impalm

English

Etymology

From im- + palm.

Verb

impalm (third-person singular simple present impalms, present participle impalming, simple past and past participle impalmed)

  1. (transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
    • 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:
      Nature herself ( whose grasp of time and place
      Deals out duration and impalms all space )

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