IMPINGED

Verb

impinged

simple past tense and past participle of impinge

Anagrams

• impeding

Source: Wiktionary


IMPINGE

Im*pinge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging.] Etym: [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.]

Definition: To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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