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impalming

impalming is the present participle and gerund of impalm.

Meaning of impalm

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

Questions about impalming

What is impalming the present participle and gerund of?
Impalming is the present participle and gerund of impalm.

Words near impalming in the dictionary

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

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