impinge
[ im-pinj ]
/ ɪmˈpɪndʒ /
verb (used without object), im·pinged, im·ping·ing.
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
to encroach; infringe (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge on another's rights.
to strike; dash; collide (usually followed by on, upon, or against): rays of light impinging on the eye.
verb (used with object), im·pinged, im·ping·ing.
Obsolete.
to come into violent contact with.
Origin of impinge
OTHER WORDS FROM impinge
im·ping·ent, adjective im·ping·er, noun im·pinge·ment, noun un·im·ping·ing, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impinge
infringe impingeWords nearby impinge
impetus,
impf.,
imphal,
impi,
impiety,
impinge,
impingement attack,
impious,
impish,
impitoyable,
implacable
Example sentences from the Web for impingement
They furnish a point of impingement in articulation, and play their part in sympathetic resonance.
Resonance in Singing and Speaking |Thomas FillebrownThe eye is created in conformity to the laws of light, to receive the rays and allow their impingement on the optic nerves.
Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science |Hudson TuttleI cannot tell the precise spot of its impingement, but it hit him hard.
Tom Clark and His Wife |Paschal Beverly Randolph
British Dictionary definitions for impingement
impinge
/ (ɪmˈpɪndʒ) /
verb
(intr; usually foll by on or upon)
to encroach or infringe; trespass
to impinge on someone's time
(intr; usually foll by on, against, or upon)
to collide (with); strike
Derived forms of impinge
impingement, noun impinger, nounWord Origin for impinge
C16: from Latin
impingere to drive at, dash against, from
pangere to fasten, drive in