impen

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ pen.

Verb

impen (third-person singular simple present impens, present participle impenning, simple past and past participle impenned)

  1. To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
      Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.

References
  • impen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Low German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *impōn.

Verb

impen (past singular imp, past participle impt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to inoculate
  2. to vaccinate

Conjugation
Conjugation of impen (weak verb)
infinitive impen
indicative present preterite
1st person singular imp imp
2nd person singular imps(t) imps(t)
3rd person singular imp(t) imp
plural impt, impen impen
imperative present —
singular imp(e)
plural impt
participle present past
impen (e)impt, geimpt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

Verb

impen

  1. Alternative form of ympen
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