Impinged vs Impinge - What's the difference?
impinged | impinge |
(impinge)
To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
* , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
(figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
*
To have an effect upon; to limit.
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, chapter=4, title= To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
* , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
(figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
*
To have an effect upon; to limit.
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, chapter=4, title=
As verbs the difference between impinged and impinge
is that impinged is past tense of impinge while impinge is to make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).impinged
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(head)Anagrams
*impinge
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(imping)- The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
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. …”}}
Usage notes
* The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).Derived terms
* impingement * impingent * impingerimpinge
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(imping)- The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
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. …”}}