Verb

(imping)

To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).

* , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:

The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].

(figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).

*

To have an effect upon; to limit.

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=

, chapter=4, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}