impalm

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ palm.

Verb

impalm (third-person singular simple present impalms, present participle impalming, simple past and past participle impalmed)

1. (transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
   • 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:

     Nature herself ( whose grasp of time and place
     Deals out duration and impalms all space )

References

• “impalm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.