Imitate, im′i-tāt, v.t. to copy, to strive to be the same as: to produce a likeness of.—n. Imitabil′ity.—adj. Im′itable, that may be imitated or copied: worthy of imitation.—n. Im′itancy, the tendency to imitate.—adj. Im′itant.—n. Imitā′tion, act of imitating: that which is produced as a copy, a likeness: (mus.) the repeating of the same passage, or the following of a passage with a similar one in one or more of the other parts or voices.—adj. Im′itātive, inclined to imitate: formed after a model.—adv. Im′itātively.—ns. Im′itātiveness, the quality of being imitative; Im′itātor, one who imitates or copies. [L. imitāri, imitātus, ety. unknown.]
Immaculate, im-mak′ū-lāt, adj. spotless: unstained: pure.—adv. Immac′ulately.—n. Immac′ulateness.—Immaculate Conception, the R.C. dogma that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin—first proclaimed in 1854. [L. immaculātus—in, not, maculāre, to stain—macula, a spot.]
Immalleable, im-mal′le-a-bl, adj. not malleable.
Immanacle, im-man′a-kl, v.t. (Milt.) to put in manacles, to fetter or confine.
Immanation, im-ā-nā′shun, n. an easy flow.—v.t. Imm′anate, to flow or issue in. [L. in, in, manāre, -ātum, to flow.]
Immane, i-mān′, adj. huge: cruel, savage.—adv. Immane′ly.—n. Imman′ity (Shak.), inhumanity, cruelty. [L. immanis, huge.]
Immanent, im′ā-nent, adj. remaining within: inherent.—ns. Imm′ānence, Imm′ānency, the notion that the intelligent and creative principle of the universe pervades the universe itself, a fundamental conception of Pantheism. [L. immanens, -entis, pr.p. of immanēre—in, in, manēre, to remain.]
Immantle, im-man′tl, v.t. to envelop in a mantle.
Immanuel, Emmanuel, i-man′ū-el, e-, n. a name given to Jesus (Matt. i. 23) as the son of a virgin (Is. vii. 14). [Heb., lit. 'God-with-us.']
Immarginate, im-ar-jin′āt, adj. having no margin.