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impingement|ɪmˈpɪndʒmənt|
[f. impinge + -ment.]
The action of impinging: a. Impact, collision. lit. and fig. b. Encroachment.
1671True Nonconf. Contents, Prelatick exactions high impingements upon Christian Liberty. 1837Fraser's Mag. XV. 732 The powers of reason have no similar incentives or impingement, but are a more direct emanation from the Deity. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. i. 118 This tide-wave itself is..modified in its turn by impingement against the African continent. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. x. ii. (1881) 450 The effect of the impingement of civilization upon barbarism. |