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▪ I. † ˈimpar, n. Obs.
[L. impar unequal, f. im- (im-2) + par equal.]
A thing unequal to another; pl. unequals.
1697tr. Burgersdicius his Logic i. xxi. 84 Imparity is a diversity in quantity. Those things are said to be impars of which one is greater or less than another:..so silver and gold, gold and virtues, are esteemed to be impars in this verse, Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum.
▪ II. † impar, impare, a. Obs.
[ad. L. impar, f. im- (im-2) + par equal, even; cf. F. impair (1484 in Godef. Compl.).]
1. Of a number: Uneven; odd.
c1430Art Nombryng (E.E.T.S.) 6 In the place of the Impare sette a-side, put half of the even.
2. Unequal; unequally matched.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 572 Becaus thair power that tyme wes impar, This Coell than wes sone put to the war [= worse]. |