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impignorate

impignorate verb: to pledge or pawn.

Verb

impignorate (third-person singular simple present impignorates, present participle impignorating, simple past and past participle impignorated)

  1. (Scotland, UK, obsolete, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
    • the actial delivery to the lender of the impignorated lands — is clearly the feature of the deed, and the transaction may therefore be described more accurately as a pawn or wadset than as a mortgage in its modern sense1904, Gilbert Goudie, The Celtic and Scandinavian antiquities of Shetland

impignorate meaning in Tamil

impignorate in Tamil

அடைமானம் வை

Forms of impignorate

third-person singular presentimpignorates
present participleimpignorating
past participleimpignorated
pastimpignorated

Origin of impignorate

From Latin impignoratus, perfect passive participle of impignorare (“to pawn”). See pignoration.

Questions about impignorate

What does impignorate mean?
Impignorate means to pledge or pawn.
What is impignorate in Tamil?
Impignorate in Tamil is அடைமானம் வை. See Impignorate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impignorate?
Impignorate is a verb.
What is the past tense of impignorate?
The past tense of impignorate is impignorated.

Words near impignorate in the dictionary

  1. impierces
  2. impiercing
  3. impieties
  4. impiety
  5. Impig
  6. impignorate
  7. impignorated
  8. impignorates
  9. impignorating
  10. impignoration
  11. impignorations

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