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impanate

/ɪmˈpænət/

impanate verb: to embody in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.

Verb

impanate (third-person singular simple present impanates, present participle impanating, simple past and past participle impanated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To embody in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
    Synonyms:
    inbread

Adjective

impanate (not comparable)

  1. Embodied in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
    • And then, as we have God verily incarnate for our redemption, so should we have him, impanate1550, Thomas Cranmer, Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ

Synonyms of impanate

Forms of impanate

third-person singular presentimpanates
present participleimpanating
past participleimpanated
pastimpanated

Origin of impanate

From Late Latin impānātus, past participle of impānō.

Questions about impanate

What does impanate mean?
Impanate means to embody in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
What part of speech is impanate?
Impanate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce impanate?
Impanate is pronounced /ɪmˈpænət/.
What is the past tense of impanate?
The past tense of impanate is impanated.

Words near impanate in the dictionary

  1. impalsied
  2. impalsies
  3. impalsy
  4. impalsying
  5. impaludism
  6. impanate
  7. impanated
  8. impanates
  9. impanating
  10. impanation
  11. impanator

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