impalm en · VERB
Etymology
From im- + palm.
Meanings
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(transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
And the hands of a bride and of a bridegroom, noble to noble, were impalmed by Don John Conmee.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 214:Nature herself (whose grasp of time and place / Deals out duration and impalms all space) […].
1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impalms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| impalming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| impalmed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| impalmed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |