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im⋅pinge
[im-pinj]
verb, -pinged, -ping⋅ing.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually fol. by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life. |
| 2. | to encroach; infringe (usually fol. by on or upon): to impinge on another's rights. |
| 3. | to strike; dash; collide (usually fol. by on, upon, or against): rays of light impinging on the eye. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | Obsolete. to come into violent contact with. |
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Impinge
Im*pinge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging.] [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.] 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.
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impinge
1535, from L. impingere "drive into, strike against," from in- "in" + pangere "to fix, fasten." Sense of "encroach, infringe" first recorded 1758.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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