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Impinging   /ɪmpˈɪndʒɪŋ/   Listen
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Impinge  v. t.  (past & past part. impinged; pres. part. impinging)  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." "But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice."






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"Impinging" Quotes from Famous Books



... salt remained an impregnable bulwark. Where the winter rains leached it, new tons of the mineral replaced those washed away. Constant observation showed no advance; if anything the edge of the grass impinging directly on the salt was sullenly retreating. The central bulk remained, a vast, obstinate mass, but most people thought it would somehow end by consuming itself, if indeed this doom were not anticipated by fresh scatterings of ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore



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