impacted (adj.) Look up impacted at Dictionary.com
1680s, "pressed closely in," past-participle adjective from impact (v.). Of teeth from 1859.
imparity (n.) Look up imparity at Dictionary.com
1560s, from Late Latin imperitas, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + paritas "equality" (see parity). Rare or obsolete.
impanel (v.) Look up impanel at Dictionary.com
"to fit with panels," 1570s; see im- "in" + panel (n.). Related: Impanelled. Also empanel.
impartible (adj.) Look up impartible at Dictionary.com
late 14c. as "indivisible, incapable of being parted," from Medieval Latin impartibilis; see im- "not, opposite of" + part (v.). From 1630s as "capable of being imparted," from impart (v.) + -ible. Now little used in either sense.
impatiens (n.) Look up impatiens at Dictionary.com
type of flowering plant, from Latin impatiens "impatient" (see impatient). So called in reference to the valves of the seed pods, which discharge forcibly at a slight touch.
imperception (n.) Look up imperception at Dictionary.com
"want of perception," 1620s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + perception.
imperceptive (adj.) Look up imperceptive at Dictionary.com
"not perceiving," 1660s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + perceptive.
imperturbed (adj.) Look up imperturbed at Dictionary.com
1721, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not" + perturbed. Related: Imperturbedly.
impersuasible (adj.) Look up impersuasible at Dictionary.com
1570s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + persuasible (see persuadable).
implex (adj.) Look up implex at Dictionary.com
"intricate, complicated," 1710, from Latin implexus "interwoven, entwined," past participle of implectere. Used by 18c. critics in reference to plots.
implicative (adj.) Look up implicative at Dictionary.com
"tending to implicate," c. 1600, from implicate + -ive. Related: Implicatively (1570s).
implied (adj.) Look up implied at Dictionary.com
"intended but not expressed," 1520s, past participle adjective from imply (v.). Implied powers in a constitutional sense is attested from 1784.
implete (v.) Look up implete at Dictionary.com
"to fill, pervade," 1862, from Latin impletus, past participle of implere "to fill, fill up" (see implement (n.)). OED says U.S. Related: Impleted; impleting.
impletion (n.) Look up impletion at Dictionary.com
"action of filling," 1580s, from Late Latin impletionem, noun of action from stem of implere "to fill, fill up" (see implement (n.)).
implosive (adj.) Look up implosive at Dictionary.com
1876, originally in linguistics, probably from implode on the model of explosive; implosive is attested in French and German from 1860s.
importer (n.) Look up importer at Dictionary.com
1700, agent noun from import (v.).
impossibilism (n.) Look up impossibilism at Dictionary.com
"belief in social reforms (or other ideas) that could not practically be attained or accomplished," 1885, from impossible + -ism. Related: Impossibilist.
impotable (adj.) Look up impotable at Dictionary.com
"undrinkable," c.1600, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not" + potable, or else from Late Latin impotabilis.
impersuadable (adj.) Look up impersuadable at Dictionary.com
1763, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + persuadable. [Earliest date in OED 2nd ed. print is a typo.]
impracticality (n.) Look up impracticality at Dictionary.com
1843; see impractical + -ity.
impress (v.2) Look up impress at Dictionary.com
"levy for military service," 1590s, from assimilated form of in- (2) "into, in" + press (v.2). Related: Impressed; impressing.
impressible (adj.) Look up impressible at Dictionary.com
"capable of receiving impression," 1620s, from impress (v.1) + -able. Related: Impressibly; impressibility.
impressable (adj.) Look up impressable at Dictionary.com
"liable to be impressed into public service," 1865, from impress (v.2) + -able. Earlier it was used in the sense "capable of receiving impression" and "impressionable." Related: Impressability.
imprint (n.) Look up imprint at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., emprente "an imprint or mark, impression made by printing or stamping," from Old French empreinte "mark, impression, imprint" (see imprint (v.)). Meaning "publication information of a book" (1790) is directly from the verb.
improbity (n.) Look up improbity at Dictionary.com
"want of integrity," 1590s, from Latin improbitas "badness, dishonesty," from assimilated form of in- "not" (see in- (1)) + probitas "uprightness, honesty," from probus "worthy, good" (see prove).
improvable (adj.) Look up improvable at Dictionary.com
1640s, from improve (v.) + -able.
Impuritan (n.) Look up Impuritan at Dictionary.com
"one who is not a Puritan," 1610s, a hostile coinage of the Puritans, from im- "not, opposite of" + Puritan, perhaps also with suggestion of impure.
in (adj.) Look up in at Dictionary.com
"that is within, internal," 1590s, from in (adv.). Sense of "holding power" (the in party) first recorded c. 1600; that of "exclusive" (the in-crowd, an in-joke) is from 1907 (in-group); that of "stylish, fashionable" (the in thing) is from 1960.
impregnability (n.) Look up impregnability at Dictionary.com
1755, from impregnable + -ity.
ironmonger (n.) Look up ironmonger at Dictionary.com
also iron-monger, "dealer in iron-ware," mid-14c. (mid-12c. as a surname), from iron (n.) + monger (n.). Early forms also include ismongere, irenmanger, iremonger. A street named Ysmongeres lane is attested in London from c. 1215. Related: Ironmongery.
in forma pauperis Look up in forma pauperis at Dictionary.com
legal Latin, literally "in the form of a poor person" (thus exempt from certain court fees, etc.), 1590s; see form (n.) + pauper (n.).
in-patient (n.) Look up in-patient at Dictionary.com
also inpatient, 1760, "person who stays in a hospital for treatment," from in (prep.) + patient (n.). As an adjective by 1890.
in fieri Look up in fieri at Dictionary.com
legal Latin, "in the process of being done," from fieri "to come into being, become," used as passive of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
impromptitude (n.) Look up impromptitude at Dictionary.com
1848, probably from French impromptitude, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + promptitude (see prompt (adj.)).
imprevisible (adj.) Look up imprevisible at Dictionary.com
"that cannot be foreseen," 1855, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + previsible (see pre- + visible). Related: Imprevision; imprevisibility.
impoliteness (n.) Look up impoliteness at Dictionary.com
1670s, from impolite + -ness.
inappetence (n.) Look up inappetence at Dictionary.com
"failure of appetite," 1690s, from French inappétence (16c.), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + appétence "desire" (for food); see appetence. Related: Inappetency (1610s).
inappreciable (adj.) Look up inappreciable at Dictionary.com
1773, "too inconsiderable to matter;" 1787, "that cannot be sufficiently appreciated," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + appreciable. Perhaps modeled on French inappreciable. Related: Inappreciably.
inapprehensible (adj.) Look up inapprehensible at Dictionary.com
1640s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + apprehensible.
inboard (adv.) Look up inboard at Dictionary.com
"within the hull or interior of a ship," 1830, from in (adv.) + board (n.2).
incendiary (adj.) Look up incendiary at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., "capable of being used to set fires," from Latin incendiarius "causing a fire," from incendium "a burning, a fire, conflagration," from incendere "set on fire, light up with fire, brighten," figuratively, "incite, rouse, excite, enrage," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + candere "to shine, glow, be on fire" (see candle).

Figurative sense of "enflaming passions" is from 1610s in English. Meaning "relating to criminal burning" is from 1610s. Military use, of bombs, shells, etc., attested from 1871. The obsolete poetic verb incend is attested from c. 1500.
incensed (adj.) Look up incensed at Dictionary.com
"full of wrath, inflamed with anger," 1590s, past-participle adjective from incense (v.1). Earlier it was used in heraldry, in reference to fire-breathing animals (1570s). Distinguished in pronunciation from incensed "perfumed witrh incense" (1610s), from incense (v.2).
incentive (adj.) Look up incentive at Dictionary.com
c. 1600, "provocative, exciting, encouraging," from Late Latin incentivus "inciting" (see incentive (n.)). In reference to a system of rewards meant to encourage harder work, first attested 1943 in jargon of the U.S. war economy.
inchoative (adj.) Look up inchoative at Dictionary.com
1630s, "indicating beginning or inception;" see inchoate + -ive. Especially in grammar, of verbs, "denoting the beginning of action, inceptive," 1660s.
inchmeal (adv.) Look up inchmeal at Dictionary.com
"by inches, inch by inch," 1580s, from inch (n.1) + Middle English meal "fixed time, period of time, occasion" (see meal (n.1)).
incivism (n.) Look up incivism at Dictionary.com
"want of good citizenship," in English often with a menacing sense, a word from the French Revolution, 1794, from French incivisme; see in- (1) "not" + civic + -ism.
The words civisme and incivisme came into use during the first French revolution, when an appearance of active devotion to the existing government was the great test of good citizenship, and incivism was regarded a crime. [Century Dictionary]
inclose (v.) Look up inclose at Dictionary.com
alternative form of enclose (q.v.).
inclosure (n.) Look up inclosure at Dictionary.com
variant of enclosure preserved in some legal uses. Related: Inclosure.
inclined (adj.) Look up inclined at Dictionary.com
c. 1300, "having a mental tendency;" 1540s, "having a physical slope," past-participle adjective from incline (v.).
inclusive (adj.) Look up inclusive at Dictionary.com
"characterized by including a great deal, leaving little out," c. 1600, from Medieval Latin inclusivus (see inclusive (adv.)). The Middle English adjective was incluse "confined, shut in" (late 14c.). Related: Inclusively; inclusiveness.