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Immuring
- verb - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Impaling
- verb - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
Impeding
- verb - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
- block passage through; "obstruct the path"
- preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
Implying
- verb - express or state indirectly
- have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
- have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes"
- suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
- suggest that someone is guilty
- what is not directly stated but definitely inferred
Imposing
- verb - compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"
- impose and collect; "levy a fine"
- impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
- impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
- TO DICTATE
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
Imputing
- verb - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
- attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
In-Going
- - The act of going in; entrance.
Incasing
- verb - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
Incising
- verb - make an incision into by carving or cutting
Inciting
- verb - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
- provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
- urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"