n. [ See Imp to graft. ] 1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impinged p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging ] [ L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact. ] To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of impinging. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impingens, p. pr. ] Striking against or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. impinguatus, p. p. of impinguare to fatten; pref. im- in + pinguis fat. ] To fatten; to make fat. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]