impinto

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Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *impinctus as an alternative past participle of Latin impingō (cf. impāctus). Compare Catalan Spanish empenta.

Participle

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  1. past participle of impingere

Adjective

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  1. pushed
  2. (figurative) led, driven, impelled
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I [First Treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964:
      tutti li uomini naturalmente desiderano di sapere. La ragione di che puote essere ed è che ciascuna cosa, da providenza di propria natura impinta è inclinabile a la sua propria perfezione
      All men by nature desire to know. The reason for this can be and is that each thing, impelled by a force provided by its own nature, inclines towards its own perfection.