impingent
verb (used without object)
1.
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon ): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
2.
to encroach; infringe (usually followed by on or upon ): to impinge on another's rights.
3.
to strike; dash; collide (usually followed 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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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr; |
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| [C16: from Latin impingere to drive at, dash against, from pangere to fasten, drive in] | |
| im'pingement | |
| —n | |
| im'pinger | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
impinge
1530s, from L. impingere "drive into, strike against," from in- "in" + pangere "to fix, fasten." Sense of "encroach, infringe" first recorded 1758.
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