Pronounced: zigh-BAHT-soo, noun
Notes: I would think that many people can probably guess where this comes from, even if they don’t know the definition
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The word impignorate means “to pledge, pawn, or mortgage”
Background
The word comes from Latin impignorare (to pledge) from pignus (pledge, pawn, mortgage)
First usage
The word showed up in the mid-1600s
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