Imbellic
(Im*bel"lic) a. [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf. bellicus warlike.] Not warlike
or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.
Imbenching
(Im*bench"ing) n. [Pref. im- in + bench.] A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.
Imber-goose
(Im"ber-goose`) n. (Zoöl.) The loon. See Ember-goose.
Imbezzle
(Im*bez"zle) v. t. [Obs.] See Embezzle.
Imbibe
(Im*bibe") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in +
bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.]
1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a
sponge imbibes moisture.
2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.
Imbiber
(Im*bib"er) n. One who, or that which, imbibes.
Imbibition
(Im`bi*bi"tion) n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.
Imbitter
(Im*bit"ter) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbittered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbittering.] [Pref. im- in + bitter.
Cf. Embitter.] [Written also embitter.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to
make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame?
South.
Imbittered against each other by former contests.
Bancroft. Imbitterer
(Im*bit"ter*er) n. One who, or that which, imbitters.
Imbitterment
(Im*bit"ter*ment) n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
Imblaze
(Im*blaze") v. t. See Emblaze.
Imblazon
(Im*bla"zon) v. t. See Emblazon.
Imbody
(Im*bod"y) v. i. [See Embody.] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material
body. See Embody.
The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes.
Milton. Imboil
(Im*boil") v. t. & i. [Obs.] See Emboil.
Imbolden
(Im*bold"en) v. t. See Embolden.
Imbonity
(Im*bon"i*ty) n. [Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness.] Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.
Imborder
(Im*bor"der) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbordered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbordering.] [Pref. im- in +
border. Cf. Emborder.] To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
Imbosk
(Im*bosk") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking.] [CF. It. imboscare to
imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.]
To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.
