Definition of Impairs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of impair) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impairs

1. impair [v] - See also: impair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impairs

impacts
impaint
impainted
impainting
impaints
impair
impaired
impaired glucose tolerance
impairedness
impaireds
impairer
impairers
impairing
impairment
impairments
impairs (current term)
impala
impala lily
impalas
impalatable
impalation
impale
impaled
impalement
impalements
impaler
impalers
impales
impaling
impalla

Literary usage of Impairs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Taxation: Including the Law of Local Assessments by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1886)
"... from the dividend paid over.1 What impairs a Contract. The obligation of a contract is the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement.2 This ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the purification of the gas, and the process may be repeated until the accumulation of sulphur mechanically impairs the absorbent powers of the mixture, ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"It Is ^ printed In the margin, i to •The bill attacks the ordinance upon two • constitutional grounds : First, that It impairs the obligation of the ..."

4. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce: With the Evidence, Practice by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1881)
"How far this Impediment impairs the Marriage. I. A General View of the Doctrine. § 322. Two Purposes of Marriage — (Copulation and Procreation). ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A statute is "retroactive," in its legal sense, which creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past, or destroys or impairs vested ..."

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