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Definition of Impawning
1. impawn [v] - See also: impawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impawning
Literary usage of Impawning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"E, en-mJr'bl. va The act of engaging, impawning, or making liable to del»;
obligation by contract; adherence 10 a party or cause, partiality ; employment of ..."
2. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the District Court of South Carolina. [1792-1809] by Pennsylvania Court of Admiralty, Francis Hopkinson, South Carolina Court of admiralty, Court of Admiralty (1810)
"12., a prohibition was granted, because the impawning was not shewn to be ...
Further, the impawning must be in foreign parts; that is, where neither the ..."
3. The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Henry Hobart, Knight and by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Mason Williams, Henry Hobart (1829)
"But in this case the faults were, that neither the contract nor the impawning
were said to be for any such cause, neither was the ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"ENGAGEMENT, (en-gaje'-ment) ns The act of engaging, impawning, or making Hablo
to a debt ; obligation ; adherence to a party or cause ; employment of the ..."
5. Emerson at Home and Abroad by Moncure Daniel Conway, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1883)
"... would show that educated man could build his house and live happily in nature
without impawning his hours or sacrificing life to the means of living. ..."
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