impawnv.
/ɪmˈpɔːn/ 1. figurative.1838 R. W. Emerson War in Wks. (1884) XI. 196 A wise man will never impawn his future being and action, and decide beforehand what he shall do in a given extreme event.
a. transitive. To put in pawn; to pledge as security; to pawn.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)]
setc1000
plight?c1225
lay1297
wagec1330
to lay to borrowc1405
pledgea1475
impledge1548
pawn1570
impawn1598
deposita1640
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn
to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384
to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384
engage1525
pawn1570
to lay (up) in lavender1584
impawn1598
oppignorate1622
pignorate1623
dip1640
to put to lumber1671
vamp1699
pop1731
sweatc1800
spout1811
lumber1819
up the spout1819
hock1878
soak1882
to put away1887
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 110 Let there be impawnde Some surety for a safe returne againe. View more context for this quotation
1625–6 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1269 He said he had impawned his Beard for a great summe to certaine Creditors.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 63 Some of them empawn'd thir cloaks.
1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 42 She offered to impawn the family jewels.
b. figurative. To pledge, plight (faith, etc.).
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do
sweara1154
fast?a1160
plightc1275
givec1300
undertake1393
strokea1400
warranta1400
foldc1400
pledge?a1439
affiance1523
pass1528
betroth1573
assume1602
impawna1628
gagea1642
spond1698
guarantee1820
vouch1898
a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) ii. 32 My faith impawn'd to the Prince of Orange.
a1677 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. verse 92, in Wks. (1872) VII. 426 God..impawneth his truth with us to do us good.
1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart i. ii. 51 We held impawned The faith of Barnes.
2. figurative. To risk the safety of, to put in hazard.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk
to put in adventurec1300
jeopardc1374
wage?a1400
adventurec1400
jeopardy1447
enhazard1562
hazard1569
venture1575
impawn1613
hazardize?a1616
to put in or to a (or the) venture1638
risk1660
compromise1696
commit1738
compromit1787
to lay (or put) it on the line1968
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 23 Hee..wished me to haue regard (if not to my selfe) yet to so many, which he did imagine were impawned in that misfortune by my meanes.
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