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impest

impest verb: to afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.

Verb

impest (third-person singular simple present impests, present participle impesting, simple past and past participle impested)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) To plague

Forms of impest

third-person singular presentimpests
present participleimpesting
past participleimpested
pastimpested

Origin of impest

From im- + pest.

Questions about impest

What does impest mean?
Impest means to afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
What part of speech is impest?
Impest is a verb.
What is the past tense of impest?
The past tense of impest is impested.

Words near impest in the dictionary

  1. impervious
  2. imperviously
  3. imperviousness
  4. impervium
  5. impery
  6. impest
  7. impested
  8. impester
  9. impestered
  10. impestering
  11. impesters

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