impen

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ pen.

Verb

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

1. To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.

References

• “impen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Galician

Verb

impen

1. inflection of impar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Low German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *impōn.

Verb

impen (past singular imp, past participle impt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to inoculate
2. to vaccinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of impen (weak verb)

infinitive	impen
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	imp	imp
2nd person singular	imps(t)	imps(t)
3rd person singular	imp(t)	imp
plural	impt, impen	impen
imperative	present	—
singular	imp(e)
plural	impt
participle	present	past
	impen	(e)impt, geimpt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

Verb

impen

1. Alternative form of ympen