impignorate

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He has no lands, only the use of such as are impignorate for fines; he cannot enrich himself in the old way by marriages; thrift is the chief pillar of his future, and he knows and uses it.

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  1. To pledge or pawn. [Rare.] On September 8, 1468, the sovereignty of Orkney and Shetland was temporarily pledged (impignorated) to the Crown of Scotland in security for part of the dowry of the Princess Margaret of Denmark and Norway, at that time betrothed to King James III. Westminster Rev., CXXVIII. 685.

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  • He has no lands, only the use of such as are impignorate for fines; he cannot enrich himself in the old way by marriages; thrift is the chief pillar of his future, and he knows and uses it. —  In the South Seas
 

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  1. from Middle Latin impignoratus, impigneratus, past participle of impignorare, impignerare, put in pledge, pledge, from Latin in, in, + pigneratus, Middle Latin also pignoratus, past participle of pignerare, Middle Latin also pignorare, pledge, from pignus (pignor-, pigner-), a pledge: see pignoration.
 

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