2. (Old Eng. Law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the
disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
Impetrative
(Im"pe*tra*tive) a. [L. impetrativus obtained by entreaty.] Of the nature of impetration; getting,
or tending to get, by entreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Impetratory
(Im"pe*tra*to*ry) a. Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Impetuosity
(Im*pet`u*os"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. impétuosité.]
1. The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
2. Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper. Shak.
Impetuous
(Im*pet"u*ous) a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed.
Byron. 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays,
Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.
Milton. Syn. — Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.
— Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. — Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
Impetus
(Im"pe*tus) n. [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek.
See Petition.]
1. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any
body is driven or impelled; momentum.
Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly
to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion,
rather than its quantity or effectiveness.
2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. Buckle.
3. (Gun.) The altitude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with
which a ball is discharged from a piece.
Impeyan pheasant
(Im"pey*an pheas"ant) (im"pi*an fez"ant). [From Lady Impey, who attempted to
naturalize the bird in England.] (Zoöl.) An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several
species are known. Called also monaul, monal.
They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known
species (L. Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.
Imphee
(Im"phee) n. (Bot.) The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), — resembling the sorghum,
or Chinese sugar cane.
Impictured
(Im*pic"tured) a. Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.
