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单词 impound
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impoundv.

Brit. /ɪmˈpaʊnd/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpaʊnd/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s empound, impownd.
Etymology: < em- prefix or im- prefix1 + pound n.2
1.
a. transitive. To shut up in a pound or pinfold (cattle legally seized).
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > take into judicial power > impound cattle
pind?c1225
poundc1460
impound1554
1554 [see impounding n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1569 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 327 To impounde..every of their catell put in above their rate.
1641 Termes de la Ley Parco fracto is a Writ that lies against him that breakes any pownd and takes out the beasts which are there lawfully impownded.
1688 London Gaz. No. 2399/4 A Bay Mare..having strayed and been impounded near Hogsden.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xiv. 346 To exempt them from all liability of having their sheep impounded or taken up as estrays.
1851 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. ix. 24 Some cattle..had been impounded for tithe-payment.
figurative.1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Civv The other questions because they are driuen in ouer the hedge..wee will nowe impounde them.
b. gen. To shut up (cattle) in an enclosure.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > pen cattle on ground
cow-pen1694
impound1877
1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 575 The Indians..in the habit of hunting the buffalo by impounding them, or by driving them into an artificial enclosure.
1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day ii. 17 The sun being set, and the cattle and stock impounded in their kraals and places of safety.
2.
a. To shut in, enclose, confine (a person or thing) as in a pound.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C civ King Latyns wife gets here no gage, Nor she thy fathers walls this time empoundes in cage.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hvv A fountayne bryghte, With stones empounded rounde.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 169 How to impound the Rebels, that none of them might escape.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 2 On landing, we were impounded for about ten minutes within an enclosure of ropes and chains, before we were admitted into the Custom-house.
figurative.1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden To Rdr. The Flemmings..seeking to impownde vs in the ignoraunce of our commodities.a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 240 As for Cæsar..they gave him at first only Illyricum and the nearer Gallia..(as it were to impound his spirits).a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) vii. 291 What right have they to impound the truth?
b. spec. To confine and store (water) in a reservoir; to confine water so as to form (a reservoir).
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > collect or store water
feed1582
to head up1821
impound1862
1862 W. Fairbairn in Rep. 31st Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1861 p. lxiv By this means forty million gallons of water per day are conveyed..into the Mugdock basin, where the water is impounded for distribution.
1893 J. H. T. Turner & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. iv. 183 The entire site should be closely contoured at every foot of elevation, in order to determine the extent of the works required to impound the desired quantity of water.
1937 Discovery June 186/2 It [sc. the dam] impounds 1,400,000,000 gallons of water.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 355/2 The lake impounded by the Grand Coulee is 150 mls long.
1966 G. M. Fair et al. Water & Wastewater Engin. I. ii. 6 Necessary reservoirs are impounded by throwing dams across the stream valley.
3. To seize or secure by legal right; to take legal or formal possession of (a document or the like) to be held in custody of the law.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > take into judicial power
attach?a1400
poind1478
impound1651
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 67 Because they found them impounded in the Staple, they set all at liberty to buy and sell the same as they pleased.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. i. 12 The things distreined must in the first place be carried to some pound, and there impounded by the taker.
1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) ii. 10 Officers came down from Seville..impounded his goods, his plate, his jewels.
1885 Law Times 79 39/1 Her life interest can be impounded for the benefit of the disappointed parties.
figurative.1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Hist. Europe 141/2 To impound..520,000 l. of the public money..for the sole and exclusive service of the navy.

Derivatives

imˈpounded adj.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > taken into judicial power
impounded1888
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > enclosed in pen, stall, etc.
enclosed1552
stalled1560
impent1633
shedded1850
ox-fenced1852
penning1854
coted1866
impounded1888
1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 152 The bleating of an impounded kid.
1892 Daily News 6 Apr. 2/6 He could subpœna the officer of the Court to produce the impounded documents at Bow-street.
imˈpounding n. and adj. (as impounding reservoir, a reservoir whose function is to store sufficient water to ensure an uninterrupted supply in times of relative drought).
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > impounding of stray cattle
pounding1428
parcage1449
pinnage1552
impounding1554
poundage1554
poindage1576
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir
recluse1593
conservera1614
reserver1615
conservatory1626
tank1634
reservatory1666
reservoir1686
kund1837
impounding reservoir1875
catch basin1884
spring box1887
tank1898
1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 12 Preamble Disorder in taking of Distresses and impoundyng of Cattayle.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Parchage, impoundage, or an impounding.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 225/1 With but little artificial addition, Loch Katrine, Loch Venachar, and Loch Drunkie were converted into impounding reservoirs, the first for the supply of the city, and the two latter for compensation.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 June 1/3 A warning note as to the safety of the impounding reservoirs in this country.
1893 J. H. T. Turner & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. iv. 172 The first-mentioned requirement is satisfied by the formation of ‘impounding-reservoirs’, the office of which is to gather the irregular natural yield of surface-water, in order that it may be supplied at a uniform rate; the second is met by the construction of ‘service-reservoirs’, tanks and cisterns, from which water is distributed as required by the hourly demands of consumers.
1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 188 In the absence of adequate natural storage, engineers resort to the construction of impounding reservoirs, or, more rarely, to the excavation of storage basins.
imˈpoundable adj. liable to be impounded.
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1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. Hv Whensoever a Christian transgresseth these bounds once, he is impoundable, or like a wafe and stray whom Christ knows not, he falls to the Lord of the Mannor.
imˈpoundage n. = impoundment n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun]
closurec1420
pinning1503
closing1580
seclusion1623
penning1626
impoundage1954
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > action of
conclusion1676
cooping1813
immuring1851
lock-in1893
impoundage1954
1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 192 Allowances for evaporation from the water surface that is created by the impoundage.
1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 195 When more than one reservoir is developed on a stream, the overflow from each impoundage becomes available to the reservoir next below.
imˈpoundment n. the act of impounding.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > impounding of water
impoundment1664
ponding1673
pounding1791
pondage1841
1664–5 Act 16 & 17 Chas. II c. 11 §9 Present sale thereof to make after the fowerth day of Impoundment.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 432/2 Virtually all public regulatory authorities require that the impoundment be sufficiently great to provide for the release of compensation waters for downstream users.
1973 New Yorker 28 Apr. 29/3 There is some room for impoundment, but not to the tune of twelve billion dollars.
imˈpounder n. one who impounds or puts cattle, etc. into pound.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Impounder.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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