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单词 impen
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impenv.1

Etymology: < im- prefix1 + pen v.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To shut in a pen or fold. (See also impent adj.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > drive or put into enclosure
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foldc1440
house1578
pinfold1605
pen1607
enfold?1611
impen?1623
to get in1698
weara1724
yard1758
to run in1837
corral1847
paddock1847
kraal1865
?1623 O. Felltham Resolues lxvii. 218 Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.
1661 O. Feltham Lusoria xxvii O you Celestial Powers! why did you lend Accursed Man a Soul, to be impenn'd In womens Breasts?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

impenv.2

Forms: Also empen.
Etymology: < im- prefix1 + pen n.3
Obsolete.
transitive. To provide with pens or feathers.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > furnish for flying
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impenc1614
imp1633
c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 22 By the, to climb Parnassus I aspyre, And by thy feathers to impen my fame.
1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 214 On winges, with faith and hope empen'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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