implunge en · VERB
Etymology
From im- + plunge.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To plunge (something into something else).
[H]e […] by his overcarefulneſſe and cauſeleſſe ſuſpicion, deprived himſelf of this benefit, and implunged himſelf in much juſt hatred for his unjuſt dealing and treachery.
1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Pilgrimes Arrivall at Constantinople, Entertainment, and Departure”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book I, pages 22–23:[…]implunging our ſelues into the gulfe of our ſinne
c. 1614, Daniel Dyke, Two Treatises:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| implunges | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| implunging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| implunged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| implunged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |