Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impounded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Impounding}.]
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to
hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle;
to impound a document for safe keeping.
But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots.
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impound
v 1: take by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The
customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The
police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: {attach}, {sequester},
{confiscate}, {seize}]
2: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't
stray" [syn: {pound}]
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