IMPIETY Im*pi"e*ty, n.; pl. Impieties (. Etym: [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. See Impious, Piety.]
1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.
Syn. — Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
IMPIGNORATE Im*pig"no*rate, v. t. Etym: [LL. impignoratus, p. pl of impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration.]
Defn: To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.
IMPIGNORATION
Im*pig`no*ra"tion, n. Etym: [LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration.]
Defn: The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
[Obs.] Bailey.
IMPING
Imp"ing, n. Etym: [See Imp to graft.]
1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]