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Imaginational (?), a. Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.
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Imaginationalism (?), n. Idealism. J. Grote.
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Imaginative (?), a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
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In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. Mure.
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2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
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Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge.
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3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-- Imaginatively, adv. -- Imaginativeness, n.
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imaginativeness n. the capability of imagining; the power of imagination.
Syn. -- imagination, vision.
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Imagine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imagined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See .] 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
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In the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Shak.
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2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See , v. t., 5.
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How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Ps. lxii. 3.
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3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. Shak.

Syn. -- To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
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Imagine, v. i. 1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
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2. To think; to suppose.
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My sister is not so defenseless left
As you imagine. Milton.
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imagined adj. existing in the mind only; not real or actual; as, her imagined fame.
Syn. -- imaginary, notional.
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Imaginer (?), n. One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon.
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Imaginous (?), a. Imaginative. [R.] Chapman.
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Imago (?), n.; pl. Imagoes (#). [L. See .] 1. An image.
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2. (Zoöl.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of , and .

{ Imam (?), Iman (?), Imaum (?), } n. [Ar. imām.] 1. Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
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2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
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Imaret (?), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. 'imāra.] A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore.
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Imbalm (?), v. t. See .
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Imban (?), v. t. To put under a ban. [R.] Barlow.
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Imband (?), v. t. To form into a band or bands. “Imbanded nations.” J. Barlow.
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Imbank (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbanking.] [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf. .] To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See .
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Imbankment (?), n. The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See .
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Imbannered (?), a. Having banners.
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Imbar (?), v. t. To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]
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To imbar their crooked titles. Shak.
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Imbargo (?), n. See .
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Imbark (?), v. i. & t. See .
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Imbarn (?), v. t. To store in a barn. [Obs.]
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Imbase (?), v. t. See .
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Imbase, v. i. To diminish in value. [Obs.] Hales.
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Imbastardize (?), v. t. To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton.
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Imbathe (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. .] To bathe; to wash freely; to immerse.
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And gave her to his daughters to imbathe
In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. Milton.
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Imbay (?), v. t. See .
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Imbecile (?), a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imbécile.] Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

Syn. -- Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
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Imbecile, n. 1. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind; -- sometimes used as a pejorative term.
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2. (Psychology) A person with a degree of mental retardation between that of an idiot and a moron; in a former classification of mentally retarded person, it applied to a person with an adult mental age of from four to eith years, and an I.Q. of from 26 to 50.
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Imbecile, v. t. To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Imbecilitate (?), v. t. To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] A. Wilson.
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Imbecility (?), n.; pl. Imbecilities (#). [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imbécillité.] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
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Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. Sir W. Temple.
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☞ This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.

Syn. -- Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See .
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Imbed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbedded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbedding.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. .] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.
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Imbellic (?), a. [L. imbellis; pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf. bellicus warlike.] Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.
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Imbenching (?), n. [Pref. im- in + bench.] A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.
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Imber-goose (?), n. (Zoöl.) The loon. See .
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Imbezzle (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Imbibe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. , , .] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
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2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
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3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] “Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.” Sir I. Newton.
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Imbiber (?), n. One who, or that which, imbibes.
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Imbibition (?), n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.
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Imbitter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbittering.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. .] [Written also embitter.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
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Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? South.
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Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.
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Imbitterer (?), n. One who, or that which, imbitters.
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Imbitterment (?), n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
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Imblaze (?), v. t. See .
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Imblazon (?), v. t. See .
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Imbody (?), v. i. [See .] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See .
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The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.
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Imboil (?), v. t. & i. [Obs.] See .
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Imbolden (?), v. t. See .
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Imbonity (?), n. [Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness.] Lack of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.
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Imborder (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbordering.] [Pref. im- in + border. Cf. .] To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
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Imbosk (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See , and cf. .] To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.
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Imbosk, v. i. To be concealed. [R.] Milton.
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Imbosom (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosoming.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. .] 1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
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2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. “Villages imbosomed soft in trees.” Thomson.
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The Father infinite,
By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. Milton.
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Imboss (?), v. t. See .
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Imbosture (?), n. [See .] Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Imbound (?), v. t. To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Obs.] Shak.
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Imbow (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. .] To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. “Imbowed windows.” Bacon.
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Imbowel (?), v. t. See .
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Imbower (?), v. t. & i. See .
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Imbowment (?), n. act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon.
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Imbox (?), v. t. To inclose in a box.
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Imbracery (?), n. Embracery. [Obs.]
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Imbraid (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Imbrangle (?), v. t. To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras.
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Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.
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Imbreed (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill.

{ Imbricate (?), Imbricated (?), } a. [L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.] 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
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2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to “break joints,” like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation.
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3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
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Imbricate (?), v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
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imbricated adj. (Botany) overlapping or layered as scales or shingles; -- used especially of leaves or bracts.
Syn. -- imbricate.
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Imbrication (?), n. [Cf. F. imbrication.] An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
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Imbricative (?), a. (Bot.) Imbricate.
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Imbrocado (?), n.; pl. Imbrocadoes (#). [See .] Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]

{ Imbrocata (?), Imbroccata }, n. [It. imbroccata.] A hit or thrust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Imbroglio (?), n.; pl. Imbroglios (#). [Written also embroglio.] [It. See 1st , and cf. .] 1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
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2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding or disagreement, especially one that is bitter.
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Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.
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Imbrown (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + brown. Cf. .] To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.
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The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron.
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Imbrue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbureed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbureing.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. , 1, 1st , and ), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. ).] To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
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While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton.
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Imbruement (?), n. The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
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Imbrute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. .] To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
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And mixed with bestial slime,
THis essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton.
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Imbrute, v. i. To sink to the state of a brute.
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The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose
The divine property of her first being. Milton.
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Imbrutement (?), n. The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.] Brydges.
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Imbue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Imbuing.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. .] 1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
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2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
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Thy words with grace divine
Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. Milton.
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Imbuement (?), n. The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.
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Imburse (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse. See , and .] To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]
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Imbursement (?), n. 1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]
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2. Money laid up in stock. [Obs.]
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Imbution (?), n. An imbuing. [Obs.]
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Imesatin (?), n. [Imide + isatin.] (Chem.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.
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Imide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide.
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Imido (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.
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Coloq. Imido acid , an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.
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Imitability (?), n. [See .] The quality of being imitable. Norris.
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