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Pawning
(gcide) | Pawn \Pawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pawning.]
1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the
payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as,
to pawn one's watch.
Syn: hock [colloq].
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And pawned the last remaining piece of plate.
--Dryden.
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2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to
risk; to wager; to hazard.
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Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. --Shak.
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Impawning
(gcide) | Impawn \Im*pawn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impawned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impawning.] [Pref. im- + pawn: cf. Empawn.]
To put in pawn; to pledge; to pawn. --Shak.
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Spawning
(gcide) | Spawn \Spawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spawning.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed,
spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand.]
1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
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2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
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One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller.
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