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† imˈpasture, v. Obs.
[f. im-1 + pasture n.]
1. trans. To place or confine in a pasture; ‘to set to feed; to turn out to graze’ (Davies).
1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. i, Sheep..not guarded, not impastured, but strayed and lost. 1614T. Adams Fatal Banket ii. Wks. 1861 I. 184 Adultery..sets paleness on his cheek, and impastures grief in his heart.
2. To turn into pasture-land, enclose for pasture.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 73 He will cast how he may Improve his Lands by Impasturing, and Enclosing of it. |