impest

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ pest.

Verb

impest (third-person singular simple present impests, present participle impesting, simple past and past participle impested)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
2. (obsolete, figurative) To plague

References

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