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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
impinge/ɪmˈpɪnʤ/
▶verb (impinges, impinging, impinged) (usu. impinge on) have an effect.
■ come into contact; encroach.
– derivatives
impingement noun,
impinger noun.
impingement noun,
impinger noun.
– origin C16 (orig. in the sense ‘thrust at forcibly’, then ‘come into forcible contact’): from L. impingere ‘drive something in or at’.
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