Found 2 items, similar to Impinged.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: impinge
impinge
v 1: impinge or infringe upon;
“This impinges on my rights as an
individual”;
“This matter entrenches on other domains”
[syn:
encroach,
entrench,
trench]
2: advance beyond the usual limit [syn:
encroach,
infringe]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Impinged
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
clash with; -- with on or upon.
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The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light
on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. --Sir I.
Newton.
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But, in the present order of things, not to be employed
without impinging on God's justice. --Bp.
Warburton.
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