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impawn

impawn verb: to place an item into pawn.

Verb

impawn (third-person singular simple present impawns, present participle impawning, simple past and past participle impawned)

  1. (transitive) To place an item into pawn.
  2. (transitive) To pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money.
    • He had to impawn everything he owned just to pay his rent.

Forms of impawn

third-person singular presentimpawns
present participleimpawning
past participleimpawned
pastimpawned

Origin of impawn

From im- + pawn.

Questions about impawn

What does impawn mean?
Impawn means to place an item into pawn.
What part of speech is impawn?
Impawn is a verb.
What is the past tense of impawn?
The past tense of impawn is impawned.

Words near impawn in the dictionary

  1. impavid
  2. impavidity
  3. impavidly
  4. impavidness
  5. impaving
  6. impawn
  7. impawned
  8. impawning
  9. impawns
  10. IMPD
  11. impeach

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