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impalm

impalm verb: to grasp or hold in the hand.

Verb

impalm (third-person singular simple present impalms, present participle impalming, simple past and past participle impalmed)

  1. (transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
    • Nature herself (whose grasp of time and place / Deals out duration and impalms all space) […].1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
    • And the hands of a bride and of a bridegroom, noble to noble, were impalmed by Don John Conmee.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 214

Forms of impalm

third-person singular presentimpalms
present participleimpalming
past participleimpalmed
pastimpalmed

Origin of impalm

From im- + palm.

Questions about impalm

What does impalm mean?
Impalm means to grasp or hold in the hand.
What part of speech is impalm?
Impalm is a verb.
What is the past tense of impalm?
The past tense of impalm is impalmed.

Words near impalm in the dictionary

  1. impallas
  2. impallid
  3. impallided
  4. impalliding
  5. impallids
  6. impalm
  7. impalmed
  8. impalming
  9. impalms
  10. impalpabilities
  11. impalpability

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