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impignorating

impignorating is the present participle and gerund of impignorate.

Meaning of impignorate

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

Questions about impignorating

What is impignorating the present participle and gerund of?
Impignorating is the present participle and gerund of impignorate.

Words near impignorating in the dictionary

  1. impiety
  2. Impig
  3. impignorate
  4. impignorated
  5. impignorates
  6. impignorating
  7. impignoration
  8. impignorations
  9. impimpi
  10. imping
  11. impinge

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