impurity 
rus, impure : see impure.] 1. The condition or 
quality of being impure, in either a physical or 
a moral sense. 
The soul of a man grown to an inward and real impu- 
rity, ililtun, Divorce, ii. 6. 
Our Saviour, to shew how much God abhors Impurity, 
. . . declares that the unmortiQed Desires and inward 
Lusts are very displeasing to God ; and therefore, that 
those who hope to see God must be Pure in Heart. 
StiUingfteet, Sermons, III. vii. 
2. That which is or makes impure, physically 
or morally : as, impurities in a liquid. 
But no perfection is so absolute 
That some impurity doth not pollute. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 854. 
=Syn. 1. Vncleanness, dirtiness, fllthiness; immodesty, 
ribaldry, grossness, vulgarity. 
impurple. v. t. See empurple. 
imputability (im-pu-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. im- 
/nitdbilite = Sp. imputabilidad = Pg. imputaU- 
lidade; as imputable + -ity : see -bility.] The 
character of being imputable. 
If now we can say what is commonly presupposed by 
imputabiliti/, we shall have accomplished the first part of 
our undertaking, by the discovery of what responsibility 
means for the people. 
F. H. Bradley, Ethical Studies, p. 5. 
imputable (im-pu'ta-bl), a. [= F. imputable = 
Sp. imputable = Pg"imputarel = It. imputabile; 
as impute + -able.] 1. That may be imputed, 
charged, or ascribed; attributable. 
These [sins], I say, in the law were imputable, but they 
were not imputed. Jcr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 434. 
This circumstance is chiefly imputable to the constancy 
of the national legislature. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., Int. 
2f. Accusable ; chargeable with fault. 
The fault lies at his door, and she is in no wise imputa- 
ble. Ayli/e, Parergou. 
imputableness (im-pu'ta-bl-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of beiiig imputable ; 'imputability. 
'Tis necessary to the imputableness of an action that it 
* be avoidable. Norris. 
imputably (im-pu'ta-bli), adv. By imputation, 
imputation (im-pu-ta'shou), 11. [= F. imputa- 
tion = Sp. imputation =' Pg. impntayao = It. 
imputazione, <LL. imputatiu(n-), inpitttitio(n-), 
a charge, an account, < imputare, inputare. 
charge, impute: see impute.] 1. The act of 
imputing or charging; attribution; ascription: 
as, the imputation of wrong motives. 
If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humour his 
men with the imputation of being near their master. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 1. 
This [self-conscious volition] is the condition of imputa- 
tion and responsibility, and here begins the proper moral 
life of the self. F. II. Bradley, Ethical Studies, p. 267. 
2. That which is imputed or charged; specifi- 
cally, an attribution of something censurable 
or evil; censure; reproach. 
Truly I must needs lay an imputation of great discre- 
tion upon myselfe. Coryat, Crudities, 1. 189. 
Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these 
groundless imputations of our enemies, and to rise above 
them. Addism. 
Doctrine Of Imputation, in theol., the doctrine that the 
sin of Adam is attributed or laid to the charge of his pos- 
terity, so that they are treated as guilty because of it, 
and that the righteousness of Christ is attributed or cred- 
ited to the believer, so that he is treated as righteous be- 
causeofit. Mediate imputation, the doctrine that not 
the guilt, but only the consequences of Adam's sin, attach 
to his descendants. 
imputative (im-pu'ta-tiv), a. [= F. imputatif 
= Sp. Pg. imputativo', < LL. imputations, charg- 
ing, accusatory, < L. imputare, charge, im- 
pute : see impute.] Coming by imputation; 
imputed. 
Some say they have imputative faith ; but then so let 
the sacrament be too : that is, if they have the parents' 
va- 
384. 
faith, . . . then so let baptism be imputed also by deri 
tiou from them. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 3 
The fourth is the imputative righteousness of Christ 
either exploded or not rightly understood. 
JR. Nelson, Bp. Bull. 
imputatively (im-pu'ta-tiv-li), adv. By impu- 
tation. 
impute (im-puf), v. t. ; pret. and pp. imputed, 
ppr. imputing. [< F. imputer = Sp. Pg. impu- 
tar = It. imputare, < L. imputare, inputare, en- 
ter into the account, reckon, set to the account 
of, attribute, < in, in, to, 4- putare, estimate, 
reckon: see putative. Cf. compute, depute, re- 
I/U:.] 1. To charge; attribute; ascribe; reck- 
on as pertaining or attributable. 
Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me. 
2 Sam. xix. 19. 
God imputes not to any man the blood he spills in aiust 
cause - Milton, Eikonoklastes, six. 
Men oft are false ; and, if you search with Care, 
You'll find less Fraud imputed to the Fair. 
Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. 
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We impute deep-laid, far-sighted plans to Cresar and 
Napoleon ; but the best of their power was in nature, not 
in them. Emerson, Spiritual Laws. 
2. To reckon as chargeable or accusable ; 
charge; tax; accuse. [Bare.] 
All that I say is certain ; if you fall, 
Do not impute me with it ; I am clear. 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, i. 1. 
And they, sweet soul that most impute a crime, 
Are pronest to it, and impute themselves. 
Tennyson, Merlin. 
3. To attribute vicariously; ascribe as derived 
from another : used especially in theology. See 
doctrine of imputation, under imputation. 
Thy merit 
Imputed shall absolve them who renounce 
Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 291. 
4. To take account of; reckon; regard; con- 
sider. [Rare.] 
If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his 
death. Gibbon. 
Imputed malice. See malice. Imputed quality!, in 
metapli.. the power of a body to affect the senses, as color, 
smell, etc. 
Secondary and imputed qualities, which are but the 
powers of several combinations of those primary ones, 
when they operate without being distinctly discerned. 
Locke. 
=Syn. Attribute, Ascribe, Refer, etc. See attribute. 
imputer (im-pu'ter), H. One who imputes or 
attributes. 
imputrescible (im-pu-tres'i-bl), a. [< im-S + 
putrescible.] Not putrescible; not subject to 
putrefaction or corruption. 
imrigh, imrich (im'rich), n. [< Gael, eanraich, 
soup.] A sort of strong soup, made of parts 
of the ox, used in the Highlands of Scotland. 
A strapping Highland damsel placed before Waverley, 
Evan, and Donald Bean, three cogues or wooden vessels 
. . . containing imrich. Scott, Waverley, xvii. 
in 1 (in), prep, and adv. [With the simple form 
in became merged in later ME. and early mod. 
E. several deriv. forms, inne, etc. I. prep, (a) 
< ME. in, y, < AS. in = OFries. D. MLG. LG. 
OHG. MHO. G. in = Icel. i = Sw. Dan. i = 
Goth, in = Olr. in = W. yn = L. in = Gr. ev, 
ivi, dial. Iv, in; related to Gr. ana = Goth, ana 
= OHG. ana, MHG. one, an, G. an = AS. an, 
on, E. on: see ow 1 , and cf. in 2 , an- 1 , ana-,in-i, 
in- 2 , etc. (6) < ME. inne, ine, earlier innen, < AS. 
innan, in, within, = OS. innan = OFries. inna = 
OHG. innana, innan, innena, MHG. G. innen = 
Icel. innan = Dan. inden, inde = Sw. innan, inne 
= Goth, innana, from within, within, (c) < ME. 
inne, < AS. inne = OS. inne = OFries. inne = 
OHG. inna, inni, inne, MHG. G. inne, within, etc. 
II. adf. (a) < ME. in, < AS. in = OS. OFries. in 
= OHG. MHG. in, also, with lengthened vowel, 
OHG. MHG. in, G. ein = Icel. inn = Sw. in = 
Dan. ind= Goth, inn, adv., in. (6) < ME. inne, 
innen, < AS. innan, etc. (c) < ME. inne, < AS. 
inne = Goth, inna, etc.: in forms similar to 
those of the prep. See I. With these are as- 
sociated numerous other deriv. forms. In early 
use (AS. and early ME.) the prep, in was often 
interchangeable with the related on, which was 
indeed generally used in AS. where in now ap- 
pears. In ME. and mod. poet, and dial, use, in 
G. dial., and reg. in Scand., the prep, in is re- 
duced to i, in present E. commonly printed i'.] 
1. prep. A word used to express the relation of 
presence, existence, situation, inclusion, action, 
etc., within limits, as of place, time, condition, 
circumstances, etc. 1. Of place or situation: 
(a) Within the bounds or limits of ; within : as, 
in the house ; in the city ; to keep a subject in 
mind. 
His word was in mine heart as a burning fire. 
Jer. xx. 8. 
These letters lay above fourteen days in the bay, and 
some moved the governour to open them. 
Winthrop, Hist, New England, I. 359. 
The king pitched his tents in a plantation of olives, on 
the banks of the river. Irving, Granada, p. 66. 
Ordinary language justifies us in speaking of the soul 
as in the body, in some sense in which this term does not 
apply to any other collection of material atoms. 
G. T. Ladd, Physiol. Psychology, p. 636. 
(b) Among; in the midst of. 
Than the hete was so hoge, harmyt the Grekes, 
With a pestylence in the pepull pynet horn sore : 
Thai fore out to the flldes, fellyn to ground, 
And droppit to dethe on dayes full thicke. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8410. 
2. Of time : () Of a point of time, or a period 
taken as a point : At. 
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 
Gen. i. 1. 
in 
In the instant that I met with you, 
He had of me a chain. Shak., C. of E., iv. 1. 
(6) Of a course or period of time: Within the 
limits or duration of; during: as, in the pre- 
sent year; in two hours. 
In the while that kynge Leodogan toke thus his coun- 
seile of his knyghtes, entred in the kynge Arthur and his 
companye in to the Paleise. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 203. 
Whosoever were vanquished, such as escape vpon their 
submission in two dayes after should line. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, 1. 135. 
We left Alexandria in the afternoon. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, 1. 17. 
(c) Of a limit of time: At the expiration of: 
as, a note due in three months. 
In a bond "payable in twenty -five years" means, at the 
end of that period, not within nor at any time during the 
period. Anderson, Diet. Law, p. 521). 
3. Of action : Under process of; undergoing the 
process or running the course of : used espe- 
cially before verbal nouns proper, or the same 
used participially. 
Forty and six years was this temple in building. 
John ii. 20. 
This space, extending Eastward from Ob, a Russe was a 
Summer in trauelling, and liued there G yeares. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 431. 
Not much better than that noise or sound which musi- 
cians make while they are in tuning their instruments. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. xxiv. 1. 
The Moorish cavaliers, when not in armor, delighted in 
dressing themselves in Persian style. 
Irving, Granada, p. 5. 
4. Of being: Within the power, capacity, or pos- 
session of: noting presence within as an inher- 
ent quality, distinguishing characteristic, or 
constituent element or part, or intimacy of re- 
lation : as, he has in him the making of a great 
man ; it is not in her to desert him. 
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and 
ye in me, and I in you. John xiv. 20. 
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 
2 Cor. v. 17. 
Why, thou dissemblest, and 
It is in me to punish thee. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, iii. 1. 
But to giue him his due, one wel-furnisht Actor has 
enough in him for flue common Gentlemen. 
Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Player. 
5. Of state, condition, circumstance, or manner: 
In the condition, state, etc., of: as, in sickness 
and in health ; painted in yellow; in arms (arm- 
ed); in doubt; in very deed; paper in quires; 
grain in bulk; the party i power. 
He in the red face had it. Shak., M. W. of W., i. 1. 
Look to my shop ; and if there come ever a scholar in 
black, let him speak with me. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, iii. 3. 
I am at this instant in the very agonies of leaving col- 
lege. Gray, Letters, I. 16. 
Muley Abul Hassan received the cavalier in state, seated 
on a magnificent divan. Irving, Granada, p. 12. 
How could I know that your son would arrive in safety? 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 67. 
6. Of range, purview, or use : With regard to ; 
within the range of : as, in politics ; in theology 
or philosophy ; in botany, etc. 7. Of number, 
amount, quantity, etc. : (.) Within the body or 
whole of; existing or contained in: as, there 
are ten tens in a hundred; four quarts in a gal- 
lon; the good men in a community. (6) To 
the amount of; for or to the payment of, ab- 
solutely or contingently: as, to amerce, bind, 
fine, or condemn in a thousand dollars. 
Whereupon the Thebans at their returne home con- 
demned euery man in the summe of ten thousand 
Drachmes. North, tr. of Plutarch, Pelopidas, p. 321. 
Lord Elibank, a very prating, impertinent Jacobite, was 
bound for him in nine thousand pounds, for which the 
Duke is determined to sue him. Walpole, Letters, II. 40. 
8. Of material, form, method, etc.: Of; made of; 
consisting of; with: as, a statue in bronze; a 
worker in metal ; to paint in oils ; a book written 
in Latin ; a volume in leather or cloth ; music in 
triple time. 
Crispe heris & clene, all in cours yelowe, 
All the borders blake of his bright ene. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3968. 
For I will raise her statue in pure gold. 
Shak., R. and J., v. 3. 
It [a newspaper] is in Turkish and Arabic. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 851. 
But besides these statues in wood and stone, a few in 
bronze have also been discovered. 
Lucy M. Mitchell, Hist. Ancient Sculpture, ii. 
9. Of means or instruments: By means of; 
with; by; through. 
In thee shall all nations be blessed. Gal. iii. S. 
You shew your loves in these large multitudes 
That come to meet me. 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, ii. 2. 
