Syn. — To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
Impoison
(Im*poi"son) v. t. [Cf. Empoison.] To poison; to imbitter; to impair.
Impoisoner
(Im*poi"son*er) n. A poisoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Impoisonment
(Im*poi"son*ment) n. [Cf. Empoisonment.] The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.]
Pope.
Impolarily
(Im*po"lar*i*ly Im*po"lar*ly) adv. Not according to or in, the direction of the poles. [Obs.] Sir
T. Browne.
Impolicy
(Im*pol"i*cy) n. The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads
policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. Bp. Horsley.
Impolite
(Im`po*lite") a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish,
refine. See Polite.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
— Im`po*lite"ly, adv. — Im`po*lite"ness, n.
Impolitic
(Im*pol"i*tic) a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.] Not politic; contrary to, or wanting
in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.
The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation.
Burke. Syn. — Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.
Impolitical
(Im`po*lit"i*cal) a. Impolitic. [Obs.] — Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.
Impoliticly
(Im*pol"i*tic*ly) adv. In an impolitic manner.
Impoliticness
(Im*pol"i*tic*ness), n. The quality of being impolitic.
Imponderability
(Im*pon`der*a*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. impondérabilité.] The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.
Imponderable
(Im*pon"der*a*ble) a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F. impondérable.] Not ponderable; without
sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
Imponderable
(Im*pon"der*a*ble), n. (Physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in
the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids
destitute of weight but in modern science little used.
