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Show IM 10 be fo impertinently importuned, thata great par of the liturgy was addrefled folely to her Howwel's Vocal Foreff it Go imporrune it with a falfe defire Diyden Every ‘one hath experimented this troublefom intrufion of fome frifking ideas, which thus importun the underftanding, and hinder it from being employed upo We have been obliged to hire troops from fevera princes of the empire, whofe minifters and refident here have perpetually inportuned the court wit unreafonable demands Swift adj [imporiunus Latin Henry beftowe kin o England neede no to hav fuch great fums, nor fo to have bufied him felf with impertunz and inceflant labour, compals to my death and ruinydfI had been afeigned perfon Bacow's Henry V11 -2, Troublefome vexatious And th' armies of their creatures all, and:fom " Do ferve to them, and with Zmportune migh Wa againft us the vaffals of their will. If the upper foul can check wha b the will, in compliance wit Spenfer is confented t the ‘flefh, an ca then hope, that after a few.years of fenfuality, tha importuzie: rebelliops fervant fhall be eternally caft off » this would be fome colour for that novel perfuafio SHammond Th mol fam airs whic fom entertai wit delightful tranfports, to others are importune « Glanville's Scepfis -3. Unfeafonable coming pening:at-a wron -afking, o hap time No fair to thin Equivalent, orfecond! which-compeli' Me thus, though importune perhaps, to com And gaze and worfhip thee Milton AmrorTU/NELY. @dv. [from importune: :x, Troublefomely; inceffantly The palmer bent -hi To weet who cali'd f Again he heard a.mor That bade him come i 2 ear unto the noife inportunely efforced voice haftes Fairy Rueen Unfeafonably ; impropetly The conftitutions that the apaftles made concerning deacons and widows, are, with much importunity but very importunely urged by the difciplinarians Sanderfon IMPORTU'NITY. 7. [f. [importunitas, Latin importunité, F¥rench, from importunate., Inceffant {olicitation Opvercome with the importunity of his wife, a wo;man ofa haughty fpirit, he altered his former purpofe Knolles Thrice' I deluded her, and turn'd to fpor ‘Her importunity Miltonw's Agoniffes Lo IMPOSE pofitum @. ¢ [impofer, French im Latin. 3. 'To lay on as a burthen.or penalty It thall not be lawful to inpofe toll upon them Fzra, vii If a fon do fall into a lewd a&ion, the imputation by yourrule, fhould be impofed upon his father Shakefpeare To tyrantsothers have their country fold Jmpofing foreign lords for forcign gold Dyyd..Zn On impious realms and barb'rous kings impof Thy plagues, and curfe them with fuch ills as thofe Pope. 2. To enjoin as a duty or law ‘What good or evil is there under the fun, wha a&tion correfpondent or repugnantunto the law whic A>ad hath impofed upon his creatures, but in or upo th 'law whic bu wha ar enalte in ou natures, o but your commands This hour fhall bring you twenty thoufand hands Dryden nor fo much-a Diyden It was neither izpofed on me the fubject given me by any man was anciently pronounced with the accen on the fecond fyllable. 1. Conflantly recurring; troublefome by freuency Spepfer us Impof I All that charge did fervently apply With greedy malice and importune toi And planted there their huge artillery With which they daily made moft dreadful battery t are agreeable to the prime andfundamental laws of it Tillotfon Locke AMPO'RTU'NE accordin himfelf hath eternally purpofed to keep Haoker There was a thorough way made by the fwor for the inpofing of the laws upon them Spenfer on Ireland Thou on the deep inpofe/ nobler laws And by that juftice haft remov'd the caufe, Waller Clauiftianity hath hardly impofed any otherdaw The bloom of beauty other years demands Nor will be gather'd by fuch wither'd hands Yo doth work M 3. To fixon; to impute to This cannot be -allowed unto the firlt caufe whic fecond or what we.den unto nativity itfelf except we impute tha we impcfe not on th unt nature w 4+ To obtrude fallacioufly imput Brown Our poet thinks not fi T impofe upon you what he writes for wit. Dryden 5o Z0 Imrost oz deceive To put a cheat on t Phyficians and philofophets have fuffered themfelves to be fo far impofed upon as to publith chymica experiments which they never tried Boyle He that thinks the name centaur ftands fo fome real being, impofes on himfelf, and miftake words for things Locke "Thefe izipofitions were fupply'd To light my pipe, or pleate my pride Lrogrefs of Difiontent IMro'ss1BLE pefible. ad) Not t %'mpzfib[e be done; not to be at tained; impraéticable It was impg/ffilie that the fate fhould continu quiet 2 Mac With men this is imgpofible; but with God al things are poffible Mat. xix,26 . "Twere impgffible for any enterprife to be lawful if that which thould legitimate it is fubfequent to it Decay of Piety Difficult it is, but not impoffible Chillingworth. Tt is impoffible the mind fhould be ftopped an where in its progrefs in this fpace, how far foever i extends its thoughts Locke We cannot believe it impoffible to God to mak a creature with more ways‘to-convey into the underftanding the notice of corporeal things than five Lacke I my thoughts deceiv With hope of thungs impy/fible to find Walfb Ivreosstet'Liry, . /. [impoffibilité, Fr. fro impolfible. 1. Impraicability; the flate of being no feafible Simple Philoclea, it is the impofibility that dot tormen me for unlawfu defires are punifhed afte on the ftone, and fit on the chafes, in orde the effet of enjoying, but impofiible defires in th defire itfelf Sidney Admit all thefe impoffibilities and great abfurdities to be poflible and convenient Whitgifte According to your ladyfhip's inzpof I am thus early come Strike the proud cedars *gaint the fiery fun Murdering impgfibility, to mak What cannot be, flight work. Shakefp. Coriolanus They confound difficulty with impaffibility. South ‘Thofe who affert the impoffibility ot fpace exittin 6. [Amon printers.] - T put the page to-carry the forms to prefs Impo'se. z. /. [from the verb.] Command injun@ion Not in ufe Shakefpeare Imro'seasLe. adj. [from impofe. laid as obligatory on any body "To b They were not fimply inpofeable on any particula man, farther than he was a- member of fome church Hammond Impo'sEr. 2z [ [from impofe.] One wh ‘enjoins as a law; one who lays any thin on another as a hardfhip The univerfities fufferings might be manifefted t all nations, and the /impofers of thefe caths migh repent Walion Imrosi'tioN n. fo [impofition, French im pefitus, Latin. 1, The ac of laying any thing on another The fecond part of confirmation is the prayer o benediction of the bifhop, made more folemn by th impofition of hands Hammond 2. The ac of annexing "The ficlt impofition of names was grounded, amon all nations, upon future good hope conceived of chil dren Camden "The impofition of the name is grounded only upo the predominancy of that element, whofe name i aferibed to it Boyle 3. Injunction of any thing as a law or duty Their determination is to trouble you with n more {uit; unlefs you may be won by fome othe fort than .your father's impofition, depending on th cafkets Shakefpeare Erom inpofition of frict laws, to fre Acceptance of large grace; from fervile fea To filial; works of law, to works of faith, Milton 4. Conftraint; oppreffion The conftraint of receiving and holding opinion by authority was rightly called zmpofition. Locke A greater load has been laid on us than we hav been able tobear, and the grofleft impopitions hav been fubmitted to, in order to forward the dangetou defigns of a faction Sawift Let it not be made contrar to its own nature the occafion of firife, a narrow fpirit, and unreafonable impofitions on the mind and pra&ice. Watts 5. Cheat fallacy impofture 6. A fupernumerary exercife enjoined fcholars as a punifbment Let the mutinous wind without matter, mu make body infinite Locke When we fee a man of like paffions and weaknef with ourfelves going before us in the paths of duty it confutes all lazy pretences of impg/ffibility. Rogers z. That which cannot be done " Though men do, without offence, wifh daily tha th affairs, whic with evi fuccefs are paft, migh have fallen out much better; yet to pray that ithe may have been any other than they are, this bein a manifelt impo/fibility initfelf, the rules of religio do not permit Hooker Impg/fibilities! oh no, there's none Could 1 bring thy heart captive home Umrost Cowley 7z [ [impoft, impit, Frenchs impo JSetum, Latin. paid tax; a tolly a cufto Taxes and impoffs upon merchants do feldom goo to the king's revenue; for that that he wins i the hundred Imrolsts he lofeth in the fhire . . [impofte, French. Bacon In ar chitectare, that part of apillar, in vault and arches, on which the weight of th whole building lieth Ainfworth To IMpo/sTHUMATE. @. 7 [ from impofthume. 'To form an abfcefs; to gather; to form a cyft or bag containin matter The bruife impofhumated, and afterwards turne to a ftinking ulcer, which made every body fhy t come near her ToImMpo'sTHUMATE, w. 2 an impofthume Arbuthnot To affli¢t wit They would not fly that furgeon, whofe lance threatens none but the impoffhumated parts Decay of Piety ImposTHUMA'TION. . [ [from impeftbumate.] 'The at of forming an impofthum the ftate in which an impofthume i formed He that maketh the woun bleed inwards, en dangereth malign ulcers and pernicious impofthuma tions Bacon's Effays IMPO'STHUME. 7. /. ['This feems to hav been formed by corruption from vmpefen 1:N 4 |