Immediateness, s

[Eng. immediate; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being immediate; exemption from any intervening cause or medium; directne . "Above them in privileges, especially in the immediate ne of their calling."-Bp. Hall: Episcopacy by Divine Right , pt. ii., § 2. 2. Presence or close relation with regard to time; promptne . IMG:content-1484.png:[blocks in formation] from im - in- =not, and medicabilis =curable; med ico to cure, to heal.] That cannot be healed or cured; incurable. "Some deep and immedicable wound." Byron: Childe Harold , iv. 167. Im-mĕ-lō-di-ous, a . [Pref. im - in- =not, and composed of matter. "As well might nothing bind immensity, Or pa ive matter immaterials see." Harte: E ay on Satire.