3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
Milton. Syn. — Impending; threatening; near; at hand. — Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is the
strongest: it denotes that something is ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of
one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as,
the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as,
threatening indications for the future.
Three times to-day
You have defended me from imminent death.
Shak.
No story I unfold of public woes,
Nor bear advices of impending foes.
Pope.
Fierce faces threatening war.
Milton. Imminently
(Im"mi*nent*ly), adv. In an imminent manner.
Immingle
(Im*min"gle) v. t. To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] Thomson.
Imminution
(Im`mi*nu"tion) n. [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.]
A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] Ray.
Immiscibility
(Im*mis"ci*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. immiscibilité.] Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.
Immiscible
(Im*mis"ci*ble) a. [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.] Not capable of being mixed
or mingled.
A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles.
Cudworth. Immission
(Im*mis"sion) n. [L. immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.] The act of immitting, or of
sending or thrusting in; injection; — the correlative of emission.
Immit
(Im*mit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Immiting.] [L. immittere, immissum; pref.
im- in + mittere to send.] To send in; to inject; to infuse; — the correlative of emit. [R.] Boyle.
Immitigable
(Im*mit"i*ga*ble) a. [L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to mitigate.] Not capable
of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. Coleridge.
Immitigably
(Im*mit"i*ga*bly) adv. In an immitigable manner.
Immix
(Im*mix") v. t. [Pref. in- in + mix.] To mix; to mingle. [R.]
Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek.
Spenser. Immixable
(Im*mix"a*ble) a. Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins.
Immixed
(Im*mixed") a. [Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix.] Unmixed. [Obs.]
How pure and immixed the design is.
Boyle. Immixture
(Im*mix"ture) n. Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.
Immobile
(Im*mo"bile) a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.] Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.
Prof. Shedd.
