impaint

verb

impaint

verb

Etymology From im- + paint?

1

Figuratively, Obsolete To paint; to decorate with colours.

  • to impaint his causec. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

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