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impearl

impearl verb: to form into pearls, or make pearly.

Verb

impearl (third-person singular simple present impearls, present participle impearling, simple past and past participle impearled)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To form into pearls, or make pearly.
    • Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]1640 (first publication), Thomas Carew, “Obsequies to the Lady Anne Hay”, in Poems, with a Maske, […], 3rd edition, London: […] H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J[ohn] Martin, […]...
    • Or Starrs of Morning, Dew-Drops, which the Sun / Impearls on every leaf and every flouer.1667, John Milton, “Book CXLII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  2. (poetic, transitive) To decorate as if with pearls.
    • The Devvs of the Morning impearl every Thorn, and ſcatter Diamonds on the verdant Mantle of the Earth.1722 October 20 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Alexander Pope, “To the Same [Letter to the Honourable Robert Digby, from Mr. Pope]”, in Mr Pope’s Literary Correspondence for Thirty Years; from...
    • Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled.1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Future and Past”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 362

Forms of impearl

third-person singular presentimpearls
present participleimpearling
past participleimpearled
pastimpearled

Origin of impearl

From im- + pearl.

Words that rhyme with impearl

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Questions about impearl

What does impearl mean?
Impearl means to form into pearls, or make pearly.
What part of speech is impearl?
Impearl is a verb.
What is the past tense of impearl?
The past tense of impearl is impearled.

Words near impearl in the dictionary

  1. impeachy
  2. impearce
  3. impearced
  4. impearces
  5. impearcing
  6. impearl
  7. impearled
  8. impearling
  9. impearls
  10. impeccabilities
  11. impeccability

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