‖n. [ Zulu. ] A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [ South Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated a Matabili impi (war band). James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pictured; impressed. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf. Empierce. ] To pierce; to penetrate. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Impieties [ L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. See Impious, Piety. ] 1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An impious act; an act of wickedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.

Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. impignoratus, p. pl of impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration. ] To pledge or pawn. [ Obs. ] Laing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration. ] The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Imp to graft. ] 1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impinged p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging ] [ L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact. ] To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of impinging. [ 1913 Webster ]