† imparn.
Obsolete.
A thing unequal to another; plural unequals.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] > an inequality > a thing unequal to another
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1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† imparimpareadj.
Obsolete.
1. Of a number: Uneven; odd.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > describing particular qualities > odd
odda1398
imparc1430
uneven1577
unequal1697
odd-numbered1850
c1430 Art Nombryng (1922) 6 In the place of the Impare sette a-side, put half of the even.
2. Unequal; unequally matched.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective]
unevenOE
unlikea1387
odda1393
unmeeta1393
inequalc1400
inegal1484
impar1535
unegual1542
unequal1565
inequivalent1568
unmatch1570
unegall1589
disequal1622
disparate1764
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 572 Becaus thair power that tyme wes impar, This Coell than wes sone put to the war [= worse].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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