impulsus

of impello; Ital. & Span. impul impure matter, actions, or words. sivo.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: IMG:content-1538.png:[blocks in formation] "My heart, impulsive and wayward." Long fellow: Miles Standish, vi. II. Mech .: Applied to forces which act not continuously but by intermittent force. *B. As subst .: That which impels; an impelling cause, reason, or motive. Im-pulsive-ly, adv . [Eng. impulsive ; -ly .] In an impulsive manner; by impulse. Im-půl'-sive-ne , s. [Eng. impulsive ; -ne .) The quality or state of being impulsive; liability to act under impulse; impulsive nature. *Im-pul-sõr, s. [Lat.] One who or that which impels; an impelling force or power. "The greater compre ion is made by the union of two impulsors."-Browne: Cyrus' Garden, ch. ii. Im-punc-tāte, a . [Pref. im- = in- =not, and Eng. punctate (q. v.).] Not punctate or dotted. *Im-punc-tu-al, a . [Pref. im- = in- =not; Eng. punctual (q. v.).] Not punctual. *Im-punc-tu-al-1-ty, s . [Pref. im-=in-=not, and Eng. punctuality (q. v.).] Want of punctuality. *Im-pūn-i-bly, adv . [Lat. im-= in- =not, and punio to punish.] Without punishment; with impunity. "No one impunibly violates a law established by the gods." - Ellis : Knowledge of Divine Things. Im-pūn-1-ty, *im-pun-i-tie, s. [Fr. impunité , from Latin impunitatem , acc us, of imp unit as impunity, from impunis =without punishment: im =in-=not, and punio to punish; pæna punishment; Ital. impunità ; Sp. impunidad .] 1. Freedom or exemption from punishment or penalty. "He had not escaped with impunity."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. 2. Freedom or exemption from injury, hurt, lo or damage. *Im-pür-ā-tion, s . [English impur ( e ); -ation.] power or strength; impotent, weak, feeble. "So empty an offer of so impui ant a service." -Bacon : To Lord Treasurer Burghley. Im-pulse, s . (Lat., from, and of the same form as impulsus , pa. par. of impello =to impel, to drive.] [IMPEL.] 1. The act of impelling or causing to move by communication of force. "Between every impulse of the object and every motion of the hand, an entire perception and volition must intervene." Search: Light of Nature , vol. i., pt. i., ch. ii. 3. Influence acting upon the mind, especially suddenly or momentarily; a sudden thought, idea, or determination; as, to act under the impulse of the moment. *4. Instigation, urging, incitement. *5. An attack, an onset, a shock. "Unmoved the two united chiefs abide, Sustain the impulse , and receive the war." Prior: Ode to the Queen, xiii. (1705.) tion. "To forbid their impuration by the noysome fogges and mists of those mis-opinions." - Bp . Hall : Contempl.; Christ and Cæsar. Im-püre', a. [Fr. impur , from Lat, impurus , from im - in- =not, and pur us = pure; Ital. & Sp. impuro .] 1. Not pure; mixed or impregnated with foreign matter; foul; feculent. "Not confined within the banks of Tiber, not mixing with the impure waters of it." -Stilling fleet : Sermons, vol. i., ser. 9. 2. Defiled with guilt; guilty; not innocent; unholy. 3. Unfit for religious or sacred use; unhallowed; unholy. 4. Unholy, immoral; contrary to the laws of morality; spec if., obscene, unclean, unchaste. "Much le to feed and fan the fatal fires Of pride, ambition, or impure desires." Cowper : Retirement , 110. 5. Not grammatically correct; not pure; contain ing foreign idioms or characteristics. 6. A help forward or in advance; promotion. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; ""Let no visible or audible impurity ,' says Juvenal, 'enter the apartment of a child; for to children the greatest reverence is due.'"- Beattie : On Moral Science. Im-pür-ple, v. t. [Pref. im-, and Eng. purple (q.v.).] To make purple; to color as with purple; to empurple. "Impurpled with celestial roses." Milton: P. L., iii. 364. Im-put-a-bil-i-ty, s. [Eng. imputable; -ity.) The quality or state of being imputable. Im-put-a-ble, a. [ Lat.imputabilis , from imputo =to bring into a reckoning; Fr. & Sp. imputable ; Ital. imputabile .] [IMPUTE.] 1. That may or can be imputed, charged, or ascribed; ascribable, chargeable. "That first sort of foolishne is imputable to them."South: Sermons , vol. i., ser. 9. *2. Chargeable or accusable with a crime or fault. "The law deems her to be a dutiful wife as long as the fault lies at his door, and she is in no wise imputable." Auliffe : Parergon . Im-put-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. imputable; -ne .) The quality or state of being imputable; imputability. Im-püt-a-bly, adv . [Eng. imputab (le); -ly.] By imputation. Im-pu-tā-tion, s. [Lat. imputatio , from impu tatus , pa. par. of imputo ; Fr. imputation ; Sp. imputacion ; Ital. imputazione .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of imputing. ascribing, or charging; ascription, attribution. 2. That which is ascribed or attributed as a charge or fault; reproach, censure. "The skeptical and sarcastic Halifax lay under the imputation of infidelity."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. ix. 3. A report, an opinion expre ed, a hint, an intimation. "Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?"Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , v. 3. II. Theol.: The verb impute occurs fifteen times in the Authorized Version; the noun imputation not at all. The Calvin is tic doctrine is that Adam's sin of disobedience in Paradise is imputed to all his natural descendants, making each person who comes into the world chargeable with the guilt of Original Sin (q. v.). On the other hand, God just i. fies those effectually called, not by counting faith itself, or any other act of obedience, as merit, but by imputing to them as righteousne the obedience and satisfaction rendered by Christ, which they receive, and on which they rest by faith, the gift of God. [IMPUTE, 11., 1., 2.]