‖n. [ Zulu. ] A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [ South Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated a Matabili impi (war band). James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Pictured; impressed. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf. Empierce. ] To pierce; to penetrate. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.
v. t. [ LL. impignoratus, p. pl of impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration. ] To pledge or pawn. [ Obs. ] Laing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration. ] The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Imp to graft. ]
v. t.
The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of impinging. [ 1913 Webster ]