It ts always an impolitic thing to Impose on a great 
power conditions BO ignominious and dishonouring as to 
produce enduring resentment, Ltcky, Eng. In ISth Cent., i. 
imply 
Self-knowledge does not come as a matter of course ; It 
iiiivlit't an elt'ort and :i work. 
J. 11. Nfii'man, Parochial Sermons, 1. 49. 
All necessity for external force impliet a morbid state, impoliticalt (im-po-lit'i-kal), a. [As impolitic 
II. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 25. 4..^.] Impolitic'. 
Doctrine Of implied powers, the doctrine that the Jt w|u t)0 no dlmcult mattcr to pr0 ve that the Crusades 
Constitution of the lulled Mates grants to tlio govern- wero llctther m U n justifiable, so unpolitical, nor so linlmp- 
ment l>y implication powers in addition to tlioso expressly jn th(!lr con sequences, as the superficial readers of His- 
dettned in it Implied allegiance. See ""'.''"'"^'li' tory ai-e liabituated to esteem them. 
Implied contract, tvi- .../,-, Implied dlscora, ilickle, tr. of Camoens's Luslad, vii., notes. 
nant but whloh (onni part of a dissonant chord, as a minor impoliticallyt (im-po-lit'i-kal-i), adv. Impoli- 
thlrd in a diminished seventh chord. Implied interval, tidy 
Injfp^^.talrt^^taUaifcg.Brt _ 1_ impoliticly (im-pol'i-tik-li), adv. Inanimpoli- 
, 
2? 
malice trust, warranty, 
etc. See the 
he 
j policy or expediency ;n- 
wisely; indiscreetly. Tooke. 
"' 
into another- i not particularly helpful In showing the 
What Is implied precedes in the order of nature, and is 
to enlist ; It motion the necessity of obeying orders, en 
during hardships, and Incurring risks. 
Experience implies failure, not failure every time but 
failure one or more times, and the history of business 
proves that this implication is fully justified by fact. 
L. F. Ward, Dynam. Sociol., II. 660. 
It [feudalism] involved the presence on the soil of a large 
mass of men who had almost no rights. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 8. 
of being weighed ; without gravity. 
No one wave of this imponderable medium [ether] can 
give the requisite motion to this atom of ponderable mat- 
ter. U. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., i 18. 
Spirit, which floods all substances with its life, Is the sol- 
vent force quickening the imponderable essences. 
Alcott, Table-Talk, p. 129. 
II n. In physics, a thing which has no weight : 
1 - a term formerly applied to heat, light, eleetri- 
impnet, A Middle English form of hymn. cityj ftnd magne ti 8 m 7 on the supposition that 
Chaucer. were material substances and still used 
t jj ey were material substances, and still used 
impocket (iin-pok et), v. <. [< (* + pocket.] of ^ hypothetical universal medium, ether. 
To put m the pocket. [Bare.] imponderableness (im-pqn'der-a-bl-nes), . 
There he sat, hands impudated. 
M. Bethwi-Kdvard.. Next of Kin-Wanted, xxliL 
impoisont, impoisonert, etc. Same as cmpoi- 
son, etc. 
impolarilyt (im-po'lar-i-li), adv. [< in- 8 + 
polary + -ly' 2 -] Not "in the direction of the 
poles. 
The state or quality of being imponderable, 
mponderoust (im-pon'der-us), a. [< n-3 + 
ponderous.] Not ponderous ; imponderable. 
If they produce visible and real effects by impondcrout 
and Invisible emissions, it may be unjust to deny the pos- 
sible efficacy of gold in the non-omission of weight, or de- 
perdition of any ponderous particles. 
Sir T. Brmrne, Vulg. Err., it 5. 
Being imnolarilv adjoined unto a more vigorous load- '. '' _,, 
stone, it will in a short time exchange its pole* imponderousnesst (im-pon'd&r-UB-nes), M. The 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., 11. 8. state or quality of being imponilerous. 
impolarizable (im-po'lar-I-za-bl), a. [< in-3 Imponet (im-pon'), v. t. [= Sp.imponer = Pg. 
+ ,>ol<iri-able.] Not subject "to polarization: impor = It. imporrc, imponere, < L. imponere, 111- 
sometimes said of a voltaic battery. poiiere, pp. impositus, inpositu*, put, place, lay, 
The same may be said of Clorls Baudefs so-called imp,,. set in or upon, set over, give to, < in, on, 
JtetbMtn. upon, + nontre, put, place : see portent. Cf. im- 
E. Ilitipitalier, Electricity (trans.), p. 240. pose.'] To lay down ; lay as a stake or wager. 
impolicy (im-pol'i -si), H. [< in-3 + policy!. The king, sir, hath waged with him six Barbary horses ; 
Cf. F. imnolice, indecorum, want of policy.] against the which he has imjumeil, as 1 .take il, six : French 
The quality of being impolitic ; inexpediency ; P' e " a poniards. 
unsuitableness to the end proposed or to be de- imponent (im-po'nent), a. and n. [< L. tmpo- 
sired : as, the impolicy of a measure or a course lie n(t-)s, inponcn(t-)n, ppr. of imponere, inponere, 
of action. impone, lay on: seeimpone.] T. a. Imposing; 
Those who governed Scotland under him [Charles II. ; competent to impose, as an obligation. [Rare.] 
with no less cruelty than impolicy, made the people of that Were there no Church, . . . moral duties would still be 
country desperate. Malletl, Auiyntor and Theodora, Pref. associated with the imagination of an imponent authority, 
whose injunctions they would he supposed to be, though 
the authority might be single Instead of twofold. 
T. 11. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, 323. 
II. H. One who imposes; one who enjoins 
or prescribes. [Rare.] 
Having previously discarded the imagination of Church 
or King or Divine Lawgiver as imponentg of duty. 
The extreme impolicy of the course which was adopted 
was abundantly shown by the event. 
Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., L 
impolisbedt (im-pol'isht), a. [< t'n-3 + pol- 
Mbd Cl'. impoliti:] Unpolished; crude. 
These impolished leaves of mine. 
If ash, Unfortunate Traveller (1593). 
In hopes also of a short vacation for the consummation 
T. 11. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, 323. 
impolite 
impolido, , . ..., -, , 
rough, unrefined, < in- priv. + politits, polished : impoon (im-pon'), n. [S. African.] Theduyker 
see polite.] If. Unpolished; unfinished. or diving-buck of South Africa, Ceplialophus 
To your honour's hands, as the great patron of languages mergms. See cut under Cephatoplius. 
and arts, this impolite grammatical tract of the Malayan impOOrt (im-por ), t'. t. [< in-* + poor. LI. 
dialect piesumeth to make its submissive addresses. empnrer, impoverish.'] To impoverish. Sir T. 
2. Unpolished in manner ; not polite; ill-man- ^popularf (im-pop'u-lr), a. [= F.inipopu- 
nered; rude; uncivil. / fl(re _ g p . p g . unpopular = It. impopolare; as 
The vain egotism that disregards others is shown in va- .'n-3 + iioniiltir.] Unpopular. Solinnbroke. 
rlous tmvM - 
impolitely 
manner; u , ,. 
impoliteness (im-po-llt'nes), n. Incivility; The porosity or t'mpoi-oi(!/ betwixt the tangible parts, 
ruik'iii'ss. and the greatness or smallness of the pores. 
The impolitenew of his manners seemed to attest his Bacon, Nat. Hist, | 846. 
sincerity. Chesterfield. impOrOUS (im-po'rus), n. [< tn- 3 + porous.] 
impolitic (im-pol'i-tik), . [= F. inipoHHyue = Destitute of pores; extremely close or com- 
Sp. iiiiiioliUco = PR. It. imiMilitico, impolitic; as pact; solid. 
in- 3 + politic.] Not politic; not conforming If all these atoms should descend plum down with equal 
to or in accordance with good policy ; inexpe- velocity, as according to their doctrine they ought to do. 
dient ; injudicious: as, an impolitic ruler, law, '(? perfectly solid and imporo, . . . they would 
never the one overtake the other, 
or measure. ji ay Works of Creation, i. 
81 a " iU8t *"* "" l """''* import (im-porf), ,-. [= OF. ^porter. i,,,por- 
Burkf, A Eeglcide Peace, ill. trr, carry, F. emporter, carry away, prevail, m- 
The vain egotism that disregards others is shown in va- in- 3 + popular.] Unpopular. Jfoltiigbroke. 
rious impulire ways. Eclectic Mag., XXVI. 501, unporOSlty (im-po-ros'i-ti), . [=r F. imporo- 
npolitely (im-po-lit'li), adv. In an impolite s itt-; as i m porous + -iiy.] Want of porosity; 
manner; uncivilly; mdely. extreme compactness or denseness in texture. 
importable 
porter, import, matter, signify ; also, more re- 
cently, in the lit. sense of the L., introduce, 
import, = Sp. Pg. importar = It. importare, sig- 
nify, express, < L. importare, inportare, bring 
in, introduce from abroad, bring about, occa- 
sion, cause, < in, in, + portare. carry : see port*. 
Cf. export, etc.] I. trans. 1. To bring from 
without ; introduce from abroad ; especially, to 
bring from a foreign country, or from another 
state, into one's own country or state : opposed 
to export : as, to import wares and merchandise. 
Others import yet nobler arts from France, 
Teach kings to riddle, and make senates dance. 
Pope, Dunclad, Ir. Ml 
From Greece they [the Latins] derived the measures of 
their poetry, and, Indeed, all of poetry that can be im- 
porUiL Mataulay, History. 
Wheat and corn are extensively imported Into Cork. 
Sncyc. Brit., VI. 406. 
Hence 2. To bring or introduce from one use, 
connection, or relation into another : as, to im- 
port irrelevant matter into a discussion. 
There Is also such a thing as a consciousness of the ulti- 
mate unity of all pursuits that contribute to the perfec- 
tion of man, which may import a certain enthusiasm of 
humanity Into the devotion with which the scholar or ar- 
tist applies himself to his immediate object. 
T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, 1 148. 
3. To bear or convey in meaning or implica- 
tion; signify; mean; denote; betoken. 
His [God's) commanding those things to be which are, 
and to be in such sort as they are, . . . importeth the es- 
tablishment of nature's law. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, L 3. 
The message imported that they should deliver up their 
anus. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, L 92. 
Pan as the name imports, represents the universe. 
Bacon, Fable of Pan. 
4. To be of importance, interest, or conse- 
quence to; concern; have a bearing upon. 
Her length of sickness, with what else more serious 
Imwrrteth thee to know, this bears. 
Shak., A. and C., i. 2. 
All Men know there Is nothing importt this Island more 
than Trade. llowell, Letters, I. vl. 52. 
In these four sciences. Logic, Morals, Criticism, and 
Politics, Is comprehended almost everything which it can 
any way import us to be acquainted with. 
tlume, Human Nature, Int. 
You never will know the two things in the world that 
import you the most to know. Walpole, Letters, II. 408. 
H. intrans. To have significance; be of im- 
portance. 
It is the depth at which we live, and not at all the sur- 
face extension, that imports. 
Emerson, Works and Days, p. 164. 
import (im'port), n. [= OF. emport, a carrying 
away, influence, favor, importance ; from the 
verb: see import, r.] 1. That which is import- 
ed or brought from without or from abroad ; 
especially, merchandise brought into one coun- 
try from another: usually in the plural: op- 
posed to export. 
I take the importt from, and not the exports to, these 
conquests, as the measure of these advantages which wo 
derived from them. Burke, Late State of the Nation. 
Whatever shadings of mortality, 
Whatever importt from the world of death 
Had come among these objects heretofore. 
Were, in the main, of mood less tender. 
Wordswtrth, Prelude, iv. 
2. The intrinsic meaning conveyed by any- 
thing; the significance borne by, or the inter- 
pretation to be drawn from, an event, action, 
speech, writing, or the like: purport; bearing: 
as, the import of one's conduct. 
The oath of the President contains three words, all of 
equal import: that Is, that he will preserve, protect, and 
defend the Constitution. 
D. Webater, Speech, Senate, May 7, 1834. 
Ha ! how the murmur deepens t I perceive 
And tremble at its dreadful import. Bryant, Earth. 
3. Importance; consequence; moment. 
I will propound to your learned imitation those men of 
import that haue laboured with credit in this laudable 
kinde of Translation. Atc/iam, The Scholemaster, p. 8. 
And tell us, what occasion of import 
Ilatli all so long detain'd you from your wife. 
Shot., T. of the 9., IIL 2. 
Such idle Themes no more can move, 
Nor any thing but what's of high Import. 
Congrerx, Paraphrase upon Horace, I. xlz. 2. 
=Syn. 2 Sense, gist, tenor, substance. 
importable 1 (im-por'ta-bl), a. [= OF. empor- 
jtihle, that can be carried away; as import + 
-able.] Capable of being imported. 
importable-* (im-por'ta-bl), a. [< ME. in/port- 
able, iiipoi-tiiblr, < OF. "importable = Sp. (obs.) 
importable = Pg. importavel = It. importable, 
importevole, < lAj.importabilis.inportabilis, that 
cannot be borne, insupportable, < L. in- priv. 
+ LL. porlabiliK, that can be borne : see port- 
able.] Unbearable; not to be endured or car- 
ried out. 
