单词 | impen |
释义 | † impenv.1 Obsolete. transitive. To shut in a pen or fold. (See also impent adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > drive or put into enclosure parc1300 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 Obsolete. transitive. To provide with pens or feathers. ΘΚΠ 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 winga1596 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). < v.1?1623v.2c1614 |
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