† impasturev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To place or confine in a pasture; ‘to set to feed; to turn out to graze’ (Davies).
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > pasture
leasowc950
feed1382
pasturec1400
grassc1500
graze1564
to put out1600
summer1601
impasture1614
depasture1713
run1767
range1816
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture
leasowc950
feed1382
pasturec1400
to put to grass1471
grassc1500
to turn out?1523
graze1564
impasture1614
put1620
depasture1713
run1767
to run out1851
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 61 Adulterie..sets palenesse on his cheeke, and impastures griefe in his heart.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 97 Sheep..not garded, not empastured, but strayed and lost.
2. To turn into pasture-land, enclose for pasture.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)]
pasture1434
agista1450
graze1603
impasture1649
feeda1652
summer eat1727
stock1794
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > lay out land [verb (transitive)] > enclose land > enclose land
enclose1503
to take in1523
impasture1649
paddock1873
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xi. 59 He will cast how he may Improve his Lands by Impasturing, and Enclosing of it.
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