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▪ I. † imˈpen, v.1 Obs.
[f. im-1 + pen n.1 or v.1]
trans. To shut in a pen or fold. (See also impent.)
1627Feltham Resolves i. [ii.] lxvii. [lix.] 218 Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold. 1661― Lusoria xxvii, O you Celestial Powers! why did you lend Accursed Man a Soul, to be impenn'd In womens Breasts?
▪ II. † imˈpen, v.2 Obs.
Also em-.
[f. im-1 + pen n.2]
trans. To provide with pens or feathers.
c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas i. 22 By the, to climb Parnassus I aspyre, And by thy feathers to impen my fame. 1628― Spir. Hymne 214 On winges, with faith and hope empen'd. |