impregnableness

[Eng. impregnable; -ne .] The quality or state of being impregnable; impregnability. Im-preg-na-bly, adv . [English impregnabl (e); -ly .) In an impregnable manner; so as to be im pregnable. "For, on the prophecy concerning Antichrist, the Protestant churches were founded; and by the Apocalypse in general are they impregnably upheld."-War burton: Works, vol. x., dis. 28. *Im-pregnant, a. [Pref. im- in- =not, and Eng. pregnant (q.v.).] Not pregnant. *Im-preg-nant, s. [Lat. imprægnans , pr. par. of impregno to impregnate.) That which impreg nates. IMG:content-1526.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1527.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Having the virtues of another substance communicated or infused into it. "Let one move his impregnate needle to any letter of the alphabet."- Glanvill : Vanity of Dogmatizing , ch. xxi. Im-preg-nā-tion, s. [Low Latin imprægnatio , from imprægnat us , pa. par. of imprægno ; Fr. im prégnation ; Span. impregn a cion; Ital. impregn a zione .] 1. The act or proce of impregnating or making pregnant; fecundation; fertilization. 2. The act or proce of infusing or communicat ing the virtues of another substance, as by intimate commixture; infusion, saturation. 3. That with which anything is impregnated. *Im-pre-ju-di-cāte, *Im-prě-jū-di-cat-ěd, a. [Pref. im - in- =not, and Eng. prejudicate (q. v.).] se ed. Unprejudiced, impartial, unbiased; not prepos "The solid reason of one man with imprejudicate apprehensions."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. i., ch. vii. *Im-prep-ar-ā-tion, s. [Pref.im-= in- =not, and Eng . preparation (q.v.).] Want or lack of preparation; unpreparedne ; unreadine . "It is our infidelity, our imp reparation that makes death any other than advantage."- Bp . Hall : Contempl.; Lazarus Dead. Im-prê-są, s. [Ital.] [IMPRESS.] Her.: A device, a motto, as on a shield, .; an impre .