Antonyms for impinge upon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-pinj
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɪndʒ


Definition of impinge upon

Origin :
  • 1530s, "fasten or fix forcibly," from Latin impingere "drive into, strike against," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pangere "to fix, fasten" (see pact). Sense of "encroach, infringe" first recorded 1738. Related: Impinged; impinging.
  • As in touch : verb make physical contact
  • As in palpate : verb touch
Example sentences :
  • Sound comes to us in the guise of air-waves, which impinge upon the drum of the ear.
  • Extract from : « Spirit and Music » by H. Ernest Hunt
  • He was the only man in England whose career might impinge upon mine.
  • Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen
  • At the same time a wave of intense virility seemed to surge out from him and impinge upon her.
  • Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
  • But this fact did not impinge upon Harley now, when he read the despatch preparatory to filing it at Chicago.
  • Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • There is the dog country and the deer country, and the two do not impinge upon each other.
  • Extract from : « In Search of a Siberian Klondike » by Homer B. Hulbert
  • Then Joan was not long in discovering that the situation had begun to impinge upon the feelings of each of these men.
  • Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey
  • But suppose the waves generated by one system of molecules to impinge upon another system, how will the waves be affected?
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Others are solid, round, bulky, and stagger when they strike you or impinge upon the world.
  • Extract from : « The Wonderful Story of Ravalette » by Paschal Beverly Randolph
  • An Italian publicist has said that there is no right which does not, in some measure, impinge upon some other right.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 9 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • The correct bearing should take in the whole of the wall and the whole of the white line, and should just impinge upon the sole.
  • Extract from : « Diseases of the Horse's Foot » by Harry Caulton Reeks

Synonyms for impinge upon

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