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单词 impester
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impesterv.

Forms: Also 1600s em-.
Etymology: < Old French empestrer (now empêtrer ) ‘to pester, intricate, intangle’ (Cotgrave), < late Latin *impastoriāre (Italian impastojare ), < im- (im- prefix1) + late Latin pastorium, pastoria, Italian pastoia, pastora a shackle or hopple for a horse.
Obsolete.
transitive. To hobble (a horse); to entangle, embarrass, encumber.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex
perplex1547
encumber1561
intricate1564
impester1601
daedalizea1618
entangle1672
intriguea1677
embarrass1684
complicate1832
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > hobble
warlocka1400
langlec1440
hopple1586
impester1601
trammel1607
wisp1607
spancel1610
side-hankle1627
sidelanga1642
sidelangle1660
side-span1660
hamshackle1802
hobble1804
twitchel1826
sideline1837
span1847
heel1887
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)]
windc1315
harlc1400
snarlc1440
tangle1530
ravela1540
crawl1548
entangle1555
intertangle1589
enroot1600
impester1601
fasel1636
perplex1642
fankle1724
warple1768
hankle1781
intertwist1797
taffle1840
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > crowd
stuff1571
throng1578
impester1601
thrust1615
throng1637
confluence1656
frequent1667
crowd1695
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > render motionless > by hampering or entangling
cumber1487
tangle1511
poister1523
entangle1533
clog1583
tie1598
flag1622
stick1635
impester1653
felter1768
hamper1804
mire1889
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 200 To extricate our inclosure within any maze of empestered errors.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Empestré, impestered, intangled.
1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. ii. 3 Finding the City to grow daily more and more impestred with strangers.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxv. 166 The two cables..intangled and impestered the legs of the horses.
1807 Salmagundi 11 Nov. 321 Such..transposition of the foot as might incontinently impester the legs of the Hoppingtots.

Derivatives

imˈpesterment n. Obsolete an entanglement, embarrassment, encumbrance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > entangling or confining > that which
fetterOE
bandc1175
bonda1325
mesh1541
tangling1575
gyve1587
entanglement1644
impesterment1652
trammela1657
stranglehold1899
tanglefoot1908
chokehold1911
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 43 It would but intangle the minde with more impestrements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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