impinguate

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/ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/

verb

To fatten; to make fat.

OriginLatin impinguatus →
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Meanings

verbimpinguate (third-person singular simple present impinguates, present participle impinguating, simple past and past participle impinguated)

present singular third person impinguates · participle present impinguating · participle past impinguated · past impinguated

  1. obsoleteTo fatten; to make fat.

    Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
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    Rhenish Wines (I mean these small wines, Bachrach and Deal) doth accidentally impinguate by helping the digesture, removing obstructions, and rendring the blood fluid and digestible

    1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

Origin

  1. Latinimpinguatus
  2. Englishimpinguate

From Latin impinguatus, past participle of impinguare (“to fatten”); prefix im- (“in”) + pinguis (“fat”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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