impledge

English edit

Etymology edit

From im- +‎ pledge.

Verb edit

impledge (third-person singular simple present impledges, present participle impledging, simple past and past participle impledged)

(archaic) To pledge.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles, Canto I:
  Think'st thou, amid this ample round,
  A single brow but thine has frown'd,
  To sadden this auspicious morn,
  That bids the daughter of high Lorn
  Impledge her spousal faith to wed
  The Heir of mighty Somerled;

References edit

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