Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put in pawn; pledge; deposit as security.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put in pawn; to pledge; to pawn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to place an item into
pawn - verb transitive to
pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money
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Examples
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Therefore take heed how you impawn our person, [9]
King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590
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Osr. The king, sir, hath wager'd with him six Barbary horses: against the which he has impawn 'd, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniardi, with
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