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Impairs
- verb - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
Impalas
- noun - African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
Impales
- 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"
Imparts
- verb - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
- transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
Impedes
- verb - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
- block passage through; "obstruct the path"
Impends
- verb - be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
Impetus
- noun - a force that moves something along
- the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
Impious
- adjective - lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"
- lacking piety or reverence for a god
Implies
- 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
Imports
- noun - a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
- an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"
- bring in from abroad
- commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
- indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
- transfer (electronic data) into a database or doc