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[Altered from imasatin (q. v.), by the substitution of e for a.] Chem.: C8H6N2O. A dark yellow inodorous body, obtained by the action of gaseous ammonia on a saturated alcoholic solution of isatin, containing a little powdered isatin in suspension, thus: C8H5NO2+NH3=C8H8N2O+H2O. It crystallizes in the form of straight rectangular prisms, which are insoluble in water, soluble in boiling alcohol, and slightly soluble in ether. Im-grame, *ym-grame, a . [Pref. im- = in, and Eng. grame (q. v.).] Grieved, sad, doleful, hara ed. Im'-ide, s . [Altered from Eng., ., amide .] Chem.: Generally used in the plural. Imides are formed by the action of chloracids (the so-called chlorides of negative radicals) upon amides, thus: Acetamide [NH2(CMO)] + acetylic chloride (CMeOCI) = diacetimide [NH(CMO)2] + hydro chloric acid (HCl). Imides are also formed by the substitution of a dyad negative radical for two atoms of hydrogen in ammonia, thus: succinimide= NH(C4H4O2)", in which two atoms of the hydrogen in ammonia have been replaced by the dyad negative radical of succinic acid. I-mid-o, a. Chem. Combined with or pertaining to the radical NH, which is called the imido group. I-mid-o-gen, s . [Eng. imid (e); o connective, and Gr. gennaō-to generate.] Chem.: A name given to the monatomic radical (ΝΗ). imidogen-bases, s. pl. Chem.: A term applied to the secondary mon amines. These are derived from ammonia by the replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by monad positive radicals. Dimethylamine N(CH3)2H, piperidine N (C5H10) "H, and conine N (C8H14) H, are imidogen bases. Im-It-a-bil-1-ty, s. [Eng. imitable ; -ity.] The quality or state of being imitable; po ibility of being imitated. Im'-It-a-ble, a. [Lat. imitabilis , from imitor to imitate; Fr. & Sp. imitable ; Ital. imitabile .] 1. That may or can be imitated or copied. 2. Deserving of being imitated or copied; worthy of imitation. "A great example imitable by all Princes." -Bp . Taylor : Rule of Consc., bk. iii., ch. iii., rule 5. Im-It-a-ble-ne , s . [Eng. imitable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being imitable. *im-1-tan-çỹ, s. [Eng. imitate ); -ancy.] Tend ing to imitate. Im'-i-tāte, v . t. [Lat. imitatus , pa. par. of imitor =to imitate; Sp. & Port. imitar ; Fr. imiter .] 1. To produce, or endeavor to produce, a copy or likene of anything in form, color, or appearance. 2. To produce similar in qualities, style, effect, ., to another. "This tale is imitated , rather than translated, from a fragment."- Scott : Frederick and Alice . (Note.) 3. To follow as a model, pattern, or example; to copy in manners, conduct, actions, .; to follow the example of. "He will not yet imitate and follow his pa ion."- Sir T. More: Works, p. 1,346. 4. To mimic; to ape; to copy the actions or movements of. IMG:content-1478.png:[blocks in formation] Howard . Im-i-ta-tion-al, a. [Eng. imitation ; al .] Per- taining or relating to imitation; resembling. who imitates; an imitator; one who is destitute of im-i-ta-tion-Ist, s. [Eng. imitation ; -ist .] One originality. Im-i-tā-tive, a . & s. [Fr. imitatif , from Lat. imitatus , pa. par. of imitor .] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: II. Technically : Dryden: Virgil ; Georgic ii. 282. B. As substantive: IMG:content-1479.png:[blocks in formation] "Neither our good nor our bad qualities were those of imitators."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. Im-i-ta-tõr-ship, s . [Eng. imitator ; -ship .] The condition or office of an imitator. "When to servile imitator ship , Some spruce A then i an pen is prentized." Marston: Scourge of Villainy . Im'-i-ta-tre , im'-i-ta-trix, s. [Lat. imita tris.] A female who imitates or copies. "Friend, they either are men's souls themselves Or the most wittie imitatrixes of them." Sir Gyles Goosecappe , iii. 1. (1606.) Im-măc-u-lăte, a . [Lat. immaculatus , from im =in-=not; and maculatus , pa. par. of maculo =to spot; macula =a spot; Sp. immaculado ; Ital. im macula to .] 1. Spotle , pure; free from stain, spot, or blemish; unstained, undefiled. "[They] kept the faith immaculate and pure." Cowper: Expostulation, 208. 2. Pure, clear, transparent. "Thou clear, immaculate, and silver fountain." Shakesp.: Richard II., v. 3. Imitation is the generic copy, and counterfeit the specific: to imitate is to take a general likene ; to copy , to take an exact likene ; to counter feit , to take a false likene : to imitate is, therefore, almost always used in a good or an indifferent sense; to copy mostly, and to counterfeit always, in a bad sense: to imitate an author's style is at all times allowable for one who cannot form a style for himself. To imitate is the general term: to mimic and to ape are both species of vicious imitation . One imitates that which is deserving of imitation , faith. According to the dogma, in her active con Immaculate Conception, s. Roman Theol. &. Ch. Hist .: The dogma defined by Pope Pius IX., on Dec. 8, 1854, that the immac ulate conception of Mary is an article of divine or the contrary: one mimics either that which is not an authorized subject of imitation , or which is lous; but in the pa ive conception, or infusion of imitated so as to excite laughter. A person wishes to make that his own which he imitates , but he mimics for the entertainment of others. To ape is a serious though an absurd act of imitation ; to mimic is a jocose act of imitation : to mock is an ill-natured and vulgar act of imitation . (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) ception, or generation, there was nothing miracua rational soul, she was sanctified and preserved from the taint of original sin by the foreseen merits of Christ. The traditional day of Mary's conception has been honored with a feast from the twelfth century, and found a place in the calendar in the fourteenth. In the fifteenth century, all doctors of Paris were bound to defend the doctrine, which IMG:content-1480.png:[blocks in formation] Im-măc-u-late-ne , *im-mac-u-late-ne e, 8. [Eng. immaculate ; -ne .] The quality or state of being immaculate; purity; freedom from spot, stain, or blemish. "Candor and immaculatene of conversation is required."- Mountagu : Devout E ays, pt. i., tr. 12, § 2. Eng. mailed .] Clad in mail or armor. Im-mailed', *im-mayled, a . [Pref. im- =in, and IMG:content-1481.png:[blocks in formation] Browne: Britannia's Pastorals , bk. ii., s. 4. Im-măl-le-a-ble, a. [Pref. im- = in- =not, and Eng. malleable (q.v.).] That cannot be hammered, or wrought, or beaten with a hammer; not malleable. "It reduces it to an immalleable substance." -Boyle : Works, iv. 319. Im-măn-a-cle, v . t . [Pref. im- =in, and English manacle (q.v.).] To manacle, to fetter, to confine; to put under restraint. "This corporal rind Thou has immanacled." Milton: Comus, 665. *Im-mă-nā-tion, s. [Latin pref. im -in, and manatio a flowing; mano to flow.] A flowing or entering in. (Lamb.) *Im-mane', a. [Lat. immanis huge, vast, savage.] Vast, huge, prodigious; exceeding great. "What immane difference is there between the twenty fourth of February and commencement of March?" Evelyn : Sylva , bk. i., ch. xviii. *Im-māne-lý, adv . [Eng. immane ; -ly.] In a vast or prodigious manner or degree; hugely, sav agely, cruelly. "A man of exce ive strength, valiant, liberal, and fair of aspect, but immanely cruel."- Milton : Hist. Eng . , bk. i. Im-ma-nençe, *Im-ma-nen-çỹ, s. [Latin im manens , pr. par. of immaneo .] [IMMANENT.] The indwelling. quality or state of being immanent; inherence, Im-ma-nent, a. [Lat. immanens , pr. par. of immaneo to remain in: im-in-=in, and maneo = to remain; Fr. immanent .] Staying or remaining in; not pa ing out of the subject; limited to the subject or a ociated acts; having no external effect; inherent, internal, not transient. min Logicians distinguish two kinds of operations of the the last does. The first they call immanent acts; the second transitive. All intellectual operations belong to the first cla ; they produce no effect upon any external object."- Reid : On the Intellectual Powers , e . 2, ch. xiv. *im-măn-1-fest, adj . [Pref. im- = in- =not, and Eng. manifest (q. v.).] Not manifest; not plain or clear. "A time not much unlike that which was before time immanifest and unknown." Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. vi., ch. vi. *Im-măn-1-ty, s. [Fr. immanité , from Latin immanitatem , acc us. of immanitas , from immanis vast, savage, cruel.] Barbarity, cruelty, savage ne . "That such immanity and bloody strife Should reign among profe ors of one faith." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., v. 1. *Im-măn-tle. An old spelling of EMMANTLE (q. v.). Im-măn-u-el, s. [Heb. Immanuel God with us; Gr. Emmanouel . ] Script.: The name which was to be given to a child who, it was prophesied by Isaiah, was to be born of haalmah , i . e., the virgin, not a virgin, as in the A.V. At the time the words were uttered, the kingdom of Judah was threatened with political extinction by a hostile confederacy, consisting of the kingdoms of Israel and Syria. For the encouragement of King Ahaz it was stated that before the child Immanuel should be old enough to discern between good and evil, "the land," as it has been rendered, "shall be forsaken, of whose two kings thou art afraid" (Isa. vii. 10-16). In Matt. i. 23 the prophecy is applied to the miraculous birth of Jesus from the Virgin Mary of thy land, O Immanuel." Isaiah viii. 8. "The stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth *Im-măr-çěs'-çi-ble, *Im-măr-çes-si-ble, adj [Lat. pref. im -in-=not; and marcesco to fade.] Unfading. "The crown that thou hast laid up for me is immarces cible ."- Bp . Hall : A Holy Rapture, § 11. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation] *Im-mătch-a-ble, a . [Pref. im- = in- =not, and Eng. matchable (q.v.).] That cannot be matched or equaled; peerle . "Invincible of pleasure, unconquered by travels, and in gratuities and liberality immatchavle ."-P. Holland: Plu tarch, p. 1,041. *im-mătch-le , a. [Pref. im- in- =not, and Eng. matchle (q. v.).] Incomparable; peerle . (G. Markham: Trag . of Sir R. Grinuile ; Dedic.) Im-ma-tër-I-al, a. & s. [Fr.) (MATERIAL.] A. As adjective : 1. Not consisting or composed of matter; incorporeal, spiritual. "Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual." Hooker : Eccles. Polity. 2. Of no e ential weight, importance, or consequence; unimportant.