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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1614
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Impen, v. [Pen n., a bird's feather. Cf. Empen v.] tr. To provide with feathers, give wings to. —c1614 Mure Dido & Æn. i. 22.
By thé, to climb Parnassus I aspyre, And by thy feathers to impen my fame
