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impen

impen verb: to shut up or enclose, as in a pen.

Verb

impen (third-person singular simple present impens, present participle impenning, simple past and past participle impenned)

  1. To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
    • Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of impen

third-person singular presentimpens
present participleimpenning
past participleimpenned
pastimpenned

Origin of impen

From im- + pen.

Questions about impen

What does impen mean?
Impen means to shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
What part of speech is impen?
Impen is a verb.
What is the past tense of impen?
The past tense of impen is impenned.

Words near impen in the dictionary

  1. impelling
  2. impellingness
  3. impellor
  4. impellors
  5. impels
  6. impen
  7. impend
  8. impended
  9. impendence
  10. impendencies
  11. impendency

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