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impinguate

/ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/

impinguate verb: to fatten; to make fat.

Verb

impinguate (third-person singular simple present impinguates, present participle impinguating, simple past and past participle impinguated)

  1. (obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
    • Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
    • Rhenish Wines (I mean these small wines, Bachrach and Deal) doth accidentally impinguate by helping the digesture, removing obstructions, and rendring the blood fluid and digestible1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

Forms of impinguate

third-person singular presentimpinguates
present participleimpinguating
past participleimpinguated
pastimpinguated

Origin of impinguate

From Latin impinguatus, past participle of impinguare (“to fatten”); prefix im- (“in”) + pinguis (“fat”).

Questions about impinguate

What does impinguate mean?
Impinguate means to fatten; to make fat.
What part of speech is impinguate?
Impinguate is a verb.
How do you pronounce impinguate?
Impinguate is pronounced /ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/.
What is the past tense of impinguate?
The past tense of impinguate is impinguated.

Words near impinguate in the dictionary

  1. impinging
  2. impingingly
  3. impingings
  4. impings
  5. Impington
  6. impinguate
  7. impinguated
  8. impinguates
  9. impinguating
  10. impinguation
  11. impious

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