Dictionary entry

Impact

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Im‐pact″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n.Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.