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Impound   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



... Lent is come, let us refrain From carnal creatures, quick or slain; Let's fast and macerate the flesh, Impound and ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... alkaline just where it was needed most. I couldn't develop an irrigation system from any of the little streams that flowed down the Sierra, because there wasn't enough water, and there was no place to impound it, even if there ...
— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne


Words linked to "Impound" :   hold, impoundment, garnish, impounding, confine, confiscate, pound up, attach, take, restrain, condemn, seize, pound


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