impanel
/ˌɪmpˈænəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To 'cide this title is impannelled / A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; / And by their verdict is determined / The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part"
- "Therefore a Jurie was impaneld streight / T'enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight, / Or their owne guilt, they were away conveyd?"
- "We are often driven to empanell and select a jury of twelve men out of a whole countrie to determine of an acre of land[…]."
- "...placed him under the decent and disagreeable necessity of returning at once, before a bet was decided, whether his own cook, or that of Lord Montagle's, would prepare a single dish to the greatest perfection. The jury of taste had been impanelled, and here was he summoned away ten minutes before the dishes came up."
- "In the courtroom itself they were empaneling a jury."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman empaneller.
Word Breakdown
- Root: empaneller