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impriming

/ɪmˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/

impriming is the present participle and gerund of imprime.

Meaning of imprime

Verb

imprime (third-person singular simple present imprimes, present participle impriming, simple past and past participle imprimed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive (a hunted animal) out of its shelter.
    • This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed...1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion

Origin of impriming

From im- + prime + -ing.

Questions about impriming

What is impriming the present participle and gerund of?
Impriming is the present participle and gerund of imprime.
How do you pronounce impriming?
Impriming is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/.

Words near impriming in the dictionary

  1. imprime
  2. imprimed
  3. imprimeries
  4. imprimery
  5. imprimes
  6. impriming
  7. imprimings
  8. imprimis
  9. imprimitive
  10. imprimitivity
  11. imprimus

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