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Impound   /ɪmpˈaʊnd/   Listen
verb
Impound  v. t.  (past & past part. impounded; pres. part. impounding)  To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping. "But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots."






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"Impound" Quotes from Famous Books



... feared, but am no more afraid, When some chaste beauty by some wretch betrayed, Is drawn away with such distracted speed, That she anticipates a dreadful deed. Not so do I—Let solid walls impound The captive fair, and dig a moat around; Let there be brazen locks and bars of steel, And keepers cruel, such as never feel; With not a single note the purse supply, And when she begs, let men and maids deny; Be windows there from which she dare not fall, And ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott



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