Impartible, im-pärt′i-bl, adj. not partible: indivisible.—n. Impartibil′ity.
Impassable, im-pas′a-bl, adj. not capable of being passed.—ns. Impassabil′ity, Impass′ableness.—adv. Impass′ably.
Impassible, im-pas′i-bl, adj. incapable of passion or feeling.—ns. Impassibil′ity, Impass′ibleness, quality of being impassible. [Fr.,—L. impassibilis,—in, not, pati, passus, to suffer.]
Impassion, im-pash′un, v.t. to move with passion.—adjs. Impass′ionable, Impass′ionāte, Impass′ioned, moved by strong passion or feeling: animated: excited; Impass′ive, not susceptible of pain or feeling.—adv. Impass′ively.—ns. Impass′iveness, Impassiv′ity. [Through Low L.—L. in, in, passion-em, passion.]
Impaste, im-pāst′, v.t. (Shak.) to knead into a paste: to lay colours on thick.—ns. Impastā′tion, act of impasting: that which is made into paste; Impas′to, in painting, the thick laying on of pigments. [Low L. impastāre—in, into, pasta, paste.]
Impatient, im-pā′shent, adj. not able to endure or to wait: fretful: restless.—n. Impā′tience, want of patience.—adv. Impā′tiently.
Impave, im-pāv′, v.t. (Wordsworth) to pave.
Impavid, im-pav′id, adj. fearless.—adv. Impav′idly, fearlessly: dauntlessly. [L. impavidus—in, not, pavidus, fearing.]
Impawn, im-pawn′, v.t. to pawn or deposit as security.
Impeach, im-pēch′, v.t to charge with a crime: to cite before a court for official misconduct: to call in question: (Spens.) to impede.—adj. Impeach′able, liable to impeachment: chargeable with a crime.—ns. Impeach′er, one who impeaches; Impeach′ment, an exceptional form of process whereby the House of Commons may obtain redress for any high crimes and misdemeanours committed by peers and ministers of the Crown: (Shak.) hinderance, obstruction. [O. Fr. empescher, to hinder (Fr. empêcher, It. impacciare); either from L. impingĕre, to strike against, or impedicāre, to fetter—thus cognate either with impinge or impede.]