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.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Middle English

Verb

impen

1. Alternative form of ympen