
entreaty or petition. 
Whiche desyre impstraf.ed and obteyned, the messenger 
shortly returned to his lorde and prince. 
Hall, Rich. III., an. 3. 
impetrationt (im-pe-tra'shon), . [< OF. impe- 
tracion, F. impetraiion = Si>.impetracion = Pg. 
impetracclo = It. impetrazioue, < L. impetratio(n-), 
< impetrare, get, obtain: see impetrate.] The 
act of impetrating or obtaining by prayer or 
petition; procurement; specifically, in old Eng- 
lish statutes, the procurement from the court 
of Rome of benefices and church offices in Eng- 
land which by law belonged to the disposition 
of the king and other lay patrons. 
When I fast, it is first an act of repentance for myself, 
before it can be an instrument of impetration for him. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1886), I. 905. 
In those better blessings, earnestness of desire, and fer- 
vour of prosecution, was never but answered with a gra- 
cious impetration. Bp. Hall, Balm of Gilead, iv. 6. 
impetrativet (im'pe-tra-tiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. 
impetrativo; as impetrate + -ive.] Able or tend- 
ing to impetrate or obtain by entreaty. 
Thy prayers, which were most perfect and imperative, 
are they by which our weak and unworthy prayers receive 
both life and favour. 
Bp. Hall, The Walk upon the Waters. 
impetratoryt (im'pe-tra-to-ri), a. [= Pg-.It. 
impetratorio ; as impetrate + -ory.] Containing 
or expressing entreaty. 
The celebration ... is impetratory, and obtains for 
us, and for the whole church, all the benefits of the sac- 
rifice which is now celebrated and applied. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 308. 
impetret, ' * [ME. impetren, < OF. impetrer, < 
L. impetrare, obtain: see impetrate.'] To im- 
petrate or obtain by prayer or entreaty. 
For which it semyth that men mowen speke with God, 
and by reson of supplicacion be conjoynyd to thilke cleer- 
nesse that nis nat aproched no rather or that men besekyu 
and impetrent [var. emprenten; read impetren] it. 
Chaucer, Boathius, v. prose 3. 
To impetre of her ye grace and ayde of her mostemercy- 
full countynaunce to accomplisshe this werke. 
Fabyan, Chron., I. xxvii. 
impetuosity (im-pet-u-os'i-ti), n. [= F. im- 
pttuosite = Sp. impetuosidad = Pg. impetuosi- 
dade = It. impetuosita, < ML. impetuosita(t-)s, < 
L. impetuosus, inpetuosus, impetuous : see impet- 
uous.] The character or quality of being im- 
petuous ; vehement or rash action, temper, or 
disposition ; sudden or violent energy in thought 
or act. 
I will . . . drive the gentleman . . . into a most hide- 
ous opinion of his rage, skill, fmy, and impetuosity. 
SlMk., T. N., iii. 4. 
Audacity and impetuosity which may become ferocity. 
Carlyle, French Rev., III. iii. 2. 
impetllOSO (im-pet-o-6'so). [It. : see impetu- 
ous.] In music, impetuous : noting passages to 
be so rendered. 
impetuous (im-pet'u-us), . [= F. impetuenx 
= Sp. Pg. It. impetuoso, < LL. impetuosus, in- 
petuosus, < L. impetus, inpetus, a rushing upon, 
an attack: see impetus.] Having or character- 
ized by great impetus; rushing with force and 
violence; acting with sudden, vehement, or 
rash energy ; performed or delivered with sud- 
den, overbearing force: as, an impetuous tor- 
rent ; an impetuous charge or harangue. 
The passions are roused, and, like a winter torrent, rush 
down impetuous. Goldsmith, Metaphors. 
The brave impetuous heart yields everywhere 
To the subtle, contriving head ! 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
=Syn. Precipitate, hot, furious, vehement, passionate. 
impetuously (im-pet'u-us-li), adv. In an im- 
petuous manner; with sudden force ; violently; 
rashly. 
And therewithal! attonce at him let fly 
Their fluttring arrowes, thicke as flakes of snow, 
And round him flocke impetuously, 
Like a great water flood. Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 18. 
impetuousness (im-pet'u-us-nes), n. The con- 
dition or quality of being impetuous ; impetu- 
osity; vehemence. 
He [Hannibal] very well knew how to overcome and 
asswage the fury and impetuousnesx of an enemy. 
North, tr. of Thevet's Gutenberg, p. 70. 
impetus (im'pe-tus), n. [= Sp. imnetii = Pg. It. 
impeto, < L. impetus, inpetus, a rushing upon, an 
attack, assault, onset, < impetere, inpetere, rush 
upon, attack, < in, upon, + petere, seek, fall 
upon: see petition.] 1. Energy of motion; the 
power with which a moviug body tends to main- 
tain its velocity and overcome resistance : as, 
3010 
the impetus of a cannon-ball ; hence, figurative- 
ly, impulse; impulsion; stimulus. 
The quicksilver, by its sudden descent, acquires an im- 
petus superadded to the pressure it has upon the score of 
its wonted gravity. Boyle, Works, I. 138. 
His scholars and teachers ... did exactly as he told 
them, neither running uor faltering, but marching with 
cool, solid impetus. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xvii. 
He, meanwhile, felt the impetus of his indignation di- 
rected toward Philip. Qeorye Eliot, Mill on the Floss, v. 5. 
This . . . gave a great impetus to the construction of 
iron bridges. Scribner's May., III. 659. 
2. In gun., the altitude due to the first force of 
projection, or the space through which a body 
must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with 
which a ball is discharged from a piece. 3. 
The sudden force of passion. [Rare.] 
He with a great impetus returns to them with his 
Money, throws it among them with that, said farewel to 
them all, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the inno- 
cent blood. Stillinffjlcct, Sermons, I. vi. 
impey (im'pi), n. Same as impcyan. 
impeyan (im'pi -an), n. [Short for Impeyan 
pheasant.] Same as Impeyan pheasant. 
Impeyan pheasant (im'pi-an fez 'ant). A 
kind of East Indian pheasant, a variety of mo- 
naul: so called by Latham, in 1787, after Sir 
Elijah Impey, or his wife Lady Impey, who 
tried to bring living examples of this pheasant 
to England. Lady Impey 's pheasant was at first classed 
as Phasianus impeyanux or impeianux; but it is now 
known as Lophophorus impeyanus, and the name is ex- 
Itnpeyan Pheasant (Lophophorui impeyanus'). 
tended to some other species of the restricted genus J,n- 
phophorus or Impcyanui. The head is crested, and the 
plumage of the male is of the most brilliant, changing, 
metallic hues green, steel-blue, violet, and golden bronze. 
The female and young are brown, mottled with gray and 
yellow. The bird is capable of domestication. Its Ne- 
palese name monaul signifies ' bird of gold.' These fine 
birds inhabit the colder or more elevated regions of India 
and countries adjoining on the north. 
Impeyanus (im-pi-a'nus), n. [NL.] A genus 
of Phasianidai, containing the Impeyan pheas- 
ants or monauls: now called Lopnophorta. B. 
P. Lesson, 1831. 
Impey pheasant (im'pi fez'ant). Same as Im- 
peyan pheasant. 
imphoo (im'fe), TO. [African.] The African 
sugar-cane, Holcussaoeharatus, resembling the 
Chinese sugar-cane or sorghum. 
impicturet (iin-pik'tur), v. t. [< iii-2 + picture.] 
To impress with or'as if with a representation 
or appearance. 
His pallid face, impictured with death, 
She bathed oft with teares. 
Spenser, Astrophel, 1. 163. 
impiercet (im-pers'), v. t. [Also empierce, en- 
pierce; < in- 2 + pierce.] To pierce through; 
penetrate.. 
He feeds those secret and impiercing flames, 
Kurs'd in fresh youth, and gotten in desires. 
Drayton, Moses, L 
A cats eyes 
To impierce dejected darknesse. 
Marston, Insatiate Countesse, v. 
impierceablet (im-per'sa-bl), a. [< in-3 + 
piercedble.] Not pierceable ; incapable of being 
pierced. 
For never felt his imperccable brest 
So wondrous force from hand of living wight. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. xi. 17. 
Your weapons and armour are spiritual!, therefore irre- 
sistable, therefore impierceable. 
N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 76. 
impiermentt, n. An obsolete variant of im- 
pairment. Bailey, 
impiety (im-pi'e-ti),n.; pi. impieties (-tiz). [= 
F. impiete = Pr. impietat = Sp. impiedad = Pg. 
impiedade = It. impietd, < L. impieta(t-)s, in- 
])ieta(t-)s, impiousness, \ impius, itipius, impi- 
ous: see impious] 1. The condition or qual- 
ity of being impious or devoid of piety ; irrever- 
ence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; 
wickedness. 
The succeeding prosperities of fortunate impiety, when 
they meet with punishment in the next, or in the third 
impious 
age, or In the deletion of a people five ages after, are the 
greatest arguments of God's providence, who keeps wrath 
in store. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 76. 
2. An impious act; an act of wickedness or 
irreligion. 
Then, if they die unprovided, no more is the king guilty 
of their damnation than he was before guilty of those im- 
pieties for the which they are now visited. 
SAoi.,Hen.V.,iv.l. 
3. Violation of natural duty or obligation to- 
ward others ; want of reverence or respect, in 
feneral; undutifulness, as toward parents : as, 
lial impiety. 
To keep that oath were more impiety 
Thau Jephtha's, when he sacrificed his daughter. 
Shale., 3 Hen. VI., v. 1. 
impignorate (im-pig'no-rat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
impigiiorated, ppr. impignorating. [< ML. im- 
pignoratus, impigneratus, pp. of inipignorare, 
impignerare, put in pledge, pledge, < L. in, in, 
+ pigneratus, ML. also pignoratus, pp. otpigne- 
rare, ML. also pignorare, pledge, <pignus (pig- 
nor-, pigner-), a pledge : see pignoration.] To 
pledge or pawn. [Rare.] 
On September 8, 1468, the sovereignty of Orkney and Shet- 
land was temporarily pledged (impiffnorated) to the Crown 
of Scotland in security for part of the dowry of the Princess 
Margaret of Denmark and Norway, at that time betrothed 
to King James III. Westminster Rev., CXXVIII. 685. 
impignoration (im-pig-no-ra'shon), n. [< ML. 
impignoratio(n-), a pledging, <! impignorare, 
pledge: see impignorate.] The act of pawning 
or pledging ; transfer of possession or dominion 
as security for the performance of an obliga- 
tion. 
All arrestments, reprisals, and impignoratimu of what- 
soeuer goods and marchandises in England and Prussia, 
made before the date of these presents, are from hence- 
forth quiet, free, and released, llakluyt's Voyages, 1. 151. 
His [the parent's] right of sale . . . was restricted to 
young children, and permitted only when he was in great 
poverty and unable to maintain them, while their impig- 
nuratian by him was prohibited under pain of banish- 
ment. Encyc. Brit., XX. 706. 
imping (im'ping), n. [< ME. impynge; verbal 
n. of imp, v.] 1. A graft; something added to 
a thing to extend or repair it. 2. In falconry, 
the operation or method of mending broken 
feathers. 
impinge (im-pinj'), v. i. ; pret. and pp. impinged, 
ppr. impinging. [< L. impingere, inpingere (> 
It. impingere, impigiiere = Pg. impingir), pp. im- 
pactus, inpactus, push, drive, or strike at, into, 
or upon, < in, in, on, + pingere, strike: see pact. 
Cf. impact.] To come in collision; collide; 
strike or dash : followed by on, upon, or against. 
A ship that is void of a pilot, must needs impinge upon 
the next rock or sands. Lurton, Anat. of Mel., p. 265. 
When light comes out of a vacuum and impinges upon 
any transparent medium, say upon glass, we find that the 
rate of transmission of all the light is diminished. 
W. K. Clifford, First and Last Catastrophe. 
impingement (im-pinj'ment), n. [< impinge + 
-meiitT] The act of impinging. 
impingent (im-pin'jent), a. [< L. impingen(t-)s, 
in2>ingen(t-)s, ppr. of impingere, inpingere, im- 
pinge: see impinge.'] Falling or striking against 
or upon something; impinging. 
imping-needle (im'ping-ne"dl), n. In falconry, 
a piece of tough, soft iron wire about two inches 
long, tapering from the middle to the ends, and 
rough-filed so as to be three-sided, used to mend 
a hawk's broken wing-feather. Encyc. Brit.. 
IX. 70. 
impinguatet (im-ping'gwat), v. t. [< L. im- 
pinguatiis, inpinguatits, pp. of impinguarc, in- 
pinguare ( > It. impinguare = Sp. impingar), make 
fat, become fat, < in, in, + pinguis, fat: see 
pinguid.] To fatten ; make fat. 
Frictions also do more fill and impinffuate the body 
than exercise. Bacon, Nat Hist., 877. 
impinguationt (im-ping-gwa'shon), n. [= It. 
inipiiigHazione; as impinguate + -ion.] The act 
of making or the process of becoming fat. 
impious (im'pi-us), a. [= F. impie = Sp. itn- 
pio = Pg. It.inqrio, < L. impiiis, inpius, irrever- 
ent, undutiful, ungodly, < in- priv. + pitis, rev- 
erent, dutiful, godly: see^w'ow.s.] 1. Not pious; 
lacking piety or reverence for God; irreli- 
gious; profane; wicked. 
An impious, arrogant, and cruel brood ; 
Expressing their original from blood. 
Iji-yden, tr. of Ovid s Metamorph., i. 208. 
The impious challenger of Pow'r divine 
\Vas now to learn that Heav'n, though slow to wrath, 
Is never with impunity defied. Coieper, Task, vi. 54ti. 
2. Characterized by want of piety; of an irrev- 
erent or wicked character : as, an impious deed ; 
impious writings. 
Save me alike from foolish pride, 
Or impious discontent. Pope, Universal Prayer. 
