Impartial
(Im*par"tial) a. [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F. impartial.] Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak.

Jove is impartial, and to both the same.
Dryden.

A comprehensive and impartial view.
Macaulay.

Impartialist
(Im*par"tial*ist), n. One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.

Impartiality
(Im*par`ti*al"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. impartialité.] The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.

Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.
South.

Impartially
(Im*par"tial*ly) a. In an impartial manner.

Impartialness
(Im*par"tial*ness), n. Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

Impartibility
(Im*part`i*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone.

Impartibility
(Im*part`i*bil"i*ty), n. [Cf. F. impartibilité.] The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.

Impartible
(Im*part"i*ble) a. [From Impart.] Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Impartible
(Im*part"i*ble), a. [Pref. im- not + partible: cf. F. impartible.] Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate. Blackstone.

Impartment
(Im*part"ment) n. The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed. [R.]

It beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.
Shak.

Impassable
(Im*pass"a*ble) a. [Cf. Unpassable.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton.Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. - - Im*pass"a*bly, adv.

Impassibility
(Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty) a. [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilité.] The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassible
(Im*pas"si*ble) a. [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.] Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. "Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott.

Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart
Though naked, and impassible depart.
Dryden.

Impassibleness
(Im*pas"si*ble*ness), n. Impassibility.

Impassion
(Im*pas"sion) v. t. [Pref. im- in + passion. Cf. Empassion, Impassionate, v.] To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] Chapman.

Impassionable
(Im*pas"sion*a*ble) a. Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

Impassionate
(Im*pas"sion*ate) a. Strongly affected. Smart.

Impassionate
(Im*pas"sion*ate) v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. Dr. H. More.

Impassionate
(Im*pas"sion*ate) a. [Pref. im- not + passionate.] Without passion or feeling. Burton.


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