impledge
English
Etymology
From im- + pledge.
Verb
impledge (third-person singular simple present impledges, present participle impledging, simple past and past participle impledged)
- (archaic) To pledge.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles Canto I
- Think'st thou, amid this ample round,
- A single brow but thine has frown'd,
- To sadden this auspicious morn,
- That bids the daughter of high Lorn
- Impledge her spousal faith to wed
- The Heir of mighty Somerled;
- 1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles Canto I
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for impledge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)