Defn: To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. [R.] Bacon.
IMPAVE
Im*pave", v. t.
Defn: To pave. [Poetic]
Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. Wordsworth.
IMPAVID
Im*pav"id, a. Etym: [L. impavidus. See In- not, and Pavid.]
Defn: Fearless.
— Im*pav"id*ly, adv.
IMPAWN
Im*pawn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Impawning.]
Etym: [Pref. im- + pawn: cf. Empawn.]
Defn: To put in pawn; to pledge. Shak.
IMPEACH Im*peach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] Etym: [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. empêcher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.]
1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the
Holy Land. Sir J. Davies.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.
2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.