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† imˈpent, pa. pple. Obs. [f. im-1 + pent, pa. pple. of pen v.1; or pa. pple of impen v.1] Pent in; shut in a pen or fold; enclosed; confined.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xii, As they runne in narrow banks impent. 1638–48G. Daniel Eclog. v. 67 When winds impent, Make Pelion tremble to Astonishment. 1649― Trinarch., Hen. IV, xxxiv, Neighbour Kings (Impent Wth Horror at the fact, in their owne Right,) Hee Courts by his Ambassadors. |