Imp, n.
- 1. Sprite, hobgoblin, flibbertigibbet, little demon or devil, malignant spirit.
Impact, n.
- 1. Impulse, shock, impression, stroke.
- 2. Collision, impinging, contact, striking.
Impact, v. a. Pack together, pack close, press close together, drive firmly together.
Impair, v. a.
- 1. Deteriorate, injure, vitiate, make worse, harm.
- 2. Lessen, diminish, decrease, make less.
- 3. Weaken, enfeeble, enervate.
Impale, v. a.
- 1. Thrust upon a stake, kill by impaling.
- 2. Fence, surround with palings, enclose with palisades.
Impalpable, a.
- 1. Intangible, very fine, delicate, attenuated, not palpable, not to be felt, not perceptible by the touch.
- 2. Imperceptible, shadowy, indistinct, inapprehensible, unsubstantial.
Impanation, n. Consubstantiation, Lutheran doctrine of the Eucharist.
Imparadise, v. a. Put in paradise, enrapture, raise to bliss, transport, enravish, ravish, exalt to supreme felicity.
Impart, v. a.
- 1. Give, grant, bestow. See confer.
- 2. Communicate, divulge, disclose, reveal, tell, make known.