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impinge


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impinge  \Im*pinge"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Impinged};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Impinging}.]  [L.  impingere  pref.  im-  in  +  pangere  to 
  fix,  strike;  prob.  akin  to  pacisci  to  agree,  contract.  See 
  {Pact},  and  cf  {Impact}.] 
  To  fall  or  dash  against;  to  touch  upon  to  strike;  to  hit;  to 
  ciash  with  --  with  on  or  upon 
 
  The  cause  of  reflection  is  not  the  impinging  of  light 
  on  the  solid  or  impervious  parts  of  bodies.  --Sir  I. 
  Newton. 
 
  But  in  the  present  order  of  things  not  to  be  employed 
  without  impinging  on  God's  justice.  --Bp. 
  Warburton 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impinge 
  v  1:  impinge  or  infringe  upon  "This  impinges  on  my  rights  as  an 
  individual"  [syn:  {encroach},  {trench}] 
  2:  advance  beyond  the  usual  limit  [syn:  {encroach},  {infringe}] 




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