Imperfect

im-per'fckt, adj. incomplete defec- 54 fate, far m6 her mine; n Impetus tive not fulfilling its design liable to ttr.—ns. Imper'fectne , Imperfeo'tlon— Imper'- fectly. [Fr.— L in, not, and Perfect] Imperforate6 im-pir'for-a-bl. adj that cannot be perforated or bored through Imperforate, im-pe rlo-rat. Imperforated, imper'fo-rat-ed, adj, not pieroed through having — no opening n. Imperfora'tion. [L. in, not. and Perforate Imperial, im-pg'ri-al, (tdj. pertaining to an empire or to an emperor sovereign supreme of superior size or excellence. n. a tuft of hair on the lower lip a kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings an outside seat on a diligence. adv Imperially. Fr imperially —imptrium, sovereignty. See Empire.] Imperialism, m-pd'n-al-izm «. the power or authority of an emperor the spirit of empire, Imperialist, lni-pe'n-al-ist, «. one who belongs to an emperor a soldier or partisan of an emperor