impotance - adj.
1 a powerless; lacking all strength. b helpless, decrepit.
2 (esp. of a male) unable, esp. for a prolonged period, to achieve a sexual erection or orgasm.

impotence n. impotency n. impotently adv. [ME f. OF f. L impotens (as IN-(1), POTENT(1))]

impotance - {v.} To try to get more from (a person who is helping you) than he or she intended to give. * /Don't you think you are imposing on your neighbor when you use his telephone for half an hour?/ * /You may swim in the Allens' pool so long as you do not impose on them by bringing all your friends./ Compare: TAKE ADVANTAGE.

impotance - v.tr.
(also empolder) Brit.
1 make a polder of.
2 reclaim from the sea. [Du. inpolderen (as IN-(2), POLDER)]

impotance - adj.
(impolitest) ill-mannered, uncivil, rude.

impolitely adv. impoliteness n. [L impolitus (as IN-(1), POLITE)]

impotance - adj.
1 inexpedient, unwise.
2 not politic.

impoliticly adv.

impotance - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 that cannot be estimated or assessed in any definite way.
2 very light.
3 Physics having no weight.

--n.

(usu. in pl.) something difficult or impossible to assess.

imponderability n. imponderably adv.