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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

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

, and cf.

To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; – with on or upon.

The cause of reflection is not the

impinging

of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.

Sir I. Newton.

But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without

impinging

on God’s justice.

Bp. Warburton.

Verb.

impinj'. [L. impingo; in and pango, to strike. See Pack.] To fall against; to strike; to dash against; to clash upon.

The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.