IMPINGUATEVERB
to make fat; to fatten ...1620 obs. ETYMOLOGY from ppl. stem of late Latin impinguare to fatten FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1620 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...it impinguateth and causeth the body to waxe grosse..." From: Via Recta ad Vitam Longam, or A plaine Philosophicall demonstration of the Nature, faculties, and effects of all such things as by way of nourishments... By: Tobias Venner, 1620 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Thomas Sheridan, 1790 • Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
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