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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impounded}; p. pr &
vb n. {Impounding}.]
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence to
hold in the custody of a court; as to impound stray cattle;
to impound a document for safe keeping.
But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots.
--Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impound
v : take by legal authority [syn: {attach}, {sequester}, {confiscate},
{seize}]
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