Part 5613

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An impious act; an act of wickednes.</def>

<blockquote>Those <b>impieties</b> for the which they are now visited. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.</syn>

<h1>Impignorate</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pig"no*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>impignoratus</ets>, p. pl of <ets>impignorare</ets> to pawn. See <er>Pignoration</er>.]</ety> <def>To pledge or pawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Laing.</i>

<h1>Impignoration</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pig`no*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>impignoratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>impignoration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Imping</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Imp"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Imp</er> to graft.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of grafting or mending.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.</def>

<h1>Impinge</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pinge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impinged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impinging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>impingere</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pangere</ets> to fix, strike; prob. akin to <ets>pacisci</ets> to agree, contract. See <er>Pact</er>, and cf. <er>Impact</er>.]</ety> <def>To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The cause of reflection is not the <b>impinging</b> of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without <b>impinging</b> on God's justice. <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impingement</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pinge"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of impinging.</def>

<h1>Impingent</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pin"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impingens</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Striking against or upon.</def>

<h1>Impinguate</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*pin"guate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impinguatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>impinguare</ets> to fatten; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pinguis</ets> fat.]</ety> <def>To fatten; to make fat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Impinguation</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im`pin*gua"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Impious</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"pi*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impius</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>pius</ets> piou. See <er>Pious</er>.]</ety> <def>Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; <as>as, an <ex>impious</ex> deed; <ex>impious</ex> language.</as></def>

<blockquote>When vice prevails, and <b>impious</b> men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>