Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PINGE'
IM-PIG-NO-RA'TIONIM-PINGE'MENT
IM-PINGE', v.i. [impinj'; L. impingo; in and pango, to strike. See Pack.]
To fall against; to strike; to dash against; to clash upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Newton.
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