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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Impacted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Impacting

[L.

impactus

, p. p. of

impingere

to push, strike against. See

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

Woodward.

Noun.

Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.

The quarrel, by that

impact

driven.

Southey.

(Mech.)

The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

Verb.

[L. impactus, from impingo; in and pango, to drive.]

To drive close; to press or drive firmly together.