impen

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verb

To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.

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Meanings

verbimpen (third-person singular simple present impens, present participle impenning, simple past and past participle impenned)

present singular third person impens · participle present impenning · participle past impenned · past impenned

  1. To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.

    Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin

From im- + pen.

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APA

impen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impen

MLA

“impen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impen.

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