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impingent

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im⋅pinge

  [im-pinj] verb, -pinged, -ping⋅ing.
Use impingent in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1525–35; < ML impingere to strike against, drive at, equiv. to L im- im- 1 + -pingere, comb. form of pangere to fasten, drive in, fix; see impact

Related forms:
im⋅ping⋅ent, adjective
im⋅ping⋅er, noun
im⋅pinge⋅ment, noun
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Word Origin & History

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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