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.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 impalm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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