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Impounding
- verb - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"
- placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
Impoverish
- verb - make poor
- take away
Imprecated
- verb - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Imprecates
- verb - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Impregnant
- - That which impregnates.
Impregnate
- verb - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
- fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
- infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
- make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
Impresario
- noun - 1. One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company.
2. A manager; a producer.
- a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
Impressing
- verb - dye (fabric) before it is spun
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
- impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
- reproduce by printing
- take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
Impression
- noun - (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
- a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
- all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
- an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
- an outward appearance; "