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in the same place, used in footnotes and bibliographies
to refer to the book, chapter, article, or page cited just before
ignominy,
ignominies
deep personal humiliation and disgrace; disgraceful
or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action; disgrace
imminent,
imminency,
imminently,
imminentness,
immenence,
imminency,
imminencies
about to occur; impending (in imminent danger);
the quality or condition of being about to occur; something about to occur
impartial,
impartiality,
impartialness,
impartially
not partial
or
biased;
unprejudiced;
fair
imperative,
imperatively,
imperativeness
expressing a command or
plea; peremptory (requests that grew more and more imperative); having
the power or authority to command or control; impossible to deter or evade;
pressing (imperative needs of the homeless); urgent; a command; an order;
an obligation; a duty (social imperatives); a rule, a principle, or an
instinct that compels a certain behavior (a people driven to aggression
by territorial imperatives)
imperial,
imperially
of, relating to, or suggestive
of an empire or a sovereign, especially
an emperor or empress (imperial rule; the imperial palace); ruling over
extensive territories, colonies/dependencies;
having supreme authority; sovereign; regal; majestic; outstanding in size
or quality; of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and
measures; an emperor or empress
impetus
a driving force; impulse; incentive; stimulus;
the stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity
implicate,
implied,
implying,
implies,
implicated,
implicating
to involve in the nature or operation of something;
entail (she implied a connection to build an impresssion); to involve,
to employ; to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference;
to imply; to bring into intimate connection
imply
to indicate without saying openly or directly
(his tone implied disapproval); to hint; suggest; implication
import,
importability,
importer,
importable,
import,
imported,
importing,
imports
meaning; signification; importance; significance
(a political decision of far reaching import); to be significant; to carry
or hold the meaning of; signify
(a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer); to imply
something imported; the act or occupation of importing goods or materials;
to bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods
or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale
impose,
imposed,
imposing,
imposes,
imposer
dictate;
to establish or apply as compulsory; levy (impose a tax); to apply or make
prevail by or as if by authority (impose a peace settlement); to obtrude
or force (oneself, for example) on another or others; to take unfair advantage
(governments are always imposing some new tax or other)
imposition
the act of imposing or the
condition of being imposed; something imposed, such as a tax, an undue
burden, or a fraud; a burdensome or unfair demand, as upon someone's time
(listened to the telephone solicitor but resented the imposition)
impute,
imputed,
imputing,,imputes,
imputed,,imputing,
imputability,,imputable
to credit to a person or
a cause;
attribute; to lay the responsibility
or blame for, often falsely or unjustly (he kindly imputed my clumsiness
to inexperience); to charge with the fault or responsibility for (imputed
the rocket failure to a faulty gasket); to attribute; credit;
ascribe
inadequate,
inadequately
not adequate
to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient
incompetent,
incompetence.or.incompetency,
incompetently
devoid of those qualities
requisite (required, essential) for effective conduct or action; not qualified;
inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application; an incompetent
person
incorporate,
incorporated,
incorporating,
incorporates,
incorporable.
incorporation,
incorporator,
incorporative
to unite (one thing) with
something else already in existence (incorporated the letter into her diary);
to give substance or material form to; embody; to cause to merge or combine
together into a united whole; to cause to form into a legal corporation
(incorporate a business); to become united or combined into an organized
body; to become or form a legal corporation (San Antonio incorporated as
a city in 1837); combined into one united body; merged; formed into a legal
corporation
incur,
incurred,
incurring
to acquire something, usually
undesirable; to bring upon oneself by one's own actions
indigenous,
indigenously,
indigenousness
originating and growing
or living in an area or environment; native;
intrinsic; innate
induce,
induced,
inducing,
induces
to lead on to some action; persuade; to bring
about often by coercion; cause
inept,
ineptitude,
ineptly,
ineptness
not suitable for the purpose; unfit; generally
incompetent; lacking sense or reason; foolish; not suitable to the time,
place, or occasion; bungling; awkward; an inept act or remark; the state
of being inept, incompetent
infamous,
infamously,
infamousness
having an exceedingly bad
reputation; notorious; causing or deserving infamy (disgrace); heinous
(an infamous deed)
inherent,
inherently
built in, inbuilt; innate; inborn; involved in
the constitution or essential character of something; belonging by nature
or habit; intrinsic
initiate,
initiated,
initiating,
initiates,
initiator
to set going by taking the first step; begin (initiated
trade with developing nations); to bring into practice or use; introduce
by first doing or using; to introduce to a new field, interest, skill,
or activity; one who is being or has been initiated; one who has been introduced
to or has attained knowledge in a particular field
initiation
the act or an instance of initiating;
the process of being initiated; the condition of being initiated; a ceremony,
ritual, test, or period of instruction with which a new member is admitted
to an organization or office or to knowledge
integrity
incorruptibility; completeness; soundness; the
quality or state of being complete or undivided; an unimpaired condition;
firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values; honesty
intention,
intend,
intended,
intending,
intends
determination to do a specific thing (I intend
to go downtown)
to have in mind; plan (we intend to go, they intend
going, you intended that she go); to design for a specific purpose; to
have in mind for a particular use; to signify or mean; to have a design
or purpose in mind
intentintently,
intentness
something that is intended;
an aim or a purpose; intention; meaning; firmly fixed; concentrated (an
intent gaze); aving the attention applied; engrossed (the students, intent
upon their books, did not hear me enter the room); having the mind and
will focused on a specific purpose (was intent on leaving within the hour;
are intent upon being recognized)
Law.–.the
state of one's mind at the time one carries out an action
for all intents and purposes or to all intents
and purposes; in every practical sense; practically (to all intents and
purposes the case is closed; to direct attention
invalid,
invalidate,
invalidity,
invalidly
not legally or factually valid;
having no force; falsely based or reasoned; faulty (an invalid constitution);
null or void to disable or weaken (an invalid license); make invalid
Ireland
the Irish Free State was
established in 1922. Ireland developed its constitution and became a sovereign,
free independent, democratic state
in 1937. In 1949 the Irish people decided to end Commonwealth affliation
with Britain.
At the
Imperial Conference of 1926, the Free State joined with other dominions
to obtain the Balfour Report.(*),
which stated that the British government would not legislate
for the dominions or nullify acts
passed by their own legislatures.
Once this was confirmed by the Statute
of Westminster in 1931, Ireland had the power to legislate away its
relationship with Britain.
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